Tidying Up Homestuck

I think the first half of Homestuck jumps between POVs a lot more than necessary, and it makes it more exhausting to follow. As such, I've created an alternate reading order. Try it!

Act 1

13-year-olds John and Rose start playing the beta release of a new game.

1 – 247

Act 2

Rose begins writing a guide to SBURB.

249

John's house is transported to a void, and he begins to hear orders from a rude unknown voice.

250 – 270

We meet the source of the voice: a Wayward Vagabond in a desert future.

248

271

Rose's guide discusses the machines and early tasks of the game.

272

John and Rose attempt to retrieve John's game disc.

273 – 294

Rose loses power and goes to find her backup generator.

295 – 308

358 – 380

388 – 390

394 – 396

398 – 399

412 – 415

John follows a trail of oil and has a confrontation.

334 – 336

385 – 387

391 – 393

397

400 – 411

John meets Nannasprite, who explains the nature of SBURB.

416 – 438

Meanwhile, Wayward Vagabond learns to be polite.

439

509

We flash back to a conversation between Rose and gardenGnostic.

441 – 442

Rose's guide discusses prototyping.

440

John fights the imps in his house while Rose builds the house higher.

470 – 508

Rose's guide shares screencaps of the game.

510

John and Rose experiment with the ''alchemy'' system.

511 – 561

614 – 663

John and Rose's friend Dave tries to retrieve his Bro's SBURB disc.

309 – 333

337 – 357

381 – 384

443 – 469

562 – 613

664 – 665

Meanwhile, Wayward Vagabond explores a strange facility.

666 – 756

WV's station travels. We see visions of the past and glimpses of the kids and their guardians.

757- 758

Act 3

We read a note John's Nanna left for him.

759

John adds to Rose's guide, discussing captcha code alchemy.

845

The fourth friend, Jade, goes out to feed her dog Becquerel and explore the nearby ruins.

760 – 835

837 – 838

841 – 843

851 – 859

911 – 920

942 – 945

980 – 983

990 – 1000

1026 – 1034

1047 – 1051

1073 – 1080

1112 – 1115

1145 – 1147

In the future, three Exiles meet in the wasteland.

844

870

892 – 902

921 – 925

1005 – 1021

1035 – 1046

1100 – 1111

1116 – 1136

Rose explores a strange lab under her house.

839 – 840

846 – 850

860 – 869

872 – 879

903 – 907

926 – 941

After defeating the ogres, John confronts his dad's room.

880 – 885

908 – 910

946 – 949

963 – 979

Rose builds John's house as her own catches fire. John alchemizes some loot and confronts his subconscious.

984 – 989

1001 – 1004

1022 – 1025

1052 – 1069

1081

1088 – 1094

Dave fights his Bro for the SBURB disc.

836

871

1070 – 1072

1082 – 1087

1095 – 1099

Dave connects to SBURB and helps Rose enter the game. Jade watches a flower in the ruins open. John fights his way to his first gate.

1148 – 1153

Meanwhile, the Archagent Jack Noir tries to imprison John's Dad.

886 – 891

950 – 962

1137 – 1144

Intermission

Gangster Spades Slick and the Midnight Crew take on rival gang The Felt.

1154 – 1357

Act 4

John explores a new place, the Land of Wind and Shade. Meanwhile, the Exiles settle their differences, and the Peregrine Mendicant communicates with John.

John

1358

Exiles

1359 – 1365

1396

1408 – 1429

John

1391 – 1392

1394 – 1395

1434 – 1435

1463 – 1472

1484 – 1488

Exiles

1450 – 1454

1473 – 1475

1489–1490

1546 – 1547

1500 – 1503

1543 – 1545

1608 – 1611

PM recalls an adventure from before her exile.

1455 – 1462

1476 – 1483

1531 – 1537

1548 – 1556

1612 – 1622

We flash back to a couple of Jade's and John's early encounters with trolls.

1525 – 1530

Jade connects to Dave and works on getting him into the game.

1366 – 1391

1393

1397 – 1406

1436 – 1449

1504 – 1522

1557 – 1577

Rose finds herself in the Land of Light and Rain and hears from a new Exile.

1407

1430 – 1433

1491 – 1499

1523 – 1524

1538 – 1539

1540 – 1543

1582 – 1588

A pair of trolls consult Rose and Dave on how to troll Dave and Rose respectively.

1589 – 1596

Rose meets Jaspersprite and consults Jade about it. Meanwhile, Dave tries to complete his entry into the game.

1623 – 1632

John takes advice from a troll known as gallowsCalibrator. Dave and Rose deal with the consequences.

1578 – 1581

1597 – 1607

1633 – 1667

Jack Noir loses his temper. Meanwhile, Rose confronts her subconscious, and we catch glimpses of the kids' guardians.

1668

The author recaps Homestuck so far.

1669 – 1682

John visits Rose in the Land of Light and Rain. Rose visits Dave in a dream. grimAuxiliatrix tries to troll Rose.

1683 – 1722

1737 – 1755

Mom, Dad, and Granddad pursue an unknown mission.

1723 – 1736

John finds himself in a laboratory and experiments with a strange machine. Meanwhile, Mom, Dad, and Granddad journey somewhere.

1760 – 1776

1865 – 1908

1929 – 1933

Rose and Dave each alchemize themselves some loot, while Jade works on building Dave's house. Dave swipes Rose's journals, but learns they might be more than he bargained for.

1802 – 1864

An Authority Regulator discovers a strange laboratory and watches the Draconian Dignitary begin to carry out a strange plot.

1756 – 1759

1777 – 1778

1909 – 1928

Dave, Jade, and Rose are contacted by gallowsCalibrator, adiosToreador, and grimAuxiliatrix.

1934 – 1939

The Postal Mistress tries to carry out the White Queen's plans. A Warweary Villein rebels against the Prospit/Derse conflict.

1779 – 1801

We flash back to Dave's entry into the Medium. Then, Jack Noir goes on a rampage, setting off a chain of consequences.

1940 – 1941

Rose concludes her SBURB walkthrough.

1942

We learn how WV, PM, AR, and WQ became exiled. John, awake as his dream self, makes a sad discovery.

1943 – 1987

The author recaps again.

1988

Act 5.1

Read this Act the normal way.

Twelve alien kids, the trolls, play their own version of SBURB.

1989 – 2625

Then, if you want to go back and understand something better, you can use this table to follow an individual character's perspective.

Act 5.2

Terezi meets Dave.

2743 – 2772

Karkat, Terezi, and Vriska explore their new meteor hideout, check in with the other trolls, and consider what to do about the humans.

2791 – 2792

Karkat meets John. Karkat then gives a speech while Terezi commentates through a memo.

2626 – 2629

Kanaya meets Rose.

2693 – 2722

With Vriska's help, John works on getting Jade into the game.

2630 – 2682

2723 – 2725

2732 – 2737

2784 – 2787

Rose tries to break SBURB's rules, despite Kanaya's misgivings.

2683 – 2692

2726 – 2731

Terezi convinces Dave to let her help him.

2773 – 2783

Karkat takes issue with John's and Dave's fraternization with Vriska and Terezi.

2788 – 2790

Terezi uses Dave's money to make sure the two of them meet.

2738 – 2742

Rose and Dave each talk to some trolls and their respective sprites while pursuing their objectives.

2803 – 2840

Bro and Davesprite duel Jack Noir.

2841 – 2847

2869 – 2876

2881 – 2886

2891 – 2900

John and Jade work on Jade's entry to the game.

2793 – 2802

2848 – 2868

2877 – 2880

2887 – 2890

2901 – 2914

John wakes up in a sea of oil and we don't know why yet. Jade enters her Land.

2915 – 3013

Jade continues the game. Rose and Dave hatch a plan. Vriska guides John to the next step in his quest.

3020 – 3087

WV plans how to escape his Exile station.

3133 – 3138

Terezi offers to help Dave reach God Tier. Vriska recalls her own ascension.

3089 – 3132

Jade takes decisive action. On the trolls' meteor, a critical moment approaches.

3139 – 3255

Jack destroys Derse. Kanaya helps Jade with a new task. As things on the meteor break bad, Vriska helps John with on a mission on the Battlefield.

3297

3563 – 3569

3298 – 3478

3493 – 3562

Doc Scratch advises Rose.

3614 – 3647

John, Rose, and Terezi each seek justice.

3659 – 3874

Doc Scratch leaves us with a mess of story clippings.

For this sequence, keep progressing the pages with the bottom links. Don't click any of the links in the panels, except for the Doc Scratch ones. We'll visit the rest of the scenes later. Progressing that way, you'll end up going through this sequences of pages:

3895

3936

3974

3995 – 3997

4002

4019

4032 – 4035

Doc Scratch disciplines his young ward and lectures her about troll history. Karkat finishes the fight.

4036 – 4099

Clippings

The rest of Act 5 is told in many disparate scenes, some tangential. I've ordered them by ascending importance.

Hussie clarifies how much his author-insert will meddle with the story.

3648 – 3658

WQ advises PM. WV has a nightmare.

3014 – 3019

3256 – 3296

Nannasprite finds an ear for her life story.

3933 – 3935

3954 – 3956

Nepeta says goodbye to Jaspersprite.

3894

Months ago on Alternia, Gamzee and Tavros enjoy a rap-off.

3986 – 3987

An unhinged Gamzee trolls a young Dave.

4027 – 4031

WV, Liv Tyler, and the Courtyard Droll carry out their missions.

3890 – 3893

3928 – 3932

3957 – 3971

3988 – 3994

Dave recalls his first conversation with Aradia.

3479 – 3492

Aradia goes to a dream bubble and tells a story.

3570 – 3613

Months ago, Rose analyzes Dave's dream. In the present, the Derse dreamers' mission is underway.

3875 – 3880

3896 – 3904

3937 – 3943

Months ago, Vriska trolls John.

3881 – 3885

3905 – 3925

3949 – 3953

Davesprite and Jadesprite meet on the Battlefield.

3886 – 3889

3926 – 3927

3944 – 3948

Jade, Karkat, and Kanaya consult.

3972 – 3973

3975 – 3985

In the midst of Gamzee's rampage, Karkat makes a confession to Jade.

4003 – 4018

4020 – 4026

Aradia and Sollux await their friends.

3998 – 4001

Jade gets a surprising delivery.

4100 – 4110

The Rest of Homestuck

Now read the rest like normal. You're welcome!