Calculate your next step
Enter your own results to see your net Chimes rate and the extra time a target may take. No assumed game prices or earning rates.
Session results
- Net session earnings
- Chimes
- Observed net rate
- Chimes / hour
- Still needed for your target
- Chimes
- Estimated additional time
This estimate holds your observed net rate constant. Future catches, purchases, travel, breaks and game changes can change the outcome. Display rounding does not affect the calculation.
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How the calculation works
- Net earnings = session income − session expenses.
- Net rate per hour = net earnings × 60 ÷ session minutes.
- Remaining gap = target cost − current balance, with a minimum of zero.
- Additional time = remaining gap ÷ net hourly rate. A zero or negative rate cannot estimate time to an unmet target.
The sample is hypothetical: 300 income − 60 expenses over 30 minutes gives 240 net Chimes and 480 Chimes/hour. With a current balance of 100 and a target of 500, the 400-Chime gap takes an estimated 50 more minutes at that rate.
Using the Scrooms Chimes calculator
- Earned Chimes: all Chimes received during the measured session.
- Spent Chimes: all Chimes spent during that same session. Enter zero if you spent none.
- Session minutes: the full measured duration, greater than zero. Include travel, selling and interruptions if you want an estimate for a similar whole session.
- Current balance: the Chimes you have now, after that sample. The tool does not add the sample's earnings to this balance again.
- Target balance: the balance you want to reach, such as the price currently shown for your next instrument.
Use nonnegative amounts for income, spending, balance and target. Spending can exceed income; the result then shows a loss rather than turning it into zero.
How the estimate works
| Result | Calculation |
|---|---|
| Session net | Earned Chimes − spent Chimes |
| Net Chimes per hour | Session net ÷ session minutes × 60 |
| Remaining goal | The greater of zero or target balance − current balance |
| Estimated minutes remaining | Remaining goal ÷ net Chimes per hour × 60 |
Time is estimated only when the remaining goal is positive and the net hourly rate is positive. A zero or negative rate cannot produce a useful arrival time. If your balance already meets the target, the remaining gap and time are zero.
The estimate assumes your future net rate matches this sample. It is arithmetic applied to your inputs, not a game simulation or a promise about your next session.
A worked example
Illustrative inputs, not a playtest: suppose you receive 300 Chimes, spend 60 and play for 30 minutes. Your net is 240 Chimes, equivalent to 480 net Chimes per hour.
If your current balance is 100 and your target is 500, you need 400 more. At the same net rate, the estimate is 50 additional minutes. A slower session, a different purchase or a break changes that result.
Use the instrument reference to identify a purchase, then check its live shop price. This example does not establish that any instrument or route earns 480 Chimes per hour.
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