Four drills. Then the tour is yours.

1. 1

   Aim at the anchor beacon

   The grave-hole cup renders a beacon visible in every slice and every dream. Start every read from the beacon backward to your orb.
2. 2

   Charge to the second marker

   The power meter’s second tick reaches most greens. Past it is for cross-fairway heroics — and for finding out where the water is.
3. 3

   Putt, then read the roll

   The orb rolls in your current 3D slice only. If it curved somewhere strange, a wall edge is clipping your slice — that is drill two calling.

1. 1

   Shift before the putt, not after

   Dream-shift is a course correction, not a mulligan. Read the dream slice, rotate W inside it, then putt — shifting mid-roll changes nothing about a ball already rolling.
2. 2

   Shift back freely

   Press T again to return to the waking hole. Your lie carries over; only the dressing changes. Par never changes between dreams.

1. 1

   Try XW first for side walls

   Hold Q, watch the left edge, then hold E to return. Side crypt walls and grove roots usually live on XW, so two seconds here solves half of all blocks.
2. 2

   Try YW next for floor ridges and lintels

   Drag the W-slider slowly through the middle range. If the fairway stripe brightens or the hazard marker fades, stop sweeping and putt from that slice.
3. 3

   Save ZW for vault gates

   From hole 6 on, ana and kata gates answer only to ZW. Park the slider on the exact tick where the gate glyph turns green, then putt without touching the slider again.
4. 4

   Stop folding and change the shot

   If all three planes leave the line blocked, the shot is wrong, not the slice. Dream-shift with T, pick a shorter layup, or accept a two putt route around the hazard.

• Symptom: orb curves without touching anything. A wall lip is clipping the slice. Fold XW one step and roll again.
• Symptom: cup beacon visible, lane never opens. The lane lives in the dream alternate. Press T, rotate inside the dream, then putt there.
• Symptom: three ghosts crowd the green. Too many rewinds on one lie. Finish the hole, any score advances the tour, and reset to one rewind per lie.
• Symptom: touch putt button feels covered. Drag the W-slider dock to the side edge, then use the full width putt pad. Targets stay 44px so thumbs land cleanly.

• 🌀 Do rotations cost strokes? Never. Q, E, and the slider are free. Only a released putt adds to the card.
• 👻 Can a ghost knock my ball? No. Ghost trails replay old lines visually and pass through everything, including your orb.
• 🌙 Does dream-shift change par? No. Waking and dream versions share the same cup and the same par number, only dressing and hazards differ.
• ⛳ Where should I practice? Replay hole 1 until the second tick power feels automatic, then drill hole 6 gates, since ZW timing decides the late tour.
• 📖 How is this guide different from the canon page? The companion page tells the saga story, inspirations, and world lore. This page teaches hands: drills, budgets, plane order, and fixes.

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