Calculator Inputs
Elevator Income Chart
Example Data Table
| Scenario | Speed | Floor | Gold Tickets | Trips | Estimated Coins Per Trip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter Tower | 5 | 20 | 0 | 60 | 150 |
| Growing Tower | 8 | 60 | 3 | 100 | 1,970 |
| Advanced Tower | 10 | 120 | 10 | 180 | 13,250 |
| Bonus Farming | 11.25 | 180 | 25 | 240 | 52,700 |
Formula Used
Base coins: 50 + speed × floor × (1 + gold tickets)
Tech multiplier: 1 + lift bonus + (growth bonus × floor) + collection bonus
Total multiplier: tech multiplier × booster multiplier × tax multiplier
Coins per trip: base coins × total multiplier
Daily coins: coins per trip × trips per day
Hourly coins: daily coins ÷ active play hours
Break-even days: upgrade cost ÷ added daily income
How to Use This Calculator
Enter your elevator speed first. Use the value shown in your game. Then enter the floor number used for the trip estimate. Higher floors usually give stronger rewards.
Add your gold tickets. Then add your expected trips per day. Use a realistic number. This makes the daily estimate more useful.
Enter active play hours. This converts your daily result into an hourly farming rate. Add door delay if you want a more realistic speed model.
Use bonus fields for tech, collection, booster, or event effects. Leave a field at zero when it does not apply. Use multiplier fields for effects like 2x or 3x boosters.
Enter upgrade cost to check payback time. The calculator compares new elevator income with current daily income. This helps decide whether an upgrade is worth buying.
Advanced Elevator Money Planning
Why Elevator Income Matters
Elevator income can become a strong coin source in Tiny Tower. It grows with speed, floor level, and ticket count. This makes every upgrade important. A small speed gain can become large after many trips. The calculator helps you test that effect before spending coins or premium resources.
Use Finance Thinking
This tool treats elevator farming like a finance model. It does not only show one trip reward. It also estimates hourly income, daily income, and upgrade recovery time. These numbers are useful when you compare several upgrade choices. You can test a cheap upgrade against a costly one. Then you can choose the option with faster payback.
Model Real Play
Many simple calculators ignore time. This page adds active hours and trip delay. That makes the estimate closer to real play. A fast elevator still needs tapping, loading, and stopping time. Door delay lets you include that small loss. This can change your expected coins per minute.
Understand Bonus Impact
Bonuses can strongly affect the result. Lift bonuses add direct income. Growth bonuses scale with the floor. Collection rewards and boosters add more force. A high tower can benefit greatly from floor based growth. You can adjust each value and see the new outcome instantly after submission.
Plan Better Upgrades
The break-even result is very helpful. It shows how long an upgrade may need to repay itself. A low break-even time is usually safer. A high break-even time may still be useful if you play daily. Use the result with your own goals. Some players want fast coins. Others want long-term tower growth.
Read the Chart
The chart compares projected income by trip volume. It shows how extra play changes your coins. If the line grows steeply, each added trip is valuable. If your time is limited, use the hourly result. This gives a clear view of your farming efficiency.
FAQs
1. What does this calculator estimate?
It estimates Tiny Tower elevator coin income per trip, per hour, and per day. It also checks upgrade payback time using your inputs.
2. Can I use it for any tower size?
Yes. Enter the destination floor you want to model. You can test low floors, high floors, or average trip floors.
3. What is elevator speed?
Elevator speed means floors moved per second. Higher speed increases base trip income and can improve coins earned per minute.
4. Why add gold tickets?
Gold tickets can increase the elevator reward formula. Enter your current count to estimate stronger coin rewards from each trip.
5. What is growth bonus per floor?
It is a floor-based percentage bonus. The calculator multiplies that rate by the destination floor before adding it to other bonuses.
6. What should I enter for booster multiplier?
Enter 1 for no booster. Enter 2 for double rewards. Enter 3 for triple rewards, or any custom event multiplier.
7. How is break-even time calculated?
Break-even days equal upgrade cost divided by added daily elevator income. It helps compare upgrade value against expected coin gains.
8. Why does the chart use trip volume?
Trip volume shows how income changes when you play more. It helps plan daily farming sessions and coin goals.