Magikrab

[BigBlueElephant]

Well i never suspected that the last thing I have to do in this game take so much effort. So without further ado , is there a way to get a magikrab without mindlessly pressing alt+fa when ritual is active (and yes its and astral one) and hoping for luck?
I done that for last feeeeeew hours and it start to feel more like a chore then a fun.It's a last thing more me to do in this game so i really try to avoid grind.

[Stalectos]

if you want a single 100% file the grind is your only option afaik. outside of that the guaranteed bootleg you get from the other side of harbortown is determined based on your safe file's random seed and there should be a guide on steam that has at least 1 that gives a guaranteed astral traffikrab

[BigBlueElephant]

I mean, grind is behind me, like getting every monster in game or farming for board. What i want to avoid is just mindless quiting and starting a game over and over again to find that perfect swarm with bootleg astral traffikrab. Do you think there is a chance( and by that i mean higher chance) of getting bootleg trafi from farming crabs near city entrance/beach? Because that at least would be less monotonous.
I looked at steam guides, but they all resolve around what i was doing already, candle + rogues/unstable fusions.

[Stalectos]

Originally posted by BigBlueElephant:

I mean, grind is behind me, like getting every monster in game or farming for board. What i want to avoid is just mindless quiting and starting a game over and over again to find that perfect swarm with bootleg astral traffikrab. Do you think there is a chance( and by that i mean higher chance) of getting bootleg trafi from farming crabs near city entrance/beach? Because that at least would be less monotonous.
I looked at steam guides, but they all resolve around what i was doing already, candle + rogues/unstable fusions.

either ritual candle + rogue fusion or start a new game with a seed found on the internet that gets you an astral traffikrab as your freebie bootleg. you can try farming regular krabs but the bootleg rate is 1/1000 and given you need a specific type you are looking at tens of thousands of traffikrabs at that point. that said if you use the rogue fusion in harbortown outskirts you could technically sacrifice any astral to the candle and not have the worst odds of traffikrab showing up as your bootleg due to their high spawn rate in the area (which would ofc guarantee it is an astral bootleg) but not sure how the odds compare to just sacrificing a traffikrab and hoping you get an astral of it that way

[The Chronic Cleric]

If you're looking to get it all on one file, yeah, you're gonna have to grind. If you're okay with starting up a new game, make a custom game with seed 8206 , and the free bootleg you get in town will be an astral traffikrab. What I did to finish up a few of my last things to avoid just growing to hate the grind.

[♪ Rose ♫]

Theres also the Black Shuck. Its that shadow version of you that dissapears when you get close to it. Theres a 1/100 chance that it'll try to battle you instead. It'll use an astral bootleg version of your own team. Beat it and you'll get a Black Tape that automatically converts whatever it records to an Astral type bootleg! Still a bit of a grind but you wont have to alt-f4.
Though if you choose the Ritual Candle method, you can also just turn off autosave. It shouldn't save after the battle so you can return to menu without saving. That way you can go in, check, then smoke bomb out and return to main menu. I have NOT personally tried this though, so make sure you test this without using a candle first to see if it autosaves without the setting first. Also you can try to sacrifice astral tapes & check the shoreline areas. I don't know if thats more effective, but all the math I've seen on Monster vs Type doesn't account for the Local Monster thats always in the fusions.