In-game currencies

Currently there are 2 main in-game currencies (Credits and A-Coins) used to acquire most items in the game. There are also 5 other resource types that are tracked with the main currencies: Pilot resources (Pilot Marks and Implant Parts), Tournament Tickets and Crate resources (Fortune Vault Keys and Event Tokens). Blueprints are tracked separately for individual mechs and weapons but those could also be considered to be pseudo-currencies.

See also: Obtaining Resources

## Main Currencies

### Credits

Credits are a widely available soft currency used to acquire some mechs and weapons from the Gear Hub, upgrade their level (together with blueprints), and purchase common and uncommon blueprints from the shop. Credits are easier to obtain, and after the early game there are fewer sinks so players are usually not constrained by lack of credits (At least, after purchasing the gear available for credits in the early game).

Credits are obtained from events, crates, watching ads, tournament and various other sources - see Obtaining Resources for detailed analysis. Credits can also be purchased using A-Coins in the shop or through in-app purchases.

### A-Coins

A-Coins are the main premium currency/hard currency in the game. A-Coins are used to acquire more advanced items from the Gear Hub, upgrade the Rank of Mechs and Weapons, and accelerate progression by purchasing various resources (such as credits, crates, tickets and blueprints) and skip timers (refresh shop offers and replenish combat points)

A-Coins are obtained from events, crates, tournament and various other sources - see Obtaining Resources for detailed analysis. A-Coins can also be obtained through in-app purchases.

## Pilot Resources

### Pilot Marks

Pilot Marks are a currency used to upgrade the rank of pilots. Daily pilot objectives (In the Daily & Core event group) award up to 110 pilot marks per day, so it would take more than 4 months to accumulate the 13,860 pilot marks required to upgrade a single legendary pilot from rank 1 to rank 6. Pilot Marks can also be purchased by A-Coin, offered in the shop or awarded by various events, season pass and crate rushes.

### Implant Parts

Implant Parts are used to upgrade the rank of implants. They are obtained by scrapping implants and as awards from various events, season pass and crate rushes. They can also be purchased using A-Coins or offered in the shop. Since pilots and implants were launched there has been an ongoing controversy surrounding the implant part cost to remove implants from pilots, which is considered to be "stealing from players" by many in the community. The implant removal fee has been removed and returned a couple of times so far and it remains to be seen how this controversy be resolved in the long run.

## Crate Resources

### Fortune Vault Keys

Fortune Vault Keys are used to open Fortune Vaults. They are obtained mainly through Tournament rewards but are also awarded by various events, achievements, season pass and crate rushes.

### Event Tokens

Event Tokens (Also referred to as Event Crate Tokens or Crate Rush Tokens) are used to open Event Crates. Different events or Crate Rushes offer different methods of obtaining these tokens - purchased in the shop, awarded by events, bought for Credits or A-Coins or given for free.

## Tournament Tickets

Tournament Tickets are used to enter a Tournament match. One ticket is required for every match entered. There are two kinds of tickets:

* **Regular Tournament Tickets** - These are received for free on tournament days. You can have a maximum of 12 regular tickets, and ticket obtained when you already have 12 regular tickets is wasted/lost. You can receive 12 per day:
	+ 6 from the store's Iron Crates (2 per each of the 3 crates)
	+ 3 from Silver Crates (1 per each of the first 3 Silver Crates opened that day)
	+ 3 from the Golden Crate rewarded from the daily objectives. If you don't open this Golden Crate it will be available the following day in your mailbox. It is possible to accumulate those and thus obtain more than 12 regular tickets in a given day.

* **Gold Tournament Tickets** - These can be purchased for A-Coins in the stores or received as rewards. You can have an unlimited number of golden tickets.

The main currency display shows the total number of Tournament Tickets. In order to verify how many regular or gold tickets you have you can open the quick match menu and from there click on the tickets icon. This is useful to plan the timing of when to open crates containing regular tickets without wasting them (due to reaching the maximum 12)

## Blueprints

Blueprints are a pseudo currency used to upgrade the level of mechs and weapons. Each mech and weapon (individual weapons including energy level) have their own unique pool of blueprints. Random blueprints are obtained from crates, events, daily login, season pass and some event crates. These blueprints are selected randomly from every mech and weapon in the unlocked tiers in your Gear Hub plus mechs and weapons you already own from locked tiers. The chance of obtaining a blueprint is driven by the item's rarity:

Blueprint Chance
 Uncommon
 Rare
 Epic
 Legendary

This distribution applies if you have unlocked at least one item of each rarity level. If you have not yet unlocked any item from a given rarity level you will not get random blueprints of that level and the chance distribution will be slightly different.

Specific blueprints can be acquired in the shop or be awarded by events, crate rush or achievements.