The Free-to-Play Roadmap: How Long Until You Can Redeem a Crown Rare
Free-to-play players get a steady 2 packs a day (each pack refills after 12 hours, capped at 2 in reserve), and every pack opened — no matter what drops — adds a fixed 5 Pack Points, meaning 10 points a day from free packs alone. At that rate, saving up 500 points for a Double Rare takes about 50 days, and 2,500 points for a Crown Rare takes about 250 days — a guaranteed but slow path, so Hourglasses (from missions and events) are better spent speeding up pack cycles rather than hoarded, since every extra pack opened is both a random shot at a good pull and more points banked.
Two 12-hour systems, and why they are not the same thing
The most reliable income for a free player is 2 packs a day, generated by the self-refilling Pack Hourglass: every 12 hours grants another pack, capped at 2 in reserve at once. Running in parallel is a completely separate system — Wonder Stamina — used specifically for Wonder Pick, also refilling 1 charge every 12 hours but capped at 5 in reserve. The two are easy to mix up since they share the same 12-hour cadence, but they're not interchangeable: packs put cards directly into your own collection, while Wonder Pick lets you select one card out of someone else's already-opened pack.
How long it takes to redeem a card on free packs alone
Every pack opened, regardless of rarity, adds a fixed 5 Pack Points. At 2 free packs a day, that's 10 points of pure income daily. Run that against the redemption price table and the timeline stretches out fast at the top end — which is exactly why new players tend to underestimate Crown Rares: they're not just rare on the pull, redeeming one with points also takes roughly 5 times as long as a Double Rare.
| Rarity tier | Points needed | Days (free packs only) |
|---|---|---|
| 1-diamond (Common) | 35 points | ~4 days |
| 2-diamond (Uncommon) | 70 points | ~7 days |
| 3-diamond (Rare) | 150 points | ~15 days |
| 4-diamond (Double Rare) | 500 points | ~50 days |
| Crown Rare (UR) | 2,500 points | ~250 days |
Where to actually spend Hourglasses
Because every pack banks points regardless of outcome, Pack Hourglasses (each shaves 1 hour off the timer, 12 of them opens a pack early) should be spent as soon as you have them rather than hoarded — stockpiling doesn't make them more valuable, it just delays packs you're already entitled to open. The same logic applies to Wonder Hourglasses, which refill Wonder Stamina early: holding onto them provides no benefit over using them immediately for an extra Wonder Pick attempt, as long as there's a worthwhile target pack currently on offer.
This table is a floor, not a ceiling
250 days for a Crown Rare is calculated purely from the 2 free packs a day — that's the absolute floor, not a hard limit you're stuck with. In practice, players earn extra packs and Hourglasses from daily missions, weekly missions, and limited-time events, and all of it feeds the same Pack Point total, since the +5-points-per-pack rule applies to every pack opened regardless of where it came from. In other words, the table above should be read as "the slowest possible timeline if you only log in for your 2 free packs and leave," while players who actively clear missions will cut every one of those numbers down considerably.
A suggested week-by-week roadmap
In your first week, focus on opening both free packs every single day without fail — skipping a day permanently loses anything beyond the 2-pack cap, since it doesn't roll over. From week two onward, once Pack Points reach the lower thresholds (35-150 points), prioritize redeeming missing Common, Uncommon, and Rare cards to complete your deck first — those tiers are cheap and get your deck functional immediately, rather than saving every point toward a single Crown Rare that could take up to 250 days to reach.
Finish your deck first, collect Crown Rares second
A common mistake among new free-to-play players is hoarding every Pack Point untouched, redeeming nothing, just to wait out the hundreds of days needed for that first Crown Rare. The problem is that during that long wait, the deck is often still missing basic Common, Uncommon, and Rare cards needed to actually function — those cheap 35-150 point redemptions tend to have an immediate impact on deck strength, while a single Crown Rare (mostly a collectible, not usually a core piece your deck depends on) mainly delivers bragging rights. A sensible priority order: finish your core deck with the cheap tiers first, and only redirect leftover points toward the top tier once your deck is actually playable.
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