Early/mid game geo farming?

[The Bozz]

Hey guys,

After losing my save file (deep breaths, take a break for a couple of weeks...), I decided to start the game anew. Previously, I used the typical farming spot in the Fungal Wastes, the one with the big fungus that respawned when you moved to the next screen and came back. That doesn't seem to be working anymore! Now you have to go rest in a bench before that fungus respawns.

I want to farm a lot of geo so I can buy all of the vendors' items before exploring the game any further - I've already done the "go explore, gather geo, come back to the vendors and buy something" dance, this time I want to explore uninterrupted. Any good spots?

[paladin181]

Shrumal Ogre at the bottom of the main vertical room in the Fungal Wastes. Drops 45 Geo (56 with Fragile Greed) and respawns on transition (at least before patch 1.0.1.4 hits, it does) and is fairly easy to kill with longnail.

[davetrowe]

When the mushroom guy in fungal wastes gets patched, I'd suggest maybe just making a circuit between the big guy guarding the false knight fight? He drops about 45 geo as well, I think, if i remember correctly, and there's a bench about 15 seconds away.

[wataniyob]

引用自 davetrowe：

When the mushroom guy in fungal wastes gets patched, I'd suggest maybe just making a circuit between the big guy guarding the false knight fight? He drops about 45 geo as well, I think, if i remember correctly, and there's a bench about 15 seconds away.

It'll have to be early game though, once the Crossroads become infected that guy is dead and the only living sentry in the crossroads is the one in the upper right room (originally guarded a grub), which doesn't have a bench nearby due to the infection blocking off the path to the stag station.

Do we know whether the mushroom guy doesn't respawn at all, or he still respawns after a bench rest? Because if it's the latter, there's still a relatively close bench at the Leg Eater vendor.

[davetrowe]

引用自 wataniyob：

引用自 davetrowe：

When the mushroom guy in fungal wastes gets patched, I'd suggest maybe just making a circuit between the big guy guarding the false knight fight? He drops about 45 geo as well, I think, if i remember correctly, and there's a bench about 15 seconds away.

It'll have to be early game though, once the Crossroads become infected that guy is dead and the only living sentry in the crossroads is the one in the upper right room (originally guarded a grub), which doesn't have a bench nearby due to the infection blocking off the path to the stag station.

Yea, if he wants early farming, that's not a bad spot, and I used it myself to get the lantern.

The mushroom guy is faster, but it won't be as efficient an option soon. I'd have to gauge the amount of geo gained between the two and their relative closest benches.

[wataniyob]

引用自 davetrowe：

引用自 wataniyob：

It'll have to be early game though, once the Crossroads become infected that guy is dead and the only living sentry in the crossroads is the one in the upper right room (originally guarded a grub), which doesn't have a bench nearby due to the infection blocking off the path to the stag station.

Yea, if he wants early farming, that's not a bad spot, and I used it myself to get the lantern.

The mushroom guy is faster, but it won't be an option soon.

I was editing my comment and didn't get it out before you replied, but if the mushroom guy still respawns after a bench rest then you could still make use of him by resting at the bench at the Leg Eater vendor. From that bench it's a quick drop down and a few dashes left into the mushroom guy's room. Quitting & reloading after killing the mushroom guy would probably be quicker than making the climb back.

[Hursti]

i dont remember any spot in the game where you actually had to "farm" geos, i played to 100% and didnt do it once. maybe in the very beginning trying to get the light fast or something? otherwise i dont see any reason to farm geo.

[davetrowe]

引用自 Hursti：

i dont remember any spot in the game where you actually had to "farm" geos, i played to 100% and didnt do it once. maybe in the very beginning trying to get the light fast or something? otherwise i dont see any reason to farm geo.

I did it for the light at one point, but yea, other than that, I was usually drowning in geo for most of the game, with only some big purchases or shopping runs dropping me back to 0.

[wataniyob]

引用自 Hursti：

i dont remember any spot in the game where you actually had to "farm" geos, i played to 100% and didnt do it once. maybe in the very beginning trying to get the light fast or something? otherwise i dont see any reason to farm geo.

In my first playthrough I didn't know how tight the geo drops would be over the game and I was a bit tilted because I had reset my save after losing 2k+ geo to a bad shade spawn location (didn't know about the rancid egg mechanic). So I went ahead and farmed enough to buy out every shop I could by the time I hit City of Tears.

Of course, now that I'm more comfortable with the game I know there's not a need to farm geo. The only potential exception is the lantern (if I want to get the 5hr speedrun) because its cost is so high and it's useful in making certain areas more navigable. I think the earliest geo chest that drops enough for the lantern might be after soul master.

[Hursti]

i found out the egg mechanic after i beat the game, lol. kept wondering what they were for, but didnt google it until i finished with 100%. i never lost my shade either, maybe if it happened right in the beginning i wouldve been pissed, but when you figure out you can sell the journals and other "relics" for lots of geos, you dont even need to pick geo up anymore and always have enough money with you at all times to buy anything you could need in the game.

[wataniyob]

引用自 Hursti：

i found out the egg mechanic after i beat the game, lol. kept wondering what they were for, but didnt google it until i finished with 100%. i never lost my shade either, maybe if it happened right in the beginning i wouldve been pissed, but when you figure out you can sell the journals and other "relics" for lots of geos, you dont even need to pick geo up anymore and always have enough money with you at all times to buy anything you could need in the game.

The place where my shade spawned was in the middle of the room in Greenpath where you have to bounce off the enemies to get to a geo chest/grub/soul vessel fragment if you don't have acid protection (which I didn't at the time, since it was very early game). More specifically, it spawned directly above the acid water between the grub and the geo chest, which meant I had to bounce my way across one pool and then bounce halfway across another to get to the shade.

[davetrowe]

I kiiiiinda wish the egg thing was better explained, as most players I've talked to had to find it out online. That's maybe my only major complaint with the game design? Other than that, love this game.

[The Bozz]

引用自 melfice181：

Shrumal Ogre at the bottom of the main vertical room in the Fungal Wastes. Drops 45 Geo (56 with Fragile Greed) and respawns on transition (at least before patch 1.0.1.4 hits, it does) and is fairly easy to kill with longnail.

If I remember correctly, that's the exact farm spot I was using. That ogre doesn't respawn on transition anymore :(

引用自 davetrowe：

When the mushroom guy in fungal wastes gets patched, I'd suggest maybe just making a circuit between the big guy guarding the false knight fight? He drops about 45 geo as well, I think, if i remember correctly, and there's a bench about 15 seconds away.

I think this could be a good idea, I'll give it a try. At the very least it'll be more entertaining than killing the same ogre over and over again.

[davetrowe]

引用自 wataniyob：

引用自 Hursti：

i found out the egg mechanic after i beat the game, lol. kept wondering what they were for, but didnt google it until i finished with 100%. i never lost my shade either, maybe if it happened right in the beginning i wouldve been pissed, but when you figure out you can sell the journals and other "relics" for lots of geos, you dont even need to pick geo up anymore and always have enough money with you at all times to buy anything you could need in the game.

The place where my shade spawned was in the middle of the room in Greenpath where you have to bounce off the enemies to get to a geo chest/grub/soul vessel fragment if you don't have acid protection (which I didn't at the time). More specifically, it spawned directly above the acid water between the grub and the geo chest, which meant I had to bounce my way across one pool and then bounce halfway across another to get to the shade.

Ha ha ha ha i had to do this too. Grab my shade in the air while bouncing off the enemies. Sucked.

[The Bozz]

引用自 davetrowe：

引用自 wataniyob：

The place where my shade spawned was in the middle of the room in Greenpath where you have to bounce off the enemies to get to a geo chest/grub/soul vessel fragment if you don't have acid protection (which I didn't at the time). More specifically, it spawned directly above the acid water between the grub and the geo chest, which meant I had to bounce my way across one pool and then bounce halfway across another to get to the shade.

Ha ha ha ha i had to do this too. Grab my shade in the air while bouncing off the enemies. Sucked.

That's what the egg guy is for. If you have any eggs to spare, of course.

[wataniyob]

引用自 The Bozz：

引用自 melfice181：

Shrumal Ogre at the bottom of the main vertical room in the Fungal Wastes. Drops 45 Geo (56 with Fragile Greed) and respawns on transition (at least before patch 1.0.1.4 hits, it does) and is fairly easy to kill with longnail.

If I remember correctly, that's the exact farm spot I was using. That ogre doesn't respawn on transition anymore :(

Does it respawn after resting at a bench, though? Like I wrote above, there's a bench at the Leg Eater vendor nearby and you can just quit & reload after killing the ogre off to save the climb time back up.