Second Master's Board
Crucible Mode bonuses: First Degree +4,000, Second Degree +6,250, Third Degree +9,000. Boss: Lauda the Spellcleaver, Thanatos piece.
Board
Moves
Every tile on the board, in order. Forks are listed side by side; the game data says nothing about which fork is better — that's what the strategy tabs are for.
- Start (node 0)
- Enemy Flauros piece, lightning sprite (node 1)
- Elite enemy mindflayer piece, myconid piece (node 2) · or · Shop #1 (node 3)
- Campsite #1 — heals you and up to 1 familiars (node 4) · or · Treasure coffer #1 (node 5) · or · Random (triple card) one of: boogyman piece, deepeye piece, bomb piece, light sprite / Treasure coffer #2 (node 6)
- Random (triple card) one of: Atomos piece, red gremlin piece, gremlin piece, pudding piece, bavarois piece, flan piece, vodoriga piece, menacing dahak piece / Shop #2 (node 7) · or · Enemy drake piece, barbmole piece, abaddon piece, morpho piece (node 8) · or · Treasure coffer #3 (node 9)
- Elite enemy Durga piece, spinner-rook piece (node 10)
- Campsite #2 — heals you and up to 2 familiars (node 11)
- Random (triple card) one of: medusa piece, lamia piece, cyclops piece / Treasure coffer #4 (node 12) · or · Shop #3 (node 13)
- Treasure coffer #5 (node 14) · or · Treasure coffer #6 (node 15)
- Elite enemy chimera piece (node 16) · or · Enemy sphinx piece (node 17)
- Enemy gigantis piece, cyclops piece, congealed lightning, congealed kindling (node 18)
- Shop #4 (node 19)
- Random (triple card) one of: swordsmog piece, mogbreaker piece, kinged kupocurer, kinged kupocaster, kupocurer piece, kupocaster piece, kinged swordsmog, melomog piece, mogmugger piece / Treasure coffer #7 (node 20) · or · Campsite #3 — heals you and up to 3 familiars (node 21) · or · Treasure coffer #8 (node 22)
- Random (triple card) one of: behemoth piece, giant piece, lightning sprite / Shop #5 (node 23) · or · Elite enemy king ahriman piece, hapalit piece, dirty eye piece (node 24)
- Boss Lauda the Spellcleaver, Thanatos piece (node 25)
Score bonuses on this board
Point values from the game data. Bonuses that don't apply on this board are omitted.
| Bonus | Condition | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Willing Sacrifice I | Clear the board with 3 incapacitated familiars. | 250 |
| Willing Sacrifice II | Clear the board with 2 incapacitated familiars. | 500 |
| Willing Sacrifice III | Clear the board with 1 incapacitated familiar. | 750 |
| No Beast Left Behind | Clear the board with no incapacitated familiars. | 1,000 |
| Beast Squad I | Clear the board with a team of 6 or 7 familiars. | 1,250 |
| Beast Squad II | Clear the board with a team of 4 or 5 familiars. | 2,500 |
| Beast Squad III | Clear the board with a team of 1 to 3 familiars. | 4,250 |
| Self-preservation | Clear the board with beastmaster HP at 100%. | 250 |
| Selfless | Clear the board with all familiar HP at 100%. | 1,000 |
| Infinity and Beyond I | Perform Universality at least 5 times. | 150 |
| Infinity and Beyond II | Perform Universality at least 10 times. | 300 |
| Infinity and Beyond III | Perform Universality at least 15 times. | 450 |
| Unbeastable | Clear the board without being afflicted by Damage Down or Vulnerability Up. | 1,250 |
| Nameday Attire | Clear the board without acquiring any beast gear. | 750 |
| Walking Armory | Clear the board in possession of 10 pieces of beast gear. | 500 |
| Economic Ethos | Clear the board without using crucible items. | 750 |
| Habitual Hoarder | Clear the board in possession of 10 crucible items. | 1,000 |
| Starve the Fever | Clear the board without feeding any familiars. | 750 |
| Feed the Bold | Clear the board having fed your familiars at least 20 times. | 1,500 |
| Coin Clutcher | Clear the board without spending territory tokens. | 500 |
| Rolling in Riches | Clear the board in possession of at least 2,000 territory tokens. | 500 |
| Sleepless Survival | Clear the board without resting at a campsite. | 375 |
| Beastkin Gambit | Clear the board with a team of only beastkin. | 750 |
| Vilekin Gambit | Clear the board with a team of only vilekin. | 750 |
| Cloudkin Gambit | Clear the board with a team of only cloudkin. | 750 |
| Seedkin Gambit | Clear the board with a team of only seedkin. | 750 |
| Wavekin Gambit | Clear the board with a team of only wavekin. | 750 |
| Scalekin Gambit | Clear the board with a team of only scalekin. | 750 |
| Soulkin Gambit | Clear the board with a team of only soulkin. | 750 |
| Ashkin Gambit | Clear the board with a team of only ashkin. | 750 |
| First Degree | Clear the board under the first degree. | 4,000 |
| Second Degree | Clear the board under the second degree. | 6,250 |
| Third Degree | Clear the board under the third degree. | 9,000 |
Team comps
TreantSeedkin
Rotting GoobbueAshkin
GolemSoulkin
RafflesiaSeedkin
VultureCloudkin
MegalocrabWavekin
BehemothBeastkin
SprigganSoulkin
PukScalekin
DrakeScalekin
Cu SithBeastkin
Flying TrapSeedkin
Ice GolemSoulkin
Opo-OpoBeastkin
CoeurlBeastkin15/15 at beast rank 25, from the FC guide's team screenshot.
Mrhappy1227's Legendary walkthrough. The map in the FC guide is annotated 'Pick Your Poison' at the top fork. Cropped top row's stats match Cu Sith — confirm.
GolemSoulkin
WormVilekin
GhostAshkinBehemothBeastkin
KarlabosWavekin
RaptorScalekinOpo-OpoBeastkinDrakeScalekin
MantisVilekin
ColibriCloudkinCu SithBeastkin
GigantoadWavekinIce GolemSoulkin
AdamantoiseScalekin
GeshunpestAshkinBring the lot and pick three per stop; each battle page names the suggested trio. Not a scoring comp (roster-size bonus is lost).
Strategy
Normal clear
Bring the full squad (see Team comps above — Second Master’s Board allows the cap shown in the header). This is the leveling run: everyone gains rank XP, so follow the cap − 3 rule from the Crucible overview if you’re leveling the whole team.
Safe route
Right, left, right, then straight at the final fork. The most consistent path with the fewest elites, and a campsite right before the boss. Paralysis resistance for you or your beasts helps on Lauda.
Coverage roster
Golem, Worm, Ghost, Behemoth, Karlabos, Raptor, Opo-opo, Drake, Mantis, Colibri, Cu Sith, Gigantoad, Ice Golem, Adamantoise, Geshunpest. Looks daunting; once the mechanics are known it’s fairly straightforward. IL 135 sync — you will want upgraded job gear.
Source: Icy Veins — Crucible guide.
Legendary run
Team: Beastkin trio — Cu Sith, Behemoth, Coeurl (Coeurl at rank 1). The full comp is under Team comps above; load it into the builder from there.
The FC’s annotated map marks the top fork as “Pick Your Poison” — the two branches are equivalent.
Route: the FC guide’s map shows the path taken in red. To draw it on the board map here, list the node ids in walking order in src/data/curated/routes.json under "masters-2" — the ids are printed next to each tile on the map.
Source: Mrhappy1227 — Second Master’s Board LEGENDARY rank walkthrough.
Battles on this board
