Remember reading somewhere that one should start burning the first items around level 12. Well, I checked and my first level radicals like ‘mouth’ say their next review is due in three months. How does that add up?

[image] Wanichan: Remember reading somewhere that one should start burning the first items around level 12. Burning an item isn’t due to your current level. It’s a factor of time. It takes about 6 months of all correct answers to burn something. This has the timings of each SRS level: …

Aye. If you’re going at the maximum possible speed, you’ll be around level 25-26 before you start seeing any burns. On the other hand, if you’re taking a month per level, you’ll only be level 6 when that happens.

Fastest progress possible Review SRS Level Total Wait Next Level Lesson Apprentice 1 - 4h 1 Apprentice 2 4h 8h 2 Apprentice 3 12h ~1d 3 Apprentice 4 1d 11h ~2d 4 Guru 1 3d 10h ~1w 5 Guru 2 1w 3d 9h ~2w 6 Master 3w 3d 8h ~1M 7 Enlightened 7w 5d 7h ~4M 8 Burned 24w 6d 6h -

If you install the heatmap script , it’ll show you the upcoming burns in a calendar format.

Based on that, you have been using WK for three months, and you have three months to go before you get first burns! That’s a lot of content! Congrats and keep your fire, do your Reviews (and all your lessons). :hot_face::fire::crabigator:

Also, your levels only consider Guru’d items, theoretically you could reach level 60 without a single Burn, although your review pile would be a nightmare by even my standards!

[image] WaniKani Denial Mode API And Third-Party Apps So you’ve tried both WK Real Numbers and WK Fake Numbers but you’re still not happy. Does seeing that you are still far from level 60 make you sad? Do you get stressed by seeing that you have a lot of lessons and revie…

My first burn will be in a couple of weeks and I’m level 22! I’ve been going pretty quickly this time around :grin:

burning items sucks. unless you can make them appear in text magically, you might not see something for too long and lose it. not sure burning items is something to look forward to.

Why are items not burning yet?

WaniKani

Redglare January 19, 2020, 10:05pm 6

People use the heatmap like that? O:
I would personally just check the Reviews Timeline.

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Why are items not burning yet?

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