🎁 Items Revamp: A Clearer Way to Collect and Upgrade

Hey, Zoobsters! 👋

We’re always working to make Zooba more accessible, fair and fun, and the item system is next in line. 🛠️

You’ve probably already spotted the Item Shop, where you buy the exact item for the character you want, with zero randomness. That was step one. Now we’re bringing that same clarity to the rest of the system: how you unlock items, and how you earn tokens to upgrade them.

⚡ TL;DR

• 🛍️ The Item Shop stays as it is: spend gems, get the exact item for the character you want
• 📦 Chests get that same clarity. One single item for one specific character, per rarity. No more fragments scattered everywhere, and token amounts stay the same
• 🔓 Unlocking items is easier, and league requirements are gone. Any item, any league
• ⚔️ Three new currencies: Item New Tokens to unlock, Item Upgrade Tokens to power up an item you own, and Item Wild Tokens for whichever item you choose
• 🥉 Each one comes in bronze, silver, gold and legendary. And legendary is purple now 💜
• 🧢 Item Wild Tokens are capped per rarity, so they don’t pile up forever. Buying them directly can take you past that cap
• 🔧 Upgrade straight from the item’s popup in your inventory, right next to the Item Shop. Spend gems or Item Wild Tokens
• 🎨 Some items are getting a fresh new look
• 🎫 Upcoming Battle Passes will feature more item unlocks as rewards
• ✅ Your current items, upgrades and progress aren’t affected

📦 One chest, one clear reward

No more fragments splattered across a bunch of item-character pairs. Every chest now gives you a single, clear reward when it comes to items, so opening one actually feels like something. 🎉

🔓 Unlocking items just got easier

Getting a new item for a character is simpler and more accessible now, so you can jump into the action with the gear you want, faster. And league requirements are gone: it doesn’t matter which league you’re in, you can unlock any item. 🙌

⚔️ Upgrading is now on your terms

We’ve split unlocking and upgrading into their own dedicated currencies and drop rates, so each one has a clear purpose:

• Item New Tokens → unlock a new item for a specific character (comes in a rarity)
• Item Upgrade Tokens → power up an item you already have (comes in a rarity, tied to that item)
• Item Wild Tokens → your flexible upgrade currency. These bank up by rarity and you choose which item to invest them in. You’ll earn them through Daily Rewards, the Battle Pass, Special Events and select Offers. They’re capped per rarity so they don’t just pile up, but Item Wild Tokens from direct purchases can push you past that cap

🔧 To use them, open any item from your inventory. Tap it to bring up its popup, and the upgrade option is right there next to the Item Shop entry point. From there, spend gems or Item Wild Tokens to power that item up.

🎫 More items in the Battle Pass

Starting with upcoming seasons, Battle Pass rewards will include more item unlocks, so leveling up gets you closer to the roster you’re chasing. 🏆

🎯 Chase what you want

Because rewards are cleaner and more predictable, you can actually set a goal, like “I’m going for this item on this character”, and work toward it instead of leaving it up to chance. 💪

🎨 A fresh new look

On top of the system changes, a selection of items is getting a visual redesign, so chasing them feels even more worth it. And yes: legendary items are purple now. 💜

✅ What’s staying the same

Upgrade curves and item status progression aren’t changing. This is about making the path there clearer, not resetting your progress. Your items, your upgrades and your status stay exactly as they are.

💭 Why we’re doing this

Zooba’s item system today spreads rewards thin. One chest could hand you a piece of up to ten different item-character combos at once, which makes it hard to know what you actually got, let alone work toward something specific. That’s the opposite of the experience we want: clear, transparent and in your control.

This revamp is about making progression something you can read and plan around: unlock what you want, upgrade what you love, and always know exactly what a chest, a token or a purchase gets you. It’s part of a broader push to make Zooba more accessible, fair and fun, one system at a time. 🌱

A note on legacy item-character combos:

Since items are now tied to specific characters, a small number of older combos no longer make sense under the new system — think a Cluster Bomb sitting on a character who never had access to bombs. If you’re holding one of these legacy combos, it’ll be removed from your inventory, and you’ll be compensated with Item Wild Tokens.

Drop your questions below, happy to talk it through! 💬

See you in the Zoo! 🐾