The player preparing to open or shard a Rare wish orb

Wish orbs are loot boxes in Bloons Adventure Time TD that are the primary means of unlocking equipment. Opening a wish orb drops three random items, consisting of weapons, trinkets, or allies, that the player can choose one of (or two by spending gems). The player can also shard the items (or the wish orb itself) to convert them into shards, which are used to craft more wish orbs. Wish orbs come in six tiers of rarity that determine what rarity of items they can drop.

Legendary wish orbs are the highest tier of wish orb. They are only obtainable as grand prizes from certain events and can contain Legendary-tier items and character resources. They are the only way to obtain Monkey Farmers without in-app purchases.

Item drops

 
The contents of one Rare wish orb: a Sniper Rifle (weapon), a Power Ring of Damage (trinket), and a Banana Man (ally)

If the player has accumulated any wish orbs, they are forced to open (or shard) all of them as soon as they return to the world map or the kingdom menu.

Opening a wish orb drops three random items. One item is guaranteed to be of the same rarity as the wish orb, while the other two have a chance to be of a higher or lower rarity if applicable. A wish orb cannot drop more than one copy of the same item. The player has the option to reroll all items by watching an ad (on mobile with an Internet connection) or by spending   3 Gems (on PC).

Wish orb Item probabilities
Common Uncommon Rare Super Rare Epic Legendary
  Common 85% 15% 0% 0% 0% 0%
  Uncommon 35% 60% 5% 0% 0% 0%
  Rare 0% 40% 55% 5% 0% 0%
  Super Rare 0% 0% 45% 50% 5% 0%
  Epic 0% 0% 0% 40% 60% 0%
Legendary 0% 0% 0% 0% 20% 80%

Upon choosing one item, the player has the option to purchase a second item from the same orb by spending gems. The cost depends on the rarity.

Rarity Cost
Common   50
Uncommon
Rare   75
Super Rare   100
Epic   150

Sharding

The player can choose to shard an item drop instead of collecting it, which converts it to an amount of shards based on its rarity. The player can only shard their first item choice from a wish orb, and the game does not allow the player to choose a second item if they do.

At rank 10, the player unlocks the option to shard the wish orb itself instead of opening it, which returns the same number of shards as an item of the same rarity.

Rarity Cost
Common   10
Uncommon   25
Rare   100
Super Rare   30
Epic   1,000

Legendary wish orbs

In addition to Epic-tier equipment, Legendary wish orbs can drop the following:

Items from Legendary wish orbs cannot be sharded, and the player cannot choose a second item from a Legendary wish orb.

Sources

Crafting

 
The wish orb creator

The player can spend shards to craft any type of wish orb except Legendary wish orbs.

Rarity Cost
  Common   50
  Uncommon   150
  Rare   400
  Super Rare   1,500
  Epic   3,500
  Awkward...
Have Finn, Flame Princess, and Princess Bubblegum on the map at the same time
Reward(s):   ×1
  Big Spender
Spend 50,000 Crystals at the Martian Trader
Reward(s):   ×1
  Treasure Hunter
Buy the Treasure Hunter Upgrade
Reward(s):   ×1
  Give me a Hug, Hero
Complete 3 Adventures
Reward(s):   ×1
  Give me a Hug, Hero 2
Complete 5 Adventures
Reward(s):   ×1
  Give me a Hug, Hero 3
Complete 7 Adventures
Reward(s):   ×1
  Give me a Hug, Hero 4
Complete 10 Adventures
Reward(s):   ×1
  Give me a Hug, Hero 5
Complete 15 Adventures
Reward(s):   ×1
  Give me a Hug, Hero 6
Complete 20 Adventures
Reward(s):   ×1
  Homies Help Homies 3
Buy 100 Upgrades that Require another Character
Reward(s):   ×1,   50
  I Ate a Magic Apple by Mistake 4
Use 50 Powers
Reward(s):   ×3
  Long May He Reign
Hold the Martian Throne for a total of 7 days (168 hours)
Reward(s):   ×1
  My Hat is Awesome!
Fully Equip a Character
Reward(s):   ×1
  No Cheating or you Die
Reach Round 100
Reward(s):   ×1
  Old School
Have the Monkey Apprentice, the Sniper Monkey, the Dart Monkey, and the Boomerang Monkey on the map at the same time
Reward(s):   ×1
  That's not how Boats work!
Place Cassie on an underwater map
Reward(s):   ×1

Strategy

  • The number one priority of a new account is to obtain a Thought Cannon Wand. The player should always reroll Epic wish orbs to increase the odds of it appearing.
  • If the player has a LiNK account, upon reaching the wish orb opening interface, one can load a second instance of the game from a cloud save (such as by playing on a second device or by opening the game on a second window on a PC), which allows one to reroll a wish orb on one instance and not the other. This allows one to choose an item from before the reroll in case the rerolled options are worse, which is especially useful for Legendary wish orbs. After choosing an item, one should choose to keep playing that instance in a local save on that instance and back it up to the cloud to keep it.

Wish orb farming

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