Getting Started in TK Punk Gold

Welcome to TK Punk Gold, Sunny Game’s cyberpunk Three Kingdoms raising sim on Steam (app 2505590). You play a humanoid AI pulled into the GOLD resistance by Zhang Jiao, then dropped into Hanport City—also called Hangang or HanKong in local slang—where the D.H.C (Dong Han Corporation) still owns the neon skyline. Your cover job is running the Gold Bar. Your real job is spending fifty weeks of scarce mobility on commissions, prosthetic research, companion bonds, and faction goodwill until one of four major endings locks in.

This page is the day-one guide. It assumes a single-player Windows Steam install, launch build after August 6, 2026, and zero prior saves. If you already understand the weekly loop, jump to How to Play TK Punk Gold or the Time Management Guide. If you came here because combat or endings feel opaque, keep reading—the early weeks decide whether later systems feel flexible or brutally constrained.

What you are actually managing

TK Punk Gold is not a pure visual novel and not a pure tactics RPG. Every turn hands you limited action points (mobility) that can fund:

• Bar work and cash flow at the Gold Bar front
• Commissions that move story pressure and drop combat resources
• Attribute training and prosthetic research
• Companion hangouts and bond scenes
• Faction-facing choices that tilt Heaven, Earth, or Man goodwill

Treat those five sinks as competing bids on the same budget. New players often dump early AP into romance scenes, then discover they cannot clear mid-game commissions or finish research trees before the ending branch. The safer day-one habit is cash + combat readiness first, focused bonds second, faction polishing last.

TK Punk Gold demo playthrough — early loop and combat overview

First session checklist

1. Finish the opening tutorial without skipping dialogue that explains bar shifts and commission unlocks.
2. Confirm the Gold Bar is open and you understand which actions advance the week clock.
3. Accept an early commission you can actually clear; do not hoard story jobs until your squad is underleveled.
4. Recruit or stabilize the first companions who join organically—see How to Recruit and the Roster.
5. Open one prosthetic research lane that supports your current fighters instead of every tree at once. Cross-check Prosthetics Builds.
6. Pick one early bond focus instead of spreading affection thinly. Track progress with the Bond Tracker.
7. Note faction dialogue options; you do not need a final route yet, but you should stop randomizing Heaven/Earth/Man gains. Preview lanes in Faction Routes.

The Gold Bar as your safe house

The bar is the social and economic front that lets GOLD operate under D.H.C surveillance. Early on, bar shifts are less about maximizing every drink sale and more about learning which staff assignments keep cash positive while you still have AP left for commissions. A broke Gold Bar forces desperate commission spam; desperate spam burns weeks that should have gone to bonds or research. Read Bar Management once you finish this page—do not wait until week twenty to discover income gaps.

Commissions and Cyber Frenzy

Commissions are the narrative pressure valve. Clearing them advances resistance objectives against the Dong Han Corporation, funds upgrades, and teaches turn-based combat pacing. Near death can trigger Cyber Frenzy, the armor-break / near-death presentation where companions shed excess plating and fight harder. Mechanically, treat it as a warning that your positioning, prosthetic loadout, or synergy was wrong—not as a free damage button you should farm every fight. For skill order, status priorities, and Frenzy control, open the Combat Guide and Synergy Guide.

Companions: thirteen routes, one calendar

There are thirteen companions. You will not max every bond in one fifty-week run without a plan. Day one means choosing a shortlist: one or two romance priorities plus the fighters you need for commission clears. Use the Companions Hub, Bonds, and Companion Tier List after you know your combat roles. If you want a visual sense of early pacing before you commit AP, watch the demo-oriented playthrough embedded on this page.

Faction goodwill without spoilers

Heaven, Earth, and Man are the three goodwill axes that push the campaign toward four major endings. You do not need the full spoiler map on week one, but you do need to stop treating faction dialogue as flavor text. When a choice clearly favors one lane, log it. Later, validate progress with the Ending Checklist and deepen the plan in the Endings Guide.

Recommended first-week AP order

Use this default until you have a personal preference:

1. Stabilize Gold Bar cash so next week’s commissions are affordable.
2. Clear one story-relevant commission while the difficulty is still soft.
3. Push one prosthetic node that helps your current damage dealer or tank.
4. Spend leftover mobility on a single companion scene—not three shallow visits.
5. Only then take optional sightseeing or vanity crafts.

Translate that into a weekly habit with the Week Planner. When the loop feels automatic, graduate to How to Play TK Punk Gold for decision order across the whole campaign, then Time Management for a fifty-week budget.

Common day-one mistakes

• Spreading bond points across half the roster before week ten.
• Ignoring bar income because “commissions pay enough” (they often do not when research gets expensive).
• Researching every prosthetic branch equally and finishing none.
• Saving hard commissions forever, then hitting a wall when faction events demand combat readiness.
• Reading ending spoilers before you understand AP scarcity—systems first, routes second.

Where to go next

• Systems: How to Play, Time Management, Combat Guide, Bar Management
• Routes: Faction Routes, Endings Guide
• Builds: Builds Hub, Prosthetics Builds, Synergy Guide
• Meta context: Review Hub, System Requirements, Updates

Play the first week slowly. TK Punk Gold rewards players who treat mobility like currency and punish players who treat menus like optional side content. Once that mindset sticks, the rest of this wiki becomes a toolkit instead of a spoiler dump.