Droid Tycoon player guide
Droid Tycoon Cantina Boost Guide
Compare every recorded Cantina boost and Surge at its v1.31.0 Nova price, including the 450-Nova Stellar Surge, plus the 3,800 V-Bucks Crit Pack and 1,200 V-Bucks Droid Tracker Pack.
Reviewed October 30, 2026 for v1.37.0 · Officially announced · Verified in game · Calculated · Game reference.
Which Cantina boost should I buy?
Buy for the next task, not by price alone. Crafting Boost doubles Droid Depot crafting speed and Pickaxe Level for 15 minutes, Surges change conveyor blueprints, and Luck now costs 400 V-Bucks after the v1.25 cut.
Wait until you can use the full timer before buying a timed boost.
Check crafting payback
Set up first, then buy
Have credits ready, clear the crafting queue, and know which conveyor or Sandcrawler result you want before starting a timer. A five-minute Surge spent reorganizing the base wastes most of the purchase.
v1.32 cut surge prices and added the Kyber Surge
v1.32.0 cuts the surges: Beskar Surge 100 Nova or 200 V-Bucks, Galactic Surge 150 Nova or 300 V-Bucks, and Stellar Surge 300 Nova or 400 V-Bucks. The new Kyber Surge costs 450 Nova or 500 V-Bucks from September 26, 2026 at 1:00 PM PDT (8:00 PM UTC). The Nova Shop Rainbow Surge Token is retired, and tokens you own become Beskar Surge tokens. These are listed prices. Check the live shop for availability.
The new Droid Tracker Pack costs 1,200 V-Bucks and unlocks Rebirth Droid Alerts, 5 Droidex Tracking levels, Variant Watch and the Tracker Workshop Paint. Perks you already own pay out Nova Crystals instead.
v1.25 cut two V-Bucks prices
Luck Boost and the Boost Bundle each dropped by 100 V-Bucks. Sandcrawler Luck now costs 400 V-Bucks in the table below. The Boost Pack is 500 V-Bucks and grants Luck Boost and Crafting Boost for 15 minutes each, activating either boost that is not already running. These V-Bucks prices are unchanged through 1.32.0.
v1.27 identifies the Stellar Surge
The 3,800 V-Bucks Crit Pack includes its special Crit visual effect, four Critical Chance levels, two Critical Amount levels, and one Multi Crit level; already-owned levels refund Nova Crystals. The live v1.27 shop identifies the announced New Variant Surge as Stellar Surge.
The new item is the Stellar Surge Token. The live v1.27 Nova Shop lists it at 90 Nova for five minutes; it sends a wave of Stellar Variant energy across the Sandcrawler conveyor every 30 to 50 seconds (its shop text says every 30 seconds) and is used in the Cantina Shop.
| Pack | V-Bucks | Unlocks | Activation and duplicates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boost Pack | 500 | Luck Boost + Crafting Boost; 15 minutes each | Activates each included boost that is not already running. |
| Crit Pack | 3,800 | Special Crit VFX; 4 Critical Chance levels; 2 Critical Amount levels; 1 Multi Crit level | Owned levels are refunded as Nova Crystals instead of duplicated. |
| Droid Tracker Pack | 1,200 | Rebirth Droid Alerts; 5 Droidex Tracking levels; Variant Watch; Tracker Workshop Paint | Owned perks are paid out as Nova Crystals instead: Droidex Tracking 20, Variant Watch 100. |
Current Cantina prices
| Item | Nova | V-Bucks | Duration | Recorded effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow Surge | Retired | 200 | 5 minutes | Retired from the Nova Shop in v1.32.0; owned tokens convert to Beskar Surge. Whether the V-Bucks offer remains is not confirmed. |
| Beskar Surge | 100 | 200 | 5 minutes | Each conveyor blueprint gets a 10% Beskar conversion roll per wave. From October 24, 2026 at 1:00 PM PDT (8:00 PM UTC), the game files hide its Nova Shop card. This is read from the files, not yet seen in a live shop. |
| Galactic Surge | 150 | 300 | 5 minutes | Each conveyor blueprint gets a 10% Galactic conversion roll per wave. |
| Crafting Boost | 150 | 250 | 15 minutes | 2x Droid Depot crafting speed and Pickaxe Level. |
| Sandcrawler Luck | 200 | 400 | 15 minutes | Triples Legendary and Mythic weights at the Sandcrawler. |
| Stellar Surge | 300 | 400 | 5 minutes | Sends Stellar Variant energy across the Sandcrawler conveyor every 30 to 50 seconds. |
| Kyber Surge | 450 | 500 | 5 minutes | A Kyber wave crosses the conveyor every 30 to 50 seconds and gives each blueprint it passes a 10% Kyber roll, at least one per wave. From September 26, 2026 at 1:00 PM PDT (8:00 PM UTC). Since v1.35.0, World Mission rank 4 also starts a 150-second Kyber Surge. |
| Scourge Surge | 450 | 500 | 5 minutes | New in 1.36.0, on sale from Saturday, October 24, 2026 at 1:00 PM PDT (8:00 PM UTC). Each wave gives every blueprint it passes a 10% Scourge roll, at least one per wave. The shop text says a wave every 30 seconds. It also comes from the first Dawn of the Scourge goal and as a Super Rebirth Nova perk token. In the Nova Shop it is the last Lobby Boosts card. |
How a Surge rolls
A Surge sends one wave immediately, then another every 30 to 50 seconds. Since v1.24, the final wave also triggers consistently when the timer reaches 00:00. Each blueprint on the conveyor rolls independently with a 10% chance to convert to the Surge variant.
More blueprints improve the chance that at least one converts during a wave. They do not improve the 10% roll on an individual blueprint.
Chance of at least one conversion per wave
| Blueprints on conveyor | At least one converts |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10.00% |
| 2 | 19.00% |
| 3 | 27.10% |
| 5 | 40.95% |
| 10 | 65.13% |
What Sandcrawler Luck actually does
The boost triples the Legendary and Mythic weights. Because the whole pool is normalized afterward, the final combined Legendary plus Mythic chance rises from about 4.38% to 12.09%, or roughly 2.76 times the normal final chance.
| Rarity | Normal chance | Luck chance |
|---|---|---|
| Common | 55.78% | 48.35% |
| Rare | 31.87% | 27.47% |
| Epic | 7.97% | 12.09% |
| Legendary | 2.79% | 7.69% |
| Mythic | 1.59% | 4.40% |
Which one would I buy?
Use a Surge when the target variant is the goal and several blueprints can move through every wave. Use Sandcrawler Luck when Legendary and Mythic droids are the goal and enough credits are ready for the full 15 minutes. Use Crafting Boost when a full queue and a prepared scrap loop can use it for the full timer. Since v1.23.2, Crafting Boost provides a 2x Droid Depot crafting-speed and Pickaxe Level effect for 15 minutes. Otherwise, keep the Nova.
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