Read This First: Progression Is the Roster
Nothing in ACECRAFT levels in isolation. A pilot’s level, their wingmen and the chapter wall you are stuck on are one system: chapters fund pilot growth, pilot growth opens harder chapters, and the Amp System extends finished pilots past the cap. This guide covers the played progression; the purchasable balances are covered in our Diamonds farming guide, with their delivery shape named.
The framing fact for planning: the cap is 60, and it is a floor for endgame systems rather than a finish line. Nightmare Mode and the Amp System both assume a capped roster, so the leveling question is never “how fast to 60” alone — it is which pilots deserve to be there first.
The Road to 60: Chapters Pay for Pilots
Chapter progress is the engine: clears pay the materials and income that pilot levels consume, and the first-clear bonuses along the road to Chapter 16 are the richest funding a growing account receives. Spread early investment across the pilots your sorties actually field — a bullet-hell roster is a toolbox, and the stage that walls a single over-levelled pilot often falls to a second pilot at a lower level with the right kit.
Wingmen are part of the same budget, not an afterthought: the anniversary cycle put every Wingman into Honk’s Depot, which makes the support half of a build plannable rather than purely pulled. Build the pair, not just the pilot.
The Amp System: Levels Beyond the Cap
The Amp System, added with the first anniversary in August 2026, is the game’s answer to the capped account: Amp levels stack on top of the level 60 cap, pushing a finished pilot further rather than widening the roster. That ordering matters for spending — Amp investment in a pilot you will replace is the most expensive mistake in the system, because it deepens a single build instead of funding the toolbox.
Sequence it the way the systems unlock: cap the core roster first, prove it in Nightmare Mode, then Amp the pilots who carried those clears.
Leveling Without Waste
- Level the pilots you field, in the order you field them — a spread roster clears more walls than one hero at the cap.
- Spend first-clear income on progression before cosmetics; the chapter road is the funding, and it pays once.
- Amp only proven pilots: Amp levels deepen a finished build, and a replaced pilot takes the investment with them.
- Nothing purchasable levels a pilot for you — the verified top-ups sell Diamonds and M-cash by Game ID, and any “leveling service” elsewhere would need your login, which the top-ups never do.
Buying & Progression
The verified market is set out on our ACECRAFT page: Diamonds and M-cash top-ups from SEAGM and Joytify, both by Game ID. What those balances earn you in play is covered in our Diamonds farming guide.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the level cap in ACECRAFT?
60 for pilot levels — and since the first-anniversary update, not the end of progression: the Amp System stacks additional levels beyond the cap on finished pilots. Plan for both stages: cap the core roster first, then Amp the pilots who prove themselves.
What is the fastest way to level pilots?
Chapter progress, played as funding: first clears pay the richest materials an account sees, replays pay steadily, and Nightmare Mode pays the veteran rate once a capped roster can clear it. There is no shortcut purchasable — the verified market sells balances, not levels.
Does ACECRAFT have patch notes to follow?
No dated official patch-notes feed exists, which is why this game carries no Patch Watch entry. Announcements run through official social channels and in-game notices; the current version is 1.3.135 (October 2026).
Can you buy a leveled ACECRAFT account?
No verified account market exists for this game at our October 2026 check — the only verified purchases are the two Game ID top-ups on our game page. An account offered elsewhere is an unverified credential handover of exactly the kind this site does not list without a shelf behind it.
Sources
Checked October 21, 2026. Game systems change with patches, so confirm numbers in game.
