The rule that saves the run
Progress is not the rarest Egg you can touch. Progress is the Egg you can carry home, hatch and use to make the next run safer.
Place your best Pet
Start a reliable Money/s engine.
Fix your bottleneck
Buy Speed when travel is the limiting factor.
Run the next gate
Spend the income on a target you can actually reach.
What to record
Keep the current Biome, Speed requirement, Guardian, Egg source and Pet income together. When an update changes one field, the connected records need a fresh check too.
Mark uncertain spawn rates, mutation multipliers and expired rewards as unverified until you test them in the current experience.