SHELF GRIMOIREShelves and Sorcery Guide

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Finish a Timed Run and Revisit the Shop

Understand when a leaderboard run ends and how a completed save behaves.

Updated September 7, 2026

Read this first

Timed Mode records completion times on global leaderboards for each of the three shops.

Leaderboard screen with Top 10 My Position and Friends controls
Choose the shop and ranking filter to inspect its leaderboard. · Image source · Open full-size image ↗

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Start a run for the shop you want

  1. Select the shop, then Start New Timed in its Core section.
  2. Sort every object to finish the level.
  3. Use the completed-shop return option if you want to walk through the finished display.

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Know when the recorded run has ended

After completion, the Timed timer stays stopped and the leaderboard no longer updates for that save. Walking around the finished shop will not extend its recorded time.

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Prepare the next attempt

A faster attempt requires a new Timed run rather than continued walking in the completed save.

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Check the run and leaderboard controls

A running timer appears at the top of the shop view. Pause includes Leaderboards; the leaderboard screen offers Top 10, My Position and Friends filters.

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Keep or replace an existing save

Starting a new game can replace an existing save for that map and mode. The confirmation gives No and Yes; use No if you want to keep the existing run.

New game warning with No and Yes buttons
The warning names the save scope: the same map and mode. · Image source · Open full-size image ↗

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Read the completed Timed result

  1. Finish the last required placement and wait for Results.
  2. Read Clear Time and Shelves Arranged. This Grand Athenaeum run finishes at 2:59:18.000 with 4,066 / 4,066 arranged and a New Best Time label.
  3. Use Return to Shop at the bottom to revisit the finished display, or Main Menu to leave.
Timed result with clear time New Best Time and Flying Through Vane achievement
Results shows the completed time; Return to Shop and Main Menu are at the bottom. · Image source · Open full-size image ↗

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Find your completed run on the leaderboard

This August 24 Hearth & Barrel example finishes at 0:43:11.000. The same time appears as 0:43:11 in the player’s leaderboard row.

  1. After reading Results, choose Main Menu.
  2. Open Leaderboards and select the same shop.
  3. Choose My Position to locate your row, then compare its time with the completed result.
Hearth and Barrel Results with Clear Time 0:43:11.000 and 1048 of 1048 arranged
The completed run records 0:43:11.000 before the player leaves Results. · Image source · Open full-size image ↗
Shelves and Sorcery main menu with Leaderboards button
Open Leaderboards from the main menu. · Image source · Open full-size image ↗
My Position showing GingerEmpireYT at rank 2682 with time 0:43:11
The recorded My Position row matches the completed time; this is the August 24 example, not a current ranking. · Image source · Open full-size image ↗

Library references

August 10 update →

August 13 update →

Zhain Gaming →

Enveie →

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The Ginger Empire →