Slime Rancher

Slime Rancher

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How To Unlock Treasure Pods
By SicK
Have you ever walked around the world of Slime Rancher, and encountered a colourful little pod, and wondered how to open it? This is a quick, simple guide for beginner ranchers on how to unlock all 3 tiers of the treasure pods.
   
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The Treasure Cracker
First off, you're going to need a Treasure Cracker in order to open the Treasure Pods.

To unlock the Treasure Cracker, you're going to need to purchase the Lab for 10,000 Newbucks (this is the area behind your house). Once you have unlocked the Lab, allow the Extractor to complete it's first cycle. After that, look through the vac pack upgrades (in front of the house), and you'll find the Treasure Cracker MKI. Using the Treasure Cracker MKI, you'll be able to unlock any Tier 1 Treasure Pods (the green-coloured ones) that are common all throughout Slime Rancher.

Note that the base Treasure Cracker will not unlock the other variants of Treasure Pods (Blue and Black) until it is fully upgraded.

How To Upgrade The Treasure Cracker
To upgrade your Treasure Cracker, you'll need to build gadgets in the Lab.

The Treasure Cracker MKII requires a total of 35 gadgets built. Once this is unlocked, you can open both green and blue Treasure Pods.

The Treasure Cracker MKIII requires a total of 100 gadgets built. Once this is unlocked, you can open any Treasure Pods (green, blue and black).

That pretty much sums up how to open Treasure Pods. Thanks for reading, and good luck finding all of the Treasure Pods in the game!

38 Comments
Russell_the_GoatZ Oct 25 @ 11:53am 
Thank you. i've been wondering around trying to open these
Remi-San Oct 11 @ 8:39pm 
XD
raidentinker May 14 @ 3:49pm 
can you build the same gadget over again to get the 2 and 3 upgrade of the treasure pods
FelixM364 Dec 28, 2024 @ 7:51pm 
That is making sence:steamhappy:
Frost-Strike Dec 26, 2024 @ 7:21am 
Been wondering where to find the upgrade forever, thanksss
ashur.brick Dec 28, 2023 @ 6:19am 
thank you!
fakesunrises Jul 22, 2023 @ 6:31pm 
ty
Aap van Paraat Jun 27, 2023 @ 8:24am 
Thank you (: :boomer:
Neon Gaming Jun 25, 2023 @ 8:50am 
Well that helped
omi3000 Mar 11, 2023 @ 2:54pm 
oh never mind. i found it