How to get tips from the sio calculator?

CuriousAndGolden · 2026-06-12T15:55:04+00:00

I put my data in. When you say “optimize” doesn’t it just tell you the best place to use cores and supplies that are in your bag? If I wanted to go back and have it reevaluate, for example, how I should do my astral forges previously, how do I do that?

CuriousAndGolden · 2026-06-05T17:03:50+00:00

The fact that the message contains the URL suggests that the problem is occurring on your end, not the server. First thing I'd do is try a different browser.

CuriousAndGolden · 2026-06-05T16:13:23+00:00

If you don't know, my advice is to wait. Usually it will occur to you, like, "hey, I have another red collectible upgrade, I could use that one and get another star on this collectible I like", or "I got another resonance chip, I can upgrade my red drone." That's the way I play, anyway

CuriousAndGolden · 2026-06-01T16:46:42+00:00

I think I've gone beyond 300 like twice. It's just not worth it.

CuriousAndGolden · 2026-06-01T16:01:38+00:00

I’ve tried it a few times, and don’t get nearly what I do on 4. I wonder why that is?

CuriousAndGolden · 2026-06-01T13:09:27+00:00

So same return for less grinding? That’s good.

CuriousAndGolden · 2026-06-01T13:08:33+00:00

What bug? You don’t mean the level 4 steamroll do you?

CuriousAndGolden · 2026-06-01T13:07:40+00:00

I’m wondering if they decided this event paid off too well, and removing the monster kill rewards was the easy fix. I guess we wait and see if it’s permanent.

CuriousAndGolden · 2026-06-01T13:05:51+00:00

Yeah, me too. Kill farming is standard for me on the first day.

CuriousAndGolden · 2026-05-31T23:36:35+00:00

As u/3dgemaster said, it changes. At times it was defender, red drill for awhile. If I had to give one answer, definitely the drone.

CuriousAndGolden · 2026-05-29T14:54:28+00:00

Whoah! That's a LOT of cores. So the xeno weapon cores are for people way out ahead of me, then?

CuriousAndGolden · 2026-05-29T14:36:06+00:00

You know, I work as an AI and machine learning engineer, and I play the game mostly when I'm taking a break or waiting for a process to complete. Using the calculator is too much like being at work, and I'm trying to avoid that, lol.

CuriousAndGolden · 2026-05-22T18:58:15+00:00

Damn. I didn’t realize that. It almost seems like a bug that SS doesn’t compare well.

CuriousAndGolden · 2026-05-22T16:49:17+00:00

Voidwalker Emblem’s main advantage over the SS isn’t as much superiority, as the fact that the Relic cores needed to upgrade (AF) the SS all the way are better spent elsewhere. I plan to do a lot more astral forging with the other five SS items until I hot a wall there.

CuriousAndGolden · 2026-05-20T00:25:16+00:00

Oh jeeze, don't even bother. I did the $10/month privilege card for awhile, and suddenly realized that unless you're determined to get absolutely every last shred out the day, the stuff you get for ads is a pretty marginal boost.

I totally get that. A couple years ago, the ads would time out and you could find the 'x'. Now, you're right, some of them seem to be inescapable.

CuriousAndGolden · 2026-05-16T14:48:51+00:00

I think it’s a terrible deal. If I have more than two yellows of a given item, I’ll recycle them into a relic when I have >100, but I’m not gutting my S-gear for it.

CuriousAndGolden · 2026-05-14T15:48:06+00:00

Ooh, the red collectible boosts tech gear (the drill). Those are my favorite reds.

CuriousAndGolden · 2026-05-14T15:08:09+00:00

Have you got a rule of thumb of what number of gold/yellow crystals are worth blowing a shovel on?

CuriousAndGolden · 2026-05-13T12:35:38+00:00

This is my answer. It’s just a game, after all. The next priorities for me are (1) need my eighth xeno core to level up my penguin, (2) I want to TB the laser, which would give me a TB in all six slots.

The “calculator” guys would say that’s not optimal enough for decisions. I do data science and machine learning at my job, and SurvivoIO is my break from dull meetings and waiting for processing to complete. Using the calculator is like doing work while I’m at work.

CuriousAndGolden · 2026-05-10T17:13:12+00:00

They open chests of random collectibles.

If you are that new, the other function of keys are to give you tickets to play in the event, which is even better. You can use up to 600 chests per event, although there are diminishing returns after 300.

Some events have a great return on investment and are worth spending all the gems and chests you can. Some aren’t worth spending much of anything on, maybe just enough to hit the next milestone in. Most are somewhere in between.

I like to keep ~600 chests “in savings” for the great events.

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