¶ Builders
Builders are separate from your Workers and are only used to build new rooms, upgrade existing Rooms, or remove obstacles. You start with one Builder, though you can get temporary Builders with an active VIP. You can also buy permanent builders for 750 and 1000 Nanites. Early on this won't be necessary as most rooms and upgrades only take a few minutes. However, at later levels upgrades start taking over a day to complete so it is recommended to eventually save up to get at least one additional Builder. This can be done by clicking the green + next to the Builder icon in the top right of the screen when you have a room selected in your Shelter.
¶ Crafting Supplies
There are different types of crafting supplies for different modifications that can be performed on equipment. All of these items can be acquired the same ways, though some are more rare than others - missions, expeditions, roulette, crates, quest and event rewards, and disassembly. Disassembly is the most reliable means of getting crafting supplies, but requires destroying equipment.
¶ Upgrade Items
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Wyvern Hide - Used to upgrade clothing levels. |
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Plasteel Tube - Used to upgrade weapon levels. |
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Copper Wire - Used to upgrade trinket levels. |
¶ Enhancement Gems
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Rare Sapphire - Used to enhance items from Common to Rare. |
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Epic Amethyst - Used to enhance items from Rare to Epic. |
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Legendary Fire Opal - Used to enhance items from Epic to Legendary. |
¶ Chrome Readjusters
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Chrome Readjusters - Used to reforge Rare or higher items. |
¶ Credits
Credits are the currency of the Shelter 69 universe. They are required to remove obstacles, build new rooms, upgrade existing rooms. However, you will mostly use them for buying Rare and Common Crates from the shop each day. Credits are produced by the Treasury, and can be acquired from the roulette, expeditions, and missions.
¶ Drones
Drones are used to auto-farm missions that you have already completed with 3 stars. Completing a mission in this way costs 1 Drone in addition to the Energy cost. Auto-farm missions count towards “Complete X Missions” tasks, but do not count any “Defeat X Enemies” tasks. Drones are produced by the Scouting Center
¶ eLDi
eLDi, or electronic Lust Dust injectors, are used to heal your Champions during combat and expeditions. You have to manually use them in combat, but on expeditions your Champions will use them automatically if their health gets too low. eLDi are produced by the eLDi Factory, and can be acquired from the roulette, crates, expeditions, and missions.
¶ Energy
Energy is used to run all types of missions. Every mission costs 1 Energy. You can hold a maximum of 10 Energy at one time, and it regens 1 Energy every 5 minutes.
¶ Entry Bands
Entry Bands are produced by and used at the Pool. They are spent to unlock special pool themed pictures or traded for crates. They are primarily acquired by assigning workers to the Pool. They can also be purchased for Nanites (150 nanites for 40 Entry Bands and 250 nanites for 100 Entry Bands - each can only be purchased once per day). An additional 5 Entry Bands can be earned through Daily Quests each day. Small numbers of Entry Bands can be acquired randomly from the Roulette and crates.
¶ Flirt Items
There are about a dozen different flirt items to collect in Shelter 69 - flowers, sweets, jewelry (or jewellery if you prefer), sex toys, etc. However, there's no way to collect specific flirt items, any time you get awarded some it's random which you will get and they all have the same chance. When talking to Champions in the Flirt system, your final choice in the conversation will require a mix of different flirt items to complete. They can be acquired from the roulette, crates, expeditions, daily and seasonal rewards, events, and missions. Running missions like 2-1, 3-9, 4-4, and 4-5 are among the most popular ways to collect more if you need them.
¶ Mission Intel
Mission Intel is no longer used in Shelter 69 as of February 2024. It has been replaced by Energy and Drones.
¶ Nanites
Nanites are the premium currency of Shelter 69. They can be used for all kinds of things - buying Epic Crates, extra roulette spins, quickly finishing wait timers, etc. They can be purchased with real money, or earned by completing daily quests, achievements, seasonal rewards, or found on missions and exploring secret locations. For Free to Play players, it is recommended you keep a stockpile of at least 1000 nanites to use on events.
¶ Stone and Metal
Stone and Metal are used to remove obstacles, build new rooms, upgrade existing rooms, and upgrade equipment. They are produced in the Quarry (Stone) and Metal Foundry (Metal). They can also be acquired from the roulette, crates, expeditions, and missions.
¶ Training Materials
Training Materials are used to upgrade the levels of your Workers in the Training Grounds. They are produced by the Server Room, and can be acquired from the roulette, crates, expeditions, and missions.
¶ Trust
Trust is the primary resource for unlocking and improving your Champions. The primary means of acquiring Trust is through opening Crates and Trust Missions. It can also occasionally be earned from the Radio Station.
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| Levels 1 to 10 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 12 |
| Levels 11 to 20 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 24 |
| Levels 21 to 30 | 15 | 21 | 27 | 36 |
| Levels 31 to 40 | 20 | 28 | 36 | 48 |
| Levels 41 to 50 | 25? | 35? | 45? | 60? |
| Levels 51 to 60 | 30? | 42? | 54? | 72? |
¶ Trust Tokens
Trust Tokens are used, along with Mission Intelligence, to run Trust missions. You receive 5 tokens each day. Once you run out, if you start another Trust mission you can refill 5 Trust Tokens for 50 nanites. They can be refilled an unlimited number of times each day, with cost increasing past the first refill.
¶ Vault Coins
Vault Coins provide a way to unlock special content, including old event story scenes and H-Scenes you may have missed. Event scenes are added to the vault 60 days after the event ended. They can also be used to unlock special Vault H-scenes which are added to the game during Vault Opening Events, or behind the scenes art - like concept art for characters. Vault Coins are easiest to earn through Vault Opening events. However, they can also be earned from login calendar rewards, Seasonal Rewards, Clothing Shop Raid events, and Invasion Rewards.
