Getting Started
A new-player guide to Ballin Tycoon: the core loop, your first hour, what to spend on, common mistakes, a tour of the HUD and the goals that come next.
What is Ballin Tycoon?
Ballin Tycoon is an idle plinko arcade. You launch balls down a peg board; the coloured bin each ball lands in pays out — coins, gems, more balls, gold balls, portals and the odd sticker pack or die. Coins feed the ARCADE pinball machine, which is where your player level comes from. Levels hand out Marquee stars, stars climb a 100-row unlock ladder, gems buy pets from the claw, pets buff the board, and the gem bins slowly break the lock on the next world. Everything loops back into launching more balls.
It runs in the browser and as a phone app, keeps earning while you are away, and every drop rate in it is public — see Rates & Odds.
The core loop
- Launch balls.
You start with 500 balls and regenerate one every 30s up to your cap (500 to begin with). Tap LAUNCH, or flip the chip to AUTO to fire one every 0.5 s. Up to 100 balls can be on the board at once. → The board - Bins pay the loot. Seven tiers from Grey to Diamond (table below). Higher tiers pay more coins, drop gems and gold balls, and the top three chip the world lock. → Bucket rates
- Coins go into the ARCADE.
Every pinball launch costs 1,000 coins × your stake and scores candy 
into the level bar. The Arcade machine is the only source of Arcade Levels — plinko balls never give XP. → The Arcade - Levels give bubbles. Each level bar has one reward bubble at 40%: they cycle +1 Marquee star → +1 ball power → +1% coin gain, so every three levels you get one of each. → Arcade Level
- Stars climb the Marquee. Your star count is your Renown; each of the 100 Marquee rows unlocks at a star count — the stake chip, the Portal Meter, Ticket Trove, pet fusion, guilds, dice, the vault… → The Marquee
- Gems buy pets.
A claw pull costs 200 gems in World 1 · Classic (+100 per world). Pets ride along with passive buffs; feed them gold balls 
to level them, fuse three copies for a star, salvage spares for Pet Essence 
. → Pets, Claw machine - Break the lock, hop worlds. Emerald, Ruby and Diamond landings damage the padlocked door beside the bins. Aurora needs 25,000 HP; breaking any lock pays 1,000 gems and each new world brings new bins, pets, pet cards, a Midway game and its own music. → Worlds
The bins (World 1 values)
Coins per landing are flat — they do not grow with your level — and later worlds multiply them (×1.375 in Aurora, ×2.275 in Maelstrom). Gem and ball drops are a chance per landing, not a guarantee; the exact odds for every world are on Bucket rates.
| Bin | Coins | Gems | Gold balls | Also |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grey | 100 | — | 2 | portals |
| Bronze | 200 | — | 5 | portals |
| Silver | 300 | — | 10 | portals, 2 balls back, sticker packs, time candy |
| Gold | 600 | 2 | 20 | portals, 4 balls back, sticker packs, time candy, dice |
| Emerald | 1,200 | 4 | 30 | 6 balls back, sticker packs, time candy, dice, lock damage ×1 |
| Ruby | 2,000 | 6 | 50 | 8 balls back, sticker packs, time candy, dice, lock damage ×1.5 |
| Diamond | — | — | — | lock damage ×20, JACKPOT FRENZY |
The Arcade level bar
Candy needed per level starts small and steepens; the reward bubble at 40% of each bar is where stars, ball power and coin gain come from.
| Level | Candy to clear | Total candy so far | Bubble (at 40%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 760 | 760 | 304 candy → +1 Marquee star |
| 2 | 1,520 | 2.28K | 608 candy → +1 ball power |
| 3 | 2,280 | 4.56K | 912 candy → +1% coin gain |
| 5 | 3,800 | 11.4K | 1,520 candy → +1 ball power |
| 10 | 5,764 | 36.29K | 2,306 candy → +1 Marquee star |
| 20 | 10,190 | 116.04K | 4,076 candy → +1 ball power |
| 50 | 35,560 | 794.66K | 14,224 candy → +1 ball power |
| 100 | 91,531 | 3.94M | 36,613 candy → +1 Marquee star |
Each pinball launch lands in one of 5 bins for 10 or 20 candy × stake; the ★ centre bin (1.77% (1 in 56.5) of launches) is special — 65% of the time it opens the door for a candy card worth 1,000 / 2,000 / 4,000 × stake, otherwise it is a MEGA WIN that starts BALL RUSH.
Stakes
The stake chip (Marquee milestone 1 (1★)) multiplies both the cost and the candy of every launch, so a higher stake is faster, never better value. Stakes above ×2 only open while you are holding 80 launches’ worth of coins at that stake — spend below the bar and the tier locks again.
| Stake | Cost per launch | Coins you must hold |
|---|---|---|
| ×1 | 1,000 | ALWAYS OPEN |
| ×2 | 2,000 | ALWAYS OPEN |
| ×3 | 3,000 | 240K |
| ×5 | 5,000 | 400K |
| ×10 | 10,000 | 800K |
| ×20 | 20,000 | 1.6M |
| ×40 | 40,000 | 3.2M |
| ×60 | 60,000 | 4.8M |
| ×100 | 100,000 | 8M |
| ×200 | 200,000 | 16M |
Your first hour
- Follow the tour. The game walks you through LAUNCH, coins, the ARCADE, the world lock, the world map and pet cards, then hands you a free claw pull that is always the Lucky Rabbit. Equip it — a pet does nothing in the inventory.
- Keep the balls flowing. Switch the chip beside LAUNCH to AUTO. Some landings pay balls back (Silver 2, Gold 4, Emerald 6, Ruby 8 in World 1, when the ball slot rolls), so a full reserve lasts a long time.
- Open the ARCADE as soon as you have 10K coins. Level 1 needs only 760 candy — a handful of ×1 launches — and its bubble is your first Marquee star, which unlocks the stake chip. Stay on ×1 until coins pile up.
- Claim the Welcome Tasks (the TASKS tile): Launch 500 balls · Spend 100K coins in the Arcade ·
Level any pet to Lv 10. Each pays a free pet roll drawn from the four starter pets, so a fresh account collects all four without spending a gem. → Welcome Tasks - Grab the FREE GIFT in the SHOP: 100 balls, 50 gems and 1 green sticker pack every 8h.
- Do the daily quests. 5 tasks a day, each worth 100 balls + 25 gems + 5 weekly points; 50 points opens the first weekly chest (300 balls + 100 gems). → Daily Quests
- Save your progress. Playing as a guest keeps everything on this device only. Add an email (or Google / Apple / Discord) in SETTINGS → SAVE PROGRESS: nothing is lost, and you get a starter bonus of 1 free pet roll. → Accounts
- Watch the Founder tile. Reaching Arcade level 3, 7, 10 and 20 unlocks four one-time Founder rewards, including the Aurora Narwhal pet. → Founder rewards
TIP
Free pet rolls come from the tutorial’s guaranteed Lucky Rabbit, 3 Welcome Tasks (one roll each, drawn from the four starter pets), the 150-point weekly quest chest, inviting 10 friends. Free-roll pets cannot be traded; gem-paid pulls can be shared with a friend once.
What to spend on first
| Currency | Spend it on | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Coins | ARCADE launches at ×1 (1,000 each) | Coins have no other use. Every launch is candy, every level is a bubble, every third bubble is a Marquee star. |
| Gems | Claw pulls (200 in World 1) | Pets are the biggest multiplier you control. Keep 100 spare later if you want to found a guild (milestone 6 (5★)). |
| Gold balls | Feeding your equipped pets | 1 gold ball = 1 pet XP. Level the pets you actually have equipped; a common pet reaches Lv100 for about 9.93K gold balls. |
| Balls | Launching | They are the fuel, not a currency to hoard — the cap stops regeneration once you hit it. |
| Pet Essence | Fusion (milestone 5 (4★)) and later Evolution (milestone 16 (15★)) | Salvaging a spare common pays 100 essence; three copies of a pet fuse into the next star for a rarity-priced essence fee. |
In the Shop the FREE GIFT is the only thing you need to touch early. If you do spend, the starter bundle’s Coin Corgi and the +250 ball cap are the picks that keep paying; nothing in the shop is required to reach any world.
Common mistakes
- Ignoring the ARCADE. Plinko balls earn coins but never XP. If your level is not moving, you are not launching in the machine.
- Chasing high stakes early. ×10 costs ten times more for ten times the candy — identical value, just faster. Raise the stake only when coins are piling up faster than you can launch.
- Leaving pets in the inventory. Only equipped pets buff you (and elusive pets must be activated). Check the PETS menu after every pull.
- Feeding gold balls to pets you will bench. Each world has its own loadout; feed the ones you keep equipped in the world you play most.
- Salvaging or fusing your only copy. Fusion needs three identical copies at the same star; salvage is for spares.
- Hopping worlds with balls in flight. World Hop waits until every ball has landed.
- Playing as a guest forever. A reinstall or a cleared browser loses a guest account. Save it — it is free and keeps your friend code.
- Forgetting the timers. The FREE GIFT (every 8h), daily quests (reset at midnight UTC) and the Sticker Vault (every 1d) all idle if you do not tap them.
Where things are
The HUD is the same on every platform: currency pills along the top, the board in the middle, LAUNCH with its AUTO/TAP chip underneath, a row of menu buttons along the bottom and tiles down the sides.
Top strip
- Currency pills
- coins · gems · balls · gold balls (and Pet Essence once you have any). Rewards fly into them as balls land.
- ☰ menu
- The hamburger button opens the drawer listed below.
- LAUNCH
- Drops one ball. The chip on it reads AUTO (one ball every 0.5 s, 50% faster after Marquee milestone 18 (18★)) or TAP.
- Lock door
- The padlocked portal beside the bins shows the next world’s remaining lock HP; tap it for your damage per Emerald / Ruby / Diamond landing.
Bottom bar
| Button | What it does | Article |
|---|---|---|
 ARCADE | The pinball machine — spend coins, earn candy, level up. Your Marquee lives inside it too. | Read more |
 BAG | Your items: Time Candy, Ballin’ Potions, pet items and charms. | Read more |
| PETS | Inventory, equip slots, feeding, fusion, salvage, evolution and the CLAW. | Read more |
 ALBUMS | The seasonal sticker album, packs and the Sticker Vault. | Read more |
 SOCIAL | Friends, timeline, leaderboards, gifts and your guild. Members only — guests see a sign-up prompt. | Read more |
 MIDWAY | The minigame hub: TICKET TROVE in World 1 and a game per world after it. | Read more |
Side tiles
Tiles appear only when they have something to show — the event ones come and go with the calendar.
| Button | What it does | Article |
|---|---|---|
 WORLD 1 | The planet card shows the world you are on; tap it for WORLD HOP and the lock progress of every world. | Read more |
 CLAW | The claw machine — pets for gems (and your free pulls). | Read more |
 SHOP | Bundles, packs and the FREE GIFT (a red dot means it is ready). | Read more |
 EVENT | This week’s tournament: theme, your rank and time left. | Read more |
 BINGO | The monthly Bingo card while an event is running. | Read more |
 CAKE PARTY | The cake ladder during a Cake Party. | Read more |
 TASKS | Your three Welcome Tasks (new accounts only, until all three are claimed). | Read more |
 Quests | Daily quests and the weekly chest track — opens by itself when something is claimable. | Read more |
 Founder rewards | The four Founder claims, unlocked by Arcade level. | Read more |
 Free Bonus Run | Your free daily Red Ball bonus run once the Marquee grants it. | Read more |
Hamburger menu
| Button | What it does | Article |
|---|---|---|
 MAIL | Messages from the team; attached rewards are already delivered when you open them. | Read more |
 PLAYER PROFILE | Your avatar, title, pet showcase, global rankings and trophies. | Read more |
 TROPHY CASE | Every trophy, figurine and title, earned or not. | Read more |
 EVENT HISTORY | Past tournament placements and any reward still to collect. | Read more |
| SHOP | The same shop as the side tile. | Read more |
 WIKI | This wiki. | Read more |
 REPORT | Send a bug report straight from the game. | Read more |
 SETTINGS | Audio, layout, language, save progress, support, legal and account management. | Read more |
 MAIN MENU | Back to the title screen. | Read more |
Inside the ARCADE
- PLINKO
- Back to the board.
- MARQUEE
The Marquee gallery — every milestone, claimed or not.- Stake chip
Cycles ×1 / ×2 / ×3 / ×5 / ×10 / ×20 / ×40 / ×60 / ×100 / ×200.- Portal rings
- Each ring fills after 200 bumps: left pays a Pet Essence coin-flip, right opens MINES.
Next goals
Milestones are numbered by ladder row — the same MILESTONE number the game shows on a row's detail card — with the star cost in brackets (a level can hold two rows, so the row number runs ahead of the stars). The Arcade level column is when that star arrives (its bubble sits at 40% of that level’s bar). The first 18 feature unlocks:
| Milestone | Arcade level | Unlock | What it means | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 (1★) | 1 | Pinball Multiplier | Unlocks the ARCADE stake multiplier chip (x2 and beyond). | Read more |
| M2 (2★) | 4 |  Portal Meter | Earn portal triggers to fill the meter for a guaranteed Silver+ drop. | Read more |
| M3 (3★) | 7 |  Ticket Trove | Unlock the Ticket Trove prize machine. | Read more |
| M4 (4★) | 10 |  Pet Salvage | Salvage duplicate pets into Pet Essence. | Read more |
| M5 (4★) | 10 |  Pet Fusion | Fuse 3 of the same pet (same star) into the next star tier. | Read more |
| M6 (5★) | 13 |  Guilds | Form or join a Guild — chat, ranks, ball gifting, and a badge. | Read more |
| M7 (6★) | 16 |  Bonus Map (Red Balls) | Red Balls start dropping — roll a 6 on the Red Dice to enter the Bonus Map. | Read more |
| M8 (7★) | 19 | Elusive Pet Slot 4 | One more Elusive pet can be ACTIVE at the same time. | Read more |
| M9 (8★) | 22 |  Sticker Vault | Exchange duplicate stickers for safe rewards. | Read more |
| M13 (12★) | 34 | Daily Bonus Map Run | One FREE Bonus Map run every day. | Read more |
| M14 (13★) | 37 | Elusive Pet Slot 5 | One more Elusive pet can be ACTIVE at the same time. | Read more |
| M15 (14★) | 40 |  Pet Loadouts | Save two custom pet + charm loadouts and swap between them instantly from the arcade HUD. | Read more |
| M16 (15★) | 43 |  Pet Evolution | Unlocks the EVO workshop — spend an Evolution Stone plus Pet Essence to evolve a maxed World 1 pet. | Read more |
| M18 (18★) | 52 |  Launch Speed | AUTO LAUNCH fires balls 50% faster — on the Plinko board and the ARCADE machine. | Read more |
| M20 (20★) | 58 | Pet Card Slot 3 | A 3rd Pet Card can be ACTIVE in every world. | Read more |
| M30 (40★) | 118 | Pet Card Slot 4 | A 4th Pet Card can be ACTIVE in every world. | Read more |
| M35 (50★) | 148 | Blue Dice (1-8) | RARE Blue Dice start dropping — they roll 1-8, and an 8 enters the Bonus Map. | Read more |
| M40 (60★) | 178 | Pet Loadout 3 | A THIRD saved pet + charm loadout — swap between all three instantly from the arcade HUD. | Read more |
World locks
| World | Lock HP | Damaged by | Reward | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World 2 · Aurora | 25,000 | Emerald, Ruby & Diamond landings on World 1 · Classic | 1,000 | World guide |
| World 3 · Flora | 500,000 | Emerald, Ruby & Diamond landings on World 2 · Aurora | 1,000 | World guide |
| World 4 · Maelstrom | 2,000,000 | Emerald, Ruby & Diamond landings on World 3 · Flora | 1,000 | World guide |
Each landing removes your ball power × Emerald ×1 / Ruby ×1.5 / Diamond ×20 + 10 flat. Ball power starts at 1 and rises by 1 with every "ball power" bubble.
Founder rewards
| Reward | Arcade level | What you get |
|---|---|---|
 Founder Avatar | 3 | An exclusive founder profile icon. |
| Founder Title | 7 | The FOUNDER tag under your name. |
 Aurora Narwhal | 10 | A rare limited pet with a chance to double-regen balls. |
 Founder Trophy | 20 | "Founder Master" in your Trophy Case. |
After that
- World 2 · Aurora: the 5,000 HP Glacier Gate seals the Gold+ bins until you break it for a 100-launch breach.
- World 3 · Flora: water the flower pegs, pick pollen, and tap the sun for Golden Hour (1 in 2,000 per launch, ×3 sap for 1m).
- World 4 · Maelstrom: the whirlpool swallows balls, then DIVE to a second board that pays balls.
- Sticker albums run in 50-day seasons; tournaments reset weekly; Bingo is monthly.
- Evolution (milestone 16 (15★)) takes a 3★ Lv100 World 1 pet to a Lv200 form.
Tips
- Your friend code (shown as
ARC-XXXX-XXXXin SOCIAL) is also your Support ID and your invite link — inviting 1 / 3 / 5 / 10 friends pays 20 gems / 50 gems / 100 gems / 1 free pull. - Every pet grant, from any source, has a 1 in 1,000 shiny roll.
- The claw guarantees a mythic on the 400th pull without one, and the first 50 paid pulls in each world after the first are 25% off (225 in Aurora, 300 in Flora, 375 in Maelstrom).
- Time Candy from the BAG is instant balls (30 Minute Candy = 60, 1 Hour Candy = 120, 2 Hour Candy = 240, 4 Hour Candy = 480) and can push you over your cap.
- Portals warp a ball back up for a second landing and tick the Portal Meter; 200 portals in a world spin the Bonus Wheel (Marquee milestone 2 (2★)).
See also
- Glossary — An A–Z of 96 terms — bins, candy, stakes, Marquee, Renown, fusion, shiny, Ball Rush, Chest Rush, World Hop and more — each with its numbers and a link.
- The Board — How a plinko launch is aimed, what the 18 bins pay, portals, the HUD, coin scaling and the Diamond → Jackpot Frenzy trigger.
- The Arcade (Pinball) — The pinball cabinet where coins become candy, Arcade Levels and Marquee stars — stakes, bin odds, the DOOR and MEGA WIN, portal rings and the Pet Essence flip.
- The Marquee — The 100-milestone Renown ladder — every feature unlock, stat boost and capacity row, the stars each one needs and how they stack.
- Pets — Every pet in Ballin Tycoon — rarities, claw odds, abilities, levelling costs, stars, evolution, shinies and where each one comes from.
- Worlds — The 5 worlds of Ballin Tycoon: locks and how to break them, each world's coin / gem / ball ladder, bin layouts, portals, mechanics, claw pets and World Hop.
- Platforms & Accounts — Where to play (web, iOS, Android, Steam, Discord), guest vs registered accounts and sign-in methods, how updates work, languages, music, settings, support, account deletion and legal.