Slime Ball
| Slime Ball | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Animal Product |
| Animal | Slime Hutch |
The Slime Ball is the round, wobbly lump that slimes leave behind in a Slime Hutch. It is the hutch's version of an egg in a Coop: a daily product that rewards keeping the residents watered. Breaking one open releases a heap of Slime, the crafting material behind the Oil Maker, Slime Egg-Press and Monster Musk. Some balls also hold Petrified Slime, a mineral for the museum. A full hutch with every trough filled can produce four Slime Balls each morning.
Production
Slime Balls only appear in a Slime Hutch on the farm. Robin builds the hutch, and it comes fairly late, since it needs an Iridium Bar along with Stone and Refined Quartz. Once it stands, Marlon gives a green Slime Egg to start the first resident. The hutch holds up to twenty slimes and has four water troughs along one side.
Each morning, the hutch counts its slimes and its full troughs, then spawns Slime Balls to match. More slimes and more water mean more balls. The top output of four a day needs twenty slimes and all four troughs filled. The slimes do not have to reach the troughs, so fences can divide the hutch without cutting the output.
Filling the troughs with a Watering Can is the daily chore. The slimes need water rather than food, so the troughs are the whole of their upkeep.
Growing the colony takes more Slime Eggs. Defeating slimes in the mines can drop eggs of their colour once the hutch exists. The Slime Egg-Press, a recipe unlocked at Combat level 6, turns Slime into fresh eggs as well. The incubator inside the hutch hatches them, and each egg gives a slime of its own colour.
Uses
Interacting with a Slime Ball breaks it and releases a pile of Slime. One ball gives roughly ten to twenty Slime, so a full hutch yields dozens a day.
Some balls hold a bonus as well. Petrified Slime sometimes drops along with the Slime. It is a mineral that can be donated to the museum, and it sells for a modest price. The Wizard likes it as a gift.
Notes
A hutch earns its keep through crafting rather than sales. Slime itself sells for a few coins. The heaps from each morning's balls are better saved for the Oil Maker, Monster Musk and new Slime Eggs.
The slimes in the hutch still attack. A fenced walkway to the troughs, or a Slime Charmer Ring, keeps the daily round safe.
A Wicked Statue placed in the hutch keeps the witch away. Otherwise, she may fly over during the night and turn every slime inside black.
All Animal Products
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Animal | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Products Profitability | - | - | - |
| Dinosaur Egg | 
|
Dinosaur; Artifact Spot in The Mountains / Quarry (0.6%); Fishing Treasure Chests (0.7-0.8%); Pepper Rex drop (10%); Prehistoric Floors in the Skull Cavern; Crane Game in Movie Theater | 350g |
| Duck Egg | 
|
Ducks | 95g |
| Duck Feather | 
|
Duck; Cat | 250g |
| Egg | 
|
Chicken | 50g |
| Goat Milk | 
|
Goat | 225g |
| Golden Egg | 
|
Golden Chicken; Marnie's Ranch; Qi's Walnut Room; The Witch; Fishing Treasure Chest (0.12%) | 500g |
| Large Egg | 
|
Chicken | 95g |
| Large Goat Milk | 
|
Goat | 345g |
| Large Milk | 
|
Cow | 190g |
| Milk | 
|
Cow | 125g |
| Ostrich Egg | 
|
Ostrich | 600g |
| Rabbit's Foot | 
|
Rabbit; Traveling Cart; Serpent drop (0.8%); Cat | 565g |
| Roe | 
|
Fish Pond; Fishing Treasure Chests | - |
| Slime | 
|
Slimes; Krobus; Slime Ball; Traveling Cart; Fish Pond | - |
| Slime Ball | 
|
Slime Hutch | - |
| Void Egg | 
|
Void Chicken; Witch; Krobus; Void Salmon Fish Ponds | 65g |
| Wool | 
|
Rabbit; Sheep | 340g |