Social Features
Idle Miner Tycoon has several social features to connect with friends and increase your rewards! You can add friends, invite them to Expeditions and compare your progress!
Adding friends
To add friends, you have to open the Play With Friends panel (the button with the two people in the top-right of the screen). If you are connected to Facebook you will see your Facebook friends that play the game. To add new ones, you just have to tap on the button "Invite", then you will be given options for inviting people.
In the "Play With Friends" panel you will see a maximum of 20 friends (because these 20 give you a 100% income boost). However, you can add an unlimited amount of friends, and always join their Expeditions!
Expeditions
You can find the Expeditions on one of the small islands in the middle of the world map. You need to be connected to the internet and Google Play Games / Game Center for the Expeditions to work correctly.
If you do an Expedition, then you simply choose the one you want and leave your assigned manager to complete it! You collect the rewards at the end of the Expedition. It's as simple as that! Full Page: Expeditions
When you enter the Expeditions menu, you can click on "Select Expedition" to choose from 3 Expeditions. You don't get to see all possible rewards, just one as a teaser! If you like, you can scroll to the bottom and click "Reroll Expeditions" to try and get different/better ones. You can only do this once every 24 hours.
Once you start an Expedition, you will see a timer with the remaining running time. Once this runs out, you can go back to the Expeditions menu to claim your rewards!
Types of Expeditions
Common Expedition - The most common! You get 2 rewards in total, ranging from 30 minutes of instant cash, basic boosts, and a mystery boost (2x to 10x). These typically last around 6 hours, give or take a few minutes.
Rare Expedition - The second most common. You get 3 rewards in total, which may include a Mystery Boost Ticket, 2x-20x boosts, or 30/1hr Instant Cash. Rare Expeditions take about 12 hours.
Epic Expedition - These don't appear very often! You get 4 rewards in total, but they are fairly similar to rewards from rare expeditions. Epic Expeditions always take 1 day.
Legendary Expedition - These are very exclusive and don't appear often at all! You get 5 rewards in total, which can include longer durtions of 20x boosts, a Super Mystery Ticket, and rarely research points. Legendary Expeditions take 2 days.
Expeditions with friends
If you are connected with friends in the game, then you can help each other out in the Expeditions!
Once you start an Expedition, you will see a friends button on the bottom right. If you click this, you can select any available friends you'd like to invite to help you. If they accept, they will be added to your Expedition and the time left until completion will decrease! At the end of the Expedition, you all get the same rewards.
If a friend invites you to their Expedition and you accept, then you will appear in their Expedition and will help descrease their waiting time. You claim your rewards at the end just like you do for your own Expeditions.