Unlocking Minerals
Welcome to Minerals
Minerals is an endgame mechanic and part of the Unity gameplay loop. It unlocks after completing all Hard Trials and introduces a merge-based progression system that dramatically increases your Attacks power and Gold generation.
Prerequisites
Before unlocking Minerals, you should have:
- Completed all Hard Trials - This is the unlock requirement
- ~615+ zodiac sacrifices (reference point)
- ~2,300+ total Unities (reference point)
- Immortal +12 or higher zodiacs at level 121+
- Maxed sacrifice stats - Sacrificing should give minimal gains
Core Mechanics
Spawning Minerals
Click "Spawn" to create a mineral at the base cost of 1.00e110 gold. The spawned mineral will match the level shown in the "Spawn Lvl:" box.
Key concepts:
- • Next Mineral Cost: Decreases over time (cost fall) until reaching Base Cost
- • Base Cost: Minimum cost for current spawn level (increases by +1e10 per level until level 50, then +1e1 per level)
- • Cost Fall: Rate at which cost decreases, affected by game speed and Time Flux
Merging Minerals
Drag two minerals of the same level onto each other to merge them into a level +1 mineral. Higher level minerals produce significantly more VP.
⚡ Always merge to the highest level possible!
Value Points (VP)
Minerals generate VP passively. Your Max VP (not current VP) provides permanent boosts to Attack Multiplier Gain and Attack Ascension Power. VP can be spent on upgrades without losing these bonuses.
✓ Max VP never decreases - even after spending VP on upgrades
✓ Game speed and Time Flux both affect VP production
✓ Focus on increasing Max VP early for permanent attack bonuses
Initial VP Upgrades
Early Strategy (Levels 1-30)
VP Spending Warning
Do NOT buy unnecessary VP upgrades that cost more than 1e12 VP until you unlock Relic #23 (Attack Level 1500). Even 1e10 range is questionable except for "Fall Speed".
Reason: It's better to keep growing Max VP for permanent attack bonuses than spending VP that will set you back hours to recover. Be stingy with VP early!
Optimal Progression Loop
- Use Speed Build to farm VP and Unities
- Switch to Gold Build to buy minerals and relics when needed
- Use Time Flux strategically to speed up mineral cost fall
- Don't forget to buy upgrades in the donut shop (spend that astrodust!)
- Cycle between Attacks Push → Mineral Push → Relic Upgrades
Using Time Flux Effectively
Early on, waiting for new minerals takes forever. Use saved Time Flux and 3× speed to make it less tedious:
- Wait until spawn cost drops to affordable level
- Activate Time Flux
- Spawn mineral
- Repeat process
Later you'll be able to spawn minerals in bunches before using Time Flux.
Zodiac Builds for Minerals
⚡ Speed Build
Fast Unity, VP production, and mineral cost fall
Alternative: Scorpio on Neptune for more speed (less quality)
💰 Gold Build
High gold gain and attack level
Alternative: All Scorpio or all Cancer
⚔️ Attack Build
Highest attack level for pushing relics
Alternative: Sagittarius on Sun/Venus, or Leo on Saturn/Neptune
Build Usage Guide
Early Milestones
Goal: Mineral Level 30
Your primary objective is reaching Mineral Level 30 to unlock Polish. This will be a linear grind - there's no special trick to speed it up. Use Time Flux, prioritize Max Level and Fall Speed upgrades, and stay in Speed build as much as possible. Achievements will happen naturally along the way.