diff --git a/BUILD/task_order/Avant Guard.dat b/BUILD/task_order/Avant Guard.dat
index b1f09f731..edd299ff2 100644
--- a/BUILD/task_order/Avant Guard.dat	
+++ b/BUILD/task_order/Avant Guard.dat	
@@ -11,10 +11,7 @@ L5_findKnob
 L12_sonofaPrefix
 LX_burnDelay
 LX_summonMonster
-# path handling which should be in it's own task order but pre-dates task order functionality (tech debt FTW).
-LM_edTheUndying
-LX_bugbearInvasion
-LX_lowkeySummer
+LM_avantGuard
 # make sure we don't waste turns of Ultrahydrated doing something else.
 L11_aridDesert	L11_hasUltrahydrated
 # Lock in the Shen zones as soon as we can as it (potentially) unlocks a bunch of stuff.
@@ -40,15 +37,15 @@ L5_findKnob
 #	Do the War early. Access to the Orchard is useful for booze/potions and maybe we can make use of the green smoke bombs?
 L12_islandWar
 # Fix that dripping tap.
-L3_tavern	LX_agNonAdv
+L3_tavern
 #	Finish off the Goblin King.
-L5_slayTheGoblinKing	LX_agNonAdv
+L5_slayTheGoblinKing
 # Kill the undead? Is this an oxymoron?
-L7_crypt	LX_agNonAdv
+L7_crypt
 #  Kill Groar because *we* are the monsters.
-L8_trapperQuest	LX_agNonAdv
-L11_mauriceSpookyraven	LX_agNonAdv
-L11_defeatEd	LX_agNonAdv
+L8_trapperQuest
+L11_mauriceSpookyraven
+L11_defeatEd
 # Start the macguffin quest
 L11_blackMarket
 L11_forgedDocuments
diff --git a/RELEASE/data/autoscend_task_order.txt b/RELEASE/data/autoscend_task_order.txt
index 525f8dc67..4fdeb8687 100644
--- a/RELEASE/data/autoscend_task_order.txt
+++ b/RELEASE/data/autoscend_task_order.txt
@@ -106,97 +106,94 @@ Avant Guard	9	L5_findKnob
 Avant Guard	10	L12_sonofaPrefix
 Avant Guard	11	LX_burnDelay
 Avant Guard	12	LX_summonMonster
-# path handling which should be in it's own task order but pre-dates task order functionality (tech debt FTW).
-Avant Guard	13	LM_edTheUndying
-Avant Guard	14	LX_bugbearInvasion
-Avant Guard	15	LX_lowkeySummer
+Avant Guard	13	LM_avantGuard
 # make sure we don't waste turns of Ultrahydrated doing something else.
-Avant Guard	16	L11_aridDesert	L11_hasUltrahydrated
+Avant Guard	14	L11_aridDesert	L11_hasUltrahydrated
 # Lock in the Shen zones as soon as we can as it (potentially) unlocks a bunch of stuff.
-Avant Guard	17	L11_shenStartQuest
+Avant Guard	15	L11_shenStartQuest
 # Build the Bridge when we have enough parts as we may want to spend daily resources at the peaks.
-Avant Guard	18	finishBuildingSmutOrcBridge
+Avant Guard	16	finishBuildingSmutOrcBridge
 # Call quest handlers based on current state if applicable
-Avant Guard	19	auto_earlyRoutingHandling
+Avant Guard	17	auto_earlyRoutingHandling
 # Guild access.
-Avant Guard	20	LX_guildUnlock
+Avant Guard	18	LX_guildUnlock
 #	Desert access, Daily Dungeon and other early random stuff that we don't want to miss.
-Avant Guard	21	LX_unlockDesert
-Avant Guard	22	LX_lockPicking
-Avant Guard	23	LX_fatLootToken
+Avant Guard	19	LX_unlockDesert
+Avant Guard	20	LX_lockPicking
+Avant Guard	21	LX_fatLootToken
 #	Get the Steel Organ if the user wants it (needs L6 quest complete)
-Avant Guard	24	LX_steelOrgan
+Avant Guard	22	LX_steelOrgan
 # open up delay zones.
-Avant Guard	25	LX_spookyravenManorFirstFloor
+Avant Guard	23	LX_spookyravenManorFirstFloor
 # open up zones where we want to force non-combats.
 # Open up underground zones so they are available for Breathitin.
-Avant Guard	26	L5_getEncryptionKey
-Avant Guard	27	L5_findKnob
+Avant Guard	24	L5_getEncryptionKey
+Avant Guard	25	L5_findKnob
 #	Do the War early. Access to the Orchard is useful for booze/potions and maybe we can make use of the green smoke bombs?
-Avant Guard	28	L12_islandWar
+Avant Guard	26	L12_islandWar
 # Fix that dripping tap.
-Avant Guard	29	L3_tavern	LX_agNonAdv
+Avant Guard	27	L3_tavern
 #	Finish off the Goblin King.
-Avant Guard	30	L5_slayTheGoblinKing	LX_agNonAdv
+Avant Guard	28	L5_slayTheGoblinKing
 # Kill the undead? Is this an oxymoron?
-Avant Guard	31	L7_crypt	LX_agNonAdv
+Avant Guard	29	L7_crypt
 #  Kill Groar because *we* are the monsters.
-Avant Guard	32	L8_trapperQuest	LX_agNonAdv
-Avant Guard	33	L11_mauriceSpookyraven	LX_agNonAdv
-Avant Guard	34	L11_defeatEd	LX_agNonAdv
+Avant Guard	30	L8_trapperQuest
+Avant Guard	31	L11_mauriceSpookyraven
+Avant Guard	32	L11_defeatEd
 # Start the macguffin quest
-Avant Guard	35	L11_blackMarket
-Avant Guard	36	L11_forgedDocuments
-Avant Guard	37	L11_mcmuffinDiary
-Avant Guard	38	L11_getBeehive
+Avant Guard	33	L11_blackMarket
+Avant Guard	34	L11_forgedDocuments
+Avant Guard	35	L11_mcmuffinDiary
+Avant Guard	36	L11_getBeehive
 # open the hidden city up (delay zones)
-Avant Guard	39	L2_mosquito
-Avant Guard	40	LX_unlockHiddenTemple
-Avant Guard	41	L6_dakotaFanning
-Avant Guard	42	L11_unlockHiddenCity
+Avant Guard	37	L2_mosquito
+Avant Guard	38	LX_unlockHiddenTemple
+Avant Guard	39	L6_dakotaFanning
+Avant Guard	40	L11_unlockHiddenCity
 # Murder pygmies for the ancient amulet.
-Avant Guard	43	L11_hiddenCityZones
-Avant Guard	44	L11_hiddenCity
+Avant Guard	41	L11_hiddenCityZones
+Avant Guard	42	L11_hiddenCity
 # Dance with lady spookyraven so we can go murder her undead husband and take the Eye of Ed
-Avant Guard	45	LX_spookyravenManorSecondFloor
-Avant Guard	46	L11_mauriceSpookyraven
+Avant Guard	43	LX_spookyravenManorSecondFloor
+Avant Guard	44	L11_mauriceSpookyraven
 # Lay the smack down on those Jerk Copperhead twins
-Avant Guard	47	L11_talismanOfNam
+Avant Guard	45	L11_talismanOfNam
 # Open up the top of the beanstalk.
-Avant Guard	48	L10_plantThatBean
+Avant Guard	46	L10_plantThatBean
 # Clean up the plains
-Avant Guard	49	L10_rainOnThePlains
+Avant Guard	47	L10_rainOnThePlains
 # Get Black Angus his pizza
-Avant Guard	50	L9_chasmBuild
-Avant Guard	51	L9_highLandlord
+Avant Guard	48	L9_chasmBuild
+Avant Guard	49	L9_highLandlord
 #  Kill Groar because *we* are the monsters.
-Avant Guard	52	L8_trapperQuest
+Avant Guard	50	L8_trapperQuest
 # Kill the undead? Is this an oxymoron?
-Avant Guard	53	L7_crypt
+Avant Guard	51	L7_crypt
 # Cleanse the taint.
-Avant Guard	54	L6_friarsGetParts
+Avant Guard	52	L6_friarsGetParts
 # Finish the other Macguffin zones so we can beat Ed to death repeatedly and waste all his Ka coins.
-Avant Guard	55	L11_palindome
-Avant Guard	56	L11_aridDesert
-Avant Guard	57	L11_unlockPyramid
-Avant Guard	58	L11_unlockEd
-Avant Guard	59	L11_defeatEd
+Avant Guard	53	L11_palindome
+Avant Guard	54	L11_aridDesert
+Avant Guard	55	L11_unlockPyramid
+Avant Guard	56	L11_unlockEd
+Avant Guard	57	L11_defeatEd
 #	Finish off the Goblin King.
-Avant Guard	60	L5_slayTheGoblinKing
+Avant Guard	58	L5_slayTheGoblinKing
 # Show the Boss bat who's boss.
-Avant Guard	61	L4_batCave
+Avant Guard	59	L4_batCave
 # Fix that dripping tap.
-Avant Guard	62	L3_tavern
+Avant Guard	60	L3_tavern
 # Basic fetch quest is the first thing the council demand of you. Is this 2002 or what?
-Avant Guard	63	L2_mosquito
+Avant Guard	61	L2_mosquito
 # There's an extra task in KoE
-Avant Guard	64	LX_koeInvaderHandler
+Avant Guard	62	LX_koeInvaderHandler
 # "win" the contests, navigate the maze, unlock the door, climb the tower, commit sorceresscide.
-Avant Guard	65	L13_towerAscent
+Avant Guard	63	L13_towerAscent
 # release the hounds!
-Avant Guard	66	auto_softBlockHandler
+Avant Guard	64	auto_softBlockHandler
 # if all else fails, powerlevel like there's no tomorrow.
-Avant Guard	67	LX_attemptPowerLevel
+Avant Guard	65	LX_attemptPowerLevel
 
 Avatar of Jarlsberg	0	LM_jarlsberg
 Avatar of Jarlsberg	1	LX_freeCombatsTask
diff --git a/RELEASE/scripts/autoscend/auto_familiar.ash b/RELEASE/scripts/autoscend/auto_familiar.ash
index fc5a354c0..306cf5093 100644
--- a/RELEASE/scripts/autoscend/auto_familiar.ash
+++ b/RELEASE/scripts/autoscend/auto_familiar.ash
@@ -222,9 +222,24 @@ boolean canChangeToFamiliar(familiar target)
 		}
 	}
 
-	//Avant Guard specific allowance of Gelatinous Cubeling for non-adv.php zones
-	if(in_avantGuard() && !($familiars[Burly Bodyguard, Gelatinous Cubeling] contains target))
+	// Avant Guard specific allowance of familiars for non-adv.php zones
+	if (in_avantGuard())
 	{
+		if ($familiar[Burly Bodyguard] == target)
+		{
+			return true; // always allowed
+		}
+		else if (get_property("auto_nonAdvLoc").to_boolean())
+		{
+			if ($familiar[Gelatinous Cubeling] == target && in_hardcore())
+			{
+				return true; // don't need Gel Cube in Normal
+			}
+			else if ($familiars[Cookbookbat, Mini Kiwi] contains target)
+			{
+				return true; // might be worth farming some of these drops if we can?
+			}
+		}
 		return false;
 	}
 
@@ -426,15 +441,26 @@ boolean autoChooseFamiliar(location place)
 	}
 	
 	// Can only use burly bodyguard, except in non-adventure.php zones. In those, we want the Gelatinous Cubeling for Daily Dungeon drops
-	if (in_avantGuard()) {
-		if (wantCubeling() && get_property("auto_nonAdvLoc").to_boolean() && in_hardcore())
-		{
-			return handleFamiliar($familiar[Gelatinous Cubeling]);
-		}
-		else
+	if (in_avantGuard())
+	{
+		if (get_property("auto_nonAdvLoc").to_boolean())
 		{
-			return handleFamiliar($familiar[Burly Bodyguard]);
+  		if (wantCubeling())
+			{
+				return handleFamiliar($familiar[Gelatinous Cubeling]);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				foreach fam in $familiars[Mini Kiwi, Cookbookbat]
+				{
+					if (canChangeToFamiliar(fam))
+					{
+						return handleFamiliar(fam);
+					}
+				}
+			}
 		}
+		return handleFamiliar($familiar[Burly Bodyguard]);
 	}
 	
 	//High priority checks that are too complicated for the datafile
diff --git a/RELEASE/scripts/autoscend/auto_util.ash b/RELEASE/scripts/autoscend/auto_util.ash
index 966138656..42335d915 100644
--- a/RELEASE/scripts/autoscend/auto_util.ash
+++ b/RELEASE/scripts/autoscend/auto_util.ash
@@ -2566,10 +2566,7 @@ int doNumberology(string goal, boolean doIt, string option)
 
 		if(goal == "battlefield")
 		{
-			if(in_avantGuard() && !LX_agNonAdv() && in_hardcore())
-			{
-				handleFamiliar($familiar[Gelatinous Cubeling]);
-			}
+			set_property("auto_nonAdvLoc", true);
 			string[int] pages;
 			pages[0] = "runskillz.php?pwd&action=Skillz&whichskill=144&quantity=1";
 			pages[1] = "choice.php?whichchoice=1103&pwd=&option=1&num=" + numberology[numberwang];
diff --git a/RELEASE/scripts/autoscend/autoscend_header.ash b/RELEASE/scripts/autoscend/autoscend_header.ash
index c18e6e818..b1d519443 100644
--- a/RELEASE/scripts/autoscend/autoscend_header.ash
+++ b/RELEASE/scripts/autoscend/autoscend_header.ash
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ void ag_initializeSettings();
 void ag_pulls();
 void ag_bgChat();
 monster ag_bgToChat();
-boolean LX_agNonAdv();
+boolean LM_avantGuard();
 boolean ag_is_bodyguard();
 
 ########################################################################################################
diff --git a/RELEASE/scripts/autoscend/paths/avant_guard.ash b/RELEASE/scripts/autoscend/paths/avant_guard.ash
index c339ca6d2..e6554f1bd 100644
--- a/RELEASE/scripts/autoscend/paths/avant_guard.ash
+++ b/RELEASE/scripts/autoscend/paths/avant_guard.ash
@@ -192,21 +192,19 @@ monster ag_bgToChat()
 	return mon;
 }
 
-boolean LX_agNonAdv()
+boolean LM_avantGuard()
 {
 	if (!in_avantGuard())
 	{
-		return true;
-	}
-	//no longer need to use Cubeling/don't have own
-	if(!wantCubeling() || !canChangeToFamiliar($familiar[Gelatinous Cubeling]))
-	{
-		return true;
+		return false;
 	}
 
-	//want these to all be true in order to not come here. !wantCubeling above will skip this if we have all 3 cubeling items
-	if(LX_summonMonster() && L3_tavern() && L5_goblinKing() && L7_crypt() && L8_trapperGroar())
+	if (LX_summonMonster() || L3_tavern() || L5_goblinKing() || L7_crypt() || L8_trapperGroar() || L11_defeatEd())
 	{
+		// functions which spend adventures in non-adv.php locations.
+		// Do these with high priority so we get the cubeling drops in HC and/or farm consumables with CBB/Mini Kiwi
+		// these require auto_nonAdvLoc to be set appropriately before adventuring.
+		// TODO: separate out Bonerdagon handling from L7_crypt()
 		return true;
 	}
 
diff --git a/RELEASE/scripts/autoscend/quests/level_03.ash b/RELEASE/scripts/autoscend/quests/level_03.ash
index 30448a561..a85226704 100644
--- a/RELEASE/scripts/autoscend/quests/level_03.ash
+++ b/RELEASE/scripts/autoscend/quests/level_03.ash
@@ -144,10 +144,6 @@ boolean auto_tavern()
 			int actual = loc + 1;
 			boolean needReset = false;
 			set_property("auto_nonAdvLoc", true);
-			if(in_avantGuard() && !LX_agNonAdv())
-			{
-				handleFamiliar($familiar[Gelatinous Cubeling]);
-			}
 
 			if(autoAdvBypass("cellar.php?action=explore&whichspot=" + actual, $location[The Typical Tavern Cellar]))
 			{
diff --git a/RELEASE/scripts/autoscend/quests/level_any.ash b/RELEASE/scripts/autoscend/quests/level_any.ash
index 76b604b6d..06b09db9d 100644
--- a/RELEASE/scripts/autoscend/quests/level_any.ash
+++ b/RELEASE/scripts/autoscend/quests/level_any.ash
@@ -609,11 +609,6 @@ boolean LX_dailyDungeonToken()
 		return false;	//can switch to cubeling so wait until we have all the tool drops before doing daily dungeon
 	}
 
-	if(in_avantGuard() && !LX_agNonAdv())
-	{
-		return false; //have not done non-adventure.php zones yet in Avant Guard
-	}
-	
 	if(can_interact())		//if you can not use cubeling then mallbuy missing tools in casual and postronin
 	{
 		auto_buyUpTo(1, $item[Eleven-Foot Pole]);
@@ -625,7 +620,7 @@ boolean LX_dailyDungeonToken()
 	}
 	
 	//if you can not use the cubeling then pull the missing tools if possible
-	if (!auto_haveCCSC()) {
+	if (!auto_haveCCSC() && item_amount($item[Eleven-Foot Pole]) == 0) {
 		// don't need the Eleven-foot Pole if we have the Candy Cane Sword Cane as it adds turn free NCs.
 		pullXWhenHaveY($item[Eleven-Foot Pole], 1, 0);
 	}