Spender’s guide

By Jay and Sefhi | Published: Mar 24, 2023 | Updated: Aug 27, 2026

Before you spend

This guide is solely for the purpose to tell you what packs and or “deals” are actually worth your money for what you are getting back.

If you aren’t sure whether it’s worth spending money, then this guide probably won’t be for you. However, this guide can help you decide if you want to take the next step into getting packages that will be a benefit to you if you are a light spender.

We’ll talk only about packs worth for light spenders since that is where we are sitting in terms of spending ourselves.

Monthly cards

• 30-Day Supply Package: The absolute best value in a package in the game, 100 Gem Gem Description Highly-valued gems. They will never diminish in value even when the world meets its demise. per day for 30 days. If you are only looking for a single thing to purchase in the game ever, this is the one thing for sure.
• 30-Day Upgrade Supply: This is a weird one that we only recommend for whales and not light spenders. The best picks in the daily box are actually Skill Manual III Skill Manual III Description A manual that provides a summary of how to enhance Nikke's inherent abilities to the fullest extent. Used when upgrading skills 1 and 2. Obtained from the Simulation Room. , Burst Manual III Burst Manual III Description A manual that provides a summary of how to enhance Nikke's inherent abilities to the fullest extent. Used when upgrading Burst Skills. Obtained from the Simulation Room. or Core Dust Core Dust Description An unknown substance that can be extracted in small quantities from a Rapture's core. Contains information related to the given Rapture unit's combat experience. Can be used to strengthen Nikkes. 99% of the time. The rest of the options you can pick are based on your current needs (I do pick credits sometimes lmao).

Campaign packs

There are two packages that provide 10,000 Gem Gem Description Highly-valued gems. They will never diminish in value even when the world meets its demise. for $20 each. Both are worth it for light spenders, so this should be your priority after the monthly card.

New commander packs

With the persona Collaboration we actually got some new packs that are pretty good for new commanders. There are two of them, one with pulls and resources for $4 and one that includes 3 multis and an SSR selector.

When it comes to the selector and the second pack, there are a few good options to get, but I would recommend Ade: Agent Bunny Ade: Agent Bunny Tier 1TetraIronBurst 2Sniper RifleSupporter , Vesti: Tactical Upgrade Vesti: Tactical Upgrade Tier 2ElysionFireBurst 3Rocket LauncherAttacker , Moran Moran Tier 5Treasure: Tier 1TetraElectricBurst 1Assault RifleDefender , Mast: Romantic Maid Mast: Romantic Maid Tier 1ElysionWaterBurst 2Machine GunSupporter .

They are all great picks that will help new players progress, but the best option changes based on your account and your roster, even for new player that do not have a lot of characters.

Mission / event passes

Generally, these types of packages appear once every major event and last through the entirety of the event, giving you 15 days worth of rewards for completing dailies.

Most if not all mission passes had a reward at the end that is the value of the entire pass, with 15 days worth of stuff, including:

• Recruit Voucher Recruit Voucher Description Voucher used by Commanders to recruit Nikkes. Used in Ordinary Recruit (Cannot be used in other recruits).
• High-Quality Mold High-Quality Mold Description Collect a certain amount of this item and use it to recruit SR or SSR Nikkes. Pilgrims, Over-spec Nikkes, and other specific Nikkes are excluded. and Mid-Quality Mold Mid-Quality Mold Description Collect a certain amount of this item and use it to recruit SR or SSR Nikkes. Pilgrims, Over-spec Nikkes, and other specific Nikkes are excluded.
• Advanced Recruit Voucher Advanced Recruit Voucher Description Voucher used by Commanders to recruit specific Nikkes. Used in Special Recruitment and Limited-Time Recruitment (Cannot be used in other recruits). (event passes)
• Skins and/or Portrait Borders

The best purchase for light spenders after monthly cards since you can get skins, molds and resources all together.

Limited-Time packages

These change on every single event we get, and there are some good packages.

Light spenders: Special Recruit Package 1 to 3 depending on how much you spend per month. The higher you go, the less pulls per dollar spent.

The rest are not worth it unless whale.

Step-up packages

If you buy, the whole thing is an amazing deal for low spenders. It only comes on big events such as anniversary, collaboration, and limited unit releases.

If you can’t afford everything, the $5 and $20 steps are pretty good for pulls.

Buying power (levels)

• Custom pack 1 ($20): Double Credit Credit Description Universal currency in the Ark. In short, money. , last spot Core Dust Core Dust Description An unknown substance that can be extracted in small quantities from a Rapture's core. Contains information related to the given Rapture unit's combat experience. Can be used to strengthen Nikkes.
• Monthly pack ($20): The one with both Credit Credit Description Universal currency in the Ark. In short, money. and Core Dust Core Dust Description An unknown substance that can be extracted in small quantities from a Rapture's core. Contains information related to the given Rapture unit's combat experience. Can be used to strengthen Nikkes.
• Weekly pack ($15 and $10): Same thing, the ones with Credit Credit Description Universal currency in the Ark. In short, money. and Core Dust Core Dust Description An unknown substance that can be extracted in small quantities from a Rapture's core. Contains information related to the given Rapture unit's combat experience. Can be used to strengthen Nikkes.

Like I said earlier, this gets expensive really quickly and overall is not worth it for most players.

I’ve been buying levels recently since I wanted to catch up to other day 1 spender players, but if you are interested in increasing your Synchro level faster, those are the best packs to get.

Lastly, the weekly packs are the lowest value for the price. Monthly and custom pack 1 are a lot better in that regard.