{"schema":1,"game":"romestead","type":"guides","path":"/guides/choose-your-next-unlock","locale":"en","id":"choose-unlocks","title":"Choose your next unlock","body":["Start with the reward you need and follow its prerequisites back through the board. The plan counts each shared prerequisite once. An unlocked recipe still needs materials and a usable workplace.","Full goal costs are shown until you choose “Use game progress”. A current game connection can exclude unlocks already acquired. If that progress becomes unavailable, reconnect or choose “Full goal costs”. The plan budget is editable; altar and deity levels still come from the game."],"sections":[],"description":"Start with the reward you need and follow its prerequisites back through the board. The plan counts each shared prerequisite once. An unlocked recipe still needs materials and a usable…","image":{"src":"/article-media/b5697ffa7954f7b164d89f0a0a1199f094dec415f22a6f58339e0d361ab44425.webp","width":320,"height":240,"alt":"Altar."},"images":[{"src":"/article-media/b5697ffa7954f7b164d89f0a0a1199f094dec415f22a6f58339e0d361ab44425.webp","width":320,"height":240,"alt":"Altar."}],"readingMinutes":1,"publication":{"publishedAt":"2026-10-12T08:34:08.457Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-14T00:00:17Z","author":{"name":"Romestead","type":"Organization"}},"questions":[{"q":"Why are other unlocks included?","a":"Selected rewards bring their prerequisites into the route. A prerequisite shared by several goals is counted once."},{"q":"How do game progress and the plan budget affect the total?","a":"Current game progress excludes acquired unlocks from the remaining chain. The editable plan budget reduces the estimated shortfall; it does not change the game's balance or altar level. Without game progress, the plan shows the full chain."},{"q":"What does Share goals include?","a":"The link includes the selected god and goals. It excludes the plan budget, connected game progress and private account record. Save the draft on this device or, when signed in, to your account."}],"publishedAt":1791794048.457,"entities":["god:ceres","god:vulcan","god:mercury","building:altar:0"],"references":[{"key":"god:ceres","owner":"god:ceres","kind":"god","href":"/world-journal/gods/ceres","label":"Ceres"},{"key":"god:vulcan","owner":"god:vulcan","kind":"god","href":"/world-journal/gods/vulcan","label":"Vulcan"},{"key":"god:mercury","owner":"god:mercury","kind":"god","href":"/world-journal/gods/mercury","label":"Mercury"},{"key":"building:altar:0","owner":"building:altar:0","kind":"building","href":"/world-journal/buildings/altar","label":"Altar"}],"buildings":[]}