Tied to the Beat Wiki
Every word of every song triggers an effect. 8 characters. 120+ relics. 32 talent branches. Complete guide with live-rendered characters.
- 8 instruments
- 80 character relics
- 40+ shop relics
- 5 build archetypes
Select Your Artist
Each instrument is an archetype with a unique scaling stat that multiplies its damage up to 9x. Hover over the cards.
Drum
Blood BerserkerMelee, low-HP scalingViolin
Resonance VirtuosoGlass cannon, crit chainsTambourine
Fortune DancerLuck based, bouncing shotsTrumpet
Brass HeraldBoomerang AoE, lifestealMicrophone
Crowd CommanderSummoner, echo armyPiano
Sanctuary KeeperTank/healer, twin beamGuitar
Solo Dash MasterMelee slash, dash invulnFlute
Wind WalkerSpeedster, tornado invuln
Game screens
The 3 key flow screens, as they look in the game.
Choose an Upgrade
Level up screen
Pill cards with colored square icon and lyric tag (GRAND, WINK, DARLING). Each lyric word activates pills with its tag.
Choose a Relic
Loot crate or shop
Large card with prominent icon, 6px tier border, rarity badge, description.
Choose a Branch
Talent tree picker
Spinning vinyl disc, EQ meter, tier nodes. 4 branches by 5 tiers each. T5 unlocks a unique relic.
Working builds
5 archetypes with endgame math: which characters fit, what to pick in order, what to avoid.
Crit Glass Cannon
Burst, high risk
Guaranteed crit x6. Violin and Tambourine. Oneshots minibosses, fragile.
Pure Tank
Armor wall
15 armor cap, 70% DR, 5 hard saves. Drum, Guitar, Piano.
Vampire Sustain
Heal from damage
30% lifesteal cap. Trumpet, Drum. You heal faster than you take.
AoE Explosive Swarm
Screen wipe
Multi-hit, shrapnel, neon, Bass Drop. Screen cleared per frame.
Speed Summoner Luck
Utility, snowball
Tornado invuln, echo army, XP loop. Flute, Mic, Tambourine.
Hidden mechanics
What the tooltips do not show: per-instrument scalers, soft cap, defensive stack.
Per-instrument scalers
Hidden dial
Each character has a stat that multiplies its damage 1x to 9x.
Damage formula
Math layer
Additive vs multiplicative, soft cap at 4x, step by step.
Defensive stack
21 layers
Order: invuln, evasion, armor, multiplicative DR.
Stat caps
Reference
damage 3, crit 4, evasion 0.5 hard, armor total 15.
Steam Community Guide
Condensed version for Steam. Same builds, less technical detail.