Upgrade Priority Tier List
Rank the next decision—not a made-up drone roster. This update combines creator-confirmed systems with a dated community beginner workflow and visible bottleneck tests.
Current priority tiers
A tier can move when the planet, assigned drones, open platforms, boosts, or upgrade prices change.
Fix the active bottleneck
The best immediate purchase is the one that shortens the slowest visible stage of the current mining cycle. This position can move after a new drone, platform, planet, or upgrade.
Evidence: Creator-confirmed stats plus repeatable player measurementKeep useful platforms filled
An unlocked platform with no working drone is unused production capacity. Community progression guidance places rolling, assigning useful drones, and opening platforms near the start of progression.
Evidence: Community-reported beginner workflowPreserve planet-evolution progress
Do not spend every unit of cash on small upgrades when the current evolution prompt is within reach. The creator confirms that evolution leads to rarer ore and larger worlds, but exact costs and reset rules must be read in game.
Evidence: Creator-confirmed progression benefitBalance the supporting fleet stats
Once the main constraint improves, bring the supporting stats up enough that they do not become the next severe interruption. Equal levels are not the goal; smooth throughput is.
Evidence: Bottleneck methodLuck, equipment, and limited consumables
Use these when the live tooltip shows a clear benefit for the fleet or progression goal you are pursuing. The public sources do not provide stable Luck breakpoints, complete equipment values, or a universal consumable order.
Evidence: Incomplete public valuesPower, Speed, Cargo, or capacity?
Change one thing at a time and use the same planet, fleet, boosts, and observation window.
| Upgrade | Choose it when | How to re-test |
|---|---|---|
| Mining Power | Drones reach targets quickly but spend most of the cycle firing while material breaks slowly. | Time the same planet and fleet after one visible power upgrade. |
| Speed | Mining finishes quickly but travel, return, repositioning, or target reacquisition consumes a large share of the cycle. | Compare movement time with active laser time under the same conditions. |
| Cargo | Drones repeatedly stop productive mining because their loads fill and force extra returns. | Count full-load returns during the same observation window. |
| Drone or platform capacity | A platform is empty, a useful drone is unassigned, or a new drone has no available working slot. | Confirm the added drone is assigned and completes a full production cycle. |
Community-reported beginner order
This order is a starting checklist from recent progression coverage, not an official permanent formula.
- 1Roll and assign the strongest useful drones shown by the live stats
- 2Unlock and fill every available dock platform
- 3Protect progress toward the next planet upgrade or evolution
- 4Test Mining Power or mining speed when breaking is slow
- 5Test Cargo when full loads interrupt mining
- 6Check the Index after discovering a new drone and claim visible rewards
- 7Equip Aliens only after comparing their current visible bonuses
- 8Delay equipment or limited-item spending until the live benefit is clear
Values excluded from the ranking
- Complete named drone roster and stable per-drone stats
- Exact upgrade cost curves, caps, and multipliers
- A universal best order across every planet and fleet
- Stable mutation, weather, incident, and balance values for the current unnumbered build
- The exact boost types, strengths, rewards, and balance effects for the scheduled ADMIN BOOSTS event
- Any numbered-build or UPD 11 mechanics not published in the official experience title or event record
- Any upgrade, Luck, or tier effect from the cross-reported EARTH code's UFO CPU reward
Build your own reliable snapshot
Record the build, planet, assigned fleet, visible boosts, purchase cost, and one repeated result. That evidence is more useful than a tier label copied from another account.
Use the controlled upgrade test →Sources
- Official Mine a Planet Roblox pageCurrent [🌎] identity (checked August 27); drones, Luck, evolution, Mining Power, Speed, and Cargo; no numbered build is shown
- NerdsChalk beginner guideUpdated July 21; community-reported drone, platform, upgrade, alien, index, and reward workflow
- Official Roblox event recordScheduled ADMIN BOOSTS event on August 29; no boost values, rewards, or balance changes are published
- Mine a Planet fleet-upgrades wikiSource-labelled bottleneck testing method used by this site
Tier list FAQ
What is the best upgrade in Mine a Planet?
There is no universal verified best upgrade. Choose Mining Power when breaking is slow, Speed when movement dominates, and Cargo when full loads force frequent returns. Keep useful platforms filled and re-test after each major change.
What should a beginner prioritize first?
Current community guidance starts with rolling and assigning useful drones, opening and filling platforms, then improving planet progression and the fleet stat that limits the current cycle. Exact costs and payoff curves are not publicly documented.
Is Mining Power better than Speed or Cargo?
Only when breaking material is the active bottleneck. Speed is stronger when travel dominates, while Cargo is stronger when full loads interrupt mining. Measure the same planet and fleet before and after one upgrade.
Where is the named drone tier list?
A complete public drone roster with stable per-drone stats and rates is not available from the reliable sources used here. The current live tooltip is safer than an invented S-to-D list.
Will ADMIN BOOSTS change this tier list?
The official ADMIN BOOSTS record does not publish boost strengths, rewards, or balance values. During the event, re-test the same fleet and planet before changing priorities instead of inferring a new best upgrade from the event name.