Yesterday’s release of the Drop Shop included changes to many of the unlocks for bike levels 25 and below. It appears Zwift’s goal is to make level unlocks be mostly cosmetic items–jerseys, glasses, shoes, socks, gloves, and helmets.
Bikes and wheels, the items which most affect in-game speed, must now be purchased in the Drop Shop. This allows us more control over the equipment we choose to ride.
Don’t worry: if you’ve already unlocked an item, your unlocked items remain in your garage. But new unlocks moving forward have been revised.
It’s worth noting that almost all bikes and wheels are level-locked, meaning you must reach a certain level AND have enough Drops to purchase them. You can see those level requirements on this post.
Level 1-25 Unlocks
- Zwift Kit
- Basic Kit 1 @ 1,000 XP
- Basic Kit 2 Black Helmet @ 2,000 XP
- 32mm Carbon Wheels Zwift Glasses Basic @ 3,000 XP
- Specialized Allez Black Shoes @ 4,000 XP
- Classic Wheels Gloves @ 5,000 XP
- Steel Bike Solid Socks @ 7,000 XP
- Vintage Kit pack @ 10,000 XP
- Camo Jersey pack @ 13,000 XP
- ZIPP 808 Oakleys @ 16,000 XP
- Digital Camo Jersey pack @ 19,000 XP
- ZIP 202 Wheels Basic Kit 2 @ 23,000 XP
- Zwift Aero Bike Dot Socks @ 28,000 XP
- Zipp 404 Wheels Glove Pack Pattern @ 33,000 XP
- Level 15 jersey @ 38,000 XP
- Neon Kits Glasses Zwift #1 @ 44,000 XP
- Parlee ESX Striped Socks @ 50,000 XP
- Classy Kits @ 56,000 XP
- Bontrager Aeolus 5 Wheels Glasses Zwift #2 @ 62,000 XP
- Trek Madone + Level 20 Jersey @ 70,000 XP
- Mavic Cosmic CXR60c Wheels Neon Kits @ 78,000 XP
- Canyon Aeroad Pattern Socks @ 88,000 XP
- Enve SES 6.7 Wheels Glove Pack Solid @ 94,000 XP
- Cervelo S5 Skater/Bowl Helmet @ 100,000 XP
- Level 25 Kit @ 110,000 XP
You can see previews of the kits mentioned above on our kits page.
Use the Zwift Hacks program that let’s you choose your route for the day. I too hate the London route as it is even more boring than Richmond, and I skip it for Innsbruck or Watopia whenever it comes up.
So do these new level unlocks (below my current level) become available to users that have already passed them?
I just updated the app and it says I have 1,344,600 drops. For reference, I’m almost to level 21 on the bike and just started level 8 running. There’s a few new frames and some new wheels I could get. Not sure how I’m going to allocate the points yet. I then switched over to running. There’s nothing in that store yet, but I think my shorts have gotten a bit shorter on my avatar?
It should be fun to see some even more new bikes and color ways out there on course!
What!?! I’m just under level 20 and was looking forward to the Madone to go with the 808 as my new setup. Now I just get a stupiesd Jersey!?! FML!
Same here – was about 10,000 XP away from unlocking the Madone (the closest I can get to the bike I ride IRL) and now I’ll have to pay for it! Hopefully I’ll have enough drops points when that time comes anyway.
Will be interesting though to see if I get credited with all the changed unlocks from lower levels though when I next log in, as I think I don’t have some of those socks/glasses/etc.
Are the tron bike requirements still the same?
I was so close to the Level 10 808s and now I have to buy em with drops and reach Level 13 to do this!
Unlocking clothes/shoes is not a motivator for me so hopefully they will add something to make hitting a new level more exciting.
At the end you use zwift for training your fitness and your health, this should be everyones carrot, and not to unlock some frames with your level…
OUCH! I feel for those Zwifters who are under level 10 or even sub-25 now! They need to earn Drops and spend them to get the fast wheels and bike that we unlocked beforehand! Actually maybe it’s easier for them with converted Drops currency? Oh well, keep pedalling folks!
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Too bad the Cervelo isn’t the reward for level 25 anymore. It was the motivation for me to get to that level way back when.
I was only 75 miles away from the Cervelo S5, the next bike that was going to be my new standard until I achieve the Tron bike. I am frustrated at the fact that I actually have to spend the drops for the Cervelo instead of getting it and spending drops on another bike as well.
Is there an update to the levels 1-25 what people will get? since you seem to canceld out a few things in the list.
Hi Martin,
If you look closely at the list above you’ll see I crossed out the ORIGINAL unlock and put the new ones after that. This is the updated list, but also shows the old list.
Still a little confused about what happens to the items I would’ve unlocked in previous levels (e.g. I’m above level 10, but I don’t have Oakleys). I’m guessing it’s a “from here on out, this is what you get” rather than backdated dump of extra stuff. Obviously not a big deal, it’s just a shame there’s no clarity on this – I don’t know if they’re all going to land when I next level up, or if they’re off-limits to me forever.
Minor point, but I started with the 32mm Carbon wheels and unlocked the 50mm at level 4 (just checked the ride). 50mm are now a level 13 unlock at over 450,000 drops so quite a change!
Are there any new unlocks or changes to the rewards for levels 26-50 since the Drops dropped (…sorry, but I did do that)?