In a nutshell
Here are the settings I currently use for most of my decks:
New Cards
- Steps: 15 2160 10080 40320
- Order: Show new cards in order added
- New cards/day: varies
- Graduating Interval: 45 days
- Easy Interval: 4 days (not used; I don’t use the easy button anymore)
- Starting ease: average ease factor of mature cards (ivl > 90 days) in the deck
- Bury related new cards until the next day Checked
Reviews
- Maximum reviews/day: varies
- Easy bonus: 160% (not used; I don’t use the easy button anymore)
- Interval modifier: 100%
- Maximum interval: 1825 (5 years; will set higher once I trust my algorithm for adjusting the ease factor)
- Bury related reviews until the next day: Checked
Lapses
- Steps: 10
- New interval: 75% (adjusted to try to hit 85% success on 1st post-re-learn review)
- Minimum interval: 1 day
- Leech threshold: 3 lapses
- Leech action: Tag Only
Details
Sorry, I’m too tired to explain them all now. Maybe some other time…
- Lapse New Interval: See Auto Adjust New Interval After a Lapse
- New Algorithm: See Thoughts on Adjusting Anki’s Algorithm
- Starting Ease Factor: See Anki’s Starting Ease Factor