Melt All The Ice Tools & Upgrades

The two currencies behind the shop

The shop system runs on two currencies with opposite lifetimes (both guides, October 2026):

• Coins — drop out of the ice you melt; they exist only for the current run and vanish when it ends. Everything you buy with them (tools from the Tool Shed / Tool Van, upgrade levels in the Tab menu) is a mid-run decision: unspent Coins are wasted Coins.
• Gems — paid out when you complete a map (+500 for the Frozen House, +1000 for Polarmax Plaza per allthings.how). Gems are permanent and fund everything that persists between runs: Classes, permanent upgrades, pets and Mystery Boxes.

That split is why the run loop works: melt → spend Coins → finish the map → spend Gems in the hub → start the next run stronger. See the beginner walkthrough for the loop itself.

Every documented tool

The shops: the Tool Shed next to the starting house ("Better tools. Bigger melts.") and a Tool Van parked at Polarmax Plaza ("New gear sold here") (allthings.how, 2026-10-17). Two more shelf items are documented but not priced: the Fire Grenade (thrown into ice on the tower's office floor) and the Battery Pack. The belt-fed flame tool in the official art matches the Flamethrower role; the art itself never showed names or prices, which is why every earlier version of this page declined to guess.

The three upgrade tracks (Tab menu, paid in Coins)

Each tool carries its own copy of three tracks, and the early levels are deliberately cheap so the first run teaches the system (allthings.how, 2026-10-17):

• Battery Capacity — how long the tool runs before it needs to recharge. First level: 5 Coins (Hairdryer).
• Size — the width of the melted patch, in studs. Size 1 on the Hairdryer covers 4.8 studs; first level: 5 Coins.
• Power — melting speed as a percentage. Hairdryer Power level 4 costs 20 Coins and brings the tool to 160% power.

Both guides recommend Battery Capacity + Power as the first Coin sinks — longer bursts that also melt faster — before saving toward the next tool. That advice is theirs, and it is labeled as advice, not a game rule.

The Classes system (the official tag, explained)

For three weeks this page's biggest open question was what the official Classes tag governs. The October guides answered it: Classes are playable archetypes that change your stats and playstyle. You acquire them with Class Spins at 100 Gems each; the menu in the hub area sorts options by drop rate, with the rarer classes generally better at clearing ice; and the C key shows your current Class's boosts mid-run (Sportskeeda, 2026-10-08; allthings.how, 2026-10-17). Individual class names and exact drop rates remain undocumented — they stay on the tracker below.

Gems: permanent upgrades, pets and Mystery Boxes

What the Coins can't buy, Gems can — all in the hub area:

• Permanent upgrades — always-active boosts that stack on top of Classes and run abilities (Sportskeeda, 2026-10-08).
• Pets — expensive companions from the Pet Plaza that boost Gem earnings, Coin earnings and tool performance (both guides). This resolves October's biggest rumor question: pets are real and live in the hub — they arrived with/around the 🎃Halloween Update🎃 ("New maps, pets + more!", LootSheep event record, checked 2026-10-18). Names, tiers and prices are not documented yet.
• Mystery Boxes — Gems in, random tool skins out. Purely cosmetic: no gameplay effect (Sportskeeda, 2026-10-08). Sportskeeda's advice: get your build ready before spending on boxes.

What is still not documented (dated tracker, checked 2026-10-18)

• Class names and their exact drop rates
• Pet names, tiers and Pet Plaza prices
• Prices for the Fire Grenade and Battery Pack
• Whether the tool ladder grows with the Halloween update's new maps ("New maps, pets + more!" is the entire announcement — LootSheep event record)
• Full upgrade ladders beyond the documented early levels (5 Coins → 20 Coins → 160% on the Hairdryer)

The game is updated roughly weekly at the moment (2026-10-03, 2026-10-08, 2026-10-11, 2026-10-17 per the Roblox Games API), so these rows have a habit of resolving — this page's check date tells you when one did.

See the full run loop in the beginner walkthrough Check the codes status (none found)

Tools & upgrades FAQ

What tools are in Melt All The Ice?

Four are documented: the starter Hairdryer, the Heat Gun (160 Coins), the Steam Blaster (650 Coins) and the premium Flamethrower (56 Robux). Any other tool names quoted elsewhere belong to other games.

How do upgrades work?

Per tool, three Coin-paid tracks in the Tab menu: Battery Capacity, Size (in studs) and Power (in %). Early levels cost 5 Coins; Hairdryer Power 4 costs 20 Coins and hits 160%.

What's the best tool?

The Steam Blaster is the strongest Coin tool documented, and the Flamethrower is the premium pick — but both guides agree the biggest jump is simply leaving the Hairdryer behind for the Heat Gun or Steam Blaster, which pay for themselves within the first house run.

Are there pets?

Yes — Gem purchases from the Pet Plaza in the hub, boosting Gems, Coins and tool performance (both October 2026 guides). Names and prices are not documented yet.

Is there a tier list?

This page lists the documented ladder with prices and sources — a rated tier list needs in-game DPS measurements nobody has published, so the honest answer is "ladder documented, ratings pending".

See the full loop in the how-to-play guide, the story behind the ice in the frozen-rooms mystery, and the current codes status (none found as of 2026-10-18).