Adena
Vela's main currency and its main shortage. Where it comes from (hunting, Rifts, the Tower, quests) and where it goes: rebirths, Forge, Tempering, runes, doll, casino.
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Adena is Vela's main currency and its main shortage. That's by design: it only comes from playing — monsters, Rifts, the Tower and quests — and it goes into big expenses that never end. No crafting chain prints adena, so a rich player's adena means time spent in the game, not a clever trick.
Where it comes from
| Source | How much |
|---|---|
| Monsters | the main source since 15.10: monster adena ×4 over Essence. Hunting by hand in a top zone (Hellbound) gives roughly 5–10M per hour. The higher the zone, the more |
| Champions | drop chance ×8, adena ×4 over a regular monster |
| Rifts of Vela | 50,000 × the Rift's tier per rewarded run, 10 rewarded runs a day. Tier 30 — up to 15M a day. A hero with rebirths gets the reward by the level band: × band level / 85 (band 45–49 — ×0.53, 85+ — in full) |
| Tower of Trials | 20,000 × floor for the first clear of a floor each month; the Hell Tower gives more |
| Mysterious Orders | about 1M a day at level 85 |
| World Warden | 10,000 × level per event; during "Gold Rush" adena from the zone's monsters is ×2 for 15 minutes |
| Trading | selling items and zone resources to other players |
| Selling to a merchant | dropped items and runes. An item from the Forge always sells to a merchant for less than its recipe |
What speeds up adena income: premium (×1.5 to the amount), the Adena Buff Scroll from the Shop of Vela (+5% for 20 minutes), the "Treasury" clan building (+3/6/9%), clan lands (+10%), the Patron's Gift (+10% for everyone). Extra windows from one computer get 70% less adena — Window Limit.
Where it goes
| Expense | Price |
|---|---|
| Rebirth | 5M for the first, +400K for each next one, up to 100M; after 240, another +5M for each |
| Tempering T1 / T2 / T3 / T4 | 0.15 / 0.5 / 1.5 / 7M per level |
| Tempering T5 / T6 / T7 | 15 / 50 / 100M per level |
| Forge of Vela | 7.2M (B-grade weapon) … 150M (T5–T6 components) |
| Skill mutation | 3M + 30 Rift Fragments |
| Runes: upgrades, re-appraisal, rerolls | re-appraisal 8M; gems and whetstones 0.5 / 1 / 2.5 / 5M; upgrading a 6★ rune to +15 — about 27M |
| Multiprofa skills | adena for each skill |
| Doll of Greed | 0.5M × 1.5 per level, no cap, starts over every week |
| Casino | on average 10–17% of bets burn |
| Vela Exchange | fees 1% + 2%, half of it burns |
| Clan projects | 5 / 20 / 60M per building level |
| Tower beyond the 3 free attempts a day | 30,000 + 3,000 × floor; Hell Tower — 100,000 + 8,000 × floor |
Small but constant expenses
| Expense | Price |
|---|---|
| Personal teleport | 10,000 per jump |
| Return to the spot after death | 20,000 |
| Auction of Vela listing fee | 20,000 / 40,000 / 60,000 (24 / 48 / 72 h) |
| Listing an item on the World Exchange | 10,000 adena × price of one piece in L-Coin |
| Clan gate / transfer to clan lands | 50,000 / 100,000 |
| Transfer to a rebirth zone | 50,000 |
| Account warehouse | 30 per item deposited |
Why you never have enough adena
- The big expenses never end. There are many rebirths, runes can be upgraded forever, and the doll starts over every week.
- Crafting doesn't print money. A Forge recipe costs at least the item's merchant price +10%, so "craft it and sell it to the shop" is always a loss.
- Donations don't create adena. A donor can buy adena from players (by selling them Vela Coins), but no new adena appears — it just moves to the people who farmed it.
Tips
- Save for your rebirths early: the first costs 5M, the hundredth about 45M.
- Do your 10 rewarded Rift runs every day — that's more than several hours of hunting.
- The first three levels of the Doll of Greed are a guaranteed +3% XP for 2.4M. Beyond that, go as far as your wallet allows.
- Sell the zone resources you don't need: the Forge, Tempering and clans need them by the hundreds.
- The casino is entertainment, not income: on average it takes more than it gives.
FAQ
Can I buy adena with a donation? Not from the server. But you can sell Vela Coins to other players for adena on the Auction of Vela.
Why doesn't premium raise the adena drop chance? Premium gives exactly the promised ×1.5 to the amount. It used to raise the chance too, which added up to ×2.25 — that has been fixed.
Do I lose adena when I die? No. On death you lose some XP; your adena stays.