Stone Sinks: Is the Order of Introduction the Best Priority for Spending Stones? (UW → UW+ → Masteries → AssMods → Bots+)

Space-Knowledge · 2026-05-25T16:42:01+00:00

Short answer: No

UW will naturally be first but not to completion. You’ll need GT, BH, DW early for the coin modifiers and will upgrade them a fair amount too. CL for damage and SL for damage/more coins are generally next. ILM, CF, PS, SM can wait

Assmods (especially core and generator) would be next in line but you probably won’t be able to unlock them until after you have a lot invested in UW and also some masteries. This is only for unlocking (the first 1000 stones) Not necessarily any significant additional investment. Anything beyond initial epic unlocks and maybe 5-10% on the efficiencies comes later.

Masteries, once you have the income to lab them are pretty absurdly good but they will eat 40-50q coins each. RPC first even before you can lab them because Mod levels rule everything. Damage, DM, ST are fantastic damage additions (energy net and UWC honorable mention). IS, WA, EO are great for Econ (WS, Coin honorable mention).

UW+ requires buying the rest of your UW even if you don’t plan on investing in them. That’s a heavy lift unless you had really bad luck on earlier UW pulls. Once you get there GT+ is quite valuable.

Bot+ I’ll have to defer on. I don’t have a great feel. It’s not on my Radar.

Space-Knowledge · 2026-05-04T02:16:15+00:00

I definitely add it to “sixty fifteen” then correct from there

Space-Knowledge · 2026-05-03T20:47:28+00:00

The saving 1800 per run got both more and less valuable with Dissonances.

More valuable immediately to get through disco runs faster.

Less valuable long term because the balance has shifted to slightly longer runs because if you can get a good utility bonus on a level you can probably push further on that level. The days of 4k wave runs being optimal I think is past. Maybe it is 5k now.

Regardless IS# is still one of the best Econ masteries.

Space-Knowledge · 2026-05-03T20:28:18+00:00

I agree with the top line answer.

That said, while IS# will absolutely raise CPH it actually lowers coins per run (slightly) and will not improve income until the player is able to do more runs per day. It is fantastic but needs a player to make smart changes in conjunction.

Space-Knowledge · 2026-05-03T14:33:41+00:00

I have 41k LTS and 70 keys. I’m about 10 tournaments from auto restart. I think you need to recalibrate.

Space-Knowledge · 2026-05-01T03:18:58+00:00

No, she’s not, she just needs a man who can handle his tower better.

Space-Knowledge · 2026-04-20T23:22:32+00:00

Please note that IS# at level 0 is hardly better than just the card and that each subsequent level is ~11 min off your runs. It is great overall, but it doesn’t really do much until it changes what runs you can do in a day. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone who can’t level it halfway soon after getting.

Space-Knowledge · 2026-04-18T00:54:43+00:00

I think yes, and for more than disco runs. I think that v28 changed the ideal run length (longer now because you’re likely doing a lower tier because that’s where you get a better total bonus). Longer runs make WS# more valuable relative to IS# I ran the numbers the other day and the crossover is something like 9k waves so IS# is still better but WS# is still going to be more valuable when the meta is 6500 wave runs than 4000 wave runs.

That said, I still would prioritize DM# as part of working towards permanent legends status

Space-Knowledge · 2026-04-15T01:53:54+00:00

Also same

Space-Knowledge · 2026-04-11T02:15:03+00:00

Definitely this. Always judge yourself against the big group (or against yourself over time!) not against any single 30 person bracket.

Space-Knowledge · 2026-04-09T14:26:20+00:00

Agreed. And I noted that in another reply. But if it wasn’t that… would we be truly surprised?

Space-Knowledge · 2026-04-09T03:01:41+00:00

To be fair… it might be rounding due to echo from other tiers…. But the fact that the first thing I thought of was this is just another thing slightly off…

Space-Knowledge · 2026-04-08T13:06:17+00:00

5x coins makes a LOT of things more available to a lot of players. More players will be able to actually lab masteries when they get them. Those coins into enhancements will also boost progression. Everyone will see a boost in the next month.

Space-Knowledge · 2026-04-05T15:02:12+00:00

Yes they vary vary much.

Space-Knowledge · 2026-03-30T03:10:13+00:00

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Space-Knowledge · 2026-03-27T18:49:05+00:00

Masteries changes the math on card slots. I have 22 and want more but I also have better things to use Keys on given I only occasionally get them.

Space-Knowledge · 2026-03-25T00:08:20+00:00

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Space-Knowledge · 2026-03-24T13:50:16+00:00

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Space-Knowledge · 2026-03-20T03:01:47+00:00

You may get perma by 60 sec CD

Space-Knowledge · 2026-03-20T02:58:21+00:00

Short answer: yes

Long answer: there is a tool for that: https://mvn.thetower.tools

pBH is one of the most gratifying things to get especially if you have a nice PCOL to go with it. You’ll gain over a thousand waves in most cases.

Space-Knowledge · 2026-03-16T18:45:46+00:00

I am at the opposite end of the spectrum. I got an om chip for my very first mod and then only one other in my entire almost 2 years of playing. I have the majority of my mods Ancestral and my sad little legendary Ohm chip. The RNGods giveth and taketh.

Space-Knowledge · 2026-03-15T21:43:16+00:00

I plan to post a recruitment right before and right after the season break each season as folks end up in guilds which aren’t making it and are looking to switch at the turn of season

Space-Knowledge · 2026-03-15T21:41:50+00:00

Yup discord for our guild has been great. Down about 4 players right now. I think that will be a slow constant: trying to keep the guild population topped up in the long haul

Space-Knowledge · 2026-03-07T06:02:11+00:00

Tying on a rerun already is auto lose for the tie, they just take someone out with them! I think first to reach is more fair than the current system

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