All Vials Explained + Upgrade Priority » Idleon (2024)

Vials are an extremely important source of stat improvements in Idleon, but some are better than others and the requirements scale exponentially.

This is why it’s important to know what vials are available and what kind of buffs and boosts you can get from them.

The first thing you should know is how vial levels work, as each different vial requires the same amount of materials for each level, making it important to level each vial up at least a few levels as soon as possible.

Required material amounts for Vial levels

Idleon has 13 vial levels, indicated by the table below, but in most cases you should not thrive higher than level 10, until you are in very end game and have nothing better to do than grind materials.

As you might notice, that you only need 13,600 materials to reach the level 5 vial, which is less than half of the required materials for level 6.

This means you should try to upgrade all easy vials up to level 5 first, then grind high priority vials as high as possible in a reasonable time.

It is also good to realize that you will be able to get exponentially more materials as you progress through worlds, so while you might be getting only a few thousand kills per hour when you reach World 2, you will be getting a million kills per hour on World 1 mobs once you reach World 4.

This is why you shouldn’t grind for the higher level vials early on, but focus on progressing through the worlds first (and get the Kill Note in World 3, which benefits from grinding kills).

All Vials explained and upgrade priorities

You can find all the possible vials that can be currently activated and the main resource from which the material can be acquired.

The priority in the rightmost column is a general grade for the usefulness of the stat boost, but doesn’t consider too highly on how difficult the material is to obtain (except Pearler Shells which are very slow to collect and a few others).

You can easily sort the table by clicking on the headers!

Material	Source	Liquid	Effect	Priority
Copper Ore	Copper Vein World 1 Tunnels Entrance	Water Droplets	Increase Orange Cauldron Speed (+3% per level)
Oak Logs	Oak Tree World 1 Spore Meadows	Water Droplets	Increase Green Cauldron Speed (+3% per level)
Spore Cap	Green Mushroom World 1 Spore Meadows	Water Droplets	Increase Yellow Cauldron Speed (+3% per level)
Thread	Anvil World 1 Blunder Hills	Water Droplets	Increase Purple Cauldron Speed (+3% per level)
Copper Bar	Forge World 1 Blunder Hills	Water Droplet	Increase Water Droplet Cauldron max capacity (+3 per level)
Bean Slices	Bored Bean World 1 Valley of the Beans	Water Droplets	Monsters drop more money (+1% per level)
Snake Skin	Baby Boa World 1 Winding Willows	Water Droplets	Chance to get double points when depositing statues (+2.5% per level)
Trusty Nails	Anvil World 1 Blunder Hills	Water Droplets	More EXP from Skill to Class EXP converter talent (+1% per level)
Jungle Logs	Jungle Tree World 1 Vegetable Patch	Water Droplets	Faster liquid regen rate for all liquid cauldrons (+1% per level)
Iron Bar	Forge World 1 Blunder Hills	Water Droplet	Lower Alchemy Bubble upgrade costs (-1% per level)
Glublin Ear	Glublin World 1 Forest Outskirts	Water Droplets	Higher Card drop rate (+2% per level)
Potty Rolls	Toilet Tree World 1 Poopy Sewers	Water Droplet	Increase Liquid Nitrogen Cauldron max capacity (+3% per level)
Gold Ore	Gold Vein World 1 Freefall Caverns	Water Droplet	Increase Shop sell prices (+1% per level)
Bullfrog Horn	Gigafrog World 1 Tucked Away	Water Droplet	Talent points for Tab 1 (+1 per level)
Goldfish	Fishing World 2 Salty Shores	Water Droplet	Higher chance for kills to count as double for portals (not AFK) (+1% per level)
Rats Tail	Rat World 1 Rats Nest	Water Droplet	Increase Weapon Power (+0.5 per level)
Fly	Catching World 2 Jar Bridge	Water Droplet	Increase base Accuracy (+3 per level)
Megalodon Tooth	Mimic World 2 The Mimic hole	Water Droplet	Increase EXP from monsters (+1% per level)
Platinum Ore	Platinum Vein World 1 The Ol Straightaway	Water Droplet	Lower stamp material costs (-3.75% per level)
Hermit Can	Fishing World 2 Salty Shores	Water Droplet	Post Office Box points (+2 per level)
Bob Joe Pickle	Merchant World 2 Yum-Yum Grotto	Liquid Nitrogen	Does nothing, useless.
Floof Ploof	Sheepie World 3 Steep Sheep Ledge	Liquid Nitrogen	Increase shiny critter chance (+2% per level)
Forest Soul	Goblin Gorefest World 1 Forest Outskirts	Liquid Nitrogen	Talent points for Tab 2 (+1 per level)
Crabbo	Trapping World 2 Salty Shores	Liquid Nitrogen	More starting points in Tower Defense (+4 per level)
Void Ore	Void Vein World 1 Echoing Ingress	Liquid Nitrogen	More mining efficiency (+1% per level)
Redox Salts	Refinery World 3 Frostbite Towndra	Liquid Nitrogen	Faster refinery cycle speed (+1% per level)
Mosquisnow	Catching World 3 Mamooooth Mountain	Liquid Nitrogen	Higher catching efficiency (+1% per level)
Tundra Logs	Saharan Foal World 3 Steep Sheep Ledge	Liquid Nitrogen	Higher chopping efficiency (+1% per level)
Poison Froge	Trapping World 1 Jungle Perimeter	Liquid Nitrogen	More critters from Eagle Eye skill (+3% per level)
Mamooth Tusk	Mamooth World 3 Mamooooth Mountain	Liquid Nitrogen	Higher fishing efficiency (+1% per level)
Dune Soul	Wakawaka War World 2 Up Up Down Down	Liquid Nitrogen	Faster library checkout speed (+1% per level)
Mousey	Trapping World 1 Rats Nest	Trench Seawater	More cog inventory spaces (+1 per level)
Pen	Penguin World 3 Signature Slopes	Trench Seawater	More construction EXP (+1% per level)
Explosive Salts	Refinery World 3 Frostbite Towndra	Trench Seawater	Higher shiny critter chance (+5% per level)
Snow Ball	Snowman World 3 Rollin' Tundra	Trench Seawater	Bigger printer sample size (+0.5% per level)
Frigid Soul	Frosty Firefight World 3 Rollin' Tundra	Trench Seawater	Higher multikill per multikill tier (+1% per level)
Sippy Straw	Quenchie World 3 Waterlogged Entrance	Trench Seawater	Faster cog production speed (+1% per level)
Bunny	Trapping World 3 Thermonuclear Climb	Trench Seawater	More talent points for Tab 3 (+1 per level)
Contact Lense	Neyeptune World 3 Crystal Basecamp	Trench Seawater	Higher Trench Seawater max capacity (+1 per level)
Purple Salt	Refinery World 3 Frostbite Towndra	Trench Seawater	Giant Monster spawn rate (+1% per level)
Honker	Trapping World 3 Wam Wonderland	Trench Seawater	More critters per trap (+1 per level)
Ball Joe Pickle	Arcade (1% chance from purple hole)	Trench Seawater	Faster arcade ball gain rate (+25% per level)
Purple Mush Cap	Purp Mushroom World 4 Spaceway Raceway	Trench Seawater	More breeding EXP (+4% per level)
Half Eaten Donut	Donut World 4 Donut Drive-In	Trench Seawater	Higher chance for new pet (+5% per level)
Sand Shark	Fishing World 2 Deepwater Docks	Trench Seawater	Faster meal cooking speed (+6% per level)
Squishy Soul	Clash of Cans World 4 Mountainous Deugh	Trench Seawater	Faster new recipe cooking speed (+5% per level)
Tongue Bone	Gelatinous Cuboid World 4 Jelly Cube Bridge	Trench Seawater	More starting Tower Defence points (+11 per level)
Blobfish	Trapping World 4 Cocoa Tunnel	Trench Seawater	More Lab EXP (+3% per level)
Crumpled Wrapper	Choccie World 4 Cocoa Tunnel	Trench Seawater	Lower kitchen upgrade costs (-6.25% per level)
Pearler Shell	Clammie World 4 Shelled Shores	Trench Seawater	Increase all stats (+0.5% per level)
Kraken	Fishing World 2 Deepwater Docks	Trench Seawater	Increase Weapon Power (+1 per level)
Condensed Zap	Stilted Seeker World 4 Enclave of Eyes	Trench Seawater	More pet team damage (+2% per level)
Suggma Ashes	Suggma World 5 Naut Sake Perimeter	Trench Seawater	Talent points for Tab 4 (+2 per level)
Maple Logs	Maple Tree World 5 The Killer Roundabout	Trench Seawater	More Divinity EXP (+3% per level)
Hampter	Stiltmole World 5 The Great Molehill	Trench Seawater	More Sailing EXP (+3% per level)
Dreadlo Bar	Dreadlo Vein World 1 Slip Slidy Ledges	Trench Seawater	Faster meal cooking speed (+3% per level)
Dust Mote	Catching World 5 Mount Doomish	Trench Seawater	More Gaming EXP (+3% per level)
Orange Slice	Citringe World 5 OJ Bay	Trench Seawater	Faster Sailing speed (+3% per level)
Oozie Soul	Citric Conflict World 5 OJ Bay	Trench Seawater	More bits from Gaming (+1% per level)
Mongo Worm Slices	Tremor Wurm World 5 The Worm Nest	Trench Seawater	Lower stamp material costs (-2.5% per level)
Marble Ore	Marble Vein World 3 Equinox Valley	Trench Seawater	Faster Equinox Bar Fill Rate (+5% per level)
Willow Logs	Equinox Willow Tree World 3 Equinox Valley	Trench Seawater	Faster Sigil Charge Rate (+4% per level)
Equinox Fish	Fishing World 3 Equinox Valley	Trench Seawater	Higher Construction Build Rate (+7% per level)
Dream Particulate	Catching World 3 Equinox Valley	Trench Seawater	Faster Shrine charge rate (+3.5% per level)
Rice Cake	Ricecake World 6 Picnic Bridgeways	Toxic Mercury	Faster Farming Speed (+2% per level)
Ladybug	Catching World 6 Troll Playground	Toxic Mercury	More White Essence gain(+4% per level)
Caulifish	Fishing World 2 Island Expedition (Seasalt Island)	Toxic Mercury	Higher Farming Crop evolution chance (+7% per level)
Leafy Branch	Bamboo Spirit World 6 Bamboo Laboredge	Toxic Mercury	Faster Ninja untying rate (+1.5% per level)
Firefly	Catching World 6 Lightway Path	Toxic Mercury	Higher cooking speed (Multiplicative so very good)(+5% per level)
Godshard Bar	Godshard Vein World 1 Motherlode Pit	Toxic Mercury	Total Skill Efficiency (+4% per level)
Breezy Soul	Breezy Battle World 6 Above the Clouds	Toxic Mercury	More Sneaking EXP gain (+2% per level)
Eviscerated Chunk	Skydoggie Spirit World 6 Dozey Dogpark	Toxic Mercury	More Summoning EXP gain (+3.5% per level)
Effervescent Logs	Effervescent Eucalyptus Tree World 6 Dozey Dogpark	Toxic Mercury	More Farming EXP gain (+3.5% per level)
Royal Headpiece	Samurai Guardian World 6 Emperor's Castle Doorstep	Toxic Mercury	More Jade gains (+3.5% per level)
Tottoise	Jade Emporium (Purchase #30) Critter Found at: World 6 - Bamboo Laboredge	Toxic Mercury	Higher artifact find chance. Faster Sigil charge speed. Faster Cooking speed. Faster Construction build rate. (multiplicative so very powerful) (+4% per level)

The table contents should be fairly self-explanatory, but you will find some reasonings below as to why some are ranked fairly low.

Starting off with the cauldron speeds while they are nice boosts in the early game, once you get all 12 bubbles for each cauldron, these boosts become useless.

Card drop rate increase and liquid max capacities are decent upgrades, but can be easily scaled much higher through other means.

The shop sell price increase is so low that your main source of money will always be from fighting monsters and World 4 Colosseum. Base accuracy increase from flies is also very low, which is not worth the effort unless you really need more accuracy in early levels.

Cog inventory spaces are fairly unnecessary if you remember to claim and trash cogs actively.

As for the Pearler Shells, they are such a rare drop from Clammies that it does not justify spending them on vial levels, since they’re required for crafting some World 4 items.

As for all the C-rated vials, they are generally worth it, especially getting them to level 6-8, but they don’t need to be rushed to high levels as their bonuses wont have a massive impact on your progress.

New recipe cooking speed is also not very important as you only need to find each recipe once, so having a to wait a bit longer is not going to make a big difference as it only occupies one table.

Finally, when it comes to Ball Joe Pickle, it is a unique case as it can only be acquired from the Arcade in World 2 with extreme luck, as you first need to hit a ball into the purple (dementia) slot and then you have a 1% chance to acquire a single Ball Joe Pickle.

Some people have burned through tens of thousands of balls and never received a single one, so it is a very rare occurrence, thus you should not feel bad or obligated to get one. Arcade rewards in general have a very low reward rate anyway, so make sure to never waste gems on arcade balls.

You can check our article for more in-depth information about gem shop priorities.

World 5 Vials Explained

World 5 added 8 new vials to the mix, some of which are great and others not so much.

The best of the best vials which you should prioritize from W5 are definitely cooking and sailing speed as well as stamp material cost reduction.

The problem with cooking speed is that it needs Dreadlo bars, which are very slow to acquire, so you should prioritize making Dreadlo equipment and weapons before using them for the vial.

As for sailing speed, it should be leveled as soon as you reach OJ Bay, as it will speed up your sailing progress permanently and allow you to find artifacts faster.

Three of the vials only give more EXP, which is not worth the difficulty of obtaining the materials early on, but as for all other vials as well, can be levelled once you reach the very end game with nothing better to use your time on.

New World 6 Vials Explained

World 6 brought with it a whopping 10 new vials mostly focusing on buffing various W6 skills like farming, summoning and sneaking.

Farming Evolution chance is nice to upgrade early as you get better crop the longer they sit and have a chance to go through evolutions.

Ninja Untrying rate from Leafy Branches is not terrible, but you can boost it fast from various Jade Coin purchases so it is a fairly lame upgrade at +1.5% per level.

As for the Skill Efficiency vial from Godshards, it may sound good, but the bonus is not multiplicative meaning it won’t be a huge game changer and you will need A LOT of godshard bars for all the new recipes in the new Anvil Tab 6.

As for all the W6 skill EXP gain vials, they’re great because all the new skills give bonuses based on the skills level, meaning the faster you level up the skill, the higher all your gains will be!