English Manual Steps and Risks

Manual steps and risks

autoDoIt automates only functions for which the current save provides a suitable API or a sufficiently safe visible workflow. Missing requirements appear as yellow manual actions in the Control Center with an explanation.

Before Source-File 4

Without BitNode 4 or Source-File 4, large parts of the Singularity API are not available. These actions may therefore require manual input at first:

• purchase Home RAM
• purchase or create TOR/port programs
• apply to the recommended company and position
• accept faction invitations and begin work
• install important server backdoors
• travel and open visible locations

The lightweight job check recommends a reachable Software position based on current skills, with IT as a fallback. Once Singularity and enough RAM are available, the normal module takes over automatically.

Casino

Bitburner does not provide an official Casino Netscript API. autoDoIt therefore operates the visible blackjack interface:

1. save before playing
2. play with a controlled wager
3. save after a win
4. reload the latest winning state after a loss
5. open Stats after reaching the target

Keep the game in the foreground during this exclusive opening phase and expand Bitburner's Overview so the save button is available. Set casinoEnabled: false to disable the workflow.

Since version 2026.08.01.3, blackjack runs in fast mode: DOM state is polled at short intervals, an unchanged maximum wager is not written again for every hand, and the more expensive faction/offline-modal scan runs only every 25 hands or at least every two seconds. The safety rules are unchanged: every win is saved and every loss reloads without saving.

Source-File -1

The module is disabled by default through exploitsEnabled: false. Only after the player deliberately changes it to true will autoDoIt attempt the following eight entries automatically.

The exploit module automatically attempts eight entries:

• Bypass
• the undocumented Netscript function
• Rainbow
• Development Menu
• Unclickable
• N00dles
• Prototype Tampering
• Time Compression

Prototype Tampering may check for up to 15 minutes and changes only the formatting of the number 55 while waiting.

Three normally guided steps

1. Reality Alteration: pause ns.alterReality() in the script debugger and set its local x variable to true before the final check.
2. True Recursion: travel to New Tokyo, enter the Arcade, and finish the embedded Bitburner Classic cabinet.
3. Edit Save File: export the save, keep an untouched backup, add "EditSaveFile" to the decoded player's exploits array, and re-import it.

After Stats confirms 11 / 11, the module writes /data/autoDoIt-source-file--1-complete.txt. The scheduler then removes that task permanently.

Explicit risk mode

run autoDoIt.js --agree-exploit-risk

Only this argument allows the Desktop version to add the final three save entries. It first saves the game, downloads an untouched timestamped backup, and validates the v3 save structure. Import uses Bitburner's visible two-stage workflow.

Keep the backup until Stats shows 11/11. Unknown save layout, unavailable compression, missing Desktop bridge, or unexpected import controls cause the module to stop instead of importing.

Without this argument, autoDoIt never modifies the save.

Darknet

Darknet can be fully automated or played manually. To disable automatic seeders, password attempts, labyrinths, and STORM_SEED actions, set:

darknetEnabled: false

Normal backdoor tasks remain limited to important faction/progression servers; there is no automatic “backdoor every server” sweep.

Augmentations and resets

Normal augmentations are installed only after enough purchases. Certain Darknet labyrinth rewards require an immediate reset and are installed at once. The scheduler restarts after a real augmentation reset and enters the appropriate opening phase.

BitNode completion

w0r1d_d43m0n remains under the progression module's control. This allows autoDoIt to choose the next BitNode after destruction based on missing Source-Files and the automation strategy.