Auto-Petter Hunt is driving me crazy

[jan_flying]

This is my inventory after a 313 level skull cavern dive to find my first auto-petter.
I'm getting really frustrated.
This was at least 13 chests.

Can I check somewhere how many chest I've opened? I guess it's triple digits easily.

Do I reset the day and try again?

 

[Lew Zealand]

Luck is EVERYTHING. So if it's a High Luck day, maybe try 2 more resets? And if that doesn't work, wait for the next High Luck day and try again. I wonder about your Luck as on my only run as deep as Floor 300 I got way more than 13 Treasure Rooms, plus the 6 total Golden Chests.

Go on a High Luck day and use whatever the best Luck Buffs you have, Lucky Lunch really makes a difference for me, I have a Sea Cucumber Pond just to generate a new one every 3 days or so. If your Statue of Blessings also gives you Luck that day, all the better. This is not necessarily for the AutoPetter itself as Luck doesn't affect its chances to appear in the Chests, only to spawn more Treasure Rooms to give you more chances for Mr. Petter to visit.

 

[jan_flying]

The daily luck is the best option from the fortune teller, I check daily.

The statue didn't give me the Luck Buff and I only use spicy eel, maybe I need to grind for Magic Rock Candy first.
Really annoying that there is no other way than just luck with the chests...

Edit: just restarted, I forgot at least 3 chests where I get Totems or other unnecessary stuff...

 

[Lew Zealand]

The daily luck is the best option from the fortune teller, I check daily.

The statue didn't give me the Luck Buff and I only use spicy eel, maybe I need to grind for Magic Rock Candy first.
Really annoying that there is no other way than just luck with the chests...

I used Spicy Eeel for a while and I really see a difference with Lucky Lunch. Maybe I'm just imagining it but +3 vs. +1 seems to make a big difference. Also try Ginger Ale for it's +1 Luck as the buffs from Food and Drink can stack. Yes, I've been using Magic Rock Candy recently but that's only because I'm at end Game and have enough Prizzy Shards to trade to the Desert Trader each Thursday for a Magic Rock Candy.

For Lucky Lunch I have the Sea Cucumber Ponds and plant a field of Blue Jazz at Ginger once in a while so I always have enough. Just buy the Wheat from Pierre to make the Tortillas, it's cheap.

 

[jan_flying]

I get useless stuff like this...

I would say I am end game (my first run ever though). So every other ressources are not a problem. I can trade some Golden Mystery Boxes or Shards for Candy.

 

[Lew Zealand]

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I get useless stuff like this...

I would say I am end game (my first run ever though). So every other ressources are not a problem. I can trade some Golden Mystery Boxes or Shards for Candy.

Oh I still get mounds of useless stuff like that (sooooo many Turbans and Sprinklers…) and end up Trashing most of it (which bugs me but what can you do?) but I think you'll find the increased Luck Buff makes a big difference.

To the point where you make questionable things like this:

 

[jan_flying]

Next time I'm coming prepared, are there chests on floor 400?

 

[Lew Zealand]

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Next time I'm coming prepared, are there chests on floor 400?

Those Magic Rock Candy look great even against that OP setup! The only thing I'd maybe add is 200 more Staircases just because they're the most time-efficient.

No Chests on Floor 400 so after 300 there's kinda no reason to grind for more levels unless you're going for something else than Treasure Rooms. 301 is as deep as I've made it (LOL made 300 at 1:50am!) and I'll probably never make it that far again. Those 3 Golden Chests are great but I've found 3 already between 100 and 200 plus all the other Treasure Rooms so IMO they really don't matter that much.

 

[jan_flying]

I wrote down all the garbage I found in the next dive, with the level where I found it:

23 - Golden Animal Cracker
36 - 2 Iridum Bars
50 - 5 Spicy Eels
76 - 15 Cherry Bombs
92 - Auto-Petter!!!!
100 - Red Slime Egg
from here with bombs and without the +5 luck from the Candy
136 - 4 Quality Sprinklers
139 - Auto-Grabber
148 - Seed Maker
200 - 5 Warp Totems Farm & 5 Mega Bombs

After 200 I used only bombs and it got late.

So, I finally got the first one.
A few attempts later I found two in one dive to 300.
And finally I found 3 more Auto-Petters in a dive to level 404.
On level 400 was a chest, but that was probably just coincidence.

So now I have one spare and the next goal is perfection. :)

 

[Lew Zealand]

Congratulations! Looks like high Luck finally made a difference and there seemed to be a pretty clear increase in the number of Treasure Rooms as well as the Loot quality with the Rock Candy buff. And wow you got to Level 300 and then 400! Were you using mostly Stairs or Bombs for those dives?

 

[BeenASon]

I wrote down all the garbage I found in the next dive, with the level where I found it:

23 - Golden Animal Cracker
36 - 2 Iridum Bars
50 - 5 Spicy Eels
76 - 15 Cherry Bombs
92 - Auto-Petter!!!!
100 - Red Slime Egg
from here with bombs and without the +5 luck from the Candy
136 - 4 Quality Sprinklers
139 - Auto-Grabber
148 - Seed Maker
200 - 5 Warp Totems Farm & 5 Mega Bombs

After 200 I used only bombs and it got late.

So, I finally got the first one.
A few attempts later I found two in one dive to 300.
And finally I found 3 more Auto-Petters in a dive to level 404.
On level 400 was a chest, but that was probably just coincidence.

So now I have one spare and the next goal is perfection. :)

Holy moly that is a lot of work for a autopetter. Another reason to do Joja lmfaoo.

 

[EliteDangerGamer]

once as an experiment I set my luck level to 10000
every single room was treasure

 

[FilthyGorilla]

once as an experiment I set my luck level to 10000
every single room was treasure

You actually only need around 100 luck for every to be treasure, buff luck massively increases your chances of encountering a treasure floor

 

[FilthyGorilla]

I'd give the same advice as Lew Zealand on this topic, bring staircases and ladder down until your magic rock candy runs out, then reset the day. If you're going to reset when not getting an autopetter anyway, there's no point to waste time going down inefficiently where your chances of encountering a treasure room are massively reduced.

Any one drop from treasure floors really are not that rare, so you're bound to get it eventually, so you'll only save yourself time and sanity making it as easy as possible for yourself

 

[MogBeoulve]

I'd give the same advice as Lew Zealand on this topic, bring staircases and ladder down until your magic rock candy runs out, then reset the day. If you're going to reset when not getting an autopetter anyway, there's no point to waste time going down inefficiently where your chances of encountering a treasure room are massively reduced.

Any one drop from treasure floors really are not that rare, so you're bound to get it eventually, so you'll only save yourself time and sanity making it as easy as possible for yourself

Question, then: if I have a ridiculous amount of staircases (I think 400), is it worth bringing a second magic rock candy and just spamming as far down as I can in a day, assuming that my only goal is to hit as many treasure chests as possible in a single day? I'm not looking for anything like iridium or whatever else you can get from skull cavern.

 

[Lew Zealand]

Question, then: if I have a ridiculous amount of staircases (I think 400), is it worth bringing a second magic rock candy and just spamming as far down as I can in a day, assuming that my only goal is to hit as many treasure chests as possible in a single day? I'm not looking for anything like iridium or whatever else you can get from skull cavern.

Yes, IMO this is 100% a great idea if it's a High Luck day and you have the Magic Rock Candys to spare. Take all the advantages you can. I'll take 2 MRCs with me because I generate more than I'm using so why not take advantage of the entire day? Now if you have a shortage of MRC, then maybe only use one and finish the day with a cheaper but still good Lucky Lunch.

 

[EliteDangerGamer]

You actually only need around 100 luck for every to be treasure, buff luck massively increases your chances of encountering a treasure floor

oh, and the volcano mine was super difficult, simply because every tile had a rock on it, and the normal mines are just the same

 

[Cuddlebug]

In my first save I got one after Idk how much in game year's... And in the next three saves none so far. But since my current one is a little bit cheated, I have two, just one for coop and one for barn. I don't visit SC that much, mostly at the Dessert Festival, doing the Quests for Marlon