Every Wednesday the ability to buy elixir directly from the shop unlocks. These are donut purchases, so freemium players feel free to ignore this post, or read on to see what you’re missing out on.

Elixir doesn’t unlock personal prizes though, gold does. Speaking of personal prizes though, the sixth price is an Elixir Bundle. So you’ll eventually get 4,000 extra bottles of elixir just through regular play. So you may want to keep that in mind before you spend your donuts.

What does elixir do anyway?

You need to use elixir to upgrade you castle. By upgrading your castle you unlock more parts to expand you castle, like walls, towers, and gates. This is great for decorating and meeting some quest requirements, but outside of that all this does in the long-term is raise your vanity score.

Does elixir serve any other purpose?

Yes, an upgraded castle produces more nerds per hour. You can’t do much of anything in this event without nerds, so having more of those being produced will help your game in the long run. You earn gold and elixir by attacking, defending, and repairing buildings. So it’s a resource you’ll accumulate, but being able to buy it straight from the shop cuts out a lot of the game play.

Isn’t cutting out game play bad?

Probably, this event is going to run into the first week of October. If you grind your way through to the end before September, you’re going to be begging for this event to end. So while it might seem like a good idea to rush things, it’s better to just pace yourself and enjoy the game at a leisurely pace.

Is it better to buy Cheaters 20s?

No, but let’s do the math anyway. You can get a “Bag of 20 Cheaters 20s” for 155 donuts. You can instantly wreck a building for 1, which nets you a reward of 70 elixir and 25 gold. The most you can earn is 1,400 from one of these pages. Even if you only use the die to wreck castles, you’ll still only get 2,800 elixir. It is by far better to buy elixir directly because you can get 4,000 for just 100 donuts.

Can you simplify that, and not use a bunch of number to explain it?

If you have a lot of donuts it is better and more economical to buy elixir directly. Don’t waste your time with cheater die. It’s more time consuming and expensive if more elixir is your only goal

Thanks for info. Can I get back to playing now?

As you wish.