Heroes
Hero star calculator
Count specific and universal shards for your next star milestone.
Your hero’s star progress
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Five substeps make one star. Recruitment and promotion unlock costs are separate. Only regular hero variants are offered here.
Where to find these inputs
Open Heroes, choose the hero, then open Stars. Read the full stars and the filled substeps toward the next star. Specific and universal shards are separate inventory inputs.
Your upgrade budgetView result
Inspect the standard star upgrade table
Top Lords base reference transitions. Each star has five substeps. Recruitment and promotion unlock costs are excluded.
| From | To | Shards required |
|---|---|---|
| 0 stars · 0/5 | 0 stars · 1/5 | 5 |
| 0 stars · 1/5 | 0 stars · 2/5 | 5 |
| 0 stars · 2/5 | 0 stars · 3/5 | 5 |
| 0 stars · 3/5 | 0 stars · 4/5 | 5 |
| 0 stars · 4/5 | 1 stars · 0/5 | 5 |
| 1 stars · 0/5 | 1 stars · 1/5 | 10 |
| 1 stars · 1/5 | 1 stars · 2/5 | 10 |
| 1 stars · 2/5 | 1 stars · 3/5 | 10 |
| 1 stars · 3/5 | 1 stars · 4/5 | 10 |
| 1 stars · 4/5 | 2 stars · 0/5 | 10 |
| 2 stars · 0/5 | 2 stars · 1/5 | 20 |
| 2 stars · 1/5 | 2 stars · 2/5 | 20 |
| 2 stars · 2/5 | 2 stars · 3/5 | 20 |
| 2 stars · 3/5 | 2 stars · 4/5 | 20 |
| 2 stars · 4/5 | 3 stars · 0/5 | 20 |
| 3 stars · 0/5 | 3 stars · 1/5 | 60 |
| 3 stars · 1/5 | 3 stars · 2/5 | 60 |
| 3 stars · 2/5 | 3 stars · 3/5 | 60 |
| 3 stars · 3/5 | 3 stars · 4/5 | 60 |
| 3 stars · 4/5 | 4 stars · 0/5 | 60 |
| 4 stars · 0/5 | 4 stars · 1/5 | 100 |
| 4 stars · 1/5 | 4 stars · 2/5 | 100 |
| 4 stars · 2/5 | 4 stars · 3/5 | 100 |
| 4 stars · 3/5 | 4 stars · 4/5 | 100 |
| 4 stars · 4/5 | 5 stars · 0/5 | 100 |
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Calculation assumptions & data coverage
Top Lords reference values are separate from account bonuses. Client captures confirm selected identities and gates; they do not verify every cost. Unknown costs remain unknown.
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