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Gem Shop Tier List - IdleOn

April 9, 2025

There are lots of different items in the IdleOn Gem Shop to buy and so our Gem Shop Tier List will rank each item based on what will give you the biggest boost for your account. We've also ranked all the Gem Shop Packs based on value for money since you cannot get them any other way.

If you're looking to get Gems, you can either buy them with real money or use our Free Gems Guide.

Gems are used to buy items from the IdleOn Gem Shop.

We've ranked all the Gem Shop items according to this system:

  • Tier S - The best items in the Gem Shop, well worth getting over all others and likely to give you the biggest boosts going forward.
  • Tier A - Great items to buy when you have enough Gems available.
  • Tier B - Useful but not quite as important as A or S Tiers. Only buy these if you're overflowing with Gems!
  • Tier C - Avoid these unless you've got unlimited amounts of money!
  • Tier D - Not worth getting at all really. Only get to show off!

With that being said, let's dive into our list!

Tier S Items

Some of these items may not be available all the time, especially if they were included in the Limited Time section.

Name Description Cost Quantity Section
30% OFF NORMAL PRICE!!! This necklace equipment comes with a 1.30X Damage Multi bonus, and +20% Mob Respawn bonus! 590 1 Limited Time
Turns the 1st liquid cauldron DRAGONIC (or 2nd or 3rd or 4th if you already own dragonic cauldrons). These give 2x Liquid Capacity, and 1.3x liquid generation FOREVER!. 969 1 Limited Time
Lets you produce TWO anvil items at once! Applies to all characters you make. Stacks with other bonuses that give +1 anvil hammer. 300 1 World 1
Can assign +2 extra players to this cauldron. Also has a 1.5x faster brewing, and 1.5x higher new bubble chance. 300 4 World 2
Can assign +1 extra player to this cauldron. Also have 1.5x higher Liquid Cap, and 1.5x faster liquid regeneration rate. Unlike Bubble Cauldrons, you have to buy these in order. 500 4 World 2
Unlocks the 2nd printer chamber to print stuff in, for ALL characters you ever make, forever. This lets you print two things at once, it can even be the same thing twice! 875 1 World 3
Lets you swap between different card loadouts with ease! No more manually swapping cards around when doing different things! Each purchase gives +1 preset for ALL characters 250 5 World 1
Lets you equip another card, so you can have more card bonuses! This applies to all characters, and is recommended before buying card packs! 150 4 World 1

Out of all the the items in the Gem Shop, these items are the most important to get.

You'll be using Alchemy throughout your IdleOn adventure, and so having the massive boosts from the Cauldrons will help get Bubbles quicker, generate Liquids quicker and just generally help you progress faster.

In World 1, you'll want to make sure you get the Infinity Hammer, which is essentially doubling your materials output.

World 3 gives you access to the 3D Printer and you'll want to buy the Crystal 3D Printer, which allows you to print two items at once. It's incredibly powerful and only gets better as you progress in the game.

Cards are very important too, and you'll want to get the 4 extra Card Slots ASAP so you can get more easy bonuses. The card preset is also valuable and allows you to switch easily between skilling and damage card sets.

Tier A Items

For some of you, these items will also be S Tier items. However, we felt you can get away with not having these items for a while, so only buy when you feel you reach a progression bottleneck.

Name Description Cost Quantity Section
Brimstone slots smelt bars 50% faster, and have +50% multi-bar chance, meaning you'll get extra bars for every ore! These MULTIPLY with forge upgrades, so they're always good! 100 16 World 1
Boosts the max number of eggs in your breeding nest by +1. ALSO, as an added bonus, you get 1.10x New Pet Breeding Chance for each time you buy this! 350 5 World 4
Upgrades 1 kitchen, in order from first to last, to a Richelin Kitchen! These have 3x Meal Cooking Speed, 2x New Recipe Speed, and 40% Cheaper Upgrade Costs! 250 10 World 4
Each purchase soups up 2 lab Tubes. Players in souped-up tubes get 2x Lab EXP gain, and +30% Line Width. Keep in mind, players are played in tubes in chronological order. 480 5 World 4
Boosts the amount of Divinity Points and Divinity EXP gained by +25% for all of your players! Also adds a divinity sparkie that wanders around the deity volcanos, pondering its existence. 250 6 World 5
The Sprinkler in the garden, which instantly regrows sprouts, now has a 30% chance to not use up its charge! Each additional purchase boosts this chance by 1.5x! Instantly unlocks Sprinkler if not unlocked yet! 400 4 World 5
Increases the maximum number of sprouts your garden can hold by +1! Also adds a small lava sprout to your underground gamer lair, which completements the dankness of the ground walls! 310 6 World 5
Permanently gives you +1 Land Plot to grow crops in! 420 12 World 6

For the A Tier list, we recommend getting the Brimstone slots to help with Crafting Items. You'll increase the amount of Bars you get, which become a lot slower as you start crafting items from Anvil Tab IV onwards.

When you reach World 4, you'll want to buy the Royal Egg Cap to increase the amount of breeding eggs you can hold, and boost your breeding chances.

Likewise, Cooking is a slow skill in World 4, so buying the Richelin Kitchens for the ones you're using is worth it.

The Laboratory in World 4 and Divinity in World 5 are both AFK stations. You literally will just be spending hours upon hours in these areas of the game to unlock bonuses. The best way to speed up this part of the game is with the Souped Up Tube and Divinity Sparkie.

Next up in boosting the Gaming Skill with the Sprinkler and increasing the amount of sprouts your garden can hold.

Tier B Items

There are a lot of Tier B Items from the Gem Shop, mainly because they are nice boosts, but not essential to enjoying IdleOn.

Name Description Cost Quantity Section
Use this on a 4 star card to upgrade it to 5 stars! You'll see where to use them by clicking on any diamond 4 star cards you own in Codex. 486 7 Limited Items
Each purchase gives you a permanent bonus of +20% Sigil EXP gain! Remember, you must reach World 4 before you can level up Sigils! 250 10 World 2
Raises the minimum level of books from the Talent Book Library by +5. This means it's more likely for you to get the highest possible level books! 250 4 World 3
Lets you equip +1 more Prayer at the same time, on all characters! 250 4 World 3
These premium cogs are the best in the same! Yin Cogs have the best base stats! Yang Cogs have the best Surround Effects! Each purchase gives 1 of each! 500 8 World 3
Gives you a random console chip. There are currently 22 Chips in the game, so you have a 1 in 22 chance of getting any particular chip. This item restocks each week. 385 7 World 4
Gives you a random Jewel that you don't already own. No need to worry about duplicate jewels! This item restocks each week, unless you own all Jewels, then it won't restock. 450 2 World 4
Increases the maximum amount of chests your sailing Loot Pile can hold by +1! Also adds a Chest Sluggo to roam around your dock! (Note: Not every purchase will visually add another slug, it'd be too chaotic!) 250 12 World 5
Gives you a random Pristine Charm in your Sneaking Inventory, which gives permanent bonuses to your account! You cannot get duplicates from this. This item restocks each day. 920 2 World 6
Adds a shroom familiar to your Summoning Sanctuary, which gives a permanent 1.40x bonus to all Essence gain. 750 6 World 6
Each purchase gives +2 daily crop instagrows every day you log in, forever. Also, each purchase gives +20% additional chance for +1 crop when fully grown. 610 8 World 6
Gives +4 extra Item Slots for your backpack! Applies to all your characters, even ones you haven't made yet! 200 6 Useables
Gives +9 extra Storage Chest Slots! Storage Chests are found in each town, and the items you put in are shared by all your players. 175 12 Useables
Each purchase boosts the carry capacity by +25% for all your characters. This starts working immediately, and applies to every item type! 150 10 Useables
Gives +1 extra food slot for all characters, forever! Don't worry, 4 food slots will be added FOR FREE in game in later updates, scattered across the game! 450 2 Useables
Gives +9 extra Storage Chest Slots! Perfect for any hoarding tendencies you may have! 450 10 Useables
Each purchase gives +13 daily teleports every day, forever. You can use these on the Map Screen. You can be gone for up to 6 days and claim them all upon your return! 120 10 Useables
Contains 4 cards from these sets:
  • Spirited Valley
  • Hard Resources
  • Bosses n Nightmares (at least 1 100%)

Rarity Chance

  • Lv2 - 30% (1 star)
  • Lv3 - 35% (2 star)
  • Lv4 - 35% (3 star)
720 100000 Useables
Permanently get 2x EXP boost for the villager of your choice. You can only buy this once per villager. 780 5 Oddities
Permanently get a 1.50x boost to resources collected from The Well and The Harp caverns! Two purchases would mean 2.00x resources, three purchases are 2.50x, etc. 420 10 Oddities
Gives you +1 Conjure Point to invest in bonuses! If you haven't rescued Cosmo the Conjuror Villager yet, you'll want to hold off buying any of these. 330 12 Oddities
Gives you +1 Opal to invest into villagers! You'll find most of your opals in the caverns, but some ended up here! Note: You can only buy 4 per day. 250 60 Oddities

All of the Useables that help increase capacity like Storage Slots are all great items to buy if you have excess Gems. You get plenty of Storage Space and Inventory Bags through the game naturally anyway.

In World 4 you can boost the Laboratory early on by purchasing Jewels and Chips. All of these items are available in-game, but they're on rotation and can be hard to obtain early-game.

The Daily Teleporter boost only really needs one purchase- you won't normally run out of free teleports.

When you find The Hole in World 5, you then can purchase plenty of boosts to help with uncovering The Caverns.

The 5-Star Cardifier is an essential item for anyone looking to maximize their card stats, and Card Packs in generally are not worth buying unless you're very early-game and want to get some quick boosts.

Tier C Items

Go ahead- buy them if you want! But you might be better off saving your Gems for Limited-Time items that keep cropping up!

Name Description Cost Quantity Section
Gives you a random Circle Hyper Obol! The four equal possibilities are +4% DROP RATE, +2% ALL STAT, +3% DAMAGE, and +2% MULTIKILL Per TIER! 475 4 Limited Time
Gives +5 STR to the applied item at 100% success rate. Can only be used on Premium Equipment. 200 - Useables
Gives +5 AGI to the applied item at 100% success rate. Can only be used on Premium Equipment. 200 - Useables
Gives +5 WIS to the applied item at 100% success rate. Can only be used on Premium Equipment. 200 - Useables
Gives +5 LUK to the applied item at 100% success rate. Can only be used on Premium Equipment. 175 - Useables
Turns any normal hat into a Premium Hat. 250 - Useables
Put two hats on either side of this stone, and it'll swap the special bonuses between them! Works with Premium hats, as well as normal hats that you've Premium-ified! 25 - Useables
Use this on a premium hat to refund all Premium Stones used on it, and reset the hat back to starting stats. No, this does not reset upgrades on regular items lol 30 - Useables
Unlocks +1 space to take samples in. These are the tiny blue squares. Buy this if you want to juggle between different samples without having to retake them all the time. 275 6 World 3
Unlocks +1 more slot to build towers in! Remember, each slot builds at your FULL build rate, so this upgrade helps massively to upgrade all your towers to max level! 350 4 World 3
Makes your flaggies unlock spaces faster, opening up your board for more cogs! Each purchase boosts Flaggy rate by +50% 250 6 World 3
Unlocks 2 Fenceyard slots, which are great for Breedability Pets and Shiny Pets! 275 6 World 4
Each purchase gives anywhere from 3 to 12 eggs in your item inventory! Use these eggs in your inventory to refill your nest with eggs! This item restocks each day! 270 4 World 4
Gives you 1 Miracle Chest from a random island! These have 20x more treasure and 30x higher Artifact chance, including Ancient Artifacts! This item restocks each day. 345 3 World 5
Upgrades a random artifact you own to its ANCIENT form! 100% Success chance, no foolin! This item restocks every week. See Guild GP claim for when that happens. You must own a normal artifact to buy this. 790 2 World 5
Gives you a random Pristine Charm in your Sneaking Inventory, which gives permanent bonuses to your account! You cannot get duplicates from this. This item restocks each day. 920 2 World 6
Adds a shroom familiar to your Summoning Sanctuary, which gives a permanent 1.40x bonus to all Essence gain. 750 6 World 6
Each purchase gives you +4 additional Daily Minigame Plays across your account. These don't stack from day to day, else youd be swimmin' in them! 150 4 Usables
Contains 4 cards from these sets:
  • Hyperion Nebula
  • Hard Resources
  • Bosses n Nightmares (at least 1 100%)

Rarity Chance

  • Lv2 - 30% (1 star)
  • Lv3 - 35% (2 star)
  • Lv4 - 35% (3 star)
650 100000 Usables
Contains 4 cards from these sets:
  • Smolderin' Plateau
  • Hard Resources
  • Bosses n Nightmares (at least 1 100%)

Rarity Chance

  • Lv2 - 30% (1 star)
  • Lv3 - 35% (2 star)
  • Lv4 - 35% (3 star)
690 100000 Usables
30 arcade balls. Use these at the Arcade, found at the clown in World 2 town! 100 - Usables
100 arcade balls. Use these at the Arcade, found at the clown in World 2 town! +20% better value compared to smol ball pack! 275 - Usables
500 arcade balls. Use these at the Arcade, found at the clown in World 2 town! +33% better value compared to smol ball pack! 1250 - Usables
Get an additional +3 Dungeon runs every week, FOREVER! I give you 12 per week for free, so buying this once, for example, would get you 15 runs every week! 275 11 Usables
Gives 3 random obols. Each obol has 65% chance to be Gold, 25% chance to be Platinum, and 10% chance to be Dementia rarity. Guaranteed at least 1 Platinum or Dementia Obol per stack! 550 100000 World 2
         

The Premium Items are nice to have but are not essential, especially since equipment doesn't give much damage boosts anyway in IdleOn.

Increasing Sample Size is nice to have if you hate getting 3D printer samples and having more Fenceyard/Pet Storage can help with managing Pet Breeding.

We don't recommend Card Packs or Arcade Balls, but you might want to max an Arcade bonus before it moves out of rotation or try your luck at getting some boss cards for extra damage.

Tier D List

The final Tier; nothing really to say here! If you buy these items you must be rolling in Gems!

Name Description Cost Quantity Section
20% OFF NORMAL PRICE!! These unique Time Candies give up to 500 HOURS of AFK time! Click the item in game to see the chances... 315 8 Limited time
Every purchase gives +4 Circle Slots. Every 2nd purchase gives +4 Square Slots. Every 3rd purchase gives +4 Hexagon and +4 Sparkle Slots. So buying this 4 times would give +16 Circles, +8 Square, and +4 Hexagon and Sparkle. 250 12 World 1
Gives 3 random obols. Each obol has a 70% chance to be Silver, and 30% chance to be gold. Guaranteed at least 1 Gold obol per stack! 250 100000 World 2
Each purchase gives you +4 cog inventory spaces, to store all your cogs in! 100 20 World 3
Each purchase gives anywhere from 3 to 12 eggs in your item inventory! Use these eggs in your inventory to refill your nest with eggs! This item restocks each day! 270 4 World 3
Gives you a bottled wind item. Use it in your player inventory to instantly get 6 hours of sailing progress! This item restocks each day. 190 4 World 5
Gives you a gaming fertilizer item. Use it in your player inventory to instantly get 8 hours of gaming progress! This item restocks each day. 230 4 World 5
Gives you a Sand of Time usable item. Use it in your player inventory to instantly get 6 hours of Sneaking progress for all Ninja Twins! This item restocks each day. 190 6 World 6
Refills 1 life in Summoning, so you can try again now without waiting for the free life refill you get every day. This restocks every day, so you can buy 12 every day. 75 12 World 6
Gives you a Compost Bag usable item. Use it in your player inventory to instantly get 4 hours of Farming growth for all your crops, instantly! This item restocks each day. 155 9 World 6
Gives you a Summoner Stone usable item. Use it in your player inventory to instantly get 4 hours of Summoning Essence, instantly! This item restocks each day. 155 9 World 6
Gives you a single 1 Hour Candy! 40 4 Usables
Gives a random Time Candy. The chances are: 34% for 1 Hr, 33% for 2 Hr, and 33% for 4 Hr. 80 4 Usables
Gives a random Time Candy. The chances are: 50% for 2 Hr, and 25% for 4 Hr, 18% for 12 Hr, and 7% for 24 Hrs. 150 4 Usables
Gives a random Time Candy. The chances are: 33% for 4 Hr, 40% for 12 Hr, and 22% for 24 Hrs and 4% for 72 Hr. 270 4 Usables
Resets all your talents to Lv 0, and fully refunds all talent points. This does NOT reset any of the Star Tab talents. This item restocks each week. 200 10 Usables

Resets all the talents in the Star Tab to Lv 0, and fully refunds all talent points. This does NOT reset other talents, only ones in the Star Tab. This item restocks each week. 300 3 Usables
Lets you swap sublass, like going from Barbarian to Squire. HOWEVER, you CANT change between main classes, like Warrior or Archer, or chance Elite Classes like Blood Berserker. Stock refreshes after each major update. 500 2 Usables
Resets all your post office upgrades, and refunds all boxes spent. This lets you choose different post office box upgrades! This item restocks each week. 250 1 Usables
Contains 3 cards from these sets:
  • Blunder Hills
  • Easy Resources
  • Bosses n Nightmares (15% chance)

Rarity Chance

  • Lv1 - 50%
  • Lv2 - 35% (1 star)
  • Lv3 - 15% (2 star)
200 100000 Usables
Contains 4 cards from these sets:
  • Yum-Yum Desert
  • Medium Resources
  • Bosses n Nightmares (40% chance)

Rarity Chance

  • Lv1 - 26%
  • Lv2 - 30% (1 star)
  • Lv3 - 27% (2 star)
  • Lv4 - 17% (3 star)
425 100000 Usables
Contains 4 cards from these sets:
  • Frostbite Tundra
  • Hard Resources
  • Bosses n Nightmares (at least 1 100%)

Rarity Chance

  • Lv2 - 30% (1 star)
  • Lv3 - 35% (2 star)
  • Lv4 - 35% (3 star)
600 100000 Usables
Gives you 40 keychain fragments, enough to claim a Tier 1 Keychain from the Frog Dungeon Lobby! These keychains randomly give the following bonuses: Base Def, Accuracy, Move speed, Base Dmg, Card Drop rate, Money, Base Stat. 150 - Useables
Gives you 120 keychain fragments, enough to claim a Tier 2 Keychain from the Frog Dungeon Lobby! These keychains randomly give the following bonuses: %DEF, Mining XP, Fishing XP, %DMG, Drop Chance, Atk speed, Crit chance, Multikill. 325 - Useables
Gives you 300 keychain fragments, enough to claim a Tier 3 Keychain from the Frog Dungeon Lobby! These keychains randomly give the following bonuses: %DEF, %Stat, %AFK gain, %DMG, mob respawn, Skilling sp, %All Stat 490 - Useables
Gives you a Lantern usable item, use it to instantly get 2 hours of ALL cavern progress!! (Except for skilling caverns like Motherlode). This item restocks each day. 245 6 Oddities

Gem Pack Tier List

Gem Packs are bundles that can only be purchased using real-money. Most Gem Packs give quite a lot of value, and the extra Gems can be used to spend on whatever you like.

Tier S Gem Packs

Pack Cost Gems Bonuses Added
Midnight Tide
Midnight Tide Anniversary Pack
$19.99 5,000 Gems
1,400 Pet Crystals
Axolotl Pet Companion
15x Spectacular Ticket
Patch V2.34
Midnight Tide
Lush Emerald Anniversary Pack
$19.99 4,200 Gems
2,600 Pet Crystals
Mallay Pet Companion
15x Spectacular Ticket
Patch V2.34
Midnight Tide
Blazing Star Anniversary Pack
$19.99 4,600 Gems
2,000 Pet Crystals
Cool Bird Pet Companion
15x Spectacular Ticket
Patch V2.34
Storage Ram
Storage Ram Pack
$8.99 2,100 Gems
1,000 Pet Crystals
Storage Ram Pet Companion
+20 Storage Space
1.5x Damage
 
Deathbringer
Deathbringer Pack
$19.99 4,400 Gems
1,350 Pet Crystals

+5 Ribbons every day
+200% Drop Rate
 
Timeless Pack
Timeless Pack
$29.99 6,400 Gems
2,000 Pet Crystals

 
Sacred Methods
Sacred Methods Pack
$19.99 5,500 Gems +10 Alchemy Bubble Levels /day
+2 Meal Levels /day
+5 Stamp Levels /day
 
Island Explorer
Island Explorer Pack
$19.99 4,400 Gems
1,000 Pet Crystals
+30% Bottles
1.x2 Multi Drop Rate
 
Calm Serenity Pack
Calm Serenity Pack
$19.99 4,600 Gems
1,000 Pet Crystals


x4
x4
x4
 
Auto-Loot Pack
Auto-Loot Pack
$4.99 900 Gems Auto-Loot ability
+5 Item Space
+8 Storage Space
 
Ancient Echoes Pack
Ancient Echoes Pack
$19.99 4,500 Gems
1,250 Pet Crystals

+30% AFK Gains
1.5x Villager EXP
 

Tier A Gem Packs

Pack Cost Gems Bonuses Added
Valenslimes
Valenslime Day Pack
$9.99 3,000 Gems
600 Pet Crystals
12x Wheel Spins
2.5x Coins From Mobs
Patch V2.28
Super Hot fire
Super Hot Fire Pack
$19.99 4,400 Gems

x3
x3
 
Summer Bundle
Summer Bundle
$9.99 2,000 Gems
x20
x3
 
Starter Pack
Starter Pack
$4.99 1,750 Gems x4
x4
x2

x4
 
Riftwalker Pack
Riftwalker Pack
$29.99 6,400 Gems

x2
x2
 
Outta This World Pack
Outta This World Pack
$19.99 4,300 Gems
2,000 Pet Crystals

x3
 
Fallen Spirits Pack
Fallen Spirits Pack
$19.99 4,500 Gems
3,000 Pet Crystals
 
Equinox Dreamer Pack
Equinox Dreamer Pack
$19.99 4,500 Gems +50% Equinox Bar Fill Fate
1.2x Class EXP Gain
 
Bloomin Pet Pack
Bloomin Pet Pack
$24.99 4,500 Gems
2,000 Pet Crystals
 
Giftmas Bundle
Giftmas Bundle (2021)
$9.99 2,021 Gems x3
x250
 

Tier B Gem Packs

Pack Cost Gems Bonuses Added
Totally Chill
Totally Chill
$19.99 4,500 Gems
x3
x4
 
New Year
New Year Pack (2021)
$9.99 2,021 Gems
x4
x4
 
Lava Supporter
Lava Supporter Pack
$19.99 4,200 Gems
x7
 
Gem Motherlode Pack
Gem Motherlode Pack
$14.99 4,200 Gems x100  
Eggscellent Pack
Eggscellent Pack
$9.99 2,500 Gems
x250
x60
 
Easter Bundle
Easter Bundle Pack
$9.99 2,500 Gems
x5
x2
 
Dungeon Bundle
Dungeon Bundle
$19.99 4,000 Gems Dungeon Passes x20
x3
250x Arcade Balls
 

 

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