Hungry for dog coins, please help!

[ghostfire40]

I already have the pal appearance rate and pal item drop multiplier settings cranked to the max.

I'm now fixing to breed a Katress for my team, because she increases the amount of items that neutral pals (including Mimogs) drop. I want to make that ability as strong as possible. Are there any passive traits that will buff that ability?

Also, the metal merchant sells something called "Concentrated All-Purpose Pal Extract", which raises a pal's rank by one. Exactly what rank does that pertain to? Is it related to the 4-stars obtained from condensing pals, or is it for something else?

[ObliviousMischief]

A method that worked for me is to memorize a route where you are able to get those debris thingy. I would do this in time for me to harvest skill fruits though I think the debris and chests respawn faster than the fruits and there's probably a more efficient method. But I use the time in between for dungeon and oil rig runs. In the Sakurajima island where you can get like 16 to 20 coins, I would get 200 to 400 coins per run, 500 on a lucky run. It's mostly just running at the edge of the island, aiming for the skill trees. The chests and debris in the middle, I don't touch. (cause its a bit bothersome) But always happy to see a Mimog though, and that thing about the Katress is making me rethink some things. haha

Originally posted by ghostfire40:

Also, the metal merchant sells something called "Concentrated All-Purpose Pal Extract", which raises a pal's rank by one. Exactly what rank does that pertain to? Is it related to the 4-stars obtained from condensing pals, or is it for something else?

Yep. You're right. It increases the rank that you up by condensing.

Personally though, I think the most valuable item in that shop is the IV potions for pals cause the other items, including the rank up one, has a relatively easier method of obtaining them, like supply drops, crafting and just plain breeding (which is a problem in itself). Getting the IV potions is a bit bothersome.

[ghostfire40]

Originally posted by ObliviousMischief:

Yep. You're right. It increases the rank that you up by condensing.

Personally though, I think the most valuable item in that shop is the IV potions for pals cause the other items, including the rank up one, has a relatively easier method of obtaining them, like supply drops, crafting and just plain breeding (which is a problem in itself). Getting the IV potions is a bit bothersome.

Dude, what a load of dog s***! I can't believe the game tries to trick you into spending 2000 dog coins for something you can easily get by breeding and condensing. Thank you for saving me so much time.

The only unanswered question now is what passives should I get onto my Katress?

[Irene ❤]

Make your pal strong with these powerful passives :

"Destructive" - destroy your enemies
"Bottomless Stomach" - eat your enemies whole
"Glutton" - greed in consuming your enemies
"Pacifist" - resolve conflict by ending your enemies quick

[Wantoomany]

Originally posted by ghostfire40:

Originally posted by ObliviousMischief:

Yep. You're right. It increases the rank that you up by condensing.

Personally though, I think the most valuable item in that shop is the IV potions for pals cause the other items, including the rank up one, has a relatively easier method of obtaining them, like supply drops, crafting and just plain breeding (which is a problem in itself). Getting the IV potions is a bit bothersome.

Dude, what a load of dog s***! I can't believe the game tries to trick you into spending 2000 dog coins for something you can easily get by breeding and condensing. Thank you for saving me so much time.

Yeah, tell me about it while you weep for this dude.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1623730/discussions/0/4509876314630805323/#c4509876644758029657

[Zeo]

The area around Petalia's boss have many mimics, also the small lava crate near Jormuntide (where you can also find Wixen) have many mimics, I tried raise the spawn for 3 and it made worse to find Mimics, as the number of things aggroing you also increases, so keep at 1 or 2.

PS: there's no point into capturing Mimics, since butchering them don't earn you dog coins again, but you can get train scrolls GG which is nice.
PS2: if you're too weak to one-shot Mimics, ride your Pal and use their skills, they won't run away.

[Theofratus]

Best strategy for mimogs is build four walls around it. If it tries to run, it gets stuck on a wall and can easily be weakened and captured. Easy to do since you have plenty of time to prepare since they remain still.

[ObliviousMischief]

Originally posted by ghostfire40:

Dude, what a load of dog s***! I can't believe the game tries to trick you into spending 2000 dog coins for something you can easily get by breeding and condensing. Thank you for saving me so much time.

The only unanswered question now is what passives should I get onto my Katress?

Haha! It's not so bad really. It's a nice item to save you time to rank up a pal from 3 to 4. Eventualy, you'll have so much coins, you wouldn't know what to do with it. You might as well sometimes.

As for the Katress build, it all of course, depends on you. If you want to raise it as one of your combat mains, then do the combat build that you prefer. But you're gonna have to consider that the Katress will not attack the Mimog, and you can't ride or command it to make it attack. So you're going to have to do the wall method to get the extra drops. Always bring with you at least 40 wood. hehe.

If you're just using the Katress for the extra drops exclusively and not really planning on letting it fight, then maybe those passives that buff you would be the better choice (Vanguard, Stronghold Strategist, etc). Noble + Fine Furs might even be good if you have a habit of trading with merchants. An Artisan + Work Slave might even be good if you do the crafting yourself, you can let it help you.