Running & Earning PACE — PULSE Game Paper

How a run creates value

Move with purpose

PULSE calculates a run one complete minute at a time.

Each counted minute spends 0.2 Energy, reads the player’s average speed and adds its contribution to the run. Nothing is credited early: the complete result is settled once, when the run stops.

The basic unit

One minute. Three outcomes.

Speed decides how the minute is classified. Energy-backed movement is the only movement that counts toward game progression.

In rangeFull contribution

0.2 Energy spent
Full durability impact
100% speed factor

Outside the rangeReduced contribution

0.2 Energy spent
Full durability impact
10%–91% speed factor

Above 25 km/hWhite minute

No Energy spent
No durability impact
No reward

1 Energy = 5 minutesFour complete minutes use 0.8 Energy. Five complete minutes use 1 Energy.

Cadence mode

Turn movement into PACE

Cadence mode is available from the beginning in Standard World and remains available in Expert World. Every eligible minute contributes to one final PACE result.

Cadence · Standard & Expert

Earn PACE

Every eligible minute creates PACE from the shoe’s effective Cadence and the conditions of the run.

PACE=√ Cadence×Energy×Run factors

The base PACE earned is limited by the daily cap. Final bonuses and deductions are applied afterward.

Cadence mode

What changes your PACE

The shoe’s effective Cadence sits under a square root: improving it always helps, but doubling the attribute does not double earnings.

Effective Cadence

Base Cadence + allocated points + amplified pods + an active Cadence card.

Shoe type

Walker ×0.90 · Jogger ×0.95 · Runner ×1.00 · Explorer ×0.90–1.10 per run.

World

Standard ×1.10 · Expert ×1.45. Expert pays more because the fuel is no longer free: the player funds the Energy Vault by recycling shoes.

Speed

×1.00 inside the shoe’s range, decreasing to a minimum of ×0.10 outside it.

Durability

Applies in Standard. The factor falls below 50% durability and becomes severe below 20%.

Run variance

A single ×0.95–1.05 value is drawn at the start and remains fixed for the complete run.

Applied when the run stops

Bonuses and deductions

Final modifiers are added together and applied once. Two deductions of 20% remove 40%, not 36%.

Modifier	Applied to PACE	Effect
Streak badge	Yes	+1%
Run boost — Bar / Gel / Drink	Yes	+5% / +10% / +15%
Equipped weather item	Yes	+5%
Bonus pod	Yes	0% to +16%
Rarity wear	Yes	0% to −15%
Bad event	Yes	−3% / −8% / −20%
Injury at settlement	Yes	−20%

Rarity wear: Common 0% · Uncommon 5% · Rare 10% · Mythic 15%, reduced by an equipped Protection Skin.

Daily cap250 PACE+Net bonus15%=Final credit287.5 PACE

Only final modifiers can move the result beyond the Daily PACE Cap. The game first limits the accumulated base PACE to the remaining daily allowance, then applies the combined bonuses and deductions once.

A daily account limit

Your PACE cap

The daily cap is based on the highest-level shoe owned—not necessarily the shoe used for the run. Changing shoes never resets it.

Shoe level	Common	Uncommon	Rare	Mythic
0	5	5	5	5
1	13.2	14.8	16.5	19
5	45.9	54.2	62.5	75
10	86.7	103.4	120	145
20	168.4	201.8	235	285
30	250	300	350	425
Rarity maximum	250 · L30	325 · L35	410 · L40	530 · L45

View full level-by-level tableLevels 0–45

Select a rarity on mobile to compare every available level and its Daily PACE Cap.

Common Uncommon Rare Mythic

Shoe level	Common	Uncommon	Rare	Mythic
0	5	5	5	5
1	13.2	14.8	16.5	19
2	21.3	24.7	28	33
3	29.5	34.5	39.5	47
4	37.7	44.4	51	61
5	45.9	54.2	62.5	75
6	54	64	74	89
7	62.2	73.9	85.5	103
8	70.4	83.7	97	117
9	78.5	93.6	108.5	131
10	86.7	103.4	120	145
11	94.9	113.2	131.5	159
12	103	123.1	143	173
13	111.2	132.9	154.5	187
14	119.4	142.8	166	201
15	127.5	152.6	177.5	215
16	135.7	162.4	189	229
17	143.9	172.3	200.5	243
18	152.1	182.1	212	257
19	160.2	192	223.5	271
20	168.4	201.8	235	285
21	176.6	211.6	246.5	299
22	184.7	221.5	258	313
23	192.9	231.3	269.5	327
24	201.1	241.2	281	341
25	209.2	251	292.5	355
26	217.4	260.8	304	369
27	225.6	270.7	315.5	383
28	233.8	280.5	327	397
29	241.9	290.4	338.5	411
30	250	300	350	425
31	—	305	356	432
32	—	310	362	439
33	—	315	368	446
34	—	320	374	453
35	—	325	380	460
36	—	—	386	467
37	—	—	392	474
38	—	—	398	481
39	—	—	404	488
40	—	—	410	495
41	—	—	—	502
42	—	—	—	509
43	—	—	—	516
44	—	—	—	523
45	—	—	—	530

Cap reached in Cadence

The final eligible minute is credited only up to the remaining cap. The run then continues passively without spending Energy, adding wear or earning more PACE.

Stop once. Settle once.

The run result is final

During the run, PACE is accumulated but not yet awarded. Stopping closes the session permanently and settles every outcome in a fixed order.

01
Energy and streak progress are recorded.
02
Wear, bad events and injury are resolved.
03
Base PACE is limited to the remaining Daily Cap.
04
Final modifiers are applied, then the result is credited once.

Pauses are limited. A run may be paused for 15 minutes in total, in both Worlds. A warning appears at 10 minutes; at 15 the run stops by itself and is settled up to that moment. A run that reaches zero durability in Standard stops the same way.

If the application closes during a run, the session is finalized from its last valid trace at the next launch. It is never resumed or credited twice.