Helium

Helium is a resource unlocked after beating the Dimension of Anger, a unique map that is created by buying Anger, an upgrade awarded for completing zone 20. It can be used to level up Perks. Along with Helium the player also unlocks the Portal, which allows for soft-resetting your game. Perks and Helium last throughout Portals.

How to get Helium

There are currently five ways to get Helium:

1. If you've played in the Beta (before version 0.9), importing the beta save export into the newest release will award you an amount of Helium which correlates to the zone you finished in.
2. Completion of The Dimension of Anger, which awards 45 Helium (not affected by any perks).
3. Killing any Blimp or Improbability or Omnipotrimp after completion of The Dimension of Anger. Those imps spawn in the last cell of every zone after zone 21. You need to beat The Dimension of Anger at least once in your save to gain Helium from them. If it was beaten in another run, they will award Helium even if The Dimension of Anger hasn't been beaten in your current run. Check Rewards for exact values.
4. Killing the Cthulimp at the end of a Void map, which rewards helium equal to twice the amount earned from the Blimp or Improbability or Omnipotrimp of the current zone. The only exception is zone 59, which awards Blimp's helium through Void maps even though the zone has an Improbability at the end.
5. Clearing cells which do not have any loot on them in the Spire. Also rewarded by clearing certain cells in the Spire. Check the Spire page for more details.

Rewards

Note: You must beat The Dimension of Anger at least once in your save file to gain Helium from completing zones. If you've completed Zone 21 or above before doing so, the Helium you would have otherwise gotten is lost. This only matters during the first run.

Helium rewards from completing zones can be increased with the Looting and Looting II perks. The final Helium after base formulas and Looting is rounded down.

For sources of Helium below zone 21 (such as Void Maps), base Helium is 1 for z1-z19 and 2 for z20. Increased by Looting and rounded down as normal.

Table of rewards

Below are tables of base Helium rewards for completing zones after unlocking the Dimension of Anger. These can also be calculated with the formula below the table.

The tables show Helium rewards with 0 points in Looting. The 45 Helium obtained from defeating Megablimp at the end of the Dimension of Anger is not affected by the Looting perk.

The table currently does not include Corruption and Magma.

Warning: These tables are extremely long

Using standard notation

Zone	Helium Awarded	Total Base Helium	Helium with Sci V	Total with Sci V
21	4	49	4	49
22	6	55	6	55
23	7	62	7	62
24	9	71	10	72
25	10	81	11	83
26	11	92	12	95
27	13	105	14	109
28	14	119	16	125
29	16	135	18	143
30	17	152	19	162
31	18	170	21	183
32	20	190	23	206
33	21	211	24	230
34	23	234	27	257
35	25	259	29	286
36	26	285	31	317
37	27	312	32	349
38	29	341	35	384
39	30	371	36	420
40	31	402	37	457
41	33	435	40	497
42	34	469	41	538
43	35	504	43	581
44	37	541	46	627
45	38	579	47	674
46	39	618	49	723
47	42	660	53	776
48	43	703	54	830
49	45	748	57	887
50	46	794	59	946
51	47	841	60	1006
52	49	890	63	1069
53	50	940	65	1134
54	51	991	66	1200
55	53	1044	69	1269
56	54	1098	71	1340
57	55	1153	73	1413
58	57	1210	76	1489
59	293	1503	393	1882
60	300	1803	404	2286
61	308	2111	417	2703
62	314	2425	427	3130
63	322	2747	440	3570
64	329	3076	452	4022
65	337	3413	466	4488
66	343	3756	476	4964
67	350	4106	488	5452
68	358	4464	502	5954
69	365	4829	514	6468
70	372	5201	527	6995
71	379	5580	540	7535
72	387	5967	554	8089
73	394	6361	567	8656
74	401	6762	580	9236
75	408	7170	593	9829
76	416	7586	607	10436
77	423	8009	621	11057
78	430	8439	634	11691
79	437	8876	648	12339
80	445	9321	663	13002
81	452	9773	677	13679
82	459	10232	690	14369
83	466	10698	704	15073
84	474	11172	720	15793
85	481	11653	734	16527
86	488	12141	749	17276
87	495	12636	763	18039
88	503	13139	780	18819
89	510	13649	794	19613
90	517	14166	809	20422
91	524	14690	824	21246
92	532	15222	841	22087
93	540	15762	858	22945
94	546	16308	872	23817
95	554	16862	889	24706
96	561	17423	905	25611
97	569	17992	923	26534
98	575	18567	937	27471
99	583	19150	955	28426
100	591	19741	973	29399
101	598	20339	989	30388
102	605	20944	1006	31394
103	612	21556	1022	32416
104	620	22176	1041	33457
105	628	22804	1060	34517
106	634	23438	1075	35592
107	642	24080	1094	36686
108	649	24729	1112	37798
109	657	25386	1131	38929
110	664	26050	1149	40078
111	671	26721	1167	41245
112	679	27400	1187	42432
113	686	28086	1205	43637
114	693	28779	1223	44860
115	701	29480	1243	46103
116	708	30188	1262	47365
117	716	30904	1283	48648
118	723	31627	1302	49950
119	730	32357	1321	51271
120	738	33095	1342	52613
121	746	33841	1364	53977
122	752	34593	1381	55358
123	760	35353	1403	56761
124	768	36121	1425	58186
125	775	36896	1445	59631
126	782	37678	1465	61096
127	790	38468	1488	62584
128	798	39266	1510	64094
129	805	40071	1531	65625
130	812	40883	1552	67177
131	820	41703	1576	68753
132	827	42530	1597	70350
133	835	43365	1620	71970
134	842	44207	1642	73612
135	850	45057	1666	75278
136	857	45914	1688	76966
137	865	46779	1713	78679
138	872	47651	1735	80414
139	880	48531	1760	82174
140	887	49418	1783	83957
141	895	50313	1808	85765
142	902	51215	1831	87596
143	910	52125	1856	89452
144	918	53043	1882	91334
145	925	53968	1906	93240
146	932	54900	1930	95170
147	940	55840	1956	97126
148	948	56788	1983	99109
149	956	57744	2010	101119
150	962	58706	2032	103151
151	970	59676	2059	105210
152	978	60654	2087	107297
153	986	61640	2114	109411
154	993	62633	2140	111551
155	1001	63634	2168	113719
156	1008	64642	2194	115913
157	1016	65658	2223	118136
158	1023	66681	2249	120385
159	1031	67712	2278	122663
160	1039	68751	2307	124970
161	1047	69798	2337	127307
162	1054	70852	2364	129671
163	1062	71914	2394	132065
164	1070	72984	2424	134489
165	1077	74061	2452	136941
166	1084	75145	2480	139421
167	1092	76237	2511	141932
168	1100	77337	2542	144474
169	1108	78445	2573	147047
170	1115	79560	2603	149650
171	1123	80683	2634	152284
172	1131	81814	2667	154951
173	1139	82953	2699	157650
174	1146	84099	2729	160379
175	1154	85253	2762	163141
176	1162	86415	2795	165936
177	1170	87585	2828	168764
178	1177	88762	2859	171623
179	1185	89947	2893	174516
180	1193	91140	2927	177443
181	1201	92341	2962	180405
182	1208	93549	2994	183399
183	1216	94765	3029	186428
184	1224	95989	3064	189492
185	1232	97221	3099	192591
186	1239	98460	3132	195723
187	1247	99707	3168	198891
188	1255	100962	3205	202096
189	1263	102225	3241	205337
190	1270	103495	3276	208613
191	1278	104773	3313	211926
192	1286	106059	3350	215276
193	1294	107353	3388	218664
194	1301	108654	3423	222087
195	1310	109964	3464	225551
196	1318	111282	3503	229054
197	1326	112608	3542	232596
198	1333	113941	3578	236174
199	1341	115282	3618	239792
200	1349	116631	3657	243449
201	1357	117988	3697	247146
202	1364	119352	3735	250881
203	1373	120725	3779	254660
204	1381	122106	3820	258480
205	1389	123495	3861	262341
206	1396	124891	3900	266241
207	1404	126295	3942	270183
208	1412	127707	3984	274167
209	1421	129128	4029	278196
210	1428	130556	4070	282266
211	1436	131992	4113	286379
212	1444	133436	4156	290535
213	1453	134889	4203	294738
214	1460	136349	4245	298983
215	1468	137817	4289	303272
216	1476	139293	4334	307606
217	1485	140778	4382	311988
218	1492	142270	4425	316413
219	1500	143770	4471	320884
220	1508	145278	4517	325401
221	1517	146795	4567	329968
222	1524	148319	4611	334579
223	1532	149851	4658	339237
224	1541	151392	4709	343946
225	1549	152941	4757	348703
226	1556	154497	4803	353506
227	1565	156062	4855	358361
228	1573	157635	4904	363265
229	1581	159216	4954	368219
230	1589	160805	5004	373223
231	1597	162402	5054	378277
232	1605	164007	5105	383382
233	1614	165621	5159	388541
234	1621	167242	5207	393748
235	1629	168871	5259	399007
236	1638	170509	5315	404322
237	1646	172155	5367	409689
238	1654	173809	5420	415109
239	1662	175471	5474	420583
240	1671	177142	5531	426114
241	1679	178821	5585	431699
242	1687	180508	5640	437339
243	1695	182203	5695	443034
244	1703	183906	5750	448784
245	1712	185618	5810	454594
246	1719	187337	5863	460457
247	1728	189065	5923	466380
248	1736	190801	5980	472360
249	1745	192546	6041	478401
250	1752	194298	6096	484497
251	1761	196059	6158	490655
252	1770	197829	6220	496875
253	1778	199607	6279	503154
254	1786	201393	6339	509493
255	1794	203187	6399	515892
256	1803	204990	6464	522356
257	1811	206801	6525	528881
258	1819	208620	6586	535467
259	1828	210448	6652	542119
260	1836	212284	6715	548834
261	1845	214129	6781	555615
262	1852	215981	6841	562456
263	1861	217842	6909	569365
264	1870	219712	6977	576342
265	1878	221590	7042	583384
266	1886	223476	7107	590491
267	1895	225371	7177	597668
268	1903	227274	7243	604911
269	1912	229186	7314	612225
270	1920	231106	7381	619606
271	1929	233035	7453	627059
272	1937	234972	7521	634580
273	1946	236918	7594	642174
274	1954	238872	7663	649837
275	1963	240835	7737	657574
276	1971	242806	7807	665381
277	1980	244786	7882	673263
278	1988	246774	7953	681216
279	1997	248771	8029	689245
280	2006	250777	8106	697351
281	2014	252791	8179	705530
282	2022	254813	8252	713782
283	2031	256844	8331	722113
284	2040	258884	8409	730522
285	2049	260933	8489	739011
286	2057	262990	8565	747576
287	2065	265055	8641	756217
288	2074	267129	8722	764939
289	2083	269212	8804	773743
290	2091	271303	8882	782625
291	2100	273403	8964	791589
292	2109	275512	9048	800637
293	2118	277630	9132	809769
294	2126	279756	9212	818981
295	2135	281891	9297	828278
296	2144	284035	9383	837661
297	2153	286188	9470	847131
298	2161	288349	9553	856684
299	2170	290519	9640	866324
300	2179	292698	9729	876053
301	2188	294886	9818	885871
302	2196	297082	9903	895774
303	2205	299287	9993	905767
304	2214	301501	10084	915851
305	2223	303724	10176	926027
306	2231	305955	10263	936290
307	2240	308195	10356	946646
308	2249	310444	10450	957096
309	2259	312703	10549	967645
310	2267	314970	10639	978284
311	2276	317246	10735	989019
312	2285	319531	10831	999850
313	2294	321825	10928	1010778
314	2302	324127	11021	1021799
315	2311	326438	11120	1032919
316	2321	328759	11224	1044143
317	2330	331089	11323	1055466
318	2338	333427	11419	1066885
319	2347	335774	11520	1078405
320	2357	338131	11627	1090032
321	2366	340497	11730	1101762
322	2374	342871	11829	1113591
323	2383	345254	11933	1125524
324	2393	347647	12043	1137567
325	2402	350049	12149	1149716
326	2410	352459	12250	1161966
327	2420	354879	12362	1174328
328	2429	357308	12470	1186798
329	2438	359746	12579	1199377
330	2447	362193	12689	1212066
331	2456	364649	12799	1224865
332	2465	367114	12910	1237775
333	2475	369589	13027	1250802
334	2483	372072	13135	1263937
335	2493	374565	13254	1277191
336	2502	377067	13368	1290559
337	2512	379579	13489	1304048
338	2520	382099	13599	1317647
339	2529	384628	13716	1331363
340	2539	387167	13839	1345202
341	2548	389715	13958	1359160
342	2557	392272	14077	1373237
343	2567	394839	14203	1387440
344	2576	397415	14324	1401764
345	2586	400001	14451	1416215
346	2594	402595	14568	1430783
347	2604	405199	14698	1445481
348	2613	407812	14822	1460303
349	2623	410435	14953	1475256
350	2632	413067	15080	1490336
351	2641	415708	15207	1505543
352	2651	418359	15341	1520884
353	2661	421020	15476	1536360
354	2669	423689	15600	1551960
355	2679	426368	15737	1567697
356	2689	429057	15874	1583571
357	2698	431755	16007	1599578
358	2707	434462	16141	1615719
359	2717	437179	16281	1632000
360	2727	439906	16423	1648423
361	2736	442642	16560	1664983
362	2745	445387	16697	1681680
363	2755	448142	16842	1698522
364	2765	450907	16987	1715509
365	2775	453682	17134	1732643
366	2783	456465	17269	1749912
367	2793	459258	17418	1767330
368	2803	462061	17568	1784898
369	2813	464874	17719	1802617
370	2822	467696	17864	1820481
371	2832	470528	18017	1838498
372	2842	473370	18171	1856669
373	2852	476222	18326	1874995
374	2861	479083	18476	1893471
375	2871	481954	18634	1912105
376	2881	484835	18792	1930897
377	2891	487726	18951	1949848
378	2900	490626	19105	1968953
379	2910	493536	19267	1988220
380	2920	496456	19430	2007650
381	2930	499386	19594	2027244
382	2939	502325	19753	2046997
383	2949	505274	19919	2066916
384	2959	508233	20086	2087002
385	2969	511202	20255	2107257
386	2978	514180	20418	2127675
387	2989	517169	20596	2148271
388	2999	520168	20768	2169039
389	3009	523177	20942	2189981
390	3018	526195	21109	2211090
391	3028	529223	21285	2232375
392	3039	532262	21469	2253844
393	3049	535311	21648	2275492
394	3058	538369	21820	2297312
395	3068	541437	22001	2319313
396	3079	544516	22190	2341503
397	3089	547605	22374	2363877
398	3098	550703	22551	2386428
399	3109	553812	22744	2409172
400	3119	556931	22931	2432103
401	3129	560060	23120	2455223
402	3139	563199	23310	2478533
403	3149	566348	23501	2502034
404	3160	569508	23701	2525735
405	3170	572678	23895	2549630
406	3179	575857	24083	2573713
407	3190	579047	24287	2598000
408	3200	582247	24485	2622485
409	3211	585458	24692	2647177
410	3220	588678	24885	2672062
411	3231	591909	25095	2697157
412	3242	595151	25306	2722463
413	3252	598403	25511	2747974
414	3262	601665	25717	2773691
415	3272	604937	25925	2799616
416	3283	608220	26142	2825758
417	3294	611514	26361	2852119
418	3303	614817	26565	2878684
419	3314	618131	26787	2905471
420	3325	621456	27010	2932481
421	3335	624791	27227	2959708
422	3345	628136	27445	2987153
423	3356	631492	27673	3014826
424	3367	634859	27903	3042729
425	3377	638236	28125	3070854
426	3387	641623	28350	3099204
427	3398	645021	28584	3127788
428	3409	648430	28820	3156608
429	3420	651850	29058	3185666
430	3430	655280	29288	3214954
431	3441	658721	29529	3244483
432	3452	662173	29772	3274255
433	3462	665635	30007	3304262
434	3472	669107	30244	3334506
435	3483	672590	30492	3364998
436	3494	676084	30741	3395739
437	3505	679589	30992	3426731
438	3515	683104	31236	3457967
439	3526	686630	31490	3489457
440	3538	690168	31755	3521212
441	3549	693717	32013	3553225
442	3559	697276	32264	3585489
443	3570	700846	32526	3618015
444	3581	704427	32789	3650804
445	3592	708019	33054	3683858
446	3602	711621	33312	3717170
447	3614	715235	33590	3750760
448	3625	718860	33861	3784621
449	3636	722496	34133	3818754
450	3646	726142	34398	3853152
451	3658	729800	34684	3887836
452	3669	733469	34962	3922798
453	3680	737149	35243	3958041
454	3691	740840	35525	3993566
455	3702	744542	35809	4029375
456	3713	748255	36095	4065470
457	3725	751980	36392	4101862
458	3735	755715	36673	4138535
459	3747	759462	36974	4175509
460	3758	763220	37268	4212777
461	3769	766989	37564	4250341
462	3780	770769	37862	4288203
463	3791	774560	38162	4326365
464	3803	778363	38475	4364840
465	3815	782178	38789	4403629
466	3825	786003	39085	4442714
467	3837	789840	39404	4482118
468	3848	793688	39714	4521832
469	3860	797548	40037	4561869
470	3871	801419	40352	4602221
471	3882	805301	40669	4642890
472	3894	809195	40999	4683889
473	3906	813101	41331	4725220
474	3917	817018	41654	4766874
475	3928	820946	41980	4808854
476	3940	824886	42319	4851173
477	3952	828838	42660	4893833
478	3963	832801	42993	4936826
479	3975	836776	43339	4980165
480	3987	840763	43687	5023852
481	3999	844762	44037	5067889
482	4009	848771	44368	5112257
483	4021	852792	44724	5156981
484	4033	856825	45081	5202062
485	4045	860870	45442	5247504
486	4056	864926	45793	5293297
487	4068	868994	46158	5339455
488	4081	873075	46537	5385992
489	4093	877168	46907	5432899
490	4104	881272	47269	5480168
491	4116	885388	47644	5527812
492	4128	889516	48022	5575834
493	4140	893656	48402	5624236
494	4151	897807	48773	5673009
495	4164	901971	49171	5722180
496	4176	906147	49559	5771739
497	4188	910335	49950	5821689
498	4199	914534	50332	5872021
499	4212	918746	50740	5922761
500	4224	922970	51139	5973900

Formula

This is the formula for calculating Helium awards for each zone from defeating that zone's cell 100 boss. The Base Helium is calculated as follows:

a1 =  1.35 * ([Current Zone] - 19);

a2 =  1.23 ^ sqrt (a1);

a   =  round (a1 + a2);

This part of the formula applies if the zone number is 59 or higher (Improbabitity Bonus):

b = 5

This part of the formula applies if the zone number is after the beginning of Magma (zone 230) (Omnipotrimp Bonus):

b = 15

This part of the formula applies if the zone number is after the beginning of True Corruption (180 by default but can be lowered by Headstart masteries) (Corruption Bonus):

c = 2

This part of the formula applies with the Scientist V challenge completed in the run:

d = (1.005 ^ [Current zone reached number])

This part of the formula applies only with the Toxicity challenge enabled:

e =  (1 + ([Toxic stacks] * 0.0015))

This part of the formula applies only with the Lead challenge enabled if current zone is an even number:

e =  2

This part of the formula covers the bonus from Golden Helium:

f =  (1 + [Golden Helium Bonus in %] * 0.01)

This part of the formula covers additional bonuses from the Looting and Looting II perks:

g =  (1 + [Looting level] * 0.05)

h =  (1 + [Looting II level] * 0.0025)

This part of the formula applies if the player beat a minimum of one row in the Spire (resets each Portal):

i =   (1 + (0.02 * [Spire rows beaten]))

This part of the formula covers the bonus from Wind (only on zones with Wind):

j =  (1 + ([Wind empowerment level] * 0.1) * [Number of Wind stacks] * 0.01)

This part of the formula covers the bonus from Challenge²:

k =  '(1 + ['Challenge² bonus in %] * 0.01)

The Helium reward is then obtained from the formula below and the final number is rounded down (if bonus is absent then corresponding letter is assigned a value of 1):

l = a * b * c * d * e * f * g * h * i * j * k

Final = floor (l)

Math functions:

• round - round to the nearest number (ex. 1.3 = 1; 1.5 = 2)
• sqrt - square root
• floor - round number down

For Void Maps, the helium bonus is further multipled by 2 (Void Map Bonus) and Void Specialization (25% per 100 Zones cleared last Portal). In addition, all mutations (Corruption and Healthy) in the current zone are also taken into account and added to this for the final value.

One can see the Helium breakdown clearly by clicking on the present icon next to the enemy imps and then clicking on the Helium category.

Trivia

• Starting patch 3.22, Megablimp now drops 45 helium up from 30.