Idle Miner: Tips

Screenshot from the actual game.

Game: Idle Miner
Developer: Fluffy Fairy Games
Available on: iOS & Android

A free-to-play clicking game, focussing on mining all sorts of goods. The game is all about investing wise in your shafts. Therefor, a few tips on how to play Idle Miner!

1. The 'not so clicking' clicking game

If you start with this game, you will start of with only 1 type of gem to mine and 1 shaft to use. You should follow the directions given in the sort of tutorial which starts the game. But after clicking a couple of times, you should see a green arrow. This indicates you can 'upgrade' your shaft. Upgrading gives you more money per mining cycle and might also improve walking speed and the amount of workers in 1 mine. To begin with, work your way to level 10 of the first shaft. By doing so, you will enable the opportunity to have managers in the shaft, for the elevator and on the surface. These managers will help you with doing the mining automatically, instead of you clicking all the way.

But there is more: These managers will offer a certain bonus, depending on their function. Managers in the shafts have different bonuses from the manager in the elevator. Besides the different bonuses, they will also have different levels, from Executive to Junior. Take advantage of these bonuses, especially the 'Upgrade costs' manager.

2. Do not only upgrade the shafts

A thing to keep in mind, is that the upgrading should not only be done on the shafts. The elevator and surface must be upgraded as well, otherwise you will be less likely to grow rapidly. A wise thing to keep in mind: Keep both the elevator and surface around the same level as the shaft with the highest level. If you like to use your managers (See point 3), you might want to upgrade your elevator and surface a little bit more.

3. Use your managers' benefits

You should always try to efficiently use your managers. Although I'm not sure there is 1 best way of using them, I use the following strategy (See picture on the right on an example):

I split my managers, based on their quality at first. I start with the Junior managers on top, the executives are always on the floors that are the farther away from the surface. I personally opt to keep the 'Upgrade' managers out of these positions at first, so I can use them when I need them for cheaper upgrading. It's great to use the benefits for generating more money, although you'll need your elevator and surface to be able to keep it up.

4. Get to new regions with new gems as soon as possible.

At the moment, there are 5 different gems/items that can be mined. You start with coal, but there are more regions that can be unlocked with sufficient money. It is recommended to open up at least 1 or 2 of these regions as fast as possible, but keep in mind you will need money for upgrading these shafts as well. At least those upgrades won't be that expensive to start with, so it's a great way of earning more money in different shafts.

Keep an eye on your Idle cash meter. That shows the amount of money you get per second in each complete mine (Depending on the amount and levels of your shafts, the level of the elevator and the level of the surface). It gives a good idea in which region you should be for the most money, so you can upgrade earlier. 

Also, you must keep in mind you will need to visit the other regions to collect your cash. You must do that by yourself.

5. Use super cash wisely

One of the best thing the game has to offer, is that upgrading is rewarded with super cash. Super cash can be used to buy multipliers for your income, with both 2x and 10x the cash is offered as options (And a 2x multiplier forever, for €4,99). Do that wisely: a 2x multiplier for 12 hours has a better value than the 2x multiplier for a single hour. Best is to save up your super cash for the longer
multipliers, although it could be worth the consideration of spending it on shorter ones, for upgrading purposes.

Also, Super Cash can be earned by logging in on a daily basis. It's a good way to make some cash.

6. Patience is the key

Perhaps a little unneeded to say, but patience is the key for this game if you want to keep it free. You should try to take advantage of the 'Watch video' option to have a multiplier and save up super cash for bigger multipliers. Don't expect to completely dominate the game within a few days, but create a strategy that you will follow throughout the game.

Enjoy the game and if you have even more tips, share them in the comments down below!!