Gear tier list · checked Oct 1, 2026

Dig and Clean Tier List: Best Gear by Island

What to buy at every island after Update 8, from the Home Beach Gear Shop to Necropolis and Ribcage Reef, plus Totems, the Halloween Jack-o'-lantern gear and every game pass.

Quick answer

The best gear in Dig and Clean right now is the Ribcage Reef line (Update 7), topped by the Abyssal Detector. The step before it is the Necropolis set at Tombstone Tides (Shovel 40T, Spray 32T, Detector 40T, 64x island luck). Early on, buy shovels first up to the Diamond Shovel. After that, detector luck comes first at every new island. The Halloween Jack-o'-lantern gear is a side-grade for its mutation chance, not a main upgrade.

Gear path by island (Update 8)

#	Where	What to buy	Cost (coins)	Why
1	Home Beach (Gear Shop)	Plastic → Diamond Shovel, Rusty → Crystal Detector, Basic → Garnet washer	Free → 9.2M	Buy the next shovel the moment you can afford it. Early on, dig power is the bottleneck.
2	Gear Shop, Update 1 tiers (Sphinx Sands era)	Sandstone → Aquamarine (shovel, detector, washer)	7.5M → 145M	Detector luck jumps from x110 to x850. Keep a Diamond Shovel for walking speed (50% vs ~22%) if you farm low tiers.
3	Frozen Shores (Update 2)	Island tiers up to Eclipse (Eclipse Shovel Power 640, Eclipse Detector Luck x10,500)	Eclipse Shovel ~320M	First 5-digit detector luck. Most intermediate prices are not published, so check the shop.
4	Lava Lagoon (Update 3)	4 tiers per line	Shovel 8B / 22.5B / 225B / 700B · Spray 8B / 25B / 225B / 700B · Detector 6.5B / 60B / 175B / 550B	Paradox hunting. Fix your weakest line first instead of buying all three evenly.
5	Paradise Point (Update 4)	Storm, Magma and Archangel Shovels (plus matching detectors/sprays)	Not published	Needed to dig Singularity-tier mounds. Confirm prices at the island shop.
6	Tombstone Tides (Update 5, 6T unlock)	Necropolis Shovel, Spray, Detector	Shovel 40T · Spray 32T · Detector 40T	64x island luck plus Necropolis Detector Luck x333.3M. The standard Genesis/Primordial farm setup.
7	Ribcage Reef (Update 7, ~300T unlock)	15 new tiers, topped by the Abyssal Detector	Top pieces reported ~2Qd	Current endgame line. Buy the detector first, then the shovel.
Event	Halloween Event island (Update 8, level 25+)	3 Jack-o'-lantern gear pieces (Candy Corn)	Candy Corn	Side-grade. Its value is the 5–10% Jack-o'-lantern mutation chance and that it never returns, not raw stats.

Gear Shop prices and stats: community gear index (Sep 9, 2026). Lava Lagoon and Necropolis prices: AllThingsHow (Aug 24 and Sep 22). Ribcage Reef, Halloween and Paradise Point details: in-game footage from GHPlayz and PixelMoonYT (Sep 2026). One tracker lists a cheaper 1.5T Necropolis Shovel, probably a lower tier of the set. Prices without a value are not published anywhere we checked. Always confirm in the shop before buying.

Which gear line matters most

Detector luck (mid and late game)

From Lava Lagoon on, your island's best detector decides whether Paradox-and-up beams show up at all.

•Buy the newest island's detector first: Necropolis (Luck x333.3M) at Tombstone Tides, then the Abyssal Detector at Ribcage Reef.
•Stack it with island luck (Tombstone Tides 64x), luck Totems and quest boosts. Detector luck alone is not enough for Genesis+.
•Range also rises with each detector, so you walk less between beams.

Early game is the exception: buy shovels first until you reach the Diamond Shovel.

Shovel power

Early on, power is the bottleneck. Late game, you need enough power to dig the heavy high-rarity mounds.

•Buy every early shovel tier the moment you can afford it, up to the Diamond Shovel.
•From Update 1 on, shovels trade walking speed for power. Keep the Diamond Shovel if you farm low tiers fast.
•If the game won't let you dig a tall golden-yellow beam yet, a shovel upgrade comes next.

Shovel = dig power + walkspeed.

Spray / pressure washer

Cleaning only matters once dirty finds stack up, and the weather now speeds it up for free.

•Rain (Update 3) doubles cleaning speed, and Heatwave (Update 7) gives 5x cleaning and polishing. Save big batches for those.
•Instant Clean (UPDATE2 code, game pass, admin events) skips the step entirely.
•Creators who bought the newest washer early regretted it. Upgrade only when your backpack is the bottleneck.

Spray = cleaning power + spray range. Fix the bottleneck, not the easy part.

Totems: the luck layer most players skip

Totems (Update 6, Tier VI added in Update 7) sit in their own tab in your gear inventory. The Yeti on Frozen Shores trades them for fresh digs, and higher-value items return better totems (creators fed items such as Saturn and Eiffel Tower). Extra Totem slots cost Robux.

Totem (example)	Bonus
Luck I	+10% Luck
Seeker III	+14% Detector Range
Tide I	+10% Cleaning Speed
Artisan I	+10% Polishing Speed

For rarity hunting, fill every slot with Luck totems. Swap to Tide or Artisan only for a cleaning session.

Early-game Gear Shop ladder (full stats)

Shovels — dig power & walkspeed

Name	Cost (Gold)	Dig Power	Walkspeed
Plastic Shovel	Free	Power 1	+0% speed
Wood Shovel	500	Power 2	+5% speed
Stone Shovel	1,600	Power 3	+10% speed
Metal Shovel	9,000	Power 5	+15% speed
Gold Shovel	45,000	Power 7	+20% speed
Amethyst Shovel	190,000	Power 9	+25% speed
Titanium Shovel	390,000	Power 14	+30% speed
Cobalt Shovel	650,000	Power 17	+35% speed
Carbon Shovel	1,300,000	Power 21	+40% speed
Ruby Shovel	2,900,000	Power 26	+45% speed
Diamond Shovel	9,200,000	Power 40	+50% speed
Sandstone Shovel	9,000,000	Power 50	+18% speed
Amber Shovel	15,000,000	Power 62	+19% speed
Scarab Shovel	30,000,000	Power 78	+20% speed
Malachite Shovel	66,000,000	Power 100	+21% speed
Aquamarine Shovel	145,000,000	Power 160	+22% speed

Detectors — luck & range

Name	Cost (Gold)	Luck	Range
Rusty Detector	Free	Luck x1	Range 7
Copper Detector	500	Luck x3	Range 7.5
Silver Detector	5,000	Luck x5	Range 8
Gold Detector	28,000	Luck x8	Range 8.5
Platinum Detector	140,000	Luck x12	Range 9
Onyx Detector	330,000	Luck x18	Range 9.5
Sapphire Detector	530,000	Luck x28	Range 10
Jade Detector	1,000,000	Luck x44	Range 10.75
Topaz Detector	2,300,000	Luck x70	Range 11.5
Crystal Detector	6,400,000	Luck x110	Range 12
Sandstone Detector	7,500,000	Luck x165	Range 12.5
Amber Detector	12,000,000	Luck x250	Range 13
Scarab Detector	23,000,000	Luck x380	Range 13.5
Malachite Detector	52,000,000	Luck x570	Range 14
Aquamarine Detector	92,000,000	Luck x850	Range 14.5

Spray bottles & pressure washers — cleaning power & range

Name	Cost (Gold)	Power	Range
Basic Spray Bottle	Free	Power 34	Range 22
Rubber Spray Bottle	900	Power 43	Range 24
Plastic Spray Bottle	5,500	Power 57	Range 26
Copper Spray Bottle	26,000	Power 71	Range 28
Steel Spray Bottle	100,000	Power 85	Range 30
Gold Spray Bottle	220,000	Power 101	Range 32
Turquoise Spray Bottle	400,000	Power 114	Range 34
Plastic Pressure Washer	640,000	Power 137	Range 36
Metal Pressure Washer	1,000,000	Power 164	Range 38
Obsidian Pressure Washer	1,600,000	Power 196	Range 40
Opal Pressure Washer	2,800,000	Power 235	Range 42
Garnet Pressure Washer	5,200,000	Power 285	Range 44
Sandstone Pressure Washer	14,500,000	Power 335	Range 45
Amber Pressure Washer	23,000,000	Power 394	Range 48
Scarab Pressure Washer	36,000,000	Power 459	Range 50
Malachite Pressure Washer	64,000,000	Power 535	Range 52
Aquamarine Pressure Washer	125,000,000	Power 625	Range 54

Robux gear bundles (Update 9) and the Reaper buff

Prices from the game's public developer-product list (read Oct 13, 2026). Bundle contents are not listed there; the stat notes come from creator footage, so confirm in the shop before buying.

Druid Bundle — 499 Robux (added with Update 9).
Reaper Bundle — 1,499 Robux. In his Update 9 video GHPlayz showed its detector, shovel and spray at 700% (he recalled 350% before), so it was buffed in Update 9. One source only.
Absolute Zero Bundle — 4,999 Robux (added with Update 9).
Gift versions of all three bundles cost the same and can be sent to a friend.

Free-to-play order is unchanged: island gear first. Update 10 (Oct 11) reportedly adds 15 gear tiers on a new Galaxy Gulf island (PixelMoonYT stream); we will add them here once a second source lists names and prices.

Game passes (Robux)

Ten passes as of Update 8. They boost stats or save time rather than add content.

Pass	Price (Robux)	Note
VIP	349	Launch wave
2x Gold	599	Launch wave. Pays back fastest early
2x Dig Power	499	Launch wave
Instant Clean	249	Launch wave
2x Luck	199	Launch wave
2x Walkspeed	99	Launch wave
Auto Clicker	54	Update 3
+100 Storage	36	Update 3. Best value once hauls pass 50 items
Teleport Pass	99	Update 5. Jump between islands
Mint Condition+	1,499	Update 8. Every dig Mint or better

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