Currencies

Chess Incremental Currencies

Chess Incremental currencies: Chess, Wins, Tickets, Diamonds, Rubies, Books, Rank Keys and Aura — how to get them and what they buy.

Updated: Sep 14, 2026UPD1
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Currency Progression

Unlock order from verified HUD / creator notes. Tickets sit beside this chain as shop currency.

  1. Chess
  2. Prestige
  3. Diamonds
  4. Rubies
  5. Books
  6. Rank Keys
  7. Aura

Diamonds unlock at Prestige 1. Rubies convert from Diamonds. Rank Keys spend into Ranks. Aura is a later wall currency tied to Aura runes / upgrades. See the Progression Guide for stage context.

Currency Quick Table

How to get each verified currency and what it is mainly used for.

CurrencyHow to GetMain Use
Chess Auto board moves / pickups ChessSpeed / Chess Multi; Prestige 1 gate
Wins Board win condition (HUD crown) Wins Multi on Chess Upgrades
Diamonds Unlocks at Prestige 1 Diamonds wall; convert toward Rubies
Rubies Convert from Diamonds Rubies Upgrades wall
Books Stand on the Books button Books Multi and Books-wall cards
Rank Keys Books wall More Keys (+ code conflict) Rank rolls
Aura Aura Upgrades / Aura Milestone Aura wall cards
Tickets Codes + timed play (ASR) Shop / game-pass items

Short answers only. Full earn / spend wording is in the cards below. Prestige reset is unknown for these currencies until a confirm panel is copied.

Currency Details

Verified resource names only. Prestige reset is omitted when still unknown.

Chess

Primary currency

How to get
Official/HUD: earned as pieces move. thanatos ASR: move +10 Chess, capture +25, check +50. Board pickups: normal Chess and golden Chess (10× that pickup).
What it's used for
Chess Upgrades (ChessSpeed, Chess Multi). Prestige 1 gate is 100K Chess.
Verified

Wins

Secondary currency

How to get
Crown counter in HUD. thanatos: earn one Win when the board condition he describes triggers (exact trigger wording: when 'it' happens).
What it's used for
Wins Multi on Chess Upgrades (HUD snapshot 1.51Qn Wins at 16/20).
Verified

Diamonds

Unlock currency

How to get
Unlocks at Prestige 1. HUD showed +Diamonds popups and a Diamonds/sec counter after P1.
What it's used for
Diamonds Upgrades (Diamonds Multi, Chess Multi, ButtonSpeed, More Diamonds). Convert board later spends Diamonds toward Rubies.
Verified

Rubies

Unlock currency

How to get
Convert from Diamonds. thanatos: convert when you have 50,000+ Diamonds. Unlock layer conflicts (Russo P2 vs thanatos P3).
What it's used for
Rubies Upgrades (Rubies Multi, Chess Multi, Diamonds Multi). No ruby runes yet (thanatos).
Verified

Books

Unlock currency

How to get
Books Upgrades subtitle: Gain Books by standing on the button. HUD popup +64.6K Books.
What it's used for
Books Multi and related Books-wall cards.
Verified

Rank Keys

Roll currency

How to get
More Keys upgrade on Books Upgrades. Code 5kFavs Rank Keys reward is conflicting across publishers.
What it's used for
Rank rolls. A short shows spending 5k Rank Keys at 5× Speed.
Verified

Aura

Unlock currency

How to get
Aura Upgrades / Aura Milestone (timer generation mentioned on the board).
What it's used for
More Aura, Aura Speed, Chess Multi on the Aura wall.
Verified

Tickets

Shop currency

How to get
Codes (official RELEASE + publisher lists). thanatos: also earn 1 Ticket every 5 minutes while playing; no offline Ticket gain.
What it's used for
Publishers + thanatos: buy shop / game-pass items. thanatos: Ticket price equals Robux price (e.g. 50 Robux pass = 50 Tickets).
Partial

Spend Order

Soft spend ladder while you learn the loop.

1Chess → income upgrades

Chess is the auto-board drip. Guides consistently start progression with spending Chess into upgrades that raise steady gain.

GameRant / MobileMatters / Roblox Den
2Tickets → shop value

Tickets buy shop items that normally cost Robux and can reduce waiting only on Chess drip.

PCGamesN / Pocket Tactics / GameRant
3RuneLuck → rolls

Use RuneLuck when you are actively rolling runes so potions are not wasted on idle menus.

GameRant
4RuneSpeed → rank waits

RuneSpeed is the published helper for rank timing. Stock it from codes before long rank pushes.

GameRant + Sep 8 code list
5RuneBulk → pre-prestige push

RuneBulk is described as letting you push more at once before prestige.

GameRant
6Rank Keys → verify spend UI

If Rank Keys appear after a redeem, check the rank UI before spending large amounts. Public guides do not publish a Rank Key cost table.

Roblox Den report + Wasking120 short

Chess vs Tickets

For verification rules, see Sources. Full path: Progression Guide.

FAQ

What currencies are in Chess Incremental?

Verified names include Chess, Wins, Diamonds, Rubies, Books, Rank Keys, Aura and Tickets. Chess comes from the auto board; Tickets mainly from codes and timed play.

What should you spend currency on first?

Spend Chess on ChessSpeed and Chess Multi first. Use Tickets for shop value after you know what the shop sells.

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