How to Read a Seed Result

What each part of a shareable seed result means, and which conclusions the record cannot support.

By Artimuz · Updated 2026-08-17 · 5 minute read

Everything on the page comes from one record

A result is a seed ID, a map type, a Nightlord, the layout of its locations, and whatever optional fields the record carries, such as a special event or the Old Gaol flag. The ID is the part to paste into a link or a bug report, because it is the only piece that never moves.

The map you are looking at is a drawing of that record. It is not reading the game running on your machine, and it does not know anything about your run that you did not tell it.

The text under the map says the same things in words. That is deliberate: it survives a failed script or a missing image, and it lets you confirm at a glance that the link someone sent you opened the seed they meant.

The result view for Map Pattern 280. Each location is labelled with what it contains, the bosses are named, two Evergaols are numbered 1 and 2 for Valiant Gargoyle and Death Rite Bird and ringed in green and blue, the Nightlord medallion sits at the bottom left, and the Markers button is in the top right. — Seed 280 is a Normal map with Heolstor and no special event. Everything on this screen is drawn from that one record, which is why the seed URL is enough to hand someone the same map.

Variants are separate things, and empty means empty

A fire ruin and a poison ruin look like the same building and are two different values as far as the finder is concerned. That is why the two-pass rule matters: mark the ruin, then confirm which one before you pick the icon.

A location left empty means the record holds no value for it. It does not mean nothing will be standing there. Plenty of what you meet in a run was never in the seed to begin with.

The same care applies to the event field. "No special event recorded" says this record has no event card attached. It does not say the run will be quiet.

What a boss marker is actually telling you

The seed fixes which bosses are on the map and where each one lives. Open the same seed tomorrow and you will get the same bosses in the same places.

The marker is the ground a boss holds rather than the step it stands on. Most of them walk a radius, so expect to find it somewhere near the icon and not underneath it. The game describes field bosses as foes who wander from place to place, and that is not decoration.

What the record cannot tell you

It cannot tell you what another player will drop, where a Cataclysm will land, or where a Scarab is. None of that is in the seed. A game patch can also leave a record stale, which is why every result page names the version the dataset targets.

It also will not route for you. It shows you where things are, and which objectives are worth the walk depends on your squad, your character and where the circle closes.

If you think a result is wrong, say which location

Send the seed URL and the game version. Then name the location and what you actually saw there. "The map is wrong" cannot be reproduced by anyone. "Seed 123, location 8 shows a fire ruin but I found poison, on version 1.03.2" can be checked in about a minute.