Guide StandardsEvidence, verification and editorial control
CurrentPatch 1.15.00
Evidence & Verification Policy
The research, sourcing and patch-control standard used across the guide.
Evidence grades
Section titled “Evidence grades”Official
Section titled “Official”Directly supported by Pearl Abyss patch notes, notices, guides or in-game text.
Verified
Section titled “Verified”Reproduced through controlled testing with enough detail for another player to repeat the result.
Community
Section titled “Community”Reported independently by multiple credible players but not yet reproduced by the guide team.
Provisional
Section titled “Provisional”A useful lead, hypothesis or incomplete observation awaiting confirmation.
Required page metadata
Section titled “Required page metadata”Every guide page must declare:
currentPatch;lastVerified;evidence;spoilerLevel;patchStatus.
The build fails when required metadata is missing or malformed.
Source discipline
Section titled “Source discipline”- Paraphrase external material rather than copying it.
- Link to the original source.
- Record test conditions for numerical or mechanical claims.
- Never convert a single anecdote into a confirmed rule.
- Mark uncertainty where the evidence does not support certainty.