Best way to spend Darwinium?

[Duck Person]

New player here, i was wondering what i should spend my Darwinium on and if i should even spend it.
I have about just over 40 (no idea how much that is) and the game keeps prompting me to use it.
Thanks!

[bigizzi315]

events are good to spend darwinium on. Events give good rewards

[Duck Person]

Thanks for replying! I’ll wait for the next event to spend it on then.

Originally posted by bigizzi315:

events are good to spend darwinium on. Events give good rewards

[bigizzi315]

Originally posted by Duck Person:

Thanks for replying! I’ll wait for the next event to spend it on then.

Originally posted by bigizzi315:

events are good to spend darwinium on. Events give good rewards

Np

[dave.iceman42]

Originally posted by Duck Person:

Thanks for replying! I’ll wait for the next event to spend it on then.

Originally posted by bigizzi315:

events are good to spend darwinium on. Events give good rewards

Yeah, boosting the events is a good use of Darwinium. Keeping the event boosted in conjunction with an autoclicker will practically guarantee you'll finish the event with time to spare.

[gilles]

Hi Duck Person.
My personal advice is to save the darwinium until you have 100, then spend it all for a diamond geode. Expect an insane boost in the Mesozoic Valley.
Supergiant Star in the beyond is also good, just less impressive. I'd buy it in a second time.
I disagree with the others, events rewards are not good. I'd start using darwinium in events only after purchasing a couple diamong geode, and one or two supergiant star.

[dave.iceman42]

Geodes are the biggest waste of Darwinium. You get a bunch of cards, sure, but they'll boost a few dinosaurs and then those boosts will be lost every time you start a new Prestige level. That 100 Darwinium could boost EVERYTHING x2 for 200 hours, and you can pick and choose when and where you want to spend it. It can help you complete special events, and reduce the time it takes to move up a level in those later Prestige levels (above 40) when you kind of hit a wall.

[gilles]

Wrong. Rare and epic cards are kept when prestiging. My first geode granted me something like x6 for all dinosaurs. I've prestiged since and it's still here.

[dave.iceman42]

Yes, you keep those cards, but I'm at Prestige 6 and all my rares and epics are at least at level 7, most at level 9. And that's without having bought a single diamond geode.
The real problem with spending all your Darwinium pursuing epics and rares is the paltry bonus increase of .5x per level, taking hundreds of cards to gain those levels once you're above 6 or 7.
Don't get me wrong, epic and rare cards are great. I just wouldn't spend 100 Darwinium on the a blind grab bag of who-knows-what cards. But if lootbox gambling is your thing, by all means have at it.

[gilles]

You know, I only got a couple diamond geodes. I'd rethink on the second one, but the first one was extraordinary. I'm not saying geodes is the only thing you should buy, again an again. I'm on prestige 1, and I'll probably never buy those geodes anymore. To be honest, I'm not sure what to do with my darwinium at this point (I've also completed Beyond and main). So I only use it to speed up explorations. Seems to be the last thing to do. And still, those 1% badges are just correct no more, and artefacts have no point at high level (I unlocked mushrooms in main, well, it's fortunate I wasn't expecting anything at all)

Back to the point. And my point is that the "first" diamond geode you get is a blast. No gambling there, epics and rares are a guaranted thing. You don't choose them, but who cares, they're all great.

[dave.iceman42]

Originally posted by gilles:

Back to the point. And my point is that the "first" diamond geode you get is a blast. No gambling there, epics and rares are a guaranted thing. You don't choose them, but who cares, they're all great.

You know, I was reconsidering my position right after I posted and thinking you had a good point if it was the FIRST diamond geode, early in the game, and you got levels of a few different cards. And I'll probably try this if I decide to restart the game after completing Prestige 10, since the only thing you get to keep is your Darwinium.
Thanks for the tip!

[mister_lobos]

i only use them when i log back into the game after not playing for 8+ hours in the beginning or for the limited time events.. it doubles the whole 8 hours for the same 2 darwinium that it would cost for 2 hours boost otherwise.
unless you actually plan to leave the game going for those 2 hours with an autoclicker, then it'd be worth it, otherwise, just double your offline earnings for whichever sim or even you need it for.

granted, you can get a lot of it, i have over 500 and never payed for any, but i'm finished all 3 regular simulations. it seemed like the Beyond gave me a lot of them.