Quick answer
What to do
Evolve after you have recorded current cash per hour and can pay the in-game cost without leaving the fleet unable to improve. After evolving, repeat the same timed test to confirm that rarer ore increased real income.
How to Evolve Your Planet in Mine a Planet
A measured approach to planet evolution, rarer ores, bigger worlds, and the cash tradeoff when exact stage costs are not public.
Checked July 15, 2026BETA 7
How it works
Use the mechanic, not a guessed formula
Evolution changes the resource opportunity
The main promise is access to rarer ore and larger worlds. That can raise income, but only if the fleet can mine, carry, and return the new ore efficiently. A high sell value can be offset by a slow mining cycle.
Cash spent has an opportunity cost
Cash used for evolution cannot be used on mining power, cargo, or speed at the same moment. Compare the evolution cost shown in game with the price of the next upgrade that fixes your current bottleneck.
Use a before-and-after baseline
Record drone count, cargo, ore value, cycle seconds, and visible multipliers before evolving. Repeat after the new planet opens. This creates a useful comparison even when the hidden formula changes during BETA.
Step-by-step
Follow this route in game
1. Record current income
Time two comparable full mining cycles and enter the average in the calculator.
2. Read the evolution screen
Use the current in-game price and confirm what resets, persists, or unlocks before paying.
3. Keep a cash buffer
Avoid spending every coin if the fleet will immediately need cargo, speed, or mining-power help on the new planet.
4. Measure the new planet
Repeat the same cycle test and compare the actual gain, not only the new ore name.
Avoid this
Common mistakes
Evolving with no baseline
Without a before value, you cannot tell whether the new world improved cash per hour.
Assuming rarer always means faster
Mining time and cargo limits can reduce the benefit of higher-value ore.
Publishing guessed costs
Stage prices can change during BETA and should come from the current game screen.
FAQ
Quick answers
What does planet evolution unlock?
The official description says rarer ore and bigger worlds.
When should I evolve?
When the shown cost is affordable and the expected new resource opportunity is stronger than the upgrade you would delay.
What are the exact evolution costs?
A complete public official cost table was not found; use the current in-game screen.
How do I know whether evolution was worth it?
Compare cash per hour before and after with the same cycle method.
Ore guide
Review Azurite, Aurum, and data gaps.
Fleet upgrades
Compare the alternative use of cash.
Income calculator
Run the before-and-after comparison.