Update: Calculator!

This has been turned into a calculator on the site!

Do I Have Enough Gems?

Or "how many times will I need to spin the Potential slot machine to go from Unique -> Legend?"

Here's a neat little Monte Carlo simulation. Edit your number_of_gems, then your current grade_up_chance (remember, .123% is .00123).

That's it!

#!/usr/bin/python
import random, math

number_of_gems = 2225 # edit me!

number_of_attempts = math.floor(number_of_gems / 5)
grade_up_increment = .00001
grade_up_successes = []

for k in range(100):
    grade_up_chance = .00123 # edit me!

    for i in range(number_of_attempts):
        trial = random.random()
        if trial < grade_up_chance:
            grade_up_successes.append(i*5)
            break

        grade_up_chance += grade_up_increment

average_gems_used = (sum(grade_up_successes) / len(grade_up_successes))
print(f"Over {len(grade_up_successes)} trials, we used, on average, {average_gems_used:.0f} gems to grade up.")
print(f"We failed to grade-up in {100 - len(grade_up_successes)} trials.")

by DonaldTrump on Oct. 20, 2025 (updated: )