Rubies

A ruby

Rubies are the premium currency in Clicker Heroes. They can be obtained from clickables, mercenary quests, or by purchasing them from the Shop using real money.

Obtaining Rubies

From the Shop

Rubies can be purchased directly via real money on all providers, except Kongregate.
Kongregate users will need to purchase Kreds to their account first and use those to buy the rubies. Note that on Coolmath there are no ways to buy rubies.

Amount	USD	Kreds	Bonus
200 (20)	$1.99	19	0%
550 (55)	$4.99	49	10%
1150 (115)	$9.99	99	15%
2400 (240)	$19.99	199	20%
6250 (625)	$49.99	499	25%
14000 (13000)	$99.99	999	30%

Free Rubies

On PC

• From Clickables
  • Clickables have a 44% chance to drop 20(10) (old, 2(1) rubies when clicked upon. On top of that, you have a 4% chance to get twice that from a clickable, or double again (up to 8 in total) with Revolc.
• From Mercenaries
  • Mercenaries can be sent on specific quests to obtain rubies (or a chance to obtain rubies).
  • Another way to obtain rubies is to open Clickmas presents, obtained from the Clickmas event or from Mercenary quests.

On Mobile (iOS/Android)

• From Achievements
• From Clickables
• From watching videos (5 every hour)
• From watching videos after boss failed until the app re-launched (25 every hour)
• From mercenaries
• From offers (Mostly scam, not recommended)

Other

• Developers occasionally publish limited-user promo codes for free rubies on the official Twitter page and/or Reddit page.
  • Promo codes can be redeemed by clicking the "Redeem" button in the bottom right corner of the Options menu and the menu button is shaped like a spanner.

Spending Rubies

On PC

The Shop

Most Ruby purchases can be made from the Ruby Shop, which is accessed by clicking the green button below the monster HP bar.

Note: On websites such as Armor Games, you must create an account and log in to it in order to use the shop. This can be avoided by going to the spanner at the top right, pressing it, clicking the 'save' button, saving your progress somewhere on your device, opening the original Clicker Heroes website, pressing the spanner on it in the top right, clicking 'import' to paste your data there and then you will be able to play with the shop.

Item	Cost in Rubies	Effect	State after Ascension	State after Transcension
Timelapse	8h: 100 (10) 24h: 200 (20) 48h: 300 (30) 168h: 500 (50)	Fast-forward 8, 24, 48 or 168 hours in time. Your cooldowns refresh, and you get a certain amount of gold based on your DPS and highest zone. It also progresses through zones and takes time off mercenary quests.	Lost	Lost
Auto Clicker	1000 + 500 × (current number of Auto Clickers owned) Before PC ruby update: 100 + 50 × (ACnum)	Auto Clickers can be used to automatically level heroes, activate skills, and click monsters for you! Auto clickers on the monster stack unlimitedly, clicking exponentially more times per stack (starting at 10 CPS), exceeding the click limit.	Remain	Remain
Quick Ascension	500 (50)	Additional Hero Souls will be added to the current total (not the "Ascend for" total) without resetting the levels. One Ascension will also be added to the total Ascensions in the stats. (The Quick Ascension reward is equal to the Sum of Hero Souls from all non-Centennial bosses beaten up to your HZE * Chance of Boss being Primal + Sum of Hero Souls from Centennials up to zone 1 million. This includes Hero Souls from Transcendent Power.)	Remain	Lost
2x multiplier to all your damage forever	500 (50)	Adds a permanent 2x multiplier to all damage. Can be purchased only once.	Remain	Remain
3 Random Gilded Heroes	300 (30)	Up to 3 heroes will have a gild added. One hero may be gilded more than once with this purchase. Only seen heroes can be selected. Heroes marked as LOCKED on the Gilded Heroes screen are not eligible. (The Gilded Heroes screen can be reached by clicking the "?" button in the Shop or by clicking the "Gilded" button at the bottom of the Heroes list.)	Remain	Lost at first, but restored gradually
3 Relics	400 (40)	Gives you 3 random Relics without having to hunt for them. (You need to ascend at least once in order to unlock this purchase.)	Remain	Lost

Other Purchases

There are also a few purchases which can't be made directly from the shop.

Action	Cost in rubies	Where to find it	When it can be found
Create a new clan	500 (5)	One of the two buttons under the Clans tab	As long as you're not in a clan already
Immediately fight an Immortal, without having to wait	100 (10)	At the bottom of the Today's Raid tab	When you've already damaged the Immortal 3 times that day or less than 3 times but the last time was less than an hour ago, and the Immortal hasn't been beaten yet.
Instantly hire a new Mercenary	400 (40)	At the bottom of the Mercenary tab	As long as you have less than 5 Mercenaries
Revive a Mercenary	100 + 10*ceil(1.5^(Mercenary level)) Before PC ruby update: 10 + ceil(1.5^(Mercenary level))	It's a green sprite below the HP bar of one of your Mercenaries	After a Mercenary has died, but before it has been buried

On iOS/Google Play (Android)

Item	Cost in rubies	Effect	After Ascension	After Transcension
2x Damage Multiplier	500	Adds a permanent 2x multiplier to all damage. Can be purchased only once.	Retained	Retained
+1 Auto Tapper	1000 + 500 × current amount of Auto Clicker owned	Auto Tappers can be used to automatically level heroes, activate skills, and tap monsters for you! Auto tappers on the monster stack unlimitedly, tapping exponentially more times per stack (starting at 10 TPS), exceeding the tap limit.	Retained	Retained
Timelapse	100 (8hr) 200 (24hr) 300 (48hr) 500 (168hr)	Instantly get 8, 24, 48, or 168 hours of offline progress.	Lost	Lost
3 Gilded Heroes	200	Up to 3 heroes will have a gild added. One hero may be gilded more than once with this purchase.	Retained	Lost at first, but restored gradually
Quick Ascension	500	Additional Hero Souls will be added to the current total (not the "Ascend for" total) without resetting the levels. (You need to defeat level 105 to unlock Hero Souls.)	Retained	Lost
3 Relics	400	Gives you 3 random Relics without having to hunt for them.	Retained	Lost

Achievements

Achievement Name	Icon	Description
Seeing Red		Complete 5 quests for Rubies.
The Red Baron		Complete 25 quests for Rubies.
Red Tide		Complete 100 quests for Rubies.
Red Sea		Complete 500 quests for Rubies.
Red Planet		Complete 2500 quests for Rubies.

Tips On Spending Rubies

• In early game: The first thing you will want to buy are 2 Auto Clickers. Next, you want to buy the Double Damage upgrade, this is optional. Buy 3 more Auto Clickers and begin saving rubies.
• In late game: Buy Timelapses and Quick Ascensions. As you progress further and further, it becomes more and more efficient to Quick Ascend rather than World Ascend. Once you reach Zone 50K depending on your Ruby amount, you will want to start Timelapsing. Follow the timelapse calculator accordingly. At around Zone 250K, depending on your Ruby amount you will want to start Quick Ascending overr and over until you reach the cap at Zone 1 Million. You should then begin Timelapsing again. When you start your transcension to 1 million, the timelapse calculator will say for you to save rubies, do this as you’ll need around 33000 rubies to use quick ascensions from zone 250k to 1m.

Notes

• The Ruby Shop (and with it, the Ruby system) was introduced in patch 0.17c. It only sold Timelapses, Gilded Heroes, and Quick Ascensions at that time though.

• Patch 1.0 limited the amount of clickables that could award rubies to 25 per ascension.
• Patch 1.0e10 added 24 and 48-hour timelapses which cost 200 (20) and 300 (30) rubies, and halved the cost of an 8-hour timelapse.
• Patch 1.0e11 removed the cap of 25 clickables that could drop rubies. It also added a 168-hour timelapse and made Quick Ascension's hero soul reward stop growing after zone 1 million.
• In the 2017 April Fool's Day event, clicking the hero's faces could possibly give you rubies.
• Patch 1.0e12-5433 (December 18th, 2024) "unified" the ruby system and prices for the desktop version to match mobile.

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