Raft Tycoon Dropper and Upgrader Tiers

Droppers add items. Upgraders multiply those items. The make money guide is the prose version of this list. Ranks assume the pad sits on a running conveyor, not in a storage corner. Prices from HUD captures: Dropper 2 ~$150, Dropper 3 ~$500, Golden Upgrader 2 ~$15, Upgrader 2 ~$500, Golden Upgrader 1 sometimes 25 Robux. Flappy Bit can change a digit. Trust the floating price.

S tier

Golden Upgrader (cash). Fifteen dollars that raise every future dropper. Buy on sight. Put it near the start of the belt so new droppers inherit it.

Next-area conveyor. Not a dropper, but it outranks extra starter droppers. New belts spit higher-value junk. Expand raft.

First extra dropper (Dropper 2). Turns a demo hose into a tycoon. S on pad one, A once you already have three droppers and a locked new belt.

A tier

Dropper 3 (~$500). Correct purchase with Shark code cash. Codes.

Upgrader 2 (~$500). After at least one Golden pad exists. Do not stack five upgraders on zero droppers.

Golden Upgrader (tiny Robux). If 25 Robux would otherwise buy a face, buy the pad. If it would buy Double Cash, buy Double Cash. Gamepasses.

Ad dropper (67 Dropper FREE, similar). A during Winter 2x or right before you empty the collector. B as a play pattern — you cannot plan a tycoon on ads.

B tier

Extra droppers on a finished belt while you save for the next area. Fine if the new belt is still locked. B, not S.

Diamond / premium droppers. Loud, high value, often Robux or late buttons. B after two belts, D as a first shop click.

Speedy Droppers / Very Speedy Droppers. These have existed as passes and have also sat off-sale. When live, B for long AFK-in-server sessions. Unranked when the product is off.

C tier

Cosmetic blockers. Building a hot tub so the belt path weaves. C because it costs income even if the prop was cheap.

Upgrader-only belts. Five gold plates, one dying dropper. Looks “optimized,” prints slowly. C until you add volume.

D tier

Tenth starter dropper while the next conveyor button is visible.

Buying a Motor Boat instead of Dropper 3. The boat list is here. The mistake is still D.

Scripts that spawn infinite droppers. Ban risk. Scripts.

Placement rules that beat a letter

1. Value pads at the spawn end.
2. Droppers behind them.
3. Collector inboard so you actually bank the upgraded items.
4. Leave a walking lane. Items that jam against a mansion wall are silent D-tier.
5. After Tsunami, walk the belt. Waves stall junk. Weather.

Rebirth

Cash droppers reset. Robux pads and passes stay. Your second-run S-tier is still “buy the $15 gold plate first.” Auto Build can repurchase in a stupid order — watch it on run two or turn it off until the gold plates are down. Rebirth.

Session rule

If a pad costs less than 10% of your cash and it is an upgrader or a new dropper on a hungry belt, it is S for the next 30 seconds. If it costs more than the next conveyor, it is D even if the model is diamond-plated. That is the whole list.