This Regretevator walkthrough is built for riders stepping into the elevator cab for the first time and for returning players who want a tighter daily loop. Regretevator is a Roblox elevator simulator by The Axolotl Sun where up to ten players board a single cab and ride to a randomly selected floor, each one a self-contained minigame, puzzle, or social scene. The core loop — ride, survive, collect, repeat — sounds simple, but the daily challenge rotation, weekend coin multipliers, and stackable passives turn the simulator into a deep coin-and-streak economy. By the end of this guide you will understand the elevator mechanics, how coins actually work, which floors reward the most coins, and how to protect a Floor Streak long enough to unlock the late-game items that separate veterans from first-week riders.
What Regretevator Is and How the Elevator Loop Works
Regretevator launched on May 2, 2020, and it has grown into one of the most replayed social simulators on Roblox, with a current count of roughly 122 floors that the developer ships and rebalances on a near-weekly cadence. Each run begins the same way: you wait in the lobby, board the cab with up to nine other riders, and let the elevator choose the next stop. The selection is random, and the floor you land on dictates everything — objectives, hazards, NPCs, and the coin payout you can expect at the end.
The Cab and the Boarding Mechanic
The cab is the only constant in the game. You enter it from the lobby, the doors close, and the elevator picks a floor. Riders can chat, emote, and trade during the ride, but the moment the doors open, the floor takes over. Some floors, like the social stops (the Backyard, the Fishing Floor, the Normal Hotel), are low-stakes chat rooms where coins trickle in passively. Others, like the Subway or the Maze, are full hazard zones that can end your run in under a minute if you do not know the objective.
Why the Random Floor Design Matters
Random selection is the design choice that keeps the simulator fresh across thousands of runs, but it also means your daily coin income depends on which floors the rotation favors. Community data shared on the official Roblox page for Regretevator confirms that the elevator pulls from a fixed pool, which is why veteran riders track the daily featured-floor list — certain stops pay out three to five times more coins than others, and the rotation tends to surface the same high-yield floors on the same day of the week.
Core Stats to Track Every Run
Three numbers matter more than anything else during a run: your Floor Streak (the count of consecutive floors you have survived without dying), your Coin Wallet (the running total you carry into the next stop), and your Multiplier Stack (the combined bonus from items, the weekend event, and the daily challenge buff). The table below summarizes the basic economy at a glance.
| Stat | What It Tracks | Where It Resets | Beginner Tip |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floor Streak | Consecutive floors survived | On death or lobby exit | Stop riding after a personal best to bank coins |
| Coin Wallet | Currency from floors and pickups | Never (persists between runs) | Spend passives before cosmetics |
| Multiplier Stack | Sum of item, weekend, and daily buffs | Buff-dependent | Stack the Token of Midas with weekend events |
| Item Slots | How many passives you can equip | Fixed by the shop | Save a free reroll for high-tier weekends |
Coins, Streaks, and the Daily Challenge Economy
Coins are the single resource that gates every meaningful upgrade in Regretevator, and the coin economy is layered enough that new riders often burn their first thousand on cosmetic items that do not actually help their run. The smart play is to spend the early coins on Passive Items that increase your coin income, then circle back to cosmetics once the wallet starts compounding.
How Coins Actually Drop
Coins drop from three sources during a run: floor completion rewards, hidden pickups scattered through each stop, and bonus drops from NPCs who board the cab. The base reward varies by floor — a quick social stop like the Backyard might pay 25 coins for a clean exit, while a high-yield survival floor can pay 150 or more for a successful objective clear. The community breakdown shared on the r/regretevator subreddit confirms that weekend events stack a coin multiplier on top of those base values, and passives like the Token of Midas (1.25x) and the Compass (1.75x) further multiply the drops at the cost of a lower max health pool and double damage taken respectively.
Daily Challenges and Streak Safety
The Daily Challenge system rotates the highest-yield floors into a featured list, and the community tracks which days favor which stops. Riding the featured floor on the matching day is the single most reliable way to grow a coin wallet, because the daily rotation typically surfaces a floor that pays 3x to 5x the standard reward. Streak safety matters here: every time you die, your Floor Streak resets, and several late-game item unlocks require a minimum streak count. Riders who chase the daily featured floor usually clear it twice in a row before moving on, banking the streak before they push into a hazard stop.
Multiplier Stacking for Maximum Income
The real coin engine in Regretevator is the Multiplier Stack — a combination of item passives, weekend bonuses, and the daily challenge buff. Stacking all three is the only way to push your per-run income past 500 coins, which is the threshold where you can start buying the mid-tier passives without grinding for a week.
| Source | Multiplier | Tradeoff | When to Use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Token of Midas | 1.25x | None | Always-on once purchased |
| Compass | 1.75x | Lower max HP, 2x damage taken | Solo runs on low-hazard floors |
| Weekend Event | ~2x (rotates) | Time-limited | Friday through Sunday |
| Daily Featured Floor | 3x–5x base | Floor-dependent | Match the day to the floor |
| Stack Bonus (all three) | ~5x–10x | Requires setup | Farm sessions only |
If you are still in the first week of play, focus on the Token of Midas first. The Compass is a strong second buy, but only after you have enough health-buffer items to offset the 2x damage penalty. A complete reference for the early shopping order lives in the mobile items shopping order guide, which breaks down the priority list by platform and play style.
First Twenty Floors: Surviving the Beginner Stretch
The first twenty floors of any new save are the hardest stretch in the simulator, because your rider has no passives, no health buffer, and no knowledge of the floor pool. Most beginners lose their first streak between floor 5 and floor 12, when the elevator finally drops them on a survival floor they do not recognize. The goal of the early game is not to build a streak — it is to learn the floor roster fast enough that you stop dying to the same hazards twice.
Common Hazards on Beginner Floors
Three floor types account for the majority of early deaths. The first is the Subway floor, where a Pest boarding mechanic forces the elevator to swap riders mid-ride. The second is the Infected Apartment, a lore-heavy exploration stop with hostile NPCs that respawn in the hallways. The third is the Maze, which uses a Gregoriah audio cue to gate the exit and will strand any rider who cannot solve the sound puzzle.
| Floor Type | Main Hazard | Typical Coin Reward | Beginner Survival Tip |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subway | Pest boarding swap | ~80 coins | Stay near the door, avoid the Pest zone |
| Infected Apartment | Hostile NPC respawns | ~120 coins | Move room-to-room, do not camp |
| Maze | Gregoriah audio puzzle | ~100 coins | Wait for the cue, follow the sound |
| Hotel | Social, low stakes | ~25 coins | Safe streak banking stop |
| Backyard | Passive, social | ~20 coins | Use to rest between hazard runs |
Building a Beginner Item Loadout
The first 1,000 coins you earn should go straight into two passives: the Token of Midas (1.25x coin multiplier, no tradeoff) and a basic health-buffer item that prevents one-shot deaths on the Subway and the Maze. Resist the urge to buy cosmetics until your wallet crosses 2,500 coins, because every coin spent on a non-passive is a coin you cannot compound next weekend.
When to Stop Pushing the Streak
Veteran riders do not chase a streak indefinitely. Once you cross your personal best, exit the elevator to the lobby and bank your coins. A 15-floor streak with a 5x multiplier stack will net more coins than a 30-floor streak with no multipliers, and the banked coins unlock the next passive tier faster. This habit also protects you from the "one more floor" trap that resets streaks for thousands of players every week.
The Daily Loop: Featured Floors, Weekend Bonuses, and Streak Farming
Once you have a stable loadout, the daily loop is where Regretevator actually becomes a coin engine. The loop has three phases: check the daily featured floor list, ride it twice in a row to bank a streak, then push the streak into a weekend bonus window where the coin multiplier compounds with your passive stack.
According to the official Regretevator page on Roblox, the game centers on a constantly moving elevator that stops at randomized floors, each containing hazards, minigames, or quirky NPCs that players must navigate to progress.
Reading the Daily Featured Floor List
The featured floor list rotates every 24 hours and is shared by the community on the official Roblox group and the Discord server. The list typically names three to five stops that pay out above their standard rate, and the community ranks each one by streak safety. A featured floor that is also a social stop is the safest play — you bank the bonus, you do not risk the streak, and you reset for the next push.
Weekend Coin Stacking Strategy
The Friday-through-Sunday window is the only time the simulator applies a global coin bonus, and the community treats it as a farming event. The optimal weekend session looks like this: start the run with the Token of Midas, the Compass, and any health-buffer passives you own. Ride the featured floor first, then chain two or three social stops to keep the streak alive. The goal is to reach a 10-floor streak before the elevator drops you on a hazard stop, because the 10-floor threshold unlocks the next passive tier in the shop.
Cross-Event Planning for Maximum Returns
Regretevator runs seasonal events that overlap with the weekend window, and the overlap is where the coin engine truly compounds. Halloween, Christmas, and the Anniversary event all add their own bonus floors and themed pickups, and several of them stack a passive-style buff on top of the weekend coin multiplier. The active event schedule and checklist tracks the current phase and the cross-event token windows, which is the best reference for planning a multi-day farming push.
Advanced Habits: Roster Knowledge, NPC Patterns, and Badge Tracking
The riders who pull the most coins out of the simulator are not the ones with the best items — they are the ones who recognize every floor and every NPC pattern the moment the elevator doors open. Roster knowledge turns a 200-coin run into a 400-coin run, because you stop wasting time exploring rooms that do not pay out.
NPC Patterns That Change Your Run
Several NPCs board the elevator mid-ride, and each one changes the run in a specific way. Merchants like Scag open a trading window in the cab, lore companions like Poob and Gregoriah drop dialogue that hints at the next floor, and hostile riders like Voomba pull a knife and attack anyone nearby. The NPC dialogue and lore breakdown catalogs every recurring rider and their talking style, which is the fastest way to learn who is safe to approach and who to avoid. Veteran riders use NPC patterns to predict which floor the elevator is about to land on, because the dialogue in the cab often foreshadows the next stop.
Badge Tracking and Long-Term Goals
Badges are the long-term progression layer in Regretevator, and several of them are tied to Floor Streaks, item unlocks, and event participation. The badge roster rotates with every patch, and the rarest badges typically come from out-of-bounds discoveries, event-locked challenges, and secret elevator routes. Tracking badge unlocks is also the best way to measure your progression, because each badge grants a passive-style reward that compounds with your coin stack. A full badge reward tier list and showcase is the cleanest reference for which badges are worth chasing first.
Secret Floors and Out-of-Bounds Discoveries
The secret floor pool is small but lucrative, and the floors in it pay out 200+ coins for a clean clear. Most secret floors are gated by trigger-based doors, hidden NPCs, or out-of-bounds routes that require specific item loadouts. The community tracks new secret floor discoveries on the Discord server and the official X account, and the lobby secrets and lore items guide covers the basement password chain that unlocks one of the most consistent secret-floor routes in the simulator.
Pulling the Full Loop Together
The complete daily loop, once you have the loadout and the roster knowledge, looks like this: check the featured floor list, ride the featured floor twice to bank a streak, push the streak into a weekend bonus window, and use the compound multiplier to buy the next passive tier. Repeat for three weekends, and your coin income triples. The loop rewards consistency more than skill, which is why the simulator has held a steady player base since launch.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Regretevator in simple terms?
Regretevator is a Roblox elevator simulator by The Axolotl Sun where up to ten players board a single cab and ride to a randomly chosen floor. Each floor is a self-contained minigame, puzzle, or social scene, and the goal is to survive, collect coins, and keep a Floor Streak alive across runs.
Is Regretevator free to play and what do I need to start?
Yes, the simulator is free on Roblox and runs on PC, mobile, and console. You only need a Roblox account and a stable connection, though the simulator runs smoother on devices that meet the recommended specs for Roblox Studio titles.
How do I keep my Floor Streak from resetting?
The fastest way to protect a streak is to ride social stops (the Backyard, the Fishing Floor, the Normal Hotel) between hazard runs, and to exit to the lobby the moment you cross your personal best. Streak resets happen almost entirely on hazard floors, so banking the streak on a safe stop is the standard veteran habit.
Which passive item should I buy first?
The Token of Midas is the clear first buy because it adds a 1.25x coin multiplier with no downside. The Compass (1.75x) is the second priority once you have a health-buffer item to offset the double damage taken penalty, and the rest of the loadout depends on your weekend farming window.
How does the daily challenge work in Regretevator?
The daily challenge rotates a list of featured floors every 24 hours, and those floors pay out 3x to 5x their standard coin reward. The community tracks the rotation on the official Roblox group and the Discord, and the active event schedule and checklist cross-references the daily list with the current seasonal event phase.