Cash differs from upgrade tiers
Enter actual eligible non-T5 purchase spending for the same tower family. It is not sell value, current balance, unrelated towers or the Paragon upgrade price. Discounts matter because the contribution follows what was paid.
A 0-2-4 tower has six upgrade tiers, but these add zero Power in v57. Eligible paid cash, damage and qualifying income can still contribute. Only the historical profile restores tier-based Power.
Required and extra T5s differ
The three required T5 paths enable creation and are excluded from the extra count. Additional access normally comes from co-op or the Dart knowledge exception. Following the maintained mechanics table, this model excludes all T5 cash, while T5 damage remains eligible. Historical descriptions differ; that eligibility detail still needs game verification.
For Medium Ascended Shadow, $100,000 eligible Ninja cash contributes 4,000 Power. A further 0-2-4 only helps through eligible paid cash and counters, not an additional 600 tier Power in v57.
Build from individual rows
The builder validates crosspaths, family and quantity, sums actual paid amounts, and checks for all three T5 routes. Save is local and keyed by version, difficulty and family. Changing difficulty clears rows so old costs cannot silently persist.
Valid paths alone do not guarantee legal placement or extra T5 availability. Water towers require valid placement, and solo cannot contain arbitrary T5 extras. Review the full planner warnings before treating a list as buildable.