Pay-to-Win Strategies Guide
This guide is intended for players who have been playing the game for a while, enjoy it, and want to invest a small, limited amount of money. The goal is to maximize the value obtained from purchases, including legendary cards, credits, emerix, and other currencies.
Best Value Investments
The latest ranking in the guide, based on value compared with cost, is:
- Gold Rush on Sundays: Invest 10 to 20 π°, but only if you can secure 1st place on the leaderboard.
- Miss Fortune on Mondays: Use up to 3 continues if you can secure 1st place on the leaderboard.
- L1/L2 Legendary Crate: Buy the legendary crate for 179 emerix.
- Miss Fortune on Mondays: Use up to 3 continues without requiring 1st place on the leaderboard.
- Instant Boost Pack: 20 π°.
- Big Score: Comparable to Gold Rush when you do not secure 1st place on the leaderboard.
- Buying Emerix: Use it to purchase legendary cards or credits according to the respective value references below.
- Buying Credits: Credits can only be used for leveling, while emerix can be used for multiple purposes.
Basic Value References
These references are used to compare different investment opportunities.
| Reference | Cost | Contents | Approximate Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instant Boost Pack | 20 π° | 1,500 target legendary cards, 7,000 epic cards, 500 emerix | ~7 π° worth of emerix |
| Buying Emerix | 20 π° | 1,500 emerix | 1,500 emerix |
| L1/L2 Legendary Crate | 179 emerix | ~1,000 random legendary cards | ~2.56 π° |
| Credits | 500 emerix | 100,000 credits | ~7 π° worth |
For the Instant Boost Pack, 7,000 epic cards correspond to approximately 466 target legendary cards using the stated 15:1 ratio, with the alliance bonus Self-Perfection. Together with the 1,500 target legendary cards, this is approximately 2,000 target legendary cards.
Buying random legendary cards through the L1/L2 legendary crate is considered slightly more valuable than buying targeted cards through the Instant Boost Pack.
For approximately 13 π° of equivalent value:
- 5 Γ L1/L2 legendary crates provide approximately 5,000 random legendary cards.
- 1 Γ Instant Boost Pack provides approximately 2,000 target cards. With the 2Γ target-selection bonus, these are valued as 4,000 target cards.
The following values are treated as equivalent:
1,000 random legendary cards = 500 target legendary cards = 179 emerix = ~36,000 credits = ~2.56 π°
When comparing an event or purchase, always calculate value divided by cost. Target mercenaries are weighted at 2Γ compared with random selections because target selection is more valuable than receiving random cards.
General Investment Advice
Free Legendary Mercenaries
Free legendary mercenaries can be obtained from:
- Choose a Merc global event on Thursdays
- Gold Rush mini event on Sundays
- Miss Fortune mini event on Mondays
According to the guide, a free-to-play player can build a full team within one month.
Additional League Slots
Additional League slots are considered a good long-term investment because they are permanent and provide additional crates.
The costs are:
- 5 π°
- 10 π°
- 20 π°
- 50 π°
The alliance bonus Time Loop can be permanently activated to reduce crate cooldowns and increase the benefit of additional League slots. The best apex-to-time ratio is to get the 7-day pack.
Leaderboard Rewards
Leaderboard rewards must always be included when calculating whether an event investment is worthwhile. Competition and rewards vary depending on previous performance.
The listed reward ranges are:
| Placement | Random Legendary Cards | Pink Microchips | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1,500 to 9,000 | 3 | 36,000 to 225,000 |
| 2nd | 1,000 to 6,000 | 2 | 20,000 to 140,000 |
| 3rd | 500 to 3,000 | 1 | 9,000 to 65,000 |
The leaderboard is always personal and individual. Even players who appear on the same leaderboard can have different individual leaderboards.
All global events and mini events using expert quests have a leaderboard. The exceptions are Big Score and Emerix Shop (Legends), which do not have leaderboards. Gold Rush has two leaderboards.
The final value calculation should therefore be:
Basic value + leaderboard rewards
P2W Premium Passes
All battle and event passes automatically collect crates if they are left unclaimed.
The Alliance Pass is an exception and requires manual collection after each diesel investment.
On May 17, 2026, daily crates did not auto-collect and BP points did not increase, requiring manual collection. Therefore, daily rewards should be checked rather than assumed to have been collected automatically.
Unused event tokens are lost within 24 hours after the event ends.
If a premium pass is purchased at a later stage, all previously accessible rewards remain available, but they are collected immediately. For this reason, buying the premium pass at the very beginning is recommended.
The premium promotion window does not provide an additional bonus for completing the premium path. It is only a summary.
Reward quantities are affected by and scale with League level. The numbers listed below use League 1 as an example unless otherwise specified.
Battle Premium Pass
Cost: 20 π°
The Battle Premium Pass is considered the best deal among the passes and is also recommended in the guideβs Girls Event roadmap.
It is not recommended for players who have just started because rewards scale with League level. The first BP is at League level 27.
Rewards scale to the highest League level ever reached.
The pass provides:
- 4 legendary crates
- Many rare and epic crates
- Credits
- Emerix
- Additional combo value for CaM and 3M quests
Each Battle Pass lasts exactly 21 days. Completing it requires completing the daily and weekly objectives, with 15,000 XP required.
If the current Battle Pass has already been completed, keep daily and weekly chests for the next Battle Pass. Otherwise, the next Battle Pass might start at level 30 instead of level 31.
A new Battle Pass starts only when you log in, allowing its start time to be shifted to fit your needs.
Global Event Premium Event Pass
The Global Event Premium Event Pass provides:
- 4 legendary crates, approximately 4,000 random legendary cards
- Many epic crates, approximately 24,000 cards, equivalent to 1,600 random legendary cards using the stated conversion
- 1,250 emerix
- 5,000 red tokens
Its stated value is equivalent to buying 2.5 of the Instant Boost reference packages. However, the cards obtained from the crates are random, whereas the Instant Boost reference provides target cards.
Final verdict: Not worth 50 π°.
CaM Premium Event Pass
Completing the bottom branch is difficult because it requires many mercenary points and credits, 15 legendary spins, and 15 recruitments.
Rewards include:
- 4 legendary crates, approximately 4,000 random legendary cards
- 200,000 credits, valued at 1,000 emerix
- 1,250 emerix
Final verdict: Not worth 50 π°.
Alliance Premium Event Pass
Cost: 50 π°
The Alliance Premium Event Pass is considered not worth the cost.
Completing it requires investing 12,000 diesel each day.
Monthly Cards
Monthly cards cost 5 π° or 20 π° and are available under the Shop.
They should mainly be considered if you already plan to purchase emerix. They are a better long-term deal than buying emerix directly.
They are a limited offer for new players.
Exo Bonds Shop
Two offers in the Exo Bonds Shop can be purchased with emerix.
300 Emerix Offer
- 300 emerix
- Equivalent cost: 5 π°
- 4 epic crates in League 1
- 4,800 epic mercenary cards
- Approximately 320 legendary mercenary cards after conversion
This is not considered worthwhile compared with purchasing the L1/L2 legendary crate for 179 emerix.
900 Emerix Offer
- 900 emerix
- Equivalent cost: approximately 13 π°
- 1 legendary crate
- Approximately 1,000 legendary mercenary cards
This is also not considered worthwhile compared with the L1/L2 legendary crate.
Emerix Shop: Legends
The Emerix Shop: Legends mini event takes place every Thursday.
300 Emerix Offer
- 300 emerix
- Equivalent cost: 5 π°
- Approximately 350 legendary mercenary cards
This is not considered worthwhile compared with the L1/L2 legendary crate. Its only stated advantage is that mercenary points can be targeted instead of being obtained randomly.
900 Emerix Offer
- 900 emerix
- Equivalent cost: approximately 13 π°
- Approximately 1,000 legendary mercenary cards
This is also not considered worthwhile compared with the L1/L2 legendary crate. Its advantage is the ability to target specific mercenary points.
Emerix Investment
When purchasing a legendary commander, do so on Thursdays to obtain emerix and credits from the Emerix Shop: Legends mini event.
Alternatively, wait until reaching 3M Global Event, Chapter 3, Step 13.
Relationship Gifts
Players who want to speed up the process of reaching a level 20 skin can consider the weekly offer associated with the 3M Global Event.
A total of 30,000 gift points is required for a level 20 relationship. The calculations below do not include relationship gifts obtained from League, daily, or weekly crates.
First Pack
Cost: 20 π°
- 1,500 relationship points
- 20 weeks to reach level 20
- 400 π° total cost for a skin
The pack also provides 10,000 credits, which can be combined with the helicopter race mission requiring 10,000 credits.
Additional Packs
The second pack and every subsequent pack have the same value-to-cost ratio as the first.
Lucy Affection
If you want to speed up the process, the Lucy daily pack provides the best value-to-cost ratio.
Cost: 5 π°
It provides:
- 10 pills
- 10 energy drinks
Global Event: Virtual Maze
Investing in the Virtual Maze is not considered worthwhile unless the goal is specifically to obtain the featured skin.
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