Run planning guide
The Wishing Fountain is a pre-run choice that can seed a build with a specific Artifact direction. Use it to improve consistency, not to force a route whose other core pieces cannot appear.
Direct answer
The Fountain can offer starting Artifact choices before a descent. Community build notes use options such as Dark Planet, Wings, Ice Wings and Compression Bandage to make Planet, Frost Relic or dash-recovery routes more consistent. Those examples are build evidence, not a complete current catalog.
The older guide also describes a Fountain event whose water color can trigger different outcomes. Do not combine that dungeon event with the pre-run Wishing Fountain unless the current UI uses the same name; the sources distinguish several fountain-like interactions.
Selection rules
Pick an item that supplies the build's hardest-to-find trigger: a summon seed, a Touch enabler, dash recovery, MP uptime or a defensive layer. Avoid spending the choice on a generic damage item when the route still lacks a way to deal its intended element.
Deer and Planet Summoner examples use the Fountain to reduce the risk of missing a defining Artifact. A defensive Greatsword route may prefer a sustain or block-supporting start. Exact current selection pools, costs and reroll behavior remain To be confirmed.
Related guides
Pair the Fountain with the Planet Summoner build, Hard Mode guide, and Artifacts and Tablets guide. If the remaining core does not appear, pivot by function rather than restarting every run.
Verification note
Last verified against the supplied Sephiria research set. Version-sensitive claims retain their source version; missing paths, compatibility details, and current balance values are marked To be confirmed rather than guessed. See the site's research sources for the full method.
