Capturing Pals gets really hard

[Amphij]

So im now at Level 32 in my Solo world and Pals to capture took by now so much Balls that im most of the time collecting ressources to make more Balls. Im using the yellow Balls because the red ones i can make but they are so extremly expensive and i dont feel a difference throwing both of them. Also i nearly collected all the green statues and increased my capture rate nearly to the max. And of course i beat the Pals until they got like 1% Hp left but i really need like 10-20 yellow balls than to capture a single Pal which is the same Level than me. Do i miss something or is it intended to be like that? And the 10-20 Balls are for normal Pals when i try to catch these alpha Pals i need way more . How can i improve ? i also know about the capture rate is higher when im behind the pal but thats sometimes difficult because when they are at low hp i call my pal back so they dont kill it.

[Pay Child Suport]

if you're on level 32 then what I'd say is capturing them is no longer worth it. you're probably only doing it now for completionist sake.

use the breeding pen instead. that or roam around to get eggs to incubate. and if you haven't already, buy the gun at fisherman's port.

[Theofratus]

In my experience, the bonus from a back strike only "works" when it is not hostile towards me. But as far as capture rates, your level compared to the target matters a lot. Besides lowering the target's health, try to inflict a status ailment, or several.

And don't worry about using a lot of spheres. When the stack size is 9999, it's probably assumed that quantity beats quality here. So long as you spam another sphere once it breaks out, you pretty much have it stun locked. If you were meant to capture everything with only one, there would hardly be a challenge.

[Goldtooth™]

There is a bug currently going past level 4 on the statue with lifmunk essence is LOWERING capture rate instead of increasing it.

[GespenstKAF]

Amphij lähetti viestin:

when they are at low hp i call my pal back so they dont kill it.

You should keep them out but change their tactic to not attack, so they can act as a decoy while you whittle your target's HP down a little more.

[Theofratus]

Goldtooth™ lähetti viestin:

There is a bug currently going past level 4 on the statue with lifmunk essence is LOWERING capture rate instead of increasing it.

Supposedly, they fixed that in the last patch. Capture rate should be properly shown now.

[GespenstKAF]

Goldtooth™ lähetti viestin:

There is a bug currently going past level 4 on the statue with lifmunk essence is LOWERING capture rate instead of increasing it.

I believe that got patched with one of the last updates

[=EBS= WarGanisM]

Goldtooth™ lähetti viestin:

There is a bug currently going past level 4 on the statue with lifmunk essence is LOWERING capture rate instead of increasing it.

This was fixed.

[Enju]

Depends on your level and what level Pal you're trying to capture. Yellow is for things around 20-29 at most. You really want to level to 35 as soon as possible as well as have an ore/coal base. Going behind a pal is generally not going to happen, but if you get any elemental debuff on them instead (bind, paralyze, freeze, etc.), that will also raise chances. It is expensive later on, but this is the kind of game where you're mostly waiting on your pals to do things. It's an idea to leave a game on for a few hours and park at a random wall where you won't get killed as you starve yourself while your pals work on gathering ore/refining it. It's what I would do if playing solo anyway.

Frankly, both the pink and red sphere phase sucks while solo and it is a waiting game for your pals to make the material unless you happen to have 1000% work speed, and even then you are going to want to grab a level 4 kindling pal as soon as you possibly can.

[Niwoh]

If you want a strong pal to use you should use breeding, which doesn't need any balls so that becomes a non-issue, and if it's just for the occasional capture, spamming the yellow balls is fine.

[GrandTickler]

With a mixed coal and ore base youll be swimming in hundreds of red and purple balls in no time. (Forgot the coordinates for the famous spot) Maybe set resource respawn timer to 0.5 then afk a while in the base with 10x anubis and 2 transporters

[Elvick]

Enju lähetti viestin:

Depends on your level and what level Pal you're trying to capture. Yellow is for things around 20-25 at most. You really want to level to 35 as soon as possible as well as have an ore/coal base. Going behind a pal is generally not going to happen, but if you get a CC on them instead (bind, paralyze, freeze, etc.), that will also raise chances. It is expensive later on, but this is the kind of game where you're mostly waiting on your pals to do things. It's an idea to leave a game on for a few hours and park at a random wall where you won't get killed as you starve yourself while your pals work on gathering ore/refining it. It's what I would do if playing solo anyway.

Frankly, both the pink and red sphere phase sucks while solo and it is a waiting game for your pals to make the material unless you happen to have 1000% work speed, and even then you are going to want to grab a level 4 kindling pal as soon as you possibly can.

Me using blues on anything 32 and under. :'D

If there's a chance to use my free spheres I'm doing it.

@OP: Try to focus on some dungeons, there's a lot of 30+ Pals that appear in those at lower levels that you can catch easier there (or at least some that appear as alphas as well will appear in those).

[Wat]

Amphij lähetti viestin:

the red ones i can make but they are so extremly expensive

At level 30-39, you should be using the red ones.

Build your 2nd base with the goal of mass producing ingots. (i.e. with plenty of ores)

Amphij lähetti viestin:

Do i miss something or is it intended to be like that?

More or less intended to be like that. The output of spheres dictate your progress. Which, at mid-game, is mostly dictated by the output of ingots.

Amphij lähetti viestin:

How can i improve ?

Ways to increase capture rate:
- Using a better sphere.
- Collecting Lifmunk Effigy.
- Changing Pal's status (freezing, burning, electrocuting...)
- Throwing sphere from behind.
- Lowering Pal's HP.
- Playing at a lower difficulty.

[Soren]

You should be able to power level to 45 just off capturing most pals under level 30 via vixy giving unlimited pal spheres. The xp catch bonus for the first ten of each pal is just that strong. After that, breeding can get you to 50, or printing them high level spheres can do it more slowly.

[Tamika]

Goldtooth™ lähetti viestin:

There is a bug currently going past level 4 on the statue with lifmunk essence is LOWERING capture rate instead of increasing it.

That was fixed in a recent patch.

[Chip]

You can change the capture rates in the game options in the main menu, just change the world settings. (You can customize the difficult of everything if you want.)