THE PROOF
A distribution, not a promise.
This is the shape of an answer in ExileCraft: one craft, run ten thousand times on practice copies, costed in chaos. The curve below is a labelled sample. Run your cursor along it.
Two ways in, priced side by side.
Same target, two legal paths. The cheaper route costs more steps; the faster route costs more orbs. The solver lays both on the bench and lets the budget decide. Sample numbers, drawn to show the shape of the answer.
ILLUSTRATIVE NUMBERS — THE APP COMPUTES THESE FROM LIVE DATA
Where the runs landed.
Every simulated craft ends one of three ways: the target lands inside budget, the budget runs out first, or the item bricks on the way. The split is printed next to the curve so the chase is priced before it starts.
ILLUSTRATIVE NUMBERS — THE APP COMPUTES THESE FROM LIVE DATA