In Raccoin you have several power-ups at your disposal that can help you finish a run—and maybe even beat your own record. These boosts come in the form of Coins, Prizes, and Chips. With a huge variety of items and only a handful of slots each round, it’s crucial to know what each one actually does.
Every category is packed with options: some are unique to specific characters, others trigger only under special conditions. While you can pick up a few mid-round, the only ones you can truly plan around are the items you buy in the shop between rounds.
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Special Coins Are the Key to Victory
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Since this is a coin-pusher at its core, coins are the star of the show. The standard copper coin shows up every round and makes up the bulk of your haul. On top of that, special coins each carry a unique effect.
Your chosen character at the start of a run can raise the odds of seeing certain coins, prizes, and chips, and some items are outright exclusive. Character-specific boosts are shown right on the hero-select screen.
In the inter-round shop you can buy any of the pre-selected coins on offer. The catch: you can only carry a limited number, so if you want a varied set you’ll also need to pick up extra coin wallets.
Your first priority should be wallets that let you hold different coin types, then worry about stacking multiples of the same kind.
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Most of the time coins interact directly with other coins. One might multiply the value of whatever it touches or convert neighbors into a different type. Some need other special coins on the board to do anything at all. The Rabbit coin wants more Rabbits, while “hunter” coins like the Wolf need “prey” such as the Chicken coin.
Any coin you’ve bought can be fired at any moment by selecting it from your wallet. It won’t just drop in randomly—it shoots from the center of the machine at the angle you choose.
Coins aren’t the flashiest toys in the box, but they’re what move the scoreboard. Most players gravitate toward prizes because they vacuum up coins, yet if you chain a modifier coin with others that transform their neighbors, record numbers become a matter of engineering rather than luck.
You can buy prizes between rounds, but most of the time you’ll earn them from Prize Balls collected mid-round. Spot a falling Prize Ball, knock it down, and the prize inside automatically claims an open prize slot.
Sometimes it pays to hold the ball (waiting for a Tower, for instance), yet in general you should cash prizes in immediately. You only have two slots, and you’ll keep earning more as the round goes on. Letting them pile up unused only wastes potential.
Besides, scenarios where playing a prize would actually hurt you are vanishingly rare. Most prizes either gobble or collect coins one way or another, almost always boosting your score and helping clear unwanted coins from the field.
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On top of that, some prizes require specific conditions to activate, like the Flying Saucer figurine that summons a UFO. If you sit on it too long you may run out of time to meet the trigger and end up with zero benefit.
Take that same Flying Saucer: certain prizes stay on the board after first use and can be powered up again, so getting them out early is simply more efficient.
Among these items you’ll occasionally receive a Keychain at the end of a round, granting a permanent boost for the rest of the run. Keychains can’t be bought in the shop.
Chips Offer Passive Perks That Can Save a Run
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The last major power-up you can control is Chips. Unlike Coins or Prizes, Chips aren’t one-shot items; they’re persistent modifiers that last until you sell or replace them. You buy them between rounds and can hold up to five at once.
Chips often tweak broad aspects of the game: starting coin supply, shop rarity odds, bankruptcy events, and more. Because the effects are passive, it’s smart to fill all five slots whenever you can—you can always sell a chip if something better shows up.
Still, watch out for chips that carry downsides. Not every risk is worth the reward, which might sound odd in a game like this, but it’s true.
Chips won’t rocket you from 1,000 to 1,000,000 points, yet they can give you the final nudge you need to squeak into the next round.
