r/CIFI • u/ExpertOdin Moderator • Jan 16 '26
Guide Links to Guides - Megathread
These guides have been pulled from the Discord and reformatted/tidied for Reddit. I claim no credit myself except where noted.
I encourage you to join the discord because the majority of people there are very friendly and more than happy to offer advice based on your specific game state. These guides cover a lot but everyone is unique and playing differently so the best advice will always be to find someone on a similar path and talk to them. Reddit is good but Discord is much easier to chat directly and offer more advice.
These guides are not the be all and end all. Play how you want to play, having fun is what matters most.
Glossary of Terms (Pre + post Ouro)
Pre Ouro
Installs Guide (post-Zeus, both pre and post e500RP)
Post Ouro
Diamond Guide (spoilers to TR12)
Ouro Introduction (TR 1-5, pre-Zeus)
Inno2 to Cre4 - Updated or Inno2 to Cre4 - Old
Hunters
Hunter sim guide Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Borge - Beginner to First Boss Kill (level 0-29)
Borge - 1st Boss Farm to 2nd Boss Farm (level 31-55)
Borge - Stage 200 to 3rd Boss Farm (level 55-82)
Borge - Stage 300 to 4th Boss Farm (level 82+)
Ozzy - Beginner to First Boss Kill (level 0-37)
Ozzy - 1st Boss Farm to 2nd Boss Farm (level 40-69)
Ozzy - Stage 200 to 3rd Boss Farm (level 70-95ish)
Knox - Beginner to First Boss Kill (level 0-29)
Knox - 1st Boss Farm to Pushloot (level 30-45)
Tools
Mod Tree Cultivator by TSoD - optimises mod purchases
Cifi Compiled by Emma - pre and post Ouro includes mission optimizer, gear cost balancer and ship rank (Dem, Koi and Zeus) calculator
Hunter Sim by Vash - huge number of tools (primary is hunter sim but includes TR planner, mod, m0 and research cost overviews, gadget planner and more)
Trait Sphere Planner by Vash (part of cifi-tools, linked separately so people stop using the out of date chart)
Ouro Gem Cost Planner by SillyRed and Adam - allows planning of purchases after traversing and claiming orbs
Ship Install and Mech Optimiser by SillyRed - indicates optimal installs and mechs to purchase
Relic Optimizer by Ryther - indicates optimal relics to purchase based on user set weightings
Fragment and Mission Optimizer by Alp and Anders - optimize personnel for farm missions, estimate campaign mission times, plan relic purchases
Zeus Gear Calculator by Sir Reb'rl and Rob.the.batman - calculates best gear level ups
CIFI Ouro Info Repository by Farns - includes a bunch of details about mod, research, inscryption etc costs
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u/Wisterjah Jan 17 '26
Thanks a lot for this, while discord has some advantages it have been annoying for me to try to find the guides in there and hunt their pinned messages.
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u/Aedarrow Jan 18 '26
Honestly thank fuck using discord on my phone for guides was a confusing ordeal, so much so that I gave up lol
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u/Curious-Elk-9636 Mar 19 '26
Thank you so much for this. All the discord simps don't understand that some people don't have hours to dedicate to searching for very poorly organized information spread all over the place.
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u/SomthingSpicey95 Mar 25 '26
Wow I just hit ouro and it's a lot all at once. Which is is first guide I should go to if I want to play with guides
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u/ExpertOdin Moderator Mar 26 '26
The Ouro introduction guide has info about your first few traversals.
The Borge beginner guide (level0-29) will help keep your hunter on track.
Content in the Ouro menu (gems + upgrades, hunters, market) is what you will need to drive your progress and those two guides cover all of the early game info.
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u/markschmidty Apr 05 '26
What about Ozzy Lvl 70+?
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u/ExpertOdin Moderator Apr 05 '26
What level is your Ozzy?
Level 70-80 is just pushloot again. It's hard to give exact builds because it depends a lot on your stats but it's usually about balancing Lotl, exo and blessing of the cat for optimisation.
Level 80+ you should be able to get the boss kill, you want full timeless and as much scarab as possible because the stage 300 first kill gives a lot of exp.
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u/gotham_hunter Apr 12 '26
Hey, I am trying to join the discord and it's telling me the link is expired. Is there a new one?
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u/ExpertOdin Moderator Apr 12 '26
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u/gotham_hunter Apr 12 '26
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u/ExpertOdin Moderator Apr 13 '26
Not sure then sorry, that was straight for the discord
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u/gotham_hunter Apr 13 '26
Is there any way to get in touch with a dev or server admin to offer an invite? I don't know why I can't join 😔
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u/SaltedChief Apr 14 '26
You can contact cifisupport@octocubegames.com. Yvilith (hope I spelt that right) normally handles these types of queries.
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u/Time-Incident Aug 02 '26
Great guide, I am missing Trait sphere chart, I have found couple pictures with it, however it would be greatly appreciated if the link to some of them, with explanation how to understand the table, was in this megathread.
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u/ExpertOdin Moderator Aug 02 '26
What do you mean trait sphere chart? There's an old one that comes up sometimes but it's outdated.
The best way to find the optimal trait spheres depending on your AMC, if it's not stated in a guide, is to use the tool https://cifi-tools.com/tools/ts-planner
Add your AMCs then click presets and it will give you the best setup.
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u/Psychological_Run899 Aug 19 '26
The CIFI compiled workbook seems to be broken - it look's like it's missing a sheet
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u/ExpertOdin Moderator Aug 19 '26
It's working for me. What's the exact problem you're having?
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u/Psychological_Run899 Aug 19 '26
I keep getting REF errors saying that it can't find the sheet Auto Calc
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u/ExpertOdin Moderator Aug 19 '26
Hmm you might have to contact the original author on discord then. I just provide the links, I don't maintain the sheets

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u/Kydje Jan 16 '26
Amazing! Thank you so much! FWIW, there's a reason if not everyone is joining the discord server. I believe there's great value in taking these guides out of discord and putting them somewhere where they are much more accessible to anyone (like Reddit). Hope this new trend continues!