Tower Incremental upgrade priority centers on unlocking stairs and progression doors first, followed immediately by glyph roll enhancements, ore smelting automation, and permanent upgrade milestones before triggering a rebirth. Cosmetic trails and crystal prize wheel spins should be delayed until your income engine produces surplus resources.
Developed by Lucky CStudios on Roblox, Tower Incremental challenges players to climb a vertical tower by purchasing stair steps, unlocking dedicated resource rooms, and leveraging multipliers. Because rebirth resets unstabilized systems, spending currencies in the correct sequence determines how quickly you scale toward higher floors.
Upgrade Priority Tier List
Progression in Tower Incremental follows a strict hierarchy. Investing in high-yield multipliers and door gates cuts rebuild times drastically, while vanity items drain funds needed for vertical climbs.
| Tier | Category | Upgrades to Focus On | Impact on Progression |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tier S | Core Gateways & Climb | Stair throughput, Door progression unlocks, Basic Mine Pickaxe speed | Unlocks new resource rooms, higher income floors, and baseline multipliers. |
| Tier A | Production Engines | Glyph board capacity (roll count, roll speed, luck), Smeltery automation, Permanent Upgrade nodes | Multiplies global gold/silver/iron gains and preserves progress through rebirths. |
| Tier B | Mid-Tier Multipliers | Upgrade Tree resource nodes, Crystal gather yield, Merchant shop potions | Bridges raw gathering into larger multiplier pools; accelerates active runs. |
| Tier C | Heavy Gathers | Raw wood chopping, isolated high-cost Starforge nodes | Essential for late-game recipes, but slow if tackled before multipliers exist. |
| Tier D | Low Priority | Shop trails, Trail Merchant items, Prize wheel spins (100k crystals) | Minor flat multipliers that consume critical early-to-midgame currencies. |
Early Game Priority: Floors 1 to 20
During the first 20 floors, your focus is entirely on converting raw base gold into multiplied stair-climbing speed and preparing for your initial rebirth.
1. Base Gold Board and Movement Speed
At the base of the tower, upgrade your gold per second and faster gold intervals immediately. Player walkthroughs show that movement speed maxes out rapidly for very low gold costs. Setting your base board purchases to maximum allows your baseline gold generation to self-fund the first several flights of stairs.
2. Floor 1: Lava Glyph Board
The Lava Glyph room on Floor 1 introduces the game's core multiplier mechanic. Rather than idling passively with basic glyph rolls, spend your gold on the upgrade board inside this room:
- More Glyphs Per Roll: Increases bulk collection so you hit stat caps faster.
- Roll Faster: Shortens the interval between roll ticks.
- Rarer Pulls / Glyph Luck: Unlocks higher-tier glyphs like Basalt and Magma, which grant massive multipliers to gold and silver.
3. Floor 3 & Floor 10: Mine Pickaxe and Smeltery
Once you unlock the Mine on Floor 3 and the Smeltery on Floor 10:
- Maximize pickaxe mining speed and silver multipliers on the mine board.
- Purchase the 30 million gold upgrade that deposits iron from anywhere. This automates iron ore delivery to the smelter.
- In the Smeltery, increase conveyor belt speed and bulk smelting in the Upgrade Tree so raw iron converts into ingots without bottlenecking.
4. Merchant Potions
Floor 15 introduces the Merchant. Buy maximum durations of gold, silver, and iron potions using your spare gold. Gameplay tests confirm that active potion timers carry over across rebirths, providing an instant production boost right after a prestige reset.
Mid Game Priority: Permanent Upgrades and Rebirth Timing
The most critical mistake during midgame progression is triggering a rebirth before purchasing permanent protection upgrades.
Securing Permanent Upgrades Before Rebirth
Rebirth 1 requires reaching Floor 16 and paying 1 billion gold, awarding 40x gold, 3x silver, and 3x iron. However, higher rebirths wipe unpreserved boards.
Whenever you approach a rebirth threshold (such as Rebirth 2 at Floor 36), stop spending on stairs and check the Permanent Upgrades room:
- Section 1 & Section 2 Upgrade Trees: Pay the required gold and iron so these boards never reset on prestige.
- Glyph Boards: Lock in your unlocked glyph boards (such as Lava and Water) so their rolled multipliers remain permanently active.
- Upgrade Board Retention: Protect your mining and smeltery boards to avoid re-buying baseline stats.
If you rebirth without buying these nodes, you will spend unnecessary time manually rebuilding early mining rates.
Handling Crystals (Floor 30+)
The Crystal Mine introduces crystals, which are required for Upgrade Tree 2 and the second tier of permanent upgrades.
- Do not spend crystals on the 100,000-crystal prize wheel early on.
- Prioritize Upgrade Tree nodes that grant direct "2x Crystals" multipliers. Gameplay logs show that raw crystal mining yields very little until tree multipliers stack your harvest amount into thousands per hit.
- Upgrade mining range on the crystal board only when you have surplus crystals to allow AFK farming.
Late Game Priority: Wood, Essence, and Starforge
Higher floors introduce secondary gathering systems that become tedious if approached out of order.
Delaying Wood Until Multipliers Exist
Lumberyard woodchopping scales much slower than mining. Players consistently find that manual wood chopping without high multipliers is inefficient.
- Push through higher glyph rooms (such as Crimson, Electric, and Earth) to stack universal multipliers before attempting large wood projects.
- Only farm wood when an explicit door requirement, high-tier achievement, or permanent upgrade demands it.
Essence Fields and Starforge Conversion
Between Floor 80 and Floor 100, you will unlock Essence gathering and the Starforge:
- Essence Gathering: Collect essence to fuel totems and advanced upgrade trees. Prioritize luck totems to make rolling late-game glyphs easier.
- Starforge & Prism Reactor: Convert stored iron ingots and crystals into Star Metal. Only invest heavily into Starforge nodes once your automated iron and crystal loops produce steady surpluses.
Upgrades to Delay or Avoid Early
- Trail Merchant and Shop Trails: While trails provide minor multipliers, spending silver or crystals on cosmetic trails early stalls stair construction. The only exception is the milestone collection reward trail once cheaper variants are already owned.
- Prize Wheel: The prize wheel costs 100,000 crystals per spin and frequently yields short-duration buffs that do not justify the cost during early crystal progression.
- Deep Starforge Nodes: Avoid buying high-tier Starforge entries before your base wood and crystal pipelines can continuously supply raw materials.
Frequently Asked Questions
What should I buy first after a rebirth?
Immediately max out your base gold per second and movement speed on the starter board. Next, step into your highest unlocked glyph room to roll for high luck and gold multipliers, then re-enable auto-mining and smeltery throughput.
Do potions reset when you rebirth?
No. Walkthrough testing shows that potion timers purchased from the Merchant remain active through rebirth resets. Buying 20 to 60 minutes of boost potions right before prestiging helps you rush early stairs on your next run.
Why is my iron or crystal production stalling?
Resource gains depend heavily on Upgrade Tree nodes rather than manual gathering speed. If iron or crystals accumulate slowly, redirect your spending into "Bulk Smelt" or "2x Crystal" nodes in the Upgrade Tree rather than manually clicking raw nodes.
When is the right time to rebirth in Tower Incremental?
Rebirth as soon as you reach the required floor, afford the entry cost, and have purchased all available nodes in the Permanent Upgrades room. Holding off on rebirth after securing permanent upgrades only slows down your long-term multiplier growth.
