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Elemental Mode

The Elemental Mode was added to Idle Miner Tycoon with version 4.30.0. It introduces the Elemental Continents to the game that require new strategies for using your Super Managers as their effectiveness is affected by their Elemental Affinities.

## New Features

Version 4.30.0 introduced the Elemental Mode and with it various new features:

* 2 Elemental Continents
* 10 Elemental Mines
* Fragment Crafting
* Elemental Affinities
* Essences
* Pouches

## Unlock and Access Elemental Mode

Once you progress far enough in the first Main Continents there will be two buttons at the top of the World Map - Main Mode and Elemental Mode. Main Mode is the normal game which you play as soon as you start Idle Miner Tycoon featuring the Main Continents.

Elemental Mode can be unlocked once you have collected 15 Prestige Stars on the Main Continents. In this mode, you move to an elemental version of the World Map and progress through the Elemental Mines on the Elemental Continents.

## Overview

Each Continent in the Elemental Mode has an Element assigned to it, and your Super Managers also have at least one associated Element. If you pair the Element of the mine with a Super Manager of a matching Element, their effectiveness will increase. If it does not match or is a bad match, then their effectiveness will be lessened.

For example, Super Manager "Aurora" has the "Frost" Element and is assigned in a mine on the Frost Continent. Each Element increases or decreases the effectiveness of the Super Manager in their current Mine. Aurora will therefore be more effective than normal in a Frost Continent Mine, but less effective in a Nature Continent Mine. This system is called Elemental Affinity.

More information on the Super Managers’ Elements is shown in the Super Managers' HQ on the World Map. You can swap between the two modes at any time at the top of the map.

## Rewards

Elemental Mines are separate from the Mines on the Main Continents, and they give different rewards for Prestige, such as Essences. They are then used to craft additional Fragments for the Super Managers that you already have. Crafted Fragments can be used to increase the rank of your Super Managers.
Research

Research can affect your gameplay by making more income in mines, prestige cost reduction, rock barriers costing less to unlock, and rock barriers taking less time to clear out. One the Research Island you can use Research Points to unlock Skills. Read more about specific Skills on the Skill System page.

# Types of research points

There are 6 types of research points, grass research points, ice research points, fire research points, dawn research points, dusk research points, and ancient research points.

## Grass research points

These are used for grass research, it is used to make more income in mines.

## Ice research points

These are used for ice research, it is used to make rock barriers cost less, less time, and cost reduction on prestige.

## Fire research points

These are used for fire research, it is used to increase walking speed boost of elevator/warehouse managers, hiring new managers costing less, loading speed of the elevator/warehouse stronger, and effects of managers lasting longer.

## Dawn research points

These are used for dawn research, it is used to get more income in Mainland Mines, hiring Super Managers costing less, leveling/promoting a super managers costing less, and rock barriers in Mainland Mines having less time to unlock.

## Dusk research points

These are used for dusk research, it is used to make miners have more capacity, elevator/warehouse managers loading faster, and increase elevator/warehouse manager's speed.

## Ancient research points

These are used for ancient research, it is used to make continents make more income, upgrades on mine shafts on specific continents costing less, and getting more mainland gems.

## Underwater research points

These are used for underwater research, it is used to make continents make more income, upgrades costing less on selected mines, increased Gem rewards, lower Gem costs and Impossible Mine upgrades
Currencies

Idle Miner Tycoon has many different types of currencies! You can find a more detailed overview in Cash.

Each of the Main Continent comes with its own form of Cash:

* Start Continent (Grass) = Start Cash
* Ice Continent = Ice Cash
* Fire Continent = Fire Cash
* Dawn Continent = Dawn Cash
* Dusk Continent = Dusk Cash
* Ancient Continent = Ancient Cash
* Lost Desert Continent = Lost Desert Cash
* Underwater Continent = Underwater Cash

Then you will always have special Cash in the Event Mines - the Cash is always named after the theme of the event, e.g. "Puppy Cash", or "Disco Cash".

## Currency Display

More info on how the currencies are displayed here: Currency Display
Expeditions

Expeditions are available on the Expedition Island, that can be found at the center of the World Map. You can participate in Expeditions that will give you rewards once the timer has ended. Rewards and duration depend on the rarity of the Expedition (common, rare, epic, legendary). You have a choice of three random Expeditions and can re-roll your choices every 24 hours.

## Friends

You either have the option to join a friend's expedition or go on your own expedition. You can join a friends expedition but only if it has spots available. 5 people can join an expedition at maximum.

## Inviting

You can invite your friends to your expedition by going in your own expedition and pressing on the button next to "Invite friends to speed up your Expedition!". You will be given an option for which friends you want to invite. Inviting someone makes your expedition come up first on screen and they receive a notification.

## Types of expeditions

### Common Expedition

These have a 80% chance to appear when you re-roll your expeditions. These give you 2 rewards around 6h.

### Rare Expedition

These have a 15% chance to appear when you re-roll your expeditions. These give you 3 rewards around 12h but these are better rewards then the common expeditions.

### Epic Expedition

These have a 4.8% chance to appear when you re-roll your expeditions. These give you 4 rewards and usually takes up 1 day to complete.

### Legendary Expedition

These rarely appear with a 0.2% chance when expeditions are re-rolled. These give you 5 rewards after 2 days.
Takuma Kurebayashi

Takuma Kurebayashi (紅林拓真) is one of the tritagonists of *The Asterisk War: Erika's Decision*. He has a crush on Sylvia Lyyneheym and one of Erika's love interests who lives in Lovely Hills. He is misunderstood and often bullied by his fellow townsfolk who believe that he's the "Devil's Child", much like Ai was thought to be in her village. It is unclear if he possesses as much spiritual powers as Ai, but he does have the ability of foresight and he has been observed by Ai for some time.

Takuma is a child in Hell Girl Two Mirrors and later a young teenager in The Asterisk War: Erika's Decision with black hair and greyish black eyes. He wears the traditional both Rewolf Black Institute & Seidoukan Academy uniforms for males.

Takuma as a teenager
Erika Amagiri

Erika Benitez (天霧えりか (née (ベニテス)) usually known as Jan Erika Poop Eater Suarez Benitez (ヤン・えりか・スアレス・ベニテス), also known as Omi-Jan(meaning Demon-Jan) is a delusional talentless bitch who is the bitch character of The Asterisk War X Donk Wankers Unite. she was a 10 year old student of Seidoukan Academy and she has the lowest rank there too. now she is around 24-25 years old. her spirit animal is a pig.

While Erika claims that her main objective behind entering Seidoukan is to make conditions better for those living in Philippines, in reality she only wants to get closer to Ayato Amagiri, a classmate who attends Seidoukan Academy even though he told her he doesn't give a flying pteranodon's fuck about her and that he is in a polyamorous ship with Ichika Orimura Chifuyu Orimura and Julis Riessfeld. Erika is a complete creep and is a virgin who wants Ayato Amagiri to herself but he says fuck no everytime.

She gets crazy jealous when she sees any other girl with Ayato. She has threatened to kill Julis multiple times. Fortunately, she never goes through it because Julis easily kicks her butt in anything. Erika is also under the delusion she is the fiancée/girlfriend of Ayato.

she claims to be kind, loving and sweet but in truth she's anything but that. She's a ruthless bratty annoying whiny petulant childish hypocritical bitch under the delusion that she is destined for great things and was also dropped as a baby multiple times and got cuddled by her dumbass parents while she is eating poop. Despite her claiming she's loved by all, in reality everyone hates her. She once kicked a baby animal in front of it's mom where Erika got attacked by the mom within seconds.

Ayato Amagiri gives zero shits about her and wouldn't piss on her even if she was on fire. Erika is also a stalker as she even stalks him in the men outdoor baths while he is making out with Ichika Chifuyu and Julis. She is also afraid of dinosaurs, even the gentle ones. She was attacked by Pokemon and Digimon often for being a total twat.

At the end of The Asterisk War X Donk Wankers Unite where Ayato is about to marry Ichika Chifuyu and Julis, Erika tried to stop the wedding but she failed when Godzilla saved the wedding from her and then Erika was last seen being chased by a Dimetrodon. Good riddance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzdl\_3oo83A
Acronyms

IMT players are using a lot of Acronyms when talking about the game, it may get confusing quickly to new players.

Here is a list of the most common Acronyms! Credit to **INEEDSLEEPI** on Discord!

## **Basics**

* IMT = idle miner tycoon
* MS = Mineshaft
* E = Elevator
* W = Warehouse
* SM = super manager
* II = impossible island
* ML = mainland
* RC = real cash
* SC = super cash
* IC = instant cash
* MIF = mine income factor
* CIF = continent income factor
* UW = underwater (continent)
* BF = Black Friday

## **Strategies**

* SA = shaft ahead (shaft is upgraded the most and SMs are used to take advantage)
* E / W ahead = elevator or warehouse ahead (elevator or warehouse are upgraded and SMs are used)
* MOLDS = Maple Octavia Lux Damien Samantha
* NLP = no / low preload (not stockpiling resources before the strategy)

## **Super managers**

* DJ = Damien Jones
* Sam = Samantha Reiss
* Buggy = Ut’ux
* Enzo = Lorenzo
* PI = Professor Impossible
* Twins = Luna and Stella
* Oct / Skoda = Octavia
* GI = Green Idler
* Bling = Blingsley
* R5 = rank of a super manager (5 in the example)
* 20p = super manager level to 20 and promoted

## **Equipment**

* Ewh = epic wool hat
* Ears = bunny ears
* EU = epic umbrella
* ES = epic scarf

## **Frontier mine**

* FM = frontier mine
* TJ = time jump
* FC = frontier credits
Main Continents

There are 8 **Main Continents** in Idle Miner Tycoon. They are the Start Continent (Grass), Ice Continent, Fire Continent, Dawn Continent, Dusk Continent, Ancient Continent, Lost Desert Continent, and the Underwater Continent. Each has their own color-code that you find in their Cash, Research Points and design. Each Continent contains 5 Mines.
Instant Cash

Instant Cash items give you a specific amount of time's worth of Cash right away depending on the item used. For example, a 4 hour token will instantly give you 4 hours' worth of Cash, and a 3 day token will give you 3 days of Cash.

The amount of Cash given is dependent on the Idle Cash generation of that entire continent at that moment. So if you use an Instant Cash item on the Coal Mine and you also have your Gold Mine, Ruby, Diamond, and Emerald unlocked you'll gain the Cash generated from all of those mines as well! However, any mines that are still to be opened will not be counted towards the Cash given! So be sure to open as many mines as you can before you use one!

**Tip:** *If you purchase an Instant Cash Token with Super Cash in the shop it will use the Instant Cash Token right away for the continent you're currently in, it will not land in your inventory! Make sure you buy it in the correct mine.*
Dusk Continent

The Dusk Continent is the fifth continent to become available in Idle Miner Tycoon.

You need 10.8ai Dawn Cash to unlock the Dusk Continent.
Here you collect Dusk Cash which is only valid on the Dusk Continent / for Dusk/purple items like Dusk Research Points (purple Skill Points).

The Dusk Continent has 5 different mines:

* Fluorite Mine
* Quartz Mine
* Aragonite Mine
* Beryl Mine
* Calcite Mine

All 5 mines have a unique and different design.

The costs to unlock the mines are:

* Fluorite Mine - free when you unlock the Dusk Continent
* Quartz Mine - 532ac
* Aragonite Mine - 5.46af
* Beryl Mine - 3.52ai
* Calcite Mine - 35.7ak

When you have all 5 mines unlocked, you can tap on the "$ Collect" button on the right of the world map:

* press the green "Collect" button to receive all your Idle Dusk Cash
* press the "Boost All!" button to get an ad boost for all 5 mines at once!
Elemental Mines

Elemental Mines are the mines in the Elemental Continents. They are part of the Elemental Mode that is separate from the Main Continents. When playing these mines be aware of the Elemental Affinities of your Super Managers as they may be less or more effective depending on the Element of each Elemental Mine and the Super Manager used.

## Elemental Affinities

Each Elemental Mine features a certain Element. For example, the Nature Gold Mine features the Nature Element. Every Super Manager comes with their own Element(s) and determines in combination with the Mine Element the effectiveness of their ability. There are 8 Elements in total. You can read more about this in the Elemental Affinities section.

## Rewards

In these mines you can earn Essences every time you Prestige. With these Essences you can craft Super Manager Fragments. Fragments are used to rank up Super Managers which makes them stronger and can unlock additional Elements for them.
Recurring Events

Idle Miner Tycoon often features recurring Events that are active in your Mines and bring extra rewards: Edgar's Extravaganza, Sue's Treasure Trials, Dr. Nova's Boost Blast, Stella's Elevator, Lucky Wheel, Lucky Draw.

## Event Overview

**Edgar's Extravaganza:** This event featuring Edgar the Mole increases his rewards and changes his appearance to be cooler than the rest!

**Sue's Treasure Trials:** Help Sue unearth a long lost Treasure Mine! Spending Super Cash anywhere in the game grants you additional rewards!

**Dr. Nova's Boost Blast:** Help Dr. Nova learn more about Boost optimization for her research! Using Boosts anywhere in the game grants you additional rewards!

   **Stella's Elevator:** Can you reach the bottom of Stella's Elevator without being caught by Luna? Choose one of four chests for each floor and pray Luna won't jump out to snatch away your rewards.

**Lucky Wheel:** A reward wheel with varying prizes and rarities, use Super Cash to spin. Some Lucky Wheels offer a free daily spin for watching a video.

**Lucky Draw:** A reward draw featuring various items, draw using Super Cash. Received rewards are taken out of the reward pool but Super Cash cost increases with each draw.
Warehouse

The Warehouse is one of the core features of Idle Miner Tycoon.

The Warehouse consists of warehouse workers that push carts from the elevator to the warehouse. Every time the cart reaches the elevator, the resources will fill up the cart. Afterwards, the workers will push it to the Warehouse, turning in the resources for cash.

Every upgrade increases the total transportation, load per transporter and loading speed. At level **20**, **100**, **300** and **500** the transporter also gains an additional worker. The maximum amount of workers is **5**. The maximum level of the warehouse is **2400**

You can collect Collectibles from Chests which give you extra bonuses in the warehouse. Your currently-selected bonus is shown in the orange circle in the top-left corner of the warehouse picture, as shown here!
Research Points

Research Points are a Currency used to unlock Research Nodes, permanent upgrades to your game. They can be purchased with Cash from the Main Continents, with Super Cash or in the Shop with real money. Every Research Point has an associated Main Continent (except Lost Desert Continent) and Research Tree.

## Universal Research Points

Universal Research Points can be exchanged for any type of Research Point as the name suggests. The exchange is irreversible. It is not possible to exchange excess Research Points for Universal Research Points.

# Types of research points

There are 6 types of research points, grass research points, ice research points, fire research points, dawn research points, dusk research points, and ancient research points.

## Grass research points

These are used for grass research, it is used to make more income in mines.

## Ice research points

These are used for ice research, it is used to make rock barriers cost less, less time, and cost reduction on prestige.

## Fire research points

These are used for fire research, it is used to increase walking speed boost of elevator/warehouse managers, hiring new managers costing less, loading speed of the elevator/warehouse stronger, and effects of managers lasting longer.

## Dawn research points

These are used for dawn research, it is used to get more income in Mainland Mines, hiring Super Managers costing less, leveling/promoting a super managers costing less, and rock barriers in Mainland Mines having less time to unlock.

## Dusk research points

These are used for dusk research, it is used to make miners have more capacity, elevator/warehouse managers loading faster, and increase elevator/warehouse manager's speed.

## Ancient research points

These are used for ancient research, it is used to make continents make more income, upgrades on mine shafts on specific continents costing less, and getting more mainland gems.

## Underwater research points

These are used for underwater research, it is used to make continents make more income, upgrades costing less on selected mines, increased Gem rewards, lower Gem costs and Impossible Mine upgrades
Official IMT Communities

Idle Miner Tycoon players are gathering on various platforms to talk about the game!

Here are the official communities for Idle Miner Tycoon:

* **Idle Miner Tycoon Subreddit**
* **Idle Miner Tycoon Facebook Group**
* **Idle Miner Tycoon Discord Server**

You can also follow us on:

* **Idle Miner Tycoon Facebook**
* **Idle Miner Tycoon Instagram**
* **Idle Miner Tycoon YouTube**
Dawn Continent

The Dawn Continent is the fourth continent to become available in Idle Miner Tycoon.

You need 275ah Fire Cash to unlock the Dawn Continent.
Here you collect Dawn Cash which is only valid on the Dawn Continent / for Dawn/pink items like Dawn Research Points (pink Skill Points).

The Dawn Continent has 5 different mines:

* Heliodor Mine
* Realgar Mine
* Alexandrite Mine
* Celestine Mine
* Titanite Mine

All 5 mines have a unique and different design.

The costs to unlock the mines are:

* Heliodor Mine - free when you unlock the Dawn Continent
* Realgar Mine - 2.3ac
* Alexandrite Mine - 184ad
* Celestine Mine - 7.37af
* Titanite Mine - 7.37ah

When you have all 5 mines unlocked, you can tap on the "$ Collect" button on the right of the world map:

* press the green "Collect" button to receive all your Idle Dawn Cash
* press the "Boost All!" button to get an ad boost for all 5 mines at once!
Event Seasons

You can get additional rewards by playing Event Mines!

Your Event Mine Rewards will also include something called "Season Points".

When you click on the Event Season Island, you’ll see the season reward system:

* **"Season Points"** level bar in the middle
* **"Free Pass"** on the left side
* **"Premium Pass"** on the right side

## Season Points

    The "Season Points" bar tells you how many points you have collected by playing Event Mines and your progress level towards awesome rewards!. Each level is 40 Season Points. The points you earned in the Event Mines count for both sides ("Free Pass" and "Premium Pass").

## Free Pass

    "Free Pass" gives you free awesome rewards!

## Premium Pass

    "Premium Pass"  unlocks premium rewards by picking up the "Premium Pass" (from the in-game shop). It gives you access to even more awesome rewards!!, season-exclusive avatars, and let you skip levels. The cost of skipping a level is 500 Super Cash.

The "Premium Pass" (from the shop) is only valid for a limited-time and it will expire after the Event Season ends. You can pick it up at any time during the Event Season.
Mineshafts

**The Mineshafts** are one of the core features of Idle Miner Tycoon. You mine your resources (and therefore Cash) from the mineshafts. The Cash which your miners collect is stored on the left of each shaft, where it will be collected by the Elevator.

Every upgrade increases the total extraction, mining speed and worker capacity. At level **10**, **50**, **100*,* 200** and **400** each shaft also gains an additional worker. On Mainland Mines, you gain a worker at level **700** instead. The maximum amount of workers is **6**. The maximum level of each mine shaft is **800**.

At each level increment, you gain a "boost" (a large gain in extraction). On continent mines, you earn 2 Super Cash when reaching an increment **without** prestiging. If you have already prestiged on a mine, you will only gain one super cash per increment. The increments are as follows: 10, 25, 50, 100, 200, 300 (Event Mines, Mainland Mines and Frontier Mines do not have 300 increment), 400, 500, 600, 700, and 800.

## Barriers

Every five Mineshafts, you will see a barrier blocking the next possible mineshaft.

To unlock the barrier, you can let it unlock for the amount of time it says. Alternatively you can watch ads to reduce the time, or you can use Super Cash to immediately unlock the barrier. The Mineshaft behind the barrier does **not** unlock after you open the barrier. You can open the next mine shaft like normal with Cash or Super Cash.

In Continental mines, the maximum number of Mineshafts is 35. To unlock shafts after Mineshaft 30, players needs to unlock the **Core Barrier**.

The Core Barriers requires Prestige Level 5 in the mine and a significant amount of cash compared to the previous barrier.

"Unlock Finished"After opening the Rock Barriers, new Mine Shafts is avaible to purchase.
## Trivia

* In Mainland, Event, Frontier, and Impossible Island Mines, the maximum number of shafts is 30. In Continental mines, the maximum number of shafts is 35 (as mentioned above).
* Mineshaft 31 is one of the hardest to unlock. It requires Mineshaft 30 to be fully maxed to unlock Mineshaft 31. From this point on, you will have to max the current shaft (or come close to maxing) to have enough cash for the next one.
* Mineshafts from 31 to 35 are called **Core Mineshafts**. Mineshaft 31 has the same background as Mineshaft 30. The rest have a yellow, sand-like background.
* Collectibles give an extraction bonus when upgraded. In addition, epics give an income bonus for the Start, Ice, Fire, and Dawn each. Legendary ones give a continental bonus, so try and choose the right collectible for the right mine.
Andile Ncobo

**Ace Ncobo** (born in Nqadu Village, Willowvale, Eastern Cape)[1] is a former South African football (soccer) referee.
He was a school principal (Dumalisile Comprehensive High School, Butterworth High School)(WILLOWVALE) and university lecturer with a number of degrees to his name.
He resigned from education in 2007 when he took up a position as general manager for the Premier Soccer League. He is credited with introducing a number of innovations to the management of professional football in South Africa.

Ncobo was formerly a FIFA referee, and is known to have officiated in FIFA matches during the period from 2000 to 2007. He served as a referee in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers.

He worked for more than a decade as a well-known educationist in the rural areas of the Eastern Cape. Known as a down-to-earth person who loves his people, his Ace Ncobo Charity Institute carries out a lot of community development initiatives, especially amongst young people. The Charity Institute which he funds from his various businesses spends millions each year on rural and township development projects.

Although quite famous himself, one of his companies, Mzantsi Stars (Pty) Ltd, manages a number of top names in the creative industry and sports. He has built a reputation as a shrewd brand strategist, PR and Marketing guru.

As Group CEO of Hotline Media Group he oversees and monitors the work of the different CEO's who manage the various divisions in the group of companies. The group has interests in media, social media marketing, digital advertising platforms, systems architecture, brand development and events management.

He also owns a growing property development company that has doubled its portfolio in the past five years.

Known as Mr Spot On in his role as a Specialist Football Analyst, the ExtraTime football magazine programme on Supersport TV is beamed live every Monday to an international audience of over 150 million viewers.

He is a well-known staunch member and supporter of the African National Congress and holds the position of Branch Secretary. He is renowned for being a vibrant community development activist.

## References

1. ↑ Courtney, Barrie. "Tunisia - Details of International Matches 2000-2007". *RSSSF*, 28 February 2013. Retrieved on 26 April 2013.
2. ↑ FIFA. "Match Report - Gambia - Senegal 0:0". 8 June 2008. Retrieved on 26 April 2013.
Ser-Veresta

**Ser-Veresta: Demon Sword of the Black Furnace** (黒炉の魔剣セルベレスタ, *Kuroro no MakenSeru Beresuta*?) is an Orga Lux owned by Seidoukan Academy. It is currently being used by **TBA**, with a compatibility rate of **TBA**. It was formerly used by Shizuka Tōdō, whose compatibility rate sat at an extremely high 96%.

## Personality

Ser-Veresta is rumored to have one of the *nicer* personalities in comparison to other Orga Luxes. It apparently hates when a person constantly bothers it. The reason why Shizuka had such a high compatibility rate with the Lux is that she more or less, shares the same irritants: she doesn't like to be pestered.

## Appearance

When deactivated, Ser-Veresta takes the appearance of what seems to be an unsheathed dagger, with the Urm Manadyte that is its core beset in the center of where the dagger's sword blade would meet the hilt. When activated, the grip expands in the wielder's hand and the hilt changes into that of a swept hilt. The top portion grows into a pointed edge that opens up to reveal a white blade that changes color to purple when excess amounts of Prana is poured into the Lux. The length of the blade also depends on the amount of Prana used upon activation (although the size can be adjusted after it has been activated); the default size of the blade is one meter long and twelve centimeters wide.

After using the Ser-Veresta for a year, Shizuka was able to figure out another function of the Lux: the ability to make slight changes with her Prana that gives the Ser-Veresta a new form. Shizuka's ideal form of the Ser-Veresta is a chokutō with a sheath, which she uses as a second weapon. She also uses it so she can practice the Tōdōryū battōjutsu.

## Abilities

The Integrated Enterprise Foundation's description of the Ser-Veresta's powers mentions that it has the aptitude to '*disintegrate all that it touches*' and '*when it pierces, the world shall turn to purgatory*'. On top of this, the Ser-Veresta's blade is made of pure heat. Thus, it has power over heat.

On the other hand, the cost to wield Ser-Veresta is its high prana consumption rate that would quickly dry up a user with a normal reserve. In addition, it has an incredibly demanding personality, resulting in an incredibly low chance of getting a high compatibility rate. Shizuka is a sole exception to this because of her shared personality with the Lux as well as her prowess as a swordswoman forced Ser-Veresta into submission.
Edgar the Mole

Edgar is a mole that can randomly pop up in your mines. If you manage to catch him he rewards you with Instant Cash but also other goodies occasionally! You will have to watch a video to receive the rewards unless you have the No Ads Offer.

Edgar is also featured in a Recurring Event called Edgar's Extravaganza in which his rewards are greatly increased.
Gems

You earn Gems when you play the Mainland Mines.

There are three different types of Gems:

## Green Gems

These Gems are used to buy Super Managers at the **Super Managers beach** on the world map.

## Blue Gems

These Gems are used to upgrade the Super Managers you have bought.

## Red Gems

These Gems are used to unlock Passive Skills for the Super Managers you have bought.

## Instant Gems Items

     Instant Green Gems Item -- from the shop, costs 1500 Super Cash.

Instant Blue Gems Item -- from the shop, costs 1500 Super Cash.

Instant Red Gems Item -- from the shop, costs 1500 Super Cash.

## Power Crystals

Also check out the Power Crystals which are linked to Gems!
Mystery Boost Tickets

Mystery Boost Tickets can be exchanged to obtain a random Boost. You can exchange them in the Mystery Boost section of the in-game Shop. There are two types of tickets, the golden Super Mystery Boost Tickets can be used to obtain a Super Mystery Boost. The silver Mystery Boost Ticket can be used to obtain a Mystery Boost. Each of the two Mystery Boosts has a pool of possible Boosts that can be drawn. Mystery Boosts can also be bought with Super Cash instead once there are no more Tickets.

You can get these tickets from Expeditions, Daily Reward & certain limited offers from the in-game shop.

   Mystery Boost Ticket (silver): 1 ticket for 1 free play of Mystery Boost which costs 150 Super Cash.

   Super Mystery Boost Ticket (gold): 1 ticket for 1 free play of Super Mystery Boost which costs 750 Super Cash.

There is also the Platinum Mystery Boost Ticket which costs 4000 Super Cash.
Permanent Boosts

Permanent Boosts are Boosts that never run out and therefore provide a permanent upgrade to the income in your mines. They can be bought in the in-game Shop for real money.

* 2x Idle Cash forever (this can be bought twice and stacks to 4x)
* 2x Cash forever
* No Ads Offer (Provides a permanent Ad Boost that has to be extended manually)

Adding friends also provides your game with a permanent 100% income increase, but this cannot be directly observed in the boost of your mine. The friend boost will double your Income Factor that determines how productive your mine is!
Lost Desert Continent

The Lost Desert Continent is the seventh continent in Idle Miner Tycoon.

In this continent, you collect Desert Cash which can only be used to purchase upgrades on the Lost Desert Continent. In addition, Desert Cash can be used to buy some of the Lost Desert artifacts. The continent has five different mines:

* Chrysoberyl Mine - free when continent unlocked
* Labradorite Mine - 7.26ad
* Aventurine Mine - 82af
* Jasper Mine - 29.2ai
* Carnelian Mine - 407ak

## Trivia

* This is the only continent to not have a dedicated research point.
* It is also the only continent to have a section in the Artifacts island that only benefits the Lost Desert Continent.
Key Forge

The Key Forge belongs to the Impossible Island. Here, you can forge Keys that are used to open Impossible Mines. Forging a Bronze Key (the first key you can forge) takes 5 days of real-time or you can melt Boosts to reduce the forging time. When a Boost is melted, it cannot be used again.

Once you have collected enough Keys, you can use them to unlock the next Mine on the Impossible Island.

## Types of Keys & Forging Times

* Bronze Key: 5 days
* Silver Key: 10 days
* Gold Key: 15 days
Managers

Managers are a core component of the Fundamental Gameplay of Idle Miner Tycoon. They automate your working process and grant certain bonuses that can be activated for a short time. You can purchase managers once your first Mine Shaft reaches level 5, beforehand you need to manually manage your workers.

There are separate managers for your Elevator, Warehouse and Mine Shafts. Managers are available in three different ranks: Junior, Senior and Executive. Their abilities increase with each rank, so using Executive managers in your most productive Mine Shafts as much as possible is sensible.

## Hiring Order

You may think that the managers hired are random but the order is always the same to a certain point. After these fixed managers are hired at random.

## Manager Types

**Types of** "**Warehouse Managers":**

 Upgrade Cost
 Loading Speed Boost
 Load Expansion

**Types of "Elevator Managers":**

 Upgrade Cost
 Loading Speed Boost
 Load Expansion

**Types of "Mine Shaft Managers":**

 Upgrade Cost
 Mining Speed Boost

Managers can be sold for 50% of what you paid for them. If you choose to watch a video in order to sell your manager, you will receive 100% of the money you spent.

**Work Times of "All Managers":**

 Cooldown

You can improve your Managers abilities by unlocking the Red Skill Tree.

## Activate all Managers

In the bottom-right of your mine you can find a button with tools on them. If you press it you open the Mine Overview. With the "Activate" button you can activate all managers at once!
Strega

**WitchesStrega** (魔女ストレガ, *majōSutorega*?) are female Genestella that have the power to manipulate Prana and connect it through flesh and blood to influence the physical realm.

## Overview

All Genestella have the aura known as Prana. Most will only ever learn how to use it to physically enhance themselves. However, this is not the case in terms of Stregas. Stregas are able to manipulate Prana to a higher degree of perfection than other Genestella, to the point where they can influence the physical realm outside of just simply self-strengthening. A Strega obtains the power of supernatural abilities which are usually modeled after realistic objects, such as Asseylum's fire spells taking the motif of flowers.

Currently, Stregas are known to compose 1.8% of all Genestella.

## List of Known Stregas

* Hinata Amagiri - Kitsune
* Asseylum vi Britannia - Pyrokinesis
* Annabeth li Britannia - Umbrakinesis
* Mahiru Hīragi - Osteokinesis
* Kurtashkina Nadezhda Svyatoslavovna - Hydrokinesis
* Shizuka Tōdō - Healing
Ancient Continent

The Ancient Continent is the sixth continent to become available in Idle Miner Tycoon.

You need 12al Dusk Cash to unlock the Ancient Continent. Here you collect Ancient Cash which is only valid on the Ancient Continent / for Ancient/turquoise items like Ancient Research Points (turquoise Skill Points).

The Ancient Continent has 5 different mines:

* Aquamarine Mine
* Ammolite Mine
* Azurite Mine
* Pearl Mine
* Turquoise Mine

All 5 mines have a unique and different design.

The costs to unlock the mines are:

* Aquamarine Mine - free when you unlock the Ancient Continent
* Ammolite Mine - 3.77ad
* Azurite Mine - 42.8af
* Pearl Mine - 16.2ai
* Turquoise Mine - 240ak

When you have all 5 mines unlocked, you can tap on the "$ Collect" button on the right of the world map:

* press the green "Collect" button to receive all your Idle Ancient Cash
* press the "Boost All!" button to get an ad boost for all 5 mines at once.

Once you have unlocked all the continents and mines in the game, under "All Continents" you will be able to "Collect" and "Boost" all the mines at once.
Tokens

Tokens are a Currency exclusively used for opening Briefcases that contain Fragments for Super Managers. They are one of the ways you can rank up and obtain Super Managers. Common, rare and epic Tokens can be collected and used to open their associated Briefcases at any time. However, Special Tokens are exclusively used for time-limited Briefcases that usually contain new Super Managers. 20 Tokens are needed to open a Briefcase. The Briefcase contents can be previewed by pressing on the "i" button. Certain Briefcases guarantee a 30 Fragment reward after a fixed amount of openings.
Frost Continent

The Frost Continent is the second Elemental Continent in Idle Miner Tycoon.

You need 937az Nature Cash to unlock the Frost Continent. Here you collect Frost Cash which is only valid on the Frost Continent to upgrade your Frost Mines and to possibly unlock the next Elemental Continent once it is released.

The Frost Continent has 5 different mines:

* Frost Moonstone Mine
* Frost Amethyst Mine
* Frost Sapphire Mine
* Frost Crystal Mine
* Frost Jade Mine

All 5 mines are associated with the Frost Element and affect the Active and Passive Abilities of Super Managers. You can read more about this on the Elemental Affinities page.

The costs to unlock the mines are:

* Frost Moonstone Mine - free when you unlock the Frost Continent for 937az Nature Cash
* Frost Amethyst Mine - 1.15al
* Frost Sapphire Mine - 20aq
* Frost Crystal Mine - 30.4au
* Frost Jade Mine - 4.02ax

When you have all 5 mines unlocked, you can tap on the "$ Collect" button on the right of the world map:

* press the green "Collect" button to receive all your Idle Cash
* press the "Boost All!" button to get an ad boost for all 5 mines at once!
Power Crystals

Power Crystals are a resource used to reduce the cost of Super Manager Promotions and Level Ups with Gems from the Mainland Mines.

## Overview

The Gem costs for Levels and Promotions of Epic and Legendary Super Managers are very high and the rate at which Gems can be acquired is limited by the rewards of the highest Mainland Mine. This means that some levels for Super Managers of higher rarity are realistically impossible to achieve. Each Power Crystal used halves the Gem cost of a Super Manager Level or Promotion and makes them achievable. Blue Power Crystals reduce the Blue Gem cost of Level Ups while Red Power Crystals reduce the Red Gem cost of Promotions.

## Where to use Power Crystals

You can use Power Crystals in the overview panel of each Super Manager, in the same menus that are used for Level Ups and Promotions. If you have Power Crystals they will be shown at the top and can be used to halve the price.

## Where to get Power Crystals

You can get Power Crystals from in-game Shop offers, as well as Recurring Events and the Frontier Mine
Mainland Mines

The Mainland Mines have 16 locations (as of the release of Mushroom Forest) and each location has 15 levels (mines). You play them in order to unlock the next level (mine) and finally to unlock the next location.

The Dawn Research tree can significantly improve many aspects of the Mainland mines, such as increasing reward payout, decreasing barrier time, and reducing the number of gems needed to hire/power up Super Managers.

## Rewards:

At each level (mine), there is a pool of rewards that you will gradually acquire as you level up the Mainland Mine, eventually giving the full amount once all Mineshafts, Elevator, and Warehouse are at max level. All of these rewards are used in connection to the Super Managers

- All Mines give Green Gems, used to hire Super Managers

- From the Sixth Mine onward, each mine also gives Blue Gems (equaling roughly 20%-25% of the Green Gem payout for that mine) , which are used to level up Super Managers, improving their respective abilities

- The last five mines in each section also give Red Gems (equalling roughly 3%-5% of the Green Gem payout for that mine), which are used to 'Promote' Super Managers when they reach levels 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50, and will unlock additional passive abilities for that manager

- Completing any of the Mainland Mines (with the exception of the very first one) also gives the player 3 Iron, 3 Glass, and 3 Fabric, components used to craft equipment that can be given to Super Managers to hold, granting them extra abilities regardless of their level or other powers.

- An additional one-time reward is given to the player when they complete the last mine of a section for the first time.

## Requirements to Play:

To play the Mainland Mines you need pay the amount of cash stated in the specific Mainland Mine. The cash starts out from Starter, Ice, and Fire cash, but eventually progresses through the other continents, encouraging users to level up their continents one by one.

The continents required to play is also the type of "CASH" you need to buy the Mines.

*You can replay these mines at any time if you want to re-obtain rewards from that mine and / or you are unable to access the next mine.*

## Current Mainland Locations:

#### Mushroom Forest (Levels 226-240)

*Special Thanks to Discord user <beeboman82> for providing gem payouts from level 166 to 189*

*Special Thanks to Discord user <Anima> for providing prices of ML level 226 - 240*

*Special Thanks to Discord user <Kiryl> for providing gem payouts of ML level 196 - 240*
Nature Continent

The Nature Continent is the first Elemental Continent in Idle Miner Tycoon.

The Nature Continent is unlocked with the Elemental Mode. Here you collect Nature Cash which is only valid on the Nature Continent to upgrade your Nature Mines and to unlock the Frost Continent.

## Requirements

### Costs to Unlock

15 Prestige Stars from Main Continents

The Nature Continent has 5 different mines:

* Nature Coal Mine
* Nature Gold Mine
* Nature Ruby Mine
* Nature Diamond Mine
* Nature Emerald Mine

All 5 mines are associated with the Nature Element and affect the Active and Passive Abilities of Super Managers. You can read more about this on the Elemental Affinities page.

The costs to unlock the mines are:

* Nature Coal Mine - free when you unlock the Nature Continent
* Nature Gold Mine - 917ak
* Nature Ruby Mine - 16aq
* Nature Diamond Mine - 24.3au
* Nature Emerald Mine - 3.21ax

When you have all 5 mines unlocked, you can tap on the "$ Collect" button on the right of the world map:

* press the green "Collect" button to receive all your Idle Nature Cash
* press the "Boost All!" button to get an ad boost for all 5 mines at once!
Super Cash

Super Cash is the Premium Currency in Idle Miner Tycoon. You get this currency from leveling up your mine shafts & elevator & warehouse , from the Daily Reward, from your Expeditions, Prestige, Event Mines, and for real money in the in-game shop. You can use it to buy Chests, Research Points (Skill Points), boosts from the shop to progress even faster, or to speed up things across the whole Idle Miner world (e.g. unlocking Rock Barriers).
Underwater Continent

The Underwater Continent is the eighth, and currently last continent to become available in Idle Miner Tycoon.

In this continent, you collect Underwater Cash which can only be used to purchase upgrades on the Underwater Continent, as well as electric blue items like the Underwater Research Points (electric blue Skill Points). The continent has five mines:

* Nautilus Mine
* Atlantis Mine
* Bermuda Mine
* Siren Mine
* Abyss Mine
Currency Display

Numbers for Currencies in Idle Miner Tycoon can increase exponentially. The numbers can be become so long in fact, that the amount of zeros would not fit on the screen in normal notation. That is why a different number notation is used to display these Currencies (similar to scientific notation).

## Notes:

[1]: This kind of representation includes two digit letters in alphabetical order which start from "aa." This is common in many other idle games, but it not used in real life.

[2]: As the second letter reaches the letter "z," the first letter is shifted from letter "a" to the letter "b." This resets the second letter back down to "a."

[3]: Any "counting unit" above this is **UNREACHABLE** in-game.

[4]: The limit of the Currency Display System is **999cz** (**9.99 x 10248/999 Unoctogintillion**), the System WON'T display any number greater than this.

[5]: Any number higher than **1.79769313 x 10305** will display as **NaN** - Not a Number (And immediately reverts back to **1.79769313 x 10305**).

[6]: This is the double-float limit for a number of tycoon games. This value will be impossible to get even with cheats since you will not get any number higher than [5].
Impossible Island

The Impossible Island offers great challenges to the whole Idle Miner World.

If you complete its extreme mines objectives , you will win exclusive rewards like avatars, decorations and Medals (Legendary Super Managers).

You need 250ac Fire Cash to unlock the Impossible Island.

To unlock the mines, you will first need to forge Keys by going to the Key Forge Island.

The Impossible Island has 10 different mines:

* Dark Shores
* Dangerous Shores
* Impossible Shores

* Dark Passage
* Dangerous Passage
* Impossible Passage

* Dark Gateway
* Dangerous Gateway
* Impossible Gateway

* Impossible Tower [MegaMine Corp.]

All 10 mines have a unique and different design.

The costs to unlock the mines are:

* Dark Shores -- 5 Bronze Keys
* Dangerous Shores -- 15 Bronze Keys
* Impossible Shores -- 20 Bronze Keys

* Dark Passage -- 25 Bronze Keys & 5 Silver Keys
* Dangerous Passage -- 30 Bronze Keys & 10 Silver Keys
* Impossible Passage -- 35 Bronze Keys & 15 Silver Keys

* Dark Gateway -- 45 Bronze Keys, 25 Silver Keys & 5 Gold Keys
* Dangerous Gateway -- 50 Bronze Keys, 30 Silver Keys & 10 Gold Keys
* Impossible Gateway -- 55 Bronze Keys, 35 Silver Keys & 15 Gold Keys

* Impossible Tower [MegaMine Corp.] -- Coming Soon
Fundamental Gameplay

Playing Idle Miner Tycoon revolves around building and upgrading your mine as well as managing your resources. It makes a big difference how your resources are invested to your overall progress.

## Fundamental Gameplay Loop

Idle Miner Tycoon is a game based on three components. Your Mine Shafts, Elevator and Warehouse each produce or transport resources. To receive these resources and be able to reinvest them in upgrades they need to first be mined in the Mine Shafts, picked up by the Elevator and then transported to the Warehouse. If only one of these three is lacking in throughput the amount of money that reaches your Warehouse is limited (bottleneck). Leveling your Elevator and Warehouse to match the output of your best Mine Shaft is essential in progressing at the beginning of the game.

After leveling your first Mine Shaft to level 5 you unlock Managers in your mine indicated by the outline of a person. Press on this outline and hire a Manager that will keep your workers working. Hiring Managers for your Elevator and Warehouse as well means that all three components are automated and you will receive resources without doing anything. You also notice that you are producing Idle Cash in the top-left of your mine. This is the amount of Cash per second that you will make if you close the game and return after a period of time. It is lower than your active production (leaving the game running and mining resources) but gives you Cash to spend when you open the game after a while.

Unlocking lower and lower Mine Shafts as well as leveling your Elevator and Warehouse to keep your Cash production in balance is the key to success!

## Additional Strategies

Here is where our wiki editors (players who have reached out to community@idleminertycoon.com for access) can share strategies for the "basic" game! More advanced strategies can be found in Mining Strategies.
Fragments

Super Manager Fragments are used to obtain and rank up Super Managers. Each Fragment is associated with a specific Super Manager. Collecting 30 Fragments of a Super Manager that you have not yet unlocked will unlock them in your game permanently. Fragments of a Super Manager that you already have unlocked can be used to rank them up and make them even stronger.

## Fragment Sources

Fragments can be obtained from many different sources:

* By opening Briefcases with Tokens on the "Fragment Briefcases" area of your World Map
* By buying them directly in the Super Manager section of the shop with Super Cash
* By receiving them from Recurring Events
* By gathering enough Green Gems for the Green Gem Draw
* By gathering Medals on the Impossible Island
* By buying them in offers from the shop with real money