Currencies

Masked City runs on several currencies, each with its own role. Points and Gold are the two with the most going on, so they get their own deep sections below.

• Cash — your on-hand spending money. Lost (half of it) when you're defeated in combat, so most players keep the bulk of it banked.
• Bank — cash stored safely away from combat losses.
• Scraps — a lower-tier currency picked up from the Streets and Exploring, used for smaller purchases.
• DP (Donator Packs) — an inventory of unactivated Donator Packs. Activating one adds 31 Donator Days and 15 Points — see Donator Status.
• Credits — the real-money currency. $1 buys 1 Credit, purchasable in amounts from 5 to 500 Credits per transaction. Credits themselves aren't spent directly on items — they're exchanged for Points or Donator Packs (see below).
• Points — a mid-tier currency earned from all over the game, spent on a wide range of things. See below.
• Gold — powers The Mirage specifically. See below.

How Points Can Be Used

• Refill your Energy back up to 100 — costs 5 Points, limited to 2 refills per daily reset.
• Buy Relics at the Arsenal — Cash buys Weapons and Armor there, Points buy Relics.
• Sold on the Black Market for cash — list Points for sale, another player buys them.
• Donated to your Alliance.
• Transferred player to player, through the Bank.
• Traded for extra Explore turns — 25 turns per Point, up to 10 exchanges a day.
• Traded for Gold through the Mirage Exchange — 1 Point = 1,000 Gold.
• 100 Points are required for your very first Penthouse Item purchase (later items use Prestige instead).
• A Penthouse Membership Card costs 10 Points, one time.

How to Get Points

• Bought on the Black Market from other players, using cash.
• Activating a Donator Pack adds 15 Points (on top of 31 Donator Days).
• Received through a player-to-player or Alliance points transfer.
• Bought with real money via Credits — 1 Credit = 5 Points.
• A rare bonus reward from winning an Arena fight (+2, +3, or +4 Points).
• A possible bonus reward from working the Streets.
• Awarded by the Daily Spin, or as a login-streak milestone reward.
• Awarded as an Exploring streak milestone (7-day, 14-day, and 30-day streaks each pay Points).
• Exchanged from Vote Tokens — 2 Vote Tokens = 1 Point.

How Gold Can Be Used

Gold exists entirely for The Mirage:

• Buy Avatar Frames at The Forge.
• Buy Modules at The Circuit.
• Buy a Detailed Report on a session (2,500 Gold).
• Sold on the Black Market for cash, or transferred to another player through the Bank.
• Donated to your Alliance's treasury.

How to Get Gold

• Placing in a Mirage session — every finishing position from 1st to 10th pays Gold, scaling up with your Tier.
• Your Mirage Sponsor pays Gold automatically every daily reset.
• Exchange Points for Gold — 1 Point = 1,000 Gold.
• Exchange Cash for Gold — $100 = 1 Gold.
• Bought on the Black Market from other players.
• Sent to you from your Alliance's treasury by an officer with gold-transfer permission.