Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising Town Building Guide

The Monument is the game's built-in tutorial and reward track. Complete its current tasks before trying to optimize town buildings out of order; the Monument introduces storage, combat, recruitment, and crafting systems progressively. The Stele unlocks additional town renovations as you advance. Some building functions are gated behind Stele upgrades, so pushing Journey stages is not separate from town development—it is the prerequisite for it. If a building option appears grayed out, check whether the Monument or Stele requires the next unlock first.

The Prison lets you Charm defeated enemies into Godsworn and refresh the available recruit list. Upgrade the Prison when recruit quality or access to a needed role is limiting your roster. Version 1.0.4 increased Legendary and Mythic Prisoner appearance chances, so later Prison levels can meaningfully change what is available. Prison automation was expanded in version 1.0.7, allowing automatic recruitment rules. Set those rules conservatively before long idle sessions: an unfamiliar Legendary or Mythic recruit with an unusual skill may be more valuable than its level suggests. Do not auto-sell or auto-dismiss recruits until you understand which skills and roles your current and future lines need.

The Temple handles character progression. Upgrade it when levels, Blessing, Talents, Baptism, or Inspire are holding a proven character back. Version 1.0.5 changed Blessing to grant one Talent Point every five levels, up to six, with no random rolls. The developer instructed players to reset Talents after updating so the new points apply. Baptism rerolls Talents and can be shaped by Preferred Skills set in the Codex. Version 1.0.3 made Preferred Skills apply to Baptism, and version 1.0.4 extended them to Mutated Skills. Before Baptism, lock the Talents you cannot afford to lose and compare the result on the same test stage. A high-quality result that breaks the character's role is not automatically an upgrade.

The Workshop is the equipment improvement center. Its renovation tree unlocks functions such as Embedding (socketing runes), forging, refining, and affix handling. The developer confirmed that you must unlock or upgrade Embedding in the Workshop before socketing works; visible sockets on an item are not enough while the function is still locked. Upgrade the Workshop when equipment quality is the reason your active line cannot progress. Version 1.0.3 fixed Rare and Legendary Rune Pouches not being craftable in the Workshop. Version 1.0.3 also reduced high-level Forging costs by about 25%. Corrupting has provided only positive equipment outcomes since version 1.0.4. Forge only after a candidate item wins the full comparison with your current gear, because early materials are more valuable than a small upgrade on temporary equipment.

Expand the Warehouse or Vault before automation begins deleting or replacing items you still need to inspect. Version 1.0.7 added Warehouse batch take-out and made a full Vault replace lower-level equipment automatically. Version 1.0.8 fixed left-click comparison switching in the Vault. A safe workflow is: reserve free space, protect Mythic, Legendary, set, socket-rich, and unfamiliar skill-granting items, run a short idle session, compare the protected group, then narrow the filter one category at a time. Never enable aggressive auto-filters before confirming you have enough space to preserve build-enabling drops.

The Market sells resources, equipment, and other items. Version 1.0.5 added Market filters for socket count and Auto-Buy, making it easier to target specific equipment properties. Version 1.0.7 expanded Market automation. Use Auto-Buy carefully: a filter that buys every socketed item may drain currency on low-level pieces while missing a better plain item that supports your current build. Start with a narrow filter, observe one complete cycle, check spending and inventory, then widen the rule if results are safe. The Market is most useful when you know exactly what material or property is missing, not as a general spending sink.

There is no single building order that stays optimal for every account. Use this diagnostic instead: when progression stops, identify the single bottleneck. Poor recruit options point toward the Prison. Level or Baptism limits point toward the Temple. Weak gear points toward the Workshop. Storage pressure points toward the Warehouse or Vault. Missing materials point toward Exploration, Journey, or Market. Change one variable—one building upgrade, one recruit, one equipment piece—then retest the same stage. Only then make the next investment. This method prevents spreading resources across every visible system while the real limit remains unaddressed.

Town renovations require materials gathered through Exploration and Journey. As you unlock additional combat lines, dedicate stable lines to gathering the exact material your next renovation needs. A line that cannot push further in Journey may still be perfectly capable of farming the specific resource for a Workshop or Temple upgrade. Move gathering lines to the correct Exploration stage for that material; version 1.0.7 added automatic Outlands plane switching and Exploration level settings to make this easier. Do not keep every line on Journey if some are stalled: rotate them to resource gathering until the renovation unlocks the next push.

Version 1.0.8 reworked offline rewards: they now include additional resources and scale gradually with Worshiper level. The Supporter Pack offline-income bonus also activates when obtained. Before logging out, spend or make room for capped resources, reserve equipment storage, confirm the active gathering lines, and note the resource required for the next town upgrade. The 1.0.8 notes warned that resource-cap issues still needed a later fix, so do not rely on uncapped overflow. On return, check what hit a cap before assuming a low reward was an automation failure.

First, upgrading every building equally instead of targeting the current bottleneck. Second, enabling automation before understanding what the filter keeps and discards. Third, trying to socket runes before unlocking Workshop Embedding. Fourth, ignoring storage limits and losing build-enabling items to a full Vault. Fifth, copying a rigid upgrade order from an old demo video instead of adapting to the current account state. The remedy for all of these is the same: diagnose the single failure point, make one targeted change, retest, and only then decide the next step.