Board Thread:Artifact Assembling Swap Shop/@comment-31495881-20170515202418/@comment-30549602-20170729002642

Dear all, me again. Seriously, I am at a LOSS to understand the reagent shortage crisis. It must be very 😖😡😫 to be in such a catch 22!

I keep asking myself, why did that never happen to me?

I have always traded and crafted and I still craft a helluva lot. Yet I manage to maintain a healthy supply of reagents. Hundreds of them. So what am I doing, (apart from scratching my head)?

I get them from banishing top monsters, from dispelling anomalies, from my trophies (twice a day if I can) and as rewards from rooms I play. I can't be certain but I have a hunch that, because my trophies are maxed out, I win reagents more often. And there are a few non giftable sets that pay 20 and 25 flasks, flowers or runes, which you can win while visiting your friends, which I also do daily.

I am at level 151 yet I have not had the need to activate a single Looking into the Future. This 24 hour artifact will help you find more runes, flowers and flasks. Make it, Use it.

If shortage of reagents is your most pressing concern, run it together with a Golden Chicken and then play your sox off all day as your energy replenishes, perhaps together with a Forged mask, so you can get winding keys to make more energy.

Most CRUCIALLY run Chicken together with the Midas Touch (gold glove), so you can double your coin production.

Having coins is essential to this game. Your smooth progress depends on it. So every time you play, run a piggy or a gold coin boost. When I seek in rooms, I run at least 3 compatible boosts. Usually a Scroll, A Pig, an Eagle Eye for 90 mins play or an owl plus a blue eye and gold coin for 30 mins.

Early on in my game, I was fanatical about making Artifacts and boosts and using them as often as I could. I also focused on levelling up my trophies.

In summary: Before you can do anything in this game, you need a bank of coins, so if you are in catch 22, go back to basics! Build up your bank. Then start trading with Townsfolk and banishing the top monsters. Slow down a bit. Be strategic about which sets you combine. Don't combine sets ahead of your game sequence; wait till they become your active quests.

The early sets in the game provide you with the needed basic boosts and the sets that go towards the wonderful 24 hour artifacts. The early sets do not require dragonflies or cottons. (Use the sort function in your collection box to see the sets in game chrono order).

And leave some sets uncombined, if you have multiples. I have many sets I could combine, but I don't because I would have to be crafting fixers 24 seven.

I agree it isn't always a doddle. But hey, it would be boring if it were too easy. Since I am now sounding like a broken record, this will be my last contribution on this subject. (promise!). Hope it helps someone. Good luck 🐨🌸