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Category talk:Armaments of Destiny

2011-11-01T05:53:20Z

Thek3vin:

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"
! Date !! [[Hammer (Armament of Destiny)|Hammer]] !! [[Claw]] !! [[Frost]] !! [[Shadow]] !! [[Star]] !! [[Fortune]] !! [[Wraith]]
|-
| 07-14-11 || || || L70 E || || || ||
|-
| 07-21-11 || || || L70 E || || || ||
|-
| 07-28-11 || || || L70 P || || || ||
|-
| 07-30-11 || || || L70 E || || || ||
|-
| 08-01-11 || || || L70 P || || || ||
|-
| 08-02-11 || || || || || || || L4 G
|-
| 08-06-11 || || || L70 G || || || ||
|-
| 08-11-11 || || || || || || || L8 P
|-
| 08-18-11 || || || L70 P || || || ||
|-
| 08-19-11 || || || L70 P || || || ||
|-
| 08-21-11 || || || L70 N || || || ||
|-
| 09-01-11 || || || L70 P || || || ||
|-
| 09-11-11 || || || L70 G || || || ||
|-
| 09-13-11 || || || L70 G || || || ||
|-
| 09-19-11 || || || || L124 G || || ||
|-
| 09-25-11 || || || L70 E || || || ||
|-
| 09-26-11 || || L44 N || L50 G || || || ||
|-
| 10-01-11 || || || || || L50 E || ||
|-
| 10-02-11 || || || L70 N || || || ||
|-
| 10-03-11 || || || L70 P || || || ||
|-
| 10-04-11 || || || L70 P || || L50 E || ||
|-
| 10-07-11 || || || || || L10 P || ||
|-
| 10-10-11 || || || || L4 E || || ||
|-
| 10-12-11 || || || L70 N || || || ||
|-
| 10-14-11 || || || || || || || L6 G
|-
| 10-17-11 || || || L70 E || || || L47 N ||
|-
| 10-21-11 || || || L70 E || || || || L7 G
|-
| 10-24-11 || || || L50 G || || || ||
|-
| 10-27-11 || || || L70 N || || || ||
|-
| 10-31-11 || || || L50 G || || || || L3 E
|-
|}

So, we should start spading the mechanism for receiving these items. I'm guessing that they are only given to active players (logged in during last 60 days), and only to those who can wear them (i.e. a level 3 is not going to receive anything stronger than Fortune), but these are on thoughts I had, with no proof. Oh, and yes, I've only gotten Frost. Five times. --[[User:Hoyifung04|hoyifung04]] 20:37, 2 August 2011 (PDT)

From what Cris has said, each item has certain triggers that, when met, gives a chance to obtain the weapon. Only one of each weapon is awarded, but it is possible none are given. No player can receive more than one Armament a day. --[[User:Hoyifung04|hoyifung04]] 20:58, 10 August 2011 (PDT)

Well, I got Frost (Nat level 30) after a full day of adventuring at the Inner Cochise Base and Triassic. I think I also fought Frostheim, which would make sense as a trigger. --[[User:Nommy]] 12:06 13 August 2011 (EST)

I've gotten Hammer 3 times on my alt Lord Jareth, which I use to farm the Crypts. Wraith has come to my main twice since I started retconning again, both times on day 2 of a run. No weapons at all on my other alts. --[[User:Harry Dresden|Harry Dresden]] 08:19, 13 August 2011 (PDT)
:Hmmmmmmmmmmmm... [[User:Cristiona|Cristiona]]

My alts (which have received Frost) adventure in [[Castle Hundenswein]] and the [[Cube Theater]], with [[Villains]] enabled and wearing a [[Trident of Nodens]]. Some thoughts of mine include: defeat [[Deacon Frostheim]]; and do a certain amount of {{col|ice|ice}} damage. Seeing as my lower-levelled alts have not received Frost, the first seems less likely. --[[User:Hoyifung04|hoyifung04]] 20:25, 31 August 2011 (PDT)

I got Shadow after spending the better part of a day in Shiloh. I didn't do anything special that day that I can remember other than use the Light Cycle instead of my normal transportation. --[[User:Trog|‡ Trog ‡]] 16:45, 19 September 2011 (PDT)

I got Wraith twice, and both days I had beaten the Mick and retconned just before rollover (i.e. like Harry on Day 2). --[[User:Acidcat1|Acidcat1]] 11:18, 20 September 2011 (PDT)

I got Frost on one of my lower-levelled alt which adventure at the [[Golden Wooden Nickel Casino]] after the [[dog days of summer]]. Maybe do a certain amount of elem damage? Also, I got Claw on my lever-levelled Nat, which adventures at the [[Underwater Base]]. Finally, a non-Frost AoD! --[[User:Hoyifung04|hoyifung04]] 20:24, 25 September 2011 (PDT)

I got [[Star]] today on my Elem who adventures at the [[protest]]. Used two [[Firestorm]]s yesterday; maybe do enough damage with spells? --[[User:Hoyifung04|hoyifung04]] 20:50, 30 September 2011 (PDT)

I got the star on my alt (Delmar) after completing the Cube adventure. I did some damage with skills and spells, namely Animal Kung-Follery and Ice Bolt. Delmar was a Level 10 Psion when I got this. I didn't think that the damage that I did was excessive or remarkable, though. --[[User:Trog|‡ Trog ‡]] 17:46, 7 October 2011 (PDT)
I got the shadow again, but for the first time on this character. I just retconed and this is only the second day of this run. I built a light cycle, though, before I retconed. This is either a huge coincidence given my experience from last time or the trigger for getting the shadow. Can someone check that out? --[[User:Trog|‡ Trog ‡]] 07:54, 10 October 2011 (PDT)

I received Wraith today on my main which at present is a level 6 gadgeteer. The particulars are I spent my entire day one of a retcon on Teeter Street trying to harvest data from the xp non-combat. I ended up getting beaten up a ton so I'm leaning towards thinking that losing fights has a part to play in getting Wraith. Given how it seems to arrive on day two for people who do get it I'm going to go out on a limb and say being the most beaten up person on day one of a retcon is a potential trigger. I guess I can test it on my next retcon and see if I can get it again. --[[User:Valmo|Valmo]] 15:35, 14 October 2011 (PDT)

I got Wraith again today, day 2 of retcon as level 6 naturalist. I didn't get particularly beaten up yesterday any more than normal. My guess is it looks at everyone who retconned the last day and just picks one of them at random.--[[User:Acidcat1|Acidcat1]] 00:36, 21 October 2011 (PDT)

Well, I got Claw on 16 Oct, but I was a Level 7 Elemental on the 2nd day of a new retcon, and I was unable to use it. The level requirement is 15. :( Sanjuro 11:15, 16 October 2011 (PDT)

I got Fortune on my Nat the day after the [[Frank's Ballpark]] event. After the ballpark, that alt continued to adventure in the underwater base. --[[User:Hoyifung04|hoyifung04]] 20:41, 16 October 2011 (PDT)

Hmmm... interesting.... I got Frost on my lower-levelled Gadget today, after adventuring at the Casino Grounds. No elem damage (as far as I could tell - UW:Lethalised is not active anymore, and none of my equipment does elem damage). There goes my theory of "do enough elem damage...." --[[User:Hoyifung04|hoyifung04]] 20:52, 24 October 2011 (PDT)

Got Hammer as a level 41 Gadgeteer --[[User:Lazyfire|Lazyfire]] 21:41, 27 October 2011 (PDT)

I got the Hammer on these dates:
2011-10-30 21:11:24
2011-10-19 21:11:22
2011-09-18 21:11:24
2011-09-03 21:11:22
2011-08-22 21:11:23
2011-08-01 21:11:23
Gadgeteer, currently lvl160, no retcons
--[[User:Fatquack|Fatquack]] 11:26, 31 October 2011 (PDT)

Talk:General Farming

2010-06-03T02:37:16Z

Thek3vin:

Well. After writing this, I almost immediately was alerted to the fact that Castle Hundenswein much, much better for farming. I'm doing research on the items (which you should autosell, which you should use to create sidekicks, etc), but if anybody else wants to change this, be my guest.

You're forgetting noncombat vs. combat rates as well as item drop rates. I preferred the DDD because of the item drop rates totally beat the Cube's. You'll have to include tons of numbers for this to be accurate. --[[User:MagiNinjA|MN (#228)]] ([[User talk:MagiNinjA|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/MagiNinjA|C]]) 10:40, 26 November 2008 (MST)

Yeah, I know. I'm rather scared of statistics, to be honest. I don't know if anyone actually has the numbers for the Cube, let alone the Castle, but you're right, the guide is severely lacking in charts, tables, percentages, and whatnot.

In fact, it's severely lacking in anything that isn't an opinion. I see no significat points made in this over the old Chip Farming page other than Psions get 30 extra minutes and that there's a couple new effects to look into. Also, over on that page you claim this is more 'general' farming than chip farming, but you don't list anything that'll help with item farming here, except when it happens to yield more chips from autoselling. If you're actually going to present yourself as an authority on the subject of making more chips, back it up with facts, instead of "Well, this is what I do, I think it's the best.". 24 hours. Make this page better (and, in fact, make it match its title) or it may be removed. Or, if you prefer, just go improve the already-existing chipfarming page that happens to already have more facts than this does. --[[User:Olaf|Olaf]] 14:37, 26 November 2008 (MST)

I would argue that the equipment section especially has plenty of new information. It explains in detail why each piece of equipment should be used. It says, for instance, why you should use a Letter Shirt instead of a Harness because you get more time to farm more chips than you would gain from a harness. I apologize for all of the opinion and terrible jokes in it, but that's just the way I write. I've been taking out some of the worse "jokes." And finally, what I mean by "General Farming" is simply contrasting "Chip Farming," which does not include +%item drop items. The idea is not for farming any item- it's making as many chips you can with a combination of chips and items.

There are also some things that aren't backed up by absolute statistics. Where there were none, I simply use estimation to say what is ''probably'' best. If y'all have some spading that you've done that prove otherwise, feel free to change it. The guide isn't perfect.

The problem is that all these kinds of tables and stuff are already found, like the best +item, +chips, -time, etc. Anyways, my bigger point is [http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Basic_Farming], [http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Farming_Strategy] and [http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Advanced_Farming]. --[[User:MagiNinjA|MN (#228)]] ([[User talk:MagiNinjA|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/MagiNinjA|C]]) 15:43, 26 November 2008 (MST)

Things that aren't known are things like whether 5% chips is better than 3% items. How many extra chips will you get every turn with the chip bonus? How many chips will get extra per turn with the item bonus? At what point does +%items become useless? What's the average chip drop for each enemy? What's the percentage chance of each patrol? Things like that, which are necessary to say exactly which item is the best, we don't have. That's what I'm talking about.

I think we're being a little bit dickish here >.> There's nothing necessarily wrong with a guide so long as it makes clear what's fact and what's supposed/opinion. I think the goal is to eventually clear out what's just opinion (or confirm it) and refine the guide. And I do think there's a difference between chip farming and optimal farming. - Satan

For what it's worth, pumping combats in the cube is probably better. The Intermission chip gain is easily eclipsed with a moderate amount of +chips, to say nothing of item values. [[User:Cristiona|Cristiona]]

That's touched on briefly in the buffs section, I think.

The Cube section shows a very weak grasp of how reputation-modifying adventures work. Needs some serious editing. [[User:Cristiona|Cristiona]]
: It's full of subjective opinions. Maybe we want to add a warning to user guides.--[[User:Muhandes|Muhandes]] 19:48, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Not perfect, but very useful spreadsheet (most important info can be found/edited on sheet2): http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AryVzFHuexn9dEhEd0pIdGRVdTk0LWpLUXFZdm9Rdnc&hl=en
It calculates expected chip yield based on the amount of noncom, +chips, and +items that you feed it. I might update this page, too, as it has inaccurate and missing information. -SpockYoda

Getting more and more out of date since nobody updates this thing. I'm not even a farmer, and I've noticed at least [[Robbin' hood|two]] [[Atmos Spear (shortened)|omissions]]... [[User:Cristiona|Cristiona]]

God. What a shit guide.

User:TheK3vin

2009-08-15T07:50:27Z

Thek3vin:

==Info==
Player ID: 325 
Level: 70 
Class: Elite Tauren Chieftain 
Account Created: 2007-11-02 18:49:59 

==A few words==
Lemon, pony, cup, fourteen milligrams, not original but still funny in an ironic way.
==Interesting Stuff==
I really do wish I was in the mood to put something interesting here. Honestly. But it's late at the moment, and the chances of me revisiting this in the near future are approaching zero. 
Um... I like Java. Aaannd... I farm. A lot. Uh, and yeah. That's it. 
Ooo! Also: http://th.blandsauce.com/wiki/TheK3vin%27s_Kh4k1s 
Mhm. Look at my shiny merit badges!
==Merit badges:==
[[Image:Sun-go-up-sun-go-down.jpg]]
[[Image:Nothing-but-kopi-luwak.jpg]]
[[Image:Getafirstlife-dot-com.jpg]]
[[Image:Twice-as-nice.jpg]]
[[Image:Mmm-thats-good-cosmic-karma.jpg]]
[[Image:Think-im-a-banana-tree.gif]]
[[image:Seismic-raspberry.jpg]]
[[image:i-am-sofa-king.jpg]]
[[image:golden-oldie.jpg]]
[[image:left-and-gone-away.jpg]]
[[image:some-town-in-maryland.gif]]
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User:TheK3vin

2009-08-07T05:27:22Z

Thek3vin:

==Info==
Player ID: 325 
Level: 70
Class: Elite Tauren Chieftain
Account Created: 2007-11-02 18:49:59 

==A few words==
Lemon, pony, cup, fourteen milligrams.
==Interesting Stuff==
I really do wish I was in the mood to put something interesting here. Honestly. But it's late at the moment, and the chances of me revisiting this in the near future are approaching zero. 
Um... I like Java. Aaannd... I farm. A lot. Uh, and yeah. That's it. 
Ooo! Also: http://th.blandsauce.com/wiki/TheK3vin%27s_Kh4k1s 
Mhm. Look at my shiny merit badges!
==Merit badges:==
[[Image:Sun-go-up-sun-go-down.jpg]]
[[Image:Nothing-but-kopi-luwak.jpg]]
[[Image:Getafirstlife-dot-com.jpg]]
[[Image:Twice-as-nice.jpg]]
[[Image:Mmm-thats-good-cosmic-karma.jpg]]
[[Image:Think-im-a-banana-tree.gif]]
[[image:Seismic-raspberry.jpg]]
[[image:i-am-sofa-king.jpg]]
[[image:golden-oldie.jpg]]
[[image:left-and-gone-away.jpg]]
[[image:some-town-in-maryland.gif]]
[[image:Six-half-tons-and-what-do-you-get.gif‎]]

User:TheK3vin

2009-06-29T20:56:42Z

Thek3vin: /* Info */

==Info==
Player ID: 325 
Level: 70
Class: Elite Tauren Chieftain
Account Created: 2007-11-02 18:49:59 

==A few words==
Lemon, pony, cup, fourteen milligrams.
==Interesting Stuff==
I really do wish I was in the mood to put something interesting here. Honestly. But it's late at the moment, and the chances of me revisiting this in the near future are approaching zero. 
Um... I like Java. Aaannd... I farm. A lot. Uh, and yeah. That's it. 
Mhm. Look at my shiny merit badges!
==Merit badges:==
[[Image:Sun-go-up-sun-go-down.jpg]]
[[Image:Nothing-but-kopi-luwak.jpg]]
[[Image:Getafirstlife-dot-com.jpg]]
[[Image:Twice-as-nice.jpg]]
[[Image:Mmm-thats-good-cosmic-karma.jpg]]
[[Image:Think-im-a-banana-tree.gif]]
[[image:Seismic-raspberry.jpg]]
[[image:i-am-sofa-king.jpg]]
[[image:golden-oldie.jpg]]
[[image:left-and-gone-away.jpg]]
[[image:some-town-in-maryland.gif]]
[[image:Six-half-tons-and-what-do-you-get.gif‎]]

User:TheK3vin

2009-06-29T20:55:15Z

Thek3vin:

==Info==
Player ID: 325 
Level: 54, with 61 worth of XP. 
Account Created: 2007-11-02 18:49:59 

==A few words==
Lemon, pony, cup, fourteen milligrams.
==Interesting Stuff==
I really do wish I was in the mood to put something interesting here. Honestly. But it's late at the moment, and the chances of me revisiting this in the near future are approaching zero. 
Um... I like Java. Aaannd... I farm. A lot. Uh, and yeah. That's it. 
Mhm. Look at my shiny merit badges!
==Merit badges:==
[[Image:Sun-go-up-sun-go-down.jpg]]
[[Image:Nothing-but-kopi-luwak.jpg]]
[[Image:Getafirstlife-dot-com.jpg]]
[[Image:Twice-as-nice.jpg]]
[[Image:Mmm-thats-good-cosmic-karma.jpg]]
[[Image:Think-im-a-banana-tree.gif]]
[[image:Seismic-raspberry.jpg]]
[[image:i-am-sofa-king.jpg]]
[[image:golden-oldie.jpg]]
[[image:left-and-gone-away.jpg]]
[[image:some-town-in-maryland.gif]]
[[image:Six-half-tons-and-what-do-you-get.gif‎]]

User:TheK3vin

2009-06-29T20:53:44Z

Thek3vin: /* Merit badges: */

Astral Stock Exchange software

2009-06-20T18:42:47Z

Thek3vin:

{{item
|descid=6243951
|itemid=247
|name=Astral Stock Exchange software
|plural=CDs of Astral Stock Exchange
|image=cd.gif
|desc=This software allows you to play a very strange game called Astral Stock Exchange (ASX for short). ASX is just like the real stock market, only way more fun! In this game the stars ... the shining sparks that dazzle us ... heavenly bodies ... you know, astronomical objects--are used as investment tools. Buy shares of your favorite stars and the galaxies they sit in. Prices soar with stellar formation and plummet with a nova that everyone can see.

Invest in the stars on Orion's belt (there's no galaxy there, you know). Short sell a pulsar in M31. Make a fortune on the quasar futures market, or risk astronomical sums speculating on dark matter or the debut of the cosmic background radiation.

When you join ASX you're given one thousand astro-chips to start your investment. Invest wisely and you can be be a blue-chip giant of the galaxy. Choose poorly and you'll burn out and fade away like a brown dwarf.
|type=Miscellaneous Item
|obtain={{assemble|financial spreadsheet code|signal processing code|Astral Stock Exchange software}}
|autosell=35
|used=You pop in the CD and install the software.

You log in to the Astral Stock Exchange servers and create an account. They give you 1000 "ASX Chips" to start investing (you're tempted to put it all on "black hole" until you remember that's roulette), and you set up a few scripts on your computer that can play the game for you if you don't have anything better to do with the computer.

*Using the software and running it on a computer gives '''[[Betting on the Stars]] - perpetual''' as an effect.

*After gathering about 3000 ASX points, you will receive [[sunglasses]] as a free gift.

*After gathering about 5000 ASX points, you will receive [[binoculars]] as a free gift.
|usable=yes}}
==Notes==
* Called "ASX software" in the [[Computer Lab]].
==References==
*The fact that there is no galaxy in Orion's Belt is a reference to the movie Men in Black. There is, however, a galaxy in Orion's ''bell''. ''The'' galaxy, actually.
[[Category: Software]]

Talk:Grumpy old smuggler

2009-05-21T23:39:24Z

Thek3vin: /* Better than the clockwork ant? */ new section

Pseudo-easter egg thingie!

You attack ... You have a critical hit!

You grin and let out a little whoop of excitement. <permakick> eyes you and says, "Great, kid. Don't get cocky."
[[User:Cristiona|Cristiona]]

The "<name> attacks first. Yes, your sidekick attacks first!" line is almost certainly a reference to the [[:Wikipedia:Han_shot_first|"Han shot first"]] controversy. Anybody with the skill of good phrasing want to add that one to References? [[User:Hari_Seldon|Hari Seldon]]

== Better than the clockwork ant? ==

Anybody have an inkling how powerful this thing is?

Deja voodoo doll

2009-04-03T15:03:32Z

Thek3vin: /* Notes */

{{item
|descid=5189359
|itemid=675
|name=deja voodoo doll
|plural=deja voodoo dolls
|image=deja-voodoo-doll.gif
|desc=This doll reminds you of something. You're not sure if it's something that happened long ago, or something you dreamed of, or something that's happening right now, or something that you saw in a movie once that just repeated itself over and over again. Great. Now you're humming some tune and thinking about David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly, and you don't know why.
|type=Miscellaneous Item
|obtain=* Using [[Marty Crouch's magic chest]] (0-11)
|nosell=yes
|combat=yes
|combatuse=''If the foe can be replicated (see notes):''

You hold up the voodoo doll, which somehow imprints itself upon your current opponent. (Added for current turn duration + 1 minute.)

'''Adds effect:''' [[Deja Voodoo]]

: ''On the next adventure you fight the same foe again, preceded by the message:''

You have a weird moment where you think you remember remembering this moment, or maybe it it's all just a little bit of history repeating.

''If the foe cannot be replicated:''

You hold up the voodoo doll, but it has no reaction to your opponent. Apparently the mojo of your foe is stronger than the voodoo of you.
}}
==Notes==
* You get to fight the same foe on the next adventure, no matter how much in-game time passed (e.g. by resting).
* However, the effect is cleared by rollover, so the item is wasted if used on one's last turn for the day.
* More than one can be used on the same foe. However, although this increases the duration of the effect, it does not affect anything else (the foe is not replicated twice).
* The [[Deja Voodoo]] effect only serves as a reminder. Replication does not depend on the effect being active, nor does replication occur when the effect is on without using the item (e.g. by multiple uses or leftover time from previous foes).
* The following foes cannot be replicated:
:* [[:Category:Scaling Enemies|Scaling]] monsters
::* [[Sunset Strip Mine]] foes
::* [[Fiendish Pit]] foes
::* [[Fighting Robots]] foes
::* [[Quadrant Delta-Delta-Delta Force]] foes
::* [[Row vs. Wade Battlefield]] foes
::* [[Sector 7-Gamma]] foes
::* [[April Fool's 2009|April Fool's]] foes
:* [[Ultra-rare]]s
::* [[big-chinned wiseguy]]
::* [[rabid airborne rodent]]
::* [[Kraken]]
:* Quest foes (e.g. [[:Category:Bosses|Bosses]])
::* [[VIP guest]] (during [[C.H.I.P.S. (Casino Heroes Investigate Purported Scandal)]])
::* [[counsel Harry]]
::* [[Troutmaster]]
::* [[Brother Spleen]]
:* [[sphinx]]
* If the foe cannot be replicated the item is not consumed.

==References==
* The item name is a play on {{wikipedia|Déjà vu}}, the experience of feeling sure that one has witnessed or experienced a new situation previously, and {{Wikipedia|Voodoo doll}}.
* The tune mentioned is {{Wikipedia|Magic Dance}} which {{Wikipedia|David Bowie}} sings in the movie [[Wikipedia:Labyrinth (film)|Labyrinth]] after stealing the baby from {{Wikipedia|Jennifer Connelly}}'s character. The connection is the words "the power of voodoo" from that song.
[[Category:Color]]

Deja voodoo doll

2009-04-03T14:30:24Z

Thek3vin: /* Notes */

{{item
|descid=5189359
|itemid=675
|name=deja voodoo doll
|plural=deja voodoo dolls
|image=deja-voodoo-doll.gif
|desc=This doll reminds you of something. You're not sure if it's something that happened long ago, or something you dreamed of, or something that's happening right now, or something that you saw in a movie once that just repeated itself over and over again. Great. Now you're humming some tune and thinking about David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly, and you don't know why.
|type=Miscellaneous Item
|obtain=* Using [[Marty Crouch's magic chest]] (0-11)
|nosell=yes
|combat=yes
|combatuse=''If the foe can be replicated (see notes):''

You hold up the voodoo doll, which somehow imprints itself upon your current opponent. (Added for current turn duration + 1 minute.)

'''Adds effect:''' [[Deja Voodoo]]

: ''On the next adventure you fight the same foe again, preceded by the message:''

You have a weird moment where you think you remember remembering this moment, or maybe it it's all just a little bit of history repeating.

''If the foe cannot be replicated:''

You hold up the voodoo doll, but it has no reaction to your opponent. Apparently the mojo of your foe is stronger than the voodoo of you.
}}
==Notes==
* You get to fight the same foe on the next adventure, no matter how much in-game time passed (e.g. by resting).
* However, the effect is cleared by rollover, so the item is wasted if used on one's last turn for the day.
* More than one can be used on the same foe. However, although this increases the duration of the effect, it does not affect anything else (the foe is not replicated twice).
* The [[Deja Voodoo]] effect only serves as a reminder. Replication does not depend on the effect being active, nor does replication occur when the effect is on without using the item (e.g. by multiple uses or leftover time from previous foes).
* The following foes cannot be replicated:
:* [[:Category:Scaling Enemies|Scaling]] monsters
::* [[Sunset Strip Mine]] foes
::* [[Fiendish Pit]] foes
::* [[Fighting Robots]] foes
::* [[Quadrant Delta-Delta-Delta Force]] foes
::* [[Row vs. Wade Battlefield]] foes
::* [[Sector 7-Gamma]] foes
::* [[April Fool's 2009|April Fool's]] foes
:* [[Ultra-rare]]s
::* [[big-chinned wiseguy]]
::* [[rabid airborne rodent]]
::* [[Kraken]]
:* Quest foes (e.g. [[:Category:Bosses|Bosses]])
::* [[VIP guest]] (during [[C.H.I.P.S. (Casino Heroes Investigate Purported Scandal)]])
::* [[counsel Harry]]
::* [[Troutmaster]]
::* [[Brother Spleen]]
:* [[sphinx]]
* If the foe cannot be replicate the item is not consumed.

==References==
* The item name is a play on {{wikipedia|Déjà vu}}, the experience of feeling sure that one has witnessed or experienced a new situation previously, and {{Wikipedia|Voodoo doll}}.
* The tune mentioned is {{Wikipedia|Magic Dance}} which {{Wikipedia|David Bowie}} sings in the movie [[Wikipedia:Labyrinth (film)|Labyrinth]] after stealing the baby from {{Wikipedia|Jennifer Connelly}}'s character. The connection is the words "the power of voodoo" from that song.
[[Category:Color]]

King's boomerang

2009-02-02T01:35:54Z

Thek3vin:

{{item
|descid=9303520
|itemid=529
|name=King's boomerang
|plural=King's boomerangs
|image=kings-boomerang.gif
|desc=Once upon a time a nearly forgotten hero by the name of King Nrogara used to wield this boomerang made of an unknown alloy. Sadly, it was shattered in his last fight against the mad scientist Aga Memnon, where King Nrogara was not only defeated but killed. It appears that someone has remade the boomerang, which is truly a fearsome weapon. Not only for its initial throw--the return of the King's boomerang is often an opportunity for a second strike.

Nobody quite knows how this weapon became associated with Zorromir's double tower shield and the Ring of Fellowship; that's probably a very lengthy story in the telling. But the three items are now considered a single collection, and anyone who possesses all three is believed to gain additional benefit from the set.
|type=ranged
|power=40
|obtain=[[The Wok of Stars]]
:*Was available for 3 [[silver star]]s during September of 2008.
|nosell=yes
|ench={{modifier|extraattack|+1}}
+3% of weapon damage returned as HP when any two items from the set are worn.[[Category:HP Returned]] 
+X offense power (+5/level, max: +60) when the full set is worn.[[Category:Offense Modifiers]]}}
[[Category:Color]]
[[Category:Donation Items]]
== References ==
* King Nrogara, the previous owner of the Boomerang, is {{wikipedia|Aragorn}} backwards. *Sigh...*
* The name is a play on {{wikipedia|The Return of the King}}, the third of three volumes of the novel {{wikipedia|The Lord of the Rings}} by J. R. R. Tolkien.
* {{Wikipedia|Agamemnon}} is one of the heroes of Greek mythology.

General Farming

2009-01-12T23:58:29Z

Thek3vin: /* Buffs */

== Introduction ==

So. If you've been farming for 2 years, are getting a hundred chips a day, and know everything there is to know about farming, then you're probably lying. But whatever the case may be, if you're an experienced farmer, you're not likely to find a lot of new information here. In fact, you might find a bunch of completely false information. This guide is not for you. However, this is a ''wiki'', so feel free to edit it. This guide IS for
*Players who have been playing for a while and are interested in getting into farming
*Players have been farming for a little while, and want to improve their income
*Players who have the supernatural ability to bear my writing style
So let's get started then.

== Locations ==

[[Golden Wooden Nickel Casino]]
* Good for low level players, [[Jackpot!]] gives a good sum of chips. But that's not what we're here for, now is it?
[[Cube Theater]]
* Good for mid-level players, high droprate of autosell-able items, good chip drops
[[Castle Hundenswein]]
* Now THIS is true farming. High chip drops, items autosell for crazy amounts of chips, and a couple items have great recipes for farming. This is however a very hard area to survive- spending hundreds of turns here isn't realistic unless you're at least level 20.

== Non-Combats==

The Cube
*The optimal farming technique regarding noncombats in the Cube is a mixture of exiting stage right and left, using left just enough to maintain a vigilante reputation so you can use the Publicist, in conjunction with the judo kid gloves. Now, where you draw the line is up to you, but if you want to be REALLY optimal the best strategy is to use your turns just right such that at the end of the day you are a vigilante so you can get your Publicist for the day, and then allowing your reputation to drift to the right while exiting stage right and getting the chips.

Castle Hundenswein
*There are two noncombats here. One of them (Behind door number three...) doesn't really give anything interesting. The last option is to skip it, not costing a turn. Do that one.
*The other is [[Forgot to Mention the Crystal Skulls]], in which the second choice yields some delicious [[Lustrous liquid]]. You'll want that for one of the recipes.

== Equipment ==

Neither +%chips or +%items are optimal alone- the best is a combination of the two. That being said, in most equipment slots there is an obvious superior for either one. For instance, the only pair of boots that has either is [[Roderick's Boots]], so you'll be using those, which are +10% chips.

* Next, your helmet. The only helmet that increases item or chip drops is the [[Royal crown]], which increases chip drops by 5%. But it is believed that The Virtual Reality helmet is better for farming overall. Whether or not the “Improved Computer Interaction” gets you more chips when used with the software [[Financial Prudence]] and [[Prepunctuality]] is questionable, but the bonus stats and XP are enough to sway most players who have one. If you don't, hopefully you can still sleep at night knowing that your crown is probably just as good maybe.

* For your weapon, you'll want to use a Longarm/Longbow of the Law, which grants +5% chips. The other option would be a Short end/bow of the stick, which is only 3% item drops.

* The best shirt you can use is the [[Letter shirt]] (IotM), which shaves 15 seconds off of every turn, which will end up giving you a solid 7 turns or so extra a day. It doesn't increase item or chip drops, but the only shirt that does is the harness, which is a measly 2% items. Plus, a theater is one of the worst places to be walking around in wearing a harness. Alternatively, if you didn't get the letter shirt, there's the [[VHF-1 Exosuit]] (also an IotM) which gives -10 seconds and a few other benefits. The [[xentrium breastplate]] is a non-IotM which gives the same -time as the exosuit.

* Your gloves are gonna be [[sticky gloves]]. They're the only ones that give +%items or chips. Easy.

* Pants are kinda funky. There are no +%items or chips pants currently in the game. Technically. But I remind you we're talking about Super Ultimate Optimization to the Point that it's Just Ridiculous. This is by no means a good reason to go spending a bunch of stars on them, but if you're absolutely crippled by OCD the [[Amazing Technicolor Dreampants]] will ''occasionally'' give you an almost ''negligible amount'' of +%items. If you have them, you're probably already wearing them though.

* For you boots, you'll want to use [[Roderick's Boots|Roderick's]]. It was explained why a few paragraphs up. If you don't have them, anything else will do.

* There are two perfectly viable offhand items for farming. The [[plastiscanner]] gives +10% chip drops, and the [[isotope meter]] gives +10% item drops. The decision is made more easily, however, when you note the fact that most of the time you'll have +40% item drops from your accessories, so you need all the chips you can get. Go with the plastiscanner.

* There are two IotM accessories that are extremely good for farming- the [[Hero's Cape]] and [[Wolley's Index]]. And in the days of old, this was all a hero needed to go off gallivanting and merrily collecting chips at the Cube Theater. But then Ryme made the [[Judo kid gloves]]. So now, your first 30 turns or so should be spent with the Judo Kid Gloves, while you have your Publicist. That's the fun part- when you get those 700 chip drops that are so pleasing to any true farmer's eye. But then comes the not fun part, when you have to start thinking about getting other sidekicks. If you have a spare Couch lying around, feel free to use [[crow|crows]] and [[Mafia informer|Mafia informers]]. Other than that, there are two sidekicks you can get from recipes in the Castle. Both are believed at the moment to increase item drops (though it's not likely they both do. Once it's properly spaded this should be edited). If you play your cards right, you'll have a farming sidekick essentially 100% of the time, making the Judo Gloves pretty sexy. As for non-IotM options, the binoculars have half the +%items of the Cape and Wolley's. The two other possibilities are [[sunglasses]] and the [[seventh of nine]]. Both are pretty minimal, but they'll do until you do enough farming to get your hands on a Wolley's (don't count on getting a cape without some ''serious'' donation).

* The [[Ultimate Aviator Goggles]] have a +10% chip drops buff, but also a -5% ''items'' drop. But (relatively) cheap, and they (probably) have a net increase on your chips-per-day. They also provide two other benefits; one of which is they just look kinda cool in your profile, and the second only applies to [[Psion|Psions]]. More on that later.

* Your transportation should be, naturally, the [[VHF-1 Fighter]]. Why is this? Well, first off it's an Item of the Month so it's just about guaranteed to be the best in most situations. But more specifically, it gives you 2 to 4 PP every turn (The [[Lexura Infinides D-8]] also grants 2 PP a turn and is just about as useful). Why is this good? Well it only is to Psions. If not, use a moped for all I care. If you are, more on that... right now.

== Class ==

Yes, that's right. Not all heroes are created equal. For farming, it is the unfortunate fact that Psions are by far the superior class. They are overpowered, imbalanced, and all-around dicks to compete with when it comes to chips. This is actually for more than 2 to reasons.
* Psions get a passive skill at level 10 that gives them ''30 extra minutes per day''. Yeah. Seriously. This means that at 500 chips per turn, you get about 3500 chips more than the other classes PER DAY.
* Psions have a skill (not a buff. Sorry other classes) which gives them +25% chips. That's a lot. If you didn't know.
* This one's a bit of a stretch, but you know. SUOttPtiJR. If you have [[Ultimate Aviator Goggles]] and a VHF-1 (or a Lexura, for those of us who don't have chips pouring out of our pockets), you'll be getting 4-6 PP a turn. How, do you ask, can you turn these points into chips? Well, this is just between you and me, but... ''buffs''. That's right. For every 12 PP, you can send a warrior hologram to a friend, who sends it back to you for a total profit of 5 chips. That's what we in the business call living large. Oh, and on a side note, it may seem like a good idea to just use a multi to exchange holograms back and forth with, but it's probably not. And on another side note, [[Naturalist|Naturalists]] can do this as well, just with a much lower PP-to-chips return.

== Caffeine and Sugar ==

Here's some good news. Because you're buying food to make chips, not spend them, you can stick with vendor stuff and drops and still be optimal. Yup, [[Mister Tea|Mister Teas]] and [[Stroopwafel|Stroopwafels]]. The stroopwafels drop at the Castle, and Mister Teas should be bought en masse when they're at the [[Black Market]]. If you're not at the Castle, use eyeball gumballs.

== Buffs ==

* [[Aura: Keen Observation]]. This is an obvious one.
* The Naturalist buff, [[Snout of the Swine]]. Also obvious.
* [[Metal Detector]], from a Gadgeteer. Also also obvious.
* [[Stealth]], from a Gadgeteer. Also als- wait, what? Yup. When you're in the Castle, half of your noncombats won't cost a turn. The other half should be split between getting Lustrous Liquids and fighting Chemists. The general rule of thumb is take the Lustrous Liquid until you've got more than you need for a day or so of [[Feeling Lucky]], then switch to fighing chemists for their high chip and item drops. You want to get Lustrous Liquids so you can fight Chemists, and you want to fight Chemists to get the most chips. Both of these will be increased by increasing your noncombat rate.

== Recipes ==
There are three recipes that will come in handy for farming in the Castle. The first two are sidekicks. The [[Clockwork ant]], which increases chip drops, is created by combining a [[Clockwork core]] and an [[Irrhodium socket set]]. The other is the [[Clockwork kangaroo]], which increases item drops, and is created by combining a [[Clockwork core]] and a [[Xentrium crossbow]]. The third is the [[Philtre of fortune]], created by combining Lustrous Liquid and Golden Powder. You should be able to make enough of these while patrolling to maintain the effect constantly, giving you 25% chip drops. Sexy!

[[Category:User Guides]]

Talk:GigaGuy cannon

2009-01-04T19:16:03Z

Thek3vin:

Info dump time!
You fire a crashing bomb from the cannon. True to its name, the projectile crashes and then explodes in a cloud of smoke and debris. Your opponent is badly stunned.

You trigger the rapid boomerang option on your cannon. A series of tiny little metal boomerangs rapidly shoot out from the cannon, ricochet off of your opponent, and somehow return to the gun. Your opponent takes X damage.

You fire off a lead sphere. Wait, is that lead as in made of heavy metal, or lead as in something you follow? You're not sure, but you can't imagine a dense metal being a light, floaty bubble. Then again, as the sphere just rolls to your opponent, it's not leading you anywhere. The greyish bubble pops and sticks all over your opponent, apparently weighing them down.

You trigger the fire atom release on your GigaGuy cannon. A mid-sized fireball blasts your opponent. It burns your foe for X damage.

You got an item: [[GigaGuy pellet]]

You got an item: [[GigaGuy capsule]]

[[User:Thek3vin|k3v]]

I checked all skill IDs up to 600, and the new skills are not there.--[[User:Muhandes|Muhandes]] 09:48, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
: I looked at the source and Skill IDs are:
:: 1004: GigaGuy small fire atom, GigaGuy fire atom, GigaGuy large fire atom
:: 1005: GigaGuy crashing bomb
:: 1006: GigaGuy rapid boomerang
:: 1007: GigaGuy lead sphere
: None show from the skill popup. Moreso, all 3 fire atoms are the same ID. I'm not sure how we want to add them, are they combat skills? For now I kept them here.--[[User:Muhandes|Muhandes]] 10:22, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Heyhey, the rapid boomerang seems to to extra damage to enemies made out of metal, which makes sense since Metal Man is weak against Quick Boomerang. Do all the skills have an enemy type that it's weak against? (I noticed this first against the Clockwork stuff in the Castle.)
Here's a cut-paste of what I'm talking about.
"You trigger the rapid boomerang option on your cannon. A series of tiny little metal boomerangs rapidly shoot out from the cannon, ricochet off of your opponent, and somehow return to the gun. The little boomerangs shred your opponent's metal casing badly, dealing 150 damage."
-poetfox

: Good catch. I'm making a table here listing which foes are metallic, which are not, and which were not tested yet. We'll see later where to put it.--[[User:Muhandes|Muhandes]] 08:50, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

{|
! Foe !! Metallic?
|-
|22.86 cm Screws||untested
|-
|A.P.C.||untested
|-
|Aardwolf||untested
|-
|Abe Costello||untested
|-
|Adam Done||untested
|-
|Aggravated protestor||untested
|-
|Albert Cujos||untested
|-
|Alchemist||no
|-
|Angry rioter||untested
|-
|Aquatic landshark bot||untested
|-
|Archduke Hans Enfransz||untested
|-
|Archibald "Bunker" Barisol||untested
|-
|Archon||untested
|-
|Armored warrior||untested
|-
|Astral shredder||untested
|-
|Australian alligator seeker||untested
|-
|Automaton||yes
|-
|Band that heeds you||untested
|-
|Bass bot||untested
|-
|Battle drone||untested
|-
|Beachcomber||untested
|-
|Big & tall shoreman||untested
|-
|Big Bad John Steele||untested
|-
|Big thug||untested
|-
|Big-chinned wiseguy||untested
|-
|Blotto sotto capo||untested
|-
|Bold cat||untested
|-
|Brawling drunkard||untested
|-
|Brutish man||untested
|-
|Bumble Beta||untested
|-
|Casino elite guard||untested
|-
|Casino security guard||untested
|-
|Castle guard||no
|-
|Castle guard, redux||untested
|-
|Cat burglar||untested
|-
|Catoblepas||untested
|-
|Cement Brunette||untested
|-
|Chemist||no
|-
|Cloaked swordsman||untested
|-
|Clockwork beetle||yes
|-
|Clockwork mishmash||yes
|-
|Coelophysis||untested
|-
|Cold bat||untested
|-
|Counsel Harry||untested
|-
|Crawler bot||untested
|-
|Crazed officer||untested
|-
|Crazy scientician||untested
|-
|Cyber punk||untested
|-
|Cyclopean scorpion||untested
|-
|Dan Swattingly||untested
|-
|Data priestess||untested
|-
|Defender||untested
|-
|Delta Queen||untested
|-
|Demented scientist||untested
|-
|Deranged mutant||untested
|-
|Dick's 12-Step Recovery Program||untested
|-
|Dimetrodon||untested
|-
|Dirty launderer||untested
|-
|Distempered catfish||untested
|-
|Don Uggler||untested
|-
|Drunken brawler||untested
|-
|Elderly bowler||untested
|-
|Elite guardian orb||untested
|-
|Elizabeth Shoe||untested
|-
|English tourist||untested
|-
|Estemmenosuchus||untested
|-
|Ethereal behemoth||untested
|-
|Femticore||untested
|-
|Flamethrower pillar||untested
|-
|Flock of harpies||untested
|-
|Franz Shoebert||untested
|-
|Gangster in blue||untested
|-
|Gangster in green||untested
|-
|Gangster in red||untested
|-
|Giant||untested
|-
|Gila monstrosity||untested
|-
|Greater pit fiend||untested
|-
|Green twosome||untested
|-
|Gruesome phantasm||untested
|-
|Gruesome teen||untested
|-
|Grumpy Grey Giant||untested
|-
|Gryphon||untested
|-
|Guardian orb||untested
|-
|Hagbard Dorn||untested
|-
|Hamlet||untested
|-
|Hovertank||untested
|-
|IT wizard||untested
|-
|Impractical jokester||untested
|-
|Insane villain||untested
|-
|Investigator||untested
|-
|Ironic bot||untested
|-
|Jellyfish bot||untested
|-
|Joanne of Arch||untested
|-
|Joybuzzard||untested
|-
|Karlos Voltron||untested
|-
|Killjoy||untested
|-
|Kraken||untested
|-
|Lady Macbeth||untested
|-
|Lanky robot||untested
|-
|Lenny the Leech||untested
|-
|Lesser pit fiend||untested
|-
|Lobster bot||untested
|-
|Lokhar||untested
|-
|Man with two red shoes||untested
|-
|Matarkhis||untested
|-
|Mining machinery||yes
|-
|Mob instigator||untested
|-
|Mochi vendor||untested
|-
|Multidimensional terror||untested
|-
|Mutant fire ant||untested
|-
|Mutant vagrant||untested
|-
|Nautilizer||untested
|-
|Ol' IronHideSides||untested
|-
|Old man from the sea||untested
|-
|Orca with rocket launcher||untested
|-
|Oversize rattlesnake||untested
|-
|Overzealous dancer||untested
|-
|Pandimensional horror||untested
|-
|Peteinosaurus||untested
|-
|Peter Pollen Mary||untested
|-
|Pickpocket||untested
|-
|Pier security guard||untested
|-
|Pitch-black knight||untested
|-
|Practical joker||untested
|-
|Prowler||untested
|-
|Queen of bass||untested
|-
|Rabid airborne rodent||untested
|-
|Rabid dogfish||untested
|-
|Ravenous guppy||untested
|-
|Rho Master||untested
|-
|Road-enraged bike courier||untested
|-
|Robot crawler||untested
|-
|Robotic gunboat||untested
|-
|Rock'em Bot||untested
|-
|Rosencrantz and Guildenstern||untested
|-
|ScarStream||untested
|-
|Schnozzie Smith||untested
|-
|Sentient meme||untested
|-
|Servant robot||untested
|-
|Sewer crocodile||untested
|-
|Sewer rat of unusual size||untested
|-
|Shadowy figure||untested
|-
|ShockWave||untested
|-
|Shockwave||untested
|-
|Shoeless Joe Friday||untested
|-
|Skateboarding teen||untested
|-
|Sketchy dealer||untested
|-
|Slick thug||untested
|-
|Small-time smuggler||untested
|-
|SnoBot||untested
|-
|SoundWave||untested
|-
|Soundwave||untested
|-
|Sphinx||untested
|-
|Squid bot||untested
|-
|Squidopus||untested
|-
|Star-crossed lovers||untested
|-
|Stevedora||untested
|-
|Studio executive||untested
|-
|Superultimate frisbee player||untested
|-
|Surly gambler||untested
|-
|Swami Biura||untested
|-
|Taser drone||untested
|-
|The Bard||untested
|-
|The Beatless||untested
|-
|The Bit Player||untested
|-
|The Bit Player 1||untested
|-
|The Bit Player 2||untested
|-
|The Bit Player 3||untested
|-
|The Bit Player 4||untested
|-
|The Bit Player 5||untested
|-
|The Northpaw||untested
|-
|Thick slug||untested
|-
|Thug||untested
|-
|Thunderclap||untested
|-
|Tormented hero||untested
|-
|Transdimensional fiend||untested
|-
|Translator robot||untested
|-
|Treaded robot||untested
|-
|Ugly mugger||untested
|-
|Unborn general||untested
|-
|Unborn soldier||untested
|-
|Uneasy rider||untested
|-
|Unidentifiable English king||untested
|-
|Upgraded no-frills lizard||untested
|-
|Upsilon-Iota Bot||untested
|-
|VIP guest||untested
|-
|Vain Helen||untested
|-
|Vogue rogue||untested
|-
|Water spider||untested
|-
|Water strider||untested
|-
|Wavejumper||untested
|-
|Zion's Tears cult follower||untested
|-
|Zion's Tears cult leader||untested
|-
|Zion's Tears demiurge||untested
|}

Oh man, could that mean that ''all'' the skills could be strong versus certain enemies? Like is the fire atom going to do extra damage against... you know... Bomb-type enemies?

GigaGuy cannon

2009-01-02T06:00:12Z

Thek3vin: /* References */

{{item
|unimplemented=
|descid=6150753
|itemid=656
|name=GigaGuy cannon
|plural=GigaGuy cannons
|image=gigaguy-cannon.gif
|desc=A color-changing hero named GigaGuy once used this cannon to take a particularly wily villain to task and bring the city back from the brink of darkness and return it to light. After that he apparently had to rush off to some other city to put down a nearly identical plot devised by the same villain and some imitation cohorts, and in the process apparently he left all of his weapons behind.

This thing is tricked out with a number of attachments on the cannon, which seem to be able to do quite a few different things, up to and including scrambling eggs. Or frying them. Or blowing them up. Any of the above, actually.
|type=ranged
|power=10
|level=
|range=
|autosell=
|nosell=yes
|nomem=
|notrade=
|consumable=
|usable=no
|combat=
|weldable=
|ench=+X offense power (+10/level, max: +100). 
+1 extra attack(s) per turn. 
Provides several special attacks in combat. 
Occasionally causes foes to drop restoratives.
|obtain=Wok of Stars, January 2009
|combatuse=
|consume=
|used=
|uses=}}
==Notes==
When you use the ''GigaGuy cannon'' in combat there is a chance of a [[GigaGuy capsule]] and/or [[GigaGuy pellet]] dropping. 
'''When you use GigaGuy fire atom (5pp)''' 
You trigger the fire atom release on your GigaGuy cannon. A gigantic fireball explodes from the cannon and engulfs your opponent. It burns your foe for X damage. 
'''When you use GigaGuy crashing bomb (10pp)''' 
You fire a crashing bomb from the cannon. True to its name, the projectile crashes and then explodes in a cloud of smoke and debris. Your opponent is badly stunned. 
'''When you use GigaGuy rapid boomerang (3pp)''' 
You trigger the rapid boomerang option on your cannon. A series of tiny little metal boomerangs rapidly shoot out from the cannon, ricochet off of your opponent, and somehow return to the gun. Your opponent takes X damage. 
'''When you use GigaGuy lead sphere (7pp)''' 
You fire off a lead sphere. Wait, is that lead as in made of heavy metal, or lead as in something you follow? You're not sure, but you can't imagine a dense metal being a light, floaty bubble. Then again, as the sphere just rolls to your opponent, it's not leading you anywhere. The greyish bubble pops and sticks all over your opponent, apparently weighing them down. 

==References==
*GigaGuy bares a striking resemblance, in nature and action, to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_Man_(character) Mega Man], a color-changing, ability-absorbing, robotic hero who faced off against Dr. Wily, with the aid of his robo-dog, Rush in several very similar adventures.

User:TheK3vin

2009-01-02T02:20:39Z

Thek3vin: /* Info */

==Info==
Player ID: 325 
Level: 54, with 61 worth of XP. 
Account Created: 2007-11-02 18:49:59 

==A few words==
Lemon, pony, cup, fourteen milligrams.
==Interesting Stuff==
I really do wish I was in the mood to put something interesting here. Honestly. But it's late at the moment, and the chances of me revisiting this in the near future are approaching zero. 
Um... I like Java. Aaannd... I farm. A lot. Uh, and yeah. That's it. 
Mhm. Look at my shiny merit badges!
==Merit badges:==
[[Image:Sun-go-up-sun-go-down.jpg]]
[[Image:Nothing-but-kopi-luwak.jpg]]
[[Image:Getafirstlife-dot-com.jpg]]
[[Image:Twice-as-nice.jpg]]
[[Image:Mmm-thats-good-cosmic-karma.jpg]]
[[Image:Think-im-a-banana-tree.gif]]
[[image:Seismic-raspberry.gif]]
[[image:i-am-sofa-king.gif]]
[[image:golden-oldie.gif]]
[[image:left-and-gone-away.jpg]]

Talk:GigaGuy cannon

2009-01-02T02:16:24Z

Thek3vin:

Talk:GigaGuy cannon

2009-01-02T02:16:05Z

Thek3vin:

Talk:GigaGuy cannon

2009-01-02T02:15:41Z

Thek3vin: New page: Info dump time! You fire a crashing bomb from the cannon. True to its name, the projectile crashes and then explodes in a cloud of smoke and debris. Your opponent is badly stunned. You t...

Talk:Chemist

2009-01-02T01:27:50Z

Thek3vin:

~222 (<224) HP

Much rarer than the other monsters, hasn't showed up once in the 2 days I've been looking for 'em.

Uh... And by that I mean you only get them for one of the noncombat choices. Heh heh. -K3v

Talk:Chemist

2009-01-02T00:55:17Z

Thek3vin:

~222 (<224) HP

Much rarer than the other monsters, hasn't showed up once in the 2 days I've been looking for 'em.

Snowball

2008-12-16T23:33:19Z

Thek3vin:

{{item
|descid=2907922
|itemid=614
|name=snowball
|plural=snowballs
|image=snowball.gif
|desc=This is a hunk of snow, packed into a ball. It's not nearly as tasty as a hunk of snow, shaped into a cone. ''Sigh.''
|type=Miscellaneous Item
|autosell=5
|combat=Combat Usable
|obtain=Randomly drops anywhere on a [[Snow Day]]}}
 <big>'''When Used (from inventory)'''</big> <hr>
The player using it see this message:
You throw the snowball at (User). It hits dead center. Ha!
Sends a message to the target player, with the following text:
X, where X is the message they see.

Icicle

2008-12-16T23:31:27Z

Thek3vin:

{{item
|descid=2559834
|itemid=616
|name=icicle
|plural=icicles
|image=icicle.gif
|desc=According to some brainteasers, this might just possibly be the perfect murder weapon. Of course, according to some brainteasers, you can have an infinitely large hotel and not go out of debt supplying an infinite amount of hot water each morning for the showers.
|type=Melee weapon
|power=30
|level=2
|autosell=5
|ench=+5 ice damage
|obtain=Anywhere on a [[Snow Day]]}}
 <big>'''When Used'''</big> <hr>
The player using it see this message:
You drop the icicle down the back of (User)'s shirt and then giggle mercilessly when they dance around in an attempt to get it out.
Sends a message to the target player, with the following text:
(User) just dropped an icicle down the back of your shirt. Ooh that's cold!

Icicle

2008-12-16T23:23:36Z

Thek3vin:

{{item
|descid=2559834
|itemid=616
|name=icicle
|plural=icicles
|image=icicle.gif
|desc=According to some brainteasers, this might just possibly be the perfect murder weapon. Of course, according to some brainteasers, you can have an infinitely large hotel and not go out of debt supplying an infinite amount of hot water each morning for the showers.
|type=Melee weapon
|power=30
|level=2
|autosell=5
|ench=+5 ice dammage
|obtain=Anywhere on a [[Snow Day]]}}
 <big>'''When Used'''</big> <hr>
The player using it see this message:
You drop the icicle down the back of (User)'s shirt and then giggle mercilessly when they dance around in an attempt to get it out.
Sends a message to the target player, with the following text:
(User) just dropped an icicle down the back of your shirt. Ooh that's cold!

Talk:Sleet bucket

2008-12-16T23:21:15Z

Thek3vin: New page: You splash your opponent with a bucket full of sleet-water, dealing 32 points shivery damage. Your opponent starts shaking so badly they can barely hold their weapon straight. Used by a le...

You splash your opponent with a bucket full of sleet-water, dealing 32 points shivery damage. Your opponent starts shaking so badly they can barely hold their weapon straight.
Used by a level 1 alt -[[User:Thek3vin|K3v]]

Talk:Snowball

2008-12-16T23:19:20Z

Thek3vin: Whoops...

You throw the snowball at your enemy, smacking them in the face. Fap! Paff! You dealing 10 damage.
Used by a level 1 Alt. -[[User:Thek3vin|K3v]]

Talk:Snowball

2008-12-16T23:18:10Z

Thek3vin: God damnit...

Talk:Snowball

2008-12-16T23:17:45Z

Thek3vin: I can never get this stupid thing right...

Talk:Snowball

2008-12-16T23:17:18Z

General Farming

2008-12-05T04:10:16Z

Thek3vin: /* Equipment */

== Introduction ==

So. If you've been farming for 2 years, are getting a hundred chips a day, and know everything there is to know about farming, then you're probably lying. But whatever the case may be, if you're an experienced farmer, you're not likely to find a lot of new information here. In fact, you might find a bunch of completely false information. This guide is not for you. However, this is a ''wiki'', so feel free to edit it. This guide IS for
*Players who have been playing for a while and are interested in getting into farming
*Players have been farming for a little while, and want to improve their income
*Players who have the supernatural ability to bear my writing style
So let's get started then.

== Locations ==

[[Golden Wooden Nickel Casino]]
* Good for low level players, [[Jackpot!]] gives a good sum of chips. But that's not what we're here for, now is it?
[[Cube Theater]]
* Good for mid-level players, high droprate of autosell-able items, good chip drops
[[Castle Hundenswein]]
* Now THIS is true farming. High chip drops, items autosell for crazy amounts of chips, and a couple items have great recipes for farming. This is however a very hard area to survive- spending hundreds of turns here isn't realistic unless you're at least level 20.

== Non-Combats==

The Cube
*The optimal farming technique regarding noncombats in the Cube is a mixture of exiting stage right and left, using left just enough to maintain a vigilante reputation so you can use the Publicist, in conjunction with the judo kid gloves. Now, where you draw the line is up to you, but if you want to be REALLY optimal the best strategy is to use your turns just right such that at the end of the day you are a vigilante so you can get your Publicist for the day, and then allowing your reputation to drift to the right while exiting stage right and getting the chips.

Castle Hundenswein
*There are two noncombats here. One of them (Behind door number three...) doesn't really give anything interesting. The last option is to skip it, not costing a turn. Do that one.
*The other is [[Forgot to Mention the Crystal Skulls]], in which the second choice yields some delicious [[Lustrous liquid]]. You'll want that for one of the recipes.

== Equipment ==

Neither +%chips or +%items are optimal alone- the best is a combination of the two. That being said, in most equipment slots there is an obvious superior for either one. For instance, the only pair of boots that has either is [[Roderick's Boots]], so you'll be using those, which are +10% chips.

* Next, your helmet. The only helmet that increases item or chip drops is the [[Royal crown]], which increases chip drops by 5%. But it is believed that The Virtual Reality helmet is better for farming overall. Whether or not the “Improved Computer Interaction” gets you more chips when used with the software [[Financial Prudence]] and [[Prepunctuality]] is questionable, but the bonus stats and XP are enough to sway most players who have one. If you don't, hopefully you can still sleep at night knowing that your crown is probably just as good maybe.

* For your weapon, you'll want to use a Longarm/Longbow of the Law, which grants +5% chips. The other option would be a Short end/bow of the stick, which is only 3% item drops.

* The best shirt you can use is the [[Letter shirt]] (IotM), which shaves 15 seconds off of every turn, which will end up giving you a solid 7 turns or so extra a day. It doesn't increase item or chip drops, but the only shirt that does is the harness, which is a measly 2% items. Plus, a theater is one of the worst places to be walking around in wearing a harness. Alternatively, if you didn't get the letter shirt, there's the [[VHF-1 Exosuit]] (also an IotM) which gives -10 seconds and a few other benefits. The [[xentrium breastplate]] is a non-IotM which gives the same -time as the exosuit.

* Your gloves are gonna be [[sticky gloves]]. They're the only ones that give +%items or chips. Easy.

* Pants are kinda funky. There are no +%items or chips pants currently in the game. Technically. But I remind you we're talking about Super Ultimate Optimization to the Point that it's Just Ridiculous. This is by no means a good reason to go spending a bunch of stars on them, but if you're absolutely crippled by OCD the [[Amazing Technicolor Dreampants]] will ''occasionally'' give you an almost ''negligible amount'' of +%items. If you have them, you're probably already wearing them though.

* For you boots, you'll want to use [[Roderick's Boots|Roderick's]]. It was explained why a few paragraphs up. If you don't have them, anything else will do.

* There are two perfectly viable offhand items for farming. The [[plastiscanner]] gives +10% chip drops, and the [[isotope meter]] gives +10% item drops. The decision is made more easily, however, when you note the fact that most of the time you'll have +40% item drops from your accessories, so you need all the chips you can get. Go with the plastiscanner.

* There are two IotM accessories that are extremely good for farming- the [[Hero's Cape]] and [[Wolley's Index]]. And in the days of old, this was all a hero needed to go off gallivanting and merrily collecting chips at the Cube Theater. But then Ryme made the [[Judo kid gloves]]. So now, your first 30 turns or so should be spent with the Judo Kid Gloves, while you have your Publicist. That's the fun part- when you get those 700 chip drops that are so pleasing to any true farmer's eye. But then comes the not fun part, when you have to start thinking about getting other sidekicks. If you have a spare Couch lying around, feel free to use [[crow|crows]] and [[Mafia informer|Mafia informers]]. Other than that, there are two sidekicks you can get from recipes in the Castle. Both are believed at the moment to increase item drops (though it's not likely they both do. Once it's properly spaded this should be edited). If you play your cards right, you'll have a farming sidekick essentially 100% of the time, making the Judo Gloves pretty sexy. As for non-IotM options, the binoculars have half the +%items of the Cape and Wolley's. The two other possibilities are [[sunglasses]] and the [[seventh of nine]]. Both are pretty minimal, but they'll do until you do enough farming to get your hands on a Wolley's (don't count on getting a cape without some ''serious'' donation).

* The [[Ultimate Aviator Goggles]] have a +10% chip drops buff, but also a -5% ''items'' drop. But (relatively) cheap, and they (probably) have a net increase on your chips-per-day. They also provide two other benefits; one of which is they just look kinda cool in your profile, and the second only applies to [[Psion|Psions]]. More on that later.

* Your transportation should be, naturally, the [[VHF-1 Fighter]]. Why is this? Well, first off it's an Item of the Month so it's just about guaranteed to be the best in most situations. But more specifically, it gives you 2 to 4 PP every turn (The [[Lexura Infinides D-8]] also grants 2 PP a turn and is just about as useful). Why is this good? Well it only is to Psions. If not, use a moped for all I care. If you are, more on that... right now.

== Class ==

Yes, that's right. Not all heroes are created equal. For farming, it is the unfortunate fact that Psions are by far the superior class. They are overpowered, imbalanced, and all-around dicks to compete with when it comes to chips. This is actually for more than 2 to reasons.
* Psions get a passive skill at level 10 that gives them ''30 extra minutes per day''. Yeah. Seriously. This means that at 500 chips per turn, you get about 3500 chips more than the other classes PER DAY.
* Psions have a skill (not a buff. Sorry other classes) which gives them +25% chips. That's a lot. If you didn't know.
* This one's a bit of a stretch, but you know. SUOttPtiJR. If you have [[Ultimate Aviator Goggles]] and a VHF-1 (or a Lexura, for those of us who don't have chips pouring out of our pockets), you'll be getting 4-6 PP a turn. How, do you ask, can you turn these points into chips? Well, this is just between you and me, but... ''buffs''. That's right. For every 12 PP, you can send a warrior hologram to a friend, who sends it back to you for a total profit of 5 chips. That's what we in the business call living large. Oh, and on a side note, it may seem like a good idea to just use a multi to exchange holograms back and forth with, but it's probably not. And on another side note, [[Naturalist|Naturalists]] can do this as well, just with a much lower PP-to-chips return.

== Caffeine and Sugar ==

Here's some good news. Because you're buying food to make chips, not spend them, you can stick with vendor stuff and drops and still be optimal. Yup, [[Mister Tea|Mister Teas]] and [[Stroopwafel|Stroopwafels]]. The stroopwafels drop at the Castle, and Mister Teas should be bought en masse when they're at the [[Black Market]]. If you're not at the Castle, use eyeball gumballs.

== Buffs ==

* [[Aura: Keen Observation]]. This is an obvious one.
* The Naturalist buff, [[Snout of the Swine]]. Also obvious.
* [[Metal Detector]], from a Gadgeteer. Also also obvious.
* [[Sinus of the Shark]]. Also also al- Wait, what? Yes. Sinus of the Shark reduces your rate of noncombat adventures. At the Cube Theater, you'll want to use this. However, at the Castle I've found that your unchanged combat rate actually works out pretty well, giving you a 1:1 proportion of [[Lustrous liquid]] and [[Golden powder]]. Use this if you find it's imbalanced one way or the other.

== Recipes ==
There are three recipes that will come in handy for farming in the Castle. The first two are sidekicks. The [[Clockwork ant]], which increases chip drops, is created by combining a [[Clockwork core]] and an [[Irrhodium socket set]]. The other is the [[Clockwork kangaroo]], which increases item drops, and is created by combining a [[Clockwork core]] and a [[Xentrium crossbow]]. The third is the [[Philtre of fortune]], created by combining Lustrous Liquid and Golden Powder. You should be able to make enough of these while patrolling to maintain the effect constantly, giving you 25% chip drops. Sexy!

[[Category:User Guides]]

User:TheK3vin

2008-12-05T04:01:51Z

Thek3vin: /* Info */

==Info==
Player ID: 325 
Level: 54, with 61 worth of XP. 
Account Created: 2007-11-02 18:49:59 
Reputation: Vigilante for life!!! 
/me has read Watchmen too many times... 

==A few words==
Lemon, pony, cup, fourteen milligrams.
==Interesting Stuff==
I really do wish I was in the mood to put something interesting here. Honestly. But it's late at the moment, and the chances of me revisiting this in the near future are approaching zero. 
Um... I like Java. Aaannd... I farm. A lot. Uh, and yeah. That's it. 
Mhm. Look at my shiny merit badges!
==Merit badges:==
[[Image:Sun-go-up-sun-go-down.jpg]]
[[Image:Nothing-but-kopi-luwak.jpg]]
[[Image:Getafirstlife-dot-com.jpg]]
[[Image:Twice-as-nice.jpg]]
[[Image:Mmm-thats-good-cosmic-karma.jpg]]
[[Image:Think-im-a-banana-tree.gif]]
[[image:Seismic-raspberry.gif]]
[[image:i-am-sofa-king.gif]]
[[image:golden-oldie.gif]]
[[image:left-and-gone-away.jpg]]

Talk:General Farming

2008-12-03T02:43:33Z

Thek3vin:

General Farming

2008-11-30T04:18:13Z

Thek3vin: /* Class */

== Introduction ==

So. If you've been farming for 2 years, are getting a hundred chips a day, and know everything there is to know about farming, then you're probably lying. But whatever the case may be, if you're an experienced farmer, you're not likely to find a lot of new information here. In fact, you might find a bunch of completely false information. This guide is not for you. However, this is a ''wiki'', so feel free to edit it. This guide IS for
*Players who have been playing for a while and are interested in getting into farming
*Players have been farming for a little while, and want to improve their income
*Players who have the supernatural ability to bear my writing style
So let's get started then.

== Locations ==

[[Golden Wooden Nickel Casino]]
* Good for low level players, [[Jackpot!]] gives a good sum of chips. But that's not what we're here for, now is it?
[[Cube Theater]]
* Good for mid-level players, high droprate of autosell-able items, good chip drops
[[Castle Hundenswein]]
* Now THIS is true farming. High chip drops, items autosell for crazy amounts of chips, and a couple items have great recipes for farming. This is however a very hard area to survive- spending hundreds of turns here isn't realistic unless you're at least level 20.

== Non-Combats==

The Cube
*The optimal farming technique regarding noncombats in the Cube is a mixture of exiting stage right and left, using left just enough to maintain a vigilante reputation so you can use the Publicist, in conjunction with the judo kid gloves. Now, where you draw the line is up to you, but if you want to be REALLY optimal the best strategy is to use your turns just right such that at the end of the day you are a vigilante so you can get your Publicist for the day, and then allowing your reputation to drift to the right while exiting stage right and getting the chips.

Castle Hundenswein
*There are two noncombats here. One of them (Behind door number three...) doesn't really give anything interesting. The last option is to skip it, not costing a turn. Do that one.
*The other is [[Forgot to Mention the Crystal Skulls]], in which the second choice yields some delicious [[Lustrous liquid]]. You'll want that for one of the recipes.

== Equipment ==

Neither +%chips or +%items are optimal alone- the best is a combination of the two. That being said, in most equipment slots there is an obvious superior for either one. For instance, the only pair of boots that has either is [[Roderick's Boots]], so you'll be using those, which are +10% chips.

* Next, your helmet. The only helmet that increases item or chip drops is the [[Royal crown]], which increases chip drops by 5%. But it is believed that The Virtual Reality helmet is better for farming overall. Whether or not the “Improved Computer Interaction” gets you more chips when used with the software [[Financial Prudence]] and [[Prepunctuality]] is questionable, but the bonus stats and XP are enough to sway most players who have one. If you don't, hopefully you can still sleep at night knowing that your crown is probably just as good maybe.

* For your weapon, you'll want to use a Longarm/Longbow of the Law, which grants +5% chips. The other option would be a Short end/bow of the stick, which is only 3% item drops.

* The best shirt you can use is the [[Letter shirt]], which shaves 15 seconds off of every turn, which will end up giving you a solid 7 turns or so extra a day. It doesn't increase item or chip drops, but the only shirt that does is the harness, which is a measly 2% items. Plus, a theater is one of the worst places to be walking around in wearing a harness.

* Your gloves are gonna be [[sticky gloves]]. They're the only ones that give +%items or chips. Easy.

* Pants are kinda funky. There are no +%items or chips pants currently in the game. Technically. But I remind you we're talking about Super Ultimate Optimization to the Point that it's Just Ridiculous. This is by no means a good reason to go spending a bunch of stars on them, but if you're absolutely crippled by OCD the [[Amazing Technicolor Dreampants]] will ''occasionally'' give you an almost ''negligible amount'' of +%items. If you have them, you're probably already wearing them though.

* For you boots, you'll want to use [[Roderick's Boots|Roderick's]]. It was explained why a few paragraphs up.

* There are two perfectly viable offhand items for farming. The [[plastiscanner]] gives +10% chip drops, and the [[isotope meter]] gives +10% item drops. The decision is made more easily, however, when you note the fact that most of the time you'll have +40% item drops from your accessories, so you need all the chips you can get. Go with the plastiscanner.

* There are two IotM accessories that are extremely good for farming- the [[Hero's Cape]] and [[Wolley's Index]]. And in the days of old, this was all a hero needed to go off gallivanting and merrily collecting chips at the Cube Theater. But then Ryme made the [[Judo kid gloves]]. So now, your first 30 turns or so should be spent with the Judo Kid Gloves, while you have your Publicist. That's the fun part- when you get those 700 chip drops that are so pleasing to any true farmer's eye. But then comes the not fun part, when you have to start thinking about getting other sidekicks. If you have a spare Couch lying around, feel free to use [[crow|crows]] and [[Mafia informer|Mafia informers]]. Other than that, there are two sidekicks you can get from recipes in the Castle. Both are believed at the moment to increase item drops (though it's not likely they both do. Once it's properly spaded this should be edited). If you play your cards right, you'll have a farming sidekick essentially 100% of the time, making the Judo Gloves pretty sexy.

* The [[Ultimate Aviator Goggles]] have a +10% chip drops buff, but also a -5% ''items'' drop. But (relatively) cheap, and they (probably) have a net increase on your chips-per-day. They also provide two other benefits; one of which is they just look kinda cool in your profile, and the second only applies to [[Psion|Psions]]. More on that later.

* Your transportation should be, naturally, the [[VHF-1 Fighter]]. Why is this? Well, first off it's an Item of the Month so it's just about guaranteed to be the best in most situations. But more specifically, it gives you 2 to 4 PP every turn (The [[Lexura Infinides D-8]] also grants 2 PP a turn and is just about as useful). Why is this good? Well it only is to Psions. If not, use a moped for all I care. If you are, more on that... right now.

== Class ==

Yes, that's right. Not all heroes are created equal. For farming, it is the unfortunate fact that Psions are by far the superior class. They are overpowered, imbalanced, and all-around dicks to compete with when it comes to chips. This is actually for more than 2 to reasons.
* Psions get a passive skill at level 10 that gives them ''30 extra minutes per day''. Yeah. Seriously. This means that at 500 chips per turn, you get about 3500 chips more than the other classes PER DAY.
* Psions have a skill (not a buff. Sorry other classes) which gives them +25% chips. That's a lot. If you didn't know.
* This one's a bit of a stretch, but you know. SUOttPtiJR. If you have [[Ultimate Aviator Goggles]] and a VHF-1 (or a Lexura, for those of us who don't have chips pouring out of our pockets), you'll be getting 4-6 PP a turn. How, do you ask, can you turn these points into chips? Well, this is just between you and me, but... ''buffs''. That's right. For every 12 PP, you can send a warrior hologram to a friend, who sends it back to you for a total profit of 5 chips. That's what we in the business call living large. Oh, and on a side note, it may seem like a good idea to just use a multi to exchange holograms back and forth with, but it's probably not. And on another side note, [[Naturalist|Naturalists]] can do this as well, just with a much lower PP-to-chips return.

== Caffeine and Sugar ==

Here's some good news. Because you're buying food to make chips, not spend them, you can stick with vendor stuff and drops and still be optimal. Yup, [[Mister Tea|Mister Teas]] and [[Stroopwafel|Stroopwafels]]. The stroopwafels drop at the Castle, and Mister Teas should be bought en masse when they're at the [[Black Market]]. If you're not at the Castle, use eyeball gumballs.

== Buffs ==

* [[Aura: Keen Observation]]. This is an obvious one.
* The Naturalist buff, [[Snout of the Swine]]. Also obvious.
* [[Metal Detector]], from a Gadgeteer. Also also obvious.
* [[Sinus of the Shark]]. Also also al- Wait, what? Yes. Sinus of the Shark reduces your rate of noncombat adventures. At the Cube Theater, you'll want to use this. However, at the Castle I've found that your unchanged combat rate actually works out pretty well, giving you a 1:1 proportion of [[Lustrous liquid]] and [[Golden powder]]. Use this if you find it's imbalanced one way or the other.

== Recipes ==
There are three recipes that will come in handy for farming in the Castle. The first two are sidekicks. The [[Clockwork ant]], which increases chip drops, is created by combining a [[Clockwork core]] and an [[Irrhodium socket set]]. The other is the [[Clockwork kangaroo]], which increases item drops, and is created by combining a [[Clockwork core]] and a [[Xentrium crossbow]]. The third is the [[Philtre of fortune]], created by combining Lustrous Liquid and Golden Powder. You should be able to make enough of these while patrolling to maintain the effect constantly, giving you 25% chip drops. Sexy!

[[Category:User Guides]]

Talk:Snout of the Swine

2008-11-27T05:11:04Z

Thek3vin: New page: Has anyone found exactly how much it adds to chip drops?

Has anyone found exactly how much it adds to chip drops?

Talk:Clockwork ant

2008-11-27T05:06:52Z

Thek3vin:

The ant scuttles around the site of the battle, productively picking up any valuables it can find.

I've found from limited spading that the ant gives the same chip bonus as the Publicist. Which is weird. But still awesome. -K3v

General Farming

2008-11-27T03:19:19Z

Thek3vin: /* Equipment */

== Introduction ==

So. If you've been farming for 2 years, are getting a hundred chips a day, and know everything there is to know about farming, then you're probably lying. But whatever the case may be, if you're an experienced farmer, you're not likely to find a lot of new information here. In fact, you might find a bunch of completely false information. This guide is not for you. However, this is a ''wiki'', so feel free to edit it. This guide IS for
*Players who have been playing for a while and are interested in getting into farming
*Players have been farming for a little while, and want to improve their income
*Players who have the supernatural ability to bear my writing style
So let's get started then.

== Locations ==

[[Golden Wooden Nickel Casino]]
* Good for low level players, [[Jackpot!]] gives a good sum of chips. But that's not what we're here for, now is it?
[[Cube Theater]]
* Good for mid-level players, high droprate of autosell-able items, good chip drops
[[Castle Hundenswein]]
* Now THIS is true farming. High chip drops, items autosell for crazy amounts of chips, and a couple items have great recipes for farming. This is however a very hard area to survive- spending hundreds of turns here isn't realistic unless you're at least level 20.

== Non-Combats==

The Cube
*The optimal farming technique regarding noncombats in the Cube is a mixture of exiting stage right and left, using left just enough to maintain a vigilante reputation so you can use the Publicist, in conjunction with the judo kid gloves. Now, where you draw the line is up to you, but if you want to be REALLY optimal the best strategy is to use your turns just right such that at the end of the day you are a vigilante so you can get your Publicist for the day, and then allowing your reputation to drift to the right while exiting stage right and getting the chips.

Castle Hundenswein
*There are two noncombats here. One of them (Behind door number three...) doesn't really give anything interesting. The last option is to skip it, not costing a turn. Do that one.
*The other is [[Forgot to Mention the Crystal Skulls]], in which the second choice yields some delicious [[Lustrous liquid]]. You'll want that for one of the recipes.

== Equipment ==

Neither +%chips or +%items are optimal alone- the best is a combination of the two. That being said, in most equipment slots there is an obvious superior for either one. For instance, the only pair of boots that has either is [[Roderick's Boots]], so you'll be using those, which are +10% chips.

* Next, your helmet. The only helmet that increases item or chip drops is the [[Royal crown]], which increases chip drops by 5%. But it is believed that The Virtual Reality helmet is better for farming overall. Whether or not the “Improved Computer Interaction” gets you more chips when used with the software [[Financial Prudence]] and [[Prepunctuality]] is questionable, but the bonus stats and XP are enough to sway most players who have one. If you don't, hopefully you can still sleep at night knowing that your crown is probably just as good maybe.

* For your weapon, you'll want to use a Longarm/Longbow of the Law, which grants +5% chips. The other option would be a Short end/bow of the stick, which is only 3% item drops.

* The best shirt you can use is the [[Letter shirt]], which shaves 15 seconds off of every turn, which will end up giving you a solid 7 turns or so extra a day. It doesn't increase item or chip drops, but the only shirt that does is the harness, which is a measly 2% items. Plus, a theater is one of the worst places to be walking around in wearing a harness.

* Your gloves are gonna be [[sticky gloves]]. They're the only ones that give +%items or chips. Easy.

* Pants are kinda funky. There are no +%items or chips pants currently in the game. Technically. But I remind you we're talking about Super Ultimate Optimization to the Point that it's Just Ridiculous. This is by no means a good reason to go spending a bunch of stars on them, but if you're absolutely crippled by OCD the [[Amazing Technicolor Dreampants]] will ''occasionally'' give you an almost ''negligible amount'' of +%items. If you have them, you're probably already wearing them though.

* For you boots, you'll want to use [[Roderick's Boots|Roderick's]]. It was explained why a few paragraphs up.

* There are two perfectly viable offhand items for farming. The [[plastiscanner]] gives +10% chip drops, and the [[isotope meter]] gives +10% item drops. The decision is made more easily, however, when you note the fact that most of the time you'll have +40% item drops from your accessories, so you need all the chips you can get. Go with the plastiscanner.

* There are two IotM accessories that are extremely good for farming- the [[Hero's Cape]] and [[Wolley's Index]]. And in the days of old, this was all a hero needed to go off gallivanting and merrily collecting chips at the Cube Theater. But then Ryme made the [[Judo kid gloves]]. So now, your first 30 turns or so should be spent with the Judo Kid Gloves, while you have your Publicist. That's the fun part- when you get those 700 chip drops that are so pleasing to any true farmer's eye. But then comes the not fun part, when you have to start thinking about getting other sidekicks. If you have a spare Couch lying around, feel free to use [[crow|crows]] and [[Mafia informer|Mafia informers]]. Other than that, there are two sidekicks you can get from recipes in the Castle. Both are believed at the moment to increase item drops (though it's not likely they both do. Once it's properly spaded this should be edited). If you play your cards right, you'll have a farming sidekick essentially 100% of the time, making the Judo Gloves pretty sexy.

* The [[Ultimate Aviator Goggles]] have a +10% chip drops buff, but also a -5% ''items'' drop. But (relatively) cheap, and they (probably) have a net increase on your chips-per-day. They also provide two other benefits; one of which is they just look kinda cool in your profile, and the second only applies to [[Psion|Psions]]. More on that later.

* Your transportation should be, naturally, the [[VHF-1 Fighter]]. Why is this? Well, first off it's an Item of the Month so it's just about guaranteed to be the best in most situations. But more specifically, it gives you 2 to 4 PP every turn (The [[Lexura Infinides D-8]] also grants 2 PP a turn and is just about as useful). Why is this good? Well it only is to Psions. If not, use a moped for all I care. If you are, more on that... right now.

== Class ==

Yes, that's right. Not all heroes are created equal. For farming, it is the unfortunate fact that Psions are by far the superior class. They are overpowered, imbalanced, and all-around jerks to compete with when it comes to chips. This is actually for more than 2 to reasons.
* Psions get a passive skill at level 10 that gives them ''30 extra minutes per day''. Yeah. Seriously. This means that at 500 chips per turn, you get about 3500 chips more than the other classes PER DAY.
* Psions have a skill (not a buff. Sorry other classes) which gives them +25% chips. That's a lot. If you didn't know.
* This one's a bit of a stretch, but you know. SUOttPtiJR. If you have [[Ultimate Aviator Goggles]] and a VHF-1 (or a Lexura, for those of us who don't have chips pouring out of our pockets), you'll be getting 4-6 PP a turn. How, do you ask, can you turn these points into chips? Well, this is just between you and me, but... ''buffs''. That's right. For every 12 PP, you can send a warrior hologram to a friend, who sends it back to you for a total profit of 5 chips. That's what we in the business call living large. Oh, and on a side note, it may seem like a good idea to just use a multi to exchange holograms back and forth with, but it's probably not. And on another side note, [[Naturalist|Naturalists]] can do this as well, just with a much lower PP-to-chips return.

== Caffeine and Sugar ==

Here's some good news. Because you're buying food to make chips, not spend them, you can stick with vendor stuff and drops and still be optimal. Yup, [[Mister Tea|Mister Teas]] and [[Stroopwafel|Stroopwafels]]. The stroopwafels drop at the Castle, and Mister Teas should be bought en masse when they're at the [[Black Market]]. If you're not at the Castle, use eyeball gumballs.

== Buffs ==

* [[Aura: Keen Observation]]. This is an obvious one.
* The Naturalist buff, [[Snout of the Swine]]. Also obvious.
* [[Metal Detector]], from a Gadgeteer. Also also obvious.
* [[Sinus of the Shark]]. Also also al- Wait, what? Yes. Sinus of the Shark reduces your rate of noncombat adventures. At the Cube Theater, you'll want to use this. However, at the Castle I've found that your unchanged combat rate actually works out pretty well, giving you a 1:1 proportion of [[Lustrous liquid]] and [[Golden powder]]. Use this if you find it's imbalanced one way or the other.

== Recipes ==
There are three recipes that will come in handy for farming in the Castle. The first two are sidekicks. The [[Clockwork ant]], which increases chip drops, is created by combining a [[Clockwork core]] and an [[Irrhodium socket set]]. The other is the [[Clockwork kangaroo]], which increases item drops, and is created by combining a [[Clockwork core]] and a [[Xentrium crossbow]]. The third is the [[Philtre of fortune]], created by combining Lustrous Liquid and Golden Powder. You should be able to make enough of these while patrolling to maintain the effect constantly, giving you 25% chip drops. Sexy!

[[Category:User Guides]]

General Farming

2008-11-27T03:18:36Z

Thek3vin: /* Class */

== Introduction ==

So. If you've been farming for 2 years, are getting a hundred chips a day, and know everything there is to know about farming, then you're probably lying. But whatever the case may be, if you're an experienced farmer, you're not likely to find a lot of new information here. In fact, you might find a bunch of completely false information. This guide is not for you. However, this is a ''wiki'', so feel free to edit it. This guide IS for
*Players who have been playing for a while and are interested in getting into farming
*Players have been farming for a little while, and want to improve their income
*Players who have the supernatural ability to bear my writing style
So let's get started then.

== Locations ==

[[Golden Wooden Nickel Casino]]
* Good for low level players, [[Jackpot!]] gives a good sum of chips. But that's not what we're here for, now is it?
[[Cube Theater]]
* Good for mid-level players, high droprate of autosell-able items, good chip drops
[[Castle Hundenswein]]
* Now THIS is true farming. High chip drops, items autosell for crazy amounts of chips, and a couple items have great recipes for farming. This is however a very hard area to survive- spending hundreds of turns here isn't realistic unless you're at least level 20.

== Non-Combats==

The Cube
*The optimal farming technique regarding noncombats in the Cube is a mixture of exiting stage right and left, using left just enough to maintain a vigilante reputation so you can use the Publicist, in conjunction with the judo kid gloves. Now, where you draw the line is up to you, but if you want to be REALLY optimal the best strategy is to use your turns just right such that at the end of the day you are a vigilante so you can get your Publicist for the day, and then allowing your reputation to drift to the right while exiting stage right and getting the chips.

Castle Hundenswein
*There are two noncombats here. One of them (Behind door number three...) doesn't really give anything interesting. The last option is to skip it, not costing a turn. Do that one.
*The other is [[Forgot to Mention the Crystal Skulls]], in which the second choice yields some delicious [[Lustrous liquid]]. You'll want that for one of the recipes.

== Equipment ==

Neither +%chips or +%items are optimal alone- the best is a combination of the two. That being said, in most equipment slots there is an obvious superior for either one. For instance, the only pair of boots that has either is [[Roderick's Boots]], so you'll be using those, which are +10% chips.

* Next, your helmet. The only helmet that increases item or chip drops is the [[Royal crown]], which increases chip drops by 5%. But it is believed that The Virtual Reality helmet is better for farming overall. Whether or not the “Improved Computer Interaction” gets you more chips when used with the software [[Financial Prudence]] and [[Prepunctuality]] is questionable, but the bonus stats and XP are enough to sway most players who have one. If you don't, I hope you can still sleep at night knowing that your crown is probably just as good maybe.

* For your weapon, you'll want to use a Longarm/Longbow of the Law, which grants +5% chips. The other option would be a Short end/bow of the stick, which is only 3% item drops.

* The best shirt you can use is the [[Letter shirt]], which shaves 15 seconds off of every turn, which will end up giving you a solid 7 turns or so extra a day. It doesn't increase item or chip drops, but the only shirt that does is the harness, which is a measly 2% items. Plus, a theater is one of the worst places to be walking around in wearing a harness.

* Your gloves are gonna be [[sticky gloves]]. They're the only ones that give +%items or chips. Easy.

* Pants are kinda funky. There are no +%items or chips pants currently in the game. Technically. But I remind you we're talking about Super Ultimate Optimization to the Point that it's Just Ridiculous. This is by no means a good reason to go spending a bunch of stars on them, but if you're absolutely crippled by OCD the [[Amazing Technicolor Dreampants]] will ''occasionally'' give you an almost ''negligible amount'' of +%items. If you have them, you're probably already wearing them though.

* For you boots, you'll want to use [[Roderick's Boots|Roderick's]]. It was explained why a few paragraphs up.

* There are two perfectly viable offhand items for farming. The [[plastiscanner]] gives +10% chip drops, and the [[isotope meter]] gives +10% item drops. The decision is made more easily, however, when you note the fact that most of the time you'll have +40% item drops from your accessories, so you need all the chips you can get. Go with the plastiscanner.

* There are two IotM accessories that are extremely good for farming- the [[Hero's Cape]] and [[Wolley's Index]]. And in the days of old, this was all a hero needed to go off gallivanting and merrily collecting chips at the Cube Theater. But then Ryme made the [[Judo kid gloves]]. So now, your first 30 turns or so should be spent with the Judo Kid Gloves, while you have your Publicist. That's the fun part- when you get those 700 chip drops that are so pleasing to any true farmer's eye. But then comes the not fun part, when you have to start thinking about getting other sidekicks. If you have a spare Couch lying around, feel free to use [[crow|crows]] and [[Mafia informer|Mafia informers]]. Other than that, there are two sidekicks you can get from recipes in the Castle. Both are believed at the moment to increase item drops (though it's not likely they both do. Once it's properly spaded this should be edited). If you play your cards right, you'll have a farming sidekick essentially 100% of the time, making the Judo Gloves pretty sexy.

* The [[Ultimate Aviator Goggles]] have a +10% chip drops buff, but also a -5% ''items'' drop. But (relatively) cheap, and they (probably) have a net increase on your chips-per-day. They also provide two other benefits; one of which is they just look kinda cool in your profile, and the second only applies to [[Psion|Psions]]. More on that later.

* Your transportation should be, naturally, the [[VHF-1 Fighter]]. Why is this? Well, first off it's an Item of the Month so it's just about guaranteed to be the best in most situations. But more specifically, it gives you 2 to 4 PP every turn (The [[Lexura Infinides D-8]] also grants 2 PP a turn and is just about as useful). Why is this good? Well it only is to Psions. If not, use a moped for all I care. If you are, more on that... right now.

== Class ==

Yes, that's right. Not all heroes are created equal. For farming, it is the unfortunate fact that Psions are by far the superior class. They are overpowered, imbalanced, and all-around jerks to compete with when it comes to chips. This is actually for more than 2 to reasons.
* Psions get a passive skill at level 10 that gives them ''30 extra minutes per day''. Yeah. Seriously. This means that at 500 chips per turn, you get about 3500 chips more than the other classes PER DAY.
* Psions have a skill (not a buff. Sorry other classes) which gives them +25% chips. That's a lot. If you didn't know.
* This one's a bit of a stretch, but you know. SUOttPtiJR. If you have [[Ultimate Aviator Goggles]] and a VHF-1 (or a Lexura, for those of us who don't have chips pouring out of our pockets), you'll be getting 4-6 PP a turn. How, do you ask, can you turn these points into chips? Well, this is just between you and me, but... ''buffs''. That's right. For every 12 PP, you can send a warrior hologram to a friend, who sends it back to you for a total profit of 5 chips. That's what we in the business call living large. Oh, and on a side note, it may seem like a good idea to just use a multi to exchange holograms back and forth with, but it's probably not. And on another side note, [[Naturalist|Naturalists]] can do this as well, just with a much lower PP-to-chips return.

== Caffeine and Sugar ==

Here's some good news. Because you're buying food to make chips, not spend them, you can stick with vendor stuff and drops and still be optimal. Yup, [[Mister Tea|Mister Teas]] and [[Stroopwafel|Stroopwafels]]. The stroopwafels drop at the Castle, and Mister Teas should be bought en masse when they're at the [[Black Market]]. If you're not at the Castle, use eyeball gumballs.

== Buffs ==

* [[Aura: Keen Observation]]. This is an obvious one.
* The Naturalist buff, [[Snout of the Swine]]. Also obvious.
* [[Metal Detector]], from a Gadgeteer. Also also obvious.
* [[Sinus of the Shark]]. Also also al- Wait, what? Yes. Sinus of the Shark reduces your rate of noncombat adventures. At the Cube Theater, you'll want to use this. However, at the Castle I've found that your unchanged combat rate actually works out pretty well, giving you a 1:1 proportion of [[Lustrous liquid]] and [[Golden powder]]. Use this if you find it's imbalanced one way or the other.

== Recipes ==
There are three recipes that will come in handy for farming in the Castle. The first two are sidekicks. The [[Clockwork ant]], which increases chip drops, is created by combining a [[Clockwork core]] and an [[Irrhodium socket set]]. The other is the [[Clockwork kangaroo]], which increases item drops, and is created by combining a [[Clockwork core]] and a [[Xentrium crossbow]]. The third is the [[Philtre of fortune]], created by combining Lustrous Liquid and Golden Powder. You should be able to make enough of these while patrolling to maintain the effect constantly, giving you 25% chip drops. Sexy!

[[Category:User Guides]]

General Farming

2008-11-27T03:16:16Z

Thek3vin: /* Equipment */

== Introduction ==

So. If you've been farming for 2 years, are getting a hundred chips a day, and know everything there is to know about farming, then you're probably lying. But whatever the case may be, if you're an experienced farmer, you're not likely to find a lot of new information here. In fact, you might find a bunch of completely false information. This guide is not for you. However, this is a ''wiki'', so feel free to edit it. This guide IS for
*Players who have been playing for a while and are interested in getting into farming
*Players have been farming for a little while, and want to improve their income
*Players who have the supernatural ability to bear my writing style
So let's get started then.

== Locations ==

[[Golden Wooden Nickel Casino]]
* Good for low level players, [[Jackpot!]] gives a good sum of chips. But that's not what we're here for, now is it?
[[Cube Theater]]
* Good for mid-level players, high droprate of autosell-able items, good chip drops
[[Castle Hundenswein]]
* Now THIS is true farming. High chip drops, items autosell for crazy amounts of chips, and a couple items have great recipes for farming. This is however a very hard area to survive- spending hundreds of turns here isn't realistic unless you're at least level 20.

== Non-Combats==

The Cube
*The optimal farming technique regarding noncombats in the Cube is a mixture of exiting stage right and left, using left just enough to maintain a vigilante reputation so you can use the Publicist, in conjunction with the judo kid gloves. Now, where you draw the line is up to you, but if you want to be REALLY optimal the best strategy is to use your turns just right such that at the end of the day you are a vigilante so you can get your Publicist for the day, and then allowing your reputation to drift to the right while exiting stage right and getting the chips.

Castle Hundenswein
*There are two noncombats here. One of them (Behind door number three...) doesn't really give anything interesting. The last option is to skip it, not costing a turn. Do that one.
*The other is [[Forgot to Mention the Crystal Skulls]], in which the second choice yields some delicious [[Lustrous liquid]]. You'll want that for one of the recipes.

== Equipment ==

Neither +%chips or +%items are optimal alone- the best is a combination of the two. That being said, in most equipment slots there is an obvious superior for either one. For instance, the only pair of boots that has either is [[Roderick's Boots]], so you'll be using those, which are +10% chips.

* Next, your helmet. The only helmet that increases item or chip drops is the [[Royal crown]], which increases chip drops by 5%. But it is believed that The Virtual Reality helmet is better for farming overall. Whether or not the “Improved Computer Interaction” gets you more chips when used with the software [[Financial Prudence]] and [[Prepunctuality]] is questionable, but the bonus stats and XP are enough to sway most players who have one. If you don't, I hope you can still sleep at night knowing that your crown is probably just as good maybe.

* For your weapon, you'll want to use a Longarm/Longbow of the Law, which grants +5% chips. The other option would be a Short end/bow of the stick, which is only 3% item drops.

* The best shirt you can use is the [[Letter shirt]], which shaves 15 seconds off of every turn, which will end up giving you a solid 7 turns or so extra a day. It doesn't increase item or chip drops, but the only shirt that does is the harness, which is a measly 2% items. Plus, a theater is one of the worst places to be walking around in wearing a harness.

* Your gloves are gonna be [[sticky gloves]]. They're the only ones that give +%items or chips. Easy.

* Pants are kinda funky. There are no +%items or chips pants currently in the game. Technically. But I remind you we're talking about Super Ultimate Optimization to the Point that it's Just Ridiculous. This is by no means a good reason to go spending a bunch of stars on them, but if you're absolutely crippled by OCD the [[Amazing Technicolor Dreampants]] will ''occasionally'' give you an almost ''negligible amount'' of +%items. If you have them, you're probably already wearing them though.

* For you boots, you'll want to use [[Roderick's Boots|Roderick's]]. It was explained why a few paragraphs up.

* There are two perfectly viable offhand items for farming. The [[plastiscanner]] gives +10% chip drops, and the [[isotope meter]] gives +10% item drops. The decision is made more easily, however, when you note the fact that most of the time you'll have +40% item drops from your accessories, so you need all the chips you can get. Go with the plastiscanner.

* There are two IotM accessories that are extremely good for farming- the [[Hero's Cape]] and [[Wolley's Index]]. And in the days of old, this was all a hero needed to go off gallivanting and merrily collecting chips at the Cube Theater. But then Ryme made the [[Judo kid gloves]]. So now, your first 30 turns or so should be spent with the Judo Kid Gloves, while you have your Publicist. That's the fun part- when you get those 700 chip drops that are so pleasing to any true farmer's eye. But then comes the not fun part, when you have to start thinking about getting other sidekicks. If you have a spare Couch lying around, feel free to use [[crow|crows]] and [[Mafia informer|Mafia informers]]. Other than that, there are two sidekicks you can get from recipes in the Castle. Both are believed at the moment to increase item drops (though it's not likely they both do. Once it's properly spaded this should be edited). If you play your cards right, you'll have a farming sidekick essentially 100% of the time, making the Judo Gloves pretty sexy.

* The [[Ultimate Aviator Goggles]] have a +10% chip drops buff, but also a -5% ''items'' drop. But (relatively) cheap, and they (probably) have a net increase on your chips-per-day. They also provide two other benefits; one of which is they just look kinda cool in your profile, and the second only applies to [[Psion|Psions]]. More on that later.

* Your transportation should be, naturally, the [[VHF-1 Fighter]]. Why is this? Well, first off it's an Item of the Month so it's just about guaranteed to be the best in most situations. But more specifically, it gives you 2 to 4 PP every turn (The [[Lexura Infinides D-8]] also grants 2 PP a turn and is just about as useful). Why is this good? Well it only is to Psions. If not, use a moped for all I care. If you are, more on that... right now.

== Class ==

Yes, that's right. Not all heroes are created equal. For farming, it is the unfortunate fact that Psions are by far the superior class. They are overpowered, imbalanced, and all-around jerks to compete with when it comes to chips. This is actually for more than 2 to reasons.
* Psions get a passive skill at level 10 that gives them ''30 extra minutes per day''. Yeah. Seriously. This means that at 500 chips per turn, you get about 3500 chips more than the other classes PER DAY.
* Psions have a skill (not a buff. Sorry other classes) which gives them +25% chips. That's a lot. If you didn't know.
* This one's a bit of a stretch, but you know. SUOttPtiJR. If you have [[Ultimate Aviator Goggles]] and a VHF-1 (or a Lexura, for those of us who don't have chips pouring out of our pockets), you'll be getting 4-6 PP a turn. How, do you ask, can you turn these points into chips? Well, this is just between you and me, but... ''buffs''. That's right. For every 12 PP, you can send a warrior hologram to a friend, who sends it back to you for a total profit of 5 chips. That's what we in the business call living large. Oh, and on a side note, it may seem like a good idea to just use a multi to exchange holograms back and forth with, but it's probably not. And on another side note, [[Naturalist|Naturalists]] can do this as well, just with a much lower PP-to-chips return.
Okay, so there's still only 3, and I'll admit the last one isn't the most imbalancing factor in the world. I'm trying my best here.

== Caffeine and Sugar ==

Here's some good news. Because you're buying food to make chips, not spend them, you can stick with vendor stuff and drops and still be optimal. Yup, [[Mister Tea|Mister Teas]] and [[Stroopwafel|Stroopwafels]]. The stroopwafels drop at the Castle, and Mister Teas should be bought en masse when they're at the [[Black Market]]. If you're not at the Castle, use eyeball gumballs.

== Buffs ==

* [[Aura: Keen Observation]]. This is an obvious one.
* The Naturalist buff, [[Snout of the Swine]]. Also obvious.
* [[Metal Detector]], from a Gadgeteer. Also also obvious.
* [[Sinus of the Shark]]. Also also al- Wait, what? Yes. Sinus of the Shark reduces your rate of noncombat adventures. At the Cube Theater, you'll want to use this. However, at the Castle I've found that your unchanged combat rate actually works out pretty well, giving you a 1:1 proportion of [[Lustrous liquid]] and [[Golden powder]]. Use this if you find it's imbalanced one way or the other.

== Recipes ==
There are three recipes that will come in handy for farming in the Castle. The first two are sidekicks. The [[Clockwork ant]], which increases chip drops, is created by combining a [[Clockwork core]] and an [[Irrhodium socket set]]. The other is the [[Clockwork kangaroo]], which increases item drops, and is created by combining a [[Clockwork core]] and a [[Xentrium crossbow]]. The third is the [[Philtre of fortune]], created by combining Lustrous Liquid and Golden Powder. You should be able to make enough of these while patrolling to maintain the effect constantly, giving you 25% chip drops. Sexy!

[[Category:User Guides]]

General Farming

2008-11-27T03:14:58Z

Thek3vin: /* Equipment */

== Introduction ==

So. If you've been farming for 2 years, are getting a hundred chips a day, and know everything there is to know about farming, then you're probably lying. But whatever the case may be, if you're an experienced farmer, you're not likely to find a lot of new information here. In fact, you might find a bunch of completely false information. This guide is not for you. However, this is a ''wiki'', so feel free to edit it. This guide IS for
*Players who have been playing for a while and are interested in getting into farming
*Players have been farming for a little while, and want to improve their income
*Players who have the supernatural ability to bear my writing style
So let's get started then.

== Locations ==

[[Golden Wooden Nickel Casino]]
* Good for low level players, [[Jackpot!]] gives a good sum of chips. But that's not what we're here for, now is it?
[[Cube Theater]]
* Good for mid-level players, high droprate of autosell-able items, good chip drops
[[Castle Hundenswein]]
* Now THIS is true farming. High chip drops, items autosell for crazy amounts of chips, and a couple items have great recipes for farming. This is however a very hard area to survive- spending hundreds of turns here isn't realistic unless you're at least level 20.

== Non-Combats==

The Cube
*The optimal farming technique regarding noncombats in the Cube is a mixture of exiting stage right and left, using left just enough to maintain a vigilante reputation so you can use the Publicist, in conjunction with the judo kid gloves. Now, where you draw the line is up to you, but if you want to be REALLY optimal the best strategy is to use your turns just right such that at the end of the day you are a vigilante so you can get your Publicist for the day, and then allowing your reputation to drift to the right while exiting stage right and getting the chips.

Castle Hundenswein
*There are two noncombats here. One of them (Behind door number three...) doesn't really give anything interesting. The last option is to skip it, not costing a turn. Do that one.
*The other is [[Forgot to Mention the Crystal Skulls]], in which the second choice yields some delicious [[Lustrous liquid]]. You'll want that for one of the recipes.

== Equipment ==

Neither +%chips or +%items are optimal alone- the best is a combination of the two. That being said, in most equipment slots there is an obvious superior for either one. For instance, the only pair of boots that has either is [[Roderick's Boots]], so you'll be using those, which are +10% chips.

* Next, your helmet. The only helmet that increases item or chip drops is the [[Royal crown]], which increases chip drops by 5%. But it is believed that The Virtual Reality helmet is better for farming overall. Whether or not the “Improved Computer Interaction” gets you more chips when used with the software [[Financial Prudence]] and [[Prepunctuality]] is questionable, but the bonus stats and XP are enough to sway most players who have one. If you don't, I hope you can still sleep at night knowing that your crown is probably just as good maybe.

* (I'll be using X to indicate bow, end, or arm)
For your weapon, you'll want to use a LongX of the Law (see how this is working here?), which grants +5% chips. The other option would be a Short X of the stick, which is only 3% item drops.

* The best shirt you can use is the [[Letter shirt]], which shaves 15 seconds off of every turn, which will end up giving you a solid 7 turns or so extra a day. It doesn't increase item or chip drops, but the only shirt that does is the harness, which is a measly 2% items. Plus, a theater is one of the worst places to be walking around in wearing a harness.

* Your gloves are gonna be [[sticky gloves]]. They're the only ones that give +%items or chips. Easy.

* Pants are kinda funky. There are no +%items or chips pants currently in the game. Technically. But I remind you we're talking about Super Ultimate Optimization to the Point that it's Just Ridiculous. This is by no means a good reason to go spending a bunch of stars on them, but if you're absolutely crippled by OCD the [[Amazing Technicolor Dreampants]] will ''occasionally'' give you an almost ''negligible amount'' of +%items. If you have them, you're probably already wearing them though.

* For you boots, you'll want to use [[Roderick's Boots|Roderick's]]. It was explained why a few paragraphs up.

* There are two perfectly viable offhand items for farming. The [[plastiscanner]] gives +10% chip drops, and the [[isotope meter]] gives +10% item drops. The decision is made more easily, however, when you note the fact that most of the time you'll have +40% item drops from your accessories, so you need all the chips you can get. Go with the plastiscanner.

* There are two IotM accessories that are extremely good for farming- the [[Hero's Cape]] and [[Wolley's Index]]. And in the days of old, this was all a hero needed to go off gallivanting and merrily collecting chips at the Cube Theater. But then Ryme made the [[Judo kid gloves]]. So now, your first 30 turns or so should be spent with the Judo Kid Gloves, while you have your Publicist. That's the fun part- when you get those 700 chip drops that are so pleasing to any true farmer's eye. But then comes the not fun part, when you have to start thinking about getting other sidekicks. If you have a spare Couch lying around, feel free to use [[crow|crows]] and [[Mafia informer|Mafia informers]]. Other than that, there are two sidekicks you can get from recipes in the Castle. Both are believed at the moment to increase item drops (though it's not likely they both do. Once it's properly spaded this should be edited). If you play your cards right, you'll have a farming sidekick essentially 100% of the time, making the Judo Gloves pretty sexy.

* The [[Ultimate Aviator Goggles]] have a +10% chip drops buff, but also a -5% ''items'' drop. But (relatively) cheap, and they (probably) have a net increase on your chips-per-day. They also provide two other benefits; one of which is they just look kinda cool in your profile, and the second only applies to [[Psion|Psions]]. More on that later.

* Your transportation should be, naturally, the [[VHF-1 Fighter]]. Why is this? Well, first off it's an Item of the Month so it's just about guaranteed to be the best in most situations. But more specifically, it gives you 2 to 4 PP every turn (The [[Lexura Infinides D-8]] also grants 2 PP a turn and is just about as useful). Why is this good? Well it only is to Psions. If not, use a moped for all I care. If you are, more on that... right now.

== Class ==

Yes, that's right. Not all heroes are created equal. For farming, it is the unfortunate fact that Psions are by far the superior class. They are overpowered, imbalanced, and all-around jerks to compete with when it comes to chips. This is actually for more than 2 to reasons.
* Psions get a passive skill at level 10 that gives them ''30 extra minutes per day''. Yeah. Seriously. This means that at 500 chips per turn, you get about 3500 chips more than the other classes PER DAY.
* Psions have a skill (not a buff. Sorry other classes) which gives them +25% chips. That's a lot. If you didn't know.
* This one's a bit of a stretch, but you know. SUOttPtiJR. If you have [[Ultimate Aviator Goggles]] and a VHF-1 (or a Lexura, for those of us who don't have chips pouring out of our pockets), you'll be getting 4-6 PP a turn. How, do you ask, can you turn these points into chips? Well, this is just between you and me, but... ''buffs''. That's right. For every 12 PP, you can send a warrior hologram to a friend, who sends it back to you for a total profit of 5 chips. That's what we in the business call living large. Oh, and on a side note, it may seem like a good idea to just use a multi to exchange holograms back and forth with, but it's probably not. And on another side note, [[Naturalist|Naturalists]] can do this as well, just with a much lower PP-to-chips return.
Okay, so there's still only 3, and I'll admit the last one isn't the most imbalancing factor in the world. I'm trying my best here.

== Caffeine and Sugar ==

Here's some good news. Because you're buying food to make chips, not spend them, you can stick with vendor stuff and drops and still be optimal. Yup, [[Mister Tea|Mister Teas]] and [[Stroopwafel|Stroopwafels]]. The stroopwafels drop at the Castle, and Mister Teas should be bought en masse when they're at the [[Black Market]]. If you're not at the Castle, use eyeball gumballs.

== Buffs ==

* [[Aura: Keen Observation]]. This is an obvious one.
* The Naturalist buff, [[Snout of the Swine]]. Also obvious.
* [[Metal Detector]], from a Gadgeteer. Also also obvious.
* [[Sinus of the Shark]]. Also also al- Wait, what? Yes. Sinus of the Shark reduces your rate of noncombat adventures. At the Cube Theater, you'll want to use this. However, at the Castle I've found that your unchanged combat rate actually works out pretty well, giving you a 1:1 proportion of [[Lustrous liquid]] and [[Golden powder]]. Use this if you find it's imbalanced one way or the other.

== Recipes ==
There are three recipes that will come in handy for farming in the Castle. The first two are sidekicks. The [[Clockwork ant]], which increases chip drops, is created by combining a [[Clockwork core]] and an [[Irrhodium socket set]]. The other is the [[Clockwork kangaroo]], which increases item drops, and is created by combining a [[Clockwork core]] and a [[Xentrium crossbow]]. The third is the [[Philtre of fortune]], created by combining Lustrous Liquid and Golden Powder. You should be able to make enough of these while patrolling to maintain the effect constantly, giving you 25% chip drops. Sexy!

[[Category:User Guides]]

General Farming

2008-11-27T03:13:21Z

Thek3vin: /* Equipment */

== Introduction ==

So. If you've been farming for 2 years, are getting a hundred chips a day, and know everything there is to know about farming, then you're probably lying. But whatever the case may be, if you're an experienced farmer, you're not likely to find a lot of new information here. In fact, you might find a bunch of completely false information. This guide is not for you. However, this is a ''wiki'', so feel free to edit it. This guide IS for
*Players who have been playing for a while and are interested in getting into farming
*Players have been farming for a little while, and want to improve their income
*Players who have the supernatural ability to bear my writing style
So let's get started then.

== Locations ==

[[Golden Wooden Nickel Casino]]
* Good for low level players, [[Jackpot!]] gives a good sum of chips. But that's not what we're here for, now is it?
[[Cube Theater]]
* Good for mid-level players, high droprate of autosell-able items, good chip drops
[[Castle Hundenswein]]
* Now THIS is true farming. High chip drops, items autosell for crazy amounts of chips, and a couple items have great recipes for farming. This is however a very hard area to survive- spending hundreds of turns here isn't realistic unless you're at least level 20.

== Non-Combats==

The Cube
*The optimal farming technique regarding noncombats in the Cube is a mixture of exiting stage right and left, using left just enough to maintain a vigilante reputation so you can use the Publicist, in conjunction with the judo kid gloves. Now, where you draw the line is up to you, but if you want to be REALLY optimal the best strategy is to use your turns just right such that at the end of the day you are a vigilante so you can get your Publicist for the day, and then allowing your reputation to drift to the right while exiting stage right and getting the chips.

Castle Hundenswein
*There are two noncombats here. One of them (Behind door number three...) doesn't really give anything interesting. The last option is to skip it, not costing a turn. Do that one.
*The other is [[Forgot to Mention the Crystal Skulls]], in which the second choice yields some delicious [[Lustrous liquid]]. You'll want that for one of the recipes.

== Equipment ==

Neither +%chips or +%items are optimal alone- the best is a combination of the two. That being said, in most equipment slots there is an obvious superior for either one. For instance, the only pair of boots that has either is [[Roderick's Boots]], so you'll be using those, which are +10% chips.

* Next, your helmet. The only helmet that increases item or chip drops is the [[Royal crown]], which increases chip drops by 5%. But it is believed that The Virtual Reality helmet is better for farming overall. Whether or not the “Improved Computer Interaction” gets you more chips when used with the software [[Financial Prudence]] and [[Prepunctuality]] is questionable, but the bonus stats and XP are enough to sway most players who have one. If you don't, I hope you can still sleep at night knowing that your crown is probably just as good maybe.

* (I'll be using X to indicate bow, end, or arm)
For your weapon, you'll want to use a LongX of the Law (see how this is working here?), which grants +5% chips. The other option would be a Short X of the stick, which is only 3% item drops.

* The best shirt you can use is the [[Letter shirt]], which shaves 15 seconds off of every turn, which will end up giving you a solid 7 turns or so extra a day. It doesn't increase item or chip drops, but the only shirt that does is the harness, which is a measly 2% items. Plus, a theater is one of the worst places to be walking around in wearing a harness.

* Your gloves are gonna be [[sticky gloves]]. They're the only ones that give +%items or chips. Easy.

* Pants are kinda funky. There are no +%items or chips pants currently in the game. Technically. But I remind you we're talking about Super Ultimate Optimization to the Point that it's Just Ridiculous. This is by no means a good reason to go spending a bunch of stars on them, but if you're absolutely crippled by OCD the [[Amazing Technicolor Dreampants]] will ''occasionally'' give you an almost ''negligible amount'' of +%items. If you have them, you're probably already wearing them though.

* For you boots, you'll want to use [[Roderick's Boots|Roderick's]]. I explained why a few paragraphs up.

* There are two perfectly viable offhand items for farming. The [[plastiscanner]] gives +10% chip drops, and the [[isotope meter]] gives +10% item drops. The decision is made more easily, however, when you note the fact that most of the time you'll have +40% item drops from your accessories, so you need all the chips you can get. Go with the plastiscanner.

* There are two IotM accessories that are extremely good for farming- the [[Hero's Cape]] and [[Wolley's Index]]. And in the days of old, this was all a hero needed to go off gallivanting and merrily collecting chips at the Cube Theater. But then Ryme made the [[Judo kid gloves]]. So now, your first 30 turns or so should be spent with the Judo Kid Gloves, while you have your Publicist. That's the fun part- when you get those 700 chip drops that are so pleasing to any true farmer's eye. But then comes the not fun part, when you have to start thinking about getting other sidekicks. If you have a spare Couch lying around, feel free to use [[crow|crows]] and [[Mafia informer|Mafia informers]]. Other than that, there are two sidekicks you can get from recipes in the Castle. Both are believed at the moment to increase item drops (though it's not likely they both do. Once it's properly spaded this should be edited). If you play your cards right, you'll have a farming sidekick essentially 100% of the time, making the Judo Gloves pretty sexy.

* Personally, I use the [[Ultimate Aviator Goggles]] for my talisman. They're (relatively) cheap, and they (probably) have a net increase on your chips-per-day. They also provide two other benefits; one of which is they just look kinda cool in your profile, and the second only applies to [[Psion|Psions]]. More on that later.

* Your transportation should be, naturally, the [[VHF-1 Fighter]]. Why is this? Well, first off it's an Item of the Month so it's just about guaranteed to be the best in most situations. But more specifically, it gives you 2 to 4 PP every turn (The [[Lexura Infinides D-8]] also grants 2 PP a turn and is just about as useful). Why is this good? Well it only is to Psions. If not, use a moped for all I care. If you are, more on that... right now.

== Class ==

Yes, that's right. Not all heroes are created equal. For farming, it is the unfortunate fact that Psions are by far the superior class. They are overpowered, imbalanced, and all-around jerks to compete with when it comes to chips. This is actually for more than 2 to reasons.
* Psions get a passive skill at level 10 that gives them ''30 extra minutes per day''. Yeah. Seriously. This means that at 500 chips per turn, you get about 3500 chips more than the other classes PER DAY.
* Psions have a skill (not a buff. Sorry other classes) which gives them +25% chips. That's a lot. If you didn't know.
* This one's a bit of a stretch, but you know. SUOttPtiJR. If you have [[Ultimate Aviator Goggles]] and a VHF-1 (or a Lexura, for those of us who don't have chips pouring out of our pockets), you'll be getting 4-6 PP a turn. How, do you ask, can you turn these points into chips? Well, this is just between you and me, but... ''buffs''. That's right. For every 12 PP, you can send a warrior hologram to a friend, who sends it back to you for a total profit of 5 chips. That's what we in the business call living large. Oh, and on a side note, it may seem like a good idea to just use a multi to exchange holograms back and forth with, but it's probably not. And on another side note, [[Naturalist|Naturalists]] can do this as well, just with a much lower PP-to-chips return.
Okay, so there's still only 3, and I'll admit the last one isn't the most imbalancing factor in the world. I'm trying my best here.

== Caffeine and Sugar ==

Here's some good news. Because you're buying food to make chips, not spend them, you can stick with vendor stuff and drops and still be optimal. Yup, [[Mister Tea|Mister Teas]] and [[Stroopwafel|Stroopwafels]]. The stroopwafels drop at the Castle, and Mister Teas should be bought en masse when they're at the [[Black Market]]. If you're not at the Castle, use eyeball gumballs.

== Buffs ==

* [[Aura: Keen Observation]]. This is an obvious one.
* The Naturalist buff, [[Snout of the Swine]]. Also obvious.
* [[Metal Detector]], from a Gadgeteer. Also also obvious.
* [[Sinus of the Shark]]. Also also al- Wait, what? Yes. Sinus of the Shark reduces your rate of noncombat adventures. At the Cube Theater, you'll want to use this. However, at the Castle I've found that your unchanged combat rate actually works out pretty well, giving you a 1:1 proportion of [[Lustrous liquid]] and [[Golden powder]]. Use this if you find it's imbalanced one way or the other.

== Recipes ==
There are three recipes that will come in handy for farming in the Castle. The first two are sidekicks. The [[Clockwork ant]], which increases chip drops, is created by combining a [[Clockwork core]] and an [[Irrhodium socket set]]. The other is the [[Clockwork kangaroo]], which increases item drops, and is created by combining a [[Clockwork core]] and a [[Xentrium crossbow]]. The third is the [[Philtre of fortune]], created by combining Lustrous Liquid and Golden Powder. You should be able to make enough of these while patrolling to maintain the effect constantly, giving you 25% chip drops. Sexy!

[[Category:User Guides]]

Talk:General Farming

2008-11-26T22:53:45Z

Thek3vin:

General Farming

2008-11-26T22:46:17Z

Thek3vin: /* Class */

== Introduction ==

So. If you've been farming for 2 years, are getting a hundred chips a day, and know everything there is to know about farming, then you're probably lying. But whatever the case may be, if you're an experienced farmer, you're not likely to find a lot of new information here. In fact, you might find a bunch of completely false information. This guide is not for you. However, this is a ''wiki'', so feel free to edit it. This guide IS for
*Players who have been playing for a while and are interested in getting into farming
*Players have been farming for a little while, and want to improve their income
*Players who have the supernatural ability to bear my writing style
So let's get started then.

== Locations ==

[[Golden Wooden Nickel Casino]]
* Good for low level players, [[Jackpot!]] gives a good sum of chips. But that's not what we're here for, now is it?
[[Cube Theater]]
* Good for mid-level players, high droprate of autosell-able items, good chip drops
[[Castle Hundenswein]]
* Now THIS is true farming. High chip drops, items autosell for crazy amounts of chips, and a couple items have great recipes for farming. This is however a very hard area to survive- spending hundreds of turns here isn't realistic unless you're at least level 20.

== Non-Combats==

The Cube
*The optimal farming technique regarding noncombats in the Cube is a mixture of exiting stage right and left, using left just enough to maintain a vigilante reputation so you can use the Publicist, in conjunction with the judo kid gloves. Now, where you draw the line is up to you, but if you want to be REALLY optimal the best strategy is to use your turns just right such that at the end of the day you are a vigilante so you can get your Publicist for the day, and then allowing your reputation to drift to the right while exiting stage right and getting the chips.

Castle Hundenswein
*There are two noncombats here. One of them (Behind door number three...) doesn't really give anything interesting. The last option is to skip it, not costing a turn. Do that one.
*The other is [[Forgot to Mention the Crystal Skulls]], in which the second choice yields some delicious [[Lustrous liquid]]. You'll want that for one of the recipes.

== Equipment ==

Neither +%chips or +%items are optimal alone- the best is a combination of the two. That being said, in most equipment slots there is an obvious superior for either one. For instance, the only pair of boots that has either is [[Roderick's Boots]], so you'll be using those, which are +10% chips.

* Next, your helmet. The only helmet that increases item or chip drops is the [[Royal crown]], which increases chip drops by 5%. But it is believed that The Virtual Reality helmet is better for farming overall. Whether or not the “Improved Computer Interaction” gets you more chips when used with the software [[Financial Prudence]] and [[Prepunctuality]] is questionable (I don't have one to be honest, feel free to edit this if you've found out either way), but the bonus stats and XP are enough to sway most players who have one. If you don't, I hope you can still sleep at night knowing that your crown is probably just as good maybe.

* (I'll be using X to indicate bow, end, or arm)
For your weapon, you'll want to use a LongX of the Law (see how this is working here?), which grants +5% chips. The other option would be a Short X of the stick, which is only 3% item drops.

* The best shirt you can use is the [[Letter shirt]], which shaves 15 seconds off of every turn, which will end up giving you a solid 7 turns or so extra a day. It doesn't increase item or chip drops, but the only shirt that does is the harness, which is a measly 2% items. Plus, a theater is one of the worst places to be walking around in wearing a harness.

* Your gloves are gonna be [[sticky gloves]]. They're the only ones that give +%items or chips. Easy.

* Pants are kinda funky. There are no +%items or chips pants currently in the game. Technically. But I remind you we're talking about Super Ultimate Optimization to the Point that it's Just Ridiculous. This is by no means a good reason to go spending a bunch of stars on them, but if you're absolutely crippled by OCD the [[Amazing Technicolor Dreampants]] will ''occasionally'' give you an almost ''negligible amount'' of +%items. If you have them, you're probably already wearing them though.

* For you boots, you'll want to use [[Roderick's Boots|Roderick's]]. I explained why a few paragraphs up.

* There are two perfectly viable offhand items for farming. The [[plastiscanner]] gives +10% chip drops, and the [[isotope meter]] gives +10% item drops. The decision is made more easily, however, when you note the fact that most of the time you'll have +40% item drops from your accessories, so you need all the chips you can get. Go with the plastiscanner.

* There are two IotM accessories that are extremely good for farming- the [[Hero's Cape]] and [[Wolley's Index]]. And in the days of old, this was all a hero needed to go off gallivanting and merrily collecting chips at the Cube Theater. But then Ryme made the [[Judo kid gloves]]. So now, your first 30 turns or so should be spent with the Judo Kid Gloves, while you have your Publicist. That's the fun part- when you get those 700 chip drops that are so pleasing to any true farmer's eye. But then comes the not fun part, when you have to start thinking about getting other sidekicks. If you have a spare Couch lying around, feel free to use [[crow|crows]] and [[Mafia informer|Mafia informers]]. Other than that, there are two sidekicks you can get from recipes in the Castle. Both are believed at the moment to increase item drops (though it's not likely they both do. Once it's properly spaded this should be edited). If you play your cards right, you'll have a farming sidekick essentially 100% of the time, making the Judo Gloves pretty sexy.

* Personally, I use the [[Ultimate Aviator Goggles]] for my talisman. They're (relatively) cheap, and they (probably) have a net increase on your chips-per-day. They also provide two other benefits; one of which is they just look kinda cool in your profile, and the second only applies to [[Psion|Psions]]. More on that later.

* Your transportation should be, naturally, the [[VHF-1 Fighter]]. Why is this? Well, first off it's an Item of the Month so it's just about guaranteed to be the best in most situations. But more specifically, it gives you 2 to 4 PP every turn (The [[Lexura Infinides D-8]] also grants 2 PP a turn and is just about as useful). Why is this good? Well it only is to Psions. If not, use a moped for all I care. If you are, more on that... right now.

== Class ==

Yes, that's right. Not all heroes are created equal. For farming, it is the unfortunate fact that Psions are by far the superior class. They are overpowered, imbalanced, and all-around jerks to compete with when it comes to chips. This is actually for more than 2 to reasons.
* Psions get a passive skill at level 10 that gives them ''30 extra minutes per day''. Yeah. Seriously. This means that at 500 chips per turn, you get about 3500 chips more than the other classes PER DAY.
* Psions have a skill (not a buff. Sorry other classes) which gives them +25% chips. That's a lot. If you didn't know.
* This one's a bit of a stretch, but you know. SUOttPtiJR. If you have [[Ultimate Aviator Goggles]] and a VHF-1 (or a Lexura, for those of us who don't have chips pouring out of our pockets), you'll be getting 4-6 PP a turn. How, do you ask, can you turn these points into chips? Well, this is just between you and me, but... ''buffs''. That's right. For every 12 PP, you can send a warrior hologram to a friend, who sends it back to you for a total profit of 5 chips. That's what we in the business call living large. Oh, and on a side note, it may seem like a good idea to just use a multi to exchange holograms back and forth with, but it's probably not. And on another side note, [[Naturalist|Naturalists]] can do this as well, just with a much lower PP-to-chips return.
Okay, so there's still only 3, and I'll admit the last one isn't the most imbalancing factor in the world. I'm trying my best here.

== Caffeine and Sugar ==

Here's some good news. Because you're buying food to make chips, not spend them, you can stick with vendor stuff and drops and still be optimal. Yup, [[Mister Tea|Mister Teas]] and [[Stroopwafel|Stroopwafels]]. The stroopwafels drop at the Castle, and Mister Teas should be bought en masse when they're at the [[Black Market]]. If you're not at the Castle, use eyeball gumballs.

== Buffs ==

* [[Aura: Keen Observation]]. This is an obvious one.
* The Naturalist buff, [[Snout of the Swine]]. Also obvious.
* [[Metal Detector]], from a Gadgeteer. Also also obvious.
* [[Sinus of the Shark]]. Also also al- Wait, what? Yes. Sinus of the Shark reduces your rate of noncombat adventures. At the Cube Theater, you'll want to use this. However, at the Castle I've found that your unchanged combat rate actually works out pretty well, giving you a 1:1 proportion of [[Lustrous liquid]] and [[Golden powder]]. Use this if you find it's imbalanced one way or the other.

== Recipes ==
There are three recipes that will come in handy for farming in the Castle. The first two are sidekicks. The [[Clockwork ant]], which increases chip drops, is created by combining a [[Clockwork core]] and an [[Irrhodium socket set]]. The other is the [[Clockwork kangaroo]], which increases item drops, and is created by combining a [[Clockwork core]] and a [[Xentrium crossbow]]. The third is the [[Philtre of fortune]], created by combining Lustrous Liquid and Golden Powder. You should be able to make enough of these while patrolling to maintain the effect constantly, giving you 25% chip drops. Sexy!

[[Category:User Guides]]

General Farming

2008-11-26T22:23:54Z

Thek3vin: /* Equipment */

== Introduction ==

So. If you've been farming for 2 years, are getting a hundred chips a day, and know everything there is to know about farming, then you're probably lying. But whatever the case may be, if you're an experienced farmer, you're not likely to find a lot of new information here. In fact, you might find a bunch of completely false information. This guide is not for you. However, this is a ''wiki'', so feel free to edit it. This guide IS for
*Players who have been playing for a while and are interested in getting into farming
*Players have been farming for a little while, and want to improve their income
*Players who have the supernatural ability to bear my writing style
So let's get started then.

== Locations ==

[[Golden Wooden Nickel Casino]]
* Good for low level players, [[Jackpot!]] gives a good sum of chips. But that's not what we're here for, now is it?
[[Cube Theater]]
* Good for mid-level players, high droprate of autosell-able items, good chip drops
[[Castle Hundenswein]]
* Now THIS is true farming. High chip drops, items autosell for crazy amounts of chips, and a couple items have great recipes for farming. This is however a very hard area to survive- spending hundreds of turns here isn't realistic unless you're at least level 20.

== Non-Combats==

The Cube
*The optimal farming technique regarding noncombats in the Cube is a mixture of exiting stage right and left, using left just enough to maintain a vigilante reputation so you can use the Publicist, in conjunction with the judo kid gloves. Now, where you draw the line is up to you, but if you want to be REALLY optimal the best strategy is to use your turns just right such that at the end of the day you are a vigilante so you can get your Publicist for the day, and then allowing your reputation to drift to the right while exiting stage right and getting the chips.

Castle Hundenswein
*There are two noncombats here. One of them (Behind door number three...) doesn't really give anything interesting. The last option is to skip it, not costing a turn. Do that one.
*The other is [[Forgot to Mention the Crystal Skulls]], in which the second choice yields some delicious [[Lustrous liquid]]. You'll want that for one of the recipes.

== Equipment ==

Neither +%chips or +%items are optimal alone- the best is a combination of the two. That being said, in most equipment slots there is an obvious superior for either one. For instance, the only pair of boots that has either is [[Roderick's Boots]], so you'll be using those, which are +10% chips.

* Next, your helmet. The only helmet that increases item or chip drops is the [[Royal crown]], which increases chip drops by 5%. But it is believed that The Virtual Reality helmet is better for farming overall. Whether or not the “Improved Computer Interaction” gets you more chips when used with the software [[Financial Prudence]] and [[Prepunctuality]] is questionable (I don't have one to be honest, feel free to edit this if you've found out either way), but the bonus stats and XP are enough to sway most players who have one. If you don't, I hope you can still sleep at night knowing that your crown is probably just as good maybe.

* (I'll be using X to indicate bow, end, or arm)
For your weapon, you'll want to use a LongX of the Law (see how this is working here?), which grants +5% chips. The other option would be a Short X of the stick, which is only 3% item drops.

* The best shirt you can use is the [[Letter shirt]], which shaves 15 seconds off of every turn, which will end up giving you a solid 7 turns or so extra a day. It doesn't increase item or chip drops, but the only shirt that does is the harness, which is a measly 2% items. Plus, a theater is one of the worst places to be walking around in wearing a harness.

* Your gloves are gonna be [[sticky gloves]]. They're the only ones that give +%items or chips. Easy.

* Pants are kinda funky. There are no +%items or chips pants currently in the game. Technically. But I remind you we're talking about Super Ultimate Optimization to the Point that it's Just Ridiculous. This is by no means a good reason to go spending a bunch of stars on them, but if you're absolutely crippled by OCD the [[Amazing Technicolor Dreampants]] will ''occasionally'' give you an almost ''negligible amount'' of +%items. If you have them, you're probably already wearing them though.

* For you boots, you'll want to use [[Roderick's Boots|Roderick's]]. I explained why a few paragraphs up.

* There are two perfectly viable offhand items for farming. The [[plastiscanner]] gives +10% chip drops, and the [[isotope meter]] gives +10% item drops. The decision is made more easily, however, when you note the fact that most of the time you'll have +40% item drops from your accessories, so you need all the chips you can get. Go with the plastiscanner.

* There are two IotM accessories that are extremely good for farming- the [[Hero's Cape]] and [[Wolley's Index]]. And in the days of old, this was all a hero needed to go off gallivanting and merrily collecting chips at the Cube Theater. But then Ryme made the [[Judo kid gloves]]. So now, your first 30 turns or so should be spent with the Judo Kid Gloves, while you have your Publicist. That's the fun part- when you get those 700 chip drops that are so pleasing to any true farmer's eye. But then comes the not fun part, when you have to start thinking about getting other sidekicks. If you have a spare Couch lying around, feel free to use [[crow|crows]] and [[Mafia informer|Mafia informers]]. Other than that, there are two sidekicks you can get from recipes in the Castle. Both are believed at the moment to increase item drops (though it's not likely they both do. Once it's properly spaded this should be edited). If you play your cards right, you'll have a farming sidekick essentially 100% of the time, making the Judo Gloves pretty sexy.

* Personally, I use the [[Ultimate Aviator Goggles]] for my talisman. They're (relatively) cheap, and they (probably) have a net increase on your chips-per-day. They also provide two other benefits; one of which is they just look kinda cool in your profile, and the second only applies to [[Psion|Psions]]. More on that later.

* Your transportation should be, naturally, the [[VHF-1 Fighter]]. Why is this? Well, first off it's an Item of the Month so it's just about guaranteed to be the best in most situations. But more specifically, it gives you 2 to 4 PP every turn (The [[Lexura Infinides D-8]] also grants 2 PP a turn and is just about as useful). Why is this good? Well it only is to Psions. If not, use a moped for all I care. If you are, more on that... right now.

== Class ==

Yes, that's right. Not all heroes are created equal. For farming, it is the unfortunate fact that Psions are by far the best class for farming. They are overpowered, imbalanced, and all-around jerks to compete with when it comes to chips. This is actually for more than 2 to reasons.
* Psions get a passive skill at level 10 that gives them ''30 extra minutes per day''. Yeah. Seriously. This means that at 500 chips per turn, you get about 3500 chips more than the other classes PER DAY.
* Psions have a skill (not a buff. Sorry other classes) which gives them +25% chips. That's a lot. If you didn't know.
* This one's a bit of a stretch, but you know. SUOttPtiJR. If you have [[Ultimate Aviator Goggles]] and a VHF-1 (or a Lexura, for those of us who don't have chips pouring out of our pockets), you'll be getting 4-6 PP a turn. How, do you ask, can you turn these points into chips? Well, this is just between you and me, but... ''buffs''. That's right. For every 12 PP, you can send a warrior hologram to a friend, who sends it back to you for a total profit of 5 chips. That's what we in the business call living large. Oh, and on a side note, it may seem like a good idea to just use a multi to exchange holograms back and forth with, but it's probably not. And on another side note, [[Naturalist|Naturalists]] can do this as well, just with a much lower PP-to-chips return.
Okay, so there's still only 3, and I'll admit the last one isn't the most imbalancing factor in the world. I'm trying my best here.

== Caffeine and Sugar ==

Here's some good news. Because you're buying food to make chips, not spend them, you can stick with vendor stuff and drops and still be optimal. Yup, [[Mister Tea|Mister Teas]] and [[Stroopwafel|Stroopwafels]]. The stroopwafels drop at the Castle, and Mister Teas should be bought en masse when they're at the [[Black Market]]. If you're not at the Castle, use eyeball gumballs.

== Buffs ==

* [[Aura: Keen Observation]]. This is an obvious one.
* The Naturalist buff, [[Snout of the Swine]]. Also obvious.
* [[Metal Detector]], from a Gadgeteer. Also also obvious.
* [[Sinus of the Shark]]. Also also al- Wait, what? Yes. Sinus of the Shark reduces your rate of noncombat adventures. At the Cube Theater, you'll want to use this. However, at the Castle I've found that your unchanged combat rate actually works out pretty well, giving you a 1:1 proportion of [[Lustrous liquid]] and [[Golden powder]]. Use this if you find it's imbalanced one way or the other.

== Recipes ==
There are three recipes that will come in handy for farming in the Castle. The first two are sidekicks. The [[Clockwork ant]], which increases chip drops, is created by combining a [[Clockwork core]] and an [[Irrhodium socket set]]. The other is the [[Clockwork kangaroo]], which increases item drops, and is created by combining a [[Clockwork core]] and a [[Xentrium crossbow]]. The third is the [[Philtre of fortune]], created by combining Lustrous Liquid and Golden Powder. You should be able to make enough of these while patrolling to maintain the effect constantly, giving you 25% chip drops. Sexy!

[[Category:User Guides]]

Talk:General Farming

2008-11-26T22:21:25Z

Thek3vin:

General Farming

2008-11-26T22:17:52Z

Thek3vin: /* Non-Combats */

== Introduction ==

So. If you've been farming for 2 years, are getting a hundred chips a day, and know everything there is to know about farming, then you're probably lying. But whatever the case may be, if you're an experienced farmer, you're not likely to find a lot of new information here. In fact, you might find a bunch of completely false information. This guide is not for you. However, this is a ''wiki'', so feel free to edit it. This guide IS for
*Players who have been playing for a while and are interested in getting into farming
*Players have been farming for a little while, and want to improve their income
*Players who have the supernatural ability to bear my writing style
So let's get started then.

== Locations ==

[[Golden Wooden Nickel Casino]]
* Good for low level players, [[Jackpot!]] gives a good sum of chips. But that's not what we're here for, now is it?
[[Cube Theater]]
* Good for mid-level players, high droprate of autosell-able items, good chip drops
[[Castle Hundenswein]]
* Now THIS is true farming. High chip drops, items autosell for crazy amounts of chips, and a couple items have great recipes for farming. This is however a very hard area to survive- spending hundreds of turns here isn't realistic unless you're at least level 20.

== Non-Combats==

The Cube
*The optimal farming technique regarding noncombats in the Cube is a mixture of exiting stage right and left, using left just enough to maintain a vigilante reputation so you can use the Publicist, in conjunction with the judo kid gloves. Now, where you draw the line is up to you, but if you want to be REALLY optimal the best strategy is to use your turns just right such that at the end of the day you are a vigilante so you can get your Publicist for the day, and then allowing your reputation to drift to the right while exiting stage right and getting the chips.

Castle Hundenswein
*There are two noncombats here. One of them (Behind door number three...) doesn't really give anything interesting. The last option is to skip it, not costing a turn. Do that one.
*The other is [[Forgot to Mention the Crystal Skulls]], in which the second choice yields some delicious [[Lustrous liquid]]. You'll want that for one of the recipes.

== Equipment ==

Neither +%chips or +%items are optimal alone- the best is a combination of the two. That being said, in most equipment slots there is an obvious superior for either one. For instance, the only pair of boots that has either is [[Roderick's Boots]], so you'll be using those, which are +10% chips.

* Next, your helmet. The only helmet that increases item or chip drops is the [[Royal crown]], which increases chip drops by 5%. But it is believed that The Virtual Reality helmet is better for farming overall. Whether or not the “Improved Computer Interaction” gets you more chips when used with the software [[Financial Prudence]] and [[Prepunctuality]] is questionable (I don't have one to be honest, feel free to edit this if you've found out either way), but the bonus stats and XP are enough to sway most players who have one. If you don't, I hope you can still sleep at night knowing that your crown is probably just as good maybe.

* (I'll be using X to indicate bow, end, or arm)
For your weapon, you'll want to use a LongX of the Law (see how this is working here?), which grants +5% chips. The other option would be a Short X of the stick, which is only 3% item drops.

* The best shirt you can use is the [[Letter shirt]], which shaves 15 seconds off of every turn, which will end up giving you a solid 7 turns or so extra a day. It doesn't increase item or chip drops, but the only shirt that does is the harness, which is a measly 2% items. Plus, a theater is one of the worst places to be walking around in wearing a harness.

* Your gloves are gonna be [[sticky gloves]]. They're the only ones that give +%items or chips. Easy.

* Pants are kinda funky. There are no +%items or chips pants currently in the game. Technically. But I remind you we're talking about Super Ultimate Optimization to the Point that it's Just Ridiculous. This is by no means a good reason to go spending a bunch of stars on them, but if you're absolutely crippled by OCD the [[Amazing Technicolor Dreampants]] will ''occasionally'' give you an almost ''negligible amount'' of +%items. If you have them, you're probably already wearing them though.

* For you boots, you'll want to use [[Roderick's Boots|Roderick's]]. I explained why a few paragraphs up.

* There are two perfectly viable offhand items for farming. The [[plastiscanner]] gives +10% chip drops, and the [[isotope meter]] gives +10% item drops. The decision is made more easily, however, when you note the fact that most of the time you'll have +40% item drops from your accessories, so you need all the chips you can get. Go with the plastiscanner.

* There are two IotM accessories that are extremely good for farming- the [[Hero's Cape]] and [[Wolley's Index]]. And in the days of old, this was all a hero needed to go off gallivanting and merrily collecting chips at the Cube Theater. But then Ryme made the [[Judo Kid Gloves]]. So now, your first 30 turns or so should be spent with the Judo Kid Gloves, while you have your Publicist. That's the fun part- when you get those 700 chip drops that are so pleasing to any true farmer's eye. But then comes the not fun part, when you have to start thinking about getting other sidekicks. If you have a spare Couch lying around, feel free to use [[crow|crows]] and [[Mafia informer|Mafia informers]]. Other than that, there are two sidekicks you can get from recipes in the Castle. Both are believed at the moment to increase item drops (though it's not likely they both do. Once it's properly spaded this should be edited). If you play your cards right, you'll have a farming sidekick essentially 100% of the time, making the Judo Gloves pretty sexy.

* Personally, I use the [[Ultimate Aviator Goggles]] for my talisman. They're (relatively) cheap, and they (probably) have a net increase on your chips-per-day. They also provide two other benefits; one of which is they just look kinda cool in your profile, and the second only applies to [[Psion|Psions]]. More on that later.

* Your transportation should be, naturally, the [[VHF-1 Fighter]]. Why is this? Well, first off it's an Item of the Month so it's just about guaranteed to be the best in most situations. But more specifically, it gives you 2 to 4 PP every turn (The [[Lexura Infinides D-8]] also grants 2 PP a turn and is just about as useful). Why is this good? Well it only is to Psions. If not, use a moped for all I care. If you are, more on that... right now.

== Class ==

Yes, that's right. Not all heroes are created equal. For farming, it is the unfortunate fact that Psions are by far the best class for farming. They are overpowered, imbalanced, and all-around jerks to compete with when it comes to chips. This is actually for more than 2 to reasons.
* Psions get a passive skill at level 10 that gives them ''30 extra minutes per day''. Yeah. Seriously. This means that at 500 chips per turn, you get about 3500 chips more than the other classes PER DAY.
* Psions have a skill (not a buff. Sorry other classes) which gives them +25% chips. That's a lot. If you didn't know.
* This one's a bit of a stretch, but you know. SUOttPtiJR. If you have [[Ultimate Aviator Goggles]] and a VHF-1 (or a Lexura, for those of us who don't have chips pouring out of our pockets), you'll be getting 4-6 PP a turn. How, do you ask, can you turn these points into chips? Well, this is just between you and me, but... ''buffs''. That's right. For every 12 PP, you can send a warrior hologram to a friend, who sends it back to you for a total profit of 5 chips. That's what we in the business call living large. Oh, and on a side note, it may seem like a good idea to just use a multi to exchange holograms back and forth with, but it's probably not. And on another side note, [[Naturalist|Naturalists]] can do this as well, just with a much lower PP-to-chips return.
Okay, so there's still only 3, and I'll admit the last one isn't the most imbalancing factor in the world. I'm trying my best here.

== Caffeine and Sugar ==

Here's some good news. Because you're buying food to make chips, not spend them, you can stick with vendor stuff and drops and still be optimal. Yup, [[Mister Tea|Mister Teas]] and [[Stroopwafel|Stroopwafels]]. The stroopwafels drop at the Castle, and Mister Teas should be bought en masse when they're at the [[Black Market]]. If you're not at the Castle, use eyeball gumballs.

== Buffs ==

* [[Aura: Keen Observation]]. This is an obvious one.
* The Naturalist buff, [[Snout of the Swine]]. Also obvious.
* [[Metal Detector]], from a Gadgeteer. Also also obvious.
* [[Sinus of the Shark]]. Also also al- Wait, what? Yes. Sinus of the Shark reduces your rate of noncombat adventures. At the Cube Theater, you'll want to use this. However, at the Castle I've found that your unchanged combat rate actually works out pretty well, giving you a 1:1 proportion of [[Lustrous liquid]] and [[Golden powder]]. Use this if you find it's imbalanced one way or the other.

== Recipes ==
There are three recipes that will come in handy for farming in the Castle. The first two are sidekicks. The [[Clockwork ant]], which increases chip drops, is created by combining a [[Clockwork core]] and an [[Irrhodium socket set]]. The other is the [[Clockwork kangaroo]], which increases item drops, and is created by combining a [[Clockwork core]] and a [[Xentrium crossbow]]. The third is the [[Philtre of fortune]], created by combining Lustrous Liquid and Golden Powder. You should be able to make enough of these while patrolling to maintain the effect constantly, giving you 25% chip drops. Sexy!

[[Category:User Guides]]

General Farming

2008-11-26T22:13:12Z

Thek3vin: /* Equipment */

== Introduction ==

So. If you've been farming for 2 years, are getting a hundred chips a day, and know everything there is to know about farming, then you're probably lying. But whatever the case may be, if you're an experienced farmer, you're not likely to find a lot of new information here. In fact, you might find a bunch of completely false information. This guide is not for you. However, this is a ''wiki'', so feel free to edit it. This guide IS for
*Players who have been playing for a while and are interested in getting into farming
*Players have been farming for a little while, and want to improve their income
*Players who have the supernatural ability to bear my writing style
So let's get started then.

== Locations ==

[[Golden Wooden Nickel Casino]]
* Good for low level players, [[Jackpot!]] gives a good sum of chips. But that's not what we're here for, now is it?
[[Cube Theater]]
* Good for mid-level players, high droprate of autosell-able items, good chip drops
[[Castle Hundenswein]]
* Now THIS is true farming. High chip drops, items autosell for crazy amounts of chips, and a couple items have great recipes for farming. This is however a very hard area to survive- spending hundreds of turns here isn't realistic unless you're at least level 20.

== Non-Combats==

The Cube
*The optimal farming technique regarding noncombats in the Cube is a mixture of exiting stage right and left, using left just enough to maintain a vigilante reputation so you can use the Publicist, in conjunction with the judo kid gloves. Now, where you draw the line is up to you, but if you want to be REALLY optimal the best strategy is to use your turns just right such that at the end of the day you are a vigilante so you can get your Publicist for the day, and then allowing your reputation to drift to the right while exiting stage right and getting the chips. Do I do this? No. Does ANYBODY do this? I should hope not. But we're talking Super Ultimate Optimization, so there you go. Moving on.

Castle Hundenswein
*There are two noncombats here. One of them (Behind door number three...) doesn't really give anything interesting. The last option is to skip it, not costing a turn. Do that one.
*The other is [[Forgot to Mention the Crystal Skulls]], in which the second choice yields some delicious [[Lustrous liquid]]. You'll want that for one of the recipes.

== Equipment ==

Neither +%chips or +%items are optimal alone- the best is a combination of the two. That being said, in most equipment slots there is an obvious superior for either one. For instance, the only pair of boots that has either is [[Roderick's Boots]], so you'll be using those, which are +10% chips.

* Next, your helmet. The only helmet that increases item or chip drops is the [[Royal crown]], which increases chip drops by 5%. But it is believed that The Virtual Reality helmet is better for farming overall. Whether or not the “Improved Computer Interaction” gets you more chips when used with the software [[Financial Prudence]] and [[Prepunctuality]] is questionable (I don't have one to be honest, feel free to edit this if you've found out either way), but the bonus stats and XP are enough to sway most players who have one. If you don't, I hope you can still sleep at night knowing that your crown is probably just as good maybe.

* (I'll be using X to indicate bow, end, or arm)
For your weapon, you'll want to use a LongX of the Law (see how this is working here?), which grants +5% chips. The other option would be a Short X of the stick, which is only 3% item drops.

* The best shirt you can use is the [[Letter shirt]], which shaves 15 seconds off of every turn, which will end up giving you a solid 7 turns or so extra a day. It doesn't increase item or chip drops, but the only shirt that does is the harness, which is a measly 2% items. Plus, a theater is one of the worst places to be walking around in wearing a harness.

* Your gloves are gonna be [[sticky gloves]]. They're the only ones that give +%items or chips. Easy.

* Pants are kinda funky. There are no +%items or chips pants currently in the game. Technically. But I remind you we're talking about Super Ultimate Optimization to the Point that it's Just Ridiculous. This is by no means a good reason to go spending a bunch of stars on them, but if you're absolutely crippled by OCD the [[Amazing Technicolor Dreampants]] will ''occasionally'' give you an almost ''negligible amount'' of +%items. If you have them, you're probably already wearing them though.

* For you boots, you'll want to use [[Roderick's Boots|Roderick's]]. I explained why a few paragraphs up.

* There are two perfectly viable offhand items for farming. The [[plastiscanner]] gives +10% chip drops, and the [[isotope meter]] gives +10% item drops. The decision is made more easily, however, when you note the fact that most of the time you'll have +40% item drops from your accessories, so you need all the chips you can get. Go with the plastiscanner.

* There are two IotM accessories that are extremely good for farming- the [[Hero's Cape]] and [[Wolley's Index]]. And in the days of old, this was all a hero needed to go off gallivanting and merrily collecting chips at the Cube Theater. But then Ryme made the [[Judo Kid Gloves]]. So now, your first 30 turns or so should be spent with the Judo Kid Gloves, while you have your Publicist. That's the fun part- when you get those 700 chip drops that are so pleasing to any true farmer's eye. But then comes the not fun part, when you have to start thinking about getting other sidekicks. If you have a spare Couch lying around, feel free to use [[crow|crows]] and [[Mafia informer|Mafia informers]]. Other than that, there are two sidekicks you can get from recipes in the Castle. Both are believed at the moment to increase item drops (though it's not likely they both do. Once it's properly spaded this should be edited). If you play your cards right, you'll have a farming sidekick essentially 100% of the time, making the Judo Gloves pretty sexy.

* Personally, I use the [[Ultimate Aviator Goggles]] for my talisman. They're (relatively) cheap, and they (probably) have a net increase on your chips-per-day. They also provide two other benefits; one of which is they just look kinda cool in your profile, and the second only applies to [[Psion|Psions]]. More on that later.

* Your transportation should be, naturally, the [[VHF-1 Fighter]]. Why is this? Well, first off it's an Item of the Month so it's just about guaranteed to be the best in most situations. But more specifically, it gives you 2 to 4 PP every turn (The [[Lexura Infinides D-8]] also grants 2 PP a turn and is just about as useful). Why is this good? Well it only is to Psions. If not, use a moped for all I care. If you are, more on that... right now.

== Class ==

Yes, that's right. Not all heroes are created equal. For farming, it is the unfortunate fact that Psions are by far the best class for farming. They are overpowered, imbalanced, and all-around jerks to compete with when it comes to chips. This is actually for more than 2 to reasons.
* Psions get a passive skill at level 10 that gives them ''30 extra minutes per day''. Yeah. Seriously. This means that at 500 chips per turn, you get about 3500 chips more than the other classes PER DAY.
* Psions have a skill (not a buff. Sorry other classes) which gives them +25% chips. That's a lot. If you didn't know.
* This one's a bit of a stretch, but you know. SUOttPtiJR. If you have [[Ultimate Aviator Goggles]] and a VHF-1 (or a Lexura, for those of us who don't have chips pouring out of our pockets), you'll be getting 4-6 PP a turn. How, do you ask, can you turn these points into chips? Well, this is just between you and me, but... ''buffs''. That's right. For every 12 PP, you can send a warrior hologram to a friend, who sends it back to you for a total profit of 5 chips. That's what we in the business call living large. Oh, and on a side note, it may seem like a good idea to just use a multi to exchange holograms back and forth with, but it's probably not. And on another side note, [[Naturalist|Naturalists]] can do this as well, just with a much lower PP-to-chips return.
Okay, so there's still only 3, and I'll admit the last one isn't the most imbalancing factor in the world. I'm trying my best here.

== Caffeine and Sugar ==

Here's some good news. Because you're buying food to make chips, not spend them, you can stick with vendor stuff and drops and still be optimal. Yup, [[Mister Tea|Mister Teas]] and [[Stroopwafel|Stroopwafels]]. The stroopwafels drop at the Castle, and Mister Teas should be bought en masse when they're at the [[Black Market]]. If you're not at the Castle, use eyeball gumballs.

== Buffs ==

* [[Aura: Keen Observation]]. This is an obvious one.
* The Naturalist buff, [[Snout of the Swine]]. Also obvious.
* [[Metal Detector]], from a Gadgeteer. Also also obvious.
* [[Sinus of the Shark]]. Also also al- Wait, what? Yes. Sinus of the Shark reduces your rate of noncombat adventures. At the Cube Theater, you'll want to use this. However, at the Castle I've found that your unchanged combat rate actually works out pretty well, giving you a 1:1 proportion of [[Lustrous liquid]] and [[Golden powder]]. Use this if you find it's imbalanced one way or the other.

== Recipes ==
There are three recipes that will come in handy for farming in the Castle. The first two are sidekicks. The [[Clockwork ant]], which increases chip drops, is created by combining a [[Clockwork core]] and an [[Irrhodium socket set]]. The other is the [[Clockwork kangaroo]], which increases item drops, and is created by combining a [[Clockwork core]] and a [[Xentrium crossbow]]. The third is the [[Philtre of fortune]], created by combining Lustrous Liquid and Golden Powder. You should be able to make enough of these while patrolling to maintain the effect constantly, giving you 25% chip drops. Sexy!

[[Category:User Guides]]

General Farming

2008-11-26T21:52:19Z

Thek3vin: /* Class */

== Introduction ==

So. If you've been farming for 2 years, are getting a hundred chips a day, and know everything there is to know about farming, then you're probably lying. But whatever the case may be, if you're an experienced farmer, you're not likely to find a lot of new information here. In fact, you might find a bunch of completely false information. This guide is not for you. However, this is a ''wiki'', so feel free to edit it. This guide IS for
*Players who have been playing for a while and are interested in getting into farming
*Players have been farming for a little while, and want to improve their income
*Players who have the supernatural ability to bear my writing style
So let's get started then.

== Locations ==

[[Golden Wooden Nickel Casino]]
* Good for low level players, [[Jackpot!]] gives a good sum of chips. But that's not what we're here for, now is it?
[[Cube Theater]]
* Good for mid-level players, high droprate of autosell-able items, good chip drops
[[Castle Hundenswein]]
* Now THIS is true farming. High chip drops, items autosell for crazy amounts of chips, and a couple items have great recipes for farming. This is however a very hard area to survive- spending hundreds of turns here isn't realistic unless you're at least level 20.

== Non-Combats==

The Cube
*The optimal farming technique regarding noncombats in the Cube is a mixture of exiting stage right and left, using left just enough to maintain a vigilante reputation so you can use the Publicist, in conjunction with the judo kid gloves. Now, where you draw the line is up to you, but if you want to be REALLY optimal the best strategy is to use your turns just right such that at the end of the day you are a vigilante so you can get your Publicist for the day, and then allowing your reputation to drift to the right while exiting stage right and getting the chips. Do I do this? No. Does ANYBODY do this? I should hope not. But we're talking Super Ultimate Optimization, so there you go. Moving on.

Castle Hundenswein
*There are two noncombats here. One of them (Behind door number three...) doesn't really give anything interesting. The last option is to skip it, not costing a turn. Do that one.
*The other is [[Forgot to Mention the Crystal Skulls]], in which the second choice yields some delicious [[Lustrous liquid]]. You'll want that for one of the recipes.

== Equipment ==

Neither +%chips or +%items are optimal alone- the best is a combination of the two. That being said, in most equipment slots there is an obvious superior for either one. For instance, the only pair of boots that has either is [[Roderick's Boots]], so you'll be using those, which are +10% chips.

* Next, your helmet. The only helmet that increases item or chip drops is the [[Royal crown]], which increases chip drops by 5%. But it is believed that The Virtual Reality helmet is better for farming overall. Whether or not the “Improved Computer Interaction” gets you more chips when used with the software [[Financial Prudence]] and [[Prepunctuality]] is questionable (I don't have one to be honest, feel free to edit this if you've found out either way), but the bonus stats and XP are enough to sway most players who have one. If you don't, I hope you can still sleep at night knowing that your crown is probably just as good maybe.

* (I'll be using X to indicate bow, end, or arm)
For your weapon, you'll want to use a LongX of the Law (see how this is working here?), which grants +5% chips. The other option would be a Short X of the stick, which is only 3% item drops. 3 is less than 5. There you go.

* The best shirt you can use is the [[Letter shirt]], which shaves 15 seconds off of every turn, which will end up giving you a solid 7 turns or so extra a day. It doesn't increase item or chip drops, but the only shirt that does is the harness, which is a measly 2% items. Plus, a theater is one of the worst places to be walking around in wearing a harness.

* Your gloves are gonna be [[sticky gloves]]. They're the only ones that give +%items or chips. Easy.

* Pants are kinda funky. There are no +%items or chips pants currently in the game. Technically. I typically farm either in hot pants or pantsless, but that's a matter of personal preference. But I remind you we're talking about Super Ultimate Optimization to the Point that it's Just Ridiculous. This is by no means a good reason to go spending a bunch of stars on them, but if you're absolutely crippled by OCD the [[Amazing Technicolor Dreampants]] will ''occasionally'' give you an almost ''negligible amount'' of +%items. If you have them, you're probably already wearing them though.

* For you boots, you'll want to use [[Roderick's Boots|Roderick's]]. I explained why a few paragraphs up.

* There are two perfectly viable offhand items for farming. The [[plastiscanner]] gives +10% chip drops, and the [[isotope meter]] gives +10% item drops. The decision is made more easily, however, when you note the fact that most of the time you'll have +40% item drops from your accessories, so you need all the chips you can get. Go with the plastiscanner.

* There are two IotM accessories that are extremely good for farming- the [[Hero's Cape]] and [[Wolley's Index]]. And in the days of old, this was all a hero needed to go off gallivanting and merrily collecting chips at the Cube Theater. But then Ryme made the [[Judo Kid Gloves]]. So now, your first 30 turns or so should be spent with the Judo Kid Gloves, while you have your Publicist. That's the fun part- when you get those 700 chip drops that are so pleasing to any true farmer's eye. But then comes the not fun part, when you have to start thinking about getting other sidekicks. If you have a spare Couch lying around, feel free to use [[crow|crows]] and [[Mafia informer|Mafia informers]]. Other than that, there are two sidekicks you can get from recipes in the Castle. Both are believed at the moment to increase item drops (though it's not likely they both do. Once it's properly spaded this should be edited). If you play your cards right, you'll have a farming sidekick essentially 100% of the time, making the Judo Gloves pretty sexy.

* Personally, I use the [[Ultimate Aviator Goggles]] for my talisman. They're (relatively) cheap, and they (probably) have a net increase on your chips-per-day. They also provide two other benefits; one of which is they just look kinda cool in your profile, and the second only applies to [[Psion|Psions]]. More on that later.

* Your transportation should be, naturally, the [[VHF-1 Fighter]]. Why is this? Well, first off it's an Item of the Month so it's just about guaranteed to be the best in most situations. But more specifically, it gives you 2 to 4 PP every turn (The [[Lexura Infinides D-8]] also grants 2 PP a turn and is just about as useful). Why is this good? Well it only is to Psions. If not, use a moped for all I care. If you are, more on that... right now.

== Class ==

Yes, that's right. Not all heroes are created equal. For farming, it is the unfortunate fact that Psions are by far the best class for farming. They are overpowered, imbalanced, and all-around jerks to compete with when it comes to chips. This is actually for more than 2 to reasons.
* Psions get a passive skill at level 10 that gives them ''30 extra minutes per day''. Yeah. Seriously. This means that at 500 chips per turn, you get about 3500 chips more than the other classes PER DAY.
* Psions have a skill (not a buff. Sorry other classes) which gives them +25% chips. That's a lot. If you didn't know.
* This one's a bit of a stretch, but you know. SUOttPtiJR. If you have [[Ultimate Aviator Goggles]] and a VHF-1 (or a Lexura, for those of us who don't have chips pouring out of our pockets), you'll be getting 4-6 PP a turn. How, do you ask, can you turn these points into chips? Well, this is just between you and me, but... ''buffs''. That's right. For every 12 PP, you can send a warrior hologram to a friend, who sends it back to you for a total profit of 5 chips. That's what we in the business call living large. Oh, and on a side note, it may seem like a good idea to just use a multi to exchange holograms back and forth with, but it's probably not. And on another side note, [[Naturalist|Naturalists]] can do this as well, just with a much lower PP-to-chips return.
Okay, so there's still only 3, and I'll admit the last one isn't the most imbalancing factor in the world. I'm trying my best here.

== Caffeine and Sugar ==

Here's some good news. Because you're buying food to make chips, not spend them, you can stick with vendor stuff and drops and still be optimal. Yup, [[Mister Tea|Mister Teas]] and [[Stroopwafel|Stroopwafels]]. The stroopwafels drop at the Castle, and Mister Teas should be bought en masse when they're at the [[Black Market]]. If you're not at the Castle, use eyeball gumballs.

== Buffs ==

* [[Aura: Keen Observation]]. This is an obvious one.
* The Naturalist buff, [[Snout of the Swine]]. Also obvious.
* [[Metal Detector]], from a Gadgeteer. Also also obvious.
* [[Sinus of the Shark]]. Also also al- Wait, what? Yes. Sinus of the Shark reduces your rate of noncombat adventures. At the Cube Theater, you'll want to use this. However, at the Castle I've found that your unchanged combat rate actually works out pretty well, giving you a 1:1 proportion of [[Lustrous liquid]] and [[Golden powder]]. Use this if you find it's imbalanced one way or the other.

== Recipes ==
There are three recipes that will come in handy for farming in the Castle. The first two are sidekicks. The [[Clockwork ant]], which increases chip drops, is created by combining a [[Clockwork core]] and an [[Irrhodium socket set]]. The other is the [[Clockwork kangaroo]], which increases item drops, and is created by combining a [[Clockwork core]] and a [[Xentrium crossbow]]. The third is the [[Philtre of fortune]], created by combining Lustrous Liquid and Golden Powder. You should be able to make enough of these while patrolling to maintain the effect constantly, giving you 25% chip drops. Sexy!

[[Category:User Guides]]

General Farming

2008-11-26T21:51:39Z

Thek3vin: /* Equipment */

== Introduction ==

So. If you've been farming for 2 years, are getting a hundred chips a day, and know everything there is to know about farming, then you're probably lying. But whatever the case may be, if you're an experienced farmer, you're not likely to find a lot of new information here. In fact, you might find a bunch of completely false information. This guide is not for you. However, this is a ''wiki'', so feel free to edit it. This guide IS for
*Players who have been playing for a while and are interested in getting into farming
*Players have been farming for a little while, and want to improve their income
*Players who have the supernatural ability to bear my writing style
So let's get started then.

== Locations ==

[[Golden Wooden Nickel Casino]]
* Good for low level players, [[Jackpot!]] gives a good sum of chips. But that's not what we're here for, now is it?
[[Cube Theater]]
* Good for mid-level players, high droprate of autosell-able items, good chip drops
[[Castle Hundenswein]]
* Now THIS is true farming. High chip drops, items autosell for crazy amounts of chips, and a couple items have great recipes for farming. This is however a very hard area to survive- spending hundreds of turns here isn't realistic unless you're at least level 20.

== Non-Combats==

The Cube
*The optimal farming technique regarding noncombats in the Cube is a mixture of exiting stage right and left, using left just enough to maintain a vigilante reputation so you can use the Publicist, in conjunction with the judo kid gloves. Now, where you draw the line is up to you, but if you want to be REALLY optimal the best strategy is to use your turns just right such that at the end of the day you are a vigilante so you can get your Publicist for the day, and then allowing your reputation to drift to the right while exiting stage right and getting the chips. Do I do this? No. Does ANYBODY do this? I should hope not. But we're talking Super Ultimate Optimization, so there you go. Moving on.

Castle Hundenswein
*There are two noncombats here. One of them (Behind door number three...) doesn't really give anything interesting. The last option is to skip it, not costing a turn. Do that one.
*The other is [[Forgot to Mention the Crystal Skulls]], in which the second choice yields some delicious [[Lustrous liquid]]. You'll want that for one of the recipes.

== Equipment ==

Neither +%chips or +%items are optimal alone- the best is a combination of the two. That being said, in most equipment slots there is an obvious superior for either one. For instance, the only pair of boots that has either is [[Roderick's Boots]], so you'll be using those, which are +10% chips.

* Next, your helmet. The only helmet that increases item or chip drops is the [[Royal crown]], which increases chip drops by 5%. But it is believed that The Virtual Reality helmet is better for farming overall. Whether or not the “Improved Computer Interaction” gets you more chips when used with the software [[Financial Prudence]] and [[Prepunctuality]] is questionable (I don't have one to be honest, feel free to edit this if you've found out either way), but the bonus stats and XP are enough to sway most players who have one. If you don't, I hope you can still sleep at night knowing that your crown is probably just as good maybe.

* (I'll be using X to indicate bow, end, or arm)
For your weapon, you'll want to use a LongX of the Law (see how this is working here?), which grants +5% chips. The other option would be a Short X of the stick, which is only 3% item drops. 3 is less than 5. There you go.

* The best shirt you can use is the [[Letter shirt]], which shaves 15 seconds off of every turn, which will end up giving you a solid 7 turns or so extra a day. It doesn't increase item or chip drops, but the only shirt that does is the harness, which is a measly 2% items. Plus, a theater is one of the worst places to be walking around in wearing a harness.

* Your gloves are gonna be [[sticky gloves]]. They're the only ones that give +%items or chips. Easy.

* Pants are kinda funky. There are no +%items or chips pants currently in the game. Technically. I typically farm either in hot pants or pantsless, but that's a matter of personal preference. But I remind you we're talking about Super Ultimate Optimization to the Point that it's Just Ridiculous. This is by no means a good reason to go spending a bunch of stars on them, but if you're absolutely crippled by OCD the [[Amazing Technicolor Dreampants]] will ''occasionally'' give you an almost ''negligible amount'' of +%items. If you have them, you're probably already wearing them though.

* For you boots, you'll want to use [[Roderick's Boots|Roderick's]]. I explained why a few paragraphs up.

* There are two perfectly viable offhand items for farming. The [[plastiscanner]] gives +10% chip drops, and the [[isotope meter]] gives +10% item drops. The decision is made more easily, however, when you note the fact that most of the time you'll have +40% item drops from your accessories, so you need all the chips you can get. Go with the plastiscanner.

* There are two IotM accessories that are extremely good for farming- the [[Hero's Cape]] and [[Wolley's Index]]. And in the days of old, this was all a hero needed to go off gallivanting and merrily collecting chips at the Cube Theater. But then Ryme made the [[Judo Kid Gloves]]. So now, your first 30 turns or so should be spent with the Judo Kid Gloves, while you have your Publicist. That's the fun part- when you get those 700 chip drops that are so pleasing to any true farmer's eye. But then comes the not fun part, when you have to start thinking about getting other sidekicks. If you have a spare Couch lying around, feel free to use [[crow|crows]] and [[Mafia informer|Mafia informers]]. Other than that, there are two sidekicks you can get from recipes in the Castle. Both are believed at the moment to increase item drops (though it's not likely they both do. Once it's properly spaded this should be edited). If you play your cards right, you'll have a farming sidekick essentially 100% of the time, making the Judo Gloves pretty sexy.

* Personally, I use the [[Ultimate Aviator Goggles]] for my talisman. They're (relatively) cheap, and they (probably) have a net increase on your chips-per-day. They also provide two other benefits; one of which is they just look kinda cool in your profile, and the second only applies to [[Psion|Psions]]. More on that later.

* Your transportation should be, naturally, the [[VHF-1 Fighter]]. Why is this? Well, first off it's an Item of the Month so it's just about guaranteed to be the best in most situations. But more specifically, it gives you 2 to 4 PP every turn (The [[Lexura Infinides D-8]] also grants 2 PP a turn and is just about as useful). Why is this good? Well it only is to Psions. If not, use a moped for all I care. If you are, more on that... right now.

== Class ==

Yes, that's right. Not all heroes are created equal. For farming, it is the unfortunate fact that Psions are by far the best class for farming. They are overpowered, imbalanced, and all-around jerks to compete with when it comes to chips. This is actually for more than 2 to reasons.
* Psions get a passive skill at level 10 that gives them ''30 extra minutes per day''. Yeah. Seriously. This means that at 500 chips per turn (that's how much you're getting, right? Cuz I am), you get about 3500 chips more than the other classes PER DAY.
* Psions have a skill (not a buff. Sorry other classes) which gives them +25% chips. That's a lot. If you didn't know.
* This one's a bit of a stretch, but you know. SUOttPtiJR. If you have [[Ultimate Aviator Goggles]] and a VHF-1 (or a Lexura, for those of us who don't have chips pouring out of our pockets), you'll be getting 4-6 PP a turn. How, do you ask, can you turn these points into chips? Well, this is just between you and me, but... ''buffs''. That's right. For every 12 PP, you can send a warrior hologram to a friend, who sends it back to you for a total profit of 5 chips. That's what we in the business call living large. Oh, and on a side note, it may seem like a good idea to just use a multi to exchange holograms back and forth with, but it's probably not. And on another side note, [[Naturalist|Naturalists]] can do this as well, just with a much lower PP-to-chips return.
Okay, so there's still only 3, and I'll admit the last one isn't the most imbalancing factor in the world. I'm trying my best here.

== Caffeine and Sugar ==

Here's some good news. Because you're buying food to make chips, not spend them, you can stick with vendor stuff and drops and still be optimal. Yup, [[Mister Tea|Mister Teas]] and [[Stroopwafel|Stroopwafels]]. The stroopwafels drop at the Castle, and Mister Teas should be bought en masse when they're at the [[Black Market]]. If you're not at the Castle, use eyeball gumballs.

== Buffs ==

* [[Aura: Keen Observation]]. This is an obvious one.
* The Naturalist buff, [[Snout of the Swine]]. Also obvious.
* [[Metal Detector]], from a Gadgeteer. Also also obvious.
* [[Sinus of the Shark]]. Also also al- Wait, what? Yes. Sinus of the Shark reduces your rate of noncombat adventures. At the Cube Theater, you'll want to use this. However, at the Castle I've found that your unchanged combat rate actually works out pretty well, giving you a 1:1 proportion of [[Lustrous liquid]] and [[Golden powder]]. Use this if you find it's imbalanced one way or the other.

== Recipes ==
There are three recipes that will come in handy for farming in the Castle. The first two are sidekicks. The [[Clockwork ant]], which increases chip drops, is created by combining a [[Clockwork core]] and an [[Irrhodium socket set]]. The other is the [[Clockwork kangaroo]], which increases item drops, and is created by combining a [[Clockwork core]] and a [[Xentrium crossbow]]. The third is the [[Philtre of fortune]], created by combining Lustrous Liquid and Golden Powder. You should be able to make enough of these while patrolling to maintain the effect constantly, giving you 25% chip drops. Sexy!

[[Category:User Guides]]

Talk:General Farming

2008-11-26T21:46:44Z

Thek3vin:

General Farming

2008-11-26T21:41:01Z

Thek3vin: /* Outroduction */

TheK3vin's Super Ultimate Optimization to the Point that it's Just Ridiculous 1st Edition (Tentative Title)

== Introduction ==

So. If you've been farming for 2 years, are getting a hundred chips a day, and know everything there is to know about farming, then you're probably lying. But whatever the case may be, if you're an experienced farmer, you're not likely to find a lot of new information here. In fact, you might find a bunch of completely false information. This guide is not for you. However, this is a ''wiki'', so feel free to edit it. This guide IS for
*Players who have been playing for a while and are interested in getting into farming
*Players have been farming for a little while, and want to improve their income
*Players who have the supernatural ability to bear my writing style
So let's get started then.

== Locations ==

[[Golden Wooden Nickel Casino]]
* Good for low level players, [[Jackpot!]] gives a good sum of chips. But that's not what we're here for, now is it?
[[Cube Theater]]
* Good for mid-level players, high droprate of autosell-able items, good chip drops
[[Castle Hundenswein]]
* Now THIS is true farming. High chip drops, items autosell for crazy amounts of chips, and a couple items have great recipes for farming. This is however a very hard area to survive- spending hundreds of turns here isn't realistic unless you're at least level 20.

== Non-Combats==

The Cube
*The optimal farming technique regarding noncombats in the Cube is a mixture of exiting stage right and left, using left just enough to maintain a vigilante reputation so you can use the Publicist, in conjunction with the judo kid gloves. Now, where you draw the line is up to you, but if you want to be REALLY optimal the best strategy is to use your turns just right such that at the end of the day you are a vigilante so you can get your Publicist for the day, and then allowing your reputation to drift to the right while exiting stage right and getting the chips. Do I do this? No. Does ANYBODY do this? I should hope not. But we're talking Super Ultimate Optimization, so there you go. Moving on.

Castle Hundenswein
*There are two noncombats here. One of them (Behind door number three...) doesn't really give anything interesting. The last option is to skip it, not costing a turn. Do that one.
*The other is [[Forgot to Mention the Crystal Skulls]], in which the second choice yields some delicious [[Lustrous liquid]]. You'll want that for one of the recipes.

== Equipment ==

Neither +%chips or +%items are optimal alone- the best is a combination of the two. That being said, in most equipment slots there is an obvious superior for either one. For instance, the only pair of boots that has either is [[Roderick's Boots]], so you'll be using those, which are +10% chips.

* Next, your helmet. The only helmet that increases item or chip drops is the [[Royal crown]], which increases chip drops by 5%. But it is believed that The Virtual Reality helmet is better for farming overall. Whether or not the “Improved Computer Interaction” gets you more chips when used with the software [[Financial Prudence]] and [[Prepunctuality]] is questionable (I don't have one to be honest, feel free to edit this if you've found out either way), but the bonus stats and XP are enough to sway most players who have one. If you don't, I hope you can still sleep at night knowing that your crown is probably just as good maybe.

* (I'll be using X to indicate bow, end, or arm)
For your weapon, you'll want to use a LongX of the Law (see how this is working here?), which grants +5% chips. The other option would be a Short X of the stick, which is only 3% item drops. 3 is less than 5. There you go.

* The best shirt you can use is the [[Letter shirt]], which shaves 15 seconds off of every turn, which will end up giving you a solid 7 turns or so extra a day. It doesn't increase item or chip drops, but the only shirt that does is the harness, which is a measly 2% items. Plus, a theater is one of the worst places to be walking around in wearing a harness.

* Your gloves are gonna be [[sticky gloves]]. They're the only ones that give +%items or chips. Easy.

* Pants are kinda funky (Hah, see what I did there? No? You will in a second). There are no +%items or chips pants currently in the game. Technically. I typically farm either in hot pants or pantsless, but that's a matter of personal preference. But I remind you we're talking about Super Ultimate Optimization to the Point that it's Just Ridiculous. This is by no means a good reason to go spending a bunch of stars on them, but if you're absolutely crippled by OCD the [[Amazing Technicolor Dreampants]] will ''occasionally'' give you an almost ''negligible amount'' of +%items. If you have them, you're probably already wearing them though.

* For you boots, you'll want to use [[Roderick's Boots|Roderick's]]. I explained why a few paragraphs up.

* There are two perfectly viable offhand items for farming. The [[plastiscanner]] gives +10% chip drops, and the [[isotope meter]] gives +10% item drops. The decision is made more easily, however, when you note the fact that most of the time you'll have +40% item drops from your accessories, so you need all the chips you can get. Go with the plastiscanner.

* Accessories. Hm. I was actually banking on my getting bored before I got to this part. Well, here we go... There are two IotM accessories that are extremely good for farming- the [[Hero's Cape]] and [[Wolley's Index]]. And in the days of old, this was all a hero needed to go off gallivanting and merrily collecting chips at the Cube Theater. But then Ryme made the Judo Kid Gloves. So now, your first 30 turns or so should be spent with the Judo Kid Gloves, while you have your Publicist. That's the fun part- when you get those 500 chip drops that are so pleasing to any true farmer's eye. But then comes the not fun part, when you have to start thinking about getting other sidekicks. If you have a spare Couch lying around, feel free to use [[crow|crows]] and [[Mafia informer|Mafia informers]]. Other than that, there are two sidekicks you can get from recipes in the Castle. Both are believed at the moment to increase item drops (though it's not likely they both do. Once it's properly spaded this should be edited). If you play your cards right, you'll have a farming sidekick essentially 100% of the time, making the Judo Gloves pretty sexy.

* Personally, I use the [[Ultimate Aviator Goggles]] for my talisman. They're (relatively) cheap, and they (probably) have a net increase on your chips-per-day. They also provide two other benefits; one of which is they just look kinda cool in your profile, and the second only applies to [[Psion|Psions]]. More on that later.

* Your transportation should be, naturally, the [[VHF-1 Fighter]]. Why is this? Well, first off it's an Item of the Month so it's just about guaranteed to be the best in most situations. But more specifically, it gives you 2 to 4 PP every turn. Why is this good? Well it only is to Psions. If not, use a moped for all I care. If you are, more on that... right now.

== Class ==

Yes, that's right. Not all heroes are created equal. For farming, it is the unfortunate fact that Psions are by far the best class for farming. They are overpowered, imbalanced, and all-around jerks to compete with when it comes to chips. This is actually for more than 2 to reasons.
* Psions get a passive skill at level 10 that gives them ''30 extra minutes per day''. Yeah. Seriously. This means that at 500 chips per turn (that's how much you're getting, right? Cuz I am), you get about 3500 chips more than the other classes PER DAY.
* Psions have a skill (not a buff. Sorry other classes) which gives them +25% chips. That's a lot. If you didn't know.
* This one's a bit of a stretch, but you know. SUOttPtiJR. If you have [[Ultimate Aviator Goggles]] and a VHF-1 (or a Lexura, for those of us who don't have chips pouring out of our pockets), you'll be getting 4-6 PP a turn. How, do you ask, can you turn these points into chips? Well, this is just between you and me, but... ''buffs''. That's right. For every 12 PP, you can send a warrior hologram to a friend, who sends it back to you for a total profit of 5 chips. That's what we in the business call living large. Oh, and on a side note, it may seem like a good idea to just use a multi to exchange holograms back and forth with, but it's probably not. And on another side note, [[Naturalist|Naturalists]] can do this as well, just with a much lower PP-to-chips return.
Okay, so there's still only 3, and I'll admit the last one isn't the most imbalancing factor in the world. I'm trying my best here.

== Caffeine and Sugar ==

Here's some good news. Because you're buying food to make chips, not spend them, you can stick with vendor stuff and drops and still be optimal. Yup, [[Mister Tea|Mister Teas]] and [[Stroopwafel|Stroopwafels]]. The stroopwafels drop at the Castle, and Mister Teas should be bought en masse when they're at the [[Black Market]]. If you're not at the Castle, use eyeball gumballs.

== Buffs ==

* [[Aura: Keen Observation]]. This is an obvious one.
* The Naturalist buff, [[Snout of the Swine]]. Also obvious.
* [[Metal Detector]], from a Gadgeteer. Also also obvious.
* [[Sinus of the Shark]]. Also also al- Wait, what? Yes. Sinus of the Shark reduces your rate of noncombat adventures. At the Cube Theater, you'll want to use this. However, at the Castle I've found that your unchanged combat rate actually works out pretty well, giving you a 1:1 proportion of [[Lustrous liquid]] and [[Golden powder]]. Use this if you find it's imbalanced one way or the other.

== Recipes ==
There are three recipes that will come in handy for farming in the Castle. The first two are sidekicks. The [[Clockwork ant]], which increases chip drops, is created by combining a [[Clockwork core]] and an [[Irrhodium socket set]]. The other is the [[Clockwork kangaroo]], which increases item drops, and is created by combining a [[Clockwork core]] and a [[Xentrium crossbow]]. The third is the [[Philtre of fortune]], created by combining Lustrous Liquid and Golden Powder. You should be able to make enough of these while patrolling to maintain the effect constantly, giving you 25% chip drops. Sexy!

[[Category:User Guides]]