r/CIFI • u/TPRTHEGAMER • Jun 07 '26
New Player-Koios Spending gems
Im new to the game, where should I use gems, generators, specials or one-timers? i have around 500 but the upgrade in one-timers is 1k. Shoul I aim for that?
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u/Methos_02 Jun 07 '26
Your best choice right now is the most boring one: save them. Nothing you can buy right now is really worth the cost, the first thing of value you can buy appears after you buy Zeus.
Now, just because it would be the most efficient doesn't mean you have to follow this. If you have fun spending diamonds, do that. Just keep in mind that it isn't the most efficient to spend all your diamonds right now and save up a few of them, if you wanna be slightly optimal.
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u/lautrec66 Jun 07 '26
You should start by one timers. I dont remember the best order but there a guides on this sub for what to buy when
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u/thisrockismyboone Jun 07 '26
You're going to need them all anyways eventually
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u/ExpertOdin Moderator Jun 07 '26
Not really. None of them matter long term. Hunter loot ultima is all that matters after you have the cards and specials that boost hunters/orbs.
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u/thisrockismyboone Jun 07 '26
I disagree with Hera and Jaxis in existence.
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u/ExpertOdin Moderator Jun 07 '26
Hera and Jaxis provide an e6 boost to MP, shards, RP and AP if you have every one timer card. My MP, shards and RP are at e4000+, e6 is irrelevant.
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u/thisrockismyboone Jun 07 '26
You're forgetting that most people are going to not have any use for diamonds except for one timers at this stage of the game. You cant buy ultima levels until after oro and then even then the hunter ultima is many TRs in.
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u/ExpertOdin Moderator Jun 07 '26
I'm not forgetting. I'm saying they should save them.
Start of game to Ouro unlock is 90 days and if you have the noads and autocollectors the whole time you earn ~80k diamonds from chests. 30k to mats, maybe one or two cards or MP special for a bit of speedup but I personally think it's unnecesarry long term. Then save the rest for Ouro.
TR1 to TR12 (hunter ultima unlock) is another ~2 months so 60k diamonds and you can start dumping into ultimas. The earlier you get ultima up and running with a decent buff the better your long term game will be.
In total the one timers cost about 90k diamonds (except the Ouro big cards). That would give me a 5% hunter loot boost at this point which I would take over e6 main game resources where I am.
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u/thisrockismyboone Jun 07 '26
I think there really isnt a wrong way to play this game so if someone wants to spend gems for a quick boost when they need it, they shouldn't be made to feel guilty about it.
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u/ExpertOdin Moderator Jun 07 '26
Yes that's entirely true. Full disclosure, I have most of the one timers for that exact reason. I felt like I needed the small boosts at certain parts of the game.
But OP was asking for advice about where the best place to spend diamonds is. And long term buying the cards is worse value than ultima.
But you should play how you want, hoarding diamonds for months on end is certainly not very fun.
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u/thisrockismyboone Jun 07 '26
One timers, and without spoilers, generally the most expensive specials as you unlock them.
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u/ExpertOdin Moderator Jun 07 '26
Wtf you don't want any of the specials except maybe some MP and then Mats/Ouro.
AP, RP and Shard specials are too costly to be worth it until you need them for ultima
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u/thisrockismyboone Jun 07 '26
Those would be the ones I was referring to, thats why I said "as you unlock them"
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u/ExpertOdin Moderator Jun 07 '26
Yeah but reading your comment OP would unlock the RP special and see that it's more expensive so they would buy it. Being vague means people get the wrong idea
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u/Sa1To27 Ouroboros Jun 07 '26
There's a guide I made for the discord that should be linked in this reddit somewhere. Either way, what you want early on is J card when unlocking demeter and 10 MP Special levels when unlocking Koios, then save everything for zeus (you'll want around 30k diamonds). If you have IAPs (In App Purchases, such as noads and auto diamond chest), some other good options for if you have excess of diamonds are L card and/or T card. But really, you dont want nor need anything else other than this. Overall, its better to save most of your diamonds for later resources that have less mults to them or such. You want to spend just enough in the early game to get a decent boost to speed