Editorial strategy guide
This ranks upgrade categories—not fabricated relic stats. Your best choice is the one relieving the slowest part of your loop.
If digging, cleaning or display capacity regularly stops progress, improving that stage has the clearest immediate value.
Digging begins every run. Prioritize the shovel when excavation is noticeably slower than cleaning and display turnover.
A faster sprayer matters when dirty finds accumulate at base and delay museum-ready loot.
Expand when exhibit space limits what you can display and prevents collected relics from contributing to the museum.
When no stage is clearly slow, spread investment across the full dig → clean → display loop.
Method: qualitative ranking derived from the three upgrade categories named in the official description. It is not an official balance chart and contains no hidden game values.
Estimate a savings target with the upgrade goal planner.