The best packs in Z Route Redemption are the 7-Day Login Advanced (€1.19), the Growth Fund (€23.99) and the Monthly Pass (about €30). Per euro, they give 5 to 23 times more than buying diamonds. Plain diamond top-ups are the worst buy in the shop, because almost every pack already includes the same diamonds plus extra items.
We went through every tab of the shop on a Base Lv.28 account and turned each pack into one number you can compare: value per euro. Prices were checked on 26 September 2026 in the EU store.
Quick answer
| If you spend… | Buy this | Why |
|---|---|---|
| First | Build Queues 2 and 3, Research Queue 2 | Cheap, permanent, and they speed up everything |
| Almost nothing | 7-Day Login Advanced whenever it appears | €1.19 for about 30 hours of speedups, 500 diamonds and 4 UR shards |
| One purchase ever | Growth Fund | 32,000 diamonds at once on a Base 28 account, 50,000 in total |
| About €30 a month | Monthly Pass | 5,500 diamonds, 130 hours of speedups, a 4th squad and +10% gathering |
| More than that | Intel Weekly Cards and passes you can finish | Good value, but only when you reach the rewards |
| Never | Plain diamond top-ups | 84 diamonds per euro, the lowest rate in the shop |
How we measured value
Packs mix diamonds, speedups, shards, crates and tickets, so we needed one common unit. We used diamonds, and turned speedups into diamonds at the cheapest rate the game offers:
- The VIP shop sells an 8-hour speedup for 480 diamonds, which is 60 diamonds per hour (verified in-game). That is the cheapest speedup you can buy with diamonds, so we count 1 hour of speedups as 60 diamonds and one 5-minute speedup as 5 diamonds.
- Vouchers cost about €1.20 per 100 (499 vouchers = €5.99, 9,999 = €119.99). Every pack price below uses that rate.
- Shards, tickets, books and crates are listed separately. We did not give them a diamond value, so the numbers below are a floor.
One thing to know before reading the tables: the big red “8360%” style badges on each pack are not comparable. The Monthly Pass says 8,360% and the 7-Day Login says 8,160%, yet the login pack gives more than four times the value per euro.
Buy these first: one-time permanent upgrades
Before any recurring pack, check the one-time upgrades. They are permanent, so their value never runs out. Our test account already owns build queues 2 and 3 and research queue 2, so those no longer appear in its shop. The prices below for those three come from another player guide (September 2026, USD store) and are marked as community data.
| Upgrade | Price | What you get | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| First top-up | $0.99 | Starter rewards, once per account | Community data |
| Build Queue 2 | $1.99 | A permanent second builder | Community data |
| Build Queue 3 | $9.99 | A permanent third builder plus items | Community data |
| Research Queue 2 | $9.99 | A permanent second research slot | Community data |
| Build Queue 4 | 1,999 vouchers (€23.99) | A permanent fourth builder, 2,000 diamonds, 190 five-minute speedups, 13 food and 13 metal crates | Verified in-game |
| Growth Fund | 1,999 vouchers (€23.99) | Up to 50,000 diamonds as your Base grows (details below) | Verified in-game |
Queues 2 and 3 and the second research slot are the easiest calls in the game: cheap, permanent, and they save time on every upgrade you ever do. Build Queue 4 is different. It only pays off if you can keep four builds running at once. If one of your three builders is often idle, you don’t need it yet.
Recurring packs ranked by value per euro
Verified in-game, 26 September 2026. “Diamond value” = diamonds in the pack plus speedups at 60 diamonds per hour.
| Pack | Price | Diamond value | Per € | Also includes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7-Day Login Advanced | 99 vouchers (€1.19) | 2,300 | 1,936 | 4 UR universal shards, 400 skill books, 4 fighter parts |
| Growth Fund (at Base 28) | 1,999 (€23.99) | 32,000 | 1,334 | +18,000 more at Base 30 (2,084 per € in total) |
| UR Shard Pass, premium (if you reach max) | 499 (€5.99) | 2,850+ | 476+ | At least 20 UR universal shards |
| Monthly Pass | 2,499 (≈€30) | 13,300 | 444 | 30 days of VIP, 60 recruit tickets, 4th squad, +10% gathering |
| Speedup Intel Weekly Card, Advanced | 499 (€5.99) | 2,000 | 334 | Extra speedup chests at target points |
| Speedup Intel Weekly Card, Deluxe | 1,999 (€23.99) | 6,750 | 281 | Extra speedup chests at target points |
| Alliance Competition Supply Pack | €5.99 | 1,500 | 251 | 3 resource crates, a chest |
| General Speedup Pack (Daily Must-Buy) | 499 (€5.99) | 1,425 | 238 | Crates, a chest |
| Research Value Pack (Daily Must-Buy) | 499 (€5.99) | 1,250 | 209 | Crates, a chest |
| Stamina Sale Pack (weekly) | 999 (€11.99) | 2,000 | 167 | 500 stamina, 20 crates |
| Research Data Pack (weekly) | 9,999 (€119.99) | 16,250 | 135 | 1,000 research data, 104+ crates |
| City Building Pack | 499 (€5.99) | 800 | 134 | 6+ resource crates |
| Gold Set (weekly) | 4,999 (€59.99) | 8,000 | 133 | 750 gold, 5 crates |
| Base Upgrade (weekly) | 1,999 (€23.99) | 2,950 | 123 | 39+ resource crates |
| Diamond top-up, first purchase (x2) | 499 (€5.99) | 1,000 | 167 | Nothing |
| Diamond top-up, normal | 499 (€5.99) | 500 | 84 | Nothing |
The hidden rule: every pack already contains the diamonds
Look at the diamond line on almost any pack. A 499-voucher pack gives +500 diamonds. A 1,999 pack gives +2,000. A 9,999 pack gives +10,000. That is exactly what the plain diamond top-up gives for the same price.
So every pack is really “a diamond top-up plus free items”. Buying diamonds on their own throws those items away. The only exception is your very first diamond top-up, which is doubled, and even that (167 per euro) loses to most packs.
The top 3 in detail
7-Day Login Advanced (99 vouchers)
This pack unlocks the premium row of a 7-day login event. The contents change between rotations. On our account the first time the premium row plus the max-level bonus added up to 28 one-hour speedups, 24 five-minute speedups, 500 diamonds, 4 UR universal shards, 400 skill books and 4 fighter parts (verified in-game). All of it for €1.19.
The catch: it only runs while the event is live, and the bonus needs you to reach day 7. If you see it and you log in daily, buy it.
Growth Fund (1,999 vouchers)
Pay once, then claim diamonds for every Base level you reach. Levels you have already passed are claimable right away (verified in-game):
| Base level | Diamonds | Running total |
|---|---|---|
| 6, 8, 10 | 1,200 each | 3,600 |
| 12, 14 | 1,400 each | 6,400 |
| 16 | 1,600 | 8,000 |
| 18 | 2,000 | 10,000 |
| 21 | 3,000 | 13,000 |
| 23 | 4,000 | 17,000 |
| 25 | 6,000 | 23,000 |
| 28 | 9,000 | 32,000 |
| 30 | 18,000 | 50,000 |
It is a one-time purchase with no timer, and the higher your Base, the better it gets. From Base 21 it beats the Monthly Pass per euro, and at Base 28 only the 7-Day Login beats it. Use the HQ Upgrade Calculator to see how far you are from the next tier.
Monthly Pass (2,499 vouchers)
You get 2,500 diamonds on purchase, then a daily claim for 30 days. Each daily claim gives 100 diamonds, 10 one-minute and 50 five-minute speedups, 2 recruit tickets, 100 stamina, 200 crystals and a few crates (verified in-game). Over 30 days that is 5,500 diamonds and 130 hours of speedups.
While it is active you also get a 4th squad slot (Super Garage), +10% gathering speed on all marches and -5% PvE damage taken. The 4th squad alone is hard to give up once you have used it.
You have to log in to claim each day. Missed days are lost value. Renewing early is safe: when we extended it with 1 day left, the 30 new days were added on top (31 claims left, verified in-game).
Best packs for UR hero shards
If your goal is stars on one hero, count UR shards per euro instead (verified in-game, universal shards unless noted):
| Pack | Price | UR shards | Per € |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7-Day Login Advanced | €1.19 | 4 | 3.4 |
| UR Shard Pass premium (max level) | €5.99 | 20+ | 3.3+ |
| Radar Pass Advanced (max level) | €23.99 | 55 | 2.3 |
| Hero Intel Weekly Card, Advanced | €5.99 | 10 | 1.7 |
| Daily Sales (499 vouchers) | €5.99 | 10 (the featured hero) | 1.7 |
| Season Pass (max level) | €23.99 | 34 | 1.4 |
| Hero Intel Weekly Card, Deluxe | €23.99 | 20 | 0.8 |
| UR Hero pack (weekly) | €59.99 | 40 | 0.7 |
| UR Hero pack (weekly) | €119.99 | 75 | 0.6 |
The Daily Sales pack features one hero at a time and also gives 700 diamonds, 10 recruit tickets and 9 chests (verified in-game; Lucian when we bought it). It is worth it only on a day the featured hero is one you are building, and it is a good way to get shards for heroes your choice chests don’t offer. Note that the Deluxe Intel card costs 4 times more than the Advanced one but gives only twice the shards.
The pass numbers depend on reaching max level before the timer ends. The bonus row says “Reach Max Level After Purchase for Bonus Rewards”. Premium rewards unlock for tiers you already reached, so buying late, once you know you will finish, is the safe move.
Resource packs: when they make sense
The Weekly Pass tab sells five 7-day passes at 499 vouchers each, or all five for 1,999 (a €5.95 saving). Each pays out daily for 7 days (verified in-game):
| Weekly pass | Daily claim | Total over 7 days | Per € |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food | 11.4M | 79.9M food | 13.3M |
| Metal | 11.4M | 79.9M metal | 13.3M |
| Oil | 6.9M | 48.0M oil | 8.0M |
| Hero EXP | 64.1M | 449M hero EXP | 75M |
| Drone Component | 15 | 105 parts | n/a |
Each pass also gives 500 diamonds on purchase. These only make sense when one resource is blocking a specific upgrade. At high Base levels the costs get huge (Base 28 to 29 asks for 943M food, 943M metal and 311M oil on our account), so one pass will not finish an upgrade by itself. It closes a gap.
Common mistakes
- Buying plain diamonds. Every pack at the same price includes the same diamonds plus items.
- Trusting the % badge. It is not a value you can compare between packs. Use the tables above.
- Buying a pass you cannot finish. The big bonus rows need max level. Check the points you still need and the days left first.
- Spending diamonds on “Upgrade Now”. On our account, finishing a 2-day building instantly asked for 5,641 diamonds, about 117 per hour. The VIP shop sells speedups at 60 to 96 diamonds per hour, restocked every Monday.
- Using speedups on the wrong day. The same speedups score points on the matching VS day. Plan them with the VS Scoring Planner.
- Topping up in the game. The web top-up center (pay.zrrglobal.com) sells the same voucher bundles at the same prices with +5% bonus vouchers (verified). For example, 9,999 vouchers come with +500.
Tips to stretch a budget
- Spend the free stuff first. Redeem every gift code before spending money.
- Watch for the Top-Up Rebate event. While it runs, pack purchases earn Energy Badges (one badge per voucher of the pack price, verified in-game). The ladder changes between events: one ran 1,000 / 3,000 / 5,000 / 7,000 / 10,000 badges for 6,000 diamonds plus crates; the next ran from 1,000 to 50,000 badges with UR shards, skill books and chests. The first two tiers are the cheap ones, so time a small purchase to land in a rebate event.
- Use diamonds from packs in the VIP shop. It sells speedups and crates at 40% to 80% off and restocks every Monday.
- Buy Intel Weekly Cards early in the week. Their extra rewards unlock at target points, and you need the whole week to reach them.
FAQ
Is the Growth Fund worth it in Z Route Redemption?
Yes. It is the best permanent purchase in the game. At Base 28 it pays 32,000 diamonds at once for €23.99, and 18,000 more at Base 30.
Is the Monthly Pass worth it?
If you log in every day, yes. You get 5,500 diamonds, 130 hours of speedups and a 4th squad for about €30. If you skip days, its value drops fast.
What does the percentage on each pack mean?
The game does not explain it, and it does not match real value. The Monthly Pass shows 8,360%, while our math puts it at about a quarter of the 7-Day Login pack per euro.
Should I buy diamonds directly?
Only the first doubled top-up is anywhere near fair, and even then most packs beat it. After that, diamonds alone are the worst deal in the shop at 84 per euro.
Which pack is best for hero shards?
The 7-Day Login Advanced and the UR Shard Pass premium, if you can reach max level. For a specific hero your choice chests don’t offer, watch the Daily Sales pack for days it features that hero.
Prices and pack contents rotate. Everything in this guide was checked in-game on 26 and 28 September 2026 (EU store, EUR). Other currencies use the same voucher amounts.
