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The '''Ball Pit''' is an hourly draw: players buy balls with BC, and the owner of one randomly drawn ball wins the whole prize.
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The '''Ball Pit''' is an hourly prize draw. You put Balls in the Pit for {{GameValue|minigames.ballpit.bcPerBall}} BC each. Once an hour the Pit is cleared, one Ball is drawn at random, and its owner wins the whole prize. More Balls means better odds, but never a guarantee.


Ball Pit unlocks at [[Marquis]]. Main and Ironman use separate hourly draws, with a per-player ball limit determined by the current colour. Read the live timer, price, and cap rather than using an older schedule.
It unlocks at the {{GameValue|minigames.ballpit.unlockRequirement}} rank.


Mystical Balls enters a shared pit with five times its normal ball allowance, but only if you have not already bought balls for that round. Hardcore has no shared draw: using Mystical Balls instead rolls a colour and pays an instant solo BC reward. More participation improves chances in shared pools; it does not guarantee a win.
== Prize ==


<small>Adapted from Shadybliss's illustrated new-user guide, 24 October 2026. Game mechanics may change; check the current in-game Manual and previews.</small>
The prize starts at {{GameValue|minigames.ballpit.ballpitBasePrize}} BC and grows by {{GameValue|minigames.ballpit.bcPerBall}} BC for every Ball placed inside.
 
== Ball colours and limits ==
 
The Pit rotates through types, shown by the colour of the Balls on sale. Each type limits how many Balls one player can buy, so every player has a fair shot at the prize. Types with lower limits come up more often, and types with higher limits are rarer.
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Colour !! Balls per player
|-
| Green || 1
|-
| Yellow || 250
|-
| Orange || 2,500
|-
| Blue || 25,000
|-
| Purple || 250,000
|-
| Black || 2,500,000
|}
 
Read the live timer, price and limit on the page rather than relying on an older schedule.
 
== Main and Ironman pools ==
 
[[Profile Modes|Main and Ironman]] profiles each play their own Pit. Your Balls only compete against profiles of your own type, and each pool draws and pays out separately. The value never crosses between the two.
 
== Mystical Balls ==
 
'''Mystical Balls''' are a rare [[Items|item]]. For Main and Ironman profiles, using one enters you into the current Pit with five times the usual per-player Ball limit. It cannot be used if you already own Balls in the active Pit.
 
[[Profile Modes#Hardcore|Hardcore]] profiles have no shared Pit. A Mystical Ball works differently for them: using one rolls a Ball colour at once and pays BC straight away, with no other players and no waiting.
 
* Rarer colours pay far more, and even a weak roll on a rare colour pays well. Common colours can pay less than the item is worth.
* You can use Mystical Balls back to back for as long as you have them.
 
== Connections ==
 
* [[Profile Modes]]: decides which pool you join, or whether you use Mystical Balls solo.
* [[Rare Items]]: Mystical Balls drop as rare items.
* [[Player Logs]]: wins are recorded there.
 
== History ==
 
Earlier global prize drawings were called the Lottery. Players bought tickets for a chance to win a shared prize, with more tickets giving a greater chance of winning. The Lottery was introduced in [[Game Update (01-07-2021)]].
 
In game update [[v5.9.7]] on July 18, 2021, the prize became a randomly chosen amount of [[Old Crown|Ancient Treasure]] rather than a pool that grew with ticket purchases. The Lottery became unavailable in game update [[v6.3.0]] on October 30, 2022.
 
The Ball Pit later brought back global prize drawings with Balls in place of tickets and BC as the prize. [[Game Update (01-12-2025) – Update 2]] introduced Ball colours with different limits on how many Balls each player could buy.
 
== Changelog ==
{{Update history/ball-pit}}
 
{{Guide link|Minigames Giveaways and Burn|Coinflip, Ball Pit, Giveaways and Burn}}


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Latest revision as of 01:41, 5 November 2026

The Ball Pit is an hourly prize draw. You put Balls in the Pit for 20,000 BC each. Once an hour the Pit is cleared, one Ball is drawn at random, and its owner wins the whole prize. More Balls means better odds, but never a guarantee.

It unlocks at the Marquis Rank rank.

Prize

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The prize starts at 1,000,000,000 BC and grows by 20,000 BC for every Ball placed inside.

Ball colours and limits

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The Pit rotates through types, shown by the colour of the Balls on sale. Each type limits how many Balls one player can buy, so every player has a fair shot at the prize. Types with lower limits come up more often, and types with higher limits are rarer.

Colour Balls per player
Green 1
Yellow 250
Orange 2,500
Blue 25,000
Purple 250,000
Black 2,500,000

Read the live timer, price and limit on the page rather than relying on an older schedule.

Main and Ironman pools

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Main and Ironman profiles each play their own Pit. Your Balls only compete against profiles of your own type, and each pool draws and pays out separately. The value never crosses between the two.

Mystical Balls

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Mystical Balls are a rare item. For Main and Ironman profiles, using one enters you into the current Pit with five times the usual per-player Ball limit. It cannot be used if you already own Balls in the active Pit.

Hardcore profiles have no shared Pit. A Mystical Ball works differently for them: using one rolls a Ball colour at once and pays BC straight away, with no other players and no waiting.

  • Rarer colours pay far more, and even a weak roll on a rare colour pays well. Common colours can pay less than the item is worth.
  • You can use Mystical Balls back to back for as long as you have them.

Connections

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History

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Earlier global prize drawings were called the Lottery. Players bought tickets for a chance to win a shared prize, with more tickets giving a greater chance of winning. The Lottery was introduced in Game Update (01-07-2021).

In game update v5.9.7 on July 18, 2021, the prize became a randomly chosen amount of Ancient Treasure rather than a pool that grew with ticket purchases. The Lottery became unavailable in game update v6.3.0 on October 30, 2022.

The Ball Pit later brought back global prize drawings with Balls in place of tickets and BC as the prize. Game Update (01-12-2025) – Update 2 introduced Ball colours with different limits on how many Balls each player could buy.

Changelog

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Release date Update Changes
October 10, 2026 Happy Halloween! (Seasonal Event)
  • Fixed the blank Ball Pit page on Hardcore and Seasonal profiles so players can use their Mystical Balls.
October 5, 2026 v2026.10.05.2
  • Also a full page in the same menu area as Factions, Market, and Prestige
  • Redesigned to better fit as a gameplay page rather than a popup modal
August 17, 2026 v2026.08.17.2
  • Hardcore Mystical Ball broadcasts now say whether the roll was a profit or a loss compared to the 250M BC cost of the item.
August 10, 2026 v2026.08.10
  • On hardcore profiles, every Mystical Balls roll is broadcasted with its colour (these are live-only and do not fill chat history), and are now visible in player logs.
July 30, 2026 v2026.07.30.2
  • Main and Ironman players now play in separate Ball Pits. Your Balls only compete against players of your own profile type, and each pool’s prize is only ever won by someone in that pool.
  • Hardcore and Seasonal players can now use Mystical Balls: rubbing one rolls a Ball Pit colour and instantly pays out BC scaled to that colour (rarer colours pay much more).
June 4, 2026 v2026.06.04
  • The Ball Pit menu now shows how many Mystical Balls you own and a compact “Use” button so you can spend one without leaving the menu.
  • After a Ball Pit draw finishes and the winner is broadcast, players can now buy balls immediately. Previously some players saw the error "Pit was drawn recently!" for a few seconds after the announcement; that no longer happens.
May 27, 2026 v2026.05.27
  • If you use /ballpit/buy and ask for more balls than the pit can hold, the command will now buy as many as fit instead of erroring. No more failed buys when you overshoot, it just fills the pit.
April 5, 2026 v2026.04.05
  • The global ball pit broadcast now shows the winner’s ball count and what percentage of the pot they won – so you can immediately see how big the win was.
  • There’s a second line in the broadcast that tells you the next ball pit’s balls-per-user limit and type.
March 23, 2026 v2026.03.23
  • Added “the” to ball pit winner messages so logs read more naturally (Shadybliss, Krisibelle)
March 19, 2026 Back in Business
  • Fixed a stale state issue with the Ball Pit that could cause the game to display outdated status information
    • Buy buttons are now properly re-enabled after a Ball Pit draw
    • Your personal ball count and the global count now update consistently
July 12, 2025 Game Update (07-12-2025)
  • Mystical Balls can now be used to enter the active Ball Pit with 5x the normal limit if no other balls have been purchased yet
  • Black Ball Pit limit has been decreased to 2.5M Balls (from Infinity)
May 10, 2025 Game Update (05-10-2025)
  • Pluperfect Gemerald, Mystical Balls: New Rare items (no current use)
April 13, 2025 Game Update (04-13-2025)
  • Ball Pit results message has been shortened to reduce chat history clutter
March 4, 2025 The Giveaways Update
  • Wait required to buy balls after pit is drawn reduced to 5 seconds (from 2 minutes)
February 27, 2025 Game Update (02-27-2025)
  • Ball Pit now draws every 20 minutes (from 15)
February 20, 2025 Supporter Perks (Game Update)
  • Ball Pit is now drawn more often, every 15 minutes (from 1 hour)
January 12, 2025 Game Update (01-12-2025) – Update 2
  • Introducing Ball Pit Types: Each ball pit now has a limitation for how many balls can be purchased by each user
    • Ball pit types are indicated by the color of ball during that pit
    • Ball pits with higher ball limits per user are rarer, while those with lower limits are more common
  • Web Client now receives (almost) immediate Ball Pit status updates
  • A message is now broadcast to Global chat 5 minutes before a ball pit is drawn with the current prize included
December 5, 2024 The Quests Update: A Cold Start
  • Ball Pit is now drawn at 00:30 of every hour to prevent issues with not being drawn due to database operation conflicts
November 9, 2024 Game Update (11-09-2024)
  • Ball Pit is now drawn every 2 hours (from 4h)
November 5, 2024 A Pets Update
  • Ball Pit base prize increased to 1 billion (from 50 million)
October 30, 2022 v6.3.0
  • Bet and Lottery gameplay features are no longer present
August 31, 2022 v6.2.2
  • Fixed lottery not triggering
May 14, 2022 v6.0.6
  • Added History for lottery to replace gamble feed
  • Fixed lottery pool display and actual payout inconsistency
August 2, 2021 v5.9.13
  • Fixed lottery not properly locking
August 2, 2021 v5.9.12
  • Lottery now displays last winner for 5 minutes after drawing instead of immediately beginning next lottery round
July 28, 2021 v5.9.9
  • Decrease lottery achievement prize tier
July 18, 2021 v5.9.7
  • New Lottery System
  • Pool is now randomly determined instead of ticket-dependent
  • Total tickets purchased is now hidden until the lottery is drawn
  • Tickets purchased still increase your chance of winning but no longer affect jackpot
  • Lottery is now paid out in Ancient Treasure instead of Manuscripts
July 12, 2021 v5.9.5
  • Lottery is now drawn every 30m
July 9, 2021 v5.9.0
  • Fixed lottery timer being off by ~2 minutes
July 2, 2021 v5.7.16
  • Reverted lottery to previous linear scaling (each ticket contributes 500 to pool, no cap)
  • Lottery now has minimum pool of 10mil and ends every 2hr
July 1, 2021 v5.7.14
  • Lottery pool is now calculated with a nonlinear convergent function – meaning that larger number of tickets will no longer directly correlate with lottery pool
  • Lottery starting pool is now 10mil and increased when past a certain number of tickets
July 1, 2021 v5.7.13
  • Lottery is now capped at 40 million
May 23, 2021 v5.5.1
  • Lottery is now draw every 6 hours instead of 24hrs.
  • Fix lottery achievements
  • Lottery cooldown after game end has been removed
May 20, 2021 v5.4.7
  • Fix buying lottery ticket not actually deducting from balance
May 20, 2021 v5.4.6 – Lottery Update
  • The lottery is back! Type “blottery” to access its info. Lotto will be drawn approximately once per day.
  • New lottery achievement
January 8, 2021 Game Update (01-08-2021)
  • Lotto pool now starts at base 750,000 BC and tickets stack on top
January 7, 2021 Game Update (01-07-2021)
  • Added lottery. Type "bclottery" to access this


Guide: Coinflip, Ball Pit, Giveaways and Burn
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