Resource

Kingshot Gem

Gems are Kingshot's premium currency, and for a free-to-play player they are worth far more sitting still than spent on convenience.

Hoard it

Gems are the premium currency, and the game is designed so that every menu has a gem button that does something useful right now. Finish this timer. Buy these resources. Refresh this shop. Each one is a small convenience that costs more than it looks, because the same gems have two uses that pay back forever.

The first is VIP. Activating and levelling VIP raises your daily income and buffs across the board, and it keeps doing so every single day afterwards. The second is Hero Roulette during a generation you are building, where the milestone rewards make ten-pulls one of the better ways to turn gems into a hero you keep.

For a free-to-play account those two uses are the whole list. Everything else on the gem menu is trading months of value for minutes of convenience.

Save it or spend it?

Hoard them. Almost every impulse gem purchase in this game is worse than the two things gems are good for.

Hold it for:

VIP activation and VIP levels
Hero Roulette on a generation you have committed to

Where to get Gem

Daily missions and online rewards
Event milestone rewards
Alliance activities
Terrors and beast kills
Purchases

What to spend it on

VIP activation, which pays back permanently
Hero Roulette during a generation you are building
Nothing else, if you are free-to-play

When to spend it, by server age

Early game

Push gems into VIP as soon as you can. Early VIP levels are cheap and the daily payout starts immediately, so this is the highest-return decision of the first week. Resist every timer skip.

Mid game

With VIP established, gems accumulate for Hero Roulette. Wait for a generation you have committed to, then spend in ten-pulls so you hit the milestone rewards along the way.

Late game

Late game gem income is steady and the choices are the same, VIP levels when available, roulette on the right generation. If you have money to spend, gems are still the wrong thing to buy resources with; packs with speedups or gear materials return more.

Tips worth knowing

VIP is the one gem spend that keeps paying every day afterward. Get it before anything else.
Gems spent to finish a build timer buy you minutes. Gems spent on VIP buy you months.

Mistakes people make

Rushing construction and healing timers with gems.
Random Hero Roulette pulls with no target hero in mind.
Buying resources with gems, which is the worst rate in the game.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best use of gems in Kingshot?

VIP activation and levels, then Hero Roulette on a generation you are building. Nothing else on the gem menu pays back the way those two do.

Should I use gems to speed up buildings?

No. A timer skip buys minutes; the same gems in VIP buy a permanent daily income. Use speedups inside a scoring event instead.

How do free-to-play players earn gems?

Daily missions, online rewards, event milestones, alliance activities and terror kills. It adds up to a meaningful monthly pull budget if you never spend it on convenience.

Should I save Gem or use it?

Hoard them. Almost every impulse gem purchase in this game is worse than the two things gems are good for.

Where do you get Gem in Kingshot?

Daily missions and online rewards. Event milestone rewards. Alliance activities. Terrors and beast kills. Purchases.