Upgrade Bottleneck Calculator
Enter one recent run to compare discovery, cleaning and available display space. The result is a planning recommendation based on your observations.
Enter one recent run to compare discovery, cleaning and available display space. The result is a planning recommendation based on your observations.
Where is your loop slowing down?
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In this field note
Measure one normal loop
- Time digging and count successfully recovered relics.
- Time cleaning and count completed relics over a comparable run.
- Count dirty and cleaned items still waiting, plus available display positions.
How the recommendation works
Two or more cleaned items waiting points to museum space. Otherwise a dirty backlog or cleaning rate below95% of discovery points to a sprayer. If seconds per discovery exceed seconds per cleaning by15%, consider a shovel. Otherwise save and measure again. These95% and15% thresholds are editorial, not official game formulas.
Do not confuse throughput with earnings
The result does not estimate payback without a measured income gain and actual upgrade price. A faster shovel is not automatically useful if cleaning already falls behind.
Where this note comes from
Official pages establish identity and the general loop. Player-input arithmetic and editorial planning rules are not game-tested values. Official artwork is promotional, not a playthrough screenshot.
Common questions
Is the result an official upgrade ranking?
No. It is a transparent rule applied to your last measured run.
Why recommend space when slots remain?
Clean items waiting can indicate a placement bottleneck as well as capacity. Use existing empty positions before buying more.