VIP in Z Route: Redemption
VIP in Z Route: Redemption has 18 levels, and each one adds permanent bonuses and a bigger free daily pack. You earn VIP points from top ups, VIP Credit items and daily logins, and the points never reset. The page below lists every level, then covers vouchers, the Top-Up Center, the VIP shop and the packs that give the most for the money.
VIP Levels
One guide lists the table below. The points column is the total you need to reach the level, and the daily pack is free once per day for your current VIP level.
| VIP | VIP points | New perks | Daily Omni Hero Shards | Daily SR chests (each of Food, Metal, Oil) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | Food output +5% | None | 1 |
| 2 | 500 | Metal and Oil output +5% | 1 SR | 2 |
| 3 | 1,000 | Building speed +10%; Display VIP Level in chat | 2 SR | 3 |
| 4 | 5,000 | Food, Metal and Oil output +10%; March speed +5%; Auto Dispatch in Special Ops Center | 1 SSR | 4 |
| 5 | 10,000 | Building speed +20%; Gear crafting +25%; Claim all resources with one tap or shake | 1 SSR | 5 |
| 6 | 15,000 | Food, Metal and Oil output +15%; Drill Ground capacity +5% | 2 SSR | 6 |
| 7 | 30,000 | Building speed +30%; Research speed +5% | 2 SSR | 7 |
| 8 | 50,000 | Food, Metal and Oil output +20%; March speed +10%; Quick Challenge in Glory Trial | 3 SSR | 8 |
| 9 | 100,000 | Building speed +40%; Research speed +10% | 3 SSR | 9 |
| 10 | 150,000 | Food, Metal and Oil output +25%; Healing speed +10%; Hero ATK/DEF/HP +2.5% | 1 UR | 10 |
| 11 | 250,000 | Building speed +50%; Research speed +15% | 1 UR | 11 |
| 12 | 500,000 | March speed +15%; Hero ATK/DEF/HP +5%; Super Mode in Special Ops Center | 2 UR | 12 |
| 13 | 1,000,000 | Gear crafting +50%; Research speed +20% | 2 UR | 13 |
| 14 | 2,000,000 | Healing speed +20%; Hero ATK/DEF/HP +7.5% | 3 UR | 14 |
| 15 | 3,000,000 | Research speed +25%; Training speed +10% | 3 UR | 15 |
| 16 | 5,000,000 | March speed +20%; Hero ATK/DEF/HP +10% | 3 UR | 16 |
| 17 | 20,000,000 | Drill Ground capacity +10%; Research speed +30%; Hero ATK/DEF/HP +11%; Training speed +15% | 3 UR | 17 |
| 18 | 50,000,000 | Healing speed +30%; Hero ATK/DEF/HP +12.5% | 3 UR | 18 |
At VIP 18 the bonuses add up to +25% output of each resource, +50% building speed, +30% research speed, +20% march speed, +50% gear crafting, +30% healing speed, +15% training speed and +12.5% Hero ATK, DEF and HP. VIP 10 is a milestone, since it brings the first UR hero shard in the daily pack and the first hero stat bonus, and it needs 150,000 points. The last level takes 50,000,000 points in total.
VIP Points and Credit
VIP points never reset, but the perks only work while your VIP time is active. Every level up gives 60 minutes of VIP time and lets you claim the new daily pack again on the same day. The VIP button unlocks at Base 3, so check your base level if you cannot see it.
There are three ways to gain points. Top-up packs grant points equal to their base amount, from 100 for the smallest pack up to 10,000 for the largest. Daily login gives points that rise from 40 on day 1 to 200 on day 9. VIP Credit items add points directly, in sizes of 10, 50, 100, 500, 1,000 and 2,500, and the diamond shop sells them at 1 diamond per point. Diamonds can buy at most 30,000 VIP points a day.
To keep VIP time running, you can buy activation items with diamonds: 1,000 for 1 day, 3,000 for 7 days and 10,000 for 30 days.
Top Up and Vouchers
Top up means buying vouchers or diamonds with real money. The packs sit at six price steps, and the voucher amount follows the price in cents.
| Price (USD) | Diamond pack | Voucher pack |
|---|---|---|
| 0.99 | 100 diamonds | 99 vouchers |
| 4.99 | 500 diamonds | 499 vouchers |
| 9.99 | 1,000 diamonds | 999 vouchers |
| 19.99 | 2,000 diamonds | 1,999 vouchers |
| 49.99 | 5,000 diamonds | 4,999 vouchers |
| 99.99 | 10,000 diamonds | 9,999 vouchers |
Vouchers are what many in-game packs charge. The Monthly Pass costs 2,499 vouchers, and the Growth Fund and the Build Queue 4 offer cost 1,999 each. A plain diamond top up is the weakest buy, because almost every pack already includes the same diamonds plus items.
During the Top-Up Rebate event, pack purchases earn Energy Badges, one badge per voucher of the pack price, and the reward ladder changes between events. Time a small purchase to land inside such an event.
Top-Up Center
The official web Top-Up Center sells the same voucher bundles with 5 percent extra vouchers, and one guide tells you to buy there whenever it is available. Direct store prices are often lower than the Apple App Store or Google Play, because they skip the platform markup.
The extra 5 percent grows with the pack. On the 99.99 USD pack of 9,999 vouchers it comes to about 500 more. The codes page lists free items to claim first.
VIP Shop
The VIP shop sells items for diamonds at a discount and restocks every week on Monday. One guide lists these prices.
| Item | Price (diamonds) | Discount | Limit per refresh |
|---|---|---|---|
| SR Oil Lv. Chest | 40 | 60% | 110 |
| SR Food Lv. Chest | 40 | 60% | 110 |
| SR Metal Lv. Chest | 40 | 60% | 110 |
| 10 Stamina | 12 | 40% | 30 |
| Heat-Resistant Gold | 5 | 50% | 120 |
| Universal Decor Component | 100 | 60% | 60 |
| SR Omni Hero Shard | 40 | 80% | 60 |
| Skill EXP Book | 4 | 60% | 2,200 |
| Fighter Parts | 400 | 60% | 60 |
| Advanced Relocator | 600 | 60% | 5 |
| SR Hero EXP Chest | 20 | 60% | 100 |
| SSR Hero EXP Chest | 160 | 60% | 40 |
| Refined Stone | 4 | 60% | 1,600 |
| 5-min Speedup | 8 | 60% | 220 |
| Survivor Recruit Ticket | 200 | 50% | 55 |
| Wingman SR Chest | 800 | 60% | 10 |
| Composite Material | 16 | 60% | 110 |
| SSR Omni Hero Shard | 200 | 50% | 35 |
| 60-min Speedup | 72 | 60% | 60 |
| UR Hero EXP Chest | 480 | 60% | 22 |
| 3-hr Speedup | 192 | 60% | 35 |
| Conductive Crystal | 64 | 60% | 55 |
| 8-hr Speedup | 480 | 60% | 11 |
| UR Omni Hero Shard | 300 | 50% | 11 |
Buy stamina and advanced relocators first. Speedups, Fighter Parts and a Wingman SSR Chest come next if diamonds are left over. The 8-hour speedup needs VIP 10, and it is the cheapest per hour: 60 diamonds per hour against 72 for the 60-minute one and 96 for the 5-minute one. Skip resources, equipment materials, the universal decoration component, Omni Hero Shards of SR and SSR quality, Skill EXP books, hero EXP chests, Refined Stone and survivor tickets.
Best Packs
One guide ranks the store offers. S+ and S mean exceptional long-term value, A+ means strong when the contents match your goal, B is fair, and C is basic currency conversion. The top of that list looks like this.
| Rank | Offer | Price (USD) | Rating | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Top-up | 0.99 | S+ | one-time starter value |
| 2 | Build Queue 2 | 1.99 | S+ | best long-term utility per dollar |
| 3 | Beta Research Dept (Research Queue 2) | 9.99 | S+ | permanent second research queue |
| 4 | Build Queue 3 | 9.99 | S | - |
| 5 | Build Queue 4 | 19.99 | S | strong if all four queues stay busy |
| 6 | Premium Hero Pass Reward | 19.99 | S | recurring Hero Day value when the featured hero is in the main squad |
| 7 | 30-Day Monthly Pass | 24.99 | S | - |
| 8 | Advanced Hero Intel Weekly Pass | 4.99 | S | - |
| 9 | Advanced Speedup Intel Weekly Pass | 4.99 | S | - |
| 10 | Recruitment Value Pack | 4.99 | S | - |
| 11 | 7-Day Login Advanced Reward | 0.99 | A+ | - |
| 12 | General Speedup Pack | 4.99 | A+ | - |
| 13 | Research Value Pack | 4.99 | A+ | - |
| 14 | Fighter Parts | 4.99 | A+ | - |
| 15 | Recruit Survivors | 4.99 | A+ | - |
| 16 | Stamina Sale Pack | 9.99 | A+ | - |
First Top-up gives 100 diamonds, Permanent Avatar Customization, 10 Recruit Cards, 100,000 EXP. Build Queue 2 adds a permanent second building queue and 200 diamonds. The second research queue offer, Beta Research Dept, also holds 5 UR Oil Chests. Build Queue 3 brings the third building queue plus 100 x 5-minute speedups. Build Queue 4 costs 19.99 USD and gives 2,000 diamonds and 190 five-minute speedups, but it only pays off if you can keep four builds running at once.
Weekly packs fit a narrower need. There are five weekly passes (Diamond, Hero EXP, Oil, Metal, Food) at 4.99 USD each, with 500 diamonds on purchase and a 7-day length, and the bundle costs 19.99 USD; they pay only when one resource blocks a specific upgrade. The Advanced Hero Intel Weekly Pass gives 10 UR Omni Hero Shards for 4.99 USD and the Deluxe one gives 20 for 19.99 USD. Buy these early in the week, because their extra rewards need the whole week. The weekly UR hero packs give 40 shards at 49.99 USD and 75 shards at 99.99 USD.
The daily sales pack at 4.99 USD gives 700 diamonds and 10 shards of the featured hero, which rotates one hero at a time, plus 10 Recruit Cards and 9 SSR Hero EXP Chests. The VIP Special packs sell survivor shards and Survivor Tokens: VIP 1 Special costs 4.99 USD for 10 Survivalist Giles Shards, 10 SSR Adventurer Chests and 100 Survivor Tokens, and VIP 7 Special costs 99.99 USD for 230 Survivalist Giles Shards, 40 UR Adventurer Chests, 8,500 Survivor Tokens. The VIP 8 to VIP 11 Special packs sell Tactician May shards instead, from 10 shards at 9.99 USD to 120 shards at 99.99 USD. The survivors page explains what those shards do.
Monthly Pass and Growth Fund
The Monthly Pass costs 2,499 vouchers (24.99 USD) and lasts 30 days. On purchase you get 2,500 diamonds, 30-day VIP, Monthly Pass Frame and one purple reward chest. Each daily claim gives 100 diamonds, 10 x 1-minute and 50 x 5-minute speedups, stamina, recruit tickets, map-ticket items, resource items and a supply chest. In total that is 5,500 diamonds and 130 hours of speedups, and it only pays if you claim every day. Active benefits are Squad 4, +10% gathering speed and -5% PvE damage received. Renewing with one day left adds a fresh 30 days on top.
The Growth Fund costs 1,999 vouchers and pays diamonds when your Base reaches set levels. Levels you already passed can be claimed at once.
| Base level | Diamonds |
|---|---|
| 6 | 1,200 |
| 8 | 1,200 |
| 10 | 1,200 |
| 12 | 1,400 |
| 14 | 1,400 |
| 16 | 1,600 |
| 18 | 2,000 |
| 21 | 3,000 |
| 23 | 4,000 |
| 25 | 6,000 |
| 28 | 9,000 |
| 30 | 18,000 |
The rows add up to 50,000 diamonds, with 18,000 of them at Base 30. For scale, the 19.99 USD diamond pack gives 2,000 diamonds. The base table lists what each Base level needs.
Free to Play VIP
You can use VIP without spending. The daily free pack starts at VIP 1, the daily login adds points on its own, and each level up gives 60 minutes of VIP time. Added up, the nine listed login days give 1,080 VIP points, which clears VIP 3. Diamonds you earn can go to the VIP shop, where stamina and advanced relocators are the best first buys.
The cheap permanent upgrades matter most if you do decide to pay: queues 2 and 3 and the second research queue. A purchase that pushes you over a VIP threshold can also be worth planning, since VIP levels add permanent benefits. The tips page has more advice for free players.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is VIP in Z Route Redemption?
VIP is a status with 18 levels. You raise it with VIP points from top ups, VIP Credit items and daily logins. Each level adds permanent bonuses such as faster building and research, and a bigger free daily pack. The VIP button opens at Base 3, and VIP time must be active for the perks to work.
What are vouchers in Z Route Redemption?
Vouchers are the top up currency. A voucher pack sells 99 vouchers for 0.99 USD and goes up to 9,999 for 99.99 USD. Many packs list their price in vouchers, for example the Monthly Pass at 2,499.
Is the Top-Up Center worth using?
Yes, when it is available. The official web Top-Up Center sells the same voucher bundles as the game and adds 5 percent extra vouchers. Direct store prices are often lower than the Apple App Store or Google Play, because they avoid the platform markup. Always check the final checkout total, since prices vary by platform, region and event.
What is the best pack to buy first?
One guide ranks First Top-up at 0.99 USD first, then Build Queue 2 at 1.99 USD and the second research queue at 9.99 USD. All three are one-time or permanent buys. Skip a queue only if you would leave it idle, and avoid plain diamond top ups, which rate worst.
Can free to play players use VIP?
Yes. Daily logins give VIP points, from 40 on day 1 to 200 on day 9, and the nine listed days add up to 1,080. VIP 1 opens the free daily pack, and every level up adds 60 minutes of VIP time. Diamonds you earn can go to the VIP shop.