Undead Defense Tycoon 2 Cash planner

Use this cash planner as a spreadsheet in prose. Figures are public wiki prices for Undead Defense Tycoon 2 pads. If the in-game button disagrees after a silent update, the button wins.

Early combat (first $20k)

Item	Cost	Running total if bought in order
SMG	40	40
Assault Rifle	130	170
Shotgun	250	420
AK-47	2,620	3,040
Mines T1	9,000	12,040
Tommy Gun	7,220	19,260
M60	17,000	— (buy instead of Tommy if close)
Sentry	38,000	~50k with mines

Sten is $0 with group. Knife $75 is optional. Katana $108k does not belong in this band.

Mid ($50k–$400k)

Item	Cost
Mines T2 / T3	19k / 29k
SPAS-12	78k
.50 Cal	58k
M61 Vulcan	316k
Garage ATV spawn	300 (repeatable)

Sentry refill is $2/round, ~$300 full. That is a hidden tax if you never buy Auto-Fill — gamepasses.

Lab and merc ($480k–$2.4M)

Item	Cost
Merc pad	480k
Laser Blaster	492k
Laser Rifle	565k
Plasma Sword	649k
Merc Lv2–5	630k / 1.15M / 1.74M / 2.38M
Energy Cannon	773k
Freonthrower	1.35M
Photon Repeater	2.2M
Merc spawn	2k → 30k per drop

Trade: Plasma Sword ≈ Laser Rifle + leftover. Merc level 3 ($1.15M) ≈ two Lab ARs. Photon Repeater ≈ skipping several merc levels. See Weapons Lab.

Vehicles (spawn fees, not just unlocks)

ATV 300, Tank on the order of 15k, heli tens of thousands per pull depending on pad. Devastator is endgame cash. Repair is extra. Ramming Boomers is a fee you invent — vehicles.

Opportunity cost examples

• $38k sentry vs nothing: take sentry.
• $108k Katana vs mines T3 + SPAS: take mines/SPAS.
• $316k Vulcan vs saving for Lab unlock: if garage is ready, Lab building can still be the better gate for heli.
• $480k merc pad vs Laser Blaster: pad if you want AFK stairs; Blaster if you still die in the forest.
• King $20k+ on a stacked server: a few Kings buy an AK era; they do not buy Photon alone.

Alphas pay 8×; Economics+ adds a 35% double roll. Planner math is pre-modifier.

How to use in a session

1. Count cash.
2. Find the next upgrade path step you can afford.
3. If a vanity pad is cheaper, walk around it.
4. After King, repeat.

Codes will not fill this table — codes. Scripts that auto-buy will fill it in the wrong order — auto farm.

King as a funding source

A stacked King can dump more than an AK’s price in one bar. It cannot dump a Photon Repeater reliably unless the server is full and you already own the gun that lets you survive the bar — King Zombie. Plan Kings as midgame injections, not as a substitute for mines.

Alphas during Hardcore look like a printer. They are also 5× HP. If your time-to-kill is worse than the cash gain, you are losing the planner. Stay on live until M60 exists.

Hidden fees checklist

Sentry rounds, merc spawn, vehicle spawn, vehicle repair, Rocket/Super sentry ammo if not Auto-Fill. Write those as repeating costs. A “I have $500k” screenshot can be $0 after one Tank grief and two merc deaths. The upgrade path assumes you do not set those loops on fire.