GemsAndGold

= 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. Do spend those free tickets you get. Although rare, they do come every now and then.

Store
Everything except the purple summon stones is not worth spending gems on. Exception being early on, 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.

Coins
Unless required for a quest 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 6000 gems to get the final reward. These are approximates. And are safe bets. I recommend you go to https://kingofkinks.miraheze.org/wiki/EventClicker1 and https://kingofkinks.miraheze.org/wiki/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 - If you have no other reason to get 6-star quests, then I would try and do the minimal. If you do 2 within the 20 days, you'll get your final 4 coins for your guarantee pull. The final 16 are in my opinion not worth going for unless you have another reason to 6-star explore quest.

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 Well
So every 5 days we get a new wishing well with a new girl. Again sometimes the girls are good, ala Katherine. Sometimes they are Hot Garbage, Ala Peggy. See https://kingofkinks.miraheze.org/wiki/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, and your team.
 * If it is a girl not on your main team, nor do you want a copy of her for other reasons such as already having her... then take the 19 and stop.
 * If it is a girl you need, such as she is on your main team then you definitely want to go for at least 40. You can get another 9 by battling five times for 250 gems, 30 total battles. You can get another 8 by spending 80 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 you don't need, but want. If you already have 1 copy, get your 19 and stop. F2P shouldn't waste gems on a girl who is not their main team. Again this is my opinion.

NOTE You can get a free extra 5 battles if arena ends on a day in middle of wishing well. 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. However only available if timing is right.

Dolphin
 * 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 explained above in F2P section.

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 This is the least F2P of the reoccurring game events. In my opinion. Jihkuang is your best bet. Obviously getting the login points is a must. Merging gear is easy. Exploring 3-star and above is definitely worth doing anyway. Battles 5 a day, sometime you need a few extra, You can get these 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. Also you get 25 tickets from completing all quests in 25 days. Hopefully you plan ahead and always keep 25 tickets on hand when you think a Monthly Festival is about to start. (They happen monthly, so if one isn't going on, one is about to start. If you save 25 tickets for start, combined with the 25 you will earn give you 5 10+1 summons for 55, plus the 25 free gets you your 80.  So far so good. Get Gold 160 times. Here is where I differ from others.  I say you should 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 girl will cost you 2400 gems. That's 12 6-star quests you could be getting instead. I'm not free to play, so I don't know for sure if you will have the gems for this and all the other stuff you need, but If you have to give something up, I say this is it. Dolphin Whale -
 * 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.
 * You don't have all of these 12 starred already? - Usually this is where whales whale so yeah unless you have them all 12 starred no reason not to spend gems here.

Kings Order
F2P - Honestly I don't know what advice to give here. I will try and find out to update this. My guess is do what you can for free, but don't spend gems.

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 - Honestly I don't know what advice to give here. I will try and find out to update this. My guess is do what you can for free, but don't spend gems.

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
 * 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 rest a bunch of times between challenges so you are always challenging the highest rank you can.
 * 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.  I will write a strategy on this next. The rewards you should be going for are the purple stones from the shop. Unless your main tank is asaka, then her.

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. so swap to keep leveling. Or eventually when you 9 star a legendary you will reset your epic to use her as fodder to 10 star your legendary. These are almost always must do, so you really have no choice.

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. 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. 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 = I'll start by saying the best time to buy anything is during kings order. I will get a lot more detailed once I have someone review all my numbers as I have found multiple errors.