Gilded Orb — Uncommon Card | Tycoon Cards

Lore

No one remembers who first held the Gilded Orb, only that whoever carried it never went hungry for long.

Description

A rare influence felt across the entire empire.

Complete Statistics

Rarity	Uncommon
Bonus type	All Income
Bonus per level	2.0%
Maximum level	12
Max total bonus	24.0%
Collection / Faction	Arts
Card tier	Archive

Ability

Increases both click power and passive income by 2.0% per level — a true "all income" bonus that touches every source of money at once.

Upgrade Scaling

The bonus below applies at every level from 1 up to this card's maximum of 12.

Level	Total bonus	Copies for next level
1	+2.0%	1
2	+4.0%	2
3	+6.0%	3
4	+8.0%	4
5	+10.0%	5
6	+12.0%	6
7	+14.0%	7
8	+16.0%	8
9	+18.0%	9
10	+20.0%	10
11	+22.0%	11
12 (max)	+24.0%	—

Duplicate Bonuses & Combining

Pulling a duplicate of Gilded Orb from a pack adds a spare copy to your collection. Spend spare copies in the Cards tab to combine and raise its level — each level costs a number of copies equal to the card's current level. Reaching the maximum level of 12 from level 1 requires 66 total copies. Read the full Duplicate Cards & Combining guide for the general combine mechanics, or use the Combine All button in-game to apply every possible level-up across your whole collection at once.

Evolution

Tycoon Cards does not currently have a card evolution system — Gilded Orb progresses only through the standard duplicate-combine mechanic described above. Evolution is listed as a researched feature on our Updates & Roadmap page; this page will be updated if it's ever implemented.

Fusion

There is no cross-card fusion system in Tycoon Cards today. Every card, including Gilded Orb, is levelled independently using its own spare copies — you cannot combine it with a different card. Like Evolution, this is tracked as a possible future system on the Updates page.

Collection & Faction

Gilded Orb belongs to the Arts collection — one of the thematic groupings used across the card archive. Browse every card in this collection from the main Card Guide, or see the "Related cards" section below for direct links to its closest siblings.

Businesses That Synergise

All-income bonuses apply to every business tier and to clicking simultaneously, making them useful at every stage of the game rather than any one specific tier.

Business	Base cost	Income/s
🍋 Lemonade Stand	$15	$0.1
🍣 Sushi Restaurant	$155T	$219M
🧬 Biotech Lab	$8.91Qi	$478B
🎥 Streaming Platform	$511Sx	$1.04Qa

Prestige Interactions

This card affects both the click power and passive income formulas, both of which are multiplied by your prestige multiplier. All-income cards are widely considered the best long-term investment for exactly this reason — their value compounds as your prestige points grow.

Best Strategies

One of the highest-priority card types in the game — it boosts everything and scales with your prestige multiplier.
Worth combining ahead of same-rarity single-stat cards whenever you have a choice.
Starter Packs are the most efficient way to farm duplicates of this card thanks to its lower rarity.

How to Unlock

Gilded Orb is obtained by opening card packs — it cannot be purchased directly or unlocked through any other method. As a Uncommon card, it appears in any pack whose odds include that rarity.

Pack Availability

Pack	Cost	Chance per card slot	Chance per pack
📦 Starter Pack	$500	0.09%	0.27%
🎁 Premium Pack	$75.0K	0.14%	0.41%
💎 Elite Vault	$12.0M	0.13%	0.62%

See the full Card Pack Odds Guide for how these probabilities are calculated.

Event Availability

Gilded Orb is not currently tied to any seasonal or limited-time event — it's available year-round through standard pack odds. Seasonal events and event-exclusive cards are listed as a planned feature on the Updates & Roadmap page.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does Gilded Orb do?

Increases both click power and passive income by 2.0% per level — a true "all income" bonus that touches every source of money at once.

How do I unlock Gilded Orb?

Gilded Orb is a Uncommon card, best hunted through Premium Pack (0.14% chance per card slot).

How many copies do I need to max out Gilded Orb?

You need 66 spare copies in total to take Gilded Orb from level 1 to its maximum level of 12.

Does Gilded Orb work with prestige?

What rarity is Gilded Orb?

Gilded Orb is a Uncommon card, one of 240 cards of that rarity in the full archive.

Trivia

Archive position	#483 of 1000
Card tier	Archive card (procedural expansion)
Rarity rank	2 of 7 rarities (higher = rarer)
Cards in "Arts"	82 cards
Same rarity + bonus type	36 cards share this exact combination