Dartle Issue #26

Dartle Tips and Strategy

Our issue 26 research recorded a 77% bust rate, 4% hit rate and average score of 21 at 2026-10-24 20:19 UTC+8. That is a result-screen snapshot, not proof that any particular opener is optimal. Use the category values to plan a route to 100; do not infer a strategy from popularity alone.

A note that says over 100 scores zero, beside a crossed-out large first dart

The first two darts

Start with a value that leaves a gap you can fill. On an unscaled rank board, number one is worth 1. Counts and measurements may use scaling or rounding, so read the actual unit rather than assuming a raw dollar figure or career total. A value of 60 leaves 40; 27 leaves 73. Neither opener is automatically safer without knowing the accepted entries.

After the first dart I subtract from 100 and ask whether I know two legal entries that make the remainder, or one entry that is the remainder. Issue 26 also allowed a two-dart finish. I did not find it. Fewer darts wins a tie, so that line was better than the 27 + 30 + 43 I did play.

Stand and redemption

I Stand when the only entries I still trust would go over. A 70 that I keep beats a 0 I earn by forcing a third dart. Redemption is not a daily rescue. The rules offer it only on some days, and only for an entry that is itself exactly 100. Issue 26 had redemption turned off. I am not going to write as if a bust can be saved every morning.

Running total stopped at a number under 100

Category traps are listed on Categories. The recorded checkout is in today’s issue 26 notes. The rules page is How to Play.

Questions

Should the first dart be a large number?

Choose an opener as part of a known route to 100. A value of 60 leaves 40; a value of 27 leaves 73. Neither is automatically safer: the category’s accepted entries determine whether the gap can be filled.

When should you Stand?

Stand when the next honest answer you know would go over, and you would rather keep a high total than risk a zero.

Does a high bust rate prove which opening dart is best?

No. A result summary does not show why each player busted or prove an optimal opener. The 77% bust figure in our issue 26 research is a snapshot from 24 Oct 2026 at 20:19 UTC+8, not a permanent rate or a tested strategy comparison.

Should I plan around a redemption shot?

Only if the official board offers one. On eligible days, a bust can be rescued by a separate entry worth exactly 100 on its own; it is not a subtraction from the bust total. Our issue 26 research records no redemption.