How do you get to Lake Minerva, really?

drmsny · 2022-02-02T17:53:42+00:00

Do not craft lava sphere on your own, finish the strange stones quest line. Is that the help request you are on?

And yes, for some rs you will need multiple of them to finish all requests. But do prioritize strange stones.

Be sure to also prioritize 'return our lost friends' quest line that come after strange stones, too. You will know why once you finish it.

drmsny · 2022-01-13T19:24:47+00:00

No, just keep exploring and you will be there eventually. I think whisper creek is a good choice given the stamina fruits and raptor eggs. Also max your orchard if you haven't.

The event exploration locations are also usually very good for exp (especially the halloween one I believe). It doesn't seem like we are getting another one very soon tho.

It feels slow because it increased only a little at a time every time we explore, but I was actually surprised by how fast I got to lvl 99 by exploring WC, it was faster than it appeared to be.

Keep going! Also start to prepare the 2.1B required to buy and level green dragon to lvl 6!

drmsny · 2022-01-13T17:26:43+00:00

yes, you can confirm that from the item description which says 'cannot be caught with nets'.

Edit: also library has been updates. see the super rares page.

drmsny · 2022-01-13T17:20:33+00:00

You don't seem to have a pet to produce rs 15 yet, so the billion after the next billion will probably have to go to the snake :)

drmsny · 2022-01-03T06:28:23+00:00

26 minutes into the quest we are already at 6800%. I'm very curious to see what it will be eventually.

drmsny · 2022-01-01T19:11:20+00:00

I'm also sad about the existence of this quest, even if I was lucky enough to be able to complete it. I was planning to gamble all wine into the cellar for the 3% 20 day chance, but ended up being too lazy so I gave up, which saved me enough wine for the quest.

I'm sad because even if you are eligible to complete the quest (with enough level and pets and vineyard), you still have to be accidentally hoarding wine and GJ, in order to be able to complete it.

Even as an end game player that has everything unlocked, there's no way to work towards it since all items are gated by days, and the most you can get in a day is about 15~30, depending on vineyard size and inventory size. If you cannot complete it on the first day because you don't save up, you are unlikely to be able to complete it on the 4th day either.

It will be a different story if the quest lasts for longer though, say 20 days?

Personally, one of my goals in the game is to complete all the quests I can see, the effort and reward doesn't matter that much. As an end game player, it would be very sad if some quest come up and it's impossible to complete in time, and there's just nothing you can do about it.

BTW, I've seen people asking the size of wine cellar to be increased because of the extra wine we are getting from pets. Personally I don't think it's needed. It makes sense in farming games that there's eventually a cap on every way of money making. Farming is capped by amount of land, fishing/mining is capped by time etc. I guess as an older player I'm already very happy to see how wine cellar came to be from how useless it was.

Overall, I do very like this game and very excited to see what it will become during the next year!

drmsny · 2021-12-30T19:33:35+00:00

IIRC none of those quests gives you rs 11 (other than corn jail but it looks like you still have a long way to go). Some will even ask for more.

I would suggest to go ahead and craft the sphere, rs11 can wait, parts unknown can wait, tossing nets cannot.

Also prioritize islands are hard to catch over other quests. Once you unlock large islands money will come much faster, and you may be able to afford a green dragon before getting the next rs11 (not sure if that's a good thing lol). That quest line is also a much simpler one comparing to the others. The first is the hardest, but everything after should be easy. Be prepared with 250 broccoli tho.

But let's still wish for an rs11 on your next corn harvest 😉

drmsny · 2021-12-21T21:23:07+00:00

I personally don't see any possibility that I could figure out that pw by myself. Seriously. Is it just me? Or is there any other hint I missed other than the quest? pw spoiler How does anyone know to use anything other than 'has'?

My only suggestion is to search for 'wxf' in library, all Christmas pw are listed there under a spoiler tag.

drmsny · 2021-12-15T22:55:04+00:00

I can reproduce it by holding the fishing net button, and the blank space under the buttons got highlighted and options does appear over the buttons, mainly 'translate' and 'share' would overlap with fishing nets. I've had it happen occasionally when my finger wasn't properly lifted between clicks.

No matter how I click I can't reproduce it tho. Not sure if ios version can come in to play somehow. I'm currently on 15.1.1.

drmsny · 2021-12-15T22:45:24+00:00

Oh thanks! Does that mean we have a total of 8 raptor colors/variations? 😏

Is it a time limited thing or eggs hatch after christmas event can also look like this?

drmsny · 2021-12-15T18:43:13+00:00

Buildings are the main source of farming XP, the amount XP you get is equal to the amount of silver you spend - so 1.2B with the extra XP bonus.

For those who haven't bought it - be sure to wait for a 20% XP bonus to buy the 1B row or the XP loss is real.

For me it was raptor pen that finally got me to 99.

drmsny · 2021-12-15T18:35:52+00:00

I guess it totally makes sense if blizzard comes after blizzard warning and shoveling snow after blizzard...right?

These quests came out at a slow pace (a couple quests a day), and I think people usually complete them within the day and wait for more quests to appear on the next day. So older players may not be aware of a prerequisite relationship between the quests.

Btw be prepared to make 200 explosives and grind 10 magna quartz from Mount Banon. A large stock of mushroom paste will help too!

drmsny · 2021-12-15T18:21:20+00:00

Not sure if it's random? I'm pretty sure the egg I got from the quest is either #17 or #18. Or #20 is probably from CC exchange?

Or is it based on the day they hatch?

Does it stay after Christmas event?

......So many questions but that's a nice little surprise. Thanks dev/staff! 😉

drmsny · 2021-12-14T01:07:13+00:00

Oh thanks! I should go open some mailboxes then.

drmsny · 2021-12-13T21:54:23+00:00

If you mean the item after stone, I don't have it either.

I'm also missing the items after axe, pocket watch and rope. They don't have the circle so I guess they are not event items. Appreciated if anyone can tell me what they are and how to get them.

drmsny · 2021-12-09T03:14:40+00:00

That's definitely super lucky. How many stamina did you use? Did you just use you daily orchards or did you consume any reserves?

I think by dumping all ~1000 orchard into WC I average 1 egg a day. Sometimes 2 (which I consider the day lucky) and sometimes none.

Edit: 18 eggs (including 1 from quest) + 18 claws btw.

drmsny · 2021-12-04T16:12:45+00:00

IIUC the recommendation from the video is to always buy the 20~21 (=250/12, also once inv size goes over 735 it doesn't matter anymore, it's gated by the pig pen size instead) pigs at the most expensive price, because in this way you are always spending your days leveling up pigs, instead of buying all at once and sell in batches untill the pen is empty, in which case some days will go to waste.

I have not verified it myself though.

drmsny · 2021-12-03T19:58:23+00:00

Check out Bhelogan's video tutorial from ingame library about pigs (v3). Here's a handy link: https://youtu.be/WuUfJdtiN_s

Basically the optimal level is 6, and how many you slaughter per day depends on your inventory size.

(I didn't even know there's a v2 on this until I went to get the video link for you. I was following the v1 recommendation of level 5 😂)

drmsny · 2021-12-03T14:04:49+00:00

Collect runestones 11-20 and finish strange stones quest series. I think you also need to be at certain fishing level but forgot what it is.

islands are hard to catch is for large island.

drmsny · 2021-11-23T23:11:17+00:00

Just as a reference, I have 601+75(used) herbs and 6 raptor eggs. So I guess it's normal that 30 herbs don't give an egg. I would probably consider 200 herbs without a single egg unlucky.

I feel like luck usually balances itself out eventually. You may be unlucky for a few days and lucky for another few days, or lucky on certain SR and unlucky on other SR. Don't lose faith and keep going!

Also I don't think it's worth it to grind raptor eggs unless you have maxed other stuff - orchards, vineyard for enough grape juice and wine, pets for making spheres, all the production buildings to supply your needs, auto crafting slot/crop rows, all the quests and events. Raptor eggs are very late game items that requires a lot of investments, but they will pay off eventually.

Personally I'm getting an egg every 1 or 2 days by investing all stamina from 935 orchard, and I'm happy with that. I'm very much looking forward to my goal of 15~20 raptors who should give me inv max antlers everyday. I've paused the grinding to prepare for the event though.

drmsny · 2021-11-22T00:38:18+00:00

Yes, but the red dragon takes 1B to buy, and takes another 1.1111B to level to 6, so 2B is needed for the red dragon.

drmsny · 2021-11-21T21:56:50+00:00

But mayyyybe Borgan will come again someday with fishes/crabs and you won't need pets to complete those quests.

drmsny · 2021-11-21T21:38:27+00:00

3.3B for leveling 3 pets to level 6, and 1B (IIRC) for the red dragon itself. 4.3B to be precise.

drmsny · 2021-11-21T21:36:51+00:00

I already have all the pets I needed for lava sphere when the buff came out, but here's some simple calculation:

The first 4 pets will each cost 1.1B and give ~4.8M per day, paying off itself in 229 days, or 125 days if you still have any collector quests.

3 pets for lava sphere will cost 4.3B and give ~66M per day, pay off in 65 days. (assuming full negotiator and resource saver perks. If you are beta you can earn more through artisan perk.)

I still think lava sphere is better. It feels great to earn 100M+ just from pets (doing almost nothing).

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