---
title: What the Buck Wiki: Bills, Upgrades, Prestige and Guides
description: Unofficial What the Buck wiki: every bill and special bill, the panel upgrades, skill tree and prestige tree, shift prices, achievements, the ending and fixes, sourced and dated.
url: https://whatthebuck.wiki/
---

Unofficial player guide · checked · 10 November 2026

# What the Buck Wiki
Swipe the card, shred the cash, end the shift, do it again bigger. This wiki tells you what every bill and node does, what each shift costs, how to reach $1 sextillion and how to fix the game when it acts up, with every fact marked by how well it is sourced.
Released9 Nov 2026
Goal$1Sx
Achievements47

[Start with your first shift →](https://whatthebuck.wiki/guides/beginner-guide/)

_[Image: A late-game table exploding with money, with the Breaker and Withdrawal upgrade panels maxed and funds at $66.1 quintillion]_

_Official Steam screenshot. © kohlgames / Loerting Games._

## What the Buck guides by section
[Bills](https://whatthebuck.wiki/bills/)
- [Bill values ▸ Seven bills, $1 to $100, plus coins](https://whatthebuck.wiki/bills/bill-types/)

- [Special bills ▸ Electric, Golden, Explosive, Collector](https://whatthebuck.wiki/bills/special-bills/)

- [Flamethrower and fuel ▸ Unlocked in the $20 branch](https://whatthebuck.wiki/bills/flamethrower-and-fuel-bills/)

- [Diamonds ▸ Unlocked in the $50 branch](https://whatthebuck.wiki/bills/diamonds/)

- [Investment Papers ▸ Paper Trail in the $100 branch](https://whatthebuck.wiki/bills/investment-papers/)

- [Combo and Frenzy ▸ 6 hits in a row = +1 stage](https://whatthebuck.wiki/bills/combo-and-frenzy/)

[Upgrades](https://whatthebuck.wiki/upgrades/)
- [Panel upgrades ▸ Nine upgrades, 283 levels](https://whatthebuck.wiki/upgrades/breaker-and-withdrawal-upgrades/)

- [Skill tree ▸ Opens for $0, rebought each shift](https://whatthebuck.wiki/upgrades/skill-tree/)

- [Prestige tree ▸ Auto Swiper first](https://whatthebuck.wiki/upgrades/prestige-tree/)

- [Shifts and Prestige Points ▸ $100K, $10M, $1B, then x100](https://whatthebuck.wiki/upgrades/shifts-and-prestige-points/)

- [Idle and automation ▸ Auto Swiper with your first PP](https://whatthebuck.wiki/upgrades/idle-and-automation/)

[Guides](https://whatthebuck.wiki/guides/)
- [Beginner guide ▸ Amount first, then Damage](https://whatthebuck.wiki/guides/beginner-guide/)

- [Ending and 100% ▸ Goal: destroy $1 sextillion](https://whatthebuck.wiki/guides/ending-and-100-percent/)

- [Achievements ▸ 47 achievements, 1 hidden](https://whatthebuck.wiki/guides/achievements/)

[Game info](https://whatthebuck.wiki/game/)
- [Release, price, editions ▸ 9 Nov 2026, 19:00 CET](https://whatthebuck.wiki/game/release-date-price-editions/)

- [Demo and save transfer ▸ Free on Steam and itch.io](https://whatthebuck.wiki/game/demo-and-save-transfer/)

- [Settings and accessibility ▸ Readable Font since 1.0.1](https://whatthebuck.wiki/game/settings-and-accessibility/)

- [Troubleshooting ▸ Verify files first](https://whatthebuck.wiki/game/troubleshooting/)

## What players look up most

- [Shifts and Prestige Points $100K, $10M, $1B, then x100 Capped at $1Sx from shift 9 (1.0.1) Ending a shift costs all cash](https://whatthebuck.wiki/upgrades/shifts-and-prestige-points/)

- [Achievements 47 achievements, 1 hidden One Hour counts table time only Grey tab: restart from library](https://whatthebuck.wiki/guides/achievements/)

- [Troubleshooting Verify files first Try --rendering-driver opengl3 Grey achievements: restart](https://whatthebuck.wiki/game/troubleshooting/)

- [Special bills Electric, Golden, Explosive, Collector Each starts at a 3% chance Collector led income on release day](https://whatthebuck.wiki/bills/special-bills/)

- [Prestige tree Auto Swiper first Second ATM for 22 PP Market Maker lowers shift price](https://whatthebuck.wiki/upgrades/prestige-tree/)

- [Demo and save transfer Free on Steam and itch.io About an hour, up to $5 bills Demo save carries over](https://whatthebuck.wiki/game/demo-and-save-transfer/)

## Latest official news: Patch 1.0.1
From shift 9 on every shift costs 1 sextillion ($1Sx), or less with Market Maker, so the last prestige nodes are reachable after the ending. Adds a Readable Font option, reworks colorblind mode to swap colours, and fixes overlapping Vietnamese and Thai text. [Every update →](https://whatthebuck.wiki/update/)

## How this wiki marks its facts
Marks follow each fact: confirmed means the store page, official notes, a developer reply or a recording of the game shows it; reported means two or more players say so; unverified means one source only. Numbers come from version 1.0 and 1.0.1; older values from pre-release keys are labelled as version notes. [How the wiki is made →](https://whatthebuck.wiki/about/)