> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://help.refractbot.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://help.refractbot.com/modules/target.md).

# Target

Target is the most complex site Refract supports: accounts, profiles, two kinds of cookies, and a harvester all working together against Shape, Target's anti-bot system. The guides below cover all of it. Read them in this order.

## The guides

**Building your setup** (the beginner starter config, accounts, monitor, task fields, login, cookie rules). New users start here and run the starter configuration exactly as written:

{% content-ref url="/pages/ZIjKBqUxKICZUBQEU2Ez" %}
[Target Setup Guide](/modules/target/target-setup-guide.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

**Running drops** (how Shape works, recommended settings, rate limits, cancellations). Required reading before your first drop:

{% content-ref url="/pages/de243ea28de3a65e45a06c8368425b47f9aa7f45" %}
[General Target Release Guide](/modules/target/general-target-release-guide.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

**Generating cookies**, with either or both:

{% content-ref url="/pages/ai6SmMVukEIe0GQHmz0f" %}
[Extension (Shape Generation)](/modules/target/extension-shape-generation.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="/pages/EjaxLfBYQeNORImXRI1L" %}
[In-Bot (Shape Generation)](/modules/target/in-bot-shape-generation.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

## The rules that never change

* **Hype Product ON** for every Shape-protected (high-demand) drop.
* **Shape on a drop has an extremely low pass rate, for everyone.** That is the nature of the site, not a broken setup.
* **There is no one-size-fits-all fix for Shape blocks.** Shape scores your whole setup together; what fixes one user's blocks does nothing for another's.
* **About 3 cookies per running task**, quality over quantity. Generating more raises your own flag risk.
* **Target is not a game of scale.** A clean 10-task, 10-account local setup beats a bloated one.
* **Local beats servers. Mac is best for Shape**, then local Windows. Avoid Windows servers.
* **Accounts do not affect Shape blocks.** Shape scores your device, browser, proxies, and cookie volume.
* **Resis on tasks, and especially on harvesters. ISPs on the monitor.** Resis use data, but they have been passing Shape much better.
* **Multi-SKU over duplicated groups.** Duplicating a group doubles the cookies you need.
* **Defaults exist for a reason**, across both the bot and the extension. Changing them is your call, but we have no better values to suggest; if we did, they would be the defaults.
* **Everything known about Shape is in these guides.** Tickets will not surface more.


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