The Armory
The permanent bar shop that opens at gate 1. 33 rows that survive every prestige — each unlocked by a gate — including the extra daily dice runs.
Overview
THE ARMORY is the permanent bar shop. It opens the moment you break your first gate in the Hoard, and in the game's own words: “Permanent upgrades, bought with bars - nothing here is lost when you prestige. Every gate you break unlocks more rows.”
This is the design rule behind the gate ladder: a gate never hands you a stat. It opens either a new menu or a new Armory row, and you buy the power with bars. Where the UPGRADES page is cheap and wiped by every prestige, the Armory is dearer and kept forever.
How it works
- Rows are listed by gate, under GATE bands. A row past your gate level shows what it will do and which gate opens it.
- Filters at the top: ALL, HOARD (gate and chest rows), BOARD (coins, lock damage, ore, XP, dice runs) and EXPEDITION (carts, crews, trip speed, finds).
- Each row is paid in bars of one world, so you must own that world. The first five rows use World 1's common bars straight off the bins; later rows take three bars at once, and the rarest of the three is the one that runs out first.
- Prices grow each level, by ×1.33 to ×4.85 depending on the row. One-level rows — extra carts, crew seats, dice runs — are a single large purchase.
- Bonuses inside the Armory add together. The Armory as a whole then multiplies with other menus (UPGRADES, statues, world shops), which is why a row here is worth more than the same number elsewhere.
Every row
| Gate | Row | Type | Bars | Per level | Max | At max | First level | Last level | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | KEEN EYES The hoard learns where a gate is weak. More swings land. | HOARD | World 1 | +2 Hoard Accuracy | 10 | +20 Hoard Accuracy |  200 TIN 120 COPPER | 44.4M TIN 26.7M COPPER |
| 2 |  | COIN POLISH Shinier coins. Every board coin pays a little more. | BOARD | World 1 | +0.2% Board Coins | 10 | +2% Board Coins | 200 TIN 120 COPPER 29 SILVER | 49.3M TIN 29.6M COPPER 7.15M SILVER |
| 3 |  | LOCK BREAKERS Hardened tips for every ball. Flat lock damage, added after every multiplier. | BOARD | World 1 | +1 Lock Damage | 10 | +10 Lock Damage | 220 COPPER 66 SILVER 12 GOLD | 28.9M COPPER 8.66M SILVER 1.57M GOLD |
| 4 |  | PRY TOOLS Proper tools for the hoard. Chests open a little faster. | HOARD | World 1 | +0.2% Hoard Chest Dmg | 10 | +2% Hoard Chest Dmg | 1,100 TIN 190 SILVER 30 GOLD | 31.4M TIN 5.42M SILVER 855,000 GOLD |
| 5 |  | SHARD PANS Pan the rubble. Chests pay more shards. | HOARD | World 1 | +2% Hoard Shards | 10 | +20% Hoard Shards | 720 COPPER 210 SILVER 38 GOLD | 18.9M COPPER 5.52M SILVER 999,000 GOLD |
| 6 |  | LAMP OIL A crew that can see walks home sooner. | EXPEDITION | World 1 | +2% Trip Speed | 10 | +20% Trip Speed | 5,300 TIN 3,000 COPPER 260 GOLD | 18.4M TIN 10.4M COPPER 903,000 GOLD |
| 7 |  | ORE CHUTES Wider chutes under the bins. Every landing pays more ore. | BOARD | World 1 | +5% Bin Ore | 15 | +75% Bin Ore | 24,000 TIN 4,600 SILVER 940 GOLD | 21.5M TIN 4.12M SILVER 842,000 GOLD |
| 8 |  | PROSPECTOR'S NOTES Every seam written down. The ore you mine is worth more XP. | BOARD | World 1 | +50% XP Gain | 10 | +500% XP Gain | 6,400 COPPER 2,100 SILVER 440 GOLD | 18.1M COPPER 5.93M SILVER 1.24M GOLD |
| 10 |  | FOURTH CART Another cart on the rails: four crews underground at once. | EXPEDITION | World 1 | +1 Carts | 1 | +1 Carts | 390,000 TIN 92,000 SILVER 19,000 GOLD | — |
| 12 |  | SECOND DICE RUN A SECOND dice run every day. | BOARD | World 1 | +1 Dice Run a Day | 1 | +1 Dice Run a Day | 220,000 COPPER 92,000 SILVER 19,000 GOLD | — |
| 16 |  | FROST LANTERNS Cold light shows the cracks that lead further down. | EXPEDITION | World 2 | +3% Deep Find Chance | 15 | +45% Deep Find Chance |  42,000 FROSTITE 32,000 SNOWSILVER 4,000 AURORANIUM | 228M FROSTITE 173M SNOWSILVER 21.7M AURORANIUM |
| 16 | | FROSTIRON PRYBARS The hoard gets leverage. Chests open faster. | HOARD | World 2 | +0.5% Hoard Chest Dmg | 15 | +7.5% Hoard Chest Dmg |  23,000 RIMEBRONZE 17,000 STARGOLD 2,200 HOLLYSTEEL | 130M RIMEBRONZE 96.4M STARGOLD 12.5M HOLLYSTEEL |
| 20 |  | SURVEY LEDGER Every odd rock written down. Crews find more Strange Slabs. | EXPEDITION | World 2 | +10% Strange Slab Finds | 10 | +100% Strange Slab Finds | 188,000 RIMEBRONZE 150,000 STARGOLD 113,000 HOLLYSTEEL | 136M RIMEBRONZE 109M STARGOLD 81.6M HOLLYSTEEL |
| 20 |  | WIDER HARNESS Room in the cart for one more pet. | EXPEDITION | World 2 | +1 Crew Size | 1 | +1 Crew Size | 1.76M FROSTITE 1.43M SNOWSILVER 1.06M AURORANIUM | — |
| 21 |  | SIEGE SPIKES Frostiron spikes for the hoard. Gates crack faster. | HOARD | World 2 | +5% Hoard Gate Dmg | 50 | +250% Hoard Gate Dmg | 40,500 RIMEBRONZE 31,500 STARGOLD 22,500 HOLLYSTEEL | 36.6M RIMEBRONZE 28.4M STARGOLD 20.3M HOLLYSTEEL |
| 21 |  | FIFTH CART Ice runners on the rails: five crews underground at once. | EXPEDITION | World 2 | +1 Carts | 1 | +1 Carts | 946,000 RIMEBRONZE 759,000 STARGOLD 572,000 HOLLYSTEEL | — |
| 22 |  | DEEPER CRUCIBLES Bigger crucibles. Every alloy forge holds one more bar. | BOARD | World 3 | +1 Alloy Forge Capacity | 5 | +5 Alloy Forge Capacity |  75,000 STONEBARK 56,000 BLOOMSILVER 7,100 SYLVANITE | 19.2M STONEBARK 14.3M BLOOMSILVER 1.82M SYLVANITE |
| 22 |  | ROOT MAPS Follow the roots. They always grow toward the good rough stone. | EXPEDITION | World 3 | +4% Rare Ore Share | 15 | +60% Rare Ore Share |  27,000 OAKBRONZE 20,000 LEAFGOLD 2,600 ROSESTEEL | 2.57B OAKBRONZE 1.91B LEAFGOLD 248M ROSESTEEL |
| 23 | | BLOOMGOLD SIGHTS The hoard aims true through gate armor. | HOARD | World 3 | +20 Hoard Accuracy | 15 | +300 Hoard Accuracy | 50,000 STONEBARK 38,000 BLOOMSILVER 4,800 SYLVANITE | 4.65B STONEBARK 3.53B BLOOMSILVER 446M SYLVANITE |
| 24 | | THIRD DICE RUN A THIRD dice run every day. | BOARD | World 3 | +1 Dice Run a Day | 1 | +1 Dice Run a Day | 230,000 STONEBARK 170,000 BLOOMSILVER 21,000 SYLVANITE | — |
| 24 | | SHARD SIFTER Nothing slips through the mesh. More chest shards. | HOARD | World 3 | +4% Hoard Shards | 15 | +60% Hoard Shards | 27,000 OAKBRONZE 20,000 LEAFGOLD 2,600 ROSESTEEL | 2.57B OAKBRONZE 1.91B LEAFGOLD 248M ROSESTEEL |
| 28 |  | ROOTWOOD SPUR A rootwood spur to richer seams: every crew brings home more ore. | EXPEDITION | World 3 | x1.2 Crew Ore Yield | 1 | x1.2 Crew Ore Yield | 5M OAKBRONZE 4M LEAFGOLD 3M ROSESTEEL | — |
| 30 |  | DIVING BELLS Air for the flooded shafts. Crews come up sooner. | EXPEDITION | World 4 | +2% Trip Speed | 10 | +20% Trip Speed |  170,000 BRINIUM 130,000 PEARLSILVER 16,000 KELPSTEEL | 89.8B BRINIUM 68.7B PEARLSILVER 8.45B KELPSTEEL |
| 31 |  | ABYSS NETS When a crew finds the deep seam, it hauls far more of it. | EXPEDITION | World 4 | x1.08 Deep Find Size | 30 | x10.06 Deep Find Size |  30,000 TIDEBRONZE 23,000 SUNKGOLD 2,900 CORALSTEEL | 22.8B TIDEBRONZE 17.4B SUNKGOLD 2.2B CORALSTEEL |
| 32 | | TIDE PRESS The sea turns the press. More board coins. | BOARD | World 4 | +1% Board Coins | 15 | +15% Board Coins | 110,000 BRINIUM 85,000 PEARLSILVER 11,000 KELPSTEEL | 69.1B BRINIUM 53.4B PEARLSILVER 6.91B KELPSTEEL |
| 33 | | CORAL HOOKS Barbed coral finds every seam in a chest lid. | HOARD | World 4 | +1% Hoard Chest Dmg | 15 | +15% Hoard Chest Dmg | 1.79M TIDEBRONZE 1.4M SUNKGOLD 1.05M CORALSTEEL | 31.3B TIDEBRONZE 24.5B SUNKGOLD 18.4B CORALSTEEL |
| 36 |  | DIVING RAILS Rails laid under the flood to richer seams: every crew brings home more ore. | EXPEDITION | World 4 | x1.2 Crew Ore Yield | 1 | x1.2 Crew Ore Yield | 13.2M TIDEBRONZE 10.5M SUNKGOLD 7.8M CORALSTEEL | — |
| 37 |  | DEEP HARNESS One more seat in every cart. | EXPEDITION | World 4 | +1 Crew Size | 1 | +1 Crew Size | 24.3M BRINIUM 19.5M PEARLSILVER 14.7M KELPSTEEL | — |
| 40 | | PYRELITH RIVETS Fire-forged rivets. World locks shatter. | BOARD | World 5 | +4 Lock Damage | 10 | +40 Lock Damage |  150,000 ASHIRON 110,000 SMOKESILVER 14,000 VENOMITE | 221B ASHIRON 162B SMOKESILVER 20.6B VENOMITE |
| 44 | | MOLTEN WARHORN The hoard charges the gate to the sound of it. | HOARD | World 5 | +25% Hoard Gate Dmg | 50 | +1250% Hoard Gate Dmg | 2.08M ASHIRON 1.76M SMOKESILVER 1.26M VENOMITE | 50.8B ASHIRON 43B SMOKESILVER 30.9B VENOMITE |
| 46 |  | EVERBURNING LAMPS Lamps that never go out, down where nothing else lights. | EXPEDITION | World 5 | +7% Deep Find Chance | 15 | +105% Deep Find Chance |  3.83M CINDERBRASS 3.08M PYROGOLD 2.27M EMBERSTEEL | 75.8B CINDERBRASS 60.8B PYROGOLD 44.8B EMBERSTEEL |
| 48 |  | MOUNTAIN RAILS The last rails the mountain allows run to its richest seams: every crew brings home more ore. | EXPEDITION | World 5 | x1.2 Crew Ore Yield | 1 | x1.2 Crew Ore Yield | 27.9M CINDERBRASS 22.1M PYROGOLD 16.8M EMBERSTEEL | — |
| 49 | | THE MOUNTAIN'S CROWN Pyrelith and gold. The whole account pays better. | BOARD | World 5 | +2% Board Coins | 15 | +30% Board Coins | 6.89M ASHIRON 5.83M SMOKESILVER 4.19M VENOMITE | 136B ASHIRON 115B SMOKESILVER 82.8B VENOMITE |
Dice runs
The Red Dice are a daily allowance: once gate 2 is broken you get 1 dice run a day. The second and third daily runs used to be handed out by gates; they are Armory rows now. Blue Dice spend from the same daily pool.
| Row | Gate | Runs per day after buying | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SECOND DICE RUN | 12 | 2 | 220,000 COPPER 92,000 SILVER 19,000 GOLD |
| THIRD DICE RUN | 24 | 3 | 230,000 STONEBARK 170,000 BLOOMSILVER 21,000 SYLVANITE |
Collars
Extra Hoard pet slots (“collars”) are not Armory rows, and worlds do not add any: past the ten you can open with shards, the seats come from the skill tree's four collar keystones and one skin-ladder reward. See Hoard Pets.
Tips
- Before a prestige, empty your bar bank into the Armory. Bars are wiped; Armory levels are not.
- ORE CHUTES and PROSPECTOR'S NOTES multiply the UPGRADES page's ore and XP rows rather than adding to them, so they speed up every future run.
- KEEN EYES is available at gate 1 and helps with the accuracy checks of the next gates.
See also
- Gates — The 50-gate ladder: how attacks work, health and armor for every gate, and everything each gate unlocks.
- The Hoard — Your pets crack chests around the clock and besiege the 50 gates that unlock the rest of the game.
- Upgrades — The UPGRADES page: 57 rows bought with bars, what each does, how they unlock and what every level costs — plus the permanent per-world expedition shops.
- Prestige — Reset your level, bars and UPGRADES at level 10+ for Prestige Points, and spend them on 27 permanent heirlooms across 4 tiers.
- Expeditions — Send crews of pets down 15 mines to dig ore while you are away. Mines, trip lengths, crew power, rare finds, pet items and every world's upgrade shop.
- Red / Blue Ball Bonus — Dice from Gold, Emerald and Ruby bins open a two-phase skill bonus: stop 5 dice for multiplied balls, then time the portal over 9 multiplier bins. 3 runs a day of each colour; five top faces bring out the golden die.