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Leagues and stars

Shield & Shred has eleven leagues, from Bronze to Legend. You climb them with stars, they never fall, and each one raises your pay.

SUNTRUNK, the Mythic fire elephant

Numbers are from version 2.0.10 and can change with balance updates.

The 11 leagues

Everyone starts at Bronze. Collect enough stars and you move up, with a RANK UP celebration and a one-time promotion bonus.

  1. Bronze
  2. Silver
  3. Gold
  4. Platinum
  5. Diamond
  6. Champion
  7. Grand Champion
  8. Master
  9. Grand­master
  10. Mythic
  11. Legend
The ladder
LeagueStars neededFight pay at 100%Par levelPromotion bonus
Bronze03,0001–
Silver1,0004,00092,000 coins, 200 crystals
Gold5,0007,000175,000 coins, 500 crystals
Platinum20,00011,0002412,000 coins, 1,200 crystals
Diamond60,00018,0003230,000 coins, 3,000 crystals, a x10 pack
Champion150,00029,0004075,000 coins, 7,500 crystals, a x10 pack
Grand Champion300,00046,00048150,000 coins, 15,000 crystals, a x10 pack
Master500,00074,00055300,000 coins, 30,000 crystals, a x100 pack
Grandmaster1,000,000118,00063600,000 coins, 60,000 crystals, a x100 pack
Mythic2,000,000189,000711,500,000 coins, 150,000 crystals, a x100 pack
Legend3,500,000
and the top 50
300,000793,000,000 coins, 300,000 crystals, a x1000 pack

Fight pay is the coins a Classic fight pays at LOOT 100%; crystals are a tenth of it. Par level is the titan level each league's LOOT target is set for, shown in the game as the league's "wants LV" line. A titan above par fills the LOOT bar faster.

Where stars come from

Titan LEVEL UPs12 stars at level 2, 73 at level 30, 600 at level 100.
Building UPGRADEsEvery upgrade in your town pays stars.
Boss RushA roll of stars times your bonus, up to 4 times the roll.

Classic fights pay loot, not stars: coins, crystals, cards and packs. So you climb by levelling up your titans and upgrading your town, and by hitting bosses hard. How a Boss Rush counts stars is in Boss Rush.

Nothing else pays stars: not crowns or the CROWN CHEST, not FIGHT GOALS, GEAR or ULTIMATE card levels, and not the ALBUM, MASTERY or BOSS TROPHIES.

Leagues never fall

"Leagues never fall. No seasons." Stars only ever go up, so once you reach a league it is yours for good. There are no seasons and nothing resets. Each promotion bonus is paid once.

RANK

RANK is your place among all players, from every league, ordered by stars ("RANKING · ALL LEAGUES"). The list is a window around you: up to 5 players above you, you, and up to 44 below, 50 rows in all; near the top or the bottom it shifts so it still shows 50. It shows each player's name, so names must follow the Terms. A name that breaks them can be reported.

OVERTAKE. When your stars carry you past other players, the town celebrates once you are back on the main screen: "OVERTAKE!", the list around your new place, and your row climbing past the players you passed. SEE LEAGUE opens RANK, and a tap skips to the end.

The League screen also has a STARS tab, with where stars come from and your best damage against each of the five bosses, and a LADDER tab with every league.

The DAMAGE board

A second leaderboard ranks Boss Rush damage instead of stars: each player's best verified Boss Rush, from every league ("TOP DAMAGE · ALL LEAGUES"). After your first verified rush you see up to 5 players above you and up to 44 below, with your exact place; before it, the top 50. RANK shows it behind a BY STARS | BY DAMAGE switch while the board is on. The details are in Boss Rush.

LEGEND

Legend is the top of the ladder, and it is a seat, not a number of stars: it takes at least 3,500,000 stars AND a place in the top 50 players overall. The ladder shows it as "3,500,000 stars · TOP 50", and Mythic players see "LEGEND TAKES THE TOP 50 WITH 3,500,000+ STARS".

Stars alone stop at Mythic. A Mythic player with 3,500,000 stars or more sees "LEGEND IS THE TOP 50" where the next league's level line would be.

Why your league matters

  • Fight pay. Every Classic fight pays your league's base times your LOOT %.
  • Pack sizes. Packs from Classic fights, the CROWN CHEST and MASTERY IV are x1 up to Platinum, x10 at Diamond and Champion, and x100 from Grand Champion up.
  • The CROWN CHEST. It also pays your league's base crystals: 300 at Bronze, up to 30,000 at Legend.
  • Shop prices. GEAR PARTS cost more crystals as your league rises. See GEAR and POWER.
  • Your town. The Bank and the Factory pay a share of your league's base every hour.
  • Boosts and power-ups. Lab crafts cost a share of your league's base coins, and they get stronger as you climb: a TIME COOKIE gives +2 turns at Bronze and +5 at Legend.
  • Boss Rush. Star rolls grow from 4-8 at Bronze to 40-80 at Legend.
  • The town's sky takes your league's colour.