Dead Cells

Dead Cells Beginner Guide — First Runs, What to Unlock First and Runes

In Dead Cells, cells you carry when you die are gone; only what you spend at the Collector stays. The first hours are about buying the right permanent upgrades in the right order. This guide gives a buying plan with cell costs, explains scroll colours and starter weapons, lists every rune and what it opens, lays out the boss order, and covers the mistakes that stall new players.

Dead Cells Tier List — Best Weapons, Shields, Skills and Mutations

The strongest Dead Cells items are the ones whose crit condition is easy to keep switched on: Nutcracker, Sadist's Stiletto and Flint top the melee list, and Wolf Trap, Ice Bow and Ice Shield rank high because they make other items crit. This tier list ranks melee, ranged, shields, skills and mutations with colour and reasons, plus when lower tiers still win.

Dead Cells Progression Guide — Boss Stem Cells, Runes, Routes and What to Unlock

Dead Cells has two ladders: permanent unlocks bought with cells and runes, and the five Boss Stem Cells that raise the difficulty after your first Hand of the King kill. Knowing which step comes next is most of the battle. This guide starts with a milestone roadmap, then covers cell spending from the first flask to the late upgrades, every rune, route choices, what each Boss Stem Cell adds, the Legendary Forge, Custom and Assist Mode, and the mistakes that stall progress.

Dead Cells Boss Guide — Every Boss in Order, How to Beat It and What It Drops

Dead Cells has three base-game boss tiers — the Concierge or Conjunctivius, then the Time Keeper, then the Hand of the King — plus the Giant and the Collector from the free Rise of the Giant DLC, and alternative bosses in the paid DLC. This guide gives the boss order up front, then covers each base-game boss: where it is, its attacks and tells, which ones can be parried, gear that makes the fight easier, and what the first kills unlock. DLC bosses are summarised at the end.

Dead Cells Build Guide — Best Brutality, Tactics and Survival Builds

Each point in a Dead Cells stat multiplies the damage of that colour's items by 1.15, so the colour you put scrolls into decides which items you can use. This guide shows the maths, then the strongest builds for each colour: bleed, fire and backstab for Brutality, turrets, arrows and poison for Tactics, control and parry for Survival. It covers the items and mutations behind each, how dual-colour items work, and how to adapt mid-run.