Position Upgrades

Position Upgrades are a feature introduced in Scrap Clicker 2 update 10.2. They are unlocked at x1250 Stars, the third upgrade at x2000, the fourth upgrade at x2250 and fifth at x2500. They can be accessed from the list of Barrels, just like the Barrel Mastery. Players can spend Golden Scrap, Fragments, Mastery tokens, Magnets and Wrenches to boost the 20 barrel slots. They have no max. level.

Mastery boost
Every Position Upgrades level reduces the merges required for Barrel Mastery by x0.9999, or x0.5 per ~6931 levels. It makes getting tokens and boosts easier.

This reduction is capped at x0.01, and it takes about 46050 levels to get there. This was not discovered until July 2023.

Upgrades
There's 5 different upgrade types, Golden Scrap, Fragments, Mastery tokens, Magnets and Wrenches. Each upgrade type makes Barrel Mastery easier and has an unique effect. There's 20 slots that can be upgraded - the 20 barrel slots. For the formulas, cost is the amount to level from $$L-1$$to $$L$$.

Golden Scrap
+1% Chance to get twice the Level Up progress for a Merge into this position

Formula: $$10^9L$$

For example, level 0 to 1 costs 1 billion, 9 to 10 costs 10 billion.

Fragments
+1% Chance to get x10 Wrenches from a Merge into this position

Formula: $$10^4L\lceil L/10 \rceil*k(L)$$, with $$k(L)$$given in the table below. Table of values for reference:



Mastery Tokens
+1% Chance to get a Steel Beam when a Barrel spawns in this position

Formula: $$L$$

For example, level 0 to 1 costs 1 token, level 24 to 25 costs 25 tokens.

Magnets
Get +10% more Fragments for converting a Barrel in this position

Formula: $$2.5\times10^6 (1.15) ^{(L - 1)}L$$

Wrenches
+2% Chance to get x2 times the Passive Golden Scrap amount for a Merge into this position

After just a few dozen levels on all barrels the GS gain from this upgrade is stronger than GS Storms for active mergers. Theoretically, at some point it becomes stronger than prestiges, however that point can't be reached yet due to the very large cost jumps.

Formula: $$10^9(1.075) ^{(L - 1)}L$$

To get all positions to level 10, it costs 1723527500298 (1.72T) wrenches.

To get all positions to level 25, it costs 22528167684001 (22.5T) wrenches.

History

 * 10.2: Added Position Upgrades

Trivia

 * It's recommended to spend most GS, Fragments and tokens on the upgrades quickly, only leaving a little bit for Tree Upgrades and stars.
 * For most players, upgrading the bottom row with GS and Fragments is useless.
 * iOS got it a lot later than Android, which is unusual for big features. In exchange they got the barrels of the next update 10.3 earlier.
 * The magnet position upgrades were originally intended to cost Steel Beams.