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# StartPos recovery

> Recover from blocked, mismatched, unsafe, or map-specific Akron StartPos behavior without hiding restore risks.

StartPos is Akron's public workflow for restoring position and room state. It is designed to prevent the silent application of risky or mismatched restores.

## StartPos Capabilities

StartPos captures position, room, map SID, facing, dash count, stamina, idle/grab state, and Akron-managed restore data whenever Akron can safely preserve it.

Use the `StartPos` tab for player workflows: setting, loading, clearing, selecting a slot, mouse placement, and configuring respawn at StartPos behavior.

## Why a StartPos Restore May Be Blocked

Akron may block or refuse a StartPos restore if:

* StartPos restore safety prohibits the action.
* The saved StartPos belongs to a different map SID or room.
* The saved runtime state is unavailable or unsafe for the current map.
* The current player state cannot be restored safely.
* The action is state-changing and is marked under the active attempt status.

## Recovery Steps

<Steps>
  <Step title="Verify Policy State">
    Confirm that no clean-run policy state is blocking the StartPos restore or other state-changing tools.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Use Non-Submission Setup">
    Switch setups only when the goal is room-lab routing, testing, or another "Cheat" workflow.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Verify the StartPos Slot">
    Confirm that the active StartPos slot is set, belongs to the current map, and was captured in the target room.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review Map Policy">
    If a map is known to be risky, maintain the safe map policy instead of forcing unsafe restore behavior.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Document the Issue">
    If behavior remains incorrect, record the map SID, visible policy/status state, Akron setup, StartPos slot, logs, and provide screenshots.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Warning>
  Unsafe restore overrides bypass risk blocking and are marked as "Cheat." Use them exclusively in non-submission setups; do not use them for submitted attempts.
</Warning>

## Safe Mode Stat Guards

Safe Mode stat guards prevent selected local stat fields from being altered by guarded Akron sessions. Sub-options that freeze deaths, jumps, or best-run stats are considered "Cheat" because they mutate or protect tracked statistics.