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Readers do not edit these pages. Corrections and objections are read, checked against the books and ruled on; when a page changes, the change is listed here with what prompted it, and the page keeps its earlier versions. When the books support the page as it stands, the ruling is listed too.
2026-10-10
Carl and the machine: the lead, and three sentences in books 4 and 8 untangled editorial read · 2026-10-10
The editor's read before launch: the lead no longer says each section takes one book; Donut's agility courses, the bugbears, the whisper to the spy and the fail-safe that became a crawler, each said in one sentence.
Pages: Carl and the machine
Open threads: gods shown by name automated review · 2026-10-10
The table printed some gods' page slugs instead of their names.
- Found on an automated reread: The threads table printed some gods as bare slugs ('taranis'). Ruling: Right. A builder fault; gods now show their names, a later name only once its book is in.
Pages: Open threads
Race and class: dated from when they took effect automated review · 2026-10-10
The line under a character's gloss now gives the book in which their current race and class first held.
- Found on an automated reread: The race-and-class line gave the book of a character's latest card, not the book their race and class took effect. Ruling: Right. A builder fault; the line now gives the book in which the current race and class first held.
Pages: Carl, Prepotente, Lucia Mar, Florin, Imani
Carl and the machine: Katia is not the fairy healer correction · 2026-10-10
Book 3's healer is Silfa, a Wisteria Fairy; the essay had called Katia the healer.
- Found on an automated reread: The essay called Katia 'the fairy healer'; the healer is Silfa, a Wisteria Fairy. Ruling: Right. 'A level-25 Wisteria Fairy named Silfa. She was a “Holistic Healer.”' (book 3). Removed.
Pages: Carl and the machine
Carl's page: the Cookbook line reads properly before his first entry automated review · 2026-10-10
Before Carl's first Cookbook entry the line printed an empty list; it now says no entry of his has appeared yet.
- Found on an automated reread: Carl's page at book 3 printed '0 entries in the text so far: .' under the Cookbook. Ruling: Right. A builder fault when no entry of his has appeared yet; it now says so in words.
Pages: Carl
Three early-book sentences no longer say what later books do correction · 2026-10-10
Pages written as of books 1–3 said what the later books would do; they now say what their own book shows.
- Found on an automated reread: Three sentences written as of an early book said what later books do: Carl's idea 'he will act on from now on', Donut's 'series-long shape', and the Maestro who 'will want a fourth' humiliation. Ruling: Right. A page written as of its own book cannot say what comes after. Reworded to what that book shows.
Pages: Carl, Princess Donut, Open threads
Carl at book 2: the queen consort 'believed to be on board', not dead correction · 2026-10-10
Book 2 (ch. 20) reports the royal yacht destroyed and the queen consort only 'believed to be on board'.
- Found on an automated reread: Carl's lead at book 2 said the Skull Empire's queen consort was dead in the reprisal; book 2 says only that she was believed to be aboard the yacht. Ruling: Right. 'The queen consort and Maestro were believed to be on board' (book 2, ch. 20). Reworded to the yacht destroyed, with the queen consort believed aboard.
Pages: Carl
Book 1's pages no longer say what later books will do correction · 2026-10-10
A page written as of book 1 said the series' threads all start there and that later books keep testing what it sets up. It now says what book 1 shows.
- Found on an automated reread: Pages written as of book 1 said what later books will do: the series' long threads all start here, the series will keep testing Mordecai's sentences, the machine will keep producing a feeling, a register will carry the series; and a maintainer's note about promoting a motif was printed to readers. Ruling: Right. A page written as of book 1 cannot know what later books do. Reworded to what book 1 shows, and the maintainer's note removed.
Pages: Book 1 — Dungeon Crawler Carl, The arc of the series, Mordecai, Carl and the machine, The voice of the dungeon
The pantheon: the Night Wyrm's tier gated to book 5 correction · 2026-10-03
Right. Until book 5 it is listed under 'Names not yet placed'; from book 5, among the demigods.
- Found on an automated reread: The Night Wyrm was listed as a demigod from book 3, where it is only a name on a ring; it is called one in book 5. Ruling: Right. Until book 5 it is listed under 'Names not yet placed'; from book 5, among the demigods.
Pages: The pantheon, The Night Wyrm
The chat: a skill card no longer a speaker correction · 2026-10-03
Right. '» Smush: Skill Level 3' is a card, not a message (book 1, ch. 8). The roster is 107 voices, 4,540 lines.
- Found on an automated reread: The chat roster counted 'Smush' as a speaker; the line is a skill card. Ruling: Right. '» Smush: Skill Level 3' is a card, not a message (book 1, ch. 8). The roster is 107 voices, 4,540 lines.
Pages: The chat
Races and classes: people who share a page no longer merged correction · 2026-10-03
Right. Each person was recorded correctly; the tables keyed people by page. Each person on a shared page now has a row of their own.
- Found on an automated reread: The race and class tables merged two people who share a page: Zhang into Li Jun, Maggie My into Frank Q. Ruling: Right. Each person was recorded correctly; the tables keyed people by page. Each person on a shared page now has a row of their own.
Pages: Human, Li Jun and Zhang, Frank Q and Maggie My
The voice of the dungeon: the showrunners' announcements out of the AI's evidence correction · 2026-10-03
Right. Each is a 'Hello Crawlers' announcement read for the showrunners, not the AI's voice. Those rows are removed from the table.
- Found on an automated reread: The voice essay's evidence table listed the showrunners' daily announcements as the AI's own lines; the essay's text already said whose they were. Ruling: Right. Each is a 'Hello Crawlers' announcement read for the showrunners, not the AI's voice. Those rows are removed from the table.
Pages: The voice of the dungeon
The Cookbook: Carl's 25th edition dated from book 3 correction · 2026-10-03
Right. '- Crawler Carl, 25th Edition of The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook' ends book 3 (ch. 34). Now 'from the end of book 3'.
- Found on an automated reread: The Cookbook's lead dated Carl's 25th edition from book 4; his signed entry closes book 3. Ruling: Right. '- Crawler Carl, 25th Edition of The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook' ends book 3 (ch. 34). Now 'from the end of book 3'.
Pages: The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook
The series arc: Remex as a 'tenner' marked as Carl's guess correction · 2026-10-02
Right. 'I reckon that means someone who got out on the tenth floor' (book 2, ch. 24). The page now says it is Carl's guess.
- Found on an automated reread: The page stated that Remex is a former crawler who took the tenth-floor deal. In book 2 that is Carl's guess. Ruling: Right. 'I reckon that means someone who got out on the tenth floor' (book 2, ch. 24). The page now says it is Carl's guess.
Pages: The arc of the series
The voice of the dungeon: 'the AI's pet' given to the Maestro's viewers correction · 2026-10-02
Right. 'Some say you've been […] only surviving because you're the AI's pet' (book 1, ch. 43). The sentence now gives the charge to his viewers.
- Found on an automated reread: The essay said the Maestro calls Carl the AI's pet. He reports that some of his viewers say so. Ruling: Right. 'Some say you've been […] only surviving because you're the AI's pet' (book 1, ch. 43). The sentence now gives the charge to his viewers.
Pages: The voice of the dungeon
Zev's censure: lifted on appeal, and 'difficult' to be un-noticed, on two pages correction · 2026-10-02
Right. 'The censure was removed from my record', and it is 'difficult to get it to un-notice you' (book 1, ch. 44). Both pages now say so.
- Found on an automated reread: Two pages said Zev had been censured or suspended for helping Carl, and that the AI does not un-notice you. The censure was lifted on appeal, and her word is 'difficult'. Ruling: Right. 'The censure was removed from my record', and it is 'difficult to get it to un-notice you' (book 1, ch. 44). Both pages now say so.
Pages: The voice of the dungeon, The arc of the series
Carl and the machine: the fee and the commendation no longer said to follow from one sentence reading revised · 2026-10-02
Right. Zev puts the doubled fee down to the video of the Maestro (book 1, ch. 44). The essay no longer claims cause; it sets them beside the sentence.
- Found on an automated reread: The essay said the doubled appearance fee and Borant's commendation follow from Carl's 'expensive' sentence. Zev gives the fee another cause. Ruling: Right. Zev puts the doubled fee down to the video of the Maestro (book 1, ch. 44). The essay no longer claims cause; it sets them beside the sentence.
Pages: Carl and the machine
The voice of the dungeon: the AI's reply to the veto is among the first things Carl reads, not the first correction · 2026-10-02
Right. It arrives in the same stack, after the safe-room welcome and two other achievements (book 3, ch. 2). The sentence now says 'among the first things'.
- Found on an automated reread: The essay called the fish achievement the first thing Carl reads on the fourth floor. A welcome and two other achievements come before it. Ruling: Right. It arrives in the same stack, after the safe-room welcome and two other achievements (book 3, ch. 2). The sentence now says 'among the first things'.
Pages: The voice of the dungeon
About this companion: “What this is” rewritten editorial read · 2026-10-02
An editorial read of the page before launch; the maintainer accepted the rewrite.
Pages: About this companion
About this companion: “Corrections and requests” rewritten editorial read · 2026-10-02
An editorial read of the page before launch; the maintainer accepted the rewrite.
Pages: About this companion
About this companion: “How it is made” rewritten editorial read · 2026-10-02
An editorial read of the page before launch; the maintainer accepted the rewrite.
Pages: About this companion
Book 2's story arc: “Act VI” rewritten editorial read · 2026-10-02
An editorial read of the page before launch; the maintainer accepted the rewrite.
Pages: The arc of the story
Book 1's story arc: “Act V” rewritten editorial read · 2026-10-02
An editorial read of the page before launch; the maintainer accepted the rewrite.
Pages: The arc of the story
Book 3's story arc: “Act IV” rewritten editorial read · 2026-10-02
An editorial read of the page before launch; the maintainer accepted the rewrite.
Pages: The arc of the story
Book 2's story arc: “Act II” rewritten editorial read · 2026-10-02
An editorial read of the page before launch; the maintainer accepted the rewrite.
Pages: The arc of the story
Book 3's story arc: “The shape underneath” rewritten editorial read · 2026-10-02
An editorial read of the page before launch; the maintainer accepted the rewrite.
Pages: The arc of the story
Book 2's story arc: “The shape underneath” rewritten editorial read · 2026-10-02
An editorial read of the page before launch; the maintainer accepted the rewrite.
Pages: The arc of the story
Book 2's story arc: “Lead” rewritten editorial read · 2026-10-02
An editorial read of the page before launch; the maintainer accepted the rewrite.
Pages: The arc of the story
Book 1's story arc: “The shape underneath” rewritten editorial read · 2026-10-02
An editorial read of the page before launch; the maintainer accepted the rewrite.
Pages: The arc of the story
The series arc: “Floor 3” rewritten editorial read · 2026-10-02
An editorial read of the page before launch; the maintainer accepted the rewrite.
Pages: The arc of the series
The series arc: “Floors 1–2” rewritten editorial read · 2026-10-02
An editorial read of the page before launch; the maintainer accepted the rewrite.
Pages: The arc of the series
The voice of the dungeon: “A grievance in the first person” rewritten editorial read · 2026-10-02
An editorial read of the page before launch; the maintainer accepted the rewrite.
Pages: The voice of the dungeon
The voice of the dungeon: “A grievance in the first person” rewritten editorial read · 2026-10-02
An editorial read of the page before launch; the maintainer accepted the rewrite.
Pages: The voice of the dungeon
Carl and the machine: “The lever” rewritten editorial read · 2026-10-02
An editorial read of the page before launch; the maintainer accepted the rewrite.
Pages: Carl and the machine
Carl and the machine: “Sedition” rewritten editorial read · 2026-10-02
An editorial read of the page before launch; the maintainer accepted the rewrite.
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Carl and the machine: “Family, and the price of it” rewritten editorial read · 2026-10-02
An editorial read of the page before launch; the maintainer accepted the rewrite.
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Carl and the machine: “Seeds (Book 2, floor 3)” rewritten editorial read · 2026-10-02
An editorial read of the page before launch; the maintainer accepted the rewrite.
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Carl and the machine: “The 25th edition” rewritten editorial read · 2026-10-02
An editorial read of the page before launch; the maintainer accepted the rewrite.
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Carl and the machine: “The network” rewritten editorial read · 2026-10-02
An editorial read of the page before launch; the maintainer accepted the rewrite.
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Carl and the machine: “Intro” rewritten editorial read · 2026-10-02
An editorial read of the page before launch; the maintainer accepted the rewrite.
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The series read whole for contradictions between pages, and each spoiler level read as its reader automated review · 2026-10-02
Pages that disagreed with each other were reconciled to the books, and places where a page built for an early book counted or named later ones were closed.
The glosses, cast rows, traces and speakers read against the books automated review · 2026-10-02
The short texts no earlier read had covered were checked line by line; 106 quotations were given to the right speaker and 90 watched threads were marked answered.
An audit of the previous week's corrections automated review · 2026-10-02
Every correction made the week before was read again against the books; 317 findings were handled, most of them a chapter reference or a speaker.
Raised, and the page kept
- The essay says Carl concludes nothing the AI says can be trusted; he was speaking of its map labels. Ruling: Kept. Carl's words are 'we couldn't trust anything' (book 2, ch. 22), said of the AI's descriptions in general after 'like the hundredth time'. The paraphrase is fair. 2026-10-02
- The page says Carl earns a gold coin per kill without saying the kills must be other crawlers'. Ruling: Kept. The page calls it a royalty, which is the condition: 'For every kill made with this device by other crawlers' (book 1, ch. 35). 2026-10-02