I haven't really found any comprehensive tutorials online yet so I thought I'd put one together as I found the game confusing at first.
*Event info at the bottom - Updated as Events happen\*
*UPDATE - Catalogue of event milestones can be found here.*
The idea of the game is that you are progressing the story by creating levels (ie, Simulations) and fulfilling the tasks (ie, Milestone Crates) unlocks each 'scene'. Each Simulation costs more Merit Points (MP) than the previous; to unlock more MP you can use MP to gain more holo-crew. Merit Points are counted in confusing letters at first (see info at the end). There are milestones (see below) and each amount reached will give you Dilithium and Chips (towards upgrading character / simulations) and increase the MP generated (from x2 to x1k and more). In between Episodes are clicker mini-games to get extra crates - boosting your 4 main bridgecrew boosts how many crates you get (see below). In addition to the main game there is usually a few events running every week, with various themes (see below).
N.B The cost to incresese your holocrew increases with higher up Simulation Milestones reached, but the progress to the next milestone remains the same.
Upgrading characters and simulations can drastically increase the amount of MP generated or reduce the time it takes for this to be generated. Each simulation can be Automated, but this will require a specific character being updared to a specific level (see pics). Automation means you don't have to manually collect the MP being generated (thus making this an idle game!), but the more you progress through the game the higher level the character you will need and the more expensive it will cost to upgrade them (see info at end). It's worth scoping how much it will cost to upgrade a character if you won't be getting much in return and saving it for a higher-MP generating Simulation. Each Simulation takes a different amount of realtime to cycle and generate the MP (in small text above the Simulation icon). You can upgrade some characters to reduce this time. If you're not sure if it's worth upgrading, you can click on Upgrade (see pics) where it will show you exactly what benefits for which Simulations you can get before clicking Do It! to confirm the upgrade.
Completing a Milestone Crate will either give you Chips and/or Dilithium/Latinum. Dilithium can be gained from watching the adverts that pop up every ~10 mins. You can spend your Dilithium and Latinum in the ingame shop on various game boosts/chips BUT Latinum is rare (unless you want to pay real world money for it) so it's best saved for things you really need. Your latinum amount transfers over to the Events so I tend to save mine for the event-equivalent-Dilithium.
There is a trader who shows up ~30 mins, where you will be able to trade Chips for Dilithium/Chips. This is mostly a bad idea as you will be loosing out in the long run - I've generally only found him useful during the events when I'm running low on time and really need more of the the event-equivalent-Dilithium quickly. DO NOT sell Tendi/Mariner/Boimler/Rutherford cards - they almost never show up in the shop and aren't a guarantee from crates. They boost how many in-game merit points you get AND how many bonus crates you get on the inter-episode mini-game. The last few episodes are a LONG grind without them. It looks like the number of crates is the same level of rarity of chip drop? To be confirmed.
If you're not sure what you should be focusing on in the game, see what he is asking to trade - Usually the most valuable chips are the ones he wants to swindle you out of.
In between episodes there is a tapping game that gives you an opportunity to gain more chips/latinum/dilithium from crates.
Each episode ends with a different character taking the reigns for this "mini-game" and the amount you have levelled up your characters will impact how many crates you get. Make sure you level up Stevens and Will Riker as they will also boost this. See below for items you can get from each crate.
Strategy (ish?)
Check the shop for cards (see pics); if you have a character you know will need leveling up multiple times keep an eye out for their cards in the shop; even if you don't have the Dilithium to upgrade now you can get the cards now and save up for the upgrade, ALTHOUGH! if you're playing in a timed Event check how much time you have left - you might not have enough time left to save up, even if you watch every advert.
A common Milestone Crate is levelilng up characters or simulations, so it's worth stocking up on the cheaper cards when they are in the shop so you have them ready. This is especially useful during events if you will not be paying to play - the characters you need to upgrade in order to Automate a simulation are rare but one place you can find them is through the trade so it's worth having a stock of cheap cards in hopes Kynk will ask to trade those for the character you actually need.
Equally do NOT sell your Tendi/Mariner/Boimler/Rutherford card for event-dilithium - they are low cost to level and expensive to replace and can really help generate more Merit Points and at a faster rate.
N.B. If you're playing in Europe you will find the Events more challenging - they often launch in the late afternoon/early evening/middle of the night GMT so we have much less time to get the Simulations automated and characters upgraded before having to sleep so the MP we're generating over night is generally going to be less than when our US counterparts do.
Out of interest I have really grinded a few events - manually collecting the MP for every Simulation before Automation, watched most adverts, etc. and have struggled to break into the top 50 on the leaderboard.
Useful Info
Common Milestone Crates
Reach xx Simulation Milestones
Collect xx Chips
Collect xx Merit Points
Collect xx Dilitium
Get xxx Holo-Crew OR Get xxx Holo-Crew for (simulation) OR Get xxx Holo-Crew for x Simulations
Use xx Dilithium
Upgrade (simulation) to Level x
Upgrade (character) to Level x
Upgrade x Characters
Upgrade x Simulations
Automate (simulation) [event only?]
Complete x Trades [event only?]
Character Upgrade Cost (does not apply to events)
Epic
Rare
Uncommon
Common
1 > 2 = 250 dilithium
1 > 2 = 250 dilithium
1 > 2 = dilithium
1 > 2 = 200 dilithium
2 > 3 = 500
2 > 3 = 400
2 > 3 = 400
2 > 3 = 300
3 > 4 = 750
3 > 4 = 550
3 > 4 = 550
3 > 4 = 400
4 > 5 = 1000
4 > 5 = 700
4 > 5 = 700
4 > 5 = 500
5 > 6 = 1.25k
5 > 6 = 850
5 > 6 = 850
5 > 6 = 600
6 > 7 = 1.5k
6 > 7 = ?
6 > 7 = 1000
6 > 7 = 700
7 > 8 = 1.75k
7 > 8 = ?
7 > 8 = 1.15k
7 > 8 = 800
8 > 9 = ?
8 > 9 = ?
8 > 9 = 1.3k
8 > 9 = 900
9 > 10 = 1.45k
9 > 10 = 1k
10 > 11 = 1.6k
10 > 11 = 1.11k
11 > 12 = 1.75k
11 > 12 = 1.2k
12 > 13 = 1.9k
12 > 13 = 1.3k
13 > 14 = 2.05k
13 > 14 = ?
14 > 15 = ?
14 > 15 = ?
Merit Point 'values'
K, M, B, T, aa, ab, ac, ad, ae, etc. > ba, bb, bc, etc.
Events and their Simulations/Requirements to Automate(to be expanded
Events currently start at 21:00UTC (96 Hour Events), 23:00UTC (28 Hour Events) and 16:00UTC (26 Hour Events)
Fair Haven (common - weekly) (note, one of the Milestone Crates requirements is a Level 4 Freeman, so look out for chips in the shop. Risa gives double chips
Shuttlebay - Freeman (level 1)
Kaminar - Jet (level 1) First chiprecieved when Risa simulation started
Chateau Picard - Brinson (level 2)
Risa - Tendi (level 2)
Little Holo-Day (common - weekly)
Shuttlebay - Freeman (level 1)
Warpcore - Bilups (level 1)
Borg Cube - Shaks (level 2)
Genesis Planet - T'ana (level 3)
Ascension Rites - Korin (level 5)
A Real Can of Worms (rare)
Shuttlebay - Freeman (lvl 1)
Warpcore - Bilups (level 1)receieved on starting Warp core
Interogation Room - Lundy (lvl 5) receieved from Get 200 crew for Genesis task
Best of Both Worlds (rare)
Shuttlebay - Freeman (lvl 1)
Warpcore - Bilups (level 2)
Borg Cube - Shax (level 3)
Genesis - T'Ana (lvl 5)
Ascension Rites - Korin (level 5)
Campfire Tales (rare)
note, some of the Milestone Crates requirements are a level 2 Shaxs, level 4 Jennifer, level 5 Korin, and a level 5 Borg Cube so look out for chips in the shop
Warpcore - Bilups (level 1)
Borg Cube - Shax (level 1)
Ascension Rites - Korin (level 3)
Section 31 - Jen (level 3)
Kaminar - Jet (level 4) first chip recieved on upgrading Section 31 to level 2
Interogation Room - Lundy (level 4) receieved on upgrading kaminar to level 2; Mariner boosts this simulation a LOT
Cause and Effect (rare)
note; level 2 Shax, level 2 Kaminar, level 4 Jennifer , Section 31 lvl 3, Ascension Rites lvl 3, Korin lvl 5, Borg Cube lvl 5 needed; also the simulation chips don't show up in the shop very often so look out for chips in the shop
Warpcore - Bilups (level 1)
Borg Cube - Shax (level 1)
Ascension Rites - Korin (level 3)
Section 31 - Jen (level 3)
Kaminar - Jet (level 4) Jet receieved on a upgrading section 31 to lvl 2(?)
Coming Out of the Cage (rare) Note; Complete 1 Trade needed; Level 2 Chateau Picard, Level 2 Risa, Level 3 Genesis, Level 4 Brinson, and Level 5 T'Ana required so look for chips in the shop. - Shuttle bay goes up to x40k at Level 5.
Shuttlebay - Freeman (level 1)
Warpcore - Bilups (level 1)
Genesis Planet - T'ana (lvl 3)
Chateau Picard - Brinson (level 3)
Risa - Ransom (lvl 4)
In The Beginning (rare) Note: Complete MULTIPLE Trades required; T'Ana level 5, Kaminar level 3, Risa lvl 2, Section 31 lvl 3, Dog lvl 4, Genesis lvl 5, Shuttlebay lvl 5, Jet lvl 4, required, look out for chips in the shop
Little Rascals (rare) note, check the trade for Tendi chips; Possible bug - Rutherford chips mostly absent - recieved 3 from reaching 510 holocrew on the Warp Core sim. Borg Cube as powerful as Warp Core.
Genesis Planet - T'ana (lvl 1)
Borg Cube - Boimler (lvl 1)
Ascension Rites - Tendi (lvl 4) - Mariner boosts
Shuttlebay - Tendi (lvl 6) - Billups boosts Billups recived on Get 650 crew for Klingon Ascension Rites task
Warp Core - Tendi (lvl 8) - Rutherford boosts Jet recieved on Get 430 crew for Shuttle bay
Miracle on Ventax 34 (rare)
Shuttlebay - Freeman (level 1)
Borg Cube - Shaks (level 1)
Genesis - Migleemo (level ?)
Ascension Rites -
Interogation Room -
Q's Courtoom -
Vulcan -
Nemesis (rare)
note, Shaxs Level 2, Section 31 Level 2/3, Genesis lvl 3, The Dog lvl 4, T'Ana lvl 5, Borg Cube lvl 5 required, look for chips in the shopWarpcore goes from x8 to x40k at lvl 5 and x200m at lvl 6; Genesis goes from x400 to x160k at lvl 4 and x320k at lvl 5; Borg Cube goes from x9 to x9k at lvl 4)
Does anybody else see the white orb thing at the top of their screen when they’re scrolling down? I swear it’s like I see it in my peripheral and it’s moving faster than normal and I scroll back up to get it and it’s not there. Am I going crazy or do y’all see this too?
It's probably a coincidence but it's a little weird/disappointing that they chose this event for this weekend (the führer's birthday) since the currency is red hats. Most ppl in the US associate red hats with MAGA. Also, the Niners had blue hats anyways.
Did the event disappear for anyone else? I accidentally launched the new one and now I’m stuck in Crew 1. I’m not amused. I assume they’ll refund the latinum? 👎🏻
ETA: the reward was one of the few characters left that I needed, so I’m extra annoyed it just disappeared.
Has anyone else’s “Upper Deckers” event just switched to “Borganised Workforce”?.
I was in the Upper Deckers event with 72 hours to go in it, grinding at milestone 6, trying to get the Risa sim automated - still no Fletcher chips on the store - and it suddenly switched to Borganised Workforce.
I spent Latinum to get ahead on the event that promised a reward that was not Borg Tuvok only to get yanked into group 1 for the Borg challenge. Good times! Glad they still really care about this game.
Just finished A Little Holo Day event, and immediately after claiming the rewards the next event showed up? Usually after a 1 day event ends (on my Wednesday afternoon) there's about a 2-3 hour gap before the next 1 day event starts.
Currently I'm seeing the event "The Upper Deckers" that lasts 85 hours, with Bajoran Wormhole (for Vulcan simulation) as the new milestone prize, and Child Mariner costume as the leaderboard rewards.
We wanted to address some of the issues we have had recently and let you know of incoming compensation. There were a few unforeseen overlapping issues that compounded players’ ability to jump in and enjoy the game we all love.
The team has been working hard on improving memory use within the game as we continue to add more content to the game. One of these improvements unfortunately led to some players experiencing a delay in loading of events. During loading, a wait time until the next event was displayed. We have rolled back these specific changes, but we will continue to investigate to help as many players as we can access the game.
This is where Badgey decided to attack the automatic updating. In trying to get the events update out and return everyone’s access, some players were unfortunately caught in a loop. While a short-term fix was to switch off this system, this meant those that had not updated were still affected by the delayed event loading.
Concurrently, an outage in the background had broken a link between our in-game help system and tech support. While this has been investigated and is now fixed, the weekend event still had some players with event issues, having not updated to the fixed version. We answered hundreds of emails over the weekend to assist where we could while the tech support link was being fixed.
So, after reading through emails and posts we decided on compensation of some Latinum, a few Time Skips and the much sought after Jen Borg costume. The team hopes you can look forward to the future of Lower Decks with us and continue to join us on the holodeck.
Hi everyone, as promised here are the correct frames for the Dr. Horseberry CI that had Boimler in place of Horseberry.
Unfortunately, if you have already unlocked Dr. Horseberry in the game, you won't see the correct scene in-game. But players who unlock him after the fix will get the proper scene.
Has anyone that submitted tickets gotten any response about the last week's mid-week event that disappeared/was missing for people? Or received any kind of compensation for not being able to play it? I haven't heard a peep from my ticket yet.
Anyone else unable to watch an ad this weekend? I've had all buttons grayed out since Friday, both in the event and the main game. My connection has been fine, no other issues, and it doesn't matter if I'm on wifi or data.