Mastery

Mastery is a new mechanic that is permanently unlocked once the player reaches zone 181 for the first time. It allows the player to spend Dark Essence, a new currency gained by using the Scryer formation, on various new upgrades.

Introduction

A new Scryer formation will unlock once the player reaches zone 181 for the first time, which will then always unlock after the player breaks the planet.

This formation allows the player to find Dark Essence, a new currency used in purchasing Masteries.The formation provides a 3% chance to drop Dark Essence per each cell in the world. The formation must be enabled for the entire duration of the fight for it to be active.

Dark Essence can only be found zone 181 or higher. Below that, the Scryer formation can be used to double loot from enemies.

Overview

The Mastery menu

Masteries are a system similar to perks, but made up of things that typically wouldn't make for good perks. The base cost for the first one is 10 Dark Essence, and increases by 3x each time a Mastery is bought. After 25 Masteries have been bought, the scaling cost increases from 3x to 6x.

There are currently 40 Masteries in total. At the beginning, only the first row (5 Masteries) is unlocked. Buying Masteries will unlock further rows.

• To unlock the second row, 3 Masteries need to be purchased in total.
• To unlock the third row, 4 further Masteries need to be bought, 7 in total.
• To unlock the fourth row, 4 further Masteries need to be bought, 11 in total.
• To unlock the fifth row, 5 further Masteries need to be bought, 16 in total.
• To unlock the sixth row, 7 further Masteries need to be bought, 23 in total.
• To unlock the seventh row, 5 further Masteries need to be bought, 28 in total.
• To unlock the eighth and final row, 5 further Masteries need to be bought, 33 in total.

Headstart II is locked because Headstart I was not purchased

Some Masteries appear multiple times, in tiers - these Masteries will always be in the same column, for example - Headstart I and Headstart II.

For those Masteries, the previous tier has to be bought first if the player wants to buy the next tier. For example, even if the player has unlocked the third row of Masteries by purchasing 7 other Masteries, Headstart II will not be purchasable if Headstart I was not purchased, and the button will glow red indicating this.

For the price of 20 Bones, all purchased Masteries can be reset and the spent Dark Essence retrieved by pressing the Respec button in top right.

List of Masteries

Tier 1

• Bionic Magnet - Automatically unlock Bionic Wonderland map after you clear the level for it. Additionally, gives all Bionic Wonderland maps the Fast Attacks modifier.
• Portal Generator - Automatically unlock Portal after clearing level 20. Also grants the 45 He.
• Bounty Hunter - Automatically unlock Bounty after clearing level 15
• Home Detector - Automatically unlock Mansion, Hotel, Nursery, Resort, Gateway, Wormhole and Collector after clearing the zone they drop at.
• Turkimp Tamer I - Increase Turkimp Bonus time by 5 minutes and Max bonus time by 10 minutes.

Tier 2

• Void Power I - +15% Attack and Health while in void maps.
• Metallic Coat - Reduce the amount of enemy damage that can pierce block by 25%.
• Headstart I - Corruption starts 5 levels earlier (181 => 176). Does not affect Dark Essence drops.
• Foremany - +50000 Foremen.
• Turkimp Tamer II - Increase chance of finding Turkimp by 33%.

Tier 3

• Void Power II - +20% Attack and Health while in void maps.
• Map Reducer I - Loot penalty for running lower maps is reduced by 1 level.
• Headstart II - Corruption starts another 10 levels earlier (176 => 166). Does not affect Dark Essence drops.
• Double Build - Stacked items in the Building Queue will be constructed two at a time. Requires Foremany.
• King of Bones I - Double chance of Megaskeletimp spawning in place of Skeletimp (10% => 20%).

Tier 4

• Hyperspeed I - Reduce the time inbetween fights and attacks by 100ms. See Combat for how this is calculated.
• Blacksmithery I - each cleared Zone through 50% of your highest zone reached will drop all available equipment prestiges from maps.
• Headstart III - Corruption starts another 15 levels earlier (166 => 151). Does not affect Dark Essence drops.
• AutoStructure - Unlock the AutoStructure tool, allowing you to automatically purchase structures. Requires Double Build.
• Turkimp Tamer III - Increase Turkimp bonus by +25% (50% => 75%).

Tier 5

• Hyperspeed II - Reduce the time inbetween fights and attacks by an additional 100ms through 50% of your highest zone reached.
• Blacksmithery II - each cleared Zone through 75% of your highest zone reached will drop all available equipment prestiges from maps.
• Magma Flow - cause two extra Magma cells to appear on any zone that already has Magma.
• Quick Gen - increase the amount of speed that the Dimensional Generator gains per zone by 50%.
• King of Bones II - Reduces minimum spawn time between Skeletimps by 10 minutes (45m => 35m).

Tier 6

• Void Power III - Your Trimps gain an additional 30% attack and health inside Void Maps. Additionally, gives all Void maps the Fast Attacks modifier.
• Blacksmithery III - each cleared Zone through 90% of your highest zone reached will drop all available equipment prestiges from maps.
• Natural Diplomacy I - Increase your token trading ratio from 10:5 to 10:6.
• Liquification I - Increase your Liquification bonus by 5%, as if you had completed 1 extra Spire.
• Turkimp IV -  Learn to grow your own Turkimp, increasing the bonus to +100%, and making the bonus available permanently.

Tier 7

• Magmamancermancy -  Magmamancers will now increase Trimp Attack by the same amount that they increase Metal. In addition, start every post-magma zone with 5 minutes of credit already applied to your Magmamancers.
• Map Reducer II - Reduces the min and max number of cells by 5 when creating maps.
• Natural Diplomacy II - Increase your token trading ratio more, from 10:6 to 10:8.
• Patience - Anticipation can now reach 45 stacks.
• Still Rowing I - Increase the bonus for completing a full row in a Spire by 50%, from 2% extra loot to 3%.

Tier 8

• Void Specialization - Receive 1 free Void Map after using your Portal for each 100 zones cleared last run. Helium from Void Maps is also increased by 0.25% for each zone cleared last run.
• Strength in Health - Your Trimps gain 15% additive damage per Healthy cell in your current Zone.
• Natural Diplomacy III - Add 5 levels to the Upgrade and Stack Transfer of all 3 Empowerments of Nature, without increasing the costs and also raises the cap of transfer to 85.
• Liquification II - Increase your Liquification bonus by another 5%, as if you had completed 1 extra Spire.
• Still Rowing II - Your Trimps will now gain attack equal to 2x their looting bonus from each Spire row cleared.

Dark Essence loot

Dark Essence has a 3% chance to drop every world cell beaten fully with the Scryer formation. When it drops, it gives a set amount which is the result of the following formula:

(1.1683885 ^ ([Current zone] - 180)) / 3

The final result is rounded down. If the resulting number is 0, the game will drop 1 Dark Essence.

Once all current Masteries have been purchased its no longer possible to gain additional Dark Essence.

Here's a table depicting the results:

Zone	Dark Essence dropped
181	1
182	1
183	1
184	1
185	1
186	1
187	1
188	1
189	1
190	1
191	1
192	2
193	2
194	2
195	3
196	4
197	4
198	5
199	6
200	7
201	8
202	10
203	11
204	13
205	16
206	19
207	22
208	26
209	30
210	35
211	41
212	48
213	56
214	66
215	77
216	90
217	105
218	123
219	144
220	168
221	196
222	229
223	268
224	313
225	366
226	428
227	500
228	584
229	683
230	798
231	932
232	1.09K
233	1.27K
234	1.48K
235	1.74K
236	2.03K
237	2.37K
238	2.77K
239	3.24K
240	3.79K
241	4.42K
242	5.17K
243	6.04K
244	7.05K
245	8.24K
246	9.63K
247	11.3K
248	13.1K
249	15.4K
250	17.9K
251	21.0K
252	24.5K
253	28.6K
254	33.4K
255	39.1K
256	45.7K
257	53.3K
258	62.3K
259	72.8K
260	85.1K
261	99.4K
262	116K
263	136K
264	159K
265	185K
266	216K
267	253K
268	296K
269	345K
270	403K
271	471K
272	551K
273	643K
274	752K
275	878K
276	1.03M
277	1.20M
278	1.40M
279	1.64M
280	1.91M
281	2.23M
282	2.61M
283	3.05M
284	3.56M
285	4.16M
286	4.87M
287	5.68M
288	6.64M
289	7.76M
290	9.07M
291	10.6M
292	12.4M
293	14.5M
294	16.9M
295	19.7M
296	23.1M
297	27.0M
298	31.5M
299	36.8M
300	43.0M
301	50.2M
302	58.7M
303	68.8M
304	80.1M
305	93.6M
306	109M
307	128M
308	149M
309	174M
310	204M
311	238M
312	278M
313	325M
314	380M
315	444M
316	518M
317	606M
318	708M
319	827M
320	966M
321	1.13B
322	1.32B
323	1.54B
324	1.80B
325	2.10B
326	2.46B
327	2.87B
328	3.36B
329	3.92B
330	4.58B
331	5.35B
332	6.25B
333	7.31B
334	8.54B
335	9.97B
336	11.7B
337	13.6B
338	15.9B
339	18.6B
340	21.7B
341	25.4B
342	29.6B
343	34.6B
344	40.5B
345	47.3B
346	55.3B
347	64.6B
348	75.4B
349	88.1B
350	103B
351	120B
352	141B
353	164B
354	192B
355	224B
356	262B
357	306B
358	358B
359	418B
360	488B
361	570B
362	666B
363	779B
364	910B
365	1.06T
366	1.24T
367	1.45T
368	1.70T
369	1.98T
370	2.31T
371	2.70T
372	3.16T
373	3.69T
374	4.31T
375	5.04T
376	5.89T
377	6.88T
378	8.04T
379	9.39T
380	11.0T
381	12.8T
382	15.0T
383	17.5T
384	20.4T
385	23.9T
386	27.9T
387	32.6T
388	38.1T
389	44.5T
390	52.0T
391	60.8T
392	71.0T
393	83.0T
394	97.0T
395	113T
396	132T
397	155T
398	181T
399	211T
400	247T
401	288T
402	337T
403	393T
404	460T
405	537T
406	627T
407	733T
408	857T
409	1.00Qa
410	1.17Qa
411	1.37Qa
412	1.60Qa
413	1.87Qa
414	2.18Qa
415	2.55Qa
416	2.97Qa
417	3.48Qa
418	4.06Qa
419	4.75Qa
420	5.54Qa
421	6.48Qa
422	7.57Qa
423	8.84Qa
424	10.3Qa
425	12.1Qa
426	14.1Qa
427	16.5Qa
428	19.3Qa
429	22.5Qa
430	26.3Qa
431	30.7Qa
432	35.9Qa
433	41.9Qa
434	49.0Qa
435	57.2Qa
436	66.9Qa
437	78.1Qa
438	91.3Qa
439	107Qa
440	125Qa
441	146Qa
442	170Qa
443	199Qa
444	232Qa
445	271Qa
446	317Qa
447	370Qa
448	433Qa
449	506Qa
450	591Qa
451	690Qa
452	807Qa
453	942Qa
454	1.10Qi
455	1.29Qi
456	1.50Qi
457	1.76Qi
458	2.05Qi
459	2.40Qi
460	2.80Qi
461	3.27Qi
462	3.82Qi
463	4.47Qi
464	5.22Qi
465	6.10Qi
466	7.13Qi
467	8.33Qi
468	9.73Qi
469	11.4Qi
470	13.3Qi
471	15.5Qi
472	18.1Qi
473	21.2Qi
474	24.7Qi
475	28.9Qi
476	33.8Qi
477	39.5Qi
478	46.1Qi
479	53.9Qi
480	63.0Qi
481	73.6Qi
482	85.9Qi
483	100Qi
484	117Qi
485	137Qi
486	160Qi
487	187Qi
488	219Qi
489	255Qi
490	298Qi
491	349Qi
492	407Qi
493	476Qi
494	556Qi
495	650Qi
496	759Qi
497	887Qi
498	1.04Sx
499	1.21Sx
500	1.42Sx

Mastery Costs

Mastery number	Individual Cost	Cumulative Cost	Zone to reach
1	10	10	184
2	30	40	190
3	90	130	198
4	270	400	205
5	810	1210	211
6	2430	3640	218
7	7290	10.9K	225
8	21.9K	32.8K	232
9	65.6K	98.4K	239
10	197K	295K	246
11	590K	886K	253
12	1.77M	2.66M	260
13	5.31M	7.97M	268
14	15.9M	23.9M	275
15	47.8M	71.7M	282
16	143M	216M	289
17	430M	646M	296
18	1.29B	1.94B	303
19	3.87B	5.81B	310
20	11.6B	17.4B	317
21	34.8B	52.2B	324
22	104.6B	156.8B	331
23	313.8B	470.6B	338
24	941.4B	1.41T	345
25	2.82T	4.24T	352
26	16.9T	21.2T	364
27	101T	123T	375
28	610T	733T	387
29	3.66Qa	4.39Qa	398
30	22.0Qa	26.4Qa	410
31	132Qa	158Qa	421
32	791Qa	949Qa	433
33	4.74Qi	5.69Qi	444
34	28.5Qi	34.2Qi	456
35	171Qi	205Qi	467
36	1.02Sx	1.23Sx	479
37	6.15Sx	7.38Sx	490
38	36.9Sx	44.3Sx	502
39	221Sx	266Sx	513
40	1.33Sp	1.59Sp	525

Changes

• In patch V4.5, 15 new masteries are added as three new tiers. Also, the price scaling for these masteries are increased from 3x to 6x.

• After patch V4.3, the Mastery Table was changed in several ways, listed here:
  • The Home Detector 1 and 2 Masteries where combined in to a single T1 Mastery, which now also includes Nurseries.
  • The Tier 2 Foremany Mastery and Tier 3 Double Build Mastery were moved two columns to the right.
  • The Metallic Coat Mastery from was moved T4 to T2.
  • AutoStructure was added as a Tier 4 mastery, requiring Double Build.
• After patch V4, the Dark Essence drop formula was changed to use 1.1683885 as the per zone increase, instead of 1.11613, rapidly increasing the number of drops. 6 new Masteries were added, and a couple of the old ones were rearranged. Foremany II was removed and merged into Foremany.
• After patch v3.71, Dark Essence drop rate was increased to 3% from 1%, but the result of the Dark Essence loot formula was slashed by 3x before rounding. This makes the most difference at the very start when Dark Essence drops give 1-2 each, as the reduction doesn't apply/is far less in this area.

Trivia

• Mastery was introduced in patch v3.7.
• Portal Generator and Bounty Hunter grant the rewards from the Dimension of Anger and The Wall respectively. This means that neither maps retains their unique drop, and will show up red after obtaining the mastery.
• Home Detector 1 and 2 don't pick up the Housing upgrades, e.g. UberHut.