Slime Egg-Press
| Slime Egg-Press | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Crafted Item |
| Recipe | Combat (Level 6) |
The Slime Egg-Press squeezes a big pile of Slime into a single Slime Egg. It is the one dependable way to make Slime Eggs on demand, since slimes in the wild drop them only rarely. The eggs can stock a Slime Hutch, hatch in a Slime Incubator anywhere on the map or go straight to the shipping bin. The recipe comes from the Combat skill. Paired with a Slime Hutch, the press closes a loop: slimes make Slime, and the press turns that Slime into more slimes.
Recipe
The recipe unlocks at Combat level 6. It needs Coal, a piece of Fire Quartz and a Battery Pack.
Fire Quartz is a glowing red crystal found near lava. It lies on the floor of the deeper Mines and the Skull Cavern, and it also comes out of Magma Geodes, Omni Geodes, fishing treasure chests and panning. A Lightning Rod makes the Battery Pack when it catches a strike during a thunderstorm. The Traveling Cart sometimes sells a Battery Pack too, for a steep price.
These are the ingredients one batch needs.
| Name | Image | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Coal | 
|
25 |
| Fire Quartz | 
|
1 |
| Battery Pack | 
|
1 |
Use
The press takes Slime in one large load. Holding a stack of at least a hundred Slime and using it on the press starts the job, and one Slime Egg comes out at the end. The colour of each egg is random, and each one hatches into a slime of the same colour.
Slime is easy to gather in bulk. Slimes drop it when slain in the Mines and elsewhere. Krobus in the Sewers sells a limited stack of it every Monday. A Slime Hutch is the best supply of all. With enough slimes inside and the water troughs full, Slime Balls appear on the floor each morning, and breaking one open releases a good handful of Slime.
Slime has other uses too. The Oil Maker, the Cork Bobber and Wild Bait all need it, so a large stockpile never goes to waste.
Notes
Other routes to Slime Eggs exist, but none are as steady. Once a Slime Hutch stands on the farm, a slime killed anywhere has a small chance of dropping an egg in its own colour. Treasure rooms in the Skull Cavern can hold red or purple eggs. A Slimejack Fish Pond can lay a green egg once the pond holds enough fish. The press turns all the spare Slime from these hunts into a steady flow of new eggs instead.
All Crafting
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
