Frequently Asked Questions

Daybound Tower is a health-driven tower climbing RPG. Your real-world steps, stairs climbed, and workouts are converted into in-game tower parameters each day. One run per day — yesterday's activity decides today's climb.

Download the app, grant HealthKit permission, and start your first climb. The app reads yesterday's health data to generate your daily tower parameters, then you run the climb simulation.

No. Any iPhone with HealthKit support works. Steps can be counted by your iPhone alone. An Apple Watch enhances stair counting and workout detection but is not required.

No. One run per day is the core design. This keeps the game tied to your daily activity cycle and prevents grinding.

Your step count is multiplied by a conversion rate (roughly 10,000 steps = 1,000 potential floors). A daily variance of up to ±10% is applied. The actual reached floor depends on boss encounters along the way.

A boss guardian appears every 10 floors. Your base boss clear chance starts at 50% and increases with stairs climbed. The first boss (F10) is always guaranteed. If you fail a boss, the run ends. Equipment stats, passives, and a pity system can improve your odds.

Recording a workout in HealthKit grants a daily buff — one of: boss auto-clear (first boss is free), floor skip (+20 floors), or gold multiplier (x1.5). The buff is randomly assigned each day.

A Low Activity Support system kicks in below 2,000 steps. You are guaranteed a minimum of 30 floors, and negative variance is suppressed. You can still play every day regardless of activity level.

Equipment drops at the end of each run. Items range from Common to Legendary rarity and carry random affixes that boost HP, ATK, DEF, boss chance, or gold. You can equip items and reroll affixes using gold.

Passives are permanent bonuses purchased with gold. They include boss chance boost, gold bonus, variance control, boss retry, and iron wall (DEF bonus). You start with 2 slots and can unlock up to 5.

No. All game data is stored locally on your device using Core Data. There is no server, no account, and no network communication. Your data stays on your iPhone.

Save transfers between devices are not currently supported. Your progress is included in iCloud device backups, so restoring from a backup may preserve your data.

Try force-quitting and relaunching the app. If the climbing simulation freezes, use the Skip button to jump to the result. If problems persist, contact support.