Daily maze ritual
Beeline's daily board can be played at several difficulty settings and with optional pressure layers. Each preset tunes how generous the run feels without changing the core promise: trace the route from 1 to 50 on a fair, seeded board. This page explains what each mode changes and which one to pick.
The Easy, Normal, and Hard presets adjust four levers: your field of view, starting battery, how often chests appear, and the cadence of chase pressure when chase mode is on. They do not change the seed or the fairness of the board — the same date and public mode always generate the same puzzle for every player.
Easy is the most forgiving way to learn. It widens your field of view so more of the comb is visible at once, gives more starting battery so exploration is cheaper to afford, and tends to surface chests more readily. If you are new, or just want a relaxed daily run, start here. It is the gentlest place to practise reading the route under fog.
Normal is the default daily challenge and the calm centre of the game. Battery is generous enough that careful play almost always finishes, field of view is balanced, and chests appear at a steady rate. This is the mode most players will spend the most time in, and it is the recommended setting for the daily ritual and a fair leaderboard comparison.
Hard tightens everything. Your field of view shrinks so you see less of the board and must commit to moves with less certainty, starting battery is leaner so every exploratory step matters more, and the run rewards decisive route reading. Hard is for players who already finish Normal comfortably and want real pressure. Combine it with the habits in the strategy guide to keep clearing it cleanly.
Chase mode adds a hornet pursuer to the board, turning a calm route puzzle into a tenser one. The hornet's cadence scales with difficulty, so chasing on Hard is markedly more demanding than on Easy. Chase mode also unlocks chase-only counterplay rewards, including the Drone Ward from subhive tunnels, which helps you fend off the pursuer.
Chase mode is a separate public variant. Its leaderboard is scoped on its own, so chase runs are compared only against other chase runs at the same difficulty and date — keeping the comparison honest.
No-chests practice removes treasure pickups so you can focus purely on route reading and battery management. It is a local-only mode: practice runs stay on your device and do not post to the public leaderboard, and they are excluded from the daily streak. Use it to drill the pure puzzle without detours pulling your attention.
Beeline keeps past daily boards available as archive dates, so you can revisit a board you missed or replay a favourite. Future dates are blocked — you cannot play tomorrow early — and archive clears do not extend or repair your current daily streak. Archive play is for practice and enjoyment rather than streak progress.
Whichever you choose, the underlying board stays fair and deterministic. For a refresher on the rules each mode builds on, see how to play and the mechanics guide.