TBH Task Bar Hero Best Map to Farm Gold, EXP, and Blue Chests
Optimizing progression in TBH: Task Bar Hero relies on executing boss chest rotations, tracking clear durations, and selecting the highest-yielding stages for gold and experience points.
Blue Chest Farming and Boss Stage Rotations
In TBH: Task Bar Hero, gathering high-tier equipment requires targeting blue chests that drop exclusively from stage bosses. Before starting your farming session, enter the settings menu and turn off gray chest auto open. Leaving gray chest collection enabled can cause your character to skip blue boss chests upon clearing the encounter. Creator CaliBoii suggests rotating through milestone boss stages including stage 1-1, stage 1-4, stage 1-8, and stage 2-8 rather than repeatedly grinding a single floor. After defeating the boss on stage 1-1 and claiming your initial blue chest, immediately use the **Portal** to advance to stage 1-4 for the second chest, followed by stage 1-8 — boss checkpoints that can also yield entry items discussed in our Soulstone guide. For higher-level parties, CaliBoii recommends targeting stage 1-9 on Nightmare or stages 2-8 and 3-8 on Normal to maximize drop quality.
The table below lists milestone boss stages and entry soulstones from the game's files.
| Stage / Map | Act | Stage Type | Act Boss | Entry Soulstone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Throne of Darkness | Act 1 | Actboss | Skeleton King |  Soulstone - Normal |
| Contaminated Throne | Act 1 | Contaminactboss | Skeleton King |  Contaminated Soulstone - Nightmare |
| Pharaoh's Underchannel | Act 2 | Actboss | Desert Overlord |  Soulstone - Nightmare |
| Contaminated Underchannel | Act 2 | Contaminactboss | Desert Overlord |  Contaminated Soulstone - Hell |
| Hell Command Chamber | Act 3 | Actboss | Archon Morkar |  Soulstone - Hell |
| Contaminated Command Chamber | Act 3 | Contaminactboss | Archon Morkar |  Contaminated Soulstone - Torment |
Chest Acquisition Cooldowns and Drop Mechanics
The stage rotation farming strategy works effectively because chest drops operate on internal cooldown timers tied to 10 distinct chest tiers. By jumping sequentially from one cleared boss stage to the next, players collect each tier's chest without waiting idly for recharge timers to expire. Under official balance patch Ver 1.02.03, developers shortened Nightmare stage boss chest cooldowns from 8 down to 6 minutes. In subsequent updates through Ver 1.3.0, Hell and Torment stage treasure chest cooldowns were further reduced to 6 minutes, while the unconditional waiting time between consecutive chests was replaced by a period-based acquisition limit. Rotating through consecutive boss floors ensures you collect rewards continuously across difficulty tiers.
Logging Clear Records and Pinning the Log Window
Evaluating farming productivity requires tracking exact stage completion speeds. In the game settings under the general tab, check the pin log window option to keep a persistent record of recent battle times and loot drops. The log window can be resized, expanded, or pinned to your desktop taskbar to display exact clear durations in seconds. Measuring whether your party clears stage 1-1 in 38 seconds or requires 732 seconds on stage 2-7 provides the baseline data needed to identify performance bottlenecks, often solved by tuning party synergy via the best team comp guide. Reviewing battle logs demonstrates that every boss encounter successfully yields a blue chest while gray chests remain ignored.
Farming Optimizer Recommendations for Gold and EXP
To maximize character progression while away from your keyboard, evaluate your party using the community farming calculator — aligning with strategies in our leveling guide. By importing character stats and inputting clear times for stage 1-1 alongside your highest unlocked floor, the optimizer ranks stages by experience points and gold per hour. According to benchmarks conducted by creator CaliBoii using his squad, stage 2-2 on Nightmare preserved 100% experience, clearing in 6 minutes 20 seconds to yield approximately 14 million EXP and 930k gold hourly. For gold farming, CaliBoii's setup cleared stage 1-3 Wasteland on Nightmare in 3 minutes 9 seconds, producing roughly 1.1 million gold and 12 million EXP per hour with full 100% experience retention.