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Choose a Mode and Its Burg Achievement

Match the shop mode to the completion achievement you want.

Updated September 7, 2026

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A Burg completion has a different achievement in Casual, Timed, Archmage and No Magic.

Shop menu showing the requirement for Challenge Modes
Complete a Core Mode in this shop to meet the displayed challenge requirement. · Image source · Open full-size image ↗

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Four Burg completion targets

ModeAchievement
CasualA Quiet Day in Burg
TimedBurg in a Hurry
ArchmageMagic Makes Everything Easier
No MagicThe Hard Way

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Select the rules before starting

Casual has no timer. Timed records a leaderboard completion. Archmage begins with all Sorceries and Enchantments unlocked.

For the manual-sorting mode, follow the August 14 rules: Enchantments are available, while Sorceries are disabled.

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Complete the selected shop

Choose Hearth & Barrel and the mode matching your target, then put away its objects. Check the matching achievement after the shop completion.

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Unlock this shop’s challenges

  1. Select the shop and finish one of its Core Modes: Casual or Timed.
  2. Return to that shop’s selection panel to choose its Challenge Modes. The menu states that the unlock belongs to the selected shop.

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Choose a challenge after unlocking it

Use the Start button for a fresh challenge and Resume for an existing save. The Archmage description states that spellbooks and enchantments are unlocked from the start.

  1. Once Challenges are available for the selected shop, choose Start Out of Mana Mode.
  2. If Start New Game? warns that a save already exists, choose YES only to replace the save for that map and mode. Choose NO to keep it.
  3. Begin sorting in the shop. In this Hearth & Barrel recording, the new run opens at 0 / 1,048 and retains the Book of Enchantment on the HUD.
  4. Pick up and place the objects manually. The recorded first batch raises the arranged count from 0 to 5.
Hearth and Barrel menu with Start Out of Mana Mode highlighted
Choose Start Out of Mana Mode for a new challenge run. · Image source · Open full-size image ↗
Start New Game confirmation warning that the same map and mode save will be overwritten
Choose YES only when you want to replace that shop-and-mode save. · Image source · Open full-size image ↗
Fresh Hearth and Barrel run at zero of1048 with Book of Enchantment on the HUD
The new run begins at 0 / 1,048; the Book of Enchantment remains available. · Image source · Open full-size image ↗

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Match the Vane result to its achievement

The recorded Grand Athenaeum finishes show these four separate achievements. The No Magic result retains the Book of Enchantment prompt and records zero Sorcery uses.

ModeVane achievement
TimedFlying Through Vane
CasualAbove All in Vane
No MagicWho Needs Sorcery?
ArchmageArchmage Ascendant
No Magic completion with Book of Enchantment and Who Needs Sorcery achievement
This No Magic finish records zero Sorcery uses while the Enchantment book remains on the HUD. · Image source · Open full-size image ↗
Casual completion with Above All in Vane notification
Above All in Vane identifies the Casual completion. · Image source · Open full-size image ↗
Archmage completion with Archmage Ascendant notification
Archmage Ascendant identifies the Archmage completion. · Image source · Open full-size image ↗

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