diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
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 # nte-optimizer
 
-> [!CAUTION]
-> **This repository is vibecoded.** Its implementation was written with substantial AI assistance and may contain plausible-looking mistakes, unsafe assumptions, or unreviewed edge cases. Treat it with care: inspect the code, verify outputs, and run the tests before relying on it.
+Gear optimizer for *Neverness to Everness*. Static site, no server, no account.
 
-Gear optimizer for *Neverness to Everness*. Static site, no server, no account, and no runtime connection to the game.
+It imports the JSON that [`nte-exporter`](../nte-exporter) writes during a normal
+capture run, and recommends what to equip on whom — drawn onto each character's
+console grid.
 
-It imports a gear snapshot produced by `nte-exporter`, scores the available cartridges and modules, and draws recommended builds directly onto each character's console grid.
-
-## Features
-
-- Single-character optimization with Prydwen targets or custom targets and weights.
-- Cartridge set and 2-piece/4-piece bonus selection.
-- Arc stats, refinements, conditional-effect controls, and explicit notices for effects the model cannot score.
-- Team optimization against one shared item pool without assigning an item twice.
-- Console-grid layouts with module placement and enough item detail to find each piece in game.
-- Local equipment tracking, Equip/Undo, and import refreshes from game truth.
-- Predicted-versus-measured character sheet comparison.
-- Hosted build plus a single-file offline build.
-
-All account data stays in the browser. Nothing is uploaded by the app.
-
-## Running locally
+## Running it
 
 ```sh
 npm ci
-npm run dev
-```
-
-Useful checks and builds:
-
-```sh
+npm run dev            # development
+npm run build          # dist/index.html  — the normal build
+npm run build:single   # dist/nte.html    — one file, works over file://
 npm test
-npm run check:guides
-npm run build          # hosted build in dist/
-npm run build:single   # standalone dist/nte.html
 ```
 
-The standalone build works over `file://`. Browser restrictions disable workers, IndexedDB, and bundled artwork there; the app falls back to inline solving and localStorage or memory.
+`dist/` is **committed on purpose**. In three years, when `npm ci` fails on some
+transitive native module, `python3 -m http.server -d dist` will still work. The
+source build is the convenience; the committed output is the artifact.
 
-## Model boundaries
+## Layout
 
-This is a stat-target optimizer, not a damage simulator. It has no rotation or ability-multiplier model.
-
-- Targets are floors. Published substat rankings determine their relative weights.
-- Timed bonuses are reported but not scored without defensible uptime data.
-- Shield strength, enemy resistance, ally-only buffs, and other unsupported quantities are marked unmodellable instead of mapped onto a different stat.
-- Level-80 base-stat scaling remains unmeasured, so dependent sheet values are shown as unavailable.
-- “Proven” means optimal for one packing and cartridge, not globally optimal across every internal beam-search choice.
-
-## Project layout
-
-| Path | Contents |
+| path | what lives there |
 |---|---|
-| `data-src/` | Source classifications, cartridge bonuses, and guide data. |
-| `tools/` | Data validation, generation, benchmarking, and build scripts. |
-| `src/domain/` | Pure stat, board, cartridge, Arc, and scoring logic. |
-| `src/solver/` | Worker-safe single-character and team solvers. |
-| `src/db/` | Import validation and local persistence. |
-| `src/ui/` | React interface. |
-| `tests/` | Domain, solver, persistence, and integration checks. |
+| `data-src/` | raw everness mirrors, Arc classifications, guide data. Committed, not shipped. |
+| `tools/` | build-time scripts. Output goes to `src/generated/`, also committed. |
+| `src/domain/` | **pure.** No DOM, no IndexedDB, no imports from `ui/`, `db/` or `state/`. |
+| `src/solver/` | same rule. Chunked generators, so they run in a worker or inline unchanged. |
+| `src/db/` | schema, migrations, import, persistence adapters. |
+| `src/ui/` | React. Four tabs and a hash router. |
 
-`src/domain/` and `src/solver/` stay free of DOM, storage, and UI imports so the same logic runs in tests, inline, or in a Web Worker.
+The `domain/` and `solver/` rule is what makes them worker-safe, Node-testable
+and diffable against the Python they were ported from. Keep it.
+
+## Two things that are easy to get wrong
+
+**Ported rules were expensive to derive and break in ways that still look
+plausible.** Before touching anything in `domain/`, read
+`~/Apps/nte-research/WIREFORMAT.md` and the "facts worth not re-deriving"
+section of `RESUME.md`. Builds are 6, 7 or 8 modules and never always 7; the
+console trait is not always CRIT DMG or Type III; a transposed board renders
+correctly on a symmetric grid.
+
+**The model has measured gaps, and the app is built to show them rather than
+hide them.** Set bonus values are unknown and contribute nothing. The base-stat
+multiplier has never been read at level 80. A `proven` build is optimal for its
+packing and cartridge, not globally. Every one of those is surfaced in the UI on
+purpose — if you find yourself replacing one with a plausible number, don't.
+
+## Degraded modes
+
+Opening `dist/nte.html` from the filesystem gives the page an opaque origin, so
+IndexedDB, workers, `fetch` and module scripts are all unavailable. The app
+handles this behind two interfaces it never sees through — `PersistenceAdapter`
+(IndexedDB → localStorage → memory) and `SolverHost` (worker → inline) — and
+shows a banner when storage is not durable. Artwork is not carried in that build.
+
+## Deploying
+
+`npm run deploy` builds both targets and publishes to
+**https://nte.goober.moe**.
+
+The homelab has no `rsync`, so the tree goes over as a tar stream, and the
+destination is wiped first: a stale content-hashed chunk left behind would be
+served forever, since `/assets/*` is cached as immutable. Caddy serves
+`/mnt/docker/appdata/caddy/sites/nte.goober.moe` as `/srv/nte.goober.moe` via a
+read-only bind mount, which is why a deploy needs no container restart — but
+adding a *new* site does, and recreating that container briefly drops every
+other site behind Caddy.
+
+`https://nte.goober.moe/nte.html` is the single-file offline build, shipped
+alongside the app.
+
+`dist/` is not in git. The deploy builds from source.
diff --git a/data-src/guides.json b/data-src/guides.json
index 22e5d68..7fcbbe1 100644
--- a/data-src/guides.json
+++ b/data-src/guides.json
@@ -1,1197 +1,13 @@
 {
  "format": "nte-guides",
  "format_version": 1,
- "_source": "https://www.prydwen.gg/neverness-to-everness/characters/<slug> - the Build tab, read on 2026-08-21 through a real browser session at their stated Crawl-delay of 10s.",
- "_priority_is_substats": "`priority` is Prydwen's Sub Stats ranking, which is what the field documents. Their separate Main Stats ranking is not merged in: combining two published rankings into one would be our construction, not theirs. A main-stat-only priority (usually the elemental DMG bonus) therefore keeps its published target but sits at weight 1.",
- "_ties": "Prydwen writes ties as `A = B` and emphasis as `>>`. Both are flattened to a plain ordering that keeps the printed left-to-right order, because the schema forbids duplicate ranks.",
- "_targets_omit_totals": "Prydwen's `HP:`, `ATK:` and `DEF:` endgame lines are character TOTALS. The vector the solver scores is gear + Arc only and carries no character base stats, so those three are not comparable and are left out rather than mapped to the flat gear slots, which would be a units error. Every other published line has a zero or negligible base component and is carried through as published. Note Crit DMG still includes the character's ~50% base, so that target is conservative rather than exact.",
- "_ranges": "Where a range or a conditional was published (`50% ~ 80%+`, `64-74%+`, `100%+ before 80% from Arc buff`) the lower bound is used, since a target is a floor to reach.",
- "_absent": "A character with no published build data is absent, not guessed: linko.",
+ "_source": "Prydwen build guides, entered by hand and reviewed before committing.",
+ "_why_not_scraped": "Prydwen's character pages are client-rendered, so a plain fetch returns only navigation chrome, and their Gatsby /page-data/ endpoint answers 410 Gone. Their robots.txt does allow content pages with a 10 second crawl-delay, so a headless render would be permitted - it is just not something the build can do unattended. Entries below are typed in from the published guide.",
  "_shape": {
   "key": "the GA_<key>_* ability key, so it joins to a capture directly",
-  "sets": "Prydwen's ranked cartridge set recommendation. Recorded as published; the solver still enumerates every owned set itself.",
-  "variants": "one per published priority set",
+  "variants": "one per published priority set (Main DPS, SubDPS, Break, DoT)",
   "targets": "recommended endgame stats, raw stat ids, percentages as fractions",
-  "priority": "substat ranking, best first; weights are derived from position",
-  "updated": "the date this entry was read from Prydwen, not their revision date"
+  "priority": "substat ranking, best first; weights are derived from position"
  },
- "characters": [
-  {
-   "key": "Adler",
-   "source": "https://www.prydwen.gg/neverness-to-everness/characters/adler",
-   "updated": "2026-08-21",
-   "sets": [
-    {
-     "rank": 1,
-     "name": "Kingdom's Guard"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 2,
-     "name": "Speedy Hedgehog"
-    }
-   ],
-   "variants": [
-    {
-     "name": "Recommended",
-     "targets": [
-      {
-       "stat": "CritBase",
-       "target": 0.05
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "CritDamageBase",
-       "target": 0.5
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "MagBase",
-       "target": 50.0
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "UnbalIntensityBase",
-       "target": 75.0
-      }
-     ],
-     "priority": [
-      "DefUp",
-      "DefAdd",
-      "UnbalIntensityBase",
-      "MagBase",
-      "DamageUpGeneralBase"
-     ]
-    }
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "key": "Mitsuki",
-   "source": "https://www.prydwen.gg/neverness-to-everness/characters/aurelia",
-   "updated": "2026-08-21",
-   "sets": [
-    {
-     "rank": 1,
-     "name": "Devil's Blood: Curse"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 2,
-     "name": "Lost Radiance"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 3,
-     "name": "Shadow Creed"
-    }
-   ],
-   "variants": [
-    {
-     "name": "Recommended",
-     "targets": [
-      {
-       "stat": "CritBase",
-       "target": 0.6
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "CritDamageBase",
-       "target": 0.9
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-       "target": 0.15
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpPsycheBase",
-       "target": 0.3
-      }
-     ],
-     "priority": [
-      "CritDamageBase",
-      "CritBase",
-      "AtkUp",
-      "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-      "AtkAdd"
-     ]
-    }
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "key": "Cang",
-   "source": "https://www.prydwen.gg/neverness-to-everness/characters/baicang",
-   "updated": "2026-08-21",
-   "sets": [
-    {
-     "rank": 1,
-     "name": "Crimson: Twin Butterflies"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 2,
-     "name": "Shadow Creed"
-    }
-   ],
-   "variants": [
-    {
-     "name": "Recommended",
-     "targets": [
-      {
-       "stat": "CritBase",
-       "target": 0.75
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "CritDamageBase",
-       "target": 1.0
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "UnbalIntensityBase",
-       "target": 25.0
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-       "target": 0.1
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpIncantationBase",
-       "target": 0.475
-      }
-     ],
-     "priority": [
-      "CritBase",
-      "CritDamageBase",
-      "AtkUp",
-      "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-      "AtkAdd",
-      "UnbalIntensityBase"
-     ]
-    }
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "key": "Chaos071",
-   "source": "https://www.prydwen.gg/neverness-to-everness/characters/chaos",
-   "updated": "2026-08-21",
-   "sets": [
-    {
-     "rank": 1,
-     "name": "Street Boxer"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 2,
-     "name": "Shadow Creed"
-    }
-   ],
-   "variants": [
-    {
-     "name": "Recommended",
-     "targets": [
-      {
-       "stat": "CritBase",
-       "target": 0.64
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "CritDamageBase",
-       "target": 1.6
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-       "target": 0.15
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpLakshanaBase",
-       "target": 0.675
-      }
-     ],
-     "priority": [
-      "CritBase",
-      "CritDamageBase",
-      "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-      "AtkUp",
-      "AtkAdd"
-     ]
-    }
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "key": "Chiichan073",
-   "source": "https://www.prydwen.gg/neverness-to-everness/characters/chiz",
-   "updated": "2026-08-21",
-   "sets": [
-    {
-     "rank": 1,
-     "name": "Lost Radiance"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 2,
-     "name": "Shadow Creed"
-    }
-   ],
-   "variants": [
-    {
-     "name": "Recommended",
-     "targets": [
-      {
-       "stat": "CritBase",
-       "target": 0.4
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "CritDamageBase",
-       "target": 1.0
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-       "target": 0.2
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpCosmosBase",
-       "target": 0.55
-      }
-     ],
-     "priority": [
-      "CritDamageBase",
-      "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-      "AtkUp",
-      "AtkAdd"
-     ]
-    }
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "key": "Daffodill",
-   "source": "https://www.prydwen.gg/neverness-to-everness/characters/daffodil",
-   "updated": "2026-08-21",
-   "sets": [
-    {
-     "rank": 1,
-     "name": "Diabolos"
-    }
-   ],
-   "variants": [
-    {
-     "name": "Awakening 0 (No Dupes)",
-     "targets": [
-      {
-       "stat": "CritBase",
-       "target": 0.45
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "CritDamageBase",
-       "target": 0.9
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-       "target": 0.1
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpChaosBase",
-       "target": 0.5
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "UnbalIntensityBase",
-       "target": 150.0
-      }
-     ],
-     "priority": [
-      "CritBase",
-      "CritDamageBase",
-      "AtkUp",
-      "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-      "AtkAdd",
-      "UnbalIntensityBase"
-     ]
-    },
-    {
-     "name": "Awakening 2+ (Using Awakening 3 and 5)",
-     "targets": [
-      {
-       "stat": "CritBase",
-       "target": 0.3
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "CritDamageBase",
-       "target": 0.6
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-       "target": 0.1
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpChaosBase",
-       "target": 0.4
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "UnbalIntensityBase",
-       "target": 350.0
-      }
-     ],
-     "priority": [
-      "CritBase",
-      "CritDamageBase",
-      "AtkUp",
-      "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-      "AtkAdd",
-      "UnbalIntensityBase"
-     ]
-    }
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "key": "Edgar",
-   "source": "https://www.prydwen.gg/neverness-to-everness/characters/edgar",
-   "updated": "2026-08-21",
-   "sets": [
-    {
-     "rank": 1,
-     "name": "Thea's Night Tavern"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 2,
-     "name": "Speedy Hedgehog"
-    }
-   ],
-   "variants": [
-    {
-     "name": "Recommended",
-     "targets": [
-      {
-       "stat": "CritBase",
-       "target": 0.05
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "CritDamageBase",
-       "target": 0.5
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "MagBase",
-       "target": 50.0
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "UnbalIntensityBase",
-       "target": 50.0
-      }
-     ],
-     "priority": [
-      "HPMaxUp",
-      "HPMaxAdd",
-      "MagBase",
-      "UnbalIntensityBase"
-     ]
-    }
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "key": "Fadia",
-   "source": "https://www.prydwen.gg/neverness-to-everness/characters/fadia",
-   "updated": "2026-08-21",
-   "sets": [
-    {
-     "rank": 1,
-     "name": "Tiny Big Adventure"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 2,
-     "name": "Quiet Manor"
-    }
-   ],
-   "variants": [
-    {
-     "name": "Recommended",
-     "targets": [
-      {
-       "stat": "CritBase",
-       "target": 0.05
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "CritDamageBase",
-       "target": 0.5
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-       "target": 0.2
-      }
-     ],
-     "priority": [
-      "HPMaxUp",
-      "HPMaxAdd",
-      "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-      "CritBase",
-      "CritDamageBase"
-     ]
-    }
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "key": "Haniel",
-   "source": "https://www.prydwen.gg/neverness-to-everness/characters/haniel",
-   "updated": "2026-08-21",
-   "sets": [
-    {
-     "rank": 1,
-     "name": "Speedy Hedgehog"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 2,
-     "name": "Fireflies and the Forest"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 3,
-     "name": "Devil's Blood: Curse"
-    }
-   ],
-   "variants": [
-    {
-     "name": "Recommended",
-     "targets": [
-      {
-       "stat": "CritBase",
-       "target": 0.5
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "CritDamageBase",
-       "target": 0.9
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-       "target": 0.15
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpPsycheBase",
-       "target": 0.2
-      }
-     ],
-     "priority": [
-      "CritDamageBase",
-      "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-      "CritBase",
-      "AtkUp",
-      "UnbalIntensityBase",
-      "AtkAdd"
-     ]
-    }
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "key": "Hathor",
-   "source": "https://www.prydwen.gg/neverness-to-everness/characters/hathor",
-   "updated": "2026-08-21",
-   "sets": [
-    {
-     "rank": 1,
-     "name": "Street Boxer"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 2,
-     "name": "Devil's Blood: Curse"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 3,
-     "name": "Fireflies and the Forest"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 4,
-     "name": "Shadow Creed"
-    }
-   ],
-   "variants": [
-    {
-     "name": "Recommended",
-     "targets": [
-      {
-       "stat": "CritBase",
-       "target": 0.3
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "CritDamageBase",
-       "target": 1.2
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-       "target": 0.15
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpLakshanaBase",
-       "target": 0.625
-      }
-     ],
-     "priority": [
-      "CritBase",
-      "CritDamageBase",
-      "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-      "AtkUp",
-      "AtkAdd"
-     ]
-    }
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "key": "Jin",
-   "source": "https://www.prydwen.gg/neverness-to-everness/characters/hotori",
-   "updated": "2026-08-21",
-   "sets": [
-    {
-     "rank": 1,
-     "name": "Lost Radiance"
-    }
-   ],
-   "variants": [
-    {
-     "name": "Recommended",
-     "targets": [
-      {
-       "stat": "CritBase",
-       "target": 0.7
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "CritDamageBase",
-       "target": 0.9
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-       "target": 0.1
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpCosmosBase",
-       "target": 0.5
-      }
-     ],
-     "priority": [
-      "CritDamageBase",
-      "CritBase",
-      "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-      "AtkUp",
-      "AtkAdd"
-     ]
-    }
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "key": "Oneiroi",
-   "source": "https://www.prydwen.gg/neverness-to-everness/characters/iroi",
-   "updated": "2026-08-21",
-   "sets": [
-    {
-     "rank": 1,
-     "name": "Speedy Hedgehog"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 2,
-     "name": "Fireflies and the Forest"
-    }
-   ],
-   "variants": [
-    {
-     "name": "Recommended",
-     "targets": [
-      {
-       "stat": "CritBase",
-       "target": 0.3
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "CritDamageBase",
-       "target": 0.7
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-       "target": 0.1
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "MagBase",
-       "target": 150.0
-      }
-     ],
-     "priority": [
-      "MagBase",
-      "CritDamageBase",
-      "CritBase",
-      "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-      "AtkUp"
-     ]
-    }
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "key": "Kuhara",
-   "source": "https://www.prydwen.gg/neverness-to-everness/characters/jiuyuan",
-   "updated": "2026-08-21",
-   "sets": [
-    {
-     "rank": 1,
-     "name": "Fireflies and the Forest"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 2,
-     "name": "Devil's Blood: Curse"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 3,
-     "name": "Street Boxer"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 4,
-     "name": "Shadow Creed"
-    }
-   ],
-   "variants": [
-    {
-     "name": "Recommended",
-     "targets": [
-      {
-       "stat": "CritBase",
-       "target": 0.8
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "CritDamageBase",
-       "target": 1.0
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-       "target": 0.1
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpNatureBase",
-       "target": 0.35
-      }
-     ],
-     "priority": [
-      "CritBase",
-      "CritDamageBase",
-      "AtkUp",
-      "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-      "AtkAdd"
-     ]
-    }
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "key": "Lacrimosa",
-   "source": "https://www.prydwen.gg/neverness-to-everness/characters/lacrimosa",
-   "updated": "2026-08-21",
-   "sets": [
-    {
-     "rank": 1,
-     "name": "Diabolos"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 2,
-     "name": "Shadow Creed"
-    }
-   ],
-   "variants": [
-    {
-     "name": "Recommended",
-     "targets": [
-      {
-       "stat": "CritBase",
-       "target": 0.5
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "CritDamageBase",
-       "target": 1.0
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-       "target": 0.1
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpChaosBase",
-       "target": 0.5
-      }
-     ],
-     "priority": [
-      "CritDamageBase",
-      "CritBase",
-      "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-      "AtkUp",
-      "AtkAdd"
-     ]
-    }
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "key": "Mint019",
-   "source": "https://www.prydwen.gg/neverness-to-everness/characters/mint",
-   "updated": "2026-08-21",
-   "sets": [
-    {
-     "rank": 1,
-     "name": "Fireflies and the Forest"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 2,
-     "name": "Shadow Creed"
-    }
-   ],
-   "variants": [
-    {
-     "name": "Recommended",
-     "targets": [
-      {
-       "stat": "CritBase",
-       "target": 0.6
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "CritDamageBase",
-       "target": 1.0
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-       "target": 0.1
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpNatureBase",
-       "target": 0.475
-      }
-     ],
-     "priority": [
-      "CritBase",
-      "CritDamageBase",
-      "AtkUp",
-      "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-      "AtkAdd"
-     ]
-    }
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "key": "Nanally",
-   "source": "https://www.prydwen.gg/neverness-to-everness/characters/nanally",
-   "updated": "2026-08-21",
-   "sets": [
-    {
-     "rank": 1,
-     "name": "Fireflies and the Forest"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 2,
-     "name": "Shadow Creed"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 3,
-     "name": "Lost Radiance"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 4,
-     "name": "Devil's Blood: Curse"
-    }
-   ],
-   "variants": [
-    {
-     "name": "Recommended",
-     "targets": [
-      {
-       "stat": "CritBase",
-       "target": 0.85
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "CritDamageBase",
-       "target": 1.0
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-       "target": 0.1
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpNatureBase",
-       "target": 0.475
-      }
-     ],
-     "priority": [
-      "CritBase",
-      "CritDamageBase",
-      "AtkUp",
-      "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-      "AtkAdd"
-     ]
-    }
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "key": "Sagiri",
-   "source": "https://www.prydwen.gg/neverness-to-everness/characters/sakiri",
-   "updated": "2026-08-21",
-   "sets": [
-    {
-     "rank": 1,
-     "name": "Speedy Hedgehog"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 2,
-     "name": "Crimson: Twin Butterflies"
-    }
-   ],
-   "variants": [
-    {
-     "name": "Recommended",
-     "targets": [
-      {
-       "stat": "CritBase",
-       "target": 0.5
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "CritDamageBase",
-       "target": 1.0
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "UnbalIntensityBase",
-       "target": 50.0
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-       "target": 0.1
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpIncantationBase",
-       "target": 0.54
-      }
-     ],
-     "priority": [
-      "CritDamageBase",
-      "CritBase",
-      "AtkUp",
-      "AtkAdd",
-      "UnbalIntensityBase",
-      "MagBase"
-     ]
-    }
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "key": "Shinku",
-   "source": "https://www.prydwen.gg/neverness-to-everness/characters/shinku",
-   "updated": "2026-08-21",
-   "sets": [
-    {
-     "rank": 1,
-     "name": "Lost Radiance"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 2,
-     "name": "Street Boxer"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 3,
-     "name": "Fireflies and the Forest"
-    }
-   ],
-   "variants": [
-    {
-     "name": "Recommended",
-     "targets": [
-      {
-       "stat": "CritBase",
-       "target": 0.75
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "CritDamageBase",
-       "target": 1.5
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-       "target": 0.15
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpCosmosBase",
-       "target": 0.1
-      }
-     ],
-     "priority": [
-      "CritBase",
-      "CritDamageBase",
-      "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-      "AtkUp",
-      "AtkAdd"
-     ]
-    }
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "key": "Skia",
-   "source": "https://www.prydwen.gg/neverness-to-everness/characters/skia",
-   "updated": "2026-08-21",
-   "sets": [
-    {
-     "rank": 1,
-     "name": "Street Boxer"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 2,
-     "name": "Shadow Creed"
-    }
-   ],
-   "variants": [
-    {
-     "name": "Recommended",
-     "targets": [
-      {
-       "stat": "CritBase",
-       "target": 0.3
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "CritDamageBase",
-       "target": 1.35
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-       "target": 0.15
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpLakshanaBase",
-       "target": 0.375
-      }
-     ],
-     "priority": [
-      "CritBase",
-      "CritDamageBase",
-      "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-      "AtkUp",
-      "AtkAdd"
-     ]
-    }
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "key": "Zankou",
-   "source": "https://www.prydwen.gg/neverness-to-everness/characters/zankou",
-   "updated": "2026-08-21",
-   "sets": [
-    {
-     "rank": 1,
-     "name": "Crimson: Twin Butterflies"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 2,
-     "name": "Lost Radiance"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 3,
-     "name": "Shadow Creed"
-    }
-   ],
-   "variants": [
-    {
-     "name": "Recommended",
-     "targets": [
-      {
-       "stat": "CritBase",
-       "target": 0.6
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "CritDamageBase",
-       "target": 2.0
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "MagBase",
-       "target": 200.0
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-       "target": 0.1
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpIncantationBase",
-       "target": 0.1
-      }
-     ],
-     "priority": [
-      "CritDamageBase",
-      "MagBase",
-      "CritBase",
-      "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-      "AtkUp",
-      "UnbalIntensityBase"
-     ]
-    },
-    {
-     "name": "SubDPS",
-     "targets": [
-      {
-       "stat": "CritBase",
-       "target": 0.6
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "CritDamageBase",
-       "target": 2.0
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "MagBase",
-       "target": 200.0
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-       "target": 0.1
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpIncantationBase",
-       "target": 0.1
-      }
-     ],
-     "priority": [
-      "CritDamageBase",
-      "MagBase",
-      "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-      "CritBase",
-      "AtkUp",
-      "UnbalIntensityBase"
-     ]
-    }
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "key": "Female046",
-   "source": "https://www.prydwen.gg/neverness-to-everness/characters/zero",
-   "updated": "2026-08-21",
-   "sets": [
-    {
-     "rank": 1,
-     "name": "Speedy Hedgehog"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 2,
-     "name": "Lost Radiance"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 3,
-     "name": "Fireflies and the Forest"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 4,
-     "name": "Shadow Creed"
-    }
-   ],
-   "variants": [
-    {
-     "name": "Day Off",
-     "targets": [
-      {
-       "stat": "CritBase",
-       "target": 0.45
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "CritDamageBase",
-       "target": 1.0
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-       "target": 0.1
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "MagBase",
-       "target": 50.0
-      }
-     ],
-     "priority": [
-      "CritDamageBase",
-      "CritBase",
-      "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-      "AtkUp",
-      "AtkAdd"
-     ]
-    },
-    {
-     "name": "The Rain That Shook the World",
-     "targets": [
-      {
-       "stat": "CritBase",
-       "target": 0.45
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "CritDamageBase",
-       "target": 0.9
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-       "target": 0.1
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "MagBase",
-       "target": 250.0
-      }
-     ],
-     "priority": [
-      "MagBase",
-      "CritBase",
-      "CritDamageBase",
-      "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-      "AtkUp",
-      "AtkAdd"
-     ]
-    }
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "key": "Female051",
-   "source": "https://www.prydwen.gg/neverness-to-everness/characters/zero",
-   "updated": "2026-08-21",
-   "sets": [
-    {
-     "rank": 1,
-     "name": "Speedy Hedgehog"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 2,
-     "name": "Lost Radiance"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 3,
-     "name": "Fireflies and the Forest"
-    },
-    {
-     "rank": 4,
-     "name": "Shadow Creed"
-    }
-   ],
-   "variants": [
-    {
-     "name": "Day Off",
-     "targets": [
-      {
-       "stat": "CritBase",
-       "target": 0.45
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "CritDamageBase",
-       "target": 1.0
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-       "target": 0.1
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "MagBase",
-       "target": 50.0
-      }
-     ],
-     "priority": [
-      "CritDamageBase",
-      "CritBase",
-      "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-      "AtkUp",
-      "AtkAdd"
-     ]
-    },
-    {
-     "name": "The Rain That Shook the World",
-     "targets": [
-      {
-       "stat": "CritBase",
-       "target": 0.45
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "CritDamageBase",
-       "target": 0.9
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-       "target": 0.1
-      },
-      {
-       "stat": "MagBase",
-       "target": 250.0
-      }
-     ],
-     "priority": [
-      "MagBase",
-      "CritBase",
-      "CritDamageBase",
-      "DamageUpGeneralBase",
-      "AtkUp",
-      "AtkAdd"
-     ]
-    }
-   ]
-  }
- ]
+ "characters": []
 }
diff --git a/data-src/set-bonuses.json b/data-src/set-bonuses.json
index b2e5b3c..fa7d14c 100644
--- a/data-src/set-bonuses.json
+++ b/data-src/set-bonuses.json
@@ -1,55 +1,127 @@
 {
-  "format": "nte-set-bonuses",
-  "format_version": 2,
-  "source": "Prydwen, read 2026-08-21; page updated 2026-04-26",
-  "sets": {
-    "Crimson: Twin Butterflies": {
-      "2": {"description": "Incantation DMG +10%", "mode": "always", "stats": [{"stat": "DamageUpIncantationBase", "value": 0.1}], "why": "Unconditional wearer stat."},
-      "4": {"description": "ATK +6% per nearby team Incantation DMG trigger, up to 6 stacks; each lasts 10s.", "mode": "stacks", "max_stacks": 6, "stats": [{"stat": "AtkUp", "value": 0.06}], "why": "Wearer ATK stacks to 6 and remains active off-field."}
-    },
-    "Devil's Blood: Curse": {
-      "2": {"description": "Psyche DMG +10%", "mode": "always", "stats": [{"stat": "DamageUpPsycheBase", "value": 0.1}], "why": "Unconditional wearer stat."},
-      "4": {"description": "DMG +18%, increased to 36% against units affected by Nova or Stain.", "mode": "always", "stats": [{"stat": "DamageUpGeneralBase", "value": 0.18}], "why": "The unconditional 18% is modelled; the target-conditional increase is not assumed."}
-    },
-    "Diabolos": {
-      "2": {"description": "Chaos DMG +10%", "mode": "always", "stats": [{"stat": "DamageUpChaosBase", "value": 0.1}], "why": "Unconditional wearer stat."},
-      "4": {"description": "Ignores 12% Chaos RES, increased to 24% for 20s after Nova or Scorch.", "mode": "unmodellable", "stats": [], "why": "Chaos RES is not DEF; mapping this to DefIgnore would model a different quantity."}
-    },
-    "Fireflies and the Forest": {
-      "2": {"description": "Anima DMG +10%", "mode": "always", "stats": [{"stat": "DamageUpNatureBase", "value": 0.1}], "why": "Anima is named Nature in the stat ids."},
-      "4": {"description": "CRIT DMG +8% per nearby team Anima DMG trigger, up to 7 stacks; each lasts 10s.", "mode": "stacks", "max_stacks": 7, "stats": [{"stat": "CritDamageBase", "value": 0.08}], "why": "Wearer CRIT DMG stacks to 7 and remains active off-field."}
-    },
-    "Kingdom's Guard": {
-      "2": {"description": "DEF +15%", "mode": "always", "stats": [{"stat": "DefUp", "value": 0.15}], "why": "Unconditional wearer stat."},
-      "4": {"description": "Shields +20%", "mode": "unmodellable", "stats": [], "why": "Shield strength has no stat-vector slot."}
-    },
-    "Lost Radiance": {
-      "2": {"description": "Cosmos DMG +10%", "mode": "always", "stats": [{"stat": "DamageUpCosmosBase", "value": 0.1}], "why": "Unconditional wearer stat."},
-      "4": {"description": "Ignores 25% DEF for 20s after Ultimate.", "mode": "duration", "stats": [{"stat": "DefIgnore", "value": 0.25}], "why": "Timed post-Ultimate stat; uptime needs rotation data, so it is reported but not scored."}
-    },
-    "Quiet Manor": {
-      "2": {"description": "Mental DMG +10%", "mode": "always", "stats": [{"stat": "DamageUpPsychicallyBase", "value": 0.1}], "why": "User-decided circumstantial mapping: DamageUpPsychicallyBase is the only non-element damage id, appears on 19 real items, and Fadia's guide pairs Mental DMG with Quiet Manor. Not sheet-confirmed; check in game."},
-      "4": {"description": "Mental DMG +12% per Basic Attack, up to 3 stacks; each lasts 6s.", "mode": "stacks", "max_stacks": 3, "stats": [{"stat": "DamageUpPsychicallyBase", "value": 0.12}], "why": "Uses the same user-decided Mental DMG mapping as the 2-piece tier; stacks to 3."}
-    },
-    "Shadow Creed": {
-      "2": {"description": "ATK +10%", "mode": "always", "stats": [{"stat": "AtkUp", "value": 0.1}], "why": "Unconditional wearer stat."},
-      "4": {"description": "ATK +25% for 20s after Skill.", "mode": "duration", "stats": [{"stat": "AtkUp", "value": 0.25}], "why": "Timed post-Skill stat; uptime needs rotation data, so it is reported but not scored."}
-    },
-    "Speedy Hedgehog": {
-      "2": {"description": "Charge Efficiency +12%", "mode": "always", "stats": [{"stat": "ChargeGetEfficiencyBase", "value": 0.12}], "why": "Unconditional wearer stat."},
-      "4": {"description": "All allies' ATK +15% for 20s after wearer uses Ultimate.", "mode": "unmodellable", "stats": [], "why": "Buff applies to allies, not the wearer being optimised."}
-    },
-    "Street Boxer": {
-      "2": {"description": "Lakshana DMG +10%", "mode": "always", "stats": [{"stat": "DamageUpLakshanaBase", "value": 0.1}], "why": "Unconditional wearer stat."},
-      "4": {"description": "CRIT Rate +14%.", "mode": "always", "stats": [{"stat": "CritBase", "value": 0.14}], "why": "Prydwen's reaction sentence repeats 14% from 14%; treated as a source typo, not a second value."}
-    },
-    "Thea's Night Tavern": {
-      "2": {"description": "HP +10%", "mode": "always", "stats": [{"stat": "HPMaxUp", "value": 0.1}], "why": "Unconditional wearer stat."},
-      "4": {"description": "Healing Bonus +20%", "mode": "always", "stats": [{"stat": "HealUp", "value": 0.2}], "why": "Unconditional wearer stat."}
-    },
-    "Tiny Big Adventure": {
-      "2": {"description": "HP +10%", "mode": "always", "stats": [{"stat": "HPMaxUp", "value": 0.1}], "why": "Unconditional wearer stat."},
-      "4": {"description": "Max HP +4% when taking damage, up to 10 stacks; each lasts 10s; Ultimate grants 10.", "mode": "stacks", "max_stacks": 10, "stats": [{"stat": "HPMaxUp", "value": 0.04}], "why": "Wearer Max HP stacks to 10; targeting the 4-piece tier uses its stated maximum."}
-    }
+ "format": "nte-set-bonuses",
+ "format_version": 1,
+ "note": "Bonus VALUES are not in any capture and not on everness: items.json carries only the cartridge boxes. Each tier stays unknown until read in game or scraped, and an unknown tier contributes nothing rather than a guessed number.",
+ "sets": {
+  "Crimson: Twin Butterflies": {
+   "2": {
+    "unknown": true,
+    "stats": []
+   },
+   "4": {
+    "unknown": true,
+    "stats": []
+   }
+  },
+  "Devil's Blood: Curse": {
+   "2": {
+    "unknown": true,
+    "stats": []
+   },
+   "4": {
+    "unknown": true,
+    "stats": []
+   }
+  },
+  "Diabolos": {
+   "2": {
+    "unknown": true,
+    "stats": []
+   },
+   "4": {
+    "unknown": true,
+    "stats": []
+   }
+  },
+  "Fireflies and the Forest": {
+   "2": {
+    "unknown": true,
+    "stats": []
+   },
+   "4": {
+    "unknown": true,
+    "stats": []
+   }
+  },
+  "Kingdom's Guard": {
+   "2": {
+    "unknown": true,
+    "stats": []
+   },
+   "4": {
+    "unknown": true,
+    "stats": []
+   }
+  },
+  "Lost Radiance": {
+   "2": {
+    "unknown": true,
+    "stats": []
+   },
+   "4": {
+    "unknown": true,
+    "stats": []
+   }
+  },
+  "Quiet Manor": {
+   "2": {
+    "unknown": true,
+    "stats": []
+   },
+   "4": {
+    "unknown": true,
+    "stats": []
+   }
+  },
+  "Shadow Creed": {
+   "2": {
+    "unknown": true,
+    "stats": []
+   },
+   "4": {
+    "unknown": true,
+    "stats": []
+   }
+  },
+  "Speedy Hedgehog": {
+   "2": {
+    "unknown": true,
+    "stats": []
+   },
+   "4": {
+    "unknown": true,
+    "stats": []
+   }
+  },
+  "Street Boxer": {
+   "2": {
+    "unknown": true,
+    "stats": []
+   },
+   "4": {
+    "unknown": true,
+    "stats": []
+   }
+  },
+  "Thea's Night Tavern": {
+   "2": {
+    "unknown": true,
+    "stats": []
+   },
+   "4": {
+    "unknown": true,
+    "stats": []
+   }
+  },
+  "Tiny Big Adventure": {
+   "2": {
+    "unknown": true,
+    "stats": []
+   },
+   "4": {
+    "unknown": true,
+    "stats": []
+   }
   }
+ }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a7b3aa0..424a3f9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
     "test": "vitest run",
     "test:watch": "vitest",
     "typecheck": "tsc -b --noEmit",
-    "check:guides": "node --experimental-strip-types tools/check-guides.ts"
+    "check:guides": "node --experimental-strip-types tools/check-guides.ts",
+    "deploy": "sh tools/deploy.sh"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "idb": "8.0.3",
diff --git a/src/domain/guides.ts b/src/domain/guides.ts
index 9decf29..0ab3f88 100644
--- a/src/domain/guides.ts
+++ b/src/domain/guides.ts
@@ -21,26 +21,11 @@ export interface GuideVariant {
   priority: string[];
 }
 
-/** A recommended cartridge set, in the order the guide ranks them. */
-export interface GuideSet {
-  rank: number;
-  /** The published name, which is also its key in `set-bonuses.json`. */
-  name: string;
-}
-
 export interface CharacterGuide {
   /** The `GA_<key>_*` ability key, so it joins to a capture directly. */
   key: string;
   source: string;
   updated: string;
-  /**
-   * The guide's ranked cartridge recommendation, recorded as published.
-   *
-   * Nothing in the solve reads this: the solver enumerates every set the player
-   * owns and is free to disagree, which is the point of running it. It is kept
-   * so the published recommendation can be shown beside the solved build.
-   */
-  sets?: GuideSet[];
   variants: GuideVariant[];
 }
 
diff --git a/src/domain/setbonus.ts b/src/domain/setbonus.ts
index 7c050ee..061d139 100644
--- a/src/domain/setbonus.ts
+++ b/src/domain/setbonus.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,23 @@
-/** Cartridge set bonuses, classified with the same modes as Arc effects. */
+/**
+ * Cartridge set bonuses.
+ *
+ * The bonus *values* are the one piece of the model no available source
+ * carries: the capture never sends them, and everness's `items.json` holds only
+ * the cartridge boxes, not their effects. They have to be read in game or
+ * scraped from a guide.
+ *
+ * Until then every tier is explicitly unknown and contributes **nothing**. The
+ * requirements are firm that the app never invents numbers, so a missing bonus
+ * shows as a gap in the UI rather than as a plausible-looking zero the player
+ * cannot tell apart from a real one.
+ */
 import { activeTiers, type SetName, type Tier } from "./cartridges.ts";
 import type { ShapeId } from "./shapes.ts";
-import { vectorFrom, type StatId, type StatPair } from "./statvec.ts";
-
-export type BonusMode = "always" | "toggle" | "stacks" | "duration" | "unmodellable";
+import { vectorFrom, type StatPair } from "./statvec.ts";
 
 export interface TierBonus {
-  description: string;
-  mode: BonusMode;
-  stats: Array<{ stat: StatId; value: number }>;
-  why: string;
-  max_stacks?: number;
-  /** Kept for future source gaps; v2 classifies every current tier. */
-  unknown?: boolean;
+  unknown: boolean;
+  stats: StatPair[];
 }
 
 export interface SetBonusTable {
@@ -21,17 +26,11 @@ export interface SetBonusTable {
   sets: Record<string, Record<"2" | "4", TierBonus>>;
 }
 
-export interface OmittedTier {
-  tier: Tier;
-  mode: "duration" | "unmodellable";
-  why: string;
-}
-
 export interface SetBonusResult {
   tiers: Tier[];
   vector: Float32Array;
+  /** Tiers that are active but whose values nobody has measured yet. */
   unknownTiers: Tier[];
-  omittedTiers: OmittedTier[];
 }
 
 /** What a board's set bonuses contribute, and what is missing from that answer. */
@@ -39,41 +38,29 @@ export function setBonus(
   table: SetBonusTable,
   set: SetName,
   shapesOnBoard: readonly ShapeId[],
-  targetTier: Tier = 4,
 ): SetBonusResult {
   const tiers = activeTiers(set, shapesOnBoard);
   const entry = table.sets[set];
   const pairs: StatPair[] = [];
   const unknownTiers: Tier[] = [];
-  const omittedTiers: OmittedTier[] = [];
 
   for (const tier of tiers) {
-    if (tier > targetTier) continue;
     const bonus = entry?.[String(tier) as "2" | "4"];
     if (!bonus || bonus.unknown) {
       unknownTiers.push(tier);
       continue;
     }
-    if (bonus.mode === "duration" || bonus.mode === "unmodellable") {
-      omittedTiers.push({ tier, mode: bonus.mode, why: bonus.why });
-      continue;
-    }
-
-    // ponytail: selecting 2+4 means aiming for stated max stacks; add a stack control only if users need partial uptime.
-    const multiplier = bonus.mode === "stacks" ? bonus.max_stacks ?? 0 : 1;
-    pairs.push(...bonus.stats.map(({ stat, value }) => ({ stat, value: value * multiplier })));
+    pairs.push(...bonus.stats);
   }
 
-  return { tiers, vector: vectorFrom(pairs), unknownTiers, omittedTiers };
+  return { tiers, vector: vectorFrom(pairs), unknownTiers };
 }
 
 /** Sets with at least one unmeasured tier, for the UI to flag up front. */
 export function incompleteSets(table: SetBonusTable): SetName[] {
   const out: SetName[] = [];
   for (const [set, tiers] of Object.entries(table.sets)) {
-    if (!tiers["2"] || !tiers["4"] || tiers["2"].unknown || tiers["4"].unknown) {
-      out.push(set as SetName);
-    }
+    if (tiers["2"].unknown || tiers["4"].unknown) out.push(set as SetName);
   }
   return out.sort();
 }
diff --git a/src/solver/job.ts b/src/solver/job.ts
index 9ac6d78..61aa526 100644
--- a/src/solver/job.ts
+++ b/src/solver/job.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * host and the worker host run byte-identical code and cannot drift.
  */
 import { boardFromSlots, boardKey } from "../domain/board.ts";
-import type { SetName, Tier } from "../domain/cartridges.ts";
+import type { SetName } from "../domain/cartridges.ts";
 import { buildPool, type ExportedItem } from "../domain/items.ts";
 import { compile, type ScoringConfig } from "../domain/scoring.ts";
 import type { SetBonusTable } from "../domain/setbonus.ts";
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ export interface CharacterJob {
   scoring: ScoringConfig;
   /** Restrict to these sets. Omit for every set the account owns. */
   sets?: SetName[];
-  /** Highest set-bonus tier to score: 2, or both 2 and 4. */
-  targetTier?: Tier;
   /**
    * Instances this character may not use - R2's "use equipped items" toggle
    * turned off, meaning items another character is wearing are off limits.
@@ -131,7 +129,6 @@ export function* runJob(job: SolveJob): Generator<JobProgress, JobResult, void>
       base: baseVector(character),
       trait: character.trait,
       setBonuses: job.setBonuses,
-      targetTier: character.targetTier ?? 4,
       scoring: compile(character.scoring),
       excluded,
       beamWidth: options.beamWidth,
diff --git a/src/solver/protocol.ts b/src/solver/protocol.ts
index bb60094..9fa0455 100644
--- a/src/solver/protocol.ts
+++ b/src/solver/protocol.ts
@@ -33,10 +33,8 @@ export interface Build {
    * The UI must render the distinction rather than implying certainty.
    */
   proven: boolean;
-  /** Selected active set tiers still lacking source data. */
+  /** Active set tiers whose values nobody has measured yet. */
   unknownTiers: Tier[];
-  /** Selected tiers that were classified but cannot be scored honestly. */
-  omittedTiers: Array<{ tier: Tier; mode: "duration" | "unmodellable"; why: string }>;
 }
 
 export interface SolveResult {
diff --git a/src/solver/single.ts b/src/solver/single.ts
index b99afa4..52c5199 100644
--- a/src/solver/single.ts
+++ b/src/solver/single.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
  * for free.
  */
 import type { ConsoleTrait } from "../domain/stats.ts";
-import type { Tier } from "../domain/cartridges.ts";
 import type { ItemPool } from "../domain/items.ts";
 import type { SetBonusTable } from "../domain/setbonus.ts";
 import type { Tiling } from "../domain/tilings.ts";
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ export interface SingleRequest {
   base: Float32Array;
   trait: ConsoleTrait | null;
   setBonuses: SetBonusTable;
-  targetTier?: Tier;
   scoring: CompiledScoring;
   /** Pool indices held by other characters and therefore off limits. */
   excluded?: ReadonlySet<number>;
@@ -153,7 +151,6 @@ export function* solveSingle(
     base,
     trait,
     setBonuses,
-    targetTier = 4,
     scoring,
     excluded = new Set<number>(),
     beamWidth = DEFAULT_BEAM_WIDTH,
@@ -204,7 +201,7 @@ export function* solveSingle(
     fixed.set(base);
     const traitStat = traitContribution(trait, tiling.pieces);
     if (traitStat) vectorFrom([traitStat], fixed);
-    const bonus = setBonus(setBonuses, tiling.set, tiling.pieces, targetTier);
+    const bonus = setBonus(setBonuses, tiling.set, tiling.pieces);
     for (let i = 0; i < SLOT_COUNT; i += 1) fixed[i] = fixed[i]! + bonus.vector[i]!;
 
     // Hardest groups first: fewer choices near the root prunes the most.
@@ -273,7 +270,6 @@ export function* solveSingle(
           vector,
           proven: false,
           unknownTiers: bonus.unknownTiers,
-          omittedTiers: bonus.omittedTiers,
         };
       }
       if (bestForState === null) continue;
diff --git a/src/ui/CharacterView.tsx b/src/ui/CharacterView.tsx
index d21bb61..63178c6 100644
--- a/src/ui/CharacterView.tsx
+++ b/src/ui/CharacterView.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import { useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
 
 import { arcContribution, arcControls, MAX_ARC_LEVEL, MAX_REFINEMENT } from "../domain/arcs.ts";
 import { boardFromSlots } from "../domain/board.ts";
-import { SET_NAMES, type SetName, type Tier } from "../domain/cartridges.ts";
 import { compile, explain, type StatTarget } from "../domain/scoring.ts";
 import { guideFor, targetsFromGuide, variantFor } from "../domain/guides.ts";
 import { compareSheet, predictSheet } from "../domain/sheet.ts";
@@ -90,11 +89,6 @@ export function CharacterView({
   // R2. Off by default: taking gear off another character is a real cost, so it
   // is opted into rather than assumed.
   const [useEquipped, setUseEquipped] = useState(false);
-  const [setName, setSetName] = useState<SetName | "">(() => {
-    const recommended = guide?.sets?.[0]?.name;
-    return recommended && recommended in data.setBonuses.sets ? (recommended as SetName) : "";
-  });
-  const [targetTier, setTargetTier] = useState<Tier>(2);
   const handle = useRef<SolveHandle | null>(null);
 
   const worn = equipmentOf(db, characterId);
@@ -160,8 +154,6 @@ export function CharacterView({
           trait,
           base: arcResult ? Array.from(arcResult.vector) : new Array(SLOT_COUNT).fill(0),
           scoring: { targets },
-          ...(setName ? { sets: [setName] } : {}),
-          targetTier,
           excludedInstances: useEquipped ? [] : heldByOthers(db, [characterId]),
         },
       ],
@@ -326,33 +318,6 @@ export function CharacterView({
         <ReadOnlyTargets targets={targets} source={guide!.source} updated={guide!.updated} />
       )}
 
-      <div className="arc-row">
-        <label className="arc">
-          Cartridge set
-          <select
-            value={setName}
-            disabled={running}
-            onChange={(event) => setSetName(event.target.value as SetName | "")}
-          >
-            <option value="">Any owned set</option>
-            {SET_NAMES.map((name) => (
-              <option key={name} value={name}>{name}</option>
-            ))}
-          </select>
-        </label>
-        <label className="arc">
-          Set bonuses to aim for
-          <select
-            value={targetTier}
-            disabled={running}
-            onChange={(event) => setTargetTier(Number(event.target.value) as Tier)}
-          >
-            <option value={2}>2-piece only</option>
-            <option value={4}>2-piece + 4-piece</option>
-          </select>
-        </label>
-      </div>
-
       <label className="toggle">
         <input
           type="checkbox"
@@ -436,11 +401,6 @@ export function CharacterView({
               never been measured, so it contributes nothing to this score.
             </p>
           )}
-          {build.omittedTiers.length > 0 && (
-            <p className="warning">
-              Not modelled: {build.omittedTiers.map((entry) => `tier ${entry.tier}: ${entry.why}`).join("; ")}
-            </p>
-          )}
           {report && (
             <table className="items">
               <tbody>
diff --git a/src/ui/TeamTab.tsx b/src/ui/TeamTab.tsx
index 52c4bdb..2eeccfe 100644
--- a/src/ui/TeamTab.tsx
+++ b/src/ui/TeamTab.tsx
@@ -306,11 +306,6 @@ function AssignedBuild({
           contributes nothing to this score.
         </p>
       )}
-      {build.omittedTiers.length > 0 && (
-        <p className="warning">
-          Not modelled: {build.omittedTiers.map((tier) => `tier ${tier.tier}: ${tier.why}`).join("; ")}
-        </p>
-      )}
 
       <BuildLegend
         cells={build.tiling.cells}
diff --git a/src/ui/styles.css b/src/ui/styles.css
index 06cbf2a..00141eb 100644
--- a/src/ui/styles.css
+++ b/src/ui/styles.css
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
   --panel: #1c1f26;
   --line: #2c313b;
   --text: #e6e8ec;
-  --dim: #cacdd5;
-  --accent: #bbd0ff;
-  --warn: #f1cc8d;
+  --dim: #9aa2b1;
+  --accent: #7aa2f7;
+  --warn: #e0af68;
   --bad: #f7768e;
   font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", sans-serif;
 }
@@ -59,13 +59,7 @@ select, input, button {
   font-size: 0.85rem;
 }
 button { cursor: pointer; }
-button:hover:not(:disabled), select:hover:not(:disabled), input:hover:not(:disabled) { border-color: var(--accent); }
-button:active:not(:disabled) { color: var(--accent); }
-button:focus-visible, select:focus-visible, input:focus-visible, a:focus-visible, summary:focus-visible {
-  outline: 2px solid var(--accent);
-  outline-offset: 2px;
-}
-button:disabled, select:disabled, input:disabled { opacity: 0.45; cursor: default; }
+button:disabled { opacity: 0.45; cursor: default; }
 
 table.items { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 0.85rem; }
 table.items th {
diff --git a/tests/domain.test.ts b/tests/domain.test.ts
index b7e080d..6aad9f6 100644
--- a/tests/domain.test.ts
+++ b/tests/domain.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { boardFromSlots, fillers, placements, tile } from "../src/domain/board.t
 import { REQUIRED_PIECES, SET_IDS, SET_NAMES, activeTiers } from "../src/domain/cartridges.ts";
 import { incompleteSets, setBonus, type SetBonusTable } from "../src/domain/setbonus.ts";
 import { ICON_ORDER, SHAPES, renderShape, sizeOf } from "../src/domain/shapes.ts";
-import { slotOf } from "../src/domain/statvec.ts";
 import { pieceColour, renderBoard } from "../src/domain/render.ts";
 import { cellsOfPiece, loadTilings, multisetOf, type RawTilings } from "../src/domain/tilings.ts";
 
@@ -183,47 +182,22 @@ describe("set bonuses", () => {
     expect(Object.keys(SET_IDS)).toHaveLength(12);
   });
 
-  it("classifies every tier and preserves the three honest model gaps", () => {
-    expect(table.format_version).toBe(2);
-    expect(Object.values(table.sets).flatMap((tiers) => Object.values(tiers))).toHaveLength(24);
-    expect(
-      Object.entries(table.sets)
-        .filter(([, tiers]) => tiers["4"].mode === "unmodellable")
-        .map(([set]) => set)
-        .sort(),
-    ).toEqual(["Diabolos", "Kingdom's Guard", "Speedy Hedgehog"]);
-    expect(incompleteSets(table)).toEqual([]);
-  });
-
-  it("uses the user-decided Mental DMG mapping", () => {
-    expect(table.sets["Quiet Manor"]!["2"].stats).toEqual([
-      { stat: "DamageUpPsychicallyBase", value: 0.1 },
-    ]);
-    expect(table.sets["Quiet Manor"]!["2"].why).toContain("circumstantial");
-  });
-
-  it("scores only selected tiers and reports timed tiers it omits", () => {
+  it("contributes nothing rather than a guess while values are unmeasured", () => {
     const required = REQUIRED_PIECES["Shadow Creed"];
-    const twoPiece = setBonus(table, "Shadow Creed", required, 2);
-    expect(twoPiece.vector[slotOf("AtkUp")]).toBeCloseTo(0.1);
-    expect(twoPiece.omittedTiers).toEqual([]);
-
-    const full = setBonus(table, "Shadow Creed", required, 4);
-    expect(full.vector[slotOf("AtkUp")]).toBeCloseTo(0.1);
-    expect(full.omittedTiers).toEqual([
-      { tier: 4, mode: "duration", why: table.sets["Shadow Creed"]!["4"].why },
-    ]);
+    const result = setBonus(table, "Shadow Creed", required);
+    expect(result.tiers).toEqual([2, 4]);
+    expect(result.unknownTiers).toEqual([2, 4]);
+    expect([...result.vector].every((value) => value === 0)).toBe(true);
   });
 
-  it("uses stated maximum stacks when aiming for 2+4", () => {
-    const result = setBonus(
-      table,
-      "Crimson: Twin Butterflies",
-      REQUIRED_PIECES["Crimson: Twin Butterflies"],
-      4,
-    );
-    expect(result.vector[slotOf("DamageUpIncantationBase")]).toBeCloseTo(0.1);
-    expect(result.vector[slotOf("AtkUp")]).toBeCloseTo(0.36);
+  it("reports no active tier when the board misses the shapes", () => {
+    const result = setBonus(table, "Shadow Creed", ["cell3_style1"]);
+    expect(result.tiers).toEqual([]);
+    expect(result.unknownTiers).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("flags every set as incomplete until the values are filled in", () => {
+    expect(incompleteSets(table)).toHaveLength(12);
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/tests/guides.test.ts b/tests/guides.test.ts
index fb9435f..d5e6511 100644
--- a/tests/guides.test.ts
+++ b/tests/guides.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import {
   weightForRank,
   type GuideTable,
 } from "../src/domain/guides.ts";
-import { isKnownStat } from "../src/domain/statvec.ts";
 
 const table = JSON.parse(readFileSync("data-src/guides.json", "utf8")) as GuideTable;
 
@@ -75,12 +74,7 @@ describe("guide to targets", () => {
 
 describe("guide lookup", () => {
   it("returns null for a character with no published guide", () => {
-    // Linko (`Radio072`) has a Prydwen page, but its Build tab still says the
-    // stats "aren't available yet", so the character is deliberately absent
-    // rather than filled in with something a player could not tell apart from
-    // real guidance.
-    expect(guideFor(table, "Radio072")).toBeNull();
-    expect(guideFor(table, "NotACharacter")).toBeNull();
+    expect(guideFor(table, "Zankou")).toBeNull();
     expect(variantFor(null, null)).toBeNull();
   });
 
@@ -97,45 +91,10 @@ describe("guide lookup", () => {
     expect(variantFor(guide, null)!.name).toBe("Main DPS");
   });
 
-  it("carries the published guides, and only stats the model has slots for", () => {
+  it("ships an empty table rather than invented guidance", () => {
+    // Prydwen's data could not be obtained; a plausible-looking guess would be
+    // worse than none, because the player could not tell it apart from real.
+    expect(table.characters).toEqual([]);
     expect(table.format).toBe("nte-guides");
-    expect(table.characters.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-
-    for (const guide of table.characters) {
-      expect(guide.variants.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-      for (const entry of guide.variants) {
-        // A variant with no targets would score nothing: `targetsFromGuide`
-        // reads the ranking only to weight the targets it already has.
-        expect(entry.targets.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-        expect(entry.priority.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-        expect(new Set(entry.priority).size).toBe(entry.priority.length);
-
-        for (const stat of entry.priority) expect(isKnownStat(stat)).toBe(true);
-        for (const target of entry.targets) {
-          expect(isKnownStat(target.stat)).toBe(true);
-          expect(target.target).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-          // Percentages are fractions here, never "70".
-          if (target.stat.startsWith("DamageUp") || target.stat.endsWith("Up")) {
-            expect(target.target).toBeLessThanOrEqual(5);
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  });
-
-  it("weights a real entry by its published ranking", () => {
-    const guide = guideFor(table, "Zankou")!;
-    expect(guide).not.toBeNull();
-    // Prydwen ranks Crimson: Twin Butterflies first for Zankou.
-    expect(guide.sets?.[0]?.name).toBe("Crimson: Twin Butterflies");
-
-    const targets = targetsFromGuide(guide.variants[0]!);
-    const byStat = new Map(targets.map((entry) => [entry.stat, entry]));
-    // Their substat ranking opens "Crit DMG % > Cycle Intensity = Crit Rate %".
-    expect(byStat.get("CritDamageBase")!.weight).toBe(TOP_WEIGHT);
-    expect(byStat.get("CritDamageBase")!.weight).toBeGreaterThan(
-      byStat.get("MagBase")!.weight,
-    );
-    expect(byStat.get("MagBase")!.weight).toBeGreaterThan(byStat.get("CritBase")!.weight);
   });
 });
diff --git a/tests/host.test.ts b/tests/host.test.ts
index 0cc007c..b79ae74 100644
--- a/tests/host.test.ts
+++ b/tests/host.test.ts
@@ -101,22 +101,6 @@ describe("runJob", () => {
     expect(progress.some((p) => p.phase === "team")).toBe(true);
   });
 
-  it("carries selected set tiers through the job boundary", () => {
-    const twoPiece = job(["Zankou"]);
-    twoPiece.characters[0]!.targetTier = 2;
-    const runTwo = runJob(twoPiece);
-    let step = runTwo.next();
-    while (!step.done) step = runTwo.next();
-    expect(step.value.assignment[0]!.build.omittedTiers).toEqual([]);
-
-    const full = job(["Zankou"]);
-    full.characters[0]!.targetTier = 4;
-    const runFull = runJob(full);
-    let next = runFull.next();
-    while (!next.done) next = runFull.next();
-    expect(next.value.assignment[0]!.build.omittedTiers[0]).toMatchObject({ tier: 4, mode: "duration" });
-  });
-
   it("gives two characters disjoint items", () => {
     const run = runJob(job(["Zankou", "Haniel"]));
     let step = run.next();
diff --git a/tests/solver.test.ts b/tests/solver.test.ts
index 5232743..88b4e4b 100644
--- a/tests/solver.test.ts
+++ b/tests/solver.test.ts
@@ -8,17 +8,12 @@ import type { Tiling } from "../src/domain/tilings.ts";
 import { solveSingle } from "../src/solver/single.ts";
 import type { SolveProgress, SolveResult } from "../src/solver/protocol.ts";
 
-const unknown = {
-  description: "unmeasured",
-  mode: "always",
-  stats: [],
-  why: "test fixture",
-  unknown: true,
-} as const;
 const bonuses: SetBonusTable = {
   format: "nte-set-bonuses",
-  format_version: 2,
-  sets: { "Shadow Creed": { "2": unknown, "4": unknown } },
+  format_version: 1,
+  sets: {
+    "Shadow Creed": { "2": { unknown: true, stats: [] }, "4": { unknown: true, stats: [] } },
+  },
 };
 
 const scoring = compile({
diff --git a/tests/team.test.ts b/tests/team.test.ts
index 3f642f3..bebf6a8 100644
--- a/tests/team.test.ts
+++ b/tests/team.test.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ function build(score: number, cartridge: number, modules: number[]): Build {
     vector: new Float32Array(0),
     proven: true,
     unknownTiers: [],
-    omittedTiers: [],
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/check-guides.ts b/tools/check-guides.ts
index c0f9ab0..8fcc40b 100644
--- a/tools/check-guides.ts
+++ b/tools/check-guides.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 /**
  * Validates `data-src/guides.json`.
  *
- * There is deliberately **no scraper**. Prydwen sits behind a Cloudflare bot
- * challenge, and their Gatsby data endpoint answers `410 Gone`. Their
- * robots.txt does allow content pages with a ten second crawl-delay, so reading
- * them is within policy - but through an attended browser session, never as an
- * unattended build step, and the plan always called for this file to be
- * human-reviewed and committed.
+ * There is deliberately **no scraper**. Prydwen's character pages are
+ * client-rendered, so a plain fetch returns navigation chrome, and their Gatsby
+ * data endpoint answers `410 Gone`. Their robots.txt does allow content pages
+ * with a ten second crawl-delay, so a headless render would be within policy -
+ * but it is not something an unattended build step should be doing, and the plan
+ * always called for this file to be human-reviewed and committed.
  *
- * So the tool checks the committed file instead: that every stat id has a slot,
- * that targets look like the units the model expects, that keys join to real
- * characters, and that a recommended set is one the game actually has.
+ * So the tool checks what a person typed instead: that every stat id has a slot,
+ * that targets look like the units the model expects, and that keys join to real
+ * characters.
  *
  *   node --experimental-strip-types tools/check-guides.ts
  */
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ const gamedata = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(root, "src/generated/gamedata.json
 const keys = new Set<string>(
   gamedata.espers.map((esper: { abilityKey: string }) => esper.abilityKey),
 );
-const setBonuses = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(root, "data-src/set-bonuses.json"), "utf8"));
-const setNames = new Set<string>(Object.keys(setBonuses.sets));
 
 const problems: string[] = [];
 
@@ -45,14 +43,6 @@ for (const guide of guides.characters ?? []) {
   }
   if (!guide.variants?.length) problems.push(`${where}: no variants`);
 
-  // A recommended set has to be one of the twelve, or the name is a typo and
-  // would never join to `set-bonuses.json`.
-  for (const set of guide.sets ?? []) {
-    if (!setNames.has(set.name)) problems.push(`${where}: not a cartridge set: ${set.name}`);
-  }
-  const ranks = (guide.sets ?? []).map((set) => set.rank);
-  if (new Set(ranks).size !== ranks.length) problems.push(`${where}: duplicate set rank`);
-
   for (const variant of guide.variants ?? []) {
     const scope = `${where}/${variant.name}`;
     if (!variant.name) problems.push(`${scope}: variant has no name`);
diff --git a/tools/deploy.sh b/tools/deploy.sh
index 3cb60e9..2d34673 100755
--- a/tools/deploy.sh
+++ b/tools/deploy.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
-# Build and publish to a user-supplied static host.
+# Build and publish to nte.goober.moe.
+#
+# The homelab has no rsync, so the tree goes over as a tar stream. Caddy serves
+# /mnt/docker/appdata/caddy/sites/nte.goober.moe as /srv/nte.goober.moe (a
+# read-only bind mount declared in /mnt/docker/compose/caddy/docker-compose.yml),
+# so a deploy is a file copy - no container restart, no config reload.
 set -eu
 
-: "${DEPLOY_HOST:?set DEPLOY_HOST}"
-: "${DEPLOY_DEST:?set DEPLOY_DEST}"
-HOST="$DEPLOY_HOST"
-DEST="$DEPLOY_DEST"
+HOST="${DEPLOY_HOST:-hl}"
+DEST="${DEPLOY_DEST:-/mnt/docker/appdata/caddy/sites/nte.goober.moe}"
 ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)"
 
 cd "$ROOT"
@@ -17,6 +20,6 @@ npm run build:single
 # served forever, since /assets/* is cached as immutable.
 tar -C dist -cz . | ssh "$HOST" "rm -rf '$DEST'/* && tar -C '$DEST' -xz"
 
-if [ -n "${DEPLOY_URL:-}" ]; then
-  curl -fsS -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}\n' "$DEPLOY_URL"
-fi
+printf '\ndeployed. checking...\n'
+curl -fsS -o /dev/null -w 'https://nte.goober.moe/ -> %{http_code}\n' https://nte.goober.moe/
+curl -fsS -o /dev/null -w 'https://nte.goober.moe/nte.html -> %{http_code} (%{size_download} bytes)\n' https://nte.goober.moe/nte.html
diff --git a/vite.config.ts b/vite.config.ts
index 303947a..03c6bd6 100644
--- a/vite.config.ts
+++ b/vite.config.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { defineConfig } from "vite";
 import react from "@vitejs/plugin-react";
 
-// Relative assets keep the build portable across static hosts, local HTTP, and the single-file build.
+// `base: './'` keeps the build working unchanged at nte.goober.moe, under a
+// plain `python3 -m http.server -d dist`, and inside the single-file build.
 export default defineConfig({
   base: "./",
   plugins: [react()],