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.