How can I scaling "fast" the Skull Cavern?

FanteConfuso

FanteConfuso

Greenhorn
Hi everyone. I'm a SD mobile player, currently playing the latest version for mobile (1.4.something).
I really "hate" in a strange sense the Skull Cavern, cuz I find it very hard to scale through. I usually stop between lvl 25 and 30 due to late night, so: is there something I can do to reach lvl 100 kinda easily? I red about jade staircases, but for mobile u only need some stone to craft staircases. Is there any special staircases? Ty to whoever gonna help me!

(And sorry for my bad English, probably)
 
PoppyForPenny

PoppyForPenny

Farmer
If you are trying to get to level 100 for the quest, there are lots of things that help. The galaxy sword or lava katana, your space boots, high mining and combat levels, bombs or slingshot with explosive ammo, coffee, foods and rings with buffs (especially speed, luck, defense, attack, immunity, or mining).
Since each stairs takes 99 stone, crafting them takes a lot of time or expense. About a year of breaking rocks or a million gold to get enough stone to get you to level 100. Jade is the much easier, faster, cheaper way. Replicate jade in a crystalarium and trade in the desert on Sunday.
 

Ereo

Helper
You can get the staircases for jade also on mobile. Like @PoppyForPenny said, they can be traded at the desert trader each Sunday.

I find the most important thing is going early (ignore all your farm tasks and take a warp totem, also available at the desert trader) and going on a really lucky day. Using food with luck and speed buffs also helps.

Using bombs opens up a lot of stones at once.

Ignore everything as soon as a stair or a hole appears. Don't lose time fighting monsters when you can run to another floor.
 
Lew Zealand

Lew Zealand

Helper
I had trouble in Skull Cavern for years until doing as PoppyForPenny and Ereo said.

Make Crystalarium(s)
Place Jade in Crystalarium(s)
Harvest Jade every other day and on Sunday trade for Staircases at the Desert Trader
Stock up on Bombs from the Dwarf (or make them) during this phase
Stock up on your favorite food (I like Cheese, Iridium Star if possible) during this phase
(Optional) Cook Buffs you like, such as Lucky Lunch, Fried Eel, etc

When you get 110 or so Staircases (gotta account for mistakes), wait for a high Luck day (check your TV every morning), grab your:

Staircases
Food
Bombs
(Optional food Buffs)

and head to Skull Cavern.

Stairs down to Level 100, ignore everything else. Stop looking! Eyes forward, soldier!

Do that Level 100 special stuff and then Eat your Luck or Mining Buff Food and start Bombing Level 101 and below to get all that tasty loot. Pay attention to your Health and eat Cheese/fave Food if you get to half Health or so. Run home or just pass out in the Cavern if you don't mind losing the penalty g.

Profit!
 
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FanteConfuso

FanteConfuso

Greenhorn
Yo guys tysm for all the golden tips u gave to me! I'm going to do EVERYTHING u told me! Stupid me, crafting all the staircases with stones lol. I have a lot of hours in my gameplay, but still a lot of lacks. Ty again!

EDIT: For the run home part, I luckily have some tp farm totems, traded with the casino coins (but then I red some easy money guide about trading coins for hardwood fences and selling those for like 9990g every full stack, rip).
 
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Veracious

Veracious

Sodbuster
As above I do most of this its gold advice,

I also use crystalariums to make rubys ...
rubys are way easier to trade for spicy eel with desert trader every day I believe, which gives a +1 speed buff and +1 luck - then drink up on triple shot coffee the whole time, thats what I do now.

I have a whole shed full of crystalariums making jade, rubys & quartz. Diamonds are made in the second shed.

Quartz for bombs with trader also ... I'm lazy so 2 stops, 1 to shed 1 to trader no other stops needed. Trader also has coffee for a diamond.
Like a said I'm lazy to travel around to much so the Trader and I are besties he's even meet my horse 😊.
 
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