The Hero-dric Cube is the centerpiece of item progression in TBH: Task Bar Hero. While new players often focus entirely on farming stages and upgrading heroes, experienced players know that the Cube is where ordinary loot becomes powerful equipment.
Whether you’re trying to turn useless gear into upgrades, earn extra gold, craft missing equipment pieces, or optimize endgame items with powerful bonuses, the Cube plays a role in nearly every stage of progression. Learning how each function works early can save resources, improve your farming efficiency, and help you build stronger heroes much faster.
TBH Task Bar Hero Cube Guide – How to Unlock
The Cube becomes available fairly early in your journey, usually around Level 4. Once unlocked, open the Menu and select the Cube to access its various functions.
Inside the Cube, you’ll find several systems:
- Synthesis
- Alchemy
- Crafting
- Decoration
- Engraving
- Inscription
- Extraction
- Offering
At first, some of these features may seem overwhelming, but each serves a specific purpose and becomes more useful as your account progresses.
Level Ranges
Before using Synthesis or Crafting, pay attention to the level range selector.
The Cube allows you to choose the level bracket for generated equipment. Options gradually increase as you progress through the game.
Examples include:
- Level 1-10
- Level 10-20
- Level 20-30
- Level 30-40
- Higher endgame ranges
One of the most common mistakes among new players is forgetting to update this setting. If you’re farming Act 3 while your Cube remains set to Level 1-10, you’ll continue creating low-level gear that has little value.
Always verify the selected level range before crafting or synthesizing items.
Auto Fill
Most Cube systems include an Auto Fill option.
This feature automatically places eligible items into the Cube, making large crafting and synthesis sessions much faster.
Auto Fill works particularly well when:
- Cleaning out inventory
- Converting junk gear into gold
- Running multiple synthesis attempts
- Crafting equipment in bulk
However, be careful when using it. Valuable materials or equipment can accidentally be selected if they are not locked. Many veteran players lock important items before using Auto Fill to prevent costly mistakes.
Synthesis
Synthesis is the feature most players use first.
The system allows you to combine nine items of the same rarity into a single item of a higher rarity.
Examples:
- 9 Common → 1 Uncommon
- 9 Uncommon → 1 Rare
- 9 Rare → 1 Legendary
- 9 Legendary → 1 Immortal
This is one of the best ways to recycle unwanted gear instead of simply selling it.
When your inventory becomes filled with low-rarity equipment, Synthesis provides an opportunity to turn junk into potential upgrades.
When to Use Synthesis
Early Game:
Focus primarily on earning gold through Alchemy.
Mid Game:
Use excess gear to chase better upgrades.
Late Game:
Mass-synthesize large amounts of equipment while hunting for high-rarity items such as Immortal, Arcana, Divine, and Cosmic gear.
Alchemy
Alchemy converts unwanted items into gold.
Simply place equipment or materials into the Cube and perform the conversion.
The result:
- Items are consumed
- Gold is earned
- Cube experience is gained
This feature becomes extremely important during the early game because Rune Tree upgrades and Formation unlocks require large amounts of gold.
Best Uses for Alchemy
- Duplicate equipment
- Outdated gear
- Low-rarity items
- Inventory cleanup
If you’re unsure whether to use Synthesis or Alchemy early on, Alchemy is often the better option because account progression usually provides more value than small gear upgrades.
Crafting
Crafting allows players to create specific categories of equipment.
Instead of waiting for random drops, you can target the type of gear you need.
Craftable categories include:
- Main Weapons
- Sub Weapons
- Armor
- Shields
- Accessories
Each recipe requires different materials depending on the selected category and level range.
For example, crafting a shield may require resources such as Leather and Copper Nuggets.
The resulting item’s rarity remains random, which means lucky players can occasionally craft powerful upgrades.
Crafting Tips
Crafting is particularly useful when one equipment slot falls behind the rest of your gear.
Accessories are also commonly crafted because they can be harder to obtain through normal drops.
Decoration
Decoration adds bonus stats to equipment.
To use Decoration, you’ll need:
- Equipment with a Decoration slot
- A Decoration Material
Once applied, the item receives a random stat based on the material used.
Because the resulting stat is random, it is important to choose materials that complement the hero using the equipment.
Engraving
Engraving works similarly to Decoration but is generally found on higher-rarity equipment.
Requirements:
- Equipment with an Engraving slot
- An Engraving Material
The result is an additional random stat bonus that can significantly improve an item’s effectiveness.
Many players save their best Engraving materials for powerful Immortal equipment that will remain part of their build for a long time.
Inscription
Inscription represents one of the highest levels of item enhancement currently available.
Requirements:
- Equipment with an Inscription slot
- An Inscription Material
Like Decoration and Engraving, the system grants additional bonuses. However, Inscription slots are generally found on much rarer equipment.
Because these materials are difficult to obtain, it is usually best to reserve them for your strongest gear.
Extraction
Extraction removes enhancements from equipment.
This system can remove:
- Decorations
- Engravings
- Inscriptions
Extraction is useful when replacing old equipment or correcting enhancement mistakes.
However, there is one major drawback.
The enhancement material used originally is destroyed during the process and cannot be recovered.
Because of this, think carefully before applying expensive materials to temporary gear.
Offering
Offering allows players to exchange commemorative coins for random rewards.
The process is simple:
- Place a commemorative coin into the Cube.
- Complete the offering.
- Receive a random reward.
Different coin rarities appear to influence the quality of potential rewards, making higher-rarity coins more desirable.
While the exact reward rates remain unclear, Offering provides another way to acquire useful items and resources.
Common Cube Mistakes
Many players slow their progression by making avoidable Cube mistakes.
Some of the most common include:
- Forgetting to update item level ranges
- Using valuable materials on temporary gear
- Accidentally destroying items through Auto Fill
- Spending all gear on Synthesis instead of generating gold through Alchemy
- Applying enhancements to items intended for Steam Marketplace sales
Avoiding these mistakes will help you progress much more efficiently.
The Hero-dric Cube is much more than a simple crafting menu. It acts as the foundation of gear progression throughout TBH: Task Bar Hero. Every feature serves a different purpose, from turning junk into gold and upgrading equipment to creating powerful endgame gear.
Players who learn how to balance Alchemy, Synthesis, Crafting, and enhancement systems early will have a much easier time progressing through later Acts and building stronger heroes. Instead of letting unwanted loot pile up in your inventory, put the Cube to work and turn every drop into an opportunity for growth.