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How the Peglin Pegboard Works

Updated 20 Oct 2026 Source Synthesized from published Peglin guides; rewritten in original wording on 20 October 2026 By

The board is not decoration. Peg count, peg placement and refresh pegs together decide what an orb is worth before any relic touches it.

Pegs are damage

Every peg an orb touches adds to the damage total. An orb that clips four pegs does a fraction of the work of one that rattles through twenty.

This is why orb choice matters less than board reading on early fights.

Funnels and dead zones

Boards have funnels: pockets where an orb keeps bouncing instead of dropping straight out. Dropping into a funnel is the single biggest damage swing available to you.

Dead zones sit along the outer edges. An orb dropped too close to a wall usually exits after a few pegs.

Refresh and reset pegs

Some boards include pegs that refresh after being hit, or that reset the board entirely. Orbs that stay in play longer gain far more from these than single-pass orbs.

Quick reference

Real entries pulled from the Peglin data set. Cross-check them against the Peglin database when you plan a build.

  • Critsoballos: Note : This orb has been reworked and al
  • Ballectrum: Ballectrum is a special orb with Multiba
  • Concentrication: Concentrication is an orb that deals med
  • Angry Tomahawk: The Angry Tomahawk is an orb that deals
  • Echorb: The Echorb is an orb with innate echo, w
  • Bucklorb: The Bucklorb is a big orb that grants Ba
  • Electorbmagnet: The Electorbmagnet is an orb that is mag
  • BullyBall: The BullyBall is an orb that starts out
  • Countorb Attack: The Countorb Attack is an orb that deals
  • Darkness Eterball: The Darkness Eterball is an orb that inf
  • Ballm: The Ballm is one of the slime-applying o
  • Arccentuate: Arccentuate is an orb that grants Muscir
  • Cleavorb: The Cleaveorb is an orb similar to the D
  • Douball Douball: The Douball Douball is a rare orb that d
  • Daggorb: The Daggorb is one of the starting orbs
  • Circcae: The Circcae is an orb that comes with Mu
  • Doctorb: The Doctorb is a special orb that deals
  • Double Trouball: Double Trouball is an orb that has Multi
  • Egg: The Egg is a special orb gained from the
  • Best Foot Forworb: The Best Foot Forworb is an orb that wil

More Peglin entries

  • An Apple A Day: An Apple A Day is a relic that increases
  • Ambidextionary: Ambidextionary is a relic that allows th
  • Alien’s Rock: The Alien’s Rock is a rare relic that ca
  • Cookie: The Cookie is a common relic that restor
  • Bad Cheese: Bad Cheese is a relic that deals damage
  • Basic Blade: Basic Blade is a common relic that incre
  • Balladroit: Balladroit is the starter relic for Ball
  • Consolation Prize: The Consolation Prize is a relic given t
  • Constricting Chains: Constricting Chains is a Boss Relic that
  • Basalt Toadem: Basalt Toadem is a relic that allows pla
  • Bombulet: The Bombulet is a relic that doubles the
  • Critsomallos Fleece: The Critsomallos Fleece is a rare offens

Frequently asked questions

Does where I drop matter?

Yes. Drop position decides which pegs the orb meets first, and that sets the whole path.

Why did the same orb hit for different numbers?

Because it touched a different number of pegs. Damage is peg count, not a fixed value.

Do all boards have the same pegs?

No. Layouts change by fight and by Cruciball level, which is why board reading beats memorising a single plan.

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Sources

Figures and item data on this site are read from the game’s own reference wiki before publishing. Where a value could not be confirmed there, the page says so instead of filling the gap.