FAQ

Yes. Ice Tycoon 2 is free on Roblox. The developer sells optional gamepasses (200R-799R) for permanent cash, capacity, and extraction multipliers, but none of them are required to progress.

There are five hidden elemental gems: Yellow in the hotel vent shaft, Blue on the canyon cliff, Purple in the Research Tower, Green under the factory catwalks, and Red on the lava pit retaining slabs. Collecting all five unlocks the Collector badge.

The Button Presser is an automation NPC that presses the factory Drop Water button every 7.5 seconds. It costs $30,000 and is the keystone hire for any passive-income build.

The Golden Ice Upgrade gamepass costs 799 Robux. It permanently converts every processed ice block into Golden Ice for a 4x (+300%) base cash boost, which makes it the largest single gamepass in the catalog.

Yes. On Hard Mode, Super Researcher removes the $32M sixth Data Chip and cuts your total research spend from $63M to $31M. That is a 50.79% reduction, and it is the mathematically optimal first rebirth perk.

The Double Water Hold Capacity gamepass (200R) is the cleanest first Robux spend for new players. It doubles every tool's capacity, unlocks the Drought badge route, and pays for itself within a single long farming session.

Manually drain every water source on the map. You need the Double Water Hold Capacity gamepass, a better-than-basic tool, and ideally Swift Boots, otherwise the Glacial Lake regenerates faster than you can drain it.