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Editorial Policy

How we research, fact-check, and update every guide on the site.

The content pipeline

Every article moves through a status pipeline before going live:

  1. Brief. A topic enters our editorial roadmap with a primary keyword, search intent, target audience, and link map. Briefs are not public.
  2. Drafting. A writer (human, sometimes with AI assistance) produces a first draft against the brief. Drafts are not public.
  3. Needs fact-check. Every drop rate, route, vendor price, and stat claim is verified against in-game testing, official patch notes, or a community source we trust. Articles in this state are not public.
  4. Ready to publish. Editorial review complete. The article is queued for publication on the next deploy.
  5. Published. Live on the site, included in the sitemap and RSS feed.
  6. Needs update. A patch or balance change has invalidated something; the article is back in the fact-check queue until the claims are re-verified.

AI assistance

We use AI tools (including large language models) to accelerate research, drafting, and copy editing. We do not publish AI-generated factual claims without a human editor verifying them against a primary source or in-game testing. AI is a tool, not the author.

When an article makes a claim we cannot independently confirm — a purported drop rate without a sample size, or a route reported only in one forum thread — we either omit the claim or mark it with a "Verify" flag visible on the article.

Patch-sensitive content

Many guides depend on data that changes with game updates: weapon stats, drop rates, vendor stock, balance numbers. We mark these articles as patch-sensitive and stamp them with the game patch they were verified against, plus a "Last verified" date.

When a patch lands that affects an article's claims, we move that article into "Needs update" status until an editor has re-verified. Search-engine signals (the updatedAt date in our structured data) update whenever the article is refreshed.

Sources

See our source policy for the list of references we cite and how we handle conflicting community information.

Corrections

We correct errors as soon as a reader or editor flags them. The article's "Updated" and "Last verified" timestamps reflect the change. For significant factual changes we add an editor's note at the bottom of the article. See our contact page for how to report an error.