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Nine Sols is a taopunk metroidvania built on the deflect. Most deaths come from dodging when you should deflect, or leaving Jade CPU unspent. Read the beginner and deflect guides first, then the Jade and boss databases.
All Nine Sols guides
Your first hours as Yi: movement, the deflect, and how to grow into the Sols.
Tier list Best Jades tier listHow to read all 29 Jades: what makes one worth a slot, and how to pair them around your CPU budget.
Build Jade CPU guideHow the Computing Power budget works, and how to spend it so your whole loadout stays online.
Bosses Boss order guideThe 12 Sols and rivals, how the Council is structured, and how to order your challenge.
Combat Combat guideDodge, deflect, strike — how the core loop works and when to chain deflects into damage.
Combat Deflect guideThe deflect in depth: the timing window, what it does, and how to train it against every enemy.
World Exploration guideReading the map, finding shortcuts, and knowing when to push versus backtrack.
World Secrets guideSuspicious walls, hidden paths, and the lore tucked off the main route.
Lore Character guideThe Sols of the Council, their Sol Seals, and how each character shapes a fight.
Progression Progression guideSkills, Jades and growth — where to spend to keep pace with the Sols.
Weapon Bow guideCloud Piercer 136 vs Thunder Buster 216 vs Shadow Hunter 30 a hit — and why only 6 Dark Steel means you can max exactly three arrows.
Build Gear guideHow equipment and upgrades work, and how to slot them alongside your Jades.
Mastery Difficulty guideHow the game ramps, how to read when a fight is above your build, and how to come back ready.
Mistakes Common mistakesWhat kills Yi early: dodging everything, ignoring CPU, and hoarding Jades.
Edges Tips and tricksLow-effort habits that stack: deflecting on purpose, spending every CPU, using the databases as memory.
Endgame True ending guideHow to reach the Shooting Star ending: Shuanshuan, Shennong’s poisons, Lear’s Secret Tomb, and the final apemen choice.
Build Best Jade buildsFour ready loadouts — counter, blade, talisman and survivability — with the exact Jades and CPU cost.
Reference tables
Every Jade and boss in Nine Sols, filterable tables. The Jade table shows CPU cost, source and effect. The boss table shows Sol Seal, species, location and character entry.
Data notes
The tables above are built from the game wiki's own Jade and boss pages. Where a figure matters, we mark it and check it before publishing it as fact.
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