Strategy Thread: The Twisted Tentacle

I see we're all still digesting this one.

Northy sent Sewinglady's farm the numbers. I'm going to plop them here:

Drinking straws crop: 6h on main farm only (202 1x1)
Prismberry crop: 6h on bahamarama plantation only (188 1x1)
Flower chains: drops from crops & trees on main & baha
Left side (main farm) :
Needed to get to 75/100 for cloudrow only:
Drinking straws crops: 10260 (17 full harvests with CAC)
Flower chains (drops): 624
Needed to complete the 100 steps (cloudrow+neon crate+wonderbox):
Drinking straws crops: 11256 (19 full havests with CAC)
Flower chains (drops): 680
Some of the steps ask for either main land crops (up to 440) or main land products (up to 10)
Right side (bahamarama plantation):
Needed to get to 75/100 for cloudrow only:
Prismberry crops: 9614 (18 full harvests with CAC)
Flower chains (drops): 624
Needed to complete the 100 steps (cloudrow+neon crate+wonderbox):
Prismberry crops: 10532 (19 full havests with CAC)
Flower chains (drops): 680
Some of the steps ask for either low level main land animals (up to 25) or tree fruits from main land (10/20/40/50 + 100 apples) OR 40 of baha tree fruits.
Grand total:
Cloudrow only (75 steps left side + 75 steps right side):
Drinking straws crops: 10260
Prismberry crops: 9614
Flower chains (drops): 1248
Cloudrow + neon crate+wonder box:
Drinking straws crops: 11256
Prismberry crops: 10532
Flower chains (drops): 1360
I’ve checked on the German forum, the two last items are wonder boxes, NOT PICCOLO wonder boxes, at least for now.
Clowdrow gives 2000EPxLV + 2000TEPxLV + 1 Crate O’Buffs III recharge 22h
Crate O’Buffs III offers a chance to get any of the buffs possible minus the 200% bonus for 24h (diamond slot). It also gives a chance to get 1000EPxLV or 1 Power feed.

Edit: Northy gets extra extra kudos for running the numbers and doing all this research. I really cannot thank him enough.

 

Thank you dumbunny & @Northy.


What can I get from the Wonder Boxes ?

Ballerina Music Box

Gives: 1400 EP + 1 White Innocence
Time: 40 hours
Size: 1x1

Unicorn Music Box

Gives: 1400 EP + 1 Langos
Time: 40 hours
Size: 1x1

Carousel Music Box

Gives: 5600 EP + 1 Tiki Timer
Time: 40 hours
Size: 2x2

Wine Tasting

Gives: 350 EP
Time: 7 hours
Size: 1x2

Balet Chicken

Gives: 235 EP
Time: 6 hours
Size: 1x2

Royal Guard

Gives: 135 EP
Time: 11 hours
Size: 1x2

Return of Nublons

Gives: 250 EP
Time: 10 hours
Size: 1x1

Renzo Houdini

Gives: 300 EP
Time: 12 hours
Size: 1x1

Paper Heart

Gives: 232 EP
Time: 10 hours
Size: 1x1

Good Luck Swine

Gives: 175 EP
Time: 12 hours
Size: 1x1

 

Thanks to dumbunny and Northy for starting the thread and crunching the numbers! Also Thanks 12ss12 for listing what those "wonder boxes" might give us! I don't have any of those things as they were before I started! I will be doing this event, hopefully completing the whole event! Good luck to all who are also doing this event

 

The Crate of Buffs III is a decidedly poor cousin of The Crate of Buffs.
The graphic for Buffs III is deliberately deceitfully deceptive as I have had only one Revenue Bonus (workshop) from 260 attempts. The rest are EP bonuses or the occasional powerfeed. I have had no revenue bonuses for crops, trees or stables despite the graphics for Buff III implying that these are possible.
Note: Crate of Buffs II is also bad.
IMO, this is another in a long list of BP abusing chance based algorithms.​

 

I maybe get ones +100% animals, not other best prices for that CoB3... so that why I asks other chain that WB, othervice only good price is that PWB and all 200 levels...

 

My previous Wonder Boxes (not Piccolo) were Return of the Nublons.

I'm in as far as I can go as I'm interested in the Crate O Neon Stables and Piccolo Wonder box. For the 'final' reward on both sides to be a box with random rewards that are primarily low EP givers, I wouldn't bother except they have to be done in order to get the Neon stable and Piccolo box which is more random stuff

 

Planted Ixora and Amaranth overnight - 169 and 187 drops respectively. So that's a pretty good start for this farm. We may need to put out longer crops overnight, though.

 

Got 202 + 188 drops.

Can someone update the rumour thread, please.

 

Thanks, I need those numbers, no good luck party spins, no good luck Spins, but I´m trying...

 

Don't forget to open the Summer Calendar and get the reward.

 

Still growin' and throwin'...

Things I know:

Drop rate on the two 6 hour event crops is not enough to get us to the finish line. I think we need to plan to put out a longer crop overnight on the two event crop fields to get closer to adequate drops.

If you have "baby farms" (thanks farmer_broke, where ever you are) that are sitting fallow, OPEN THEM UP during the neighborly gift event and send around those neighbor gifts! I've even gone so far as having a couple of them purchase small BB packages so they can gift the crates of buffs.

 

Anybody knows if it's possible to get more than 202 drops from the main fields?

 

No, it is not possible. 202 is the maximum you can get.

I'm 8 drops away from having enough for this event. Likely will have to wait til morning harvest.

 

I finished both sides and I really want my wonder boxs to turn into a carousel music box. Congratulations to those who finished, good luck to those who continue.

 

Wow! I'm impressed! I probably won't finish event until tomorrow. Of course I haven't won any crop booster on the wheel for quite awhile. I don't know why I'm always in a such a hurry to finish. I guess, just want to get back to normal farming. LOL
Good luck to those still working on this event!

 

thanks Brookeham good luck and yes the wheel gave me two 6 hour +1 so it finished fast and got unicorn and honey music vomit out of my boxes.

 

Done - get +100%/24h booster in the beginning and about 500 SG use and now ready, hope at PWB is "some good thing".

 

Sewinglady's farm has completely finished. This farm is almost to the CR and PM23 is trying hard to catch up. I was exhausted after the market on Saturday, so did only minimal poking that evening. I think I'm going to be behind the power curve all summer and I'm just going to have to deal with it.

 

Thanks for starting the thread, dumbunny and giving us Northy's numbers.

I have been taking this one very easy and steady, not really thinking that I will get the CR or anything more but it seems that I can get all the prizes with CFs and green goo overnight. I have not bothered growing long term crops overnight but, amazingly, I only need another 10 drops to have enough to finish - probably miscalculated somewhere but what the hey! No change there then!

I have enjoyed this more laid back style of dealing with an event. Also a bonus is having one main field left for Hydrangeas - only need another 10,000 to finish Superhero Stories!
Good luck all!

 

Thanks! I was hoping...

Event completed without stress.