Because 1 Energy is the equivalent of 1 XP, it’s very important to earn and spend your energy wisely. In other words, one energy refresh (120 energy) is worth 120 Experience. Every Light/Dark/Cantina Battle earns XP equivalent to the amount of energy spent. Completing all your daily activities each day for ~900 XP total and then completing in-game battles. There are two ways to earn player experience in the game. Because of this, you want to earn as much XP as possible and level up as quickly as you can during your first few days playing the game. The first players to unlock these areas in each Arena ladder gain a competitive advantage because they gain access to resources and character shards that other players do not have access to until later. The most important of those being the Squad Cantina Battles at level 28 and the Galactic War at level 40. In Galaxy of Heroes, certain areas of the game open up at certain levels. It costs 100/200/400/800/1600/etc crystals to refresh your Cantina energy bar, and the cost to refresh resets at midnight each night. You can have a maximum of 60-129 cantina energy depending on your current level and you recharge 1 cantina energy every 12 minutes or 120 cantina energy per day. You can refresh or purchase 120 additional Cantina energy for premium currency, and the cost increases as you refresh each time.
It costs 50/50/100/100/100/200/200/200/400/400/etc crystals to refresh your energy bar, and the cost to refresh resets at midnight each night.Ĭantina Energy – This energy signified by an orange lightning bolt is used to complete Squad Cantina Battles. You can refresh or purchase 120 additional energy for premium currency, and the cost increases as you refresh each time. You can have a maximum of 60-129 energy depending on your current level and you recharge 1 energy every 6 minutes or 240 energy per day. Mission Energy – This energy signified by a yellow lightning bolt is used to complete Light Side & Dark Side Battles or Missions. The Basics (Energy / Resources)įirst off, since this is a Freemium game that restricts how quickly you progress in the game by giving you a limited amount of energy & resources per day, you need to know the basics about in-game energy and resources: Follow these instructions and you too can be one of the best in the galaxy. The trick to getting in the top 10 is to gain an advantage early in your first two days playing the game and then push that advantage in order to obtain resources in the game that only the highest level / best Arena rankings players get each day. My last account is a purely Free-To-Play account that I didn’t invest anything in and I was able to reach rank 2 on my Arena ladder by day 3 and have placed top 10 ever since. My second account is a mostly Free-To-Play account where I only purchased the dark side starter pack, crystal subscription and $20 crystal pack ($37 total investment) and usually it places in the top 3 each day.
My first account is a Pay-To-Play account ($4,400 spent) that always places Rank 1. While freemium games give advantages to players who are willing to invest real money into the game, I’ve been able to replicate this process on three accounts, regardless of the amount of money I’ve spent on each account.