PookieDoodle
Rancher
This has happened twice on my current playthrough. I get the cutscene where the witch visits my farm. But both times afterwards my chickens are still just regular ol' chickens. Any idea why it's not triggering?
Witch visits
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Sevalisa
Cowpoke
Ahhhhhhhhhhh now I know why all my slimes are black!!!! I went in there and was like whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhy!! I mean they look cute black too, but I'd just gotten a purple one and was like noooooo...
haywud
Sodbuster
I've been wanting to get some of those black slimes for a while now, but so far the only witch event I've seen is the one where it leaves the void egg in my coop. I've actually been avoiding using several of the slime eggs I've found just in hopes the witch event will happen, but so far no luck and the eggs just sit in storage.
@PookieDoodle If all you want is a void chicken, you can buy an egg from Krobus if you've opened up the area that they're in. It's probably the easiest way to get one, or at least I think so anyway.
Sevalisa
Cowpoke
Hopefully the SDV gods will grant you the witch and black slimes soon!
haywud
Sodbuster
I'll probably end up taking another break from the game before that happens. I just have really awful luck.Hopefully the SDV gods will grant you the witch and black slimes soon!
PookieDoodle
Rancher
No she didn't. That's the thing. She flew by and did her witchy thing, but no void egg. I had to buy one and I hate doing that because I'm cheap. At least Krobus was happy. And I do like that.
Sevalisa
Cowpoke
To be quite honest I have no idea... only that they are black and it's the first time Witchy-poo has made my slimes black. Someone else may know the answer though
Hill Myna
Farmer
No, there isn't any real advantage. They keep the exact properties as the slime they replace, only the colour changes. This could be annoying in certain circumstances, but otherwise doesn't really matter.To be quite honest I have no idea... only that they are black and it's the first time Witchy-poo has made my slimes black. Someone else may know the answer though
Also, if you don't want it to happen at all, you can place a Wicked Statue anywhere in your Slime Hutch. I assume you need one per Hutch, but I've never had more than one Hutch.
I hope this clears any confusion!
imnvs
Local Legend
I've never felt the desire to do a slime hutch and raise slimes, so I am not an expert... but as far as I understand, you can not get black eggs, and you can only get the same color egg as the slime. This leads me to suspect that once your slimes are turned black, that you can no longer get slime eggs from them.
Linkedwulf
Greenhorn
Slimes themselves don't lay eggs. You get them either as drop by killing slimes or by using the egg-press.
I think the only thing that changes are their appearance and that they drop coal when killed instead of other loot. Otherwise they should be mechanically identical.
imnvs
Local Legend
Well, yes... but isn't this kinda what I said? I never said they were laying eggs. You just get coal instead of slime eggs when killing them.
Boo1972
Farmer
@imnvs is right- you only get drops from your slimes after you kill them. Black slimes drop coal. I’m always short of coal, so I probably wouldn’t mind a hutch full of black slimes.
The real downside to having all black slimes is breeding different colors. I think black slimes will only produce black slime babies. You would have to kill a few then hatch some different colors for an effective breeding program. My tiger slime/ green slime combo eventually gave me pure white slimes. And pure white slimes will drop diamonds. Separating them all to ensure an all white family line was too difficult (and now that I see this in writing probably morally fraught) so I just slaughtered the lot of them and destroyed the hutch.
The real downside to having all black slimes is breeding different colors. I think black slimes will only produce black slime babies. You would have to kill a few then hatch some different colors for an effective breeding program. My tiger slime/ green slime combo eventually gave me pure white slimes. And pure white slimes will drop diamonds. Separating them all to ensure an all white family line was too difficult (and now that I see this in writing probably morally fraught) so I just slaughtered the lot of them and destroyed the hutch.
jalexs
Newcomer
Coal you say? Well that's not useless, but in my "not allowed to plant things" playthrough I'm drowning in coal.
I planned on converting the greenhouse into a white slime spawning zone for diamonds already. I assume the witch wont convert slimes that aren't in a hutch.
nicodeux
Farmer
The witch event only targets coop or hutch buildings. Only one per event.
Though I've never tried doing so, I assume that using a slime incubator in the greenhouse could allow you to raise white slimes there safely.
Also if the transformation of colored slimes into black ones by the witch is your only concern for not raising them in a hutch, there is a way to protect your slimes permanently from the witch curse.
But from what I understand, you are also looking for an alternate usage for the greenhouse.
Boo1972
Farmer
I’d be interested in hearing how your white slime spawning zone goes. Breeding slimes can be frustrating. I enjoyed the variety I got from letting them do their own thing, so to speak, but separating them out by color just squashed the fun out of slime breeding. It’s so hard to make them do what you want. I may let them run wild in the quarry someday.