Job budget planner: cash or XP from limited resources

A good ratio can leave a bad remainder

The job with the best cash per resource is a useful starting point, but repeated whole attempts may leave part of your budget unused. A mix of jobs can sometimes return more total cash or XP. This planner compares every affordable combination of the entries you provide under a simplified repeatable-job model.

First check which resource your current Jobs screen actually consumes. Published guides disagree on labels, so this form calls it a resource budget. Enter one common resource for all rows. It cannot combine Energy and Stamina as if they were interchangeable. For single-attempt ratios, use the job-efficiency guide.

Plan your current budget

Why the highest ratio does not always win

Illustrative budget: 10 units. Job A costs six and pays 70 cash with 12 XP. Job B costs five and pays 55 cash with 15 XP. A pays about 11.67 cash per unit, ahead of B’s 11. But A can run only once, yielding 70 cash and leaving four units. Two B attempts use all ten units and return 110 cash and 30 XP.

This does not mean spending every unit is always best. If your next unlock needs a reserved resource amount, subtract that reserve before planning. If one attempt crosses a level threshold and changes the available jobs, stop and re-plan after the unlock. The model deliberately keeps rewards and requirements constant.

What the result can and cannot decide

• Only include jobs you can already repeat under the displayed conditions.
• Enter deterministic cash and XP. If rewards are ranges, run separate low and high cases rather than treating a maximum as guaranteed.
• Exclude jobs with an unmet item requirement or a repeat restriction.
• The model does not assign value to random drops, level-up refills, cooldowns, health costs or actions with multiple resource costs.
• It optimizes the entered rows, not every job in the game. More rows can change the answer.

For equal objective totals, the planner prefers the combination using fewer units. It does not claim that the remaining resource can be banked forever or that the other reward is maximized. Read both cash and XP totals before acting.

Use the first result as a checkpoint

Try one planned attempt and compare its actual cost and outcome with your entry. A mismatch is a reason to correct the input, not to continue following the old total. Recalculate when a bonus, unlock or requirement changes. If the remaining budget cannot pay for any listed job, leaving it unused is a valid result.

Cash is useful only in relation to what it enables. Once a route funds a purchase, compare buying now versus saving. If XP increases but you still feel stuck, identify the specific blocker with the progression diagnostic.