Energy and Credits

How Craft pays for AI

Almost everything in Craft runs on AI, which has real costs. Craft meters that usage in two currencies: energy that recharges daily, and credits you top up on demand.

Energy

Subscription plans give you a daily energy allowance. Each time you chat with AI, generate an image, or use a paid AI feature, it uses your energy.

Energy refills daily, and each subscription plan has a certain % of unused energy that can be rolled over each day.

Credits

If you need more energy than your plan allows, you can always purchase credits as an on demand currency. Credits can be used at any time, are stackable, and never expire.

Checking what you’ve spent

• Open Settings → Usage.

• The Balance card at the top mirrors your current Energy and Credits totals.

• The Usage History table below lists every charge — date, type, a description of what was generated, the amount, and which currency it came out of.

Keeping energy use sensible

A few habits that pay off if you’re working on a long project or running multiple sessions a day.

• Start new assistant chats for new tasks. When doing a completely different task with Orbit, it's better to start a new chat so that your context window is fresh and doesn't include any previous unrelated context which will increase energy usage.

• Pin sparingly. Pinned files load into every single turn. One to three small files is plenty — keep each under a couple hundred words.

• Use Partial visibility for key references. Files marked Partial only load their title and description by default, then get fully read when the GM actually needs them.

• Switch models for the task. A small, fast model is fine for chatty turns. Save the bigger models for hard combat resolution, long worldbuilding edits, or anything where you want the best writing.

• Watch the token chip during play. The in-game chat bar shows a running token count. If it’s climbing fast, that’s usually a sign that pinned content is heavier than it needs to be.