R4
Rare AstromechR4 is a Rare Astromech droid in Star Wars: Droid Tycoon. Full buy cost, sell value, credits-per-second, and rebirth requirements at every variant.
Variants & economy
Buy / craft cost, the chips to upgrade into each tier, earnings, and what it sells back for. Sell chips double with BB-8 equipped.
| Variant | Buy / craft | Upgrade | Earns | Sell (credits) | Sell (chips) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | 110k | — | 50/s | 77k | — |
| Gold | 440k | 30 chips | 100/s | 308k | 6 |
| Diamond | 880k | 50 chips | 200/s | 616k | 9 |
| Rainbow | 1.32M | 75 chips | 400/s | 924k | 12 |
| Beskar | 1.76M | 250 chips | 600/s | 1.23M | 15 |
Each tier doubles the last; Beskar breaks the pattern (×1.5 over Rainbow for Commons/Rares, ×4.25 for Epics, ×3 for Legendaries). Credit sell value is ~70% of buy cost. Buy prices apply on the trade row — including Beskar, which can't be bought anywhere else. Numbers reflect the current balance patch.
Note: Rare Rainbow prices follow a ×12-of-Default pattern confirmed in-game (ID10 and Mouse trade-row reads) — the community tracker mistakenly lists the ×16 Beskar cost there. Rare values are derived from that pattern and not yet read in-game — corrections land same-day.
Specialist placement
R4 is a Astromech droid — put it to work in the Astromech area for a free +10% to its credits. Most players leave droids scattered in the wrong sections and quietly lose that bonus.
Rebirth requirements
Since the June 9 update, requirements cycle through four paths, one per Super Rebirth (dev-confirmed: 1→2→3→4, then repeat) — all four are now mapped. Listed variant or higher — a higher variant always satisfies a lower-variant requirement.
Path 1 — first run
Not a gate on this path.
Path 2 — after 1st Super Rebirth
Path 3 — after 2nd Super Rebirth
Path 4 — after 3rd Super Rebirth
Tip: the highest variant asked for across all four paths is Rainbow. Get R4 to that tier once and every requirement is covered for good.
See the Droidex guide for earnings mechanics and Flawless odds, the Rebirth ladder for the full gate list, and Strategies for chip farming and the Sandcrawler timers.