The Xbox Windows Phone version of Monster Burner started out as a free game before jumping up to 99 cents a few days later. Like most freemium games, it features In App Purchases that speed up player’s progress in the game. Using the in-game currency, you can buy upgrades to increase your firepower and life or single-use items to slow down the enemies and make tough levels a bit more manageable.
The game doesn’t force players to buy coins; you’ll earn some every time you complete a level. But while the first upgrade of any type sells for a reasonable price, subsequent upgrades cost astronomical prices. Even if you repeat an easy and high-coin level like Plains 3, it would still take hours of grinding to afford the best upgrades on your own.
Fear not! We’ve caught wind of a trick that reduces grinding times tenfold. Using this method, you could easily earn an average of 10,000 coins every two minutes! Read on for our full guide and video.
Rush for the goldTricks or no, the highest paying single levels are found in Gold Rush mode. The actual Gold Rush level changes based on date, so some levels award a lot more coins than others. But Gold Rush is only available every six hours, so you can’t normally grind it over and over.
Thankfully, this trick removes the time restriction from the equation. First, head to your phone’s Settings menu. Then scroll down to Date and Time. From there, switch off ‘Set automatically.’ Change the date to June 03, 2013. This date creates a particularly good Gold Rush level that lasts for 120 seconds and distributes coins like candy.
Now launch the game or return to it if it’s already running. Gold Rush will be available right from the start, even if you just played it a few minutes ago in real time. Play through the level as normal, reflecting your shots to create the largest combos you can. You’ll easily get combos in the forties and higher, and enemies will drop tons of items as a result.
Repeat as necessary
Change the clock back to normal before you buy that last upgrade!
Once the level ends, you should earn a minimum of four- or five thousand coins. If you bought the permanent 2x coin multiplier, you’ll get anywhere from 9,000 to 11,000 coins from one attempt! But that’s not enough to buy all the upgrades – not by a longshot.
You want to repeat this Gold Rush over and over. Whatever you do, don’t press the right arrow at the bottom corner of the screen; otherwise you’ll have to switch the time back and forth again. Instead, press the Back button on your phone. The level will restart and you’ll get to keep all of the coins you earned in the previous attempt! Now just keep repeating this process until you have enough coins to buy the upgrades and items you need. Return to the Date and Time menu and change it back to ‘Set automatically’ whenever you’re done grinding.
Just be careful not to purchase that final upgrade and unlock the ‘Prepared for war’ Achievement while your date is manually set. Doing so will cause the Achievement to unlock at a later date, and you don’t want that. Before you buy that last upgrade, double check to make sure your phone’s clock is accurate.
Be sure to come back tomorrow for our full Monster Burner review!
Thanks to K4rn4ge at TrueAchievements for discovering this trick! And thanks to Marcel at InsideGames.Ch and Mark Tepper for letting us know about the price increase.
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sarim_xyz says: "The game doesn’t force players to buy games", you mean 'coins'?
Posted on May 15, 2013 at 8:32 pm - 4 hours ago Reply
Paul Acevedo says: Thank you for catching that.
Posted on May 15, 2013 at 8:34 pm - 4 hours ago Reply
AriesDog says: Ick. Futzing with date and time settings comes off as cheating to me.
Posted on May 15, 2013 at 8:43 pm - 4 hours ago Reply Paul Acevedo says: Is it any less skillful than buying coins with MS Points? Posted on May 15, 2013 at 8:49 pm - 4 hours ago Reply 
DieNadel says: Very true Paul
Only 1 time you need to buy if you want 200/200
DieNadel says: There is the easiest way and saves you time: play when gold rush is ready then hit back on your phone and the gold rush starts again. Do that as many times as you want.
That is not cheating.
Paul Acevedo says: If only this article had said that....
Posted on May 15, 2013 at 8:48 pm - 4 hours ago Reply
Paladinleeds says: I got screwed over anyway... unlocked a different achievement mid-game... not happy...
Posted on May 15, 2013 at 8:48 pm - 4 hours ago Reply
bAN01TgAZ says: Me too, Luckily it was still set to todays date,
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Gold Rusher - Played 3 gold rush games,
Pretty Heart - Saved 25 Princesses
jlynnm350z says: Any Xbox games today??
Posted on May 15, 2013 at 8:49 pm - 4 hours ago Reply Paul Acevedo says: From a web browser, just select the Games tab. Using our app, swipe over and pick Games. You'll then see only gaming related articles, making it easy to discover what Xbox WP game came out today.
Posted on May 15, 2013 at 8:53 pm - 4 hours ago Reply jlynnm350z says: That's called CHEATING Paul. . . ;)
Posted on May 15, 2013 at 8:53 pm - 4 hours ago Reply
DaiaX says: Lol thanks! gonna grind!
Posted on May 15, 2013 at 8:53 pm - 4 hours ago Reply
david90531 says: This game crashes on my L920, I tried uninstall and reinstalling but still froce close when opening the app after start screen
Posted on May 15, 2013 at 8:55 pm - 4 hours ago Reply link68759 says: Thank god for this, though I think the point is to make a simple game last longer and force it to be played in short doses.
Posted on May 15, 2013 at 9:04 pm - 4 hours ago Reply
Roach26 says: Love this game
Posted on May 15, 2013 at 9:08 pm - 3 hours ago Reply
puredrive07 says: Anyone else notice that the "93 Orb" achievement is broken?
Posted on May 15, 2013 at 9:14 pm - 3 hours ago Reply Paul Acevedo says: It's just semi-broken. Get 101 orbs abd it unlocks.
Posted on May 15, 2013 at 9:16 pm - 3 hours ago Reply puredrive07 says: Thanks
Posted on May 15, 2013 at 10:00 pm - 3 hours ago Reply sentimentGX4 says: They changed the achievement to 111 orbs and forgot to edit the ingame achievement text. It happens all the time. The correct achievement can be found in the XBox hub > Achievements > Monster Burner.
Posted on May 15, 2013 at 9:43 pm - 3 hours ago Reply Bob101910 says: I'm probably going to end up using this method too, however this is one of the reasons why Microsoft is at least thinking about making games always online.
Posted on May 15, 2013 at 9:45 pm - 3 hours ago Reply
tylerh1701 says: Thanks for the tip Paul. ?I'm not sure if I actually like this game enough to keep playing this, but grinding out some gold real quick might make for a more fun game since I'll be a little bit more powerful.
Posted on May 15, 2013 at 9:50 pm - 3 hours ago Reply
Oxymoron428 says: I love this! Thanks for the tip Paul!
Posted on May 15, 2013 at 9:54 pm - 3 hours ago Reply
chataddicted says: Ubisoft will kill u for this trick.. Haha.. :D
Posted on May 15, 2013 at 10:29 pm - 2 hours ago Reply
Arsenic17 says: How come you advertise this tine trick for coins in this game but outlawed it and deleted my comments In the review or guide for ice age village?
Posted on May 16, 2013 at 12:15 am - 52 min ago Reply R0bR says: So what's the trick in getting the double coin multiplier?
Posted on May 16, 2013 at 12:20 am - 46 min ago Reply
mrshamoozoo says: Thanks Paul!!! I'm addicted to this game!!!
Posted on May 16, 2013 at 12:22 am - 45 min ago Reply Vb2012 says: Lol this game no,tanks :P
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