Glossary
An A–Z of 96 terms — bins, candy, stakes, Marquee, Renown, fusion, shiny, Ball Rush, Chest Rush, World Hop and more — each with its numbers and a link.
Every term you will meet in Ballin Tycoon, in one or two sentences each, with a link to the full article. Numbers here are generated from the game data, so they are always current.
A to Z
A
| Term | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| Album (sets) sticker album, set |  The seasonal sticker collection: 12 sets of 9 stickers. Completing a set pays balls and gems; completing every set pays a trophy. | More |
| Arcade (machine) pinball, arcade machine |  The pinball machine behind the ARCADE button. Every launch costs 1,000 coins × stake and scores candy; it is the only place Arcade Levels come from. | More |
| Arcade Level level, player level | Your player level — the level of the Arcade machine’s candy bar. Level 1 needs 760 candy, level 10 5,764, level 100 91,531; every level carries one reward bubble. | More |
| Aurora Vault world 2, aurora | World 2 · Aurora — the icy second board with the Glacier Gate, breaches and aurora rifts. | More |
| AUTO / TAP auto-launch, autolaunch, auto drop |  The chip on the LAUNCH button. AUTO fires a ball every 0.5 s (50% faster from Marquee milestone 18 (18★)); TAP is one ball per tap. | More |
B
| Term | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| Bag inventory, items |  Your item inventory: Time Candy, Ballin’ Potions, pet items and charms. | More |
| Ball Grove | The Midway minigame of World 3 · Flora: launch balls into fruit bushes, fill the basket and feed 3★ pets to AMP one of their abilities. | More |
| Ball power (lock damage) lock damage, ball damage |  How hard each Emerald / Ruby / Diamond landing hits the world lock: +1 per "ball power" bubble (every third Arcade level), × 1 Emerald / 1.5 Ruby / 20 Diamond, +10 flat. | More |
| Ball Rush mega win, storm |  The MEGA WIN minigame inside the Arcade: a 30-second storm of falling balls you catch with a tray (white +1, red +5, gold +10, capped at 150 balls), plus gem pouches and rare pet items. | More |
| Ballin’ Potion potion |  A Bag item: 10m of one ball every 2 s — 20m when shared with a friend, who gets it too. Won from Bingo. | More |
| Balls ball, reserve, cap |  The launch resource. You start with 500, regenerate one every 30s up to your cap (500 base, +25 per Marquee "Ball Storage" row) and win them back from bins, quests, candy and events. | More |
| Bingo |  The monthly 7-day event: a 5×5 card of tasks with a community diagonal shared by everyone. Bingo Points buy gold balls, gems, packs and potions in its shop. | More |
| Bins (buckets) bucket, pot, grey, bronze, silver, gold bin, emerald, ruby, diamond | The coloured pockets under the pegs. Seven tiers — Grey, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Emerald, Ruby, Diamond — each paying more coins and rarer drops than the last. | More |
| Bonus Map red ball bonus, blue ball bonus | The drop board behind the Red / Blue Ball Bonus: stop five dice for balls, then aim the drop into ×1–×20 bins. One free run a day from Marquee milestone 13 (12★). | More |
| Bonus Wheel wheel |  Spins automatically when a world’s Portal Meter reaches 200 portals: coins, gold balls, balls, gems, a sticker pack or the 1% JACKPOT slice. | More |
| Bubble (reward bubble) level reward | The reward node at 40% of every Arcade level bar. Bubbles cycle +1 Marquee star → +1 ball power → +1% coin gain, so each of the three arrives every third level. | More |
C
| Term | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| Cake Party cakes |  A recurring 3-day event: landings in the cake bin bank cakes up a 20-tier ladder of balls, gems and Chest Rush plays. | More |
| Candy |  The Arcade machine’s score. Bins pay 10 or 20 candy × stake, door cards 1,000 / 2,000 / 4,000 × stake; candy fills the level bar. | More |
| Charm (Charm Octopus) octopus, charms |  The Charm Octopus charms one other equipped pet per ★ (up to 3), multiplying their abilities by up to +25% at Lv100. | More |
| Chest Rush silver bucket raid, raid | A chest-cracking minigame played with star balls banked from Cake Party tiers: split gates multiply your balls, ten chests of loot, and any chest may be the Hoard Mimic (1 in 1,000 for chest 1 up to 1 in 10 for chest 10). | More |
| Claw (machine) claw machine, pull, gacha |  Where pets come from. A pull costs 200 gems in Classic and +100 per world; the first 50 paid pulls in a new world are 25% off, and the 400th pull without a mythic guarantees one. | More |
| Coin gain | A permanent +1% to every coin you earn, granted by the "coin" bubble every third Arcade level. | More |
| Coins money |  The main currency: earned from bins (100 to 2,000 per World 1 landing), spent only in the Arcade machine. | More |
D
| Term | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| Daily Quests quests, weekly chest |  5 tasks a day, each paying 100 balls + 25 gems + 5 weekly points; chests at 50 / 100 / 150 points, the last with 2,500 gold balls and a free claw pull. | More |
| Diamond bin jackpot bin | Diamond The rarest bin: a landing opens Jackpot Frenzy and hits the world lock ×20. | More |
| Discord | The community server (discord.gg/awMef4gXuY) and a way to play: the game runs as a Discord Activity and Discord is a sign-in method. | More |
| Dive (World 4) the deep, surface | World 4 · Maelstrom’s second board. The surface whirlpool swallows balls into your catch; DIVE drops them on a board whose bins pay balls. | More |
| Door (Arcade) candy card, door card | The door above the Arcade’s ★ bin. 65% of ★ landings go through it for a candy card (1,000 / 2,000 / 4,000 × stake); the rest are MEGA WINS. | More |
E
| Term | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| Elusive pets exclusive pets, activate |  Pets that never come from the claw (Void Warden, Hoard Mimic, Vinnie, the Fruit Worm…). They are ACTIVATED rather than equipped, in 3 free slots plus Marquee rows, and can never be traded. | More |
| Emerald / Ruby bins gem bins, purple, red | Emerald Ruby The two gem bins: they pay gems and gold balls, drop dice and chip the world lock. | More |
| Essence (Pet Essence) pet essence |  Earned by salvaging pets (100 for a common, 10,000 for a mythic) and the Arcade’s coin-flip ring; spent on Fusion and Evolution. | More |
| Event History |  Hamburger-menu row listing every tournament placement, with a CLAIM button for anything still owed. | More |
| Evolution evolve, evo, trial |  Turns a 3★ Lv100 World 1 pet into its evolved form (level cap 200) with an Evolution Stone, Pet Essence and a Trial. Unlocks at Marquee milestone 16 (15★). | More |
F
| Term | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| Figurine champions |  Tournament trophies — gold, silver and bronze per theme — shown in the CHAMPIONS tab of the Trophy Case. | More |
| Flora world 3, garden | World 3 · Flora — the flower board: balls water pegs (sap), ripe flowers give pollen, and portals are pollen-only. | More |
| Founder rewards beta, founder |  Four one-time claims for playing during the Founder period — avatar, title, the Aurora Narwhal pet and a trophy — at Arcade level 3 / 7 / 10 / 20. | More |
| Free Gift |  A free claim in the SHOP every 8h: 100 balls, 50 gems and 1 green sticker pack. | More |
| Friend code (ARC-…) support id, arc code | Your 8-character code, shown as ARC-XXXX-XXXX in SOCIAL. Friends add you with it, it doubles as your Support ID in Settings, and it is the code in your invite link. You can have up to 100 friends. | More |
| Fusion fuse, stars |  Three copies of the same pet at the same ★ fuse into one at the next ★ (1★ → 2★ → 3★), guaranteed, for a rarity-priced Pet Essence fee. Unlocks at Marquee milestone 5 (4★). | More |
G
| Term | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| Gems |  The premium currency: from Gold / Emerald / Ruby bins, quests, world locks (1,000 each) and the shop; spent on claw pulls and founding a guild (100). | More |
| Glacier Gate ice wall, breach |  Aurora’s ice wall (5,000 HP) sealing the Gold+ bins; breaking it opens a 100-launch BREACH before it refreezes. | More |
| Gold balls golden balls |  The pet-feeding currency. Every bin drops them (2 / 5 / 10 / 20 / 30 / 50 by tier) and 1 gold ball = 1 pet XP. | More |
| Gold sticker gold variant | A separate gold version of every 4★ and 5★ sticker. Gold duplicates pay double Sticker Stars and can never be traded or requested. | More |
| Golden Hour | A 1 in 2,000 roll on every Flora launch banks a charge; tap the sun for 1m of ×3 sap. | More |
| Guild guilds, clan |  Up to 30–120 players sharing chat, ball-gift requests and global perks. Unlocks at Marquee milestone 6 (5★); founding one costs 100 gems. | More |
H
| Term | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| Hiscores leaderboard, leaderboards, rankings | The player and guild leaderboards — in SOCIAL and at ballintycoon.com/leaderboard. Guest accounts are not listed. | More |
| Hoard Hunt |  With a 3★ Dragon Hatchling equipped, every 100th Emerald / Ruby landing (fewer at high level) opens three chests — pick one. | More |
| Hoard Mimic mimic |  An elusive pet hiding in Chest Rush chests; catching it once grants the pet, again fuses it. | More |
I
| Term | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| Invite Friends referral, invite link |  Share ballintycoon.com/i/<your code>; milestones at 1 / 3 / 5 / 10 friends pay 20 gems / 50 gems / 100 gems / 1 free claw pull. | More |
J
| Term | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| Jackpot Frenzy jackpot, frenzy |  The Diamond-bin minigame: rounds of balls into BALL / COIN / MULT / GEM / GOLD buckets, then END with your multiplier or spin to CONTINUE and risk a bust. Its VOID slice grants the Void Warden pet. | More |
L
| Term | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| Launch launch button | Tap LAUNCH (or use AUTO) to drop one ball for one ball from your reserve. Up to 100 balls can be on the board at once. | More |
| Limited pets limited, bundle pets, giveaway pet |  Pets from Shop bundles, limited-time events (the Founder Aurora Narwhal) and giveaways (the Prism Peacock). Activated from their own LIMITED tab with no cap and no slot cost — and, unlike elusive pets, tradable. | More |
| Loadouts pet loadout |  Each world remembers its own equipped pets. Quick-swap loadouts arrive at Marquee milestone 15 (14★) for two and milestone 40 (60★) for three. | More |
| Lock (world lock) padlock, gate, lock hp |  The padlocked door beside the bins. Emerald / Ruby / Diamond landings chip its HP (Aurora 25K, Flora 500K, Maelstrom 2M); breaking it pays 1,000 gems and opens the next world. | More |
M
| Term | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| Maelstrom world 4 | World 4 · Maelstrom — the whirlpool board with its SURFACE and DIVE halves and the tap-to-fire vortex launcher. | More |
 Hamburger → MAIL: messages from the team. Attached rewards are already in your wallet when you open them. | More | |
| Marquee marquee gallery, milestone, M5 |  The 100-row unlock ladder, opened from the MARQUEE button inside the Arcade. Rows are numbered by position — the detail card's "MILESTONE n" is the nth row — while the number badged on a card is the stars it needs; a level can hold two rows, so the milestone number runs ahead of the star count. Rows unlock automatically as your stars cross them. | More |
| MEGA WIN | Landing in the Arcade’s ★ centre bin (1.77% (1 in 56.5) of launches) without going through the door — it starts Ball Rush. | More |
| Midway |  The minigame hub: TICKET TROVE in Classic and a game for each world after it. | More |
| Mines | Fill the Arcade’s right portal ring (200 bumps) to play MINES: 25 tiles, 3 mines, cash out any time; a mine ends the round at the 50-ball floor, clearing every safe tile pays ×200. | More |
O
| Term | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| Offline earnings welcome back, idle | While you are away balls keep regenerating (one every 30s up to your cap); a "Welcome back!" toast shows the total when you return. | More |
P
| Term | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| Pet Cards cards | Collectible cards that drop from bin landings. Copies raise a card’s star and its buff; each world has active card slots (2, plus Marquee milestone 20 (20★) and milestone 30 (40★)) and a set bonus. | More |
| Pet Items |  Equippable items for pets (Coin Charm, Gold Tooth, Portal Compass and rarer ones) that fall during Ball Rush. | More |
| Pet Score | Rarity weight × stars × level × (shiny ×2) summed over every pet you own. Score tiers boost your rare-or-better claw odds, up to ×2. | More |
| Pets pet, equip |  Companions with passive abilities. 3 equip slots (+1 with Aurora, +1 with Flora), inventory of 50 (+5 per Marquee row), levelled to 100 with gold balls. | More |
| Pollen / sap | Flora’s flower economy: each ball touch waters a peg (sap); ripe flowers are picked for pollen, and a ball carrying 3+ pollen chips the lock ×2. | More |
| Portal portals, warp |  A bin result that warps the ball back up for another landing. Every portal ticks the world’s Portal Meter. | More |
| Portal Meter | Counts portals per world; at 200 it spins the Bonus Wheel. Unlocks at Marquee milestone 2 (2★). | More |
| Profile player profile, avatar, showcase |  Your public page: avatar, title, ARCADE / MARQUEE / PET SCORE chips, a six-pet showcase, global rankings and trophies. | More |
R
| Term | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| Red / Blue Ball Bonus dice, red dice, blue dice |  Dice that drop from Gold+ bins; roll the win face for a bonus run of five dice and an aimed drop. Red dice need Marquee milestone 7 (6★), blue dice milestone 35 (50★); three runs per colour per day. | More |
| Reinforced ball forge bear |  A hardened ball from the Forge Bear that seeks the Glacier Gate and hits it harder. | More |
| Renown (Marquee stars) stars, renown | Your Marquee star count — one star per "star" bubble, i.e. one every three Arcade levels. Nothing else raises it. | More |
S
| Term | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| Salvage |  Turn spare pets into Pet Essence (100 common … 10,000 mythic). Unlocks at Marquee milestone 4 (4★). | More |
| Season sticker season, cycle | Sticker albums run in 50-day seasons. When one ends every sticker converts to Sticker Stars and the album resets; trophies and currency stay. | More |
| Shiny shiny pet |  A 1 in 1,000 variant of any pet grant with alternate art and double Pet Score. Shinies never travel in trades. | More |
| Shop |  Bundles, ball / coin / gem packs, one-time offers and the Free Gift. | More |
| Social friends, timeline, gifts |  Friends, timeline, leaderboards, gifts and your guild. Members only — guests are asked to save their account first. | More |
| Split ball owl sage, tiny ball | A ball split by the Owl Sage. The clone pays 25% loot and 25% lock damage and cannot split again. | More |
| Stake multiplier chip, x2, x10 |  The Arcade multiplier chip: ×1, ×2, ×3, ×5, ×10, ×20, ×40, ×60, ×100, ×200. Cost and candy both scale, so higher stakes are faster, not better value. ×1–×2 are always open; above that you must be holding 80 launches’ worth of coins. | More |
| Star ball | The balls you play Chest Rush with — banked from Cake Party tiers. | More |
| Stars (pet ★) 1 star, 2 star, 3 star | A pet’s fusion rank, 1★ to 3★. Ability N of a multi-ability pet needs N★; single-ability pets get extra fusion perks instead. | More |
| Sticker packs packs |  Green / Yellow / Pink / Blue / Magenta packs of 3 stickers that drop from Silver+ bins and every reward track. They open the moment you get them. | More |
| Sticker requests | Ask a friend for one spare (non-gold) sticker per day — one open request at a time — from the ALBUMS zoom view. | More |
| Sticker Stars | What duplicate stickers pay (1 per rarity star, gold ×2). Spend them in the Sticker Vault. | More |
| Sticker Vault (Safe) safe, vault |  Trade spare stickers and Sticker Stars for balls, gems and packs once every 1d. Unlocks at Marquee milestone 9 (8★). | More |
T
| Term | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| Ticket Trove trove, tickets |  Vinnie’s idle clicker on the Midway (Classic): tickets per second, ten upgrades, restarts and ten Grand Prizes. Unlocks at Marquee milestone 3 (3★). | More |
| Time Candy candy item |  A Bag item that grants the balls you would have regenerated (30 Minute Candy 60, 1 Hour Candy 120, 2 Hour Candy 240, 4 Hour Candy 480); it can push you over your cap. | More |
| Titles | The tag under your name on the profile and in menus; picked from your profile. | More |
| Tournaments event, weekly event |  7d events with five rotating themes; the top 10% / 30% / 60% of scorers earn gold / silver / bronze figurines plus gems and balls. | More |
| Trading (pets) trade | Share a copy of a 1★ tradable pet with a friend — you both keep yours; the copy arrives at level 1 and untradable. One trade sent and one received per day. | More |
| Trophies trophy case |  Milestones, figurines, titles and event trophies in the Trophy Case (hamburger menu); one can be featured on your profile. | More |
V
An elusive pet won from the Jackpot Frenzy wheel’s VOID slice; it boosts jackpot loot and survival.W
| Term | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| Welcome Tasks intro tasks, tasks |  Launch 500 balls · Spend 100K coins in the Arcade · Level any pet to Lv 10 — three tasks for new accounts, each paying a free pet roll. | More |
| World Hop travel, world map |  Tap the WORLD tile to travel between unlocked worlds instantly (wait for your balls to land). Each world keeps its own board and pet loadout. | More |
| Worlds | Classic Aurora Flora Maelstrom 4 boards, each with its own bins, pets, pet cards, Midway game and music. | More |
See also
- Getting Started — A new-player guide to Ballin Tycoon: the core loop, your first hour, what to spend on, common mistakes, a tour of the HUD and the goals that come next.
- Rates & Odds — Every chance in Ballin Tycoon on one page — bin landings, portals, sticker packs, candy, dice, pet cards, claw pulls, elusive and limited pets, Ball Rush, Mines, wheels, Jackpot Frenzy, Ball Grove and more, all computed from the game data.
- The Marquee — The 100-milestone Renown ladder — every feature unlock, stat boost and capacity row, the stars each one needs and how they stack.