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This page is part of the Lancer Knightz data collection project. Its goal is to quantify the crown payouts of all missions. These particular data were collected by Vanzanz, Epoxee, Bopp, and Donkeyhaute. The "Classic" data were collected between April and July of 2013 — just before release 2013-07-30. Since then, we have been collecting Normal, Advanced, and Elite data. Thus far we have run the 51 missions an average of 17 times each.

Procedure

For missions that exist on multiple strata (danger missions, Operation Crimson Hammer, etc.), we always measure on Tier 3 / Stratum 6. The tester carries out the entire mission, from mission lobby to mission report. The tester goes down every side path, killing every monster. Slashing plants and lamps to get extra crowns is optional. The tester does not spend any extra energy opening treasure rooms, danger rooms, etc. After the mission, the tester examines the mission report, and sends this information to Donkeyhaute:

The difficulty: Normal, Advanced, or Elite.
The number of knights in the party. If the number changes over time, then an estimate of the average (1.5, 2.3, etc.) is fine.
The total crowns earned by the tester (not the other party members). This figure appears at the top of the mission report.
The total number of Forge, Grim, and Primal Sparks earned by the tester. These appear at the bottom of the mission report.
The date.

The tester may optionally add a note at the end. For example, the note could indicate which branch of depth 26 of the King of Ashes was taken, or it could report that many rarities or materials were found. (Crowns earned by selling lucrative materials do not enter into our other calculations.) Donkeyhaute enters the data into a computer program that outputs the wiki markup for the table below. Each mission is measured multiple times, to give a better idea of the crown and spark payout.

Average Crowns and Sparks

Here is a summary of the crown and spark data. The columns are:

Name, Rnk: Name and rank of the mission.
Cls, Nrm, Adv, Elt: Average crowns earned on each difficulty level: Classic, Normal, Advanced, Elite.
n: The number of spark data for each difficulty. The number of crowns data is always at least this large. More data mean that the estimated average is more reliable.
Cls, Nrm, Adv, Elt: Average sparks earned on each difficulty level.

Name	Rnk	Cls	Nrm	Adv	Elt	n	Cls	Nrm	Adv	Elt
Legion of Almire	Dngr	3450	2670	3528	4276	7, 4, 3, 5	6.14	2.25	5.0	3.0
Ghosts in the Machine	Dngr	3180	2647	3160	3500	7, 3, 4, 5	5.0	2.67	5.0	2.4
Heart of Ice	Dngr	3440	2597	2976	3765	3, 3, 3, 5	0.0	3.33	5.67	3.8
Compound 42	Dngr	3228	2392	3016	3799	5, 3, 4, 4	1.8	4.0	4.5	4.0
Nature of the Beast	Prstg	1802	1321	1553	2110	10, 4, 4, 7	0.8	0.0	0.5	0.29
Pinch of Salt	Prstg	1754	1350	1390	2037	11, 4, 4, 6	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.33
Assault on Machine Shop 13	Prstg	1563	1190	1448	1885	10, 4, 4, 5	0.4	0.75	0.25	0.6
Hazardous Heist	Prstg	1400	1045	1275	1680	10, 5, 4, 5	0.6	0.2	0.75	0.8
White Collar Captives	Prstg	1860	1654	1956	2277	10, 4, 4, 5	0.3	0.0	0.25	0.0
Scared to Death	Prstg	1563	1333	1537	1763	11, 4, 4, 5	0.45	0.5	0.5	0.2
Operation Crimson Hammer	Expnsn		3480			0, 1, 0, 0		1.0
The King of Ashes	9-3	7765	6387	7717	9351	9, 4, 4, 3	3.67	3.0	4.75	3.33
The Gauntlet	9-2	4024	3170	4018	4782	5, 4, 3, 4	0.2	0.75	0.33	0.25
Alone in the Dark	9-2	2558	2045	2397	3025	5, 4, 3, 4	0.4	0.0	0.33	0.25
Terminal Meltdown	9-2	2713	2134	2613	3058	5, 5, 4, 3	0.4	0.2	0.75	0.0
The Silent Legion	9-1	1991	1642	2211	2295	5, 3, 3, 3	0.2	1.0	0.67	0.0
An Occurrence at Owlite Keep	9-1	3101	2545	3096	3669	7, 3, 3, 3	0.57	0.67	0.67	0.67
The Great Escape	8-2	1949	1700	1920	2455	5, 3, 3, 3	1.0	1.0	0.33	0.0
The Rotting Metropolis	8-2	1201	930	1248	1461	5, 4, 3, 3	1.6	1.0	0.33	0.67
The Vile Engine	8-2	1764	1442	1855	2273	5, 4, 3, 4	0.4	0.0	0.67	0.25
Weight of Darkness	8-1	1752	1411	1845	2185	5, 4, 3, 3	1.0	0.0	1.33	0.33
The Return of Ur	8-1	1679	1242	1537	1824	5, 4, 4, 3	0.0	0.5	0.5	2.0
Spark and Roar	7-3	1851	1426	1722	2126	5, 4, 3, 3	0.4	0.25	0.0	0.0
Beyond the Axes of Evil	7-3	1792	1346	1736	2088	5, 4, 3, 4	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
Vicious and Viscous	7-2	1759	1468	1886	2182	5, 3, 3, 3	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.67
In Cold Blood	7-2	1631	1399	1487	2041	5, 3, 3, 3	0.8	0.67	1.33	0.67
Built to Destroy!	6-2	2485	1851	2249	2762	10, 4, 4, 5	0.0	0.75	3.0	1.0
Sewer Stash	6-2	2480	1828	2366	3129	6, 3, 5, 3	1.0	0.0	0.6	1.33
Whipping and Mishandling	6-2	2549	1948	2491	3220	5, 3, 4, 3	0.6	1.67	0.75	0.0
High Temperature Hostages	6-1	2731	2032	2371	3086	5, 3, 3, 3	0.8	0.0	0.33	0.67
Plan of Attack	6-1	1403	1247	1318	1927	5, 3, 3, 3	0.6	0.0	0.67	0.0
Axes of Evil	6-1	1583	1246	1424	1825	5, 3, 3, 3	0.2	0.33	0.33	0.33
The Sovereign Slime	5-2	2628	1971	2504	2834	10, 4, 4, 6	2.9	3.25	2.75	2.33
Rise or Fall	5-2	1812	1486	1824	2340	5, 3, 3, 4	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.25
Time Enough at Last	5-2	2095	1727	2295	2490	5, 3, 3, 3	0.6	0.33	0.33	0.33
Work for Idle Hands	5-1	1224	927	1298	1536	5, 3, 3, 3	0.2	0.33	0.67	0.0
Chilled to the Bone	5-1	1006	901	1181	1311	5, 3, 3, 3	0.4	0.0	0.33	0.33
Shocking Sentient Sentries	4-3	880	672	707	938	5, 3, 4, 4	0.4	0.33	0.0	0.5
Rescues and Recycling	4-3	715	608	718	933	5, 3, 3, 4	0.8	0.67	0.67	0.5
Frostifur Fandango	4-2	707	524	723	854	5, 3, 3, 4	0.4	0.33	0.33	0.75
Oilers in the Boilers	4-2	905	731	843	905	5, 3, 3, 4	1.0	0.33	0.0	0.25
Shadow of the Beast	3-2	1860	1462	1930	2254	10, 4, 3, 5	1.8	1.25	0.0	1.6
Blades of the Fallen	3-2	197	142	201	245	5, 3, 3, 4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Strength in Unity	3-2	1081	849	1045	1341	5, 4, 3, 4	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Faith in Armor	3-2	464	383	381	531	5, 4, 3, 4	0.0	0.0	0.33	0.25
Toy Soldiers	3-1	698	599	675	714	5, 4, 3, 4	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.75
Alien Ooze	3-1	681	749	851	970	5, 3, 3, 4	0.2	0.0	0.67	0.25
The Collector	2-3		554	663	886	0, 4, 3, 4		0.75	0.0	0.25
The Phantom Mask	2-2		377	545	639	0, 4, 3, 6		0.75	1.0	0.33
Angels From Antiquity	2-2		319	414	478	0, 4, 3, 5		0.0	0.0	0.0
A Revelation In Flames	2-2		394	543	576	0, 3, 3, 4		0.33	0.33	0.5

Earnings per Level

Forge, Grim, and Primal Sparks are worth at least 100 crowns each, because 100 sparks can be traded for a 5-star trinket that can be vendored for 10,000 crowns. Similarly, three boss tokens are worth at least 225, 700, 525, or 3,000 crowns, depending on the boss. By incorporating the value of tokens like this, we get a better idea of the total earnings of a mission. Dividing the total earnings by the number of levels gives us an idea of the overall crown-earning efficiency of the mission. The following table summarizes the average earnings per level computed in this way.

Name, Rank: Name and rank of the mission.
Levels: Number of levels in the mission, excluding treasure levels, core terminal, and other trivial levels.
Classic, Normal, Advanced, Elite: Average earnings per level, on each difficulty level.
n: The number of spark data for each difficulty, exactly as in the previous table.

Name	Rank	Levels	Classic	Normal	Advanced	Elite	n
Legion of Almire	Dngr	2	2032	1448	2014	2288	7, 4, 3, 5
Ghosts in the Machine	Dngr	2	1840	1457	1830	1870	7, 3, 4, 5
Heart of Ice	Dngr	2	1720	1465	1772	2073	3, 3, 3, 5
Compound 42	Dngr	2	1704	1396	1733	2100	5, 3, 4, 4
Nature of the Beast	Prstg	2	941	661	802	1070	10, 4, 4, 7
Pinch of Salt	Prstg	2	927	675	720	1035	11, 4, 4, 6
Assault on Machine Shop 13	Prstg	2	802	633	737	973	10, 4, 4, 5
Hazardous Heist	Prstg	2	730	533	675	880	10, 5, 4, 5
White Collar Captives	Prstg	2	945	827	991	1139	10, 4, 4, 5
Scared to Death	Prstg	2	804	692	794	892	11, 4, 4, 5
Operation Crimson Hammer	Expnsn	5	0	716	0	0	0, 1, 0, 0
The King of Ashes	9-3	5	2226	1937	2238	2537	9, 4, 4, 3
The Gauntlet	9-2	3	1348	1082	1350	1602	5, 4, 3, 4
Alone in the Dark	9-2	3	866	682	810	1017	5, 4, 3, 4
Terminal Meltdown	9-2	3	918	718	896	1019	5, 5, 4, 3
The Silent Legion	9-1	3	670	581	759	765	5, 3, 3, 3
An Occurrence at Owlite Keep	9-1	3	1053	871	1054	1245	7, 3, 3, 3
The Great Escape	8-2	3	683	600	651	818	5, 3, 3, 3
The Rotting Metropolis	8-2	3	454	343	427	509	5, 4, 3, 3
The Vile Engine	8-2	3	601	481	641	766	5, 4, 3, 4
Weight of Darkness	8-1	3	617	470	659	739	5, 4, 3, 3
The Return of Ur	8-1	3	560	431	529	675	5, 4, 4, 3
Spark and Roar	7-3	3	630	484	574	709	5, 4, 3, 3
Beyond the Axes of Evil	7-3	3	664	465	579	696	5, 4, 3, 4
Vicious and Viscous	7-2	3	606	489	629	750	5, 3, 3, 3
In Cold Blood	7-2	3	570	489	540	703	5, 3, 3, 3
Built to Destroy!	6-2	3	1003	817	1025	1129	10, 4, 4, 5
Sewer Stash	6-2	3	860	609	809	1087	6, 3, 5, 3
Whipping and Mishandling	6-2	3	870	705	855	1073	5, 3, 4, 3
High Temperature Hostages	6-1	3	937	677	801	1051	5, 3, 3, 3
Plan of Attack	6-1	2	732	624	693	964	5, 3, 3, 3
Axes of Evil	6-1	2	802	640	729	929	5, 3, 3, 3
The Sovereign Slime	5-2	3	1206	999	1160	1256	10, 4, 4, 6
Rise or Fall	5-2	3	611	495	608	788	5, 3, 3, 4
Time Enough at Last	5-2	3	718	587	776	841	5, 3, 3, 3
Work for Idle Hands	5-1	2	622	480	683	768	5, 3, 3, 3
Chilled to the Bone	5-1	2	523	451	607	672	5, 3, 3, 3
Shocking Sentient Sentries	4-3	2	460	353	354	494	5, 3, 4, 4
Rescues and Recycling	4-3	2	398	338	393	492	5, 3, 3, 4
Frostifur Fandango	4-2	2	374	279	378	465	5, 3, 3, 4
Oilers in the Boilers	4-2	2	503	382	422	465	5, 3, 3, 4
Shadow of the Beast	3-2	3	755	604	718	880	10, 4, 3, 5
Blades of the Fallen	3-2	1	197	142	201	245	5, 3, 3, 4
Strength in Unity	3-2	2	591	425	523	671	5, 4, 3, 4
Faith in Armor	3-2	1	464	383	414	556	5, 4, 3, 4
Toy Soldiers	3-1	2	359	325	338	395	5, 4, 3, 4
Alien Ooze	3-1	2	351	375	459	498	5, 3, 3, 4
The Collector	2-3	2	0	315	332	456	0, 4, 3, 4
The Phantom Mask	2-2	2	0	226	323	336	0, 4, 3, 6
Angels From Antiquity	2-2	2	0	160	207	239	0, 4, 3, 5
A Revelation In Flames	2-2	2	0	214	288	313	0, 3, 3, 4

Other Analyses

Party size does not appear to have any effect on crown payouts. Examine the plot at right. Each dot is a non-solo mission run. The x-axis is party size. Fractional party sizes arise as knights enter and leave the party. The y-axis is the run's normalized crown payout. (This number is computed by dividing the payout by the average of the solo payouts for that mission and difficulty.) The fact that the dots are scattered about the line y = 1 suggests that all difficulty levels produce about the same crown payouts.

Difficulty certainly affects crown payouts. Examine the second plot. Each dot represents a mission on Elite (purple) or Normal (blue) difficulty. The x-axis is the average Advanced payout for the mission; the y-axis is average Elite and average Normal payouts. Best-fit lines are superimposed. Based on the slopes of the best-fit lines, we conclude that Elite payouts are about 121% of Advanced payouts, and Normal payouts are about 81% of Advanced payouts. By the way, a similar analysis implies that Classic payouts are about 102% of Advanced payouts.

A glance at the spark data suggests that Advanced difficulty pays more sparks than the other difficulty levels. However, the difference is not statistically significant.

Prior to release 2013-07-30, each level cost 10 energy. A natural question to ask was: "Do 10 levels of this mission earn enough to buy 100 energy? Is the mission self-funding?" The table below shows some benchmark energy prices, from 5000 to 9500. For each price, the table shows how many missions are self-funding at that price. As you can see, the King of Ashes was not the only profitable mission in the game.

5000	5500	6000	6500	7000	7500	8000	8500	9000	9500
38	36	33	27	24	21	20	17	14	9

Data that We Don't Collect

Many players are interested in crowns per minute. However, we do not collect time data, because they would vary so much from player to player. Anecdotally, rushing through the King of Ashes to get the tokens and treasure boxes as fast as possible seems to be the most profitable strategy.

Many players are also interested in fire crystals and orbs of alchemy. We do not collect fire crystal data, and we have scant data on orbs.

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-This page is part of the [[Lancer Knightz (Guild)|Lancer Knightz]] [[Lancer Knightz (Guild)/Data|data collection project]]. Its goal is to quantify the [[crowns|crown]] payouts of all [[mission]]s. These particular data were collected by Vanzanz, Epoxee, [[User:Jdavis|Bopp]], and [[User:Vroom|Donkeyhaute]]. The "Classic" data were collected between April and July of 2013 &mdash; just before {{release|2013-07-30}}. Since then, we have been collecting Normal, Advanced, and Elite data. Thus far we have run the 57 missions an average of 15 times each.
+This page is part of the [[Lancer Knightz (Guild)|Lancer Knightz]] [[Lancer Knightz (Guild)/Data|data collection project]]. Its goal is to quantify the [[crowns|crown]] payouts of all [[mission]]s. These particular data were collected by Vanzanz, Epoxee, [[User:Jdavis|Bopp]], and [[User:Vroom|Donkeyhaute]]. The "Classic" data were collected between April and July of 2013 &mdash; just before {{release|2013-07-30}}. Since then, we have been collecting Normal, Advanced, and Elite data. Thus far we have run the 51 missions an average of 17 times each.
 ==Procedure==
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 # The number of knights in the party. If the number changes over time, then an estimate of the average (1.5, 2.3, etc.) is fine.
 # The total crowns earned by the tester (not the other party members). This figure appears at the top of the mission report.
-# The total number of Forge, Grim, and Primal Sparks earned by the tester. These appear at the bottom of the mission report.
+# The total number of [[Token|Forge, Grim, and Primal Sparks]] earned by the tester. These appear at the bottom of the mission report.
 # The date.
-The tester may optionally add a note at the end. For example, the note could indicate which branch of depth 26 of the King of Ashes was taken, or it could report that many [[Beast Scale]]s were found. (Crowns earned by selling lucrative materials do not enter into our other calculations.) Donkeyhaute enters the data into a computer program that outputs the wiki markup for the table below. Each mission is measured multiple times, to give a better idea of the crown and spark payout.
+The tester may optionally add a note at the end. For example, the note could indicate which branch of depth 26 of the King of Ashes was taken, or it could report that many [[Rarity|rarities]] or [[material]]s were found. (Crowns earned by selling lucrative materials do not enter into our other calculations.) Donkeyhaute enters the data into a computer program that outputs the wiki markup for the table below. Each mission is measured multiple times, to give a better idea of the crown and spark payout.
-==Summary of Data==
+==Average Crowns and Sparks==
-Here is a summary of the crown and spark data for all of the fighting missions beyond level 1.
+Here is a summary of the crown and spark data. The columns are:
 * Name, Rnk: Name and rank of the mission.
 * Cls, Nrm, Adv, Elt: Average crowns earned on each difficulty level: Classic, Normal, Advanced, Elite.
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 {{User:Jdavis/cell5| 3, 3, 3, 5 | 0.0 | 3.33 | 5.67 | 3.8}}
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-{{User:Jdavis/cell6| Compound 42 | Dngr | 3228 | 2392 | 2986 | 3799}}
+{{User:Jdavis/cell6| Compound 42 | Dngr | 3228 | 2392 | 3016 | 3799}}
-{{User:Jdavis/cell5| 5, 3, 3, 4 | 1.8 | 4.0 | 4.33 | 4.0}}
+{{User:Jdavis/cell5| 5, 3, 4, 4 | 1.8 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.0}}
 {{User:Vroom/row}}
 {{User:Jdavis/cell6| Nature of the Beast | Prstg | 1802 | 1321 | 1553 | 2110}}
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 {{User:Jdavis/cell5| 0, 1, 0, 0 |  | 1.0 |  | }}
 {{User:Vroom/row}}
-{{User:Jdavis/cell6| '''The King of Ashes''' | 9-3 | 7765 | 6395 | 7762 | 9351}}
+{{User:Jdavis/cell6| '''The King of Ashes''' | 9-3 | 7765 | 6387 | 7717 | 9351}}
-{{User:Jdavis/cell5| 9, 3, 3, 3 | 3.67 | 2.33 | 3.33 | 3.33}}
+{{User:Jdavis/cell5| 9, 4, 4, 3 | 3.67 | 3.0 | 4.75 | 3.33}}
 {{User:Vroom/row}}
-{{User:Jdavis/cell6| The Gauntlet | 9-2 | 4024 | 3145 | 4018 | 4782}}
+{{User:Jdavis/cell6| The Gauntlet | 9-2 | 4024 | 3170 | 4018 | 4782}}
-{{User:Jdavis/cell5| 5, 3, 3, 4 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.33 | 0.25}}
+{{User:Jdavis/cell5| 5, 4, 3, 4 | 0.2 | 0.75 | 0.33 | 0.25}}
 {{User:Vroom/row}}
-{{User:Jdavis/cell6| Alone in the Dark | 9-2 | 2558 | 2099 | 2397 | 2993}}
+{{User:Jdavis/cell6| Alone in the Dark | 9-2 | 2558 | 2045 | 2397 | 3025}}
-{{User:Jdavis/cell5| 5, 4, 3, 3 | 0.4 | 0.25 | 0.33 | 0.33}}
+{{User:Jdavis/cell5| 5, 4, 3, 4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.33 | 0.25}}
 {{User:Vroom/row}}
 {{User:Jdavis/cell6| Terminal Meltdown | 9-2 | 2713 | 2134 | 2613 | 3058}}
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 {{User:Jdavis/cell5| 5, 4, 3, 3 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.33 | 0.67}}
 {{User:Vroom/row}}
-{{User:Jdavis/cell6| The Vile Engine | 8-2 | 1764 | 1475 | 1855 | 2273}}
+{{User:Jdavis/cell6| The Vile Engine | 8-2 | 1764 | 1442 | 1855 | 2273}}
-{{User:Jdavis/cell5| 5, 3, 3, 4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.67 | 0.25}}
+{{User:Jdavis/cell5| 5, 4, 3, 4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.67 | 0.25}}
 {{User:Vroom/row}}
-{{User:Jdavis/cell6| Weight of Darkness | 8-1 | 1752 | 1435 | 1845 | 2185}}
+{{User:Jdavis/cell6| Weight of Darkness | 8-1 | 1752 | 1411 | 1845 | 2185}}
-{{User:Jdavis/cell5| 5, 3, 3, 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.33 | 0.33}}
+{{User:Jdavis/cell5| 5, 4, 3, 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.33 | 0.33}}
 {{User:Vroom/row}}
 {{User:Jdavis/cell6| The Return of Ur | 8-1 | 1679 | 1242 | 1537 | 1824}}
 {{User:Jdavis/cell5| 5, 4, 4, 3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.0}}
 {{User:Vroom/row}}
-{{User:Jdavis/cell6| Spark and Roar | 7-3 | 1851 | 1388 | 1722 | 2126}}
+{{User:Jdavis/cell6| Spark and Roar | 7-3 | 1851 | 1426 | 1722 | 2126}}
-{{User:Jdavis/cell5| 5, 3, 3, 3 | 0.4 | 0.33 | 0.0 | 0.0}}
+{{User:Jdavis/cell5| 5, 4, 3, 3 | 0.4 | 0.25 | 0.0 | 0.0}}
 {{User:Vroom/row}}
-{{User:Jdavis/cell6| Beyond the Axes of Evil | 7-3 | 1792 | 1328 | 1736 | 2088}}
+{{User:Jdavis/cell6| Beyond the Axes of Evil | 7-3 | 1792 | 1346 | 1736 | 2088}}
-{{User:Jdavis/cell5| 5, 3, 3, 4 | 2.0 | 0.33 | 0.0 | 0.0}}
+{{User:Jdavis/cell5| 5, 4, 3, 4 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0}}
 {{User:Vroom/row}}
 {{User:Jdavis/cell6| Vicious and Viscous | 7-2 | 1759 | 1468 | 1886 | 2182}}
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 {{User:Jdavis/cell5| 0, 3, 3, 4 |  | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.5}}
 {{User:Vroom/end}}
-==Party Size==
-Preliminary results suggest that party size has no significant effect on crown payouts. We will post an explanatory figure later.
-==Difficulty==
-Preliminary results suggest that:
-* Normal payouts are about 80% of Classic payouts.
-* Advanced payouts are about equal to (98% of) Classic payouts.
-* Elite payouts are about 118% of Classic payouts.
-We will post explanatory figures later.
 ==Earnings per Level==
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 * Levels: Number of levels in the mission, excluding treasure levels, core terminal, and other trivial levels.
 * Classic, Normal, Advanced, Elite: Average earnings per level, on each difficulty level.
-* ''n'': The number of spark data for each difficulty. The number of crowns data is always at least this large. More data mean that the estimated average is more reliable.
+* ''n'': The number of spark data for each difficulty, exactly as in the previous table.
 {{User:Vroom/start}}
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 {{User:Jdavis/cell8| Heart of Ice | Dngr | 2 | 1720 | 1465 | 1772 | 2073 | 3, 3, 3, 5}}
 {{User:Vroom/row}}
-{{User:Jdavis/cell8| Compound 42 | Dngr | 2 | 1704 | 1396 | 1710 | 2100 | 5, 3, 3, 4}}
+{{User:Jdavis/cell8| Compound 42 | Dngr | 2 | 1704 | 1396 | 1733 | 2100 | 5, 3, 4, 4}}
 {{User:Vroom/row}}
 {{User:Jdavis/cell8| Nature of the Beast | Prstg | 2 | 941 | 661 | 802 | 1070 | 10, 4, 4, 7}}
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 {{User:Jdavis/cell8| Operation Crimson Hammer | Expnsn | 5 | 0 | 716 | 0 | 0 | 0, 1, 0, 0}}
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-{{User:Jdavis/cell8| '''The King of Ashes''' | 9-3 | 5 | 2226 | 1926 | 2219 | 2537 | 9, 3, 3, 3}}
+{{User:Jdavis/cell8| '''The King of Ashes''' | 9-3 | 5 | 2226 | 1937 | 2238 | 2537 | 9, 4, 4, 3}}
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-{{User:Jdavis/cell8| The Gauntlet | 9-2 | 3 | 1348 | 1082 | 1350 | 1602 | 5, 3, 3, 4}}
+{{User:Jdavis/cell8| The Gauntlet | 9-2 | 3 | 1348 | 1082 | 1350 | 1602 | 5, 4, 3, 4}}
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-{{User:Jdavis/cell8| Alone in the Dark | 9-2 | 3 | 866 | 708 | 810 | 1009 | 5, 4, 3, 3}}
+{{User:Jdavis/cell8| Alone in the Dark | 9-2 | 3 | 866 | 682 | 810 | 1017 | 5, 4, 3, 4}}
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 {{User:Jdavis/cell8| Terminal Meltdown | 9-2 | 3 | 918 | 718 | 896 | 1019 | 5, 5, 4, 3}}
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 {{User:Jdavis/cell8| The Rotting Metropolis | 8-2 | 3 | 454 | 343 | 427 | 509 | 5, 4, 3, 3}}
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-{{User:Jdavis/cell8| The Vile Engine | 8-2 | 3 | 601 | 492 | 641 | 766 | 5, 3, 3, 4}}
+{{User:Jdavis/cell8| The Vile Engine | 8-2 | 3 | 601 | 481 | 641 | 766 | 5, 4, 3, 4}}
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-{{User:Jdavis/cell8| Weight of Darkness | 8-1 | 3 | 617 | 478 | 659 | 739 | 5, 3, 3, 3}}
+{{User:Jdavis/cell8| Weight of Darkness | 8-1 | 3 | 617 | 470 | 659 | 739 | 5, 4, 3, 3}}
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 {{User:Jdavis/cell8| The Return of Ur | 8-1 | 3 | 560 | 431 | 529 | 675 | 5, 4, 4, 3}}
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-{{User:Jdavis/cell8| Spark and Roar | 7-3 | 3 | 630 | 474 | 574 | 709 | 5, 3, 3, 3}}
+{{User:Jdavis/cell8| Spark and Roar | 7-3 | 3 | 630 | 484 | 574 | 709 | 5, 4, 3, 3}}
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-{{User:Jdavis/cell8| Beyond the Axes of Evil | 7-3 | 3 | 664 | 454 | 579 | 696 | 5, 3, 3, 4}}
+{{User:Jdavis/cell8| Beyond the Axes of Evil | 7-3 | 3 | 664 | 465 | 579 | 696 | 5, 4, 3, 4}}
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 {{User:Jdavis/cell8| Vicious and Viscous | 7-2 | 3 | 606 | 489 | 629 | 750 | 5, 3, 3, 3}}
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 ==Other Analyses==
+[[File:Partysize.png|thumb|right]]
+Party size does not appear to have any effect on crown payouts. Examine the plot at right. Each dot is a non-solo mission run. The ''x''-axis is party size. Fractional party sizes arise as knights enter and leave the party. The ''y''-axis is the run's normalized crown payout. (This number is computed by dividing the payout by the average of the solo payouts for that mission and difficulty.) The fact that the dots are scattered about the line ''y'' = 1 suggests that all difficulty levels produce about the same crown payouts.
+[[File:Difficulty.png|thumb|left]]
+Difficulty certainly affects crown payouts. Examine the second plot. Each dot represents a mission on Elite (purple) or Normal (blue) difficulty. The ''x''-axis is the average Advanced payout for the mission; the ''y''-axis is average Elite and average Normal payouts. Best-fit lines are superimposed. Based on the slopes of the best-fit lines, we conclude that Elite payouts are about 121% of Advanced payouts, and Normal payouts are about 81% of Advanced payouts. By the way, a similar analysis implies that Classic payouts are about 102% of Advanced payouts.
+A glance at the spark data suggests that Advanced difficulty pays more sparks than the other difficulty levels. However, the difference is not statistically significant.
 Prior to release 2013-07-30, each level cost 10 energy. A natural question to ask was: "Do 10 levels of this mission earn enough to buy 100 energy? Is the mission self-funding?" The table below shows some benchmark energy prices, from 5000 to 9500. For each price, the table shows how many missions are self-funding at that price. As you can see, the King of Ashes was not the only profitable mission in the game.
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-Many players are more interested in crowns per minute than in crowns per level. However, we do not collect time data, because they would vary so much from player to player. Anecdotally, rushing through the King of Ashes to get the tokens and treasure boxes as fast as possible seems to be the most profitable strategy.
+==Data that We Don't Collect==
+Many players are interested in crowns per minute. However, we do not collect time data, because they would vary so much from player to player. Anecdotally, rushing through the King of Ashes to get the tokens and treasure boxes as fast as possible seems to be the most profitable strategy.
 Many players are also interested in [[Rarity|fire crystals]] and [[Rarity|orbs of alchemy]]. We do not collect fire crystal data, and we have scant data on orbs.

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