Tycoon, but one dropper Guide: First steps after joining
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OverviewTycoon But One Dropper gives you a single dropper and challenges you to grow it into a money-making empire through upgrades, rebirths, and late-game systems like Bits and The Sun.
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Tycoon, but one dropper
First steps after joining
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When you first load in, three items cost nothing: the Conveyor, the Collector, and the Dropper. After that, work down the Dropper upgrade list in order — each one either speeds up how fast drops fall or raises how much each drop is worth.
- Place the Conveyor it moves drops along the track toward the Collector.
- Place the Collector it sells whatever reaches it.
- Place the Dropper it starts producing drops the moment it is down.
- Buy the Ice Machine ($200) shaves 0.5 seconds off the Dropper's cycle.
- Buy the Clock ($500) cuts another 0.5 seconds off the cycle.
- Buy Golden Quality ($2,000) raises each drop's starting value from $2 to $5, but does not speed up the Dropper.
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Dropper upgrade order and what each one does
TableEach upgrade in this list builds on the last. Diamond Speed is the final one, so once you have it your Dropper is fully upgraded.
| Upgrade | Price | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Ice Machine | $200 | Speeds up the Dropper by 0.5 seconds |
| Clock | $500 | Speeds up the Dropper by another 0.5 seconds |
| Golden Quality | $2,000 | Raises each drop's starting value from $2 to $5 (no speed change) |
| Diamond Speed | $10,000 | Speeds up the Dropper rate by 1 second |
Building value on the conveyor
Tips
Drops gain value from every machine they pass through. Adders like the Washifyer stack a flat dollar amount onto each drop, while multipliers like the Sandifyer and Metallic Injector scale everything that came before them. The Blender merges several drops together and multiplies their combined value.
- The Washifyer ($20) adds $1 per drop; upgrade it through Water Holder and Cleaner Water until Reverse Osmosis ($75,000) brings it to +$15.
- The Sandifyer ($40) and Polisher ($130) each multiply a drop's value by 1.5x.
- The Metallic Injector ($300) and Electrifier ($400) each multiply by 2x; the Battery Pack ($500) upgrades the Electrifier to 2.5x.
- The Synthetic Fabricator ($1,250) spawns a small extra drop worth 20% of the original; the High Quality Fabrication upgrade ($12,000) raises that to 50%.
- The Blender ($4,000) merges 10 studs of drops and doubles their combined value; the Scam The Buyers upgrade ($7,500) reduces the requirement to 5 studs and quadruples the value instead.
How rebirthing works
SummaryRebirthing at the Obelisk wipes your tycoon upgrades but gives you a permanent boost to every dollar your Dropper earns. The Obelisk and the Mysterious Merchant are the only two upgrades that survive a rebirth. Each point of Essence earned alongside a rebirth adds a further +0.1% on top of your rebirth multiplier.
- Income multiplier each rebirth adds +100% to your base income rate.
- Essence each point adds +0.1% on top of the rebirth multiplier shown on the Obelisk.
- Survivors only the Obelisk and the Mysterious Merchant carry over after a rebirth.
- Rebirth 15 unlock The Sun area becomes available, opening Sun Upgrades.
- Rebirth 50 bonus you gain one extra rebirth automatically each time you rebirth.
- Rebirth 200 bonus all Bits earned from the Mysterious Merchant are doubled.
Rebirth milestones worth planning around
CheckThe list next to the Obelisk shows every milestone.
- Rebirth 1 permanently unlocks a +50% cash boost.
- Rebirth 3 starts giving +10% cash per rebirth, which repeats at rebirths 7, 10, 17, 25, and 45.
- Rebirth 12 grants a one-time +200% cash boost.
- Rebirth 14 grants a +200% Essence gain boost.
- Rebirth 15 unlocks The Sun.
- Rebirth 100 grants one additional rebirth each time you rebirth, same as the rebirth 50 bonus.
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Bits, the Mysterious Merchant, and the Mini Factory
Tips
The Mysterious Merchant deals you three cards at a time, each carrying a random Bits value between 0.1 and 1.5. You pay an exponentially scaling price for whichever card you choose. The Mini Factory, unlocked for $300,430, then uses your total Bits to apply a multiplier to your Collector. The exact multiplier per blue ball the factory produces is calculated as your Bits total rounded down, multiplied by 0.01 plus the Sun's current bonus rate.
- Reaching rebirth 200 doubles every Bits value shown on Merchant cards.
- Sun Upgrades bought with sacrificed Essence can increase Bits Value and the Mini Factory's boost per Bit.
The Sun and Essence sacrifices
StepAfter your fifteenth rebirth, The Sun appears above the Obelisk. A rope at the back lets you climb up, and during the day you can jump through The Sun to enter a bright room with a wall of upgrades and a portal. The portal drops you above your tycoon. At the upgrade wall, you trade Essence for Sun currency at a rate of 0.1 Sun per second per Essence sacrificed, then spend that Sun on permanent boosts.
- Reach rebirth 15 The Sun unlocks and a rope appears at the back of the Obelisk.
- Wait for daytime The Sun only lets you jump through it during the day; at night it goes dark and the rings stop.
- Climb the rope and jump through The Sun you land in the upgrade room.
- Sacrifice Essence at the altar each Essence generates 0.1 Sun per second while sacrificed.
Update 5 additions
SummaryTreasure Island and Mount Olympus each brought new rows of machines — four rows and twenty-eight machines in total. Three server events now fire periodically: Airdrops, Power Surges, and Machine Meltdowns. Two speed perks, Winged Sneakers and Jet Boost, were also added. Having Roblox friends in your server gives an automatic +10% cash bonus per friend present.
- New areas Treasure Island and Mount Olympus, adding 4 rows and 28 machines.
- Server events Airdrops, Power Surges, and Machine Meltdowns affect everyone in the server at once.
- Speed perks Winged Sneakers and Jet Boost.
- Friend Boost each friend in your server adds +10% cash automatically.
- Early progress the path to rebirth 15 is faster, and briefcases cost 60% less than before.
Glossary
Glossary- Dropper
- The single machine that produces drops; you only ever have one, and its speed and output value grow through four upgrades.
- Rebirth
- An action performed at the Obelisk that resets your tycoon in exchange for a permanent +100% income multiplier and some Essence.
- Essence
- A resource earned each rebirth that adds +0.1% to the Obelisk multiplier and, after rebirth 15, can be sacrificed to generate Sun currency.
- Sun
- A currency produced by sacrificing Essence that is spent on permanent upgrades inside The Sun area, unlocked at rebirth 15.
- Bits
- A resource bought from the Mysterious Merchant that directly determines how large the Mini Factory's multiplier on your Collector becomes.
- Mini Factory
- A machine costing $300,430 that produces blue balls whose value is calculated from your current Bits total and your Sun bonus rate.
- Studs
- The unit the Blender uses to measure drops before merging them; a normal drop counts as 1 stud and a small artificial drop counts as 0.5 studs.
- Soul Extractor
- A $50,000 machine that gives each passing drop a 50% chance of releasing a soul — 80% chance of a Good Soul worth cash, 20% chance of a Bad Soul that subtracts $100.
Common questions
FAQDoes Golden Quality make the Dropper faster?
No. Golden Quality raises each drop's starting value from $2 to $5, but it has no effect on drop speed at all. To speed up the Dropper, buy the Ice Machine, the Clock, and Diamond Speed.
Which two upgrades survive a rebirth?
Only the Obelisk and the Mysterious Merchant carry over when you rebirth. Every other tycoon upgrade is wiped.
Can a Bad Soul actually send my cash negative?
Each Bad Soul subtracts $100 from your total, and Bad Souls are the only way your wealth can go negative. A soul only spawns with a 50% chance per passing drop, and only 20% of those souls are bad.
Should I keep Essence or sacrifice it at The Sun?
Each Essence point held as a raw bonus adds only +0.1% to your Obelisk multiplier, but when sacrificed it generates Sun currency you can spend on upgrades like Bits Value and Mini Factory Boost Per Bit.
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