Nightmare Frontier Extraction Helper Tool
A decision helper for Nightmare Frontier extraction: weigh Nightmare Level, injuries, Fear hostility, and backpack value before you push.
Extraction Helper is a cold shower for hot Ringleaders. Nightmare Frontier pays you for courage only if you survive the accounting.
How to use it
Set your current Nightmare Level pressure, crew health, Fear hostility, and whether the bag already completed a meta goal. Read the recommendation, then either extract or push with eyes open.
Extraction decision checklist
Pair it with strategy pages
- Full doctrine: Extraction Strategy
- Pressure rules: Nightmare Levels
- Fear planning: Raid Planner
- Beginner loop: How to Play
Decision stories this tool prevents
- “We were almost at Level 4” (with two injuries and a full junk bag)
- “One more node for a trophy” (while running the wrong Fear)
- “It’s fine” (while a scavenger is one shove from Horror)
After you extract
Convert the bag at the Hideout and advance Compounds & crafting. The helper’s best outcome is not a speech—it is a quieter, richer Hideout.
Cowardice on purpose is still a skill. Practice it here.
Helper case studies
Case 1: Level 3, two injuries, bag already holds Compound part → extract.
Case 2: Level 2, stable crew, wrong Fear for the trophy → extract and replan with Raid Planner.
Case 3: Level 1, stable, bag empty, intentional Fear → push one node, then reassess.
Say the recommendation out loud. If you argue with it using vibes, you are about to donate gear to the City. Doctrine lives in Extraction Strategy; this widget is the pocket version you open when adrenaline lies.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers drawn from how Nightmare Frontier actually plays.
When should I open this tool?
At any safe node when you feel the urge to take “one more fight.”
Does it guarantee a correct call?
No. It structures the tradeoff so you decide with a checklist instead of adrenaline.
What if it says extract but I need one more part?
Then your raid goal was under-specified. Replan Fears next time with the Raid Planner.
Where is the full strategy write-up?
See the Extraction Strategy guide.