Idleon Merit Shop Priority Guide (All Worlds)

Last Updated on September 6, 2026 by Samuel Franklin

This merit shop priority list maximises the powerful account upgrades from these special world shops. To unlock these merit shop rewards players need to earn ribbon point upgrades by completing various world themed progression tasks and this page ensures you invest the limited points in the best order to optimise progress.

For guidance on spending trophies for recipes visit our priority recipe unlocks guide instead.

Table of Contents:
– W1 Priority (Blunder Hills)
– W2 Priority (Yum-Yum Desert)
– W3 Priority (Frostbite Tundra)
– W4 Priority (Hyperion Nebula)
– W5 Priority (Smolderin’ Plateau)
– W6 Priority (Spirited Valley)
– W7 Priority (Shimmerfin Grove)

W1 Merit Shop Priority (Blunder Hills)

Access this store by talking to Grasslands Gary after level 14. While this is the first merit shop it still has a number of critical account upgrades that make it worthwhile earning ribbons from simple World 1 activities.

The World 1 merit shop priority is (in order):

Merit Shop Upgrade Order	Description	Notes
Amarok Equipment	Unlocks Amarok equipment at the Anvil	Whenever available as you complete Such Rock Very Dog Wow challenges until maxed. Amarok boots, pants and chest are the first 3 unlocks and are the best early game armour so these should be a priority. The remaining challenges are longer term goals as it requires defeating Chaos Amarok which will eventually unlock the Chaotic Amarok Pendant and extra merit ribbons for other upgrades.
New Star Talents	Chance for World 1 minimbosses (Baba Yaga and Dr Defecaus) to drop JUST EXP and Frothy Malk star talents	Only purchase this once to unlock the chance to drop the Just EXP and Frothy Malk special talents. These bosses are easy to farm daily so will eventually drop these with only a single purchase to save your points for other merit shop upgrades.
Boss Keys	Chance for boss kills to drop boss keys	Additional boss keys will help early game to farm useful items and supplements your other daily boss key sources across all Worlds.
Goblet of Hemoglobin	Unlocks Goblet of Hemoglobin star talent	3 points initially will provide a foundation of survivability before maxing after Blunder Hills Respawn.
Blunder Hills Respawn	Increases World 1 monster respawn	This boosts AFK kills per hour to improve experience and resources gained from World 1.
+% EXP Gain	Increases EXP gain for lowest level character	Applies only to your lowest level character but will help your newly created characters catch up to your other characters.
Inventory Bags	Unlocks inventory bags for all characters if your first character has it	The first few points are not particularly useful as every character can easily acquire the first few bags through repeating quests. However, the last bag (E, F and H) questlines are notably longer so this upgrade avoids having to repeat them on all characters.

W2 Merit Shop Priority (Yum-Yum Desert)

A second merit shop with greater challenges and purchase opportunities from Desert Davey. This merit shop requires level 35 and a basic quest to craft each class specific weapon. It features tasks related to alchemy, the post office and the Efaunt boss.

The World 2 merit shop priority is (in order):

Merit Shop Upgrade Order	Description	Notes
Obol Drop Rate	Monsters now drop Obols and extra obol drop rate per purchase	One purchase initially to unlock Obol drops then max after Yum-Yum Desert Respawn is maxed
New Star Talents	Chance for World 2 minimbosses (Biggie Hours and Doot) to drop Pulsationand and Cardiovascular star talents	Only purchase this once to unlock the chance to drop the Pulsation and Cardiovascular special talents. These bosses can be farmed easily to obtain these with only a single purchase.
+% AFK Gains	+2% AFK gains for each character	AFK gains have broad application to your account, purchase this once for each character you have unlocked. For example if you have 5 characters purchsae it 5 times before purchasing the upgrade below.
Arcade Ball Gains	Increases arcade ball gain rate	Arcade balls are a useful source of Gems and other resource items, increasing this rate early will give you more balls overall to use in the World 2 Arcade.
Gem Drop Rate	World bosses now drop Gems and increases chance per purchase	Save your boss keys until you max his upgrade to maximise your potential Gems.
Yum-Yum Desert Respawn	Increases World 2 monster respawn	Boosts your ability to progress, gain experience or get monster resources.
Efaunt Equipment	Unlocks Efaunt equipment at the Anvil	Efaunt equipment is useful although initially expensive to craft and not significantly stronger than Amarok equipment so this upgrade can be delayed.
Boost Convert Better Darnit	Unlocks Boost Convert Better Darnit star talents	This is not a useful talent and not required.

W3 Merit Shop Priority (Frostbite Tundra)

The cold Frostbite Tundra is unlocked by talking to Iceland Irwin and finishing an introductory quest that requires you to collect melty cubes from Frost Flakes. Tasks include challenges across salt refining, cogs, shrines, printing, worship, traps and W3 boss kills.

The World 3 merit shop priority is (in order):

Merit Shop Upgrade Order	Description	Notes
Telekinetic Storage	Unlocks Telekinetic Storage star talent	Invest one point here to unlock the ability to deposit items into storage remotely. After this point max this last for the additional carry capacity. This can be skipped completely until last if you have the Ram companion that performs a similar role.
Build/Food Slot	Unlocks 1 build slot (1st and 3rd purchase) Unlocks 1 food slot (2nd and 4th purchase)	The build slots are a substantial boost to your overall construction rate as you can build more things at the same time. Meanwhile the food slot is useful for pushing maps by adding more health recovery or damage foods.
Talent Book Library	Increases the max level of talent books from the talent book library	Talents are a major source of fighting and skilling power with this merit shop upgrade increasing your ability to acquire higher talent levels.
Refinery Salt Costs	Refinery salt costs do not scale beyond power output	The refinery is a long process and these merit upgrades are a significant overall decrease in salt resource cost requirements to speed up progress. This should be purchased each time you unlock a new salt (e.g. purchase one level when you unlock the orange Explosive salts and another when you unlock the blue Spontaneity Salts amd so on).
Printer Sample Size	Increases printer sample size	The World 3 printer is your main source of acquiring resources once unlocked and this increase to printer sample size will optimise your resources gained.
Chizoar Equipment	Unlocks Chizoar equipment at the Anvil	Similar to World 2 the boss equipment is not a significant enhancement in power level but still important as maxing this unlocks Chizaoars Caustic Scarf which is a strong item itself and upgrades to the powerful Divine Scarf in World 5.
Frostbite Tundra Respawn	Increases World 3 monster respawn	While respawn is useful to increase AFK gains this is simply the least useful option in the World 3 merit shop as the other options are so strong so this is left until last.

W4 Merit Shop Priority (Hyperion Nebula)

The W4 merit shop in the Hyperion Nebula is unlocked after talking to Nebula Neddy and finishing his basic quest to acquire purple mush caps, tv remotes and half eaten donuts from the first 3 monsters of this world. Tasks include challenges around cooking, breeding, lab, achievements and W4 boss kills.

The World 4 merit shop priority is (in order):

Merit Shop Upgrade Order	Description	Notes
No Bubble Left Behind	Increases the number of World 2 alchemy bubbles that level automatically with ‘No Bubble Left Behind’ each day	Alchemy is a powerful Idleon game mechanic and the sooner you obtain this merit shop upgrade the more free alchemy bubble levels you will earn during your Idleon career. While an expensive upgrade it is worthwhile but remember to have the corresponding lab node active at your daily reset time to trigger this. Note it only activates on days you login to Idleon.
Troll Equipment	Unlocks Troll equipment at the Anvil	Troll equipment is often the first major upgrade from Amarok armour and part of the reciple for future world equipment upgrades. Unlock these as you complete the corresponding troll challenges and purchase the upgrades below if you are waiting to achieve the next challenge.
Spice Spillage	Unlocks Spice Spillage star talent	Place one point here to unlock the talent then max last. This is a utility talent to help you collect spices from World 4 breeding that will save you time and likely result in more spices than remembering to manually claim them.
Lab Connection Range	Adds Connection Range in the Lab mainframe	There are limited sources of the useful lab connection range which is the distance your characters can connect to nodes or jewels (not the range between characters that increases with character lab level).
Egg Capacity	Adds Egg Capacity for Breeding skill	More eggs results in extra breeding experience and opportunities to acquire pets. This is an expensive upgrade but extra eggs are only available after you progress breeding significantly or purchased from the Gem Shop so worth the merit shop ribbon points.
Hyperion Nebula Respawn	Increases World 4 monster respawn	Respawn provides a boost to your ability to progress maps, earn experience and generate monster resources. This is powerful but not powerful enough compared to the above options to obtain earlier than this. Note that the Capital P NPC on the Jelly Cube map has some quests that are made slightly harder with this upgrade depending on your class and damage so consider waiting to invest here until you complete those quests.
Crystal Monster Spawn	The first kill(s) each day spawn a crystal monster	Can help with farming drops from these rare crystal monsters but with the availability of crystal rate spawn chance this is not strong compared to playing actively for a while to spawn them naturally.

W5 Merit Shop Priority (Smolderin’ Plateau)

The W5 merit shop in the Smolderin’ Plateau is accessible after a short quest from Lava Larry and include challenges around Sailing, boat upgrades, Divinity, Gaming and slab.

The World 5 merit shop priority is (in order):

Merit Shop Upgrade Order	Description	Notes
Kattlecruk Equipment	Unlocks Kattlecruk equipment at the Anvil	A strong set of equipment which includes weapons for each character and the Divine Scarf which is the strongest Pendant currently available.
Sailing Loot Pile Capacity	Additional loot pile capacity for sailing	The ability to store more sailing loot improves progression in this skill between your Idleon sessions and will improve the pace you unlock powerful artifacts.
Skill EXP	Increase experience gain for Sailing, Divinity and Gaming	Skill experience is important for all World 5 skills as there are talents that improve the effectiveness of Sailing and Gaming. Most importantly though is the improvement in Divinity experience to reduce the time taken to reach level 40 that unlocks experience gain away from the Divnity alter.
Smolderin’ Plateau Respawn	Increases World 5 monster respawn	Like past worlds this adds extra power to pushing portals or gathering monster materials.
Atom Upgrade Cost	Reduces Atom upgrade costs in World 3 Atom Collider	With some huge atom costs in the W3 atom collider this can save hundreds of thousands of atoms. This unlocks the powerful atom related boosts sooner and saves atoms for alchemy pushing instead.
Tab 4 Talent Points	+3 Talent points for Elite Classes per purchase (Tab 4)	While newcomers to W5 might be tempted by these talent points before the options listed above you’ll often be better off focusing on levelling your character levels instead of spending your precious W5 merit points here.
Stat Overload	Unlocks Stat Overload star talent	Stat Overlord provides potentially 300 all stat to your character which can boost damage and skilling potency although this will rapidly seem tiny as you progress through W5 and into W6. It is also a massive star talent point investment that players may not available so save this for last.

W6 Merit Shop Priority (Spirited Valley)

The W6 merit shop is run by Spirit Sungmin who will require items from the first 3 world mobs before providing access to tasks. Challenges in this spirit themed world are based on crops, sneaking, summoning and the world boss.

The World 6 merit shop priority is (in order):

Merit Shop Upgrade Order	Description	Notes
Emperor Equipment	Unlocks Emperor equipment at the Anvil	Another powerful boss equipment set makes this a priority. If you haven’t reached the boss yet save at least 8 merit shop points before continuing to other options.
Farming Boosts	+1 Land Plot (first 3 purchases) Also increases Farming EXP and OG Chance	The first 3 purchases are powerful as they provide critical land plots to multiple your farming progression. The farming experience and OG chance is also useful but not as powerful as some other merit shop options. I recommend purchasing the first 3 then max after W6 respawn.
Summining Winner Bonuses	Larger bonuses from Summoning victories	Summoning has a large array of useful account boosts with this being a simple but powerful boost to those.
Spirited Valley Respawn	Increases World 6 monster respawn	Like other worlds the respawn boost is perfect for pushing portal requirements or simply gaining character levels or monster drops.
Talent Points	+5 Talent points for Master Classes per purchase (Tab 5)	These talent points are useful to extend your Master class power initially. If you have enough points already by this point then consider obtaining Jade Gain instead first.
Jade Gain	Increases Sneaking Jade gain	Jade gain translates to extra sneaking upgrades to help progress this World 6 skill and Jade Emporium upgrades. The impact of this merit is lower compared to the above options though.

W7 Merit Shop Priority (Shimmerfin Grove)

Wavey Wayne provides access to the W7 merit shop with a simple challenge to hand in monster resources from early World 7 maps to unlock it. Challenges are based on Spelunking, Minehead and Sushi.

The World 7 merit shop priority is (in order):

Written by

Samuel Franklin

Samuel Franklin is the founder and lead editor of the Games Finder team and enjoys video games across all genres and platforms.

Idleon has secured its place as one of Sam’s favourite games due to its nostalgic MapleStory vibes and the ability to play while working on Games Finder reviews, articles and guides. He also enjoys the optimisation challenge of the various game mechanics introduced in each new world that provide new opportunities to maximise his damage and printer output. With thousands of hours played Sam is regularly pushing the highest levels of Idleon content as he looks to make small percentage account gains while sharing his experience with other players.