GPU Tycoon: Crypto Mining Sim beginner guide: build your first rig and start mining
Your first rig in GPU Tycoon: what to buy in the shop, how to assemble it, which mining network to join and how electricity, the market and research fit in.
Magikon Games · 4 min read ·
In GPU Tycoon: Crypto Mining Sim you start with an empty warehouse and end with a GPU empire. The tutorial has six steps and this guide follows them, then explains what comes next.
Steps 1-3: buy a graphics card
Open the Shop and pick any graphics card. You already start with a free motherboard and a free power supply, so the card is the only part you need to buy first. Scroll until the Buy button appears, then press Finalize Purchase to confirm.
Steps 4-6: assemble and power on the rig
Go back Home to your Mining Warehouse and click an empty rig slot to open the rig builder. Equip the motherboard, then the power supply, then the GPU, and press Turn On Rig. The tutorial gives you a cash and XP reward when you finish. The builder also takes a cooler. Remember: you must turn a rig off before installing or removing parts, and the power supply capacity limits how much your parts can draw.
Join a mining network
Open Networks to connect a rig to a pool. The screen shows each pool's fee, number of miners, hashrate and estimated payment, which is paid out every 15 minutes. Low fee and many miners mean steadier earnings. Some pools stay locked until you research them in the skill tree.
Watch the market and the electricity bill
The Market shows coin prices and news headlines that push prices up or down, and halving events on a network raise the price. You also pay an electricity bill, so keep enough cash to pay it. When you are away, offline earnings wait for you to collect them.
Grow: warehouse, missions and research
- Expand Warehouse to add more rig slots.
- Do Missions for steady rewards and check the Ranking to compare with other players.
- Spend research points in the Research tree: it is a map of technology nodes you drag to explore, and some nodes need a minimum level or earlier nodes first.
- Look up any part in the Wiki.
Next step
When your first rigs are running, read the overclock and prestige guide to squeeze more out of every card. Ready to build? Play GPU Tycoon or see all our games.