Idle, Dispatch & Energy optimisation | Scroll Dungeon

1. The idle gold formula

Idle gold accrues per second, at a rate determined by:

gold per second = (5 + level × 2) × progress multiplier × (1 + 0.05 × Idle Boost) ÷ 60
progress multiplier = 1 + (region number − 1) × 0.5 + (stage − 1) × 0.2
a floor of 1 gold/second is guaranteed

So three things drive idle income: your level, how deep a region you're working, and which stage of it. In concrete numbers:

Situation	Per sec	Per hour	8 hrs (full)
Level 10 · Green Fields stage 1	1.0 G	3,600	28,800
Level 20 · Barren Desert stage 1	1.5 G	5,400	43,200
Level 20 · Ruined Castle stage 1	2.6 G	9,450	75,600
Level 40 · Ruined Castle stage 5	6.1 G	21,900	175,300

Scroll Dungeon territory screen showing dispatch rewards, map selection and hero deployment slots — The Territory screen. Nothing accrues until you press **Select Dispatch Map** — the most commonly missed source of income.

For comparison — a single stage clear pays roughly 1,000–1,500 gold. Burning all four daily Energy gets you about 6,000, while eight hours of idling returns several times that. However hard you grind, skipping your idle collection puts you behind.

2. The eight-hour cap — your biggest leak

Idle gold accumulates for a maximum of eight hours. After that it simply stops, and every hour beyond is thrown away.

Logging in once a day means collecting eight hours out of twenty-four and discarding sixteen. Your income drops to a third of what it could be.

A login rhythm that works

Put the Energy cycle (6 hours) and the idle cap (8 hours) together and two to three logins a day is ideal.

When	What to do
Morning	Collect idle · collect dispatch · spend the Energy that regenerated overnight
Evening	Collect idle · re-assign dispatch · spend Energy
Before bed	Always collect idle — the meter has to be empty for the full eight hours to accrue

That last line matters most. If you don't clear the meter before sleeping, nothing stacks on top of what's already there and most of the night is wasted.

3. Territory dispatch — a second idle line

The Territory button on the Battle tab opens the dispatch system. It accrues separately from idle rewards.

You must select a dispatch map before anything accrues — pick nothing and you earn nothing
Rewards tick every minute, again capped at eight hours
Collecting grants dispatch currency plus gear items
Dispatch maps refresh every eight hours and the reward currency is random
Assigning heroes to the dispatch adds further effects

The most common leak — going days without ever picking a dispatch map. If you haven't opened the Territory screen and chosen one, this income stream is sitting at zero. It's a one-time setup, so check now.

Because dispatch also pays out gear, it doubles as a supply of fusion material. It keeps accruing on days you have no Energy to spend.

4. Not wasting Energy

Energy caps at 4 and refills one per 6 hours. There's a trap hidden in that.

Energy overflow — while you're at maximum, the refill timer doesn't advance. Sitting on a full bar of four wastes every hour it stays full. Ideally you log in and spend before hitting the cap.

A full bar takes 24 hours to fill, so logging in every 12 hours and spending two avoids overflow entirely. That lines up neatly with the morning-and-evening rhythm above.

Raising your Energy ceiling

Method	Effect
Energy Cap card	+1 maximum Energy (Hero tier)
Energy Regen card	Shorter refill interval, up to 60%
Energy packs	Instant refill with gems — can exceed the cap
Rewarded ad	Full refill when Energy runs out (optional)

Maxing Energy Regen at 60% cuts the interval from 6 hours to 2.4, taking daily natural regen from 4 up to 10. It's less visible than a combat card, but over time it's the single biggest accelerator in the game.

5. Priorities for raising idle income

Work a deeper region — each region step adds +0.5 to the progress multiplier. Green Fields (1.0) versus Ruined Castle (3.5) is a 3.5× gap. Purely for idle rate, farming early regions is a loss.
Main the Dwarf — the gold bonus applies to idle rewards too. See the hero guide.
Idle Boost card — +5% per level, and it's Advanced tier so it opens relatively early.
Golden Hand card — Legendary tier, +12% per level.
Accumulate stages — even within one region, each stage adds another +0.2.

In short — collect before bed, confirm a dispatch map is set, and park yourself in the deepest region you can clear. Those three habits alone swing your gold income several times over.