Category: Buildings & Upgrades•Last updated: 2025-01-25

Upgrade System in Revolution Idle

The upgrade system is a crucial mechanic that allows you to improve various aspects of your empire. This guide covers all upgrade types and provides strategies for optimal progression.

Basic Upgrade Types

Production Upgrades

Improve your resource generation capabilities.

Worker Efficiency

  • Cost: Scales with current level
  • Effect: +25% worker production per level
  • Max Level: 100
  • Strategy:
    • Priority upgrade early game
    • Cost-effective until level 50
    • Consider automation after level 25

Resource Quality

  • Cost: Exponential scaling
  • Effect: +10% resource value per level
  • Max Level: 50
  • Strategy:
    • Balance with efficiency upgrades
    • Critical for market trading
    • Affects processing results

Building Upgrades

Enhance your buildings' performance and capabilities.

Capacity Increase

  • Cost: Linear scaling
  • Effect: +50% storage per level
  • Max Level: 25
  • Strategy:
    • Essential for offline progress
    • Upgrade before long breaks
    • Balance with production rate

Operating Efficiency

  • Cost: Moderate scaling
  • Effect: -5% resource consumption per level
  • Max Level: 20
  • Strategy:
    • Crucial for profit margins
    • Prioritize for expensive operations
    • Synergizes with automation

Advanced Upgrade Categories

Research Upgrades

Unlock and improve technological capabilities.

Research Speed

  • Effect: +15% research speed per level
  • Requirements: Research Lab Level 5
  • Strategy:
    • Essential for tech progression
    • Invest early for compound benefits
    • Balance with other research costs

Breakthrough Chance

  • Effect: +5% breakthrough chance per level
  • Requirements: Innovation Center
  • Strategy:
    • Long-term investment
    • Critical for late-game content
    • Combine with speed upgrades

Economic Upgrades

Improve your financial and trading capabilities.

Market Influence

  • Effect: Better trade rates and opportunities
  • Requirements: Market Level 3
  • Strategy:
    • Essential for trading focus
    • Increases profit margins
    • Unlocks special deals

Banking Efficiency

  • Effect: Improved interest rates and storage
  • Requirements: Bank Level 5
  • Strategy:
    • Great for passive income
    • Maximize return on investment
    • Critical for resource management

Special Upgrades

Prestige Bonuses

Permanent improvements that carry over after prestige.

Global Multipliers

  • Effect: Multiplicative bonus to all production
  • Cost: Prestige points
  • Strategy:
    • Save points for big purchases
    • Focus on most impactful first
    • Consider long-term growth

Unlock Tokens

  • Effect: Unlock special features and content
  • Cost: Varies by feature
  • Strategy:
    • Plan unlocks carefully
    • Research benefits before purchase
    • Consider current game phase

Optimization Strategies

Early Game (First Prestige)

  1. Focus on worker efficiency
  2. Basic building upgrades
  3. Essential research speed
  4. Save for key unlocks

Mid Game (Prestiges 2-5)

  1. Balance all upgrade types
  2. Invest in research
  3. Start economic upgrades
  4. Plan prestige bonuses

Late Game (Prestige 6+)

  1. Maximize special upgrades
  2. Focus on multipliers
  3. Optimize for prestige gains
  4. Invest in breakthroughs

Upgrade Synergies

Production Chain

  1. Worker Efficiency → Resource Quality → Market Influence
  • Maximizes resource value
  • Optimizes profit margins
  • Improves market position

Research Path

  1. Research Speed → Breakthrough Chance → Special Unlocks
  • Accelerates progression
  • Unlocks advanced content
  • Enables new strategies

Economic Circuit

  1. Market Influence → Banking Efficiency → Global Multipliers
  • Optimizes resource flow
  • Increases passive income
  • Maximizes overall gains

Tips for Success

General Upgrade Tips

  • Always check ROI (Return on Investment)
  • Consider upgrade synergies
  • Plan around prestige resets
  • Monitor resource allocation

Resource Management

  • Balance upgrade costs
  • Maintain resource reserves
  • Plan for future upgrades
  • Consider opportunity costs

Priority Guidelines

  1. Essential production upgrades
  2. Quality of life improvements
  3. Long-term investments
  4. Luxury/optional upgrades

Advanced Concepts

Upgrade Scaling

  • Understand cost progression
  • Plan for exponential scaling
  • Balance immediate vs. future needs
  • Consider prestige impact

Optimization Techniques

  • Calculate efficiency ratios
  • Track upgrade benefits
  • Plan upgrade sequences
  • Maximize synergy effects