Chapter 2 of 11
Plots, Island Levels and your builder
Your island has eight desks. Desk 1 is ready from the start. Your builder opens the other seven, raises your Island Level and builds your power, one job at a time.
- Desks
- 8desk 1 open from the start
- Island Levels
- 11one add bonus only
- Builder
- 1 + 5one job, plus a queue
- Max island
- 2.6 days61 h 30 min of builder time
#Desks and plots
Each plot holds one desk. Plot 1 (desk 1) is open from day one; plots 2–8 are builder jobs and open in order. Every new plot comes with a basic desk set (desk, monitor, keyboard and mouse), so a PC has somewhere to sit.
| Plot | Price (grows with your island) | Build time | Needs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plot 1 · MY PC | Free | Open | — |
| Plot 2 | $5 + $1 per 100 H/s | 15 min | — |
| Plot 3 | $5 + $1 per 100 H/s | 30 min | Island Level 2 |
| Plot 4 | $5 + $1 per 100 H/s | 1 h | Island Level 3 |
| Plot 5 | $5 + $1 per 100 H/s | 2 h | Island Level 4 |
| Plot 6 | $5 + $1 per 100 H/s | 4 h | Island Level 6 |
| Plot 7 | $5 + $1 per 100 H/s | 8 h | Island Level 8 |
| Plot 8 | $5 + $1 per 100 H/s | 16 h | Island Level 10 |
A plot’s price is not the same for everyone: it is $5 + $1 per 100 H/s of your island’s hash record, its highest H/s ever, so a bigger island pays more (see Prices grow with your island). Plots only need an Island Level, never a power level.
#Island Levels and the Island Hall
Your Island Level shows on the island as the Island Hall, which grows from a builder’s hut into a grand hall. You start at Island Level 1, with plots 1–2 and power up to Level 13. Island Level 2 opens plot 3. Island Level 3 opens plot 4. Island Level 4 opens plot 5. Island Level 6 opens plot 6. Island Level 8 opens plot 7. Island Level 10 opens plot 8. Only Island Level 11 is optional and adds bonus only. The intermediate levels are prerequisites for later expansion. Each Hall upgrade also needs the open plots shown below.

Island Level 1
Builder's hut
The builder's hut, with the island plan on an easel.
- Price
- Free
- Build time
- Start
- Needs
- 1 open plot
- Opens
- Plot 2 · Power up to Level 13
- Bonus
- —
Island Level 2
Timber workshop
A timber workshop beside the hut, a pennant mast and the first foundation stones.
- Price
- $5 + $1.50 per 100 H/s
- Build time
- 30 min
- Needs
- 2 open plots
- Opens
- Plot 3
- Bonus
- +6% (total +6%)
Island Level 3
Island Hall
The hut becomes a stone and timber hall: door, windows, nameplate, flag and forecourt.
- Price
- $10 + $1.50 per 100 H/s
- Build time
- 45 min
- Needs
- 3 open plots
- Opens
- Plot 4
- Bonus
- +6% (total +12%)
Island Level 4
Banners and clock
Island banners on the corners, a clock in the gable and window flower boxes.
- Price
- $3 + $1.50 per 100 H/s
- Build time
- 1 h
- Needs
- 4 open plots
- Opens
- Plot 5
- Bonus
- +3% (total +15%)
Island Level 5
West wing
A west wing with its own steep gable, round window, flower box and stove pipe.
- Price
- $3 + $1.50 per 100 H/s
- Build time
- 1 h 15 min
- Needs
- 5 open plots
- Opens
- Next Island Level
- Bonus
- +3% (total +18%)
Island Level 6
Lantern court
A twin lantern by the steps, a second door lamp and glowing bollards.
- Price
- $3 + $1.50 per 100 H/s
- Build time
- 1 h 30 min
- Needs
- 5 open plots
- Opens
- Plot 6
- Bonus
- +3% (total +21%)
Island Level 7
Clock tower
A clock tower with a bell rises from the roof; the gable gets a round window.
- Price
- $3 + $1.50 per 100 H/s
- Build time
- 1 h 45 min
- Needs
- 6 open plots
- Opens
- Next Island Level
- Bonus
- +3% (total +24%)
Island Level 8
Island crest
A glowing island crest in the gable and pennants on the roof corners.
- Price
- $3 + $1.50 per 100 H/s
- Build time
- 2 h
- Needs
- 6 open plots
- Opens
- Plot 7
- Bonus
- +3% (total +27%)
Island Level 9
Statue garden
A golden statue of the builder on the forecourt corner and two flower beds by the walk.
- Price
- $3 + $1.50 per 100 H/s
- Build time
- 2 h 15 min
- Needs
- 7 open plots
- Opens
- Next Island Level
- Bonus
- +3% (total +30%)
Island Level 10
Grand entrance
Columns and a stone hood at the door, a red carpet, gold roof cresting and a weather vane.
- Price
- $3 + $1.50 per 100 H/s
- Build time
- 2 h 30 min
- Needs
- 7 open plots
- Opens
- Plot 8
- Bonus
- +3% (total +33%)
Island Level 11
Grand Island Hall
A glowing beacon crowns the tower and lights trace the gable: the full Island Hall.
- Price
- $3 + $4.50 per 100 H/s
- Build time
- 2 h 45 min
- Needs
- 8 open plots
- Opens
- Bonus only
- Bonus
- +3% (total +36%)
| Level | Price | Build time | Needs | Opens | Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Island Level 1 | Free | Start | 1 open plot | Plot 2 · Power to 13 | — |
| Island Level 2 | $5 + $1.50 per 100 H/s | 30 min | 2 open plots | Plot 3 | +6% (+6%) |
| Island Level 3 | $10 + $1.50 per 100 H/s | 45 min | 3 open plots | Plot 4 | +6% (+12%) |
| Island Level 4 | $3 + $1.50 per 100 H/s | 1 h | 4 open plots | Plot 5 | +3% (+15%) |
| Island Level 5 | $3 + $1.50 per 100 H/s | 1 h 15 min | 5 open plots | Next Island Level | +3% (+18%) |
| Island Level 6 | $3 + $1.50 per 100 H/s | 1 h 30 min | 5 open plots | Plot 6 | +3% (+21%) |
| Island Level 7 | $3 + $1.50 per 100 H/s | 1 h 45 min | 6 open plots | Next Island Level | +3% (+24%) |
| Island Level 8 | $3 + $1.50 per 100 H/s | 2 h | 6 open plots | Plot 7 | +3% (+27%) |
| Island Level 9 | $3 + $1.50 per 100 H/s | 2 h 15 min | 7 open plots | Next Island Level | +3% (+30%) |
| Island Level 10 | $3 + $1.50 per 100 H/s | 2 h 30 min | 7 open plots | Plot 8 | +3% (+33%) |
| Island Level 11 | $3 + $4.50 per 100 H/s | 2 h 45 min | 8 open plots | Bonus only | +3% (+36%) |
#Your builder and the queue
- One builder, one job at a time. Jobs are plots, power levels and Island Levels.
- Up to five more jobs wait in the queue behind the one in progress.
- You pay for a job when you queue it.
- Queued jobs can’t be cancelled: they are already paid. The Island Hall says so next to the queue.
- Change the order of waiting jobs with the arrows. The job in progress keeps going.
- When a job finishes, the next one starts by itself, even while you are offline.
- Each job is the next step of its kind. With Power Level 2 in the queue, the next power job is Power Level 3.
- Gates look ahead. You can queue the next Hall upgrade after its required plot, then the next plot after that Hall. Their prerequisites must be ready in that order.
#Build times
Plots take 15 min to 16 h, power levels 15 min to 2 h and Island Levels 30 min to 2 h 45 min.
Plots
Power levels
Island Levels
Bar height grows with the square root of the time, so short jobs stay visible.
- All 8 desks
- $71 + $20.50 per 100 H/s45 h 15 min · 16 jobs
- All power levels
- $200 + $13 per 100 H/s13 h 30 min · 13 jobs
- All Island Levels
- $39 + $18 per 100 H/s16 h 15 min · 10 jobs
- Max island
- $274 + $38 per 100 H/s61 h 30 min · about 2.6 days
“All desks” is every plot plus the Island Levels that open them. A max island also has Power Level 13 and Island Level 11. Each job is priced at your island’s record when you queue it. Builder time runs on the game’s clock, so it keeps going while you are away: keep the queue full and no builder time is wasted.
#Prices grow with your island
Builder jobs don’t have one price for everyone. Plots, power levels and Island Levels cost a base price plus an amount for every 100 H/s of your island’s hash record: the highest H/s its PCs have ever reached together, its all-time high. Every complete PC on your desks counts, switched on or off, at its full speed; bonuses don’t count. The record never goes down, so switching PCs off or taking them apart never makes a job cheaper.
- Plots 2–8: $5 + $1 per 100 H/s each.
- Power levels 1–13: Levels 1–4 $5, Levels 5–9 $12 and Levels 10–13 $30, each + $1 per 100 H/s.
- Island Level 2: $5 + $1.50 per 100 H/s.
- Island Level 3: $10 + $1.50 per 100 H/s.
- Island Level 4: $3 + $1.50 per 100 H/s.
- Island Level 5: $3 + $1.50 per 100 H/s.
- Island Level 6: $3 + $1.50 per 100 H/s.
- Island Level 7: $3 + $1.50 per 100 H/s.
- Island Level 8: $3 + $1.50 per 100 H/s.
- Island Level 9: $3 + $1.50 per 100 H/s.
- Island Level 10: $3 + $1.50 per 100 H/s.
- Island Level 11: $3 + $4.50 per 100 H/s; optional bonus upgrade.
A job’s price is locked in when you queue it, and you pay it then: a job in the queue keeps its price while your island grows. Prices are rounded up to the next cent.
| Island | Record | Plot | Power Level 1 / 5 / 10 | Island Level 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Saplings | 158.2 H/s | $6.59 | $6.59 / $13.59 / $31.59 | $5.38 |
| 8 Cedars | 1,334.1 H/s | $18.35 | $18.35 / $25.35 / $43.35 | $23.02 |
| 8 Hyperions | 21,496.5 H/s | $219.97 | $219.97 / $226.97 / $244.97 | $325.45 |
#Name your island
Open the Island panel and tap your island’s name to rename it (up to 32 characters). Under Island sign you can write a sign for visitors (up to 60). Both are free; visitors read the sign on the board above your island gate.