Dragon Ball Z Dokkan BattleHow to Get the Most Free Dragon Stones in Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle
Dragon Stones pile up in bursts of campaign, not in a steady trickle. Anyone who understands the Dokkan Battle calendar pulls far more than someone who spends as the stones come in.
What is the fastest and most efficient way to get Dragon Stones in Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle?
Dragon Stones are Dokkan Battle's summoning currency. A single summon costs 5 stones and a multi summon of ten characters costs 50, so the real unit of saving is the block of 50. The game hands out stones for story quests, events, daily logins and commemorative campaigns, and that is where the key lies: the payout is not flat. There are dry months and weeks when hundreds land in a row. Zeni, by contrast, is the soft currency used for training and awakenings.
Every day
- A handful of stones a day, with spikes during anniversary campaigns
Login bonus and daily missions
Opening the game and claiming the daily login is the income floor. Outside of a campaign the trickle is modest and will not fill a multi on its own any time soon. During celebrations that same login calendar is swapped for a far more generous one, with login missions handing out variable batches of stones based on an internal draw. That is why it pays not to miss days during those periods: the cost of skipping a campaign day is far higher than skipping one in the off season.
Every week
- One-off rewards for each new event or Z-Awakening unlock
Dokkan Events, Extreme Z-Battles and event missions
The calendar rotates story events, Dokkan Events and Extreme Z-Battles, and nearly all of them come with missions that pay stones: clearing the hardest difficulty, doing it with teams from a specific category or reaching a certain level on the Extreme Z. Since the game has been stacking up events for years, an account that has not touched them has an enormous backlog of unclaimed missions. The sensible strategy is to clear them in order of increasing difficulty and use the events themselves to level the characters you need.
One time only
- The biggest starting pot available to a new account
Clearing the story to 100%
Every main story stage hands out stones the first time you clear it, and the higher difficulties pay out separately again. On top of that come the area missions, which require clearing every stage in an arc or meeting specific conditions. It is content that only pays once, but it is by far the largest reserve a young account has ahead of it. It is worth leaving it untouched and clearing it right before a big campaign, so you arrive at the banner with a full piggy bank.
Events only
- Rewards by score bracket, not just for finishing near the top
World Tournament and ranking events
The World Tournament and the competitive events hand out prizes by score bracket, which means you do not have to fight for the podium to get paid. Playing consistently through the days the window is open is enough to cross several brackets and take home stones as well as the event's own currency. It is one of the few Dokkan incomes that depends on hours put in rather than account progress, so relatively young players can get a return similar to a veteran's.
- The bulk of the year's stones and tickets, concentrated in two windows
July and January anniversaries
Dokkan Battle has a well-earned reputation for how generous its celebrations are. The global July anniversary and the January campaign concentrate special logins, commemorative missions and batches of summon tickets handed out in two parts over several weeks. During the eleventh anniversary, for example, the campaign handed out 105 celebration tickets across the two parts, on top of the stones from the missions. The practical conclusion is simple: saving through the year and spending inside those windows multiplies your number of pulls.
- Fixed batches of stones delivered through the in-game mailbox
Download milestone campaigns and official codes
Whenever the game hits a download milestone or marks an occasion, Bandai Namco launches collective missions and sends stones to every active account through the mailbox. They are usually announced on the game's official social accounts and in the in-game news section, and they sometimes come with codes or participation campaigns with published conditions. They require no skill at all: only being registered and logging in within the window. It is worth checking the mailbox fairly often, because deliveries have an expiry date and are lost if you do not claim them.
What does not work
No generator can add Dragon Stones to your Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle account: the balance is handled on the game’s servers and there is no way to touch it from outside. If you arrived looking for one, we explain in detail how they work on the inside and why they always end the same way.
See why Dragon Stones generators are a scam →Frequently asked questions
How many Dragon Stones do I need for a multi summon?
A single summon costs 5 stones and the multi of ten characters costs 50, with at least one guaranteed SR character. Since most of the value sits in the multi, the practical unit of saving is blocks of 50. Spending stones five at a time outside banners with a guarantee is the fastest way to empty the piggy bank with nothing to show.
Why is it better to save stones rather than pull as they come in?
Because Dokkan's economy is irregular by design. Outside a campaign the daily income is thin, but at anniversary time special logins, commemorative missions and batches of tickets all stack. Arriving at those windows with reserves lets you do several multis back to back on banners with better conditions, whereas spending mid-year forces you to settle for whatever is available at the time.
What old content still gives stones to a new account?
The main story on all its difficulties, the associated area missions and the accumulated catalogue of Dokkan Events and Extreme Z-Battles. The game has been publishing content for over a decade and those missions do not expire, so a young account has a considerable reserve ahead of it that only pays once. It is the biggest income available to anyone starting out.
How do I tell an official promotion from a free stones scam?
Real promotions are announced in the in-game news section and on the game's official accounts, and the rewards arrive in the game's own mailbox without asking for anything. Any site or app that asks for your player ID, credentials or an external download in order to "generate" stones is fraud: there is no legitimate way to generate currency outside the official client.
