I Will Bend Time and Space for Krobus

Using Dynamic Seeds, I ask Krobus to move in with me, fast.

Dynamic seeds lets me change the RNG of the world throughout a run. I use this to fast track my cash, and getting enough museum items to unlock the Sewer.

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FAQ:
Q: What/Why are you reading?
A: On Twitch I have a channel points redemption, where someone chooses a story that I have memorised, and I recite it. I have read these to my kids enough that I remember how they go. In this video I was reciting The Lorax.

Q: What is that grid of letters on screen?
A: A cryptic crossword. I have build a bot that runs it for chat.

Q: Dynamic Seeds?
A: If you enter a seed into the advanced menu when starting a new game, then go and load a previous farm, the new seed is applied to the old farm, changing the RNG. I abuse this to get 8 fairies, 896 potatoes, and a good run on opening geodes to get all the items I need.

Q: Why do you need the sewer?
A: That is where Krobus lives

Q: How did the fairy grow the Spring Seeds, why did they look weird, and why were they all Horseradish?
A: The fairy cannot target Spring Seeds, but Spring Seeds can still be grown by the fairy. I planted potatoes in the middle of the patch to give the fairy a target. Since the fairy hits a 5×5 square, the fairy gets applied to the Spring Seeds. The way that the fairy grows crops is to skip growth stages of a crop right to the end, where it can be harvested. Due to when the fairy hits in the overnight cycle, the code that converts the Spring Seed crop into a random Spring forage crop is skipped for that night, meaning the Spring Seed crop is in a fully grown and harvestable state that you don’t normally see. In this state, harvesting it always gives a Horseradish, farming xp (instead of foraging xp), and the quality of the Horseradish is based on farming level (instead of foraging level). Since I need loved gifts for Krobus, this is a neat way of getting the 18 I need.

Q: How did you get so many potatoes?
A: When you harvest a potato, there is a 20% chance that you get another. If that roll succeeds, there is another 20% chance you will get another. this continues until the roll fails. The tiles I am harvesting keep on hitting this 20% chance until it gives 16 potatoes. The RNG for this is tied to the seed, tile location, and day. So as I go to a new day, I can change the seed accordingly to repeat the same RNG. This RNG for crops also repeats on the same day if you go left 11 tiles and down 7 tiles. This explains why I planted my fields so far apart.

Q: Why 3×3 fields?
A: When a fairy hits a crop, all crops up to 2 tiles in any direction are also grown. By limiting my fields to 3×3, it means that it doesn’t matter which tile gets hit by the fairy, all of the crops will grow.

Q: Why didn’t you harvest all the Sweet Gem Berries at once?
A: I was harvesting them on days that would make them gold quality, for a bit more money. I was trying to keep my money low so that I lose less when I pass out in the sewers. I forgot about the season transition and lost 2 of them…

Q: How did you pass out so fast?
A: Punching a chest uses energy. On 1.5 you can punch a non-empty chest and it will move tiles. If you put something on all of the tiles that a non-empty chest will jump to, it will stay in its original tile. I use torches to occupy the tiles as I can craft them cheaply and I can move through them. Also, by placing a chest on the tile that I spawn on, when I enter the sewers I spawn inside the chest. There is anti-softlock code in the game that destroys a big object on a tile that you happen to be on, but this is skipped for non-empty chests. This also uses energy when attempting to break it. By combining these strategies, I am able to use these chests to use up all my energy fast, warping me back home faster than I could run there.