Combat Codex

Currency Guide

Spending priorities, income sources, and what to never buy

Gems Guide

Used to buy a variety of resources.

Spending Priority

Always Buy

  • City Market: pizza (100 = 125 gems)
  • City Market: tapes
  • City Market: gold
  • City Market: 5x orbs
  • City Market: elite dragon shards (10 = 2,500 gems)
  • City Market: building materials
  • Dino Dice (5x eggs daily)
  • Ship Breaker (5x rockets daily)
  • Daily gold (tap your gold top right)

Situational

  • ~Mech event grey/gold phones
  • ~City Market: mutagens
  • ~City Market: scrolls
  • ~City Market: blue carts
  • ~City Market: candles
  • ~City Market: elixir (2,200 = 500 gems)
  • ~City Market: 1x orbs (900 gems)
  • ~City Market: star coins (10 = 750 gems)
  • ~City Market: purple carts (5 = 800 gems, 10 = 1,350 gems)
  • ~City Market: charms
  • ~City Market: dragon dust
  • ~City Market: platinum
  • ~Daily elixir, platinum, candles, mutagens, charms

Never Buy

  • Charm Shards — terrible value
  • Blue Dragon Shards from daily shop
  • Capsules outside events

Income Sources

Daily

  • Daily quests
  • Weekly quests
  • Achievements
  • Recruit missions
  • Loot-o-matic spins
  • Dojo spins

Weekly Events

  • Mech Hunt (locals + milestones)
  • Club Smash (milestones)
  • Dino Dice
  • Car Smash
  • Ship Breaker
  • Jackpot Jam
  • Technodome
  • Bounties

Monthly Events

  • Operation O.R.B.
  • The Arcade Master
  • Capsule Collector
  • Mission Medley

Bingo Events

  • Valentine's Day (February)
  • 4th of July (July)
  • Thanksgiving (November)
  • New Year (December)

Gem Events

  • Easter (April)
  • Summer (August)
  • Halloween (October)
  • Christmas (December)
  • Target: 80k–122.5k gems per event. Start saving 6-8 weeks before.

Other

  • Arena fights
  • Sewers milestones
  • Campaign milestones

During 2x Events: buy ALL dailies — gold, elixir, platinum, candles, mutagens, charms