VIP

Introduction to in-game VIP System
Tailed Demon Slayer (TDS) is arguably considered as a Free-to-Play (F2P) friendly game due to considerable amount of Gems that can be earned in-game, and CookApps team is quite generous in giving free Gems for certain occasions, in-game events, game update or maintenance which we playfully refer to as "apolo-Gems!".

Aside from Gems, all players (including F2P) will also be able to earn free VIP Points by completing weekly missions -- allowing their VIP privilege level to progress without spending a cent.

Purpose of the VIP system is to improve the "quality of life" in-game but not to, in anyway, degenerate the gaming experience of F2P players. And so, with that said, here are the ways to earn VIP points and the key features of each VIP level.

You will get VIP Points from the following ways:
1. First 7-days reward (one-time, 100 points for free) 2. Achieve completion of weekly quests (100 points for free) 3. Every time you purchase stuffs in Shop with real money Usually 1 USD = 10 VIP points except Season pass, and various Direct VIP skip offers. 4. Season Pass - Free (monthly) Season pass will give you 250 points for free (from missions). 5. Season Pass - Paid (monthly) Season pass will give you 1000 points (from missions) for 10 USD. That's 1:100 ratio. 10x from the usual rate. 6. Direct VIP Packages 7. Free from Event/s or event-related purchases (if any, i.e. last Spring Event)

Thx to Edenlight, SparK, RyuJin and all contributors

VIP 11 - No Ads benefit
The game is an Ads-based game so it is highly understandable that most "free" features on the game requires players to watch a 30-sec Ads to get the reward (e.g. free clover buffs, additional dungeon attempts, time skips, gems and equipment draw). But even without the use of these "free" features, you can progress in this idle game just fine -- those are just like add-on contents after all.

As a player myself, I cannot stress enough to say that this game is still "free-to-play" friendly. There is no hard competitions in this game, just a bunch of dudes and dudettes flexing floor/stage achievements on Discord ^^. A 3-day ranking ladder is made available only to new players to earn gems and help catch up to older players. And I hope it stays that way for longer (no hard competitions on this lovely classic idle game).

But, what if you are already passed few weeks in to the game and growing tired of watching ads to get the previously mentioned add-on benefits (or at least foresee it), AND is now willing to spend some cash $$ to improve your gaming experience by removing Ads, BUT not willing to spend so much on buying shop items using money and/or direct VIP packages (balancing time and money).

Then, the recommended approach is to purchase monthly Season Passes and complete weekly mission.

To achieve VIP 11: F2P way
No. of months = VIP Points required / Monthly VIP points earned - (4700 - 100 (from 7-day reward)) / 650 = 7.1 or 7 months 1 week at most

These are only sample calculations and both can be shorter if there is an ongoing TDS event that lets players gain VIP points (i.e. previous Spring Event has an RNG reward of 30 VIP points per hit for free).

Thx to RyuJin