Overview
A guide to completing the Gates of Heck event within the time frame. Includes a purchase guide and some insights for the event.
Introduction
This is going to a be a guide on finishing the “Gates of Heck” event. I’m writing this during the October 2018 edition of the event, so changes to the game might make some of this info outdated. Just by finishing the event you should get a decent rank, but to get into the top 100 you’ll need to optimize my strategy and make in-game purchases. I was able to finish the event with ~12 hours left, so beating it is very possible with this strat. The rank I ended with was tier 6, which is the highest rank outside of the top 100.
Once you hit every star milestone in this event you will unlock an exchange tab to get mega bucks. You’ll get around 10 gold and 10 mega bucks for your time, as well as a handful of useful badges. Rewards for a good rank (rank 6 or 7) include 25 to 100 megabucks, as well as an exclusive badge.The badge for 2018 gives a +2.5% boost to angels on every planet and every event. VERY worth it. Keep resetting to build up angels because that is what your rank is based off of.
General advice:
- Always go for breakpoints (unlock numbers) before upgrades, as they give much bigger boosts (x66 or even x666 vs x6).
- Reset at ~50 angels and then double them each time.
- Buy filler upgrades after breakpoints since they’ll be safe buys afterwards.
- Equip any badges for the event that you unlock as you unlock them.
- Each step here is a goal that gives a big income jump, so don’t be afraid to buy safe items between jumps.
Each section after this will be broken up between 9x upgrades. There are a total of seven 9x upgrades, but this guide will only have five sections because the final 9x upgrades go very quickly.
First 9x upgrade
Buy raisins / candies / ice creams to their break points
Get to 50 pumpkins
Get to 25 shredded treats – after this point the right side items will earn WAY more
Get to 15 dolls
Get to 5 brains
Buy 1 of all items (giving a 2x boost)
Get to 10 mazes
Get to 1111 raisins
Get to 5 treat baskets
Get to 3 chocos
Buy first 9x upgrade
(at this point let the upgrade simmer before a reset, since you’ll gain angels faster for a bit)
Notes: the first 9x upgrade goes pretty quickly. You’ll be repeating this a lot so get used to it. You need a decent amount of angels to bust through to the next 9x upgrade, so expect a few resets.
Second 9x upgrade
Get to 5 chocos (giving a 2x speed boost)
Get to 750 candies
Buy candies upgrade
Get to 25 mazes
Buy maze upgrade
(buy safe upgrades as able)
Buy basket upgrade
Get to 200 pumpkins
Get to 100 shredded treats
Buy choco upgrade
Buy second 9x upgrade
(let the upgrade summer again to build up angels, you’ll need it)
Notes: the second 9x upgrade takes a while to accomplish. I used two of the 3 hour boosts given by the event as bonuses to speed things up. Just keep doubling your angels with resets and you’ll get there.
Third 9x upgrade
Get to 10 chocos (giving a 2x speed boost) – takes a while but is worth it for the boost
(at this point it’s all about building up angels, double each time)
Buy mazes and candy baskets between resets to make things go a little faster
Get to 2222 raisins
Buy raisin upgrade
Once you have about 1.5 million angels, buy the 777x raisin angel upgrade AFTER the previous two steps. This is half of your angels but the boost you get will earn you back those angels insanely fast. Until it becomes a safe purchase, always buy the 777x upgrade after getting to the breakpoint and buying the relevant upgrade, since the angels will get you to that point faster.
Get to 75 dollies
Get to 30 brains
Get to 600 ice creams
(back to building up angels)
Invest in raisins between resets to make things go faster
Buy third 9x upgrade
Notes: this takes a while, but you start getting some 777x angel upgrades which are very satisfying.
Fourth 9x upgrade
NOTE: after this point angel upgrades become essential. Buy them when they’re around 25% of your total angels because they are worth it.
Get to 15 chocos (giving a 2x boost)
Get to 1500 candies
Get to 25 baskets
Get to 18 chocos
Buy raisins upgrade
Buy candy upgrade
Get to 3333 raisins
Buy ice cream upgrade
Buy pumpkin upgrade
Buy the other upgrades to this point
Get to 75 mazes
Buy the 777x maze angel upgrade
Buy 4th 9x upgrade
Notes: This section takes a long while. The 1 day time boost you get from the event comes in handy here, but I used it on a different planet. Make sure to look at how much money you’ll get before using the boost so that you can immediately invest in something useful and build up angels.
Fifth 9x upgrade (and beyond)
NOTE: This is the home stretch!
Get to 250 shredded treats
Get to 25 chocos (giving a 2x boost)
Get to 500 pumpkins
…..
At this point things were moving so fast that I wasn’t able to write down my strategy. I’m pretty sure that I let the angels build up overnight and finished the rest of the event very quickly. For reference, the last unlock rank I hit was 120 brains.
I’m sorry that I don’t have more details. After 25 chocos you get access to big angel upgrades that snowball you to the finish line. Next time the event comes up I will try to update this guide.
Conclusion
Thank you for reading this. I hope the next time this event comes up that you get some goodies and have a fun time. If you see any errors in this guide please point them out so I can fix them.
Happy Halloween!