Where do I get battery packs?

[stardewswiftie_13]

WHERE DO I GET BATTERY PACKS????
I'm trying to repair the boat to Ginger Island and I need my battery packs. I know you can buy them from the traveling cart and can get lightning rods to make them, but is that it?

 

[Draconifors]

Pam and Kent sometimes send you one in the mail if you have enough friendship with them.
There is a small chance of getting them from iridium bats, boxes, and crates in the Skull Caverns.

Lightning rods are the main source.

(A couple of other sources also exist, but are locked behind Ginger Island access.)

 

[Bawby]

The only other way I can think of that would be helpful to you at the point you're at in the game is slaying iridium bats or getting them as gifts in the mail.
There is another way, but requires recipe from Ginger Island.

 

[stardewswiftie_13]

Pam and Kent sometimes send you one in the mail if you have enough friendship with them.
There is a small chance of getting them from iridium bats, boxes, and crates in the Skull Caverns.

Lightning rods are the main source.

(A couple of other sources also exist, but are locked behind Ginger Island access.)

Ok, thanks!

 

[Bawby]

Pam and Kent sometimes send you one in the mail if you have enough friendship with them.
There is a small chance of getting them from iridium bats, boxes, and crates in the Skull Caverns.

Lightning rods are the main source.

(A couple of other sources also exist, but are locked behind Ginger Island access.)

Didn't mean to copy you pretty much word for word! You were just faster on the draw.

 

[stardewswiftie_13]

The only other way I can think of that would be helpful to you at the point you're at in the game is slaying iridium bats or getting them as gifts in the mail.
There is another way, but requires recipe from Ginger Island.

Thanks anyway

 

[Draconifors]

Didn't mean to copy you pretty much word for word! You were just faster on the draw.

Hehe, no worries. I've gotten ninjaed myself plenty of times.

 

[Sinmenon]

You can also get extra lucky and find them in the Traveling Cart.
And if you do the remixed bundles at the Community Center, it is a reward for the children's bundle.
When in doubt, look at the Traveling Cart, its rotating stock can be very helpful

 

[stardewswiftie_13]

You can also get extra lucky and find them in the Traveling Cart.
And if you do the remixed bundles at the Community Center, it is a reward for the children's bundle.
When in doubt, look at the Traveling Cart, its rotating stock can be very helpful

Yeah, I knew that, but thanks anyway

 

[Jianadaren1]

You should expect 4-5 storms per summer and 1-2 storms per Spring or Fall, and none in Winter.

So as long as it's not mid-late fall or Winter, probably the best strategy is to make lots of lightning rods (20 is good to start, but more is better, with diminishing marginal returns) and wait for storms. A storm should come soon enough and at least two are guaranteed mid-late Summer.

Otherwise, try to kill lots of Iridium bats past floor 50 (or on prehistoric floors) of the skull caverns (ideally with the burglar's ring equipped).

 

[stardewswiftie_13]

You should expect 4-5 storms per summer and 1-2 storms per Spring or Fall, and none in Winter.

So as long as it's not mid-late fall or Winter, probably the best strategy is to make lots of lightning rods (20 is good to start, but more is better, with diminishing marginal returns) and wait for storms. A storm should come soon enough and at least two are guaranteed mid-late Summer.

Otherwise, try to kill lots of Iridium bats past floor 50 (or on prehistoric floors) of the skull caverns (ideally with the burglar's ring equipped).

Thanks for the info Jianadaren1!

 

[Quirinea]

Yeah, a bunch of lightning rods and that's it. BTW they make a good non-decaying fence. Together with tea-bushes.
And as usual, it seems you wait for ages to get the first ones, and then you have umpteen of them...

 

[VampireCake]

An additional note in case you didn't know, you can re-roll items sent to you in the post if you re-start the day. So if Pam or Kent send you an item but it's not a battery pack, you can reset the day until you get it. Most NPCs only have a pool of about four or so items they can gift you, so it usually won't take long.

 

[Lew Zealand]

An additional note in case you didn't know, you can re-roll items sent to you in the post if you re-start the day. So if Pam or Kent send you an item but it's not a battery pack, you can reset the day until you get it. Most NPCs only have a pool of about four or so items they can gift you, so it usually won't take long.

This is a great trick for anything that isn't set by your Game Seed but is instead determined by chance at the time of action. The Gifts in the mail work like that as do things like Tailoring with a Prizzy Shard. I don't like to "abuse" RNG like this but I will totally do it for Fashion, especially when the cost is a Prismatic Shard.

 

[stardewswiftie_13]

An additional note in case you didn't know, you can re-roll items sent to you in the post if you re-start the day. So if Pam or Kent send you an item but it's not a battery pack, you can reset the day until you get it. Most NPCs only have a pool of about four or so items they can gift you, so it usually won't take long.

Wow! I didn't know that. Very helpful

 

[WhitePistachio]

From lighting rods and solar panels!! You can get the solar panels recipe after completing the special order "Island Ingredients"(it may be a bit hard pr even TOO hard to complete tho) and you can get one lightning rod for completing the 10.000g bundle.

 

[LRangerR]

From lighting rods and solar panels!! You can get the solar panels recipe after completing the special order "Island Ingredients"(it may be a bit hard pr even TOO hard to complete tho) and you can get one lightning rod for completing the 10.000g bundle.

Except that she needs the battery packs to fix the boat to get to ginger island

 

[Sinmenon]

I got extra lucky in a Skull Cavern run and got 5 battery packs from Iridium Bats. So if you got the bus working and are ok at fighting, you can try this one out.

You can also force storms with the rain totem if you get your lightning rods ready.

 

[LRangerR]

I got extra lucky in a Skull Cavern run and got 5 battery packs from Iridium Bats. So if you got the bus working and are ok at fighting, you can try this one out.

You can also force storms with the rain totem if you get your lightning rods ready.

Smart lady

 

[24k Ancient Fruit]

I got extra lucky in a Skull Cavern run and got 5 battery packs from Iridium Bats. So if you got the bus working and are ok at fighting, you can try this one out.

You can also force storms with the rain totem if you get your lightning rods ready.

Is it really still possible to force storms using Rain Totems in version 1.6+?