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Yes. AshRise saves your progress automatically after every encounter and every brand you seal. Your Glow level, Hue, sealed brands, and place in the story are all preserved. When you return to the home screen and tap Continue, the climb resumes exactly where you left off.

No. AshRise is fully offline. It makes no network requests and works without a Wi-Fi or cellular connection. All data stays on your device.

Brands appear during encounters with figures who have gone deaf — they cannot hear your voice. When you choose the Brand action, the Brandstone screen opens. Draw the brand's shape with your finger; the line flares white-hot and cools into a scar over a few seconds. Tap Burn the brand to seal it permanently, or Climb on to leave without sealing. Brands 1–6 unlock across Terraces I–V; Brand 7 requires a Rust or Ash Hue; Brand 8 becomes available only at the Crater Rim if you have sealed at least six brands.

Glow is the measure of your fire — a value from 0 to 100, shown as a bar at the top of the story screen. It starts at 60. Every choice you make shifts it: sharing light costs Glow, taking from others gains it, climbing between terraces costs 5. Glow reaching zero is not a failure. The current scene completes and the story moves to the ending The Ash That Stayed — a valid, complete conclusion to the climb.

Open Settings from the home screen and tap Reset the climb. A confirmation prompt will appear before anything is deleted. You can also begin a new game directly from the home screen by tapping Begin the climb while a save exists — this will ask for confirmation before erasing your current progress.