Last time I posted about how I accumulated [10k gems as a f2p player](https://www.reddit.com/r/TravelTown/comments/1r8mc38/how_i_accumulated_10k_gems_as_a_f2p_player/).

The game as changed significantly since then with the new daily task format, and the pinata runway. So I wanted to share how my gameplay has changed. I've still accumulated 5k more gems since them:

**How I play:**

* Use the upper storage
* Watch ads
* Free energy links
* Loyalty rewards
* I now anchor my playing on 3 things:
   * What tier I'm in. I only "actively" play if I'm in the 200 tier 
   * In the weeks that I'm in the 200 tier, I'm still selective on which days I participate in: Joker Chest, Cards Challenger I still do regularly. 
   * I only participate in side events like Turtle Race, Firework Frenzy, Tick Tok orders IF I am already going for the runway goal. 
   * In the weeks that I am really going for it, I also try to get the 200 gem weekly reward. Hey, if I'm getting bumped up anyways, might as well go all in.
* It's important to try to time your 200 tier week to be in Flame Cards week, Partner weeks, and last week of the season
* In the weeks/day where I'm not actively playing, I'd play "passively" by:
   * Building items when my energy recharges
   * Building auto orders
   * I always complete the 3 daily tasks, by completing the 5 lowest coin orders
* Ways to collect gems now (since you can't merge items to get the 2 daily gems)
   * Baz quest
   * Loyalty rewards
   * Daily chest
      * Wait until you get the max chest before collecting, and only collection when you get the max cluster
* As much as possible, submit orders when they are meeting a few goals at once (only submit star orders, submit orders during a boost or it also contributes to a timed order). Otherwise, I use auto orders to meet the daily goal instead of the regular orders.

**Events I go for:**

* Pinata (Only on weeks that I'm in the 200 tier). Since it spans Sunday and Monday, I don't usually do much on the Sunday the previous week. I've also accumulated a lot during the week that I could usually get it on Monday.
* Cookie jar (If I'm confident I can finish. If it's on a Tuesday, I pass since I already spent my resources for Pinata, for example)
* Sky catch (Same as above)
* joker chest
* card pack challenge
* partner challenge

**Timed events:**

* order steaks only if I'm chasing a card pack
* master class only if I was already going for the daily challenge. It often coincides with Pinata)
* time orders only if the reward is a card pack or joker

**Events where I'm happy with what I get:**

* secret gems; I usually complete this as it tends to coincide with an daily challenge I would complete
   * I noticed I do less of this
* any types of races like: aqua duel, firework frenzy, boat race. If I do, I try to compete with secondary producers because they get more points. I've never passed level 5 of aqual duel. I usually make it to 6 races. I have completed firework frenzy a few times because I was chasing the last few cards.
   * I noticed that I win the aqua duel and firework frenzies more now, in the weeks where I am active
* room rush (they always need 6500-8500+ energy to finish depending on tier); only finished a few times
* card crush (unless going for joker card last week)
* discovery bay; never managed to finish ever
* town tournament; never manage to come first
* fantasy island; never managed to finish ever, but I regularly get to stage 7
* mission mystery; never managed to finish ever
* reward runway

**Events where I don't bother because it pisses me off:**

\- Temple run

**How I accumulate gems:**

* Baz quest
* Daily chest
* Daily challenge that are worth it
* My gem count only started accelerating when I started completing the album

**Completing the album**

* I'm on track to complete my 5th album
* I've been playing this way for a while now, and I get pretty far on my own. I'm at 118 with 30 days to go
* Actively trading will net me 20-30 more and has helped me complete the album early. I've never finished in time for premium to matter though
* I save resources for the last week where there are tons of opportunities for cards, including the partner event where I find partners in the pinned post and going through my reserve energy chests for card crush if needed
* this post was huge for me: [https://www.reddit.com/r/TravelTown/comments/1oqab2e/final\_week\_new\_card\_guarantees/](https://www.reddit.com/r/TravelTown/comments/1oqab2e/final_week_new_card_guarantees/)

**What I use gems on:**

* 10 for 100 energy once a day
* 24 for an energy chest most days (I only started doing this once I've reached \~1000 gems, otherwise I spend it faster than I accumulate them and I don't have any stockpile to "invest" them into meeting goals with more payout)
* buying all the storage spots
* buying second line items in the shop occasionally
* popping the occasional item going for meeting a timed order
* and because I have so many gems now, sometimes I use them to skip the jewelry chest recharge to cycle through the upper storage

**What I don't use gems on:**

40 for 100 energy. I went through gems so quickly for so little playtime when I was using real money for gems. Now when I'm out of energy (i start the day with 100 + 200 for 30 gems + 100 from ads + \~50 free energy links), I just farm auto producers.

**What I use the joker balls on:**

* Time orders for when I felt the reward was worth it (usually for the 5\* packs)
* I don't use the joker splitter joker trick. I rather build items during my farming periods

Hope this helps some of you!



How I've adapted as a F2P with recent changes