GemsAndGold

= Monthly Income =

Continuous Gem Income: + 20 (daily deal) x7 = 140 + 10 (treasure box) x7 = 70 + 100 (Isle) x3.5 = 350 (2 day/100) + 30 (arena) x7 = 210 + 30 (week deal) 800 gems per week 3200 gems per month You can find a breakdown for monthly summoning resources here.

= GEM SPENDING = I will discuss my recommendations for gem spending for new players. I will break things up into three categories. F2P (Free or minimal spending), Dolphin (Spend a decent amount), Whale (Car payment spending).

AVOID
I'll start with the least obvious, what not to spend your gems on. This list is in no particular order.

Summons
You will be out of gems too quickly and not have a whole lot to show for it. There are exceptions, but I will get to that later. Summons is notoriously one of the worst methods to get legendary characters. It is best to save gems for other uses. 3000 gems buys you 11 characters. at 3% you will average needing 3 10+1 pulls, so 9000 gems, to get a 5 star character. And 50% of the time it will be an epic as a 5 star. So you'll often need 18000 gems just to get a legendary. This is the reason it is recommended to stay away from gem pulls. Now obviously tickets you get should be used. You will get a substantial amount of summon tickets. Always save till you have 10. And even then, it is best not to use them right away and save them for an event.

Whales -As an exception, I have heard whales say that you will start to stock up 'too many' gems. If you are ever over 100K, Then yes spend some gems on some summons just to get them down. But don't spend them all.

Shrine of Prayer
Let me quote the biggest whale I know. "Shrine of prayer should be ignored unless you get free tickets." Lets do the math on this one. 4500 for a 10 pull. 45 pulls to get one legendary, 20500 gems. And it's the one you want, not a random one like spending the same on summons. Sounds to good to be true doesn't it? That's because it is. It only take a month or two to realize, that the biggest limiting factor to you getting more powerful, is not getting duplicates of the heroes you are trying to level, but instead getting enough fodder to level them up. So avoid at all costs. Save any free tickets you get until you have 9 for the free +1.

Store
Everything except the purple summon stones is not worth spending gems on. Exception being early on (before level 121), it may be beneficial to buy a few Scarlet Jades, or Jade Box (8 Hours). But generally speaking you should avoid buying anything besides purple summon stones in the standard shop. At 180 gems for 5 summon stones, it costs 2160 total gems per girl.

Once Weapons Shard packs and Skin Shard packs are released those are debatably worth spending on.
 * Skin Shards - If your F2P, the only way to get skin shards for you will be through this shop spending gems. Beware it is expensive and is random drop.  As a dolphin I went gem broke spending on skin shard packs.
 * Weapon Shards - In my opinion not worth spending gems on. It is a slow and steady grind to get T3 mats. Buying these will make you go broke quick.
 * Resetting - If you are a whale, you will be broke pretty quickly resetting to get more of both shard packs. Though maybe a way to reduce some if you have "too many" gems. Just be mindful and set a number to stop at.

Coins
Unless required for a quest like monthly carnival you should never buy coins. As a dolphin it is my experience that you will never need to buy coins outside of doing quests. I have thousands of coin bags should I ever need more. Quests being the exception.

Best Uses
To start off, you should ask yourself one question. 'Why are you playing an H- game?' My answer is, for the H. With that said then the prime reason I am here is for H, and powering up my characters is secondary. I start off this way because many will say that the H-scenes you can earn in the game are too expensive, or that the non-H rewards are not enough. But to me, and many like me, the H- is the reward, and all the other stuff is just a bonus.

H-Events
The reason we are here fellas, and possible some ladies, I don't judge. The H- events cost gems if you want to see the final reward. With that said, if you are not around at the start of the event, 'Day 1' then don't bother. It will cost you too many gems to catch up. Also be aware these events are very demanding and are the oxymoron of an idle game. Clicker 1 event requires 2000 gems to safely get the final reward. Clicker 2 requires 4200 gems to get the final reward. These are approximates. And are safe bets. I recommend you go to EventClicker1 and EventClicker2 for exact strategies. ''AGAIN IF YOU ARE NOT HERE FROM DAY ONE DO NOT SPEND GEMS ON THESE. Exception to that being mega-whales with 100K gems.''

F2P - you will have to be wise with your gems and always try and keep 6000 gems or more on hand to make sure you have enough gems. But it is possible. There are F2P on discord who have done every event and have plenty of gems waiting for other events.

Dolphin/Whale - You should easily have more than enough gems for every and all events.

Monthly Wheel Girl
This is a newly introduced girl. Sometimes meta, sometimes not. Find out more on the discord if you want. You have approximately 20 days to complete the events so gem usage should only be on 6 star quests. You should easily have 14 logins, 20 merges, and 150 seduces. That's 21/25 coins needed for a guaranteed pull. However save all coins till you have 25. Don't want to have a free pull reset when you have 5 left to go. With that said, you get a free summon everyday, make sure to use it. So here is where the recommendation varies.

F2P - The only thing that should require any gems is the 6-star explore quests. If you do two 6-star quests before the event ends, you'll get your final 4 coins for your guarantee pull. The final 16 are not worth going for on their own, but if you do 6-star explore quests for events like Wishing Fountain or Assassin's Order, you will finish it automatically.

Dolphin - Your almost definitely going to be trying to get 2 6-star explore quests everyday. If not everyday, then often enough to get all the coins.

Whale - Same as dolphin

Wishing Fountain
So every 5 days we get a new wishing fountain with a new girl. Again sometimes the girls are good, ala Katherine. Sometimes they are Hot Garbage, Ala Peggy. See Hero_Tier_List for further info. Again some of these require no gems, logins and battle to a point. 19 coins are 100% free.

F2P What to do depends on the girl, your team, and how many gems you have. You won't be able to afford every Wishing Fountain as a f2p. There are 3 options:


 * 1) Get your 19 and stop. After talking to a F2P player that has been there from an early server his advice is to never go for wishing fountain girl. "Mainly because over time f2p will get enough copies" again the wall will be on fodder, so no need to waste precious gems.
 * 2) Do 5 extra arena battles. 250 gems for 9 summons averages to 1,111 gems per 5-star hero which is the best gem efficiency in the game.
 * 3) Hitting the 40 wish pity will cost you a minimum of 1900 gems if you have VIP 3, and 2250 gems if you don't. Read the dolphin section below or the Wishing Fountain page. If you don't have VIP 3 you'll need to do the 10 6 star explore mission since you can't do 15 fast rewards. I only recommend going for the girl if you have a lot of gems saved, or if it's one of your first 5 main girls (such as HuaxiIcon.png or KatherineIcon.png) and she's not at 10-stars yet, because at that point the wall will be dupes and getting your first 9 and 10 stars gives a lot of power.

NOTE You can get a free extra 5 battles if arena ends on a day in middle of wishing fountain. Arena will close for 1 hour after season end. When it re-opens your 5 battles is reset since it is a new season. You can get them now. This will help you get an additional quest.

Dolphin You can get another 9 by battling five times for 250 gems, 30 total battles. You can get another 8 by spending 130 gems per day doing 3 fast rewards daily, total of 15 in event. And finally another 8 by 6-star exploring 5 times during the event. Either once a day, or some other combination. It will cost you 200 gems per 6-star explore, unless you get lucky. You will get lucky more the higher level your girls are. Total of 44 coins. Without a guarantee I would be best to stop here. Although also think about this. Depending on where you are for wheel girl, it might be beneficial to do some extra 6 star explores. to get some more for her. and thus some extra tries for a character you need.
 * Girl on your main team - Do everything. Get all Coins. You have the gems. The 6-star explores will help towards your wheel girl. I just do 2 a day to always get the coins for wishing well, and never worry about wheel girl.
 * Girl you want - Do everything. Get all Coins. You have the gems.
 * Trash girls that you don't want (I'm looking at you Peggy) - So I recommend getting 44 and stopping. How you go about it might depend on other missions, but cheapest way is below.

Whale
 * You don't have her 12 starred already? - All kidding aside, you have the gems no reason not to just do all the missions.

Monthly Festival
These girls are often Meta. Who to go for? How hard to go? These are often debated subjects.

F2P
 * Once you start building a girl, don't build the others until the first one is maxed. In my opinion, Jihkuang is your best bet as she is usable with the least number of stars. Obviously getting the login points is a must. Merging gear is easy. Exploring 3-star and above is definitely worth doing anyway. Arena Battles 5 a day, sometime you need a few extra, which you can get at seasons end, usually twice within a monthly festival.
 * Standard Hero Summon x 80. Well let's break it down. 25 days means you can get 25 as a daily free summon. You get 1 ticket from completing all daily quests so another 25, and 4 tickets from doing all weekly quests, so at least 12. That is 62 so far. You also get 2 tickets every other day from fully clearing Isle Exploration, so at least 24, which puts you well over 80. If you can't fully clear every time, you might need to save some tickets between festivals. If you can't fully clear at all, rethink your strategy.
 * Get Gold 160 times. This should be the only quest that requires you to spend gems. Two options:
 * Get the 80, 3 free x 25 days plus 5 additional, and stop. You won't get 1 girl a month, instead you can buy 2/3 of a girl each month. Worry not they re-occur.
 * To go for the last 20 shards will cost you 2400 gems, which in terms of raw value is not good. The same number of gems could buy 65 purple shards from the shop, 6* star explore 12 times, or complete a Wishing Fountain pity. On the other hand, the festival girls are some of the strongest in the game, they don't require fodder for merging, and you can't get them anywhere else. Doing this will get her maxed months sooner as long as you're okay with skipping out on other events due to the limited f2p gem budget.
 * If you don't have at least VIP 2, you might need to refresh explore a couple times in order to get 100 3* star explores. You need to do an average of 4 per day.

Dolphin
 * Because there is at least one meta girl here you don't have 12 starred you need to be doing all the missions. If your smart, your going for Jihkuang. Unless your going to whale, all others will not be used by you for at least a year and a half. Jihkuang is usable now. If however you have OCD like me and you collect them all, then you definitely need to do all the quests, and spend a bit of money too.  Watch out though.  The first purchase buys you nothing.

Whale
 * You don't have all of these 12 starred already? - These are the most expensive girls to get, and as such some are top tier to justify that. There is no other way to get them. Lots of mega whales whale here.

Kings Order
F2P - Do what you can for free. Get Gold 5 times and 2 Fast Rewards are quite cheap, so you can do those if they unlock good chests and help you unlock the 20 chest reward. Don't do the 2 normal summons quest unless you have an 11-pull.

Dolphin - Well since the best time to purchase as a dolphin is during King's order you need to make sure you get every spot of bingo. You can pass on 1 day of purchases. But all other spots better be filled.

Whale- If it's better for dolphins to buy now and complete the quests, what do you think I'ma tell you.

Assassin's Order

 * F2P - If you already have a decent amount of gems, you could spend some to unlock the daily 2 Faction Summon Tickets chest while doing other quests. For example, if that chest is locked behind a 6-star explore, you can complete the current Wishing Fountain and Lucky Wheel quests at the same time. Otherwise, save your gems. Also, don't do the 3 normal summons quest unless you have an 11-pull.
 * Dolphin - No reason not to complete the boards. It is recommended not to spend as these are overpriced. However you should definelty be getting the rewards you get from just gems. If however you still have room in your budget after making you 6 puchases during every kings order then this would be the next best time to buy. Free shrine tickets are useful.
 * Whale- Since they are overpriced. Probably best to stay away, money wise, but no reason not to get the free stuff. Though your likely buying other stuff and will get the reward too.

Flirty Abode
Costs 6000 gems to finish. No if's, and's or but's about it. Don't start it unless you have 6000 gems to spend. Basically wait till you have 12K saved up and start one of the three, finish it. This allows you to still keep 6k in case a clicker event comes up. Rinse and repeat till all 3 are done.

Standard Summon
I know we talked about it, but now that we got some more insight it's time for exceptions.
 * Carnival - If you didn't plan ahead for carnival and it is about to end and you need more summons. Dolphin/Whale only
 * Kings order - (same for assassin's order) sometimes need 6 summons. Well I personally only 10+1 summon or not at all. Normally in the course of a king's order event because so much is going on I might need to Gem summon once. I now plan ahead and always keep 10 tickets unused so I don't have to. Dolphin/Whale only
 * Lucky Wheel - No exceptions, with everything else going on- you should get your merges easily.

Shrine of Prayer
The only exception, and I mean the only, no not even then. Be smart don't spend your gems here. Ok fine, here it is: If your a Mega Whale, and really want to make bad decisions.

Store

 * 5x Purple Summon Stones
 * 10x skins (Only F2P way to get skins) With that said, this is very expensive for a F2P and is recommended for whales and dolphins only.
 * Weapon tokens - Dolphin/Whale only
 * Exceptions (Early on only): Jade Box 8 hours, Scarlet Jades

Arena

 * Well I do 5 extra every 5 days for wishing well. i don't often pass on the free girl. This helps me consistently get 3rd place at end of season. I try to plan it so that I will reach a daily reward I wouldn't have otherwise. But buying extra fights within reason is the Dolphin option.
 * F2P - only if completing something else.
 * Whale - Whatever is needed to compete with other whales. If you've decided to take second place, then whatever is needed to keep us dolphins at bay.

Advanced Arena
There are 2 strategies here. F2P vs using excessive gems.
 * F2P fight 5 fights a day, you will finish somewhere in the top 100 if you are present for everyday and reset a bunch of times between challenges so you are always challenging the highest rank you can. (See below)
 * Gem spending Dolphin and Whale only - If your going to spend gems, do it immediately. Soon as you login spend 2500 gems buying extra fights and get to the top 5.  If you don't want to spend more this will require you to always fight the highest rank possible based on your current level. (See below)

The season starts every other Monday and lasts 13 days. Your starting rank will vary based on when you join the advanced arena. You start at a rank based on how many people have started advanced arena. If you start it minutes after reset you will start in the 1020s, if you are logging in later you may be as high as 1400, depending on server activity. When fighting the bot level 130 accounts with low level units you want to keep recycling the fight selection until you get the highest rank bot available, (see below) click your third party (to not have to cycle through all 3 of your teams), start the fight, auto-complete if VIP level is high enough (to save time). Typically you can advance 50 ranks at a time until the lower 4-500 rank then it drops to a 40 rank jump, then a 30, then 20, then after you pass rank 20 it goes to a 3 rank jump, and finally after rank 10 it goes to a 2 rank jump. Expect to spend at least 30 tickets to get within 10-20. Expect to recycle the available fight way too many times, and start as early in the morning as possible based on reset times to jump up the ranks of the bots. The earlier you start that morning, the more likely you are to keep your high rank late into the advanced arena. The rewards you should be going for are the purple stones from the shop. Unless your main tank is asaka, then her.

To challenge the highest rank
 * Rank 700+ - Challenge someone 80 spots ahead of you
 * Rank 600-699 - Challenge someone 70 spots ahead of you
 * Rank 500-599 - Challenge someone 60 spots ahead of you
 * Rank 400-499 - Challenge someone 50 spots ahead of you
 * Rank 300-399 - Challenge someone 40 spots ahead of you
 * Rank 200-299 - Challenge someone 30 spots ahead of you
 * Rank 50-199 - Challenge someone 20 spots ahead of you
 * Rank 30-49 - Challenge someone 10 spots ahead of you (I need to verify this level)
 * Rank 10-29 - Challenge someone 3 spots ahead of you (I need to verify this level)
 * Rank 2-9 - Challenge someone 2 spots ahead of you (I need to verify this level)

The servers that are included in your advanced arena change season to season with some repeats.

By Zankul S20 with help from Cosmastk -S7

Barracks
So when you start off, if you've read the Beginners_Guide you have 4 epics leveled and 1 legendary. From time to time you will need to spend 20 gems to reset someone. For example the legendary you picked to level because she was 7 star, you stop getting copies of, and a different legendary you have at 9 star, then you'll need to swap to keep leveling. If you fodder a girl for merging, the game will reset them for free during the merge. So when you have a legendary at 9 stars and it's time to feed her one of your 4 epics, don't waste 20 gems by resetting beforehand.

However if you are one of these who resets your girls everyday to complete spirit beast like I did when I first started. Re-read the beginners guide, you're doing it wrong.

Explore
I'll just break this down by your spending.
 * F2P - you should be resetting as often as you need to complete the missions you have decided to complete, and nothing more.
 * Dolphins - I recommend you do what I do. Pick what resources you need/want. I'm going to guess it's the same I need. Purple Stones/Blue Stones/Artifacts/weapon tokens. So do the quests 5-star and above you have that give those resources, and any 6-star you may have. Reset all others. Repeat over and over. You'll likely complete your two 6-star you need daily for wishing well.  If not and it's the last day, reset as many times to get the required 6-stars you need. This will complete all other requirements for any other missions.
 * Dolphin (Early Game) - Scarlet Jades may be more of a priority, especially early game it would make sense to add these to what you are targeting, and if you are not getting enough 6 stars maybe remove weapon tokens and artifacts from your target early on. Once you have an abundance of scarlet jades go back to farming those.
 * Whales- I assume your either going to follow my dolphin advice, or take it to the next level and only do 6 stars of the resources you need.

The above advice is given by Zankul. If you believe any or all of it to be complete rubbish feel free to reach out on discord.

= NUTAKU COIN SPENDING =

F2P
In my opinion, and other F2P players opinion, you should spend $7 on this game. Before you ignore me, you can get to VIP 5 for free. VIP 6 allows boss skip for boss event, and Beast Skip for daily Spirit Beasts. This alone is worth $7.

Level Up Rewards
This is the best value you will find for buying in this game. It is only purchasable when you first start.

Dolphin and Whale
I'll start by saying the best time to buy anything is during kings order. Specifically the Kinks order that awards a full 60 red artifact tokens, and 15 artifact tokens at 32. This is because Red artifacts are exclusively pay to win. 1 red artifact costs you $50. However if you buy $10 worth 6 times, then you get 1.25 artifacts, so you'll have 5 for $240. which is the cheapest way to get 5. And you will also get the other items you purchase, which should be about $60 worth of items that you want. If you plan to spend only $60-80 a month, do it Here.

There is another Kings order event that requires on $7 per day. This either has a different reward at the end of the day, or doesn't give you the .25 artifact, and doesn't give you the 7 gold artifacts you get as bonus daily. This at first glance seems better because of the reduced cost, but without the gold fodder artifacts, and the lack of $2 buys, it really isn't better. Unless you are brand new and haven't spent any money, you will not see $2 offers ever. However, if you are buying anyway, you can take advantage of the extra rewards these offer by buying during this time. SO if you plan on spending $120-160 a month, this is second best time.

The Assassin Order Event will fall in third place. This is the event that awards skins as the award. May have a different name. Per the whales I know, skins are too expensive at the moment. And should be waited on. With that said, if you are spending a bunch more and already do the other kings order events, no reason not to plan some of your spending around these. However if you weren't going to spend already, steer clear.

Individual Spending Events
At the moment, this will talk about costs of girls. So you can compare, and will not go into what you should buy.

Wishing Fountain
Every coin tossed has a chance to drop the event girl. On the 40th attempt a top prize is automatically rewarded. Also, every 100 coins tossed yields a chest that will yield the event girl as well.

Wishing Fountain is an event that cycles through many free to play girls. Some available girls in no particular order are:

Monthly Festival




Lucky Wheel




Ancient Vault
HereI list the options you can get on every floor, I am only listing what you should get, if it's not in this table you shouldn’t get it.

Limited Girls change every vault, the last time this was updated these were the limited girls.