Enchant Strategy

The Three Eternal Trade-offs

Every enchant decision trades off against three things:

The Five Recommended Builds

Pick one build and stick with it for at least a prestige cycle. Builds are expressed as the core enchants to prioritize — most builds also layer utility enchants (Haste, Jump Boost) on top.

Early-Game Build (Rank 1–25, Prestige 0)

The first few hours are about getting the income engine running. Every enchant here is unlock-rank 1 and unlock-prestige 0 — buy them the moment you can.

Mid-Game Build (Rank 25–60, Prestige 1–5)

Once core passives are at Lv 25+, layer in the proc enchants. These have higher unlock requirements but their effects stack on top of your passive income.

Late-Game Build (Rank 60+, Prestige 6+)

The endgame enchants are prestige-gated (typically unlock-prestige 6–8) and have base costs of 25K–100K tokens. They're the multipliers that make 6-digit Denarius sells possible.

Mining-Speed vs Economy vs Utility

Pickaxe enchants roughly divide into three buckets. A balanced build has at least one from each.

Mining speed is multiplicative with economy — doubling your blocks-per-minute doubles your income from economy enchants. But the speed cap (server tick rate + haste stacking) limits returns past a certain point, so don't over-invest in speed at the expense of economy.

Currency Farming Strategies for Enchants

Auctoritas is the bottleneck. Every strategy below feeds either direct token income or the Denarius to buy books from other players.

Enchant Categories — Where to Look

The full enchants.yml groups enchants into 22 categories. The most relevant for build craft:

The remaining categories (CHAOS, COSMIC, DIMENSIONAL, ENERGY, LUCK, OPENCHANTS, SYNERGY) are themed sets with their own progression lines — explore them once your core build is solid.

Proc Chances — How to Read Them

In enchants.yml, the proc-chance field has three meanings:

• 1.0 — fires on every block break. Pure passive, scaled by level.
• A specific value (e.g. 0.05) — flat 5% chance per break, not scaled by level. Level affects the effect, not the proc rate.
• -1 — uses the implementation's getProcChance(level), meaning the proc chance itself scales with level. The description usually shows the formula (e.g. "0.005% per level").

Cost Scaling — Why Level 50 Costs What It Costs

Most enchants use EXPONENTIAL cost scaling with a per-enchant multiplier (the cost-multiplier field). The cumulative cost to reach level N is approximately:

total(N) ≈ base_cost × (multiplier^N - 1) / (multiplier - 1)

The lesson: the multiplier matters more than the base. token_boost at Lv 50 is cheaper than bank_heist at Lv 5. Plan your build around the multipliers you can afford.

Tips From the Top of the Leaderboard

• Don't prestige-reset an enchant without a plan. Some enchants carry over with prestige; others reset. Check before you prestige.
• Save your enchant books. Low-level books from crates are fuse fodder — combine two Lv 1 books to get Lv 2, etc. See Enchant Books.
• Pair enchants with the right ability. Mass Detonate procs every block-break enchant for every block it clears — a +5% money enchant with MD is +500% income during the ability window.
• Time your sessions to boosters. A 2× money booster + critical_strike proc on a high-value ore is the best Denarius/hr in the game. Stack with a personal booster during server-wide boost hours.
• Use the Mining Summary to test. The 60-second Sarcina summary shows Enchant income separately from Mine income. If it's near zero, your build isn't firing — check proc rates and equip order.

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