Time Traveler Achievement

Info from sources on the Time Traveler achievement.

Introduction

Take 5 turns in a row while playing with only Chronicle of the Godslayer.
This is a small guide/reference on getting the achievement Time Traveler, with information found from a couple different sources I found as it is a difficult to find much help on it. I thought I would share the info with others struggling with it, but am also adding this for my own reference.
I cannot guarantee the effectiveness of the info, as I have yet to unlock it. But every little bit helps. (Update: It worked)
Sources will be credited.

Information

The Time Traveler achievement requires you to use the Tablet of Time's Dawn when the center deck had been depleted.The center deck is replaced with cards from the void that have been defeated or banished after its depletion. The center deck of CotG contains approximately 20 monsters and is the base number of cards that would appear in the center deck after its depletion.

In the beginning, focus on acquiring Rune cards, adding Power later. Cards with Draw are a must.
Some cards with Hand Discard/Banish are going to be needed sooner rather than later. Almost every Construct is a must buy. Cards rewarding Honor should be ignored.
Ignore monsters that come up unless there is no other options in the center row, with the exception of Sea Tyrant (remove ASAP).
DO NOT kill any Cultists.

In the end, your deck should have approximately 18 constructs (most of them mecha), 5-6 Mystics, and all the draw cards you can get. Banish all Apprentice and Miltia.

A few cards are absolutely required to do this achievement. If they end up in the void or the AI grabs them, you will need to just start all over again. These cards are:

• Arbiter of the Precipice
  
• Hedron Cannon
  
• Hedron Link Device
  
• Master Dhartha
  
• Seer of the Forked Path
  
• Tablet of Time's Dawn
  
• Twofold Askara

Another somewhat necessary card is Seer of the Forked Path. It is the only card that can banish monsters in the center row. Two copies is good, three is better.

A few power cards and such are also going to be necessary. You may not make it through the 4th cycle without them. Recommended cards include:

• Emri, One with the Void
  
• Oziah the Peerless
  
• Demon Slayer(s)
  
• Arha Templar (2)

Use Arha Templar to defeat Mistake of Creation or Mephit so you can banish other cards in center row. With, Mistake, wait until you have a card in your discard pile that you want to banish. Oziah the Peerless should be saved to kill Earth Tyrant each turn.

While expelling monsters and such, the Tablet will eventually come around again. Grab it and use to get another turn. Repeat until success.

Card Table

Tier 1

Name	Note
Arbiter of the Precipice	At end game, save towards end of turn to buy / banish hero cards in void.
Hedron Cannon	Construct. Quit if you don't get.
Hedron Link Device	Construct. Quit if you don't get.
Oziah the Peerless	Save it to kill Earth Tyrant (2 card dragon) each turn. Better than Ascetic at end game.
Seer of the Forked Path	Get as many as you can.
Tablet of Time's Dawn	Construct. Quit if you don't get.
Twofold Askara	Duplicate Oziah or Dhartha at end game.

Tier 2

Name	Note
Emri, One with the Void	You need strong military to cycle void at end game.
Kor, the Ferromancer	Free power at end game.
Muramasa	Construct. Worth 4 power end game with Hedron Cannon.
Runic Lycanthrope	Nice for income and damage end game. Don't hesitate to buy one if nothing is better.
Shade of the Black Watch	Buy these guys when available. Helps throughout game. At end game, save towards end of turn to buy / banish hero cards in void.
Spike Vixen	Free power at end game.
Temple Librarian	Buy when available. Use on cards that banish at end game (Shades & Void Inits)
The All-Seeing Eye	Not necessary to win but helps.
The Grand Design	Construct. You need free construct runes at end game to pick up Tablet each turn for free. Try to get both.

Tier 3

Name	Note
Arha Templar	Good card for clearing the void. Don't hesitate to buy one if nothing is better.
Demon Slayer	You need strong military to cycle void at end game
Rocket Courier X-99	Construct. You want at least one of these so tablet comes to your hand at end game.
Shadow Star	Construct. Worth 2 power end game with Hedron Cannon.
Watchmaker's Altar	Don't worry too much if opponent buys one or even both of these as long as you have Grand Design(s).
Wolf Shaman	Does not hurt at end game and income can be good for cycling heros in void.
Voidthirster	Construct. Worth 2 power end game with Hedron Cannon. Shadow Star is more cost effective as 1 Honor per turn is unimportant end game.
Void Initiate	Buy these guys when available. Helps throughout game. At end game, cycle these guys in and out of the void.
Yggdrasil Staff	Construct. Let opponent buy one of these so he will churn honor and not buy things you need.

Tier 4

Name	Note
Avatar Golem	Doesn't hurt too much at end game and can be cycled into void if necessary.
Burrower Mark II	Construct. Let opponent buy so he will not buy things you need. Worse than any other construct at end game.
Flytrap Witch	Banish before end game if possible. Buy during end game. Can let opponent buy.
Reactor Monk	Almost necessary to build all your constructs, but should be banished to void at end game.
Snapdragon	Construct. Buy if you need runes early game.

Other

Name	Note
Cetra, Weaver of Stars	Let opponent buy if you don't need it. If you do buy, dump in void at end game.
Landtalker	Let opponent buy if you don't need it. Can help in end game so do not banish at that point.
Arha Initiate	Does not help at all. Let opponent buy all of these.
Druids of the Stone Circle
Lifebound Initiate	Let opponent buy. Will clutter up void at end game. Easy to buy and banish at end game though.
Mechana Initiate	Let opponent buy. Will clutter up void at end game. Easy to buy and banish at end game though.

Monsters

Name	Note
Cultist	Never kill until end game and nothing else available.
Corrosive Widow	Banish.
Sea Tyrant	Banish.
Wind Tyrant	Banish.
Xeron, Duke of Lies	Banish.
Avatar of the Fallen	Only kill in end game if all other cards are 4+ monsters.
Earth Tyrant	Save Oziah to kill this each turn. If you already cycled tablet, do not kill until next turn.
Mephit	Kill.
Mistake of Creation	Kill with Templar if possible. Wait until you have a card in your discard pile that you want to banish.
Samael's Trickster	Kill if nothing else better, otherwise banish.
Tormented Soul	Kill. If you already cycled tablet, do not kill until next turn.

Sources

General info: Dteich (Ascension General Discussions)
Card Table: Lou Seelbach [videogamegeek.com]

[L4Dtrooper]

@Exist

I don't think it's unnecessary, my answer to your comment is correct.
your question was absolutely unnecessary.

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, that you honestly don't mean to undermine this solo help guide, but don't belittle us in the way we do/did it. We are not stupid, we may not all have those kind of friends and or people who want to do this together.

[Exist]

L4DTrooper that was unnecessary, I was honestly asking a question. I was not trying to argue. I appreciate the author making the guide, thanks for confirming that I can do this with another player. I was sincerely asking the question 😁

[L4Dtrooper]

@ Exist

Sure you can if you have a friend willing to help you. By passing all his turns, and let you buy all necessary cards to make the loop. If you have such friend willing to do something such time wasting for themselves, staring at you figuring it out, than your in luck!

But for some reason you assume that everyone is willing to do that, and practically questioning this how to solo guide for its reason of existing.

Can someone tell me why this person by the name "Exist" has no Existing skill?

[Exist]

Can someone tell me why I can't just play a real person who let me do this easily instead of the AI? It seems that the other achievements can be gotten in multiplayer

[L4Dtrooper]

ah i got it, it is a bit of luck to get things richt, but the AI is collecting 1 cost cards and you just have to go full on construckts and get lots of power cards to cycle tough a 20+ monster deck and some 1 cost cards you banished.

[L4Dtrooper]

I also had all the draw crads, (NO Arha Initiate) but do you exatly need 18 Constructs?

[L4Dtrooper]

I do not understand it, do you need to loop draw 5 time's? since you can only banish 1 Tablet of Time's Dawn and you cant get it back.
I did draw out the whole deck, i was playing to 1 AI and max points you can set.

I need a video to actualy see how its done but its to random to get it done.

[Leon]

Amazing guide thank you tons! Took me about 4 tries to get it.

[S0FTERSIN]

This was helpful, thank you!

After 4 hours of attempts, I finally achieved this versus 1 AI (w/ 120 honor pool).

Good luck, folks!

[Carpe Caseus]

Did you battle 1, 2, or 3 AI?