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Tap Paradise Cove: Unlimited Money and Rubies Hack – No Jailbreak Required

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***UPDATE 15 MARCH 2014: As of the last update, the Free Mermaid Spins hack no longer works!  Some people have reported that this hack works, so go try it! :)***

 If you’re still having problems, you can revert to the previous version of the game (ipa found here) by following these instructions.

Remember to always keep a backup of whatever you’re changing in case you have to restore it!***

I don’t even feel bad about posting this because this game is the greediest game ever!  After getting super frustrated at the ridiculous Limited Time Quests (LTQ’s) that don’t give you enough time to finish and the exorbitant cost of ruby buildings, I decided to cheat a little:

You need:

1.  iFunbox, iExplore, or any other program that lets you view your source files in your app
2.  sqlite or a similar basic database viewer/editor
3.  your iphone/ipad

You do NOT need:

1.  NO JAILBREAKING REQUIRED
2.  NO GIVING AWAY USERNAME OR PASSWORD (be careful, there are a lot of scams out there!)

NOTE:  You can only use this hack if you’ve unlocked the mermaid (everyone should have it unlocked if they’re running v.2.4 or higher of Tap Paradise Cove and are level 6 or above).

Here’s what you need to do:

1.  Open iFunbox and find Tap Paradise Cove.
2.  You will see the survivor.sqlite file under ./Library/Application Support/ – download it to your desktop.  Don’t forget to save a backup copy before you make the changes in case you screw up.
3.  Open the sqlite file from your desktop with sqlite – you can download the program here.
4.  Click on the “Browse Data” tab.  You should see a dropdown menu next to “Table” – select ZCOUNTEDEVENTS.
5.  You’ll see a bunch of information – the one you’re interested in is where it says “mermaidFreeSpins” under the ZEVENTNAME column.  Here’s a screenshot to help you:


6.  Next to that column will likely be the number 0 in the ZEVENTCOUNT column.  Change that number to 999 by double-clicking the cell – a box should pop up for you to type in a new number.  You could probably do a greater number, but don’t get too greedy – too many 9’s could get you banned.  999 is safe.
7.  Now upload your changed survivor.sqlite file with iFunbox, replacing the original in the app folder by dragging the desktop file back into iFunbox.
8.  Open Tap Paradise Cove on your iphone/ipad and find a mermaid swimming around.  Click on her – it should say FREE SPINS under each option to search for treasure now!
9.  Now you can get unlimited free rubies and money by searching for treasure.  Search the UNDERSEA CITY for fast cash and GOLDEN PALACE for fast rubies!

There are many other hacks you can do with the survivor.sqlite file, but be careful not to fiddle around too much or you won’t be able to connect to the game.  In particular, avoid editing the ZUSERMODEL table because you will no longer be able to connect to the server if you do – you can’t just directly change the number of rubies or money you have in the file, hence this workaround.

Other useful hacks:

Land Expansions:  You can unlock land expansions without spending any money.  Here’s how:

1.  In the survivor.sqlite file, go to ZBUILDABLEAREA table.
2.  You’ll see a column called ZEXPANSIONCOMPLETETIMESTAMP.  If you’ve already cleared some land, you’ll see that some of these values contain a 10 digit number denoting the time at which you cleared it.  For uncleared land, you’ll see a 0.
3.  Go to any 0 cell and change it to a 10 digit number starting with 13.  The easiest way to do this would be to copy an existing 10 digit number in the table and paste it – that way you know the number is valid.  Also, make sure to change ZEXPANSIONSTATE to 3 so that the land becomes cleared.
4.  Upload the changes and go back to your game – now you should see that the land is unlocked and all you have to do is chop down the trees to clear it!

Complete Quests:  You can complete quests without actually doing them.  It takes some trial and error, but it’s super handy for when you have a ruby quest that’s too expensive or a LTQ that’s going to end too soon.  Here’s how:

1.  In the survivor.sqlite file, go to ZPGACHIEVEMENTREQUIREMENTSCOMPLETED table.
2.  You’ll see a column called ZACHIEVEMENT and one called ZIDENTIFIER.  The former is the name of the achievement and the latter is the stage of completion – for example, ZACHIEVEMENT could be “fiddlerwish” and ZIDENTIFIER could be “fiddlerwish_1” meaning that part 1 of the “fiddlerwish” achievement is complete.
3.  You can add a new record by clicking the NEW RECORD button in the upper right of the screen.  Do it.
4.  A new row will be added at the bottom – fill in Z ENT and Z OPT with the same values as the rest of the entries (for me, it’s 26 and 1).
5.  Say you want to complete the Fiddler’s Wish quest and there are three parts to the quest.  You’ve already completed part one.  So, in your new entry, put “fiddlerwish” under ZACHIEVEMENT and “fiddlerwish_2” under ZIDENTIFIER.
6.  Repeat step 5 for part three – “fiddlerwish_3”.
7.  Upload the changes and go back to your game – all parts of your quest should now have green checkmarks and you can click the “COMPLETE” button!

Harvest from Merchants and Ship Voyages Immediately: You can speed up the harvest time of your buildings, merchants, and ships by editing the file.  Here’s how:

1.  In the survivor.sqlite file, go to ZGAMEOBJECT table.
2.  You’ll see a list of all your assets – scroll all the way to the right until you see the column ZNAME which will tell you the asset names.
3.  Find the merchant you want to speed along – scroll back to the middle and you should see a column called ZTIMEATWHICHOBJECTWILLBECOMEHARVESTABLENUM (yes, it’s a long title!).  Find the cell that corresponds to your merchant.  There should already be a 10 digit number starting with “13” in there.
4.  Replace that number with one denoting an earlier time – in other words, lower the existing number.  For example, if the existing number is “1351222222”, change it to something like “1311222222”.
5.  You can do the same thing with ships that you send on voyages – change the column ZENDOFVOYAGETIME.
6.  Upload the changes and open your game – everything you changed should be ready to collect!

Upgrade Every Ship and Merchant for Free:  You can do this without a single emerald, sapphire, ruby, or whatever.  Here’s how:

1.  Follow steps 1-2 in the list above.
2.  For Merchants – go to the column ZUPGRADECOUNT.  For Ships – go to the column ZUPGRADECOUNT1.  They are not the same!
3.  You should see 0’s for all the Merchants and Ships you haven’t upgraded yet.  To fully upgrade a Merchant, replace the number in the cell with the number 25.  To fully upgrade a Ship, replace the number in the cell with the number 45.
4.  Sending ships on voyages can become very expensive fully upgraded, so you might want to only upgrade one or two ranks.  You can change the number in these cells by increments of 5 – for example, if I only want a Tier 2 upgraded ship, I’d type in 5 instead of 45.  Tier 3 would be 10, etc.
5.  Upload the changes and open your game – you’ll see the new fully upgraded buildings and ships now, complete with their evolved images.

Did you find this tutorial helpful?  Have questions?  Let me know in comments!

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549 Comments

  1. I just updated paradise cove, for testing, I only did de full upgrade of the blacksmit, set it to 25 in the right colomn, but after copying the file back, it is not working… please help…

  2. Do I download this on my iPad and do everything from there or I do I do it on my laptop and then somehow transfer the file over to my iPad sorry to ask such a new question just getting upset with this game tired of spending too much money on it

    • Both programs need to be downloaded to PC. Do a search for iFunbox, the sqlite editor link is #3 at the top under “Things you need to do”.

  3. Excellent cheats!!! works great but to get lot of rubies from free spin takes too much time….please get unlimited rubies cheat

  4. Thank you, took me a little while to find it,but i did in the end great hack that works,but i do agree this game cost to much, haha not anymore,thank you again

  5. Awesome instructions. Thanks for taking the time to make this greedy free game free again

  6. This sounds very exciting! But I am on the newest version of paradise cove, updated in January 2013 so does this hack still work?

  7. Hey trying to download ifunbox on my iphone5 but it keeps saying safari unable to download. Do I need to download it on my MacBook? I have the game downloaded on my phone…

    • Yes. iFunbox has a Mac download on their site. All files needed to be downloaded to PC/laptop..then the device that has the game on it will need to be connected to it eventually.

  8. I can confirm that this still works. @John, yes you have to download iFunbox to your computer preferably desktop for easy access. I followed all the instructions and it worked.
    @Polly did you use up all 999 spins? Let me know if it works again? maybe if we can re adjust it to 6000 or so?

    • Michael where did you find the mermaid free spins??? Mine is no where to be seen is that becasue I am on a newer version sooooo frustrated I have 3 mermaid columns at the bottow but not one for spins

      • I haven’t downloaded the newest version of Paradise Cove yet but from I’ve heard, they’ve gotten rid of the free mermaid spins since. Can someone please verify this?

  9. -Ok so I have scoured it and Done everything requested but I do not have the mermaidfreespins on mine:-( the 3 that i show are mermaidmasteryprogressivespins, mermaidcointreasuresearches and mermaidrubiestreasuresearches. I have tried putting 999 in each with no luck any suggestions?????

    • sorry i found it in my pc
      but whenever i change any upgarde value for eg streetfai to 25 or expand some stuff it doesnt reflect in the game

  10. Hi Girl, was wondering if you may have any suggestions on what to do from my last post? Should I try looking in section to see if they may have put it somewhere else???? I am soooooooo frustrated with this game and they are soooo greedy. Starting from level 1 it took 4 days to get to level 6!!! They have changed alot of stuff since I orginally had this game. Thanks for any help you can offer.

  11. Girl just read your Post I can in fact say there is NO mermaidfreespin anywhere in the zcount section just the 3 I listed above. I am going to spend sometime looking to see if they hid it somewhere else makes me so mad

  12. @girlplaysgame, the free spin is still there. I did the update and then went in to see if I could still do the hack. Free spins is still there and it still works.

    There are no mermaids in the Android version of the game at this time, so maybe some of those saying they can’t find mermaids are playing that version.

  13. Hello…I have downloaded ifunbox, and the sqlite, but while I can open both programs on the desktop, the sqlite will not open within ifunbox. It tells me there is a system error and a file is missing (a file i can clearly see installed right next to the exe file), and to reinstall to fix, which I have also tried, with no success. Any ideas? If I open the program on the desktop, I can not find the Paradise Cove “file” to open externally….sigh! (So my dropdown menu on your step 4 is blank due to these issues!) Anything I can try?

    • When I open Funbox, there is no “survivor.sqlite” file… only the program I downloaded through the above link….sqlitebrowser_200_b1_win. I am looking in the Application Support folder…am I missing a step?

    • You’re not supposed to open sqlite from iFunbox. You need to download the file from iFunbox onto your computer and use sqlite to open it from there. Then you make your changes to the file, save, and upload it back into the original folder in iFunbox.

  14. Hi Girl, first of all, thank you for this very helpful hack. I got a question. Do you think it would be possible to find where the quest payouts are in the survivor.sqlite file. I was thinking that maybe a quest payout could be changed to give whatever amount of gold we wanted. Just a thought

    • The quest payouts are not in the sqlite file they are in the Resources folder in .csv format. I believe changing those values will lock you out of the game because it does that in Tap Campus Life, but I haven’t actually tried it in Paradise Cove. If you try to hack it, make sure you save the original values so that you can fix the game if you get locked out :)

  15. Wow. Okay, wow. This is GENIUS and thank you SO SO MUCH now I can enjoy the game again rather than just waiting for enough coins to clear land, or rubies to do any of the other things you’d like to do (was getting very bored with it and spending too much) – seriously, THANK YOU!!!

  16. Using this hack has revolutionised this game: it is enjoyable, playable for more than two minutes at a time and I have progressed from level 5 to level 23 in two days. It took me 3 weeks to get to level 5. You have to rethink the way you play the game. Once you stop hoarding rubies they can buy you everything from energy to finishing voyages and land expansion instantly. NO MORE ANNOYING WAITING. This is what the game should have been like in the first place before the money grabbing developers went dark side.

  17. This is great. I want to restart the game and finish the quests I could not afford. When I reinstall the game, it loads my old data. Anyone know how to restart the game to level 1?

  18. I did the mermaid 999 spins and worked perfectly but when I try to do the land expansion one it does not work at all. Please help?

    • How come the free spin ruby at the golden palace starts to give only up to max 5 rubies after i exhaust the 999 free spins?

  19. i cant understand this column can any one pls explain me clearly ..??

    1. In the survivor.sqlite file, go to ZGAMEOBJECT table.
    2. You’ll see a list of all your assets – scroll all the way to the right until you see the column ZNAME which will tell you the asset names.
    3. Find the merchant you want to speed along – scroll back to the middle and you should see a column called ZTIMEATWHICHOBJECTWILLBECOMEHARVESTABLENUM (yes, it’s a long title!). Find the cell that corresponds to your merchant. There should already be a 10 digit number starting with “13″ in there.
    4. Replace that number with one denoting an earlier time – in other words, lower the existing number. For example, if the existing number is “1351222222″, change it to something like “1311222222″.
    5. You can do the same thing with ships that you send on voyages – change the column ZENDOFVOYAGETIME.
    6. Upload the changes and open your game – everything you changed should be ready to collect!

    • Find the lowest number that is 10 digits, and change all the higher numbers to that. It basically represents when you finished expanding land, so if you paste the earliest one then it will finish.

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