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CaveCrafter guides

Understand your production.
Plan your next cycle.

A resource may cost less to buy. A profitable factory may need inputs that another factory already produces. CaveCrafter helps you compare these choices in CraftWorld, considering prices, levels, mastery, power and the time you have available to play.

These guides explain how to read each result and the assumptions behind the numbers. The planner remains available without signing in; you can also read the examples here without opening the app.

Open the plannerUnderstand the calculations

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Start with the question you want to answer

01 · PRICES

How much does each resource cost?

Understand purchase and selling prices, the four-hour change and the default history of 17 points collected every 15 minutes. Learn why the external chart may use a different unit from the table.

Read the Prices guide →
02 · RESULTS

Is it worth producing?

Compare buying base resources with buying the recipe's immediate inputs. Distinguish profit per cycle from an estimate for your daily playing time.

Read the Profit Loss guide →
03 · CHAIN

What do I need to produce it?

Explore the material tree, adjust your target quantity and try buying an intermediate resource while keeping the full chain available for comparison.

Read the Production Line guide →
04 · BATCH

How do my factories work together?

Plan a batch across five columns, use shared production and see final products, surplus and required purchases without counting the same sale twice.

Read the Simulation guide →

Your first plan in four steps

  1. Check your parameters. In My Factories, enter the levels and Mastery you own; you can open it from the panel beside the mine/factory selector in Factories. Review the power price and daily hours in Settings. Configure the two speed boosts in Bonus Speed; the Change button beside the header boost opens that section.
  2. Compare against the market. Use Prices to check the values being considered and Profit Loss to compare purchase modes.
  3. Investigate a chain. Open Production Line to understand where costs come from and the effect of buying an intermediate resource.
  4. Build a batch. In Simulation, select your factories and the cycles for final products. Check the summary to see what will be sold and what still needs to be bought.

The planner uses a uniform page background and dark gray panels. Selected choices use a gradient. Login, Donate, theme and language controls keep their own appearance. Hover over or tap the information icons to read explanations in a compact box with wrapped text.

The header displays both 1 COIN = X USD and 1 USD = X COIN. The second value is the reciprocal of the same available exchange rate; both update together.

Questions before you start

Do I need to sign in with Google or a wallet?

Not to check prices or use the planner. Preferences stay on your device. When you sign in to an account, supported settings are synchronized so you can retrieve them on future visits. Google sign-in is available only on the production website. See how data is handled in the Privacy Policy.

Does CaveCrafter buy resources or control my factories?

No. It provides estimates to help you compare decisions. Setting up a purchase in the planner does not execute a transaction, transfer tokens or start a factory in the game.

Why did my result change even though I kept the same factory?

The market price, power cost, configured fees, levels, mastery and boosts can change the result. The daily estimate also depends on your available hours. Compare scenarios using the same parameters and check the price updates.

Do these values promise a return?

No. They are estimates based on the available prices and parameters. Prices may change between a query and a trade; resource availability, liquidity and actual execution may also differ. The planner does not automatically convert COIN to money or guarantee a sale at the displayed price.

Buy and sell price alerts

Sign in to choose a token, Buy price or Sell price, and a target per unit in COIN. Buy includes the general and token fees; sell deducts them. Alerts are checked at each price collection using the current rates, independently of your calculation settings. Existing market-price alerts remain before fees. A recurring alert re-arms only after the price stops meeting its condition.

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