Calculator Tools¶

This page is User Guide. It explains how to use the Calculator Tools dashboard.

Overview¶

Calculator Tools provides quick, descriptive calculators for game speed timing and lab research speedups based on your inputs.

When to Use This¶

You want to estimate your effective game speed from a recent run.
You want to compare expected timing across different game speed settings.
You want to understand the cell costs tied to lab speedup boosts for mission goals.

How to Use¶

Game Speed Calculator¶

Select Calculator Tools from the navigation.
Select a run from the Run list.
Select a Game speed value.
Select Wave Accelerator active when the card was active.
Select Calculate to view results.

Labs Speed Up Calculator¶

Select the number of Labs unlocked.
Select your current research progress in days, hours, minutes, and seconds.
Select a Goal tier.
Select Calculate to view the speedup requirements.

How to Read the Results¶

Game Speed Calculator¶

Derived game speed is calculated from your run’s real time and waves completed.
Observed waves per hour reflects the run you selected.
Expected waves per hour shows the waves per hour implied by the selected game speed.
Estimated real time shows how long the selected run would take at the selected game speed.

Labs Speed Up Calculator¶

Remaining research time shows the gap between your current progress and the selected goal.
Deadline shows the end of the current Event window and the remaining real time available.
Shortfall to deadline shows the research time that is not covered by the remaining Event window.
The results table lists each boost option with the minimum number of boosts needed and the total cells required.
Research time covered shows the additional research time supplied by boosts in DD HH MM SS format.
Possible by deadline highlights which boosts can fit in the remaining Event window time.
Labs unlock costs only list labs you have not unlocked yet.

Notes & Limitations¶

Note Derived game speed is an estimate based on real-world time and can differ from the in-game speed label.

Note The Run list includes your five most recent Battle Reports.

Note Wave Accelerator calculations use your Wave Accelerator card level and the card Effect value.

Note Labs Speed Up uses midnight UTC at the end of the current Event window as the deadline for completing the goal.

Note Labs Speed Up results assume all unlocked labs are running and that speedups apply to all active labs.

Note Results are descriptive only and do not recommend specific actions.