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Gems are a currency in game which you can purchase for real life money and are used to buy various different items, services, and permanent bonuses.

Package Gems Purchased USD Cost
Pile of gems Pile of Gems 200 $2
Sack of gems Sack of Gems 600 $5
Chest of gems Chest of Gems 1500 $10
Mountain of gems Mountain of Gems 4000 $20

Free Gems[]

Media[]

The quickest and easiest way to earn up to 60 gems is by clicking on LavaFlame2's Youtube, Discord, and Twitter links on the "Buy Gems" page.

Raids/Asylum[]

Once you've unlocked the second Contract shop, it's possible to buy a +2% chance per level (up to 20%) for a gem to drop in any Raid/Asylum encounter. With 12 tickets earned daily, this averages out to 2.4 gems per day, or 4.8 gems with a maxed out Counterfeit Tickets AP perk.

Events[]

Seasonal events award some amount of Gems after spending event currency gained by farming monsters. The Lunar and Christmas event has a chance to earn both small and large sums of gems, whereas the Spooktober and Thxgiving events had stores that sold small guaranteed amounts of gems.

Gem Portal[]

The Gem Portal is a special Rift in Summoning that can be activated once for 500 Gems. While not exactly "free", the Gem Portal acts as an investment that returns a net gain of 1,000 Gems.

Pachinko Arcade[]

One can earn free Gems through the Arcade rewards, earning small amounts of Gems. If one is lucky to get the Gem Jackpot from the Arcade, they instantly get 2000 gems and the procession of balls can get you more gems.

[3.10] You also can get playing cards in Pachinko to boost gem count. Suits are Stars, Diamonds, Hearts, and Spades. Getting a 5-card Poker hand can get you at least 5 gems for a High Card hand (called trash in-game), but getting a Royal Straight Flush gets you 50 thousand. This has a cooldown of 22 hours.

Hoop Challenge[]

Through the Hoop Challenge Secret recently added to the game, a person can earn Gems according to their performance up to a maximum of 50 per day.

Crypt[]

This zone may be accessed anytime after you unlock Bog for a duration of 60 seconds but is locked afterward and reopens after a one day cooldown period. You can get rewards such as gem and other stuff.

Rebirth[]

Your First 3 rebirths give you 150, 100, and 50 gems for your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd rebirth respectively.

Research[]

The second Yellow Tank's first perk sometimes gives gems when it levels up.

Purchase Guide[]

This is simply a rough idea of what's best, it does not mean you have to get the best things first and none of the other things until the best things are maxed out.

 

Here are the priorities for gem purchases:

0 - Godly Potions - Ignore this if you donā€™t have a crazy amount of gems to spend. If you are P2W, godly potion coupons are the best way to get strong fast, giving crazy boosts that are completely beyond reach for a new player, with the downside of being RNG reliant. Press the odds button in the gem menu for odds.

1 - Infinity Forge - Best gem purchase straight up, not having to worry about forge recharge time is amazing.
2 - Gem Rift - Invest 500 gems to get 1500 gems, 1000 gem profit, easy buy.
3 - Shiny Vat - Research is really good, and shiny vat's initial bonuses are really good. Can be upgraded further, but gets less efficient the higher you upgrade it, I would recommend not upgrading it much at all unless you have most other gem purchases.
4 - Star Card slots - Cards are amazingly versatile and provide huge boosts to almost every part of the game.
5 - Double AP - AP is always super good. Get 2-4 of them if possible, but one or two will be just fine.
6 - Golden Nest - Getting new pets gets very hard, this makes it easier.
7 - Arcane Carpet - Trekking genes and combos are really good, and this double dips on value and number .
8 - Eternity Cauldron - When you reach farming, you will want at least one of these for the 30% chance to double brew, and for the x4 speed to discover new potions and brew ones you have.
9 - Double BP - Obviously only once you have access to rebirth. Get one or two, after that it gets less efficient.
10 - Crystals - Crystals are really good, but getting the optimal setup with crystals costs thousands of gems, so with a budget purchase one set of Supreme crystals, then Premium crystals, then 3 slots for apothecary. Repeat this order until you have 6 of each crystal purchase and all apothecary/mining slots and youā€™ll have the optimal setup. For a more budget option just buy a few of everything.
11 - Mystical Tiller - Pretty simple, more crops, and crops are the biggest hurdle for potion-making.
12 - Friendly Mushrooms - Flowers aren't that hard to obtain compared to crops, so I don't recommend getting more than a couple of these.
13 - Scavengerā€™s Wit - Asylum shrines are really good, so boosting your trace gain is also really good.
14 - Hyper Spiriting - More souls, more rift levels, more goodness. It can help you get over the initial hurdle of getting enough blue/purple/white to unlock new rifts.
15 - Overclocked Glyphs - Very cheap for a decent boost, pretty gem efficient.
16 - Overlord Miners - Ore gain is really good, the reason this is so low on the list is that compared to the highest mining kit, overlord miners are only about a 30% increase, for 420 gems. That's not very gem efficient.
17 - Second Necklace Slot - Only good once you get crusading/tinkering high enough to have two good necklaces.

QOL

  1. Pet Slots - you need a lotta pets get em good

Anything not on this list is probably not worth getting unless you have an obscene amount of gems.


Gem Shop Items[]

General[]

Item Description Gem Cost Max. Amount
Shop random time candy
Time Candy Get one random Time Candy


Time Candy is used to gain instant progress in a single area of your choice

Some Candies are rarer than others

50 āˆž
Shop vault pass
Vault Pass Instantly refresh the timer on the Vault


Player must have the Vault unlocked to purchase this

(note: not available during events)

25 āˆž
Shop raid tickets
Raid Tickets 3 Raid Tickets used to fight Raid bosses


Raids are unlocked after killing the first Keymaster

(note: not available during events)

25 āˆž
Shop overlord
Overlord Miner Overlord Miners are twice as fast and mine twice as much ore forever


This purchase gives you a single Overlord Miner

75 6
Shop infinity forge
Infinity Forge Buy this once and you'll never run out of Forge uses again


Also doubles all future smithing EXP

200 1
Shop funny hat
Funny Hat Buy this hat and you will fish twice as fast and earn twice as much fishing EXP


Each additional purchase doubles both bonuses again

100 āˆž

Time Candy[]

Time candy is used to gain instant progress in any single area. When buying candy, there's a chance to receive 5 different flavors: 2 hours, 4 hours, 8 hours, 24 hours, and 72 hours. It always costs 50 Gems to buy candy, but if you've earned Candy Coupons from Raid drops or the Candy Freebies AP Perk, then candy can be purchased freely without gems.

Candy Flavortext Roll Chance
2hr candy
2 Hour - 1 - 44 44%
4hr candy
4 Hour Not too shabby 45 - 70 26%
8hr candy
8 Hour Hey that's pretty good 71 - 88 18%
24hr candy
24 Hour I don't quite believe it 89 - 96 8%
72hr candy
72 Hour Ladies and gentlemen we have a winner 97 - 100 4%

Limbo[]

Item Description Gem Cost Max. Amount
Shop 2x spirit
2x Spirit EXP Permanently gain twice as much spiriting EXP


Each additional purchase gives +100% more EXP

125 āˆž
Shop 2x summon
2x Summon EXP Permanently gain twice as much Summoning EXP


Each additional purchase gives +100% more EXP

125 āˆž
Shop double ap
2x AP Permanently gain twice as much AP every ascension


Each additional purchase gives +100% more AP

100 āˆž
Shop hyperspiriting
Hyper Spirits Hyper Skillers give twice the souls and are twice as lucky


This purchase gives both one Cultist and one Acolyte

70 8
Shop overclocked
Bonus Rift EXP Glyphs are Rift EXP


Each purchase gives +50% more Rift EXP every rift cycle

Affects all rifts

40 1000
Shop gem portal
Gem Rift Gives you 150 Gems every day for 10 days


That is a total of 1500 Gems

500 1

Cards[]

Card packs are opened from the "Packs" button on the Cards screen. It is possible for card packs to award duplicate cards of an equal or lower rarity to those already owned and will automatically convert them to star cards. However, if a monster card is awarded then it means it replaced the one you already had with a higher rarity.

Item Description Gem Cost Max. Amount
Shop card slots
Extra Card Slot Opens up another slot for you to put Cards into


You can have up to 10 slots

100 10
Shop star cards
Star Cards This pack gives


12 Gray Stars
3 Green Stars
1 Blue Star

Open this pack in the Card screen

Stars are used to upgrade Cards

100 āˆž
Shop star cards+
Star Cards+ This pack gives


7 Green Stars
2 Blue Stars
1 Purple Star
1 random Star, Blue or Orange

Open this pack in the Card screen

250 āˆž
Shop starter pack
Starter Pack Gives 5 Cards


Cards are from zones 1 or 2 and can be up to Blue rarity

Open this pack in the Card screen

75 āˆž
Shop journerman pack
Journeyman Pack Gives 5 Cards


Cards are from Zones 2 or 3 or 4 and can be up to Purple rarity with a minimum rarity of Green

Chance for a Raid Boss Card

400 āˆž
Shop legend pack
Legend Pack Gives 5 Cards


Cards are from Zones 3 or 4 or 5 and can be up to Orange rarity with a minimum rarity of Blue

Guaranteeed [sic] one Raid Boss Card

1000 āˆž

Farming[]

Item Description Gem Cost Max. Amount
Shop mystical tiller
Mystical Tiller Mystical Tillers work 2x as fast

Harvest 2x the crops
And give a +25% crop bonus to all other Tillers

150 8
Shop friendly mushrooms
Friendly Mushroom These mushrooms will triple your flower growth speed

Mama mia Thatsa fast

125 14
Shop eternity cauldron
Eternal Cauldron Eternal Cauldrons brew Potions 4x as fast and also have +50% chance to triple lvl up a potion when brewing 175 6
Shop beginner potions
Beginner Potions 3 Coupons which give a random level 10 potion from Red to Yellow rarity


Gives +10 LVs if its a duplicate

Redeem the Coupons in the potion page

150 āˆž
Shop sovereign potions
Sovereign Potions 3 Coupons which give a random level 15 potion from Yellow to Cyan rarity


Gives +15 LVs if its a duplicate

Redeem the Coupons in the potion page

375 āˆž
Shop godly potions
Godly Potions 3 Coupons which give a random level 20 potion from Cyan to Godly rarity


Gives +20 LVs if its a duplicate

Redeem the Coupons in the potion page

750 āˆž

Crusades[]

Item Description Gem Cost Max. Amount
Shop misc bundle
Misc Bundle 3 Safety Charms

3 Lucky Donuts
3 Crystal Genesis
3 Chaotic Mutators
3 Benign Mutators

20% better value compared to buying each upgrade individually

600 āˆž
Shop safety charms
Safety Charms Pack of 5


Using these will prevent an upgrade slot from being used if a Booster fails

300 āˆž
Shop lucky donuts
Lucky Donuts Pack of 5


Using these gives your Booster a +15% chance to succeed

Especially useful for the more powerful Boosters

250 āˆž
Shop crystal genesis
Crystal Genesis Pack of 5


Using these will double the bonus of the upgrade

However Genesis only has a 50% chance to work

250 āˆž
Shop chaotic mutators
Chaotic Mutators Pack of 5


Using these will double the effect of your Mutator

However these will also cut Booster success chance in half

200 āˆž
Shop benign mutators
Benign Mutators Pack of 5


Using these will prevent your Mutator from multiplying by a number less than one

200 āˆž

Crusades[]

Item Description Gem Cost Max. Amount
Shop second necklace
Second Necklace Unlocks the second slot for Necklaces


This allows you to equip two different necklaces at the same time

350 1
Shop pillager pack
Pillager Pack 5 Crusade Cards


Can be from Crusade 1 to 6 and can be up to Blue Rarity

There is a small chance for a Crusade Boss Card

350 āˆž
Shop deus vult pack
Deus Vult Pack 5 Crusade Cards


Can be from Crusade 4 to 10 and can be up to Orange rarity with a minimum of at least Blue rarity

There is a good chance for a Crusade Boss Card

750 āˆž
Shop card deck
Extra Card Deck


Extra Tinker Deck

More Pet Inventory

1 additional deck to switch between and link to different screens (Extra Card Deck/Extra Tinker Deck)


5 additional spaces to store Pets in (More Pet Inventory)

150 āˆž
Shop 2x crusade exp
2x Crusade EXP Permanently gain twice as much Crusade EXP


Each additional purchase gives +100% more EXP

150 āˆž
Shop 2x tinker exp
2x Tinkering EXP Permanently gain twice as much Tinkering EXP


Each additional purchase gives +100% more EXP

150 āˆž

Rebirth[]

Item Description Gem Cost Max. Amount
Shop crystal slots
Crystal Slots Unlocks all 3 slots for one thing


Choose between Cauldron or Rock (Cauldron or Mining)

250 6 / 6
Shop premium crystals
Premium Gems 1 Green Crystal

1 Orange Crystal

Green gives:
+100% EXP
+100% Production
+100% Double Chance

Orange gives:
+20% boost to all other Crystals

175 āˆž
Shop supreme crystals
Supreme Gems 1 Pink Crystal

1 Black Crystal

These affect all adjacent miners

Pink gives:
+200% Cauldron speed
+200% Mining EXP

Black gives:
-40% Potion cost
+200% Mining Ores

275 āˆž
Shop double bp
2x BP Permanently gain twice as much BP


Each additional purchase gives +100% more BP

350 5
Shop extra crystals
Normal Gems Includes

1 Yellow
1 Red
1 Purple
1 Blue Crystal

Just so you know
You can earn these for free by playing

100 āˆž
Shop rebirth scrolls
Rebirth Coupons 3 coupons that give all unearned BP without needing to rebirth


Includes 1 bonus AP coupon

Rebirth required to buy again

450 āˆž, but only 1 per Rebirth

Asylum[]

Item Description Gem Cost Max. Amount
Shop asylum keys
Asylum Keys 5 Asylum Keys used to fight ASylum Bosses


To reach the Asylum you must defeat the Raid Demon Boss

55 āˆž
Shop scavengers wit
Scavengers Wit Permanently gain twice as many Shrine items


Each additional purchase gives another +100% bonus

325 7
Shop pachinko balls
Pachinko Balls 100 balls to use in the Pachi Arcade


See a full list of possible prizes by going to the Arcade and clicking on the Stars

275 āˆž
Shop trauma pack
Trauma Pack Gives 5 Cards


Cards are from Zones 6 or 7 and can be up to Blue rarity

Good chance for an Asylum Card up to low quality

300 āˆž
Shop insanity pack
Insanity Pack Gives 5 Cards


Cards are from Zones 7 or 8 and can be up to Purple rarity

Great chance for an Asylum Card up to high quality

750 āˆž
Shop psychosis pac
Psychosis Pack Gives 5 Cards


You can get several Asylum Boss Cards in a single pack up to Orange rarity

Guaranteed at least one Asylum Card up to best quality

1500 āˆž

Pets[]

Location Affected Item Description Gem Cost Max. Amount
Hatchery
GemPurchase GoldenNest
Golden Nest Golden Nests have:


4x faster hatching speed
3x chance to create rarer eggs
3x bonus to hatching new Pets

375 6
Trekking
GemPurchase AranceCarpet
Arcane Carpet Used by support Pets


The genetics of the pet on this carpet have 2x the effect and count for 2 in Trekking combos

525 4
Research
GemPurchase DiamondPiping
Diamond Piping Lets you change 1 piping into Diamond permanently


Diamond Pipes give the connected tank:

4x RP gain
+200% for double LV
3x RP effect

225 45
Hatchery
GemPurchase HyperEggCoupon
Hyper Egg Coupon Hyper Eggs have a chance to hatch an Exquisite Boss Pet


Otherwise you get a 30% chance to hatch a new Pet

Pets hatched always have high power

300 āˆž
Trekking
GemPurchase DoubleVessels
2x Vessels Permanently gain twice as many Veseels [sic] from Trekking


Each additional purchase gives +100% more Vessels

450 6
Research
GemPurchase ShinyVat
Shiny Vat Unlocks the Shiny Lab Vat which gives:


2x RP Gain Bonus
+50% 2x LV chance
+100% research EXP for all tanks

Shiny Vat can be upgraded even more with Gems

675 1

Tunnels[]

Item Description Gem Cost Max. Amount
Shop desolator
Desolator Spelunker These Spelunkers have:


5x Speed
4x Dig Down amount
+2 additional Treasure Bags every extraction

375 8
Shop sentinel canary
Sentinel Canary Each bird gives one Spelunker:


4x Learning Rate
Double Absorb Powers (You can Absorb twice instead of just once)

350 8
Shop iodized builder
Iodized Builder These Builders have:


3x Building Speed
+10% speed every Construction level instead of +2%

Also gives immediate access to the Builder

325 10
Shop 6 star pack
6-Star Pack Gives 5 Cards all of 6 Star rarity


These Cards can be from anywhere in the game

(Tunnel Cards are more likely to be gotten)

33% chance per pack to get a Raid/Asylum Boss

550 āˆž
Shop fabled potions
Fabled Potions 3 Coupons which give a level 15 Potion randomly selected from the first 24 Darkmode Potions


Gives +15 LVs if the Potion is a duplicate
Must have Extended Brewing unlocked from Construction to buy

525 āˆž
Shop timeless potions
Timeless Potions 3 Coupons which give a level 20 Potion randomly selected from the last 24 Darkmode Potions


Gives +20 LVs if the Potion is a duplicate
Must have Extended Brewing unlocked from Construction to buy

900 āˆž
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