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salads you can get at the saloon are very good because they're cheap and heal about half your HP every use. Spicy Eels are about the same but they also boost your luck and speed which is a life saver. if you don't want to buy anything: products from your animals are great. goat cheese/regular cheese at gold is 101 health, and 78 at silver. salad and eel is only 50.
what you should bring/do really depends on how much iridum you want to get. you can get around ~25 ores if you mine every rock without any staircases or bombs. this is the cheapest (basically free) but also slowest way. if you wanna go full mode MLG 360 get like 14 999 stacks of stone in your inventory(and some bombs) and use them to make staircases and blow up big, collected stacks of rocks.
the local mines are better imo. pretty sure you can get solar essence from mummies once exploded and the flying dragons almost always drop voids. it's really nothing compared to the local mines, and it's also safer/easier there.
(Spoiler) also you'll get iridum ores free everyday i think around 2-7 once you complete the whole grandpa thing if you don't want to spend all the money/ dont wanna fight/ are lazy like me.
I have 2 cows and use cheese pretty often, but should I upgrade my barn (I have the first one) so I can just get more cows? And should I have more cows then goats?
But a burgler's ring and killing the dragons gets me more spicy eel food than I can consume. Hell, the ring itself is a good ring for in there, as every enemy rolls for their loot drops twice. It's very common to get 3-4 bat wings from a single bat. But mostly it's good to murder the purple mother slimes for a great chance at a lot of iridium.
Then, take your burglar ring to the skull caverns for a day or two and just mine as normal. The serpents should drop a couple of spicy eels, which gives a speed and luck boost.
When you think you're ready, convert all the iron/coal you made into like, 100 bombs. (Although maybe don't bring them all, just in case.) Bring your stone as well, and eat a spicy eel when you're ready. The luck boost will help you find holes and ladders, so blast huge clusters of rocks with bombs to quickly drop down 3-15 floors per hole. If you get a narrow floor without many rocks, use your best judgment whether it's better to drop a staircase or mine the rocks to find the ladder. With the speed/luck boost and blast mining, you should easily be able to reach level 40-50, and 70+ with luck and practice.
If you're taking too much damage, bring better food: if your Spicy Eel timer is almost up, eat another. Otherwise, you can spam-eat crappy food like salmonberries or hops if you're not in immediate danger, or use high healing stuff such as life elixirs or iridium-star quality forage like the cactus fruit. Off the top of my head, roots platter might also restore a good chunk, but I think it boosts some other stat so may remove your luck/speed boost.
FOOD+HEALTH ITEMS:
---I've been taking a bunch of Hops into the mines with me after i discovered that they aren't worth very much to sell, plus the Hops plants seem to regrow the Hops every few days, so if you refrain from selling the hops and save them up, they can be very useful to restore energy and health. Unstarred Hops give 45 energy and 18 Health, Silver starred Hops give 63 Energy and 25 Health, and Gold star Hops give 81 Energy and 32 Health. (I haven't gained any Iridium starred items yet, as I'm only in my first year, so I don't know their values)
Plus, by saving up lots of hops, you'll be ready for when you get Kegs (if you haven't already), and Pale Ale will finish being made within a couple of days, and sells for quite a nice price, at 300g per Pale Ale.
---As mentioned above, Crystal fruit are an excellent food for the mines, with a Gold Star Crystal Fruit giving 113 Energy and 45 Health. The unstarred Crystal Fruits give 63 Energy and 25 Health each.
---I know you said not Life Elixir, is this because you chose to get the fruit bats instead of the Mushroom setup in your cave? If you DID choose the Mushroom setup you will most likely know that Life Elixr gives 200 Energy and 80 Health, and is made using 4 of the different types of Mushroom grown in your cave. (Red, Purple, Morel and Chanterelle)
---Another reason i ask about whether you got the Mushroom setup in the cave or not, is because Purple Mushrooms give 125 Energy and 50 Health each, and Chanterelle Mushrooms give 75 Energy and 30 Health, and once the cave is set up, they will continue to grow all year long.
---Also, as mentioned above, Spicy Eel is a great meal to take with you too (and can be gained in the mines themselves as also mentioned), but the exact stats are 115 Energy and 46 Health (not 50 as mentioned above), and gives a +1 on Luck and a +1 on Speed.
---Field Snacks may not give much Health and Energy (45 Energy and 18 Health), but are essentially FREE to make, using 1 of each type of Tree seed (Acorn, Pine Cone and Maple Seed), and as you know are gained by chopping down trees. (TIP: A lot of people dont seem to realise ((me being one of those people originally)) that you can cut down trees in other locations than your farm, Marnies property ((below your farm)) being the best place for this. Plus, these trees always grow back, unlike the ones at your farm, so if you'd rather not cut down your own trees, Marnies place is perfect for getting wood and seeds from)
---Another option is Oil of Garlic, which gives 200 Energy and 80 Health, is made using 1 Oil and 10 Garlic, and says it will make "weaker monsters" avoid you, although i don't know whether any of the monsters from the desert Mines are classed as "weak".
---I believe the BEST item for health and Energy in the game (that i've found so far anyway), is Energy Tonic. If you get your hearts up with Pam (easily done by giving her Beer, which as you know you can buy from the Saloon) (I think I'm up to 5 or 6 hearts), at 2 different points (so far) she will send you an Energy Tonic in the mail. (She also sends you a battery pack at one point too) Energy Tonic gives a huge 500 Energy and 200 Health!
OTHER TIPS: :)
*I agree with the previous people that have replied, take a LOT of stone to make staircases (99 stone per staircase, which takes you down 1 level), and take a LOT of bombs, as not only can you gather more stone rather quickly when/if needed, but you also have a better chance of uncovering those holes you can jump into (but make sure your health is near full before jumping in, as a lot of health can be lost when jumping down these holes) which can take you down a bunch of levels. When i say "better chance", i mean it's much faster than individually breaking the rocks one at a time, as you're breaking a whole lot of rocks at once.
*With the Mummies, cherry bombs dont seem to take them out, but if you hit the Mummy until it crumbles into a pile and THEN blow it up with a Cherry Bomb, it will always kill the Mummy. I have yet to test whether a normal Bomb or a Mega Bomb is able to kill a mummy without it being crumbled into a pile first, but I'd say it's unlikely, as breaking it down then blowing it up just seems to be the required method of killing them.
*Udonge514 who commented above said that "IMO the local mines are better" for Void Essence and Solar Essence, but when reading the rest of that sentence, I feel that he mistyped, and that he meant to say that the desert mines are better, as I don't believe that the flying dragons are in the local mines, nor are the mummies (I may be wrong about the mummies).
*I recommend having a decent sword to fight with, mine is an Obsidian Edge, deals 30-45 damage, and has -1 speed, but has +10 crit power, and is a level 9.
*Lastly, if while in the desert mines you find yourself being surrounded by that mist/fog that comes occaisionally, LEAVE THAT MINE LEVEL IMMEDIATELY, as I personally find that this is the time I'm most likely to die in the desert mines, as the amount of flying dragons (and i think other monsters too) increases dramatically, and you can easily be overwhelmed.
Sorry this reply was so long, but I really love this game, and wanted to help you out as much as i possibly could. :) I've previously reached the 3rd year before, but since the release of the Beta for Multiplayer, I've started a new file, and am still in my first year, about halfway through winter.
I really hope this info helps you!! Good luck in the mines!! :)
A lot already answered, but I'll answer again because hey
1) Any bomb-type (cherry, regular, mega) will kill a mummy that's already been reduced to a rag pile.
2) Whatever is cheap and plentiful. Depending on what you've been doing, you might have spring onions, salmonberries, field snacks - who knows. I cannot recommend using hops, though, or generally high-value items that can be processed into even higher value items.
With hops, you want to process into pale ale; if you have lots and lots and lots of hops then eating some isn't a problem. But otherwise, you want enough hops to last you all year. That's a LOT of hops. Even gold-star quality hops don't sell for that much - as opposed to processing into even generic pale ale.
Remember, you should be crafting more and more kegs over time, so you will run out of hops faster and faster.
Similarly, for melons or whatever, you want to pop into processing and get more gold out.
Now, if you're eating field snacks or salmonberries, you're not losing out on much by eating them. But eating hops, melons, whatever - that's going to be quite costly.
You can literally blow crazy money so quickly. A few saplings from Pierre's, iridium sprinklers from Krobus, building upgrades, and wow where did the money go? Plus bus tickets are expensive. You need all the money you can get.
3) It depends on your development. I happen to agree with other posters that neither solar nor void essences should be a priority - you should be gunning for a burglar's ring.
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As to what you should bring - well let's assume you don't really have a lot of whatever. First off, you should beat the mines if you haven't already; you should have at least I think it's Space Boots and Obsidian Edge. The thing about Obsidian Edge is it's really nice, but it doesn't do as much as Lava Katana (available in Adventurer's Guild after completing regular Mines, for I think 25K gold?) Or if you have a Prismatic Shard, no spoilers here but there's something nice you can get there.
That's to begin with - because Obsidian Edge does a bit more than half of the other two swords, I think. Sure Obsidian Edge is nice, but once you have one of the other two, you're doing way more damage, so you kill stuff way faster.
Apart from that, whatever rings don't matter too much - you just have to be careful what with not blowing yourself up with bombs, and timing swings so you hit those flying whatsits or whatever other monsters you're fighting. Really even with just an Obsidian Edge you can avoid taking a lot of damage *if you are careful*.
Okay well that should do pretty well insofar as your weapons and boots and rings and food are concerned. Again - just be careful and time your swings.
As to tips about bringing stone and bombs and whatnot - at some point, you want to reach level 25 in the desert, and that's a pain. If you're having issues doing that, you should save all your stone and bombs and food for one big run (build up stocks!), and once you think you have a lot saved up, get to the desert ASAP on a day that you have good luck.
Apart from that, it's generally NOT best to try to use staircases and bombs all the time. You get more iridium the deeper you go, so if you're always using stairs and bombs early, you'll always penetrate to only the upper levels. So you save your stuff for deep runs on high luck days, and on other days just attack the desert normally.
You are more than welcome for the information, this is my favorite game at the moment, so I'm quite passionate about helping people with it. :)
The mushrooms are the most valuable to you when used to make Life Elixirs but they are also used in cooking too, but I'd hold on to 1 or two of each, as some of them are needed for the Bundles at the Community Centre. (To be honest, I hold on to several of EVERY item+crop, incase someone requests it via the bulletin board outside Pierres shop, or via your mailbox, plus when you start the game you won't know straight away what you'll need for the Bundles at the Community Centre.)
As i mentioned above, Mushrooms are also used in Cooking recipes, like Fried Mushroom, which uses Morel Mushroom and Common Mushroom. It restores 135 energy, 54 health, and gives a +2 combat stat. This recipe is gained by getting 3 stars with Demetrius, and you'll need the Kitchen house extension (speak to Robin about this) to be able to cook recipes. I highly recommend getting yourself a kitchen if you haven't already.
The common mushrooms are another item i like to take with me to eat to gain energy and health back when in the mines.
Iron ores start to generate at about level 40 I believe, with the nodes becoming more common around level 50 (this is where i like to start when looking for iron). Level 51 has a high likelihood of both Dust Sprites (if you are in need of Coal also) and iron ore while level 52 is a long narrow path to a guaranteed ladder. 53 is an infested level normally filled with Dust Sprites and a free ladder to 54 (once you've killed all the monsters).
Edit: I find Iron ore is usually available in all the "frozen" levels in the local mine.
Have a great day Ser Aland, and feel free to either reply here or add me on steam if you'd like to ask any more questions in the future. :)