CORRUPTION FARMING
Corruption is a particularly minter-friendly block, minting at 1c per block. I don’t like corruption farming, the one time I went to try and farm shadow orbs this way I figured I could get them almost as fast and with less expense by harvesting them on Besevrona. That trip lasted all of 5 minutes. But I wasn’t concerned with the minter at that time.
Today I went back, and spent a good part of the day there. The results of my first run were mediocre, so I decided to try a different technique. This character is a fully skilled shovel harvester, with durability drain epic. Here are the details:
Round 1:
The Expenses:
- 9000c 1x Forged Diamond Shovel (+20 dmg, 3x3, +1600 Durability)
- 597c 3x Persisting Pie (199c @ Nova Golda)
- 700c 4x Mega Speed Brew (175c @ Iconicsberg Plaza)
- 129c Regen Bombs (37 durability @ 699c/bag)
. - 10,426c Total Expenses
Some Notes:
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I could have probably gotten a cheaper shovel. I have a bunch of these on the shelf from @AeneaGames and I knew I wouldn’t LOSE coin on this so I just grabbed one. A cheaper shovel (no dura) could have provided a similar ROI in a shorter session.
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I used three pies and only 4 brews because this isn’t something I’m good at and I felt the extra speed might be causing me to waste some shovel durability. After I was sure I wouldn’t finish the tool in 2 pies anyways, I stopped using the mega speed.
You can see I’m no pro at this. I know someone who does this frequently, if he says my numbers are really bad, I’ll ask him if he’d be kind enough to log a run for me.
The Results:
- Time on Task was nearly 2 hours and 30 minutes
- 20235 corruption (28329c @ 1.4c Mint Value)
- 1686 growth (944.16c @ 0.56c Mint Value)
- 600 tangle (336c @ 0.56c Mint Value)
This a return of 29,609.16c in mintable blocks. Not Impressive.
- 283% ROI
This is generally considered and orb farming activity. I didn’t want to include these as I would always keep them as loot and the point of this thread is to look at chrysominter output. Still, it’s an important part of deciding what to do with your time. These are approximate orb market values at the time of posting:
With Orbs Included
- 1115 Shadow Orbs (31220c @ 28c Per Shadow)
- 93 Shimmering Orbs (2604c @ 28c Per Shimmer)
- 55 Vital Orbs (275c @ 5c Per Vital)
This is a return of 63708.16c counting orbs. Much more acceptable.
- 611% ROI
This is slower but has a superior ROI to minting raw gleam.
I thought I might just be geared wrong for this, so I went back to try a different technique.
Round 2:
The Expenses:
- 2400c 2x Clean Diamond Shovel
- 59c 1x Starberry Pie @ Nova Golda
- 525c 3x Mega Speed Brew (175c @ Iconicsberg plaza)
- 59c Regen Bombs (17 dura @ 699/bag)
. - 3043c Total Expenses
Some Notes:
- You can see in the video I still wasn’t really comfortable at this activity
The Results:
- Time on Task was 45 minutes
- 4015 corruption (5621c @ 1.4c Mint Value)
- 444 growth (248.64c @ 0.56c Mint Value)
- 31 tangle (17.36c @ 0.56c Mint Value)
This is a return of 5887c in mintable blocks, still not impressive.
- 193.4% ROI
I’m not sure if I just blew this one. I’ll include the orbs for a look at overall value:
With Orbs Included
- 225 Shadow Orbs (6300c @ 28c Per Shadow)
- 22 Shimmering Orbs (616c @ 28c Per Shimmer)
- 1 Vital Orb (5c @ 5c Per Vital)
This is a return of 12808c counting orbs. Ugh. The AoE did a lot better.
- 421% ROI
There’s not a lot to say here, I’ll ask my friend to look at these numbers. Tomorrow, a different block.