How do I get past the milk factory?

[Burger McFries]

Level 1 & 2 were pretty easy but this one is practically impossible. I'm on my 6th run and I can't even get to level 30, the game just starts dumping absurd amounts of tanky enemies on me. It seems like I'm just expected to have an evolved item at that point, but getting one apparently requires stupid amounts of luck - six hours of gameplay and I've only gotten the scythe twice. I meet the prerequisites for evolved items, the game just isn't giving me any.
What am I supposed to do here?

[chris.ferrantegerard]

Originally posted by bratwurst kaiser:

It seems like I'm just expected to have an evolved item at that point, but getting one apparently requires stupid amounts of luck - six hours of gameplay and I've only gotten the scythe twice.

Level the weapon to max rank and get a the corresponding item required for the evolution. Then hit up a chest and you should get evolved weapon.

For early game, preferably select weapon that you can use to kill efficiently to clear packs and get gems to level up. Good support weapons can be selected after you have a decent starting weapon or two going.

[Aristocratic Cthulhu]

Dairy Plant is easy for one simple fact: every single chest baring Arcana ones can evolve weapons right fom the start instead of starting at the 10 minute mark, same goes for Cappela Magna. These maps are also balanced around that so make sure to rush an early evo.

[Burger McFries]

Originally posted by chris.ferrantegerard:

Level the weapon to max rank and get a the corresponding item required for the evolution. Then hit up a chest and you should get evolved weapon.

Originally posted by Aristocratic Cthulhu:

These maps are also balanced around that so make sure to rush an early evo.

That's what I'm trying to do. I'm focusing on the axe & whip but RNG hasn't been kind to me. I guess I'm just not lucky enough to succeed at this game?

[Hyper Realistic Blood]

Build defense, not offense. My first win in that stage was Poppea with song of mana, garlic, bible, etc. All the really defensive weapons, with something like Runetracer for a bit of kill, and then go hard on amount and duration.

The problem a lot of people had back in the day, and seem to still be having, is that the forest and library are easy to blast through by building DPS, but Milk has a lot of tanky enemies that'll just kinda walk through your knives or whatever to start smacking you around.

Remember, the goal is to survive, not to get a lot of kills

[Burger McFries]

Originally posted by Hyper Realistic Blood:

Build defense, not offense. My first win in that stage was Poppea with song of mana, garlic, bible, etc. All the really defensive weapons, with something like Runetracer for a bit of kill, and then go hard on amount and duration.

The problem a lot of people had back in the day, and seem to still be having, is that the forest and library are easy to blast through by building DPS, but Milk has a lot of tanky enemies that'll just kinda walk through your knives or whatever to start smacking you around.

Remember, the goal is to survive, not to get a lot of kills

This helped a lot, thanks.

[Zebefreo]

Also try fo build a lot of knockback for the endgame. The last wave of enemies are hella tanky, saint water and some garlic may help.

[Halfshell]

Honestly, axes out perform scythes early. For the simple fact that all the axes are concentrated into 1 direction (well 2 once they fall). Scythes is usually my 2nd or 3rd evolution, or at the least once I have significant levels on everything else.

I remember bibles helping me out pretty well my first time in dairy plant.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

The last 15 seconds will just grind you to dust, wave of huge golems spawns and punches through all your defenses, no matter how much of them you stacked.

[Kotli]

Originally posted by Rumpelcrutchskin:

The last 15 seconds will just grind you to dust, wave of huge golems spawns and punches through all your defenses, no matter how much of them you stacked.

Defensive weapons not items:
1. Freeze from Clock lancet.
2. Knock-back from Bible or garlic.
3. Damage shield from Laurel.

Freeze is god tier against tanky mobs like those golems.

[Halfshell]

Originally posted by Rumpelcrutchskin:

The last 15 seconds will just grind you to dust, wave of huge golems spawns and punches through all your defenses, no matter how much of them you stacked.

You say that but I 1st tried this (I mean 1st try at the later portion once I got past the early stuff). Enough defenses and you're literally untouchable in this game.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Originally posted by Kotli:

Originally posted by Rumpelcrutchskin:

The last 15 seconds will just grind you to dust, wave of huge golems spawns and punches through all your defenses, no matter how much of them you stacked.

Defensive weapons not items:
1. Freeze from Clock lancet.
2. Knock-back from Bible or garlic.
3. Damage shield from Laurel.

Freeze is god tier against tanky mobs like those golems.

Had bible, garlic, laurel, armor and regeneration but no clock lancet. Guess I need to try with that if it actually drops.

[silversleek]

Garlic is definitely a weapon too many people sleep on for dairy, it really neutralises the threat from all the ranged enemies. That said, I personally consider dairy plant to be one of the hardest levels in the game relative to player power at the time you unlock it. When in doubt, play on library, which is perhaps the easiest level, and farm up some gold for extra powerups.

[Greywander]

Garlic + Bible helps keep enemies away from you.

Evolved Whip can help keep you healed, as will evolved Garlic.

Evolved Axe has good damage. Other good damage options are Santa Water, Runetracer, and Lightning Ring. Dairy Plant also has the stage items to evolve Axe, Santa Water, and Runetracer, though they're hard to find without the map.

Don't sleep on Knives, either. They're a pain in that they have to be aimed, but once evolved nothing will shred a boss faster, and they allow you to wade into enemies without dying by simply melting everything in front of you. If you find yourself doing well defensively but lacking in damage output, Knives might be what you need.

[AN]

Whip is very good for early game farming and will take so much of the pressure off from the mid game skeleton rushes and other hard waves when it's evolved. The damage can't compete at the end of the match, but by that time you have your real money makers long since built out.

When you have breathing room, consider stepping on the trap tiles, sometimes they send a sizeable horde of really weak enemies to help feed you levels.

[Xuhybrid]

Originally posted by bratwurst kaiser:

Originally posted by chris.ferrantegerard:

Level the weapon to max rank and get a the corresponding item required for the evolution. Then hit up a chest and you should get evolved weapon.

Originally posted by Aristocratic Cthulhu:

These maps are also balanced around that so make sure to rush an early evo.

That's what I'm trying to do. I'm focusing on the axe & whip but RNG hasn't been kind to me. I guess I'm just not lucky enough to succeed at this game?

axe and whip aren't good starting weapons, arguably not even good weapons imo.