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If the map shows a cursed-biome count of zero or a skull at an exit, check the two UI signals separately. Motion Twin says a skull marks a cursed exit and that not every accessible exit can be cursed; the counter depends on Boss Cell level and decreases only when you enter a cursed biome. Update 35.7 fixed an always-zero counter on some seeds, so record your build before assuming the route is forced or broken.
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If the map shows a cursed-biome count of zero or a skull at an exit, check the two UI signals separately. Motion Twin says a skull marks a cursed exit and that not every accessible exit can be cursed; the counter depends on Boss Cell level and decreases only when you enter a cursed biome. Update 35.7 fixed an always-zero counter on some seeds, so record your build before assuming the route is forced or broken.
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Read the exit skull, Boss Cell context and counter timing before treating a cursed route as forced or a zero count as a broken run.
Read the relevant guideDead Cells: Diagnose the Fixed-Boss-Cell Custom Mode Crash Separately from UnlocksRecord the 35.9 Dracula selection and fixed-cell setup for the documented crash, while keeping the separate retroactive unlock fixes in their own scope.
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2 articlesRead the exit skull, Boss Cell context and counter timing before treating a cursed route as forced or a zero count as a broken run.
Updated November 7, 2026 · 3 min readRecord the 35.9 Dracula selection and fixed-cell setup for the documented crash, while keeping the separate retroactive unlock fixes in their own scope.
Updated November 7, 2026 · 3 min readCoverage notes
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