Prospector
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Prospector
Flip tiles to grow the pot. Bank before the third gas buries you.
Bank the pot+0
FLIP to dig deeper, BANK to keep your loot. Three gas tiles collapse the shaft and you lose the pot.
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How to play
- Each descent uses a known, face-up deck of tiles: gems, dynamite, and gas.
- Choose FLIP to reveal the next tile, or BANK to lock in your loot and end the descent safely.
- Gems grow your pot by their value times a rising depth multiplier; dynamite doubles it.
- Flip the third gas tile and the shaft collapses — you lose everything not yet banked.
Strategy & tips
- Every flipped tile stays visible, so count what is left: you can work out the exact chance the next flip is gas.
- Bank when the odds of a fatal flip outweigh the extra loot on offer — that is the whole game.
- Early flips are cheap risk; the deeper multiplier makes late gems worth chasing when the deck is safe.
- Dynamite is worth pushing one more flip for when only one gas tile remains.
- Chase your best single bank, not just survival — a fat banked run beats a timid one.
FAQ
Is Prospector free?
Yes — it plays free in your browser with no download or sign-up, on desktop and mobile.
Is it luck or skill?
Both. Tiles are shuffled, but the deck is fully known and flipped tiles stay visible, so banking is a countable expected-value decision.
What ends a descent?
Banking (safe, you keep your loot) or flipping the third gas tile (the shaft collapses and you lose the un-banked pot).
Does my best save?
Yes. Your best banked run is stored in your browser and persists between games on the same device.