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Updated September 16, 2026
Catch 1 Billion Ducks Calculator — Ducks Per Minute
Grounded estimate only. Official formulas are unpublished. Model shots-to-kill, shot time, reload overhead, and dog collection efficiency to see whether Cash farming is gated by damage or retrieves. Linked from the wiki hub.
Use this after a Freezer sell to decide the next Cash spend: lower shots, raise collection, or fix reload. It does not predict Feathers — those come from night boss performance.
How to use this calculator (3 steps)
Enter your live weapon numbers
Fill shots-to-kill, seconds per shot, reload, and magazine from what you see in-lobby — not from invented SKU sheets.
Set dog collection efficiency
Start around 0.7–0.85. If corpses pile up while you keep firing, lower it and plan a dog upgrade next.
Read ducks/min vs Cash/min, then act
If damage time dominates, buy weapon damage. If collection dominates, open the dog guide. Compare roles on the weapons tier list and lock a day-1 plan via starter loadout.
Interaction tip: Nudge each input below — results update live so you can A/B a damage tick vs a dog tick before spending Freezer Cash.
How many hits to down a normal duck with your current weapon.
Time between shots (lower = faster fire).
Full reload delay when the magazine empties.
Rounds before you must reload.
Dog retrieve quality — 1.0 = almost no wasted corpses.
Rough Freezer Cash you see per sold normal duck.
Estimated ducks / min
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Estimated Cash / min
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Effective seconds / duck
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Pivot tip: community notes highlight ~2-shot normals as a major Freezer multiplier — then upgrade the dog so efficiency stays high.
