Unlocking Classes is part brag, part toolbox expansion: each new frame changes how you experience maps, boss windows, and the economy. there are several official routes to add classes to your roster: direct purchase, Class Coins, in-game crafting via special benches like the Chaos Crafter, and a handful of account rewards.
This Trove guide walks the long road: the Unlocking methods, the practical tradeoffs for free players, step-by-step chaos-core farming advice, and a full table of the classes and their most common unlock paths.
The Official Trove’s Class Crafting methods
Trove supports multiple, overlapping unlock systems so players can pick what fits them: pay direct with Credits (real money) or Cubits (in-game earned store currency), use Class Coins, or craft classes in-game using special crafting stations and rare materials. Over time the game has made crafting more accessible — many classes that once required rare drops are now craftable at the Chaos Crafter using Chaos Cores plus materials and Flux. A few special classes or the most complicated recipes may require other benches or unique components. These systems give both convenience buyers and grinders a path to collect classes.
The Chaos Crafter
If you’ve ever seen someone walk out of the Hub with a newly crafted class and wondered how, the Chaos Crafter is likely the answer. The Chaos Crafter is an interactive workbench that allows players to use Chaos Cores (an untradeable premium resource), Flux, and class-specific mats to craft class unlockers and other rare collectibles.
Over the years the Chaos Crafter has become the universal in-game route for unlocking most classes — it’s expensive in materials, but it’s the guaranteed in-game grind path that lets a dedicated free-to-play player own any class eventually. The Chaos Crafter is buyable from the Novice Crafting Bench (so you can place it in your Cornerstone or Club World) and its recipes list the chaos core counts, Flux, and the unique materials required for each class.
- Chaos Crafter uses Chaos Cores + Flux + class mats to craft classes. It’s the main in-game grind route.
Chaos Cores
Chaos Cores are rare, untradeable materials found primarily through Chaos Chests, deconstructing chaotic exclusive collectibles, and some high-tier rewards (Paragon boons, etc.). Because they’re untradeable, they never appear on the market — you must earn them by playing. Typical sources:
- Chaos Chests (dungeons, Shadow Tower and other high-tier content have a chance to drop chaotic goodies you can deconstruct).
- Deconstructing chaotic collectibles (some event or exclusive items).
- Paragon rewards / certain hero quest chains and loot sources can include cores.
Because they’re scarce, crafting every class purely through Chaos Cores is a multi-month investment for most players — but it is possible. If you’re goal-oriented, focus your chaos chest farming on the activities that reliably drop chaos boxes and keep deconstructable chaotic collectibles (or buy special chaotic items from the store only when you want to shortcut the grind).
- Chaos Cores only drop from high-tier chaotic sources and are untradeable — expect a slow grind.
Resistor Workbench
Not every class uses the Chaos Crafter exclusively. Some classes — particularly those introduced with or tied to special biomes — use alternate benches or additional workbenches. The Resistor Workbench (a Luminopolis-group bench) is known for crafting class unlockers, collectibles, and materials from that region; Vanguardian is a notable example of a class that historically required the Resistor Workbench for its recipe, and the bench can produce unique craft items tied to Luminopolis. If a new class is attached to a special biome (or to a special event), check whether a Resistor-type bench is required.
- Some classes require special benches (Resistor Workbench for certain Luminopolis-linked craftables).
Class Coin
If you prefer a simpler path, Class Coins unlock a class instantly. Class Coins come from a number of sources: store packs, event rewards, promotional codes, or as part of specific account incentives. There are also Starter Class Coins (and promotion/referral coins) that grant you a free starter class — useful for brand-new accounts.
Class Coins are items that can be used to instantly unlock a single class of your choice that you do not already own. They can be obtained from certain packs in the Store.
Non-tradable class coins can be Loot Collected to receive a Double Experience Potion.
Starter Class Coins are similar items obtained from Refer-A-Friend and as a one-time free claim from the Store, but are restricted to starter classes only.
Buying Classes Directly
If you want speed, you can buy classes directly from the in-game store with Credits (real money) or sometimes with Cubits (the earned store currency). Prices vary by class and by whether a class is a “Starter” or “Advanced” unlock. This is the most straightforward method and is supported by Trove’s store UI — the only tradeoff is cash or Cubit expenditure. If you’re short on time or trying to build a complete roster fast for power rank goals, buying a few key classes with Credits/Cubits is the fastest route.
- Purchase from the store with Credits or Cubits for the fastest unlock.
Marketplace Method
Because many core unlock materials like Chaos Cores are untradeable, the market can’t directly sell class-unlock materials. However Class Packs (store packs) sometimes have tradeable variants that appear on the marketplace, and players sell fully unlocked classes or tokens in limited ways. If you have Flux and want to shortcut a class, watch the marketplace for special bundles; occasionally players list what you need for direct Flux purchase. This is a more variable method and depends on server economy; it’s not a universal guarantee but it’s worth monitoring.
- Marketplace buyouts ofpacks are occasionally possible — watch listings.
F2P Strategy
If you want to collect classes without spending money, here’s a pragmatic plan that works:
- Claim starter coins and use referral freebies early — get the free starter class coin from the store and any refer-a-friend token while under the mastery threshold noted in promotions. That gives you a couple of immediate picks.
- Decide your early roster — unlock 2–3 classes you’ll play a lot (these are the classes you’ll raise to max level and use to farm materials). Don’t craft every class at once — you need focused progression.
- Farm chaos chests & deconstruct chaotic items — target dungeons and Shadow Tower rotations to maximize your chance of chaotic loot. Deconstruct the chaotic collectibles you don’t want to turn them into Chaos Cores.
- Buy or craft a Chaos Crafter (cheap bench) in your Cornerstone as soon as you can so you can actually craft the class recipes once you accumulate cores. The Novice Crafting Bench crafts the Chaos Crafter blueprint for low Flux cost.
- Target classes in a logical order — craft the relatively cheap starter classes first (they usually require fewer cores and mats), then work up to advanced classes that take 3 cores and higher Flux. Look at each class’s Chaos Crafter recipe on the wiki.
- Use starter coins + targeted Chaos Core farming + one Chaos Crafter bench to craft classes over time. Expect months of play for a full roster.
Final Thoughts
If you’re asking “can I unlock every class?” yes, absolutely. But the answer to “how long will it take?” depends on the path you choose. Buying with Credits gets you there today. Crafting entirely by Chaos Cores is the purest free-to-play method but expect a long, satisfying campaign of farming.