Hog pan mats question

[TwiztidGuy]

The game allowed me to dip both of my mats in the bucket before panning for gold. Does this actually add to the amount of gold and save time from doing mats individually? A couple of youtubers I've watched are doing them individually so I just wanted this to be clarified. Thanks!

[Dycart]

Due to RNG it's tough to be sure. However, during my twitch stream a few nights ago, I did some testing. Using the starting setup with the pump attachment and a wavetable. These are the numbers I got:
Each mat in own bucket with one "dip": 1.365oz
Each mat own bucket with 4 "dips": 1.467oz
All 4 mats in one bucket (each dipped once): 1.332oz.
All 4 mats in one bucket (done second time to test rng): 1.510oz

I reloaded the save each time. Not sure when the rng is calculated but it seemed like the best way was to do all 4 mats in one bucket. The amounts seem the same (with rng fluxuation) and it's MUCH faster so you can get back to digging paydirt.

[TwiztidGuy]

Originally posted by Dycart:

Due to RNG it's tough to be sure. However, during my twitch stream a few nights ago, I did some testing. Using the starting setup with the pump attachment and a wavetable. These are the numbers I got:
Each mat in own bucket with one "dip": 1.365oz
Each mat own bucket with 4 "dips": 1.467oz
All 4 mats in one bucket (each dipped once): 1.332oz.
All 4 mats in one bucket (done second time to test rng): 1.510oz

I reloaded the save each time. Not sure when the rng is calculated but it seemed like the best way was to do all 4 mats in one bucket. The amounts seem the same (with rng fluxuation) and it's MUCH faster so you can get back to digging paydirt.

Thanks for the quick reply, glad you tested it. Hopefully a developer can confirm this though, I just don't want to be throwing pay dirt away and wasting valuable time. I'm going to try it that way (all 4 mats in one bucket) and see what kind of return i get. Thanks again. :)