Editing Profile Modes

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'''Profile Modes''' decide what a profile is allowed to use. Your account can hold several profiles, and each one plays under a mode: '''Main''', '''Ironman''' or '''Hardcore'''. Ironman and Hardcore are for players who want to earn everything themselves, with leaderboards that market wealth and help from other players cannot inflate.

{| class="wikitable"
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! Main
| No restrictions. This is normal Bconomy.
|-
! Ironman
| No [[Market]] and no direct transfers. Global boosts and [[Factions]] still work.
|-
! Hardcore
| Full solo. No Market, no direct transfers, no global boosts and no Faction.
|}

== Profiles ==

* Every account has exactly one Main profile. It cannot be deleted on its own.
* You can add one Ironman profile and one Hardcore profile.
* Only one profile is active at a time. Switch from the profile switcher in the footer, or from [[Settings]], Account, Profiles. Switching is ordinary navigation and never costs progress.
* Deleting an Ironman or Hardcore profile is permanent and removes all its progress. You need to confirm it, and you do not need to delete a profile to go back to Main.
* Hardcore is not a permadeath mode. Its rule is solo progression only.

== What each mode can use ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Feature !! Main !! Ironman !! Hardcore
|-
| [[Market]] || Yes || No || No
|-
| Direct transfers and [[Giveaways]] || Yes || No || No
|-
| Shared global [[Boosts]] || Main pool || Ironman pool || No
|-
| [[Factions]] || Main groups || Ironman groups || No
|-
| [[Ball Pit]] || Main pool || Ironman pool || Instant solo payout with Mystical Balls
|-
| [[Fun House]] Duels and Poker || Main players || Ironman players || No
|-
| Own [[Leaderboards]] || Global only || Global and Ironman || Global and Hardcore
|-
| [[Supply Depot]] || No || Yes || Yes
|-
| Solo Vault || No || No || Yes
|}

Everything you earn yourself stays available in every mode: looting, [[Crafting]], tools, the [[Farm]], the [[Relay Network]], [[Pets]], [[Prestige]], the rank ladder and [[Quests]].

== Ironman ==

An '''Ironman''' profile earns everything it owns. Two ways of getting value from other players are turned off:

* You cannot list, buy or delist on the [[Market]].
* You cannot receive eggs or items sent by other players, and you cannot host or enter [[Giveaways]].

It still gets global boosts such as the Pulsator and [[Amplifier]]s, and it can join a Faction. [[Factions]] are separated by profile type, so an Ironman joins an Ironman Faction, and the global boost pool is shared only with other Ironman profiles.

== Hardcore ==

A '''Hardcore''' profile is the full solo challenge. It has every Ironman restriction plus two more, so nothing it gains can come from another player, directly or in the background.

* No global boosts. Eligible self-only [[Specials]] can stand in for shared effects without help from other players.
* No [[Faction]]. A personal [[Factions#Hardcore: the solo Vault|solo Vault]] gives Hardcore its own stepped boosts for loot and [[Bosses]]. [[Mint#Routing BC to a Vault|Vault Routing]] can send [[Mint]] output into it.
* No shared [[Ball Pit]]. [[Ball Pit#Mystical Balls|Mystical Balls]] pay out instantly instead.

== Leaderboards ==

Every profile appears on the global [[Leaderboards]]. Ironman profiles also compete on their own Ironman leaderboards, and Hardcore profiles on their own Hardcore leaderboards, so your solo effort is measured against other solo players.

== The Supply Depot ==

Because Ironman and Hardcore cannot use the [[Market]], both get the [[Supply Depot]], a game-stocked store for spending BC. Everything in it is stocked by the game, never sourced from other players. It unlocks at the {{GameValue|modes.supplydepot.unlockRequirement}} rank on those profiles.

== Connections ==

* [[Market]], [[Giveaways]], [[Factions]], [[Ball Pit]] and [[Fun House]]: each is limited by mode as shown above.
* [[Supply Depot]]: replaces the Market on restricted profiles.
* [[Leaderboards]]: Ironman and Hardcore have their own.

== Changelog ==
{{Update history/profile-modes}}

{{Guide link|Profiles and the Supply Depot|Profiles and the Supply Depot}}

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