Guide

Hotori — reading value from type silhouettes (1.5)

Hotori
Hotori

How to play Hotori as of the 1.5 update — which round 1–3 type silhouettes lock in a piece and which are traps, how the 3 new collectibles (Home Movie Projector · Paradise Chocolate · Guardian) change the silhouettes, and what the lower Eternal Heart odds mean, with odds per hall.

In one line

Once a type opens, the candidates are same shape · same type only — for the three new 1.5 Red spots, check the color first

What changed in 1.5

The ability and Devices are the same — what changed is 3 new Red collectibles and half as many Eternal Hearts

  • Hotori's ability and the Devices are the same as in 1.4 — the tables below carry over the 1.4 calls, and cells that changed in 1.5 are marked New in 1.5
  • The 3 new Red pieces changed three type silhouettes — all three use existing shapes, so there's no new silhouette; existing silhouettes gained a candidate
    • Tech 3×4 — in 1.4 this was a confirmed Game Console (119,211). In 1.5 the Home Movie Projector (3,210,000) shares the same shape and type — the 120,000 floor stays, with 3.21 million above it
    • Food 2×3 — the Paradise Chocolate (2,333,333) has joined a spot that used to be traps only
    • Antique 1×3 — the Guardian (1,100,000) has joined a spot that used to be traps only
    Game Console119,211Home Movie Projector3,210,000Paradise Chocolate2,333,333Guardian1,100,000
  • At most one new Red per board, and none in the Shell Hall — on Pearl boards: Guardian about 10.6% · Chocolate 5.2% · Projector 3.9% (Coral 1.3% · 0.7% · 0.4%)
  • The Eternal Heart (1,314,520) now appears on half as many boards — Pearl about 16% → about 8%, Coral about 1.9% → about 1.0%Eternal Heart1,314,520
  • None of the three spots can be settled with an average Device — there's no 1-, 3-, 6- or 12-slot average Device. Narrow them by whether the rarity (color) is Red first (the three new Red spots below)
Home Movie Projector3,210,000Paradise Chocolate2,333,333Guardian1,100,000

The ability at a glance

In each of rounds 1–3, Hotori reveals every silhouette of one type — candidates are limited to the same shape and type

  • Start of rounds 1–3 — picks one type among the collectibles whose silhouette is still unknown and opens every silhouette of that type. You get silhouette + type, but not the color (rarity)
  • Start of round 5 — every silhouette of the collectibles whose rarity (color) you know. Color + shape, but not the type
  • Candidates = every collectible of the same shape × the same type. Tap a slot to see the list (e.g. "3×4 Tech candidates: 2")
Hotori's skill description in the game — In-gameIn-game
Hotori's skill description in the game
Start of round 1 — Hotori's ability opens every silhouette of one type at once — Auction Simulator UIAuction Simulator UI
Start of round 1 — Hotori's ability opens every silhouette of one type at once
The candidate list you get by tapping a silhouette — only collectibles of the same shape and type — Auction Simulator UIAuction Simulator UI
The candidate list you get by tapping a silhouette — only collectibles of the same shape and type

How to read it — frequency matters more than candidate count

Two candidates doesn't mean 50/50 — cheap collectibles are far more common, so the trap is usually the likelier one

  • A silhouette with two candidates isn't a coin flip. Low-rarity collectibles are far more numerous on a board — a Pearl board has about 4 Red pieces but more than 20 at Purple rarity or lower (in Coral, about 2 Red)
  • So even a "1 Red + 1 trap" silhouette is more often the trap. The percentages in the tables below account for this frequency
  • A confirmed silhouette (just 1 candidate) has a fixed value even without the color — the heart of Hotori's ability
  • Trap = any candidate of the same shape and type worth 200,000 or less — even Red or Gold pieces count as traps below 200,000
  • It varies by hall — Coral has fewer Red and Gold collectibles, so the same silhouette is less likely to be the high-value one

The three new 1.5 Red spots — check the color first

Antique 1×3 and Food 2×3 are confirmed traps unless they're Red; Tech 3×4 is always Red, so you need its identity to tell

  • Antique 1×3 — candidates Guardian (1,100,000) · Slender Lotus Vase (101,860) · Kaleidoscope (21,012) · Azure Hairpin (8,065) · Broken Blade (3,665)
    • Without the color: Guardian 12% in Pearl · 2.4% in Coral
    • If it shows Red, it's the Guardian or the Lotus Vase — the Guardian about 39% of the time in Pearl · about 15% in Coral
    • If it isn't Red, everything left is a trap under 20,000
    Guardian1,100,000Slender Lotus Vase101,860Kaleidoscope21,012Azure Hairpin8,065Broken Blade3,665
  • Food 2×3 — candidates Paradise Chocolate (2,333,333) · Frost Iron Symphony (80,608) · Sea Salt Deep in the Heart (30,211)
    • Without the color: Chocolate 15% in Pearl · 5% in Coral
    • If it shows Red, it's the Chocolate or the Symphony — the Chocolate about 46% of the time in Pearl · about 14% in Coral
    • If it's Gold, it's confirmed as the Sea Salt maze (30,000)
    Paradise Chocolate2,333,333Frost Iron Symphony80,608Sea Salt Deep in the Heart30,211
  • Tech 3×4 — candidates Home Movie Projector (3,210,000) · Game Console (119,211), both Red
    • Rarity (color) can't split them — Projector about 20% in Pearl · about 6% in Coral
    • The value is only settled once an identity (collectible) Device lands on that spot. Until then count it at the 120,000 floor and add the Projector's 3.21 million only after you've confirmed it
    • Not to be confused with the Tech 2×3 Gold Camera (76,591) — the 3×4 Red is the new 1.5 piece
    Home Movie Projector3,210,000Game Console119,211Camera76,591
  • Rarity comes from the type rarity Devices (Antique · Food rarity, 3 each) or Rarity (M · L · Mega) — use the type rarity Device in the round Hotori opens that type, and all three marks land inside that type

Antique — the type with the most confirmed high-value pieces

When Antique opens, lock in the Scepter (5×1), statue (4×5) and Pendulum Clock (2×5) spots first; from 1.5, sort out the Guardian in the 1×3 by its color

ShapeCandidates (price)Odds per candidate (Pearl / Coral)Verdict
5×1Radiant Scepter (288,888)ConfirmedScepter confirmed — count it at full value
4×5Giovanni's Gilded Statue (271,827)ConfirmedStatue confirmed
2×5Antique Pendulum Clock (150,933)ConfirmedPendulum Clock confirmed (150,000 — under 200,000, so not a big value)
3×2Antique Suitcase (577,777) Portrait with Flowers (18,075)Suitcase 36% / 12%One of two — in Pearl about one in three is the Suitcase (580,000); in Coral it's mostly the Portrait
2×3A Moment's Pause (88,888) Dark Green Vase (2,993)Moment's Pause 45% / 56%Both under 200,000 — a trap silhouette; count it at the floor
2×2Azure Cascade (11,235,813) Starshaker (31,618) Phonograph (9,946) Blue and White Porcelain Bowl (7,996) Lotus C198 Record Player (1,624)Starshaker 31% · Cascade 0.8% / Starshaker 22% · Cascade 0.3%Apart from the Cascade (jackpot), all are traps under 200,000 — even the Starshaker (30,000) counts as a trap
1×3Guardian (1,100,000) Slender Lotus Vase (101,860) Kaleidoscope (21,012) Azure Hairpin (8,065) Broken Blade (3,665)Guardian 12% · Lotus Vase 19% / Guardian 2.4% · Lotus Vase 13%New in 1.5 — apart from the Guardian (1.1 million), all are traps under 200,000. If it shows Red, it's the Guardian about 39% of the time in Pearl
1×4Blue and White Porcelain Vase (62,456) Spring Sheath (15,309)Porcelain Vase 60% / 57%Both are traps under 200,000
  • A 2×5 is the Pendulum Clock if it's Antique and the Baguette if it's Food — knowing the type tells them apart
  • The Antique silhouettes with a 200,000+ candidate are the Suitcase (3×2) · Cascade (2×2) · Guardian (1×3) — count only these three by their odds, and the 1×3 narrows right away once Antique rarity shows its color
A board with the Antique type opened — Auction Simulator UIAuction Simulator UI
A board with the Antique type opened

Gem — the Eternal Heart's 1×1, the Stringblade's 3×1

If Gem opens and there's no 1×1 silhouette, the board has no Eternal Heart either — from 1.5 the Eternal Heart appears on half as many boards

  • The Eternal Heart (1,314,520) is a Gem 1×1
    • If Gem opens and there's no 1×1 silhouette at all, the board has no Eternal Heart
    • The chance that one Gem 1×1 silhouette is the Eternal Heart is about 2.2% in Pearl · 0.4% in Coral (about half of 1.4)
    • If a Gem 1×1 shows Red, it's the Eternal Heart or the Teardrop (50,000) — the Eternal Heart is now about 34% in Pearl · about 12% in Coral (1.4 Pearl: about 53%)
    • Across the whole board, the Eternal Heart shows up on about 8% of Pearl boards · about 1% of Coral boards
    Eternal Heart1,314,520Teardrop50,000
  • There are 16 Gem 1×1 candidates — apart from the Eternal Heart, all are traps under 200,000
ShapeCandidates (price)Odds per candidate (Pearl / Coral)Verdict
2×4Lustrous Jade (81,088)ConfirmedJade confirmed (80,000 — under 200,000)
3×1Stringblade (8,989,898) Crown Called Nobility (18,193) DynamiK Triangle (1,822)Crown 47% · Stringblade 1.0% / Crown 46% · Stringblade 0.1%Apart from the Stringblade (jackpot), traps under 20,000; count it at the floor, the jackpot is a bonus
2×1Chiming Pendant (78,800) Azure Eye (60,285) Strange Firestone (7,639)60,000+ 65% / 44%All three are traps under 200,000 — check it with the 2-slot average
1×2Traveler's Stone (150,051) Gilded Ring (38,316) Oceanheart Blue (4,590) Aural Crystal (4,481) Little Sparrow (911)Traveler's Stone 34% / 19%All five are traps under 200,000 — if the 2-slot average is under 10,000, there's no Traveler's Stone either
1×3Scepter Called Prestige (77,777) Beacon Ray (4,034) Smoky Amethyst (3,987)Prestige 61% / 40%All three are traps under 200,000
A board with the Gem type opened — a 1×1 silhouette showing — Auction Simulator UIAuction Simulator UI
A board with the Gem type opened — a 1×1 silhouette showing

Tech — the 3×4 goes from confirmed to two candidates

A Tech 3×4 is the Game Console or the Projector (3.21 million); a Tech 5×5 is the Orrery, not the Pendragon

ShapeCandidates (price)Odds per candidate (Pearl / Coral)Verdict
3×4Home Movie Projector (3,210,000) Game Console (119,211)Projector 20% / 6%New in 1.5 — both are Red, so the color can't split them. Floor 120,000; 3.21 million once you see its identity
2×1Data Vault (5,121,024) Thoth USB Drive (76,008) · 6 under 10,000 (Universal Remote (4,557) Portable Sensor Light (4,484) Handheld Console (1,216) On Track (1,055) Chip-Eating Finger Washer (1,040) Blade Forging Stone (167))USB 22% · Vault 0.5% / USB 10% · Vault 0.2%Apart from the Data Vault (jackpot), all are traps under 200,000 — use the 2-slot average to tell whether it's there
3×2Unknown Access Card (366,112) Portable Folding Screen (239,342) Digital Camera (18,363) Starseeker Telescope (18,317) Navigator's Telescope (4,840)Red 39% / 28%3 traps under 20,000 — a Red is 200,000+ (Access Card 370,000 · Folding Screen 240,000)
4×3Canned Imaginadough (124,816) LCD TV (8,135)Imaginadough 83% / 85%Both are traps under 200,000 — the Imaginadough (120,000) is the more common one
2×3Camera (76,591) Cubox Technologies Tablet (11,038) Wake-up Wham (4,843) Soul Snatcher (3,598)Camera (Gold) 38% / 34%All four are traps under 200,000 — a different piece from the 3×4 Home Movie Projector
5×5Orrery (51,077)ConfirmedThe only Tech 5×5 — 50,000, a confirmed trap
  • The 1.4 rule "3×4 = confirmed Game Console" no longer holds in 1.5 — in Pearl, about one in five Tech 3×4 silhouettes is the Projector
  • On a Pendragon run: the Pendragon Model is a Daily Goods 5×5
    • If Tech opens and a 5×5 is marked Tech, that spot is the Orrery → the Collectible (Special) item opens the largest collectible, so using it on that 5×5 means paying for the Orrery you already know — you can save it
    • If Daily Goods opens and a 5×5 is Daily Goods, it's the Pendragon Model or the Little Oink Bank (500,001) — either way it's high value, floor 500,000
    Pendragon Model20,171,210Orrery51,077Little Oink Bank500,001
A board with the Tech type opened — a 5×5 Orrery silhouette — Auction Simulator UIAuction Simulator UI
A board with the Tech type opened — a 5×5 Orrery silhouette

Food — the type with the most confirmed high-value pieces, now with the Chocolate in 2×3

Food has 5 collectibles whose value the shape alone decides, a 3×3 is either the Snack Box or the Goblet, and from 1.5 the 2×3 can be the Chocolate

ShapeCandidates (price)Odds per candidate (Pearl / Coral)Verdict
3×3Nine-Bite Snack Box (240,208) Luminous Goblet (16,800,000)Snack Box 97% · Goblet 2.7% / Snack Box 99.5% · Goblet 0.5%Floor 240,000 — sort it out with the 9-slot average (below)
2×3Paradise Chocolate (2,333,333) Frost Iron Symphony (80,608) Sea Salt Deep in the Heart (30,211)Chocolate 15% · Symphony 18% / Chocolate 5% · Symphony 30%New in 1.5 — apart from the Chocolate (2.33 million), all are traps under 200,000. If it shows Red, it's the Chocolate about 46% of the time in Pearl
1×2Cool-lala Spicy Snack (280,000) Golden Hash Browns (7,463) Baking Buddies Matcha Powder (1,353) Chiyo Family Brew (1,046) Fresh Egg (178)Spicy Snack 27% / 18%4 traps — check it with the 2-slot average
2×5Creamy Berry Baguette (30,452)ConfirmedBaguette confirmed (30,000, a trap)
5×5Definitely-Fished-This-Myself Fish (9,952)ConfirmedConfirmed trap — not the Pendragon, so save the Special
  • One 9-slot average settles the Luminous Goblet (Best set, 70,000) — 1.5 adds no new 9-slot collectible
    • On a board with the Goblet, the 9-slot average is at least 4.2 million (Coral 5.68 million)
    • On a board without it, the 9-slot average is at most 260,000 (one Ghostfire Wisp, the most expensive 3×3)
    • → If the 9-slot average is over 260,000, it's the Goblet; otherwise there's none
  • No Food 3×3 means no Goblet either (the Goblet is only ever a Food 3×3)
A board with the Food type opened — Auction Simulator UIAuction Simulator UI
A board with the Food type opened

Daily Goods — home of the Pendragon

A Daily Goods 5×5 has a floor of 500,000 — if no 5×5 shows, the board has no Pendragon either; the 1×1 holds the Cloudveil Cup

  • This is the type of the Pendragon run's target, the Pendragon Model (20,171,210)Pendragon Model20,171,210
  • The Little Oink Bank (500,001) has the same rarity and silhouette (5×5) — a Daily Goods 5×5 silhouette has a floor of 500,000Little Oink Bank500,001
  • If Daily Goods opens and no 5×5 shows, there's no Pendragon → save the value of the Collectible (Special) Device
  • The 4×4 is just the Cart (K01 Model (59,440)) and the M1000 Model (4,081) — both traps under 200,000, which also tells you that 4×4 isn't the KoiK01 Model59,440M1000 Model4,081
  • The only 1×1 Red is the Cloudveil Cup (500,000) — the new 1.5 Red pieces aren't 1×1, so nothing changes hereCloudveil Cup500,000
ShapeCandidates (price)Odds per candidate (Pearl / Coral)Verdict
5×5Pendragon Model (20,171,210) Little Oink Bank (500,001)Oink Bank 96% · Pendragon 4.0% / Oink Bank 94% · Pendragon 5.8%Floor 500,000 — no 5×5 means no Pendragon
4×4K01 Model (59,440) M1000 Model (4,081)Cart 49% / 49%Both are traps under 200,000 — it isn't the Koi
2×2Preserved Flower Wreath (200,201) Brand-New Limited Volleyball (88,600) Double-Neck Jade Bottle - White (80,754) Nacupeda Model (10,029) Bunny Box (7,222) Four-Corner Cube (5,955)80,000+ 49% / 49%Only the Wreath (200,000) barely clears 200,000; the other five are traps — count it at around 80,000
1×1Cloudveil Cup (500,000) Light Cube (5,041) Rainbow Capsule (2,011) Bouncy Ball (1,992) Manga (1,114) Bouncy Ball (548)Cup 9.2% / 0.9%About one in ten in Pearl; in Coral it's almost always a trap
  • The Pendragon 4.0% in the table is the share once a Daily Goods 5×5 silhouette is already showing — don't bet on the Pendragon before a 5×5 shows
A board with the Daily Goods type opened — Auction Simulator UIAuction Simulator UI
A board with the Daily Goods type opened

Anomaly — where the most expensive collectible hides

An Anomaly 4×4 is a trap unless it's the Koi — the floor is 50,000

ShapeCandidates (price)Odds per candidate (Pearl / Coral)Verdict
4×4Golden Koi Statue (22,668,888) Crimson Call (101,554) Whalesong (52,000)Crimson Call 59% · Whalesong 40% · Koi 1.1% / Crimson Call 64% · Whalesong 36% · Koi 0.2%A trap unless it's the Koi — floor 50,000
3×3Ghostfire Wisp (260,423) Thud-Thud Hammer (100,000) Lost Armor (3,626) New flavor out now! (2,745)Wisp 34% · Hammer 26% / Wisp 13% · Hammer 11%Only the Wisp (260,000) is 200,000+ — the Hammer (100,000) and the two cheap ones are traps
4×1Crystal Tail (101,403) Doodle Board (3,502)Tail 63% / 57%Both are traps under 200,000
3×1Favorite Pizza (29,977) Weather Guide (15,024) Knight Decal (12,164)Pizza 33% / 21%All three are traps under 200,000; floor 12,000
1×1"Geometric" Decor (61,803) plus 12 trapsGeometric 6% / 3%Everything up to the Geometric Decor (60,000) is a trap under 200,000
  • A Daily Goods 4×4 (the Cart · trap) and an Anomaly 4×4 (Koi · Crimson Call · Whalesong) look the same — knowing the type splits the 4×4 candidates
A board with the Anomaly type opened — Auction Simulator UIAuction Simulator UI
A board with the Anomaly type opened

2-slot average — the Device that sorts out 1×2 and 2×1 silhouettes

If the 2-slot average is under 10,000, there's no Spicy Snack, Traveler's Stone or Data Vault; over 40,000, there almost certainly is

  • 1×2 and 2×1 silhouettes are sorted out with the 2-slot average — it's in Advanced All-round (25,000). The new 1.5 Red pieces aren't 2-slot, so this table works the same way as in 1.4
    • Food 1×2 = Cool-lala Spicy Snack (280,000) + 4 cheap ones · Gem 1×2 = Traveler's Stone (150,051) · Gilded Ring (38,316) + 3 cheap ones · Tech 2×1 = Thoth USB Drive (76,008) · Data Vault (5,121,024) + 6 cheap ones
    Cool-lala Spicy Snack280,000Traveler's Stone150,051Gilded Ring38,316Thoth USB Drive76,008Data Vault5,121,024
  • The 2-slot average (the average of every 2-slot collectible on the board, rounded down) and the chance that the Spicy Snack, Traveler's Stone or Super Disk is on the board:
2-slot averagePearl: share of boards → one of the three presentCoral: share of boards → one of the three present
Under 10,00038% → 0%66% → 0%
10,000–20,00025% → 8% (mostly the Traveler's Stone)15% → 7%
20,000–40,00022% → 62%10% → 58%
40,000–80,00013% → 97%6% → 94%
80,000 or more2% → 100% (Vault 18%)1% → 100% (Vault 8%)
  • How to read it
    • You saw a Food or Gem 1×2 silhouette and the 2-slot average is under 10,000 → that silhouette is a confirmed trap
    • Over 40,000 → the Spicy Snack (280,000) or the Traveler's Stone (150,000) is almost certainly somewhere on the board
    • 20,000–40,000 is about even — narrow it by whether it overlaps the type Hotori opened (Food means the Spicy Snack, Gem the Traveler's Stone)
  • The 2-slot average is the average of every 2-slot collectible on the board, so it can't point to "which spot" — it tells you "there or not"

5R — silhouettes with known rarity

In round 5, what narrows the candidates is color, not type — the three new 1.5 Red pieces still leave two candidates each by color alone

Playing Hotori in 1.5 — summary

Count confirmed silhouettes right away, check the color of the three new 1.5 Red spots first, and get the identity of a Tech 3×4

  • Count pieces that round 1–3 type silhouettes confirm straight away — Antique Radiant Scepter · Giovanni's Gilded Statue · Antique Pendulum Clock, Gem Lustrous Jade, Tech Orrery, Food White Dragon King · Golden Arowana · Creamy Berry Baguette and so on (from 1.5 the Tech 3×4 is no longer confirmed)Radiant Scepter288,888Giovanni's Gilded Statue271,827Antique Pendulum Clock150,933Lustrous Jade81,088Orrery51,077White Dragon King300,000Golden Arowana111,111Creamy Berry Baguette30,452
  • When an Antique 1×3 or Food 2×3 silhouette shows, check its color with that type's rarity Device — not Red means a confirmed trap; Red means weigh the Guardian · Chocolate by their odds
  • Count a Tech 3×4 as the Game Console (120,000) until an identity (collectible) Device lands on it
  • Sort out 1×2 and 2×1 silhouettes with Advanced All-round's 2-slot average, and Food 3×3 with the Best set's 9-slot average — same as 1.4
  • The Eternal Heart now appears on half as many boards, so look twice before betting big on a Red Gem 1×1 being the Eternal Heart
  • Set choice: Budget Hotori (Antique rarity) settles the Antique 1×3 right away; Advanced All-round Hotori · Poker-Face Play (Hotori) also use the 2-slot average; Pendragon Run (Hotori) goes for the Pendragon
Budget Hotori1.3CoralPearlA strong Hotori build that everyone can use — beginners, players on their way to expert, and experts alikeAntiqueAdvanced All-Round Hotori1.4PearlHunt for high-value collectibles with Collectible (Large) in 1R → check the color of a Gem 3×1 Hotori opened with Rarity (Large) (red = all-in on the Stringblade, 8.99M) → check 1×2·2×1 with the 2-slot average — the standard Hotori strategyAdvanced All-roundPoker-Face Play (Hotori)1.4PearlQuietly gather candidates with Hotori's type silhouettes → confirm with Collectible (Large) in whichever of 2R, 3R or 4R high-value candidates show up → once confirmed, snipe high that round — Hotori's mind-game strategyAdvanced All-roundPendragon Run (Hotori)1.31.4PearlWhen Hotori opens Daily Goods, use Collectible (Special) on the 5×5 silhouette → all-in if it's the Pendragon (20.17M), play off a 500k floor if it's the Little Oink Bank — a Pendragon-hunting Hotori strategyMega Rarity

See also

Hotori advanced — 1.4Hotori advanced — 1.3after the 1-slot nerfCharacter Guide — HotoriDevice GuidePlaybookCollectibles IndexCombo Finder