Prismatic slime

[Miles]

I am having the hardest time getting the stupid thing to spawn, there has to be a better more sure fire way of getting the prismatic slime to spawn, I've gotten the quest to get prismatic Jelly twice and I can't get it to spawn no matter how many times I refresh floor 5 and no matter what my luck for the day is.

[lizardmang]

It takes some people several attempts of the quest to find one, so just keep at it. I personally found it on the first day I tried. RNG can be weird like that.

The wiki says it's a 1/83 chance of a slime being prismatic while the quest is active, and it is affected by luck, so bring some luck-boosting food or gear if you can.

[asdra]

Just found it after 3 or 4 days. Keep trying!

[tevrarain]

Just keep resetting level 5.

[Frandez]

Use a speed boost, well Spicy Eel is the best. Increase luck + speed, My 1st completion on those quest is when my lucky day and mining in skull cavern and I think in my 2nd or 3rd attempt.

[SandTag]

Originally posted by Oomile:

I am having the hardest time getting the stupid thing to spawn, there has to be a better more sure fire way of getting the prismatic slime to spawn, I've gotten the quest to get prismatic Jelly twice and I can't get it to spawn no matter how many times I refresh floor 5 and no matter what my luck for the day is.

the spawn chance is lower when you are higher, try refreshing floors low down it should spawn. if you have a lucky lunch or ginger ale they help alot too.

[lizardmang]

Originally posted by SandTag:

the spawn chance is lower when you are higher, try refreshing floors low down it should spawn.

I'm fairly certain that's not true, unless there's some testing data or something you can provide that suggests otherwise. By seemingly all accounts, it has a flat rate of spawning in place of any slime: 1/83, affected by luck. Most people seem to find it by refreshing floor 5, at least as reported in discussions about it. I found it in a single day doing so (anecdotal, but I'm not the only one to have found it very quickly that way).

[SandTag]

Originally posted by silentprotagonistsays:

Originally posted by SandTag:

the spawn chance is lower when you are higher, try refreshing floors low down it should spawn.

I'm fairly certain that's not true, unless there's some testing data or something you can provide that suggests otherwise. By seemingly all accounts, it has a flat rate of spawning in place of any slime: 1/83, affected by luck. Most people seem to find it by refreshing floor 5, at least as reported in discussions about it. I found it in a single day doing so (anecdotal, but I'm not the only one to have found it very quickly that way).

its not just floor for the weight but also the spawn rate of enemies, i cant actually remember which floorset has the highest enemy spawns.

infested floors are also incredibly handy for the prismatic slime so just bombing down floors can get it done too

[Miles]

Originally posted by SandTag:

Originally posted by silentprotagonistsays:

I'm fairly certain that's not true, unless there's some testing data or something you can provide that suggests otherwise. By seemingly all accounts, it has a flat rate of spawning in place of any slime: 1/83, affected by luck. Most people seem to find it by refreshing floor 5, at least as reported in discussions about it. I found it in a single day doing so (anecdotal, but I'm not the only one to have found it very quickly that way).

its not just floor for the weight but also the spawn rate of enemies, i cant actually remember which floorset has the highest enemy spawns.

infested floors are also incredibly handy for the prismatic slime so just bombing down floors can get it done too

That's what I eventually did to find it, was just bomb floors and I found it on floor 18.

[lizardmang]

Originally posted by SandTag:

its not just floor for the weight but also the spawn rate of enemies, i cant actually remember which floorset has the highest enemy spawns.

infested floors are also incredibly handy for the prismatic slime so just bombing down floors can get it done too

Overall spawn rate increasing lower down makes sense, but in my experience, slimes seem less common than other enemy types on lower floors, so I'm not convinced that the increased spawn rate lower down actually increases the net rate of finding slimes. I wish we had more specific spawn info on that kind of stuff.

Infested floors are undoubtedly a godsend on this quest, but I would think the elevator method grants a better chance of completing the quest within the time limit on average because time only passes in-game for the brief moments between using the elevator.

Just tacking this on as an edit: My girlfriend did this quest today using the floor 5 elevator method and also found a prismatic slime in a single in-game day. I know this is purely anecdotal, but at least in my own limited experience, this method seems very effective.

[DarkWizard]

I have tried the request 4 times but the slime will not spawn.

[lizardmang]

Originally posted by DarkWizard:

I have tried the request 4 times but the slime will not spawn.

What method have you been using? And how much of the allotted week have you been spending in the mines looking for it each time?

If you've been using the elevator method for the entire week and still haven't found it after 4 weeks, I would begin to suspect it may be a bug. But I think it's far more likely just bad RNG, especially if you've been looking for it by progressing through the mines normally.

[robinceara_kerubi]

I'm currently having the exact same problem. I've got two luck rings, a lucky lunch, a ginger ale, and max daily luck. Been sitting here looking for it for 5 in-game days now and still haven't found it. The spawn rate on this thing is still WAY too low even after the update.

[Malitia]

I got him in the quarry mine on the last day of my first try. It was a lucky day.

[CPT Chthonbeard the Pirate]

Originally posted by collectingcrowns:

I am having the hardest time getting the stupid thing to spawn, there has to be a better more sure fire way of getting the prismatic slime to spawn, I've gotten the quest to get prismatic Jelly twice and I can't get it to spawn no matter how many times I refresh floor 5 and no matter what my luck for the day is.

It has a 9% chance (not affected by luck) to replace any slime in the mine. Any slime. Just keep going to floors with slimes and hopefully you'll find it.

That being said, there is always the chance you will never see it if you get unlucky. There's no helping it.

[lizardmang]

Originally posted by CPT Chthonbeard the Pirate:

It has a 9% chance (not affected by luck) to replace any slime in the mine.

It's 1.2%, not 9%.