Warp Totem: Desert
| Warp Totem: Desert | |
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| Type | Crafted Item |
| Recipe | Desert Trader for Iridium Bar (10) |
| Sell Price | 20g |
The Warp Totem: Desert carries the farmer out to Calico Desert in an instant, and it exists mainly to beat the bus timetable. Pam's bus does not pull out of the stop until mid-morning, so a walk-in trip to Skull Cavern loses the best hours of the day before the first ladder is even found. This totem puts the farmer at the desert warp shrine at dawn instead, which is why deep-run players treat it as essential kit. The Desert Trader handles both halves of the deal, selling single totems for Omni Geodes and the recipe itself for a stack of Iridium Bars. Learning the recipe is the better bargain for anyone who intends to go back often.
Recipe
The Desert Trader, in his tent on the far side of the desert, sells the recipe for ten Iridium Bars. He also sells ready-made totems at three Omni Geodes each, which suits a farmer who only needs one or two trips. Omni Geodes come up constantly in the Mines and from panning, so the finished totem is easy to buy early.
Each totem then takes two Hardwood, one Coconut and four Iridium Ore. Coconuts drop from the palm trees dotted around the desert, so a trip out collects the next batch of ingredients while it is there. The Iridium Ore is the real cost. It comes mostly out of Skull Cavern, which means the totem pays for itself only if it genuinely shortens those runs. Four pieces of ore per trip is modest once a farmer is reaching the deeper floors and bringing back full stacks.
These are the ingredients one batch needs.
| Name | Image | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Hardwood | 
|
2 |
| Coconut | 
|
1 |
| Iridium Ore | 
|
4 |
Use
Right-clicking the totem from the inventory sets it off and lands the farmer at the warp shrine in Calico Desert. It is used up in the process.
The real gain is time. Arriving at six in the morning instead of waiting for the bus hands over several extra hours, and on a Skull Cavern dive those hours decide whether floor one hundred is reachable. Bombs, Spicy Eel and a stack of Staircases all go further when the day starts early. The warp also lands close to the rest of the desert: Sandy's shop at the Oasis, the Casino behind it and the Desert Trader's own tent are all a short walk away.
There is a small oddity in warping out and coming straight back. A farmer who returns to the Bus Stop before Pam has arrived for her shift is shown behind the wheel of the bus.
Variants
The other warp totems in the game, with what each one takes and where the recipe comes from.
| Name | Image | Ingredients | Recipe |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warp Totem: Beach | 
|
Hardwood (1), Coral (2), Fiber (10) | Foraging Level 6 |
| Warp Totem: Farm | 
|
Hardwood (1), Honey (1), Fiber (20) | Foraging Level 8 |
| Warp Totem: Island | 
|
Hardwood (5), Dragon Tooth (1), Ginger (1) | Volcano Dwarf for 10,000g |
| Warp Totem: Mountains | 
|
Hardwood (1), Iron Bar (1), Stone (25) | Foraging Level 7 |
Notes
The Desert Obelisk does the same job permanently, but it is one of the two most expensive obelisks the Wizard sells, so the totem covers the long gap before that kind of money exists. Many farmers never build it at all and simply keep a stack of totems in a chest by the door.
The ingredients line up neatly with a single desert trip. One visit can bring back coconuts for the next few totems, ore from the cavern below and geodes to trade, so the supply tends to keep itself going once the first run succeeds.
All Crafting
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