📘 User Guide

Using the Level Calculator

Open Tools, then choose Level Calculator. At the top of the calculator, you can switch between two modes:

• Card Calculator
• Target Calculator

These modes answer different questions, so choosing the right one makes the tool much easier to use.

Card Calculator

Use Card Calculator when you want to know how far your current resources can take you.

This is the best mode for questions like:

• How much progress can I make with the cards I already have?
• If I spend everything now, what reboot and level will I end up at?
• How much credit cost should I expect from this amount of cards?

Fields in Card Calculator

You enter three values:

• Current Level
• Current Reboot
• Total Cards Available

The app then calculates the optimal progression path based on those starting values.

What Card Calculator Shows

After the calculation runs, the app shows:

• your final level
• your final reboot rank
• the matching star display
• total cards used
• total credits used
• leftover cards
• partial progress toward the next level, if applicable

This makes Card Calculator the best option when you are working from a fixed card budget.

Card Step Sizes

The Total Cards Available field includes a step selector so you can change the amount more quickly. The available card step sizes are:

• 1
• 100
• 500
• 1k
• 10k

This is especially useful if you want to test multiple scenarios without typing each number manually.

Example Use Case for Card Calculator

If you know your card is at Current Level 1, Current Reboot 0, and you have a certain number of legendary cards saved, Card Calculator will show the highest progression state you can reach with that amount.

This is the mode to use when your starting point is your inventory.

Target Calculator

Use Target Calculator when you want to know what it will cost to reach a specific goal.

This is the best mode for questions like:

• How many cards do I need to get to a certain reboot rank?
• What will it cost to reach a specific level inside a target reboot?
• How many credits should I save before I start upgrading?

Fields in Target Calculator

You enter four values:

• Current Level
• Current Reboot
• Target Level
• Target Reboot

The app then calculates the exact progression path needed to reach that target.

What Target Calculator Shows

After calculating, the app shows:

• the total cards needed
• the total credits needed
• the resulting final level and reboot
• the full step-by-step upgrade path

Unlike Card Calculator, this mode is not asking how far you can get with a budget. Instead, it tells you the cost of getting where you want to go.

Example Use Case for Target Calculator

If your card is at a lower reboot and you want to know the full cost to reach a future reboot milestone, Target Calculator is the right tool. It helps you plan before you commit resources.

This is the mode to use when your starting point is your goal.

Advanced Mode

At the top of the Level Calculator, use the Simple / Advanced toggle. Choosing Advanced opens the Advanced calculator page at /tools/level-calculator/advanced; choosing Simple returns to /tools/level-calculator. The URL is the source of truth for which mode you are in.

• Simple — the basic calculator experience (legendary cost table, no alliance bonuses or rarity inventory conversion)
• Advanced — shows cost rarity, points on hand by rarity, Self-Perfection, and Cheap Upgrades

These Advanced preferences are remembered on this device. Advanced mode works in both Card Calculator and Target Calculator.

Cost rarity (Calculate costs as)

Choose which rarity’s level-up cost table to use as the calculation basis:

• Common (green) — caps at level 26
• Rare (blue)
• Epic (purple)
• Legendary (gold) — the default

Originally the calculator only used legendary costs. You can now calculate against any rarity table; legendary remains the default for most reboot planning.

This selector picks the cost table and the target rarity for inventory conversion.

Points on hand by rarity

Enter how many points you hold at each rarity for the same mercenary (Common, Rare, Epic, Legendary). In Card Calculator mode these four fields replace Total Cards Available.

Same-or-lower rarities cascade into your selected cost rarity using the in-game modification recipes (affected by Self-Perfection). Points above the selected cost rarity are ignored.

Base modification recipes (before Self-Perfection):

• 50 common → 5 rare
• 50 rare → 5 epic
• 20 epic → 1 legendary

Self-Perfection reduces the input count of each recipe (common/rare steps use floor; epic→legendary uses round). Example: at level 1 (10%), rare→epic becomes 45→5.

Self-Perfection level

Self-Perfection is an alliance bonus that makes modification (evolve) costs cheaper. Set the alliance bonus level from 0 (inactive) to 12.

When Self-Perfection is active, fewer lower-rarity points are required per conversion step. Level 0 means no modification discount.

Cheap Upgrades level (credit cost reduction)

Cheap Upgrades is the alliance bonus that reduces credit costs when leveling mercenaries. Set the level from 0 to 12.

In the results summary, when Advanced mode is on and Cheap Upgrades is above 0, the calculator shows:

• credits with the bonus inactive (full cost)
• credits with the bonus active (reduced cost)

Use this to compare whether activating Cheap Upgrades is worth it before you spend.

Credit reduction is applied as a percentage discount and rounded down in your favor. Self-Perfection and Cheap Upgrades affect different resources (modification points vs credits), so they do not stack against each other.

What Advanced Mode Does Not Cover

Credit Craze refunds and other temporary event discounts are intentionally out of scope for now.

Submit Mode

Under the calculator form, the app includes a button labeled Toggle Submit Mode.

This changes how the forms behave.

How Submit Mode Works

When Submit Mode is off

This is the faster, live-update workflow.

As soon as you change a field, the calculator updates the result immediately.

That means:

• changing current level updates the result right away
• changing reboot updates the result right away
• changing card totals or targets updates the result right away

This mode is ideal when you are experimenting and want instant feedback.

When Submit Mode is on

This turns the form into a submit-based workflow.

In this mode:

• the values you type are kept locally in the form first
• the calculation does not update immediately
• a Calculate button appears
• the app only applies the changes after you press Calculate

This is useful when you want to edit several fields before recalculating.

When to Use Submit Mode

Submit Mode is a good fit when:

• you want to change multiple values together
• you do not want the result panel shifting after every small edit
• you are entering precise values and want to review them first

If you prefer instant feedback, leave Submit Mode off. If you prefer a more deliberate workflow, turn it on.

Reading the Results

Once a calculation runs, the app shows multiple result sections. These are meant to answer both the quick question and the detailed one.

Results Summary

The Results Summary section gives you the headline answer.

It includes:

• final level
• final reboot
• star rank display
• total cards used
• total credits used
• leftover cards

In Card Calculator mode, if you still have some cards left but not enough to complete the next level-up, the app also shows a partial progress section.

That section includes:

• the next level you are working toward
• progress percentage toward that level
• how many more cards are needed
• the credit amount associated with that next upgrade

This is useful when you are close to another level but not quite there yet.

Progress Visualization

The calculator also includes a visual progression section that helps you understand the journey, not just the outcome.

Use this area when you want a more visual sense of:

• where you started
• when reboot milestones are reached
• where your final state lands

This is especially helpful for longer upgrade paths that move across multiple reboots.

Step-by-Step Breakdown

The Step-by-Step Breakdown section is the most detailed part of the calculator.

It groups level-ups by reboot rank and shows:

• each level transition
• cards spent on that step
• credits spent on that step
• running totals after each step

If you want exact spending details, this is the section to read.

It is also the best section to use when double-checking whether a planned upgrade path fits your available resources.

Notes on Limits and Progression

The app currently supports levels up to 31 and reboot values up to 7.

It also uses a total maximum card value of 217,810 cards for full progression tracking in the calculator logic.

For users, the practical takeaway is simple: the calculator is designed to cover the full progression path supported by the current app data.