Efficiency Guide To Get Rich In Lake Kindred Abridged Version (2024)
Important! Play the game in platinum currency, gold gives less rewards!
Important! Play the game in platinum currency, gold gives less rewards!
This guide tries to cover most beginner questions about the outcomes of the game, its goal is to present all essential information needed to obtain the best results and save you time in becoming the very best Kindred trainer.
If you are wondering things like what the best kindred are, how to level up fast, how amulets work and how to make the most money playing the game this is a guide for you. It's progress is divided into 5 easy steps that will guide you through picking a good kindred to learning the best places to farm. The spoilers contain more specific information, feel free to read them at your own pace or skip them entirely.
Step 1, Pick an efficient Kin for farming
Lake Kindred is a simple game consisting of a repetitive combat system and does not require much strategy or knowledge. The best kindred are the most powerful and efficient, they win combats easily and fast, winning by a single hit. (1 Hit-KO) and taking less time against bosses. They are well identified and known as Tree Killers because they are able to farm against the Sycamorte Tree boss of Kindred Wilds (Stage 5), the most profitable for platinum farming.
This list of Tree Killers by Bazaar is an important resource when searching a good Kin. They are classified into 7 tiers using stars.
I recommend at least one 5 star Kindred from the list because they are able to farm in all areas of the game and have good accuracy. Nonetheless all Tree Killers do their job and are able to farm in most areas of the game, the difference is the time they take.
Specific recommendations
>The best cost-benefit options are cheap 5 star tree killers, currently Miasmal Kinmaera, Sakura Pegacorn Puff and Teasqueak tend to be the most affordable.
> Higher Tiers are from temporary Gcash rigs. In the MP there can be good deals of less than 300k but they are expensive. Usually the one seen in Gaia's banner has a lower price as it is available to obtain with money.
> 6 and 7 stars have just small differences in terms of Damage but not in Health. The big gap in price does not have much practical justification as the advantages 7 stars provide are small: saving you from using 1 or 2 potions occasionally translated in saving you a couple of minutes each 100 battles in some areas.
> 4 Stars and lower tend to be affordable, but some are scarce. They come from rigs obtainable in-game and the dragons Fafnirs from Splicing (Bazaar).
> You can find lower tier tree killers like Miasmal Chiclex, Kinmaera or Pumpae for free in charities like Kindred Depot and Red Corpse's just follow their rules.
> You can get 35-40K on average by doing all the daily rewards (Guide By me) to afford a good kindred after 1 or 2 days of saving an one very good kindred after a week or so.
> Higher Tiers are from temporary Gcash rigs. In the MP there can be good deals of less than 300k but they are expensive. Usually the one seen in Gaia's banner has a lower price as it is available to obtain with money.
> 6 and 7 stars have just small differences in terms of Damage but not in Health. The big gap in price does not have much practical justification as the advantages 7 stars provide are small: saving you from using 1 or 2 potions occasionally translated in saving you a couple of minutes each 100 battles in some areas.
> 4 Stars and lower tend to be affordable, but some are scarce. They come from rigs obtainable in-game and the dragons Fafnirs from Splicing (Bazaar).
> You can find lower tier tree killers like Miasmal Chiclex, Kinmaera or Pumpae for free in charities like Kindred Depot and Red Corpse's just follow their rules.
> You can get 35-40K on average by doing all the daily rewards (Guide By me) to afford a good kindred after 1 or 2 days of saving an one very good kindred after a week or so.
What classifies a Kindred as a Tree Killer are the damage of its strongest skill (800 or +) and health (600 or +). Damage, health and accuracy are the most important stats. Only Kindred with the most damage (+ than 900) and health (+ than 1000) can deal with the strongest boss of the game, Viperex. List of Viperex Killers (Bazaar)
Comparison between Tree Killer Tiers
>The differences between 7 Stars and 6 Stars are not considerable many have the same Max Health and the damage difference translates in saving you a few minutes each 100 battles in stages with Bosses.
> Tree Killers 5 stars or + are able to farm anywhere and defeat Viperex/MViperex, most of them have 95% accuracy, high health (1000-1485), and high damage in their strongest skill (1000-1800). However 5 Stars spend more health potions and take more turns vs Viperex. Only few 5 stars are affordable.
> Tree Killles 4 stars of lower tend to have avg accuracy 90%, lower health (800 or less) but decent damage in their strongest skill (800-1000-1200). They can farm with ease in most areas of the game except the Viperex stage Miasmal Lake Stage 5 (you can try escaping combats with them as it is not a frequent boss). Some high health common kindred require using a skill instead of a magic attack to 1H-KO them
> Tree Killers 5 stars or + are able to farm anywhere and defeat Viperex/MViperex, most of them have 95% accuracy, high health (1000-1485), and high damage in their strongest skill (1000-1800). However 5 Stars spend more health potions and take more turns vs Viperex. Only few 5 stars are affordable.
> Tree Killles 4 stars of lower tend to have avg accuracy 90%, lower health (800 or less) but decent damage in their strongest skill (800-1000-1200). They can farm with ease in most areas of the game except the Viperex stage Miasmal Lake Stage 5 (you can try escaping combats with them as it is not a frequent boss). Some high health common kindred require using a skill instead of a magic attack to 1H-KO them
Combat Tactics and Potions
>The strongest attack is magic use it for most kindred since the magic bar regenerates each combat and hardly depletes.
> Against bosses there is one Skill that you need to know and its the Kindred most powerful skill, found in this list (Bazaar). Although most skill are stronger than magic for Tree Killers with high damage the most efficient that you should spam is the strongest one.
> When you can't 1H-KO a kindred at a lower level you can use a singe potion before attacking to help you win faster.
> Health potions are used for stronger kindred, mainly boss battles, the highest the original health of your kindred the most efficient the potion.
> You need to asses the damage of bosses to decide using a small or a large health potion, the strongest attack of important high lvl bosses are: Panthom Sycamorte (600 or +), Watermeat (2 Miasmal Viperex (900 or +)
> Vs Viperex - High Tier Tree Killers require a couple of small potions and maybe one big. Middle Tiers require some Small and 1 Big or more and Lower Tiers either are too low health to withstand Viperex attacks or require several Big potions.
>Stamina potions are cheap and considering Tree Killers tend to have a lot of Stamina you could have a just one Kin in your party and farm hours with it.
> Against bosses there is one Skill that you need to know and its the Kindred most powerful skill, found in this list (Bazaar). Although most skill are stronger than magic for Tree Killers with high damage the most efficient that you should spam is the strongest one.
> When you can't 1H-KO a kindred at a lower level you can use a singe potion before attacking to help you win faster.
> Health potions are used for stronger kindred, mainly boss battles, the highest the original health of your kindred the most efficient the potion.
> You need to asses the damage of bosses to decide using a small or a large health potion, the strongest attack of important high lvl bosses are: Panthom Sycamorte (600 or +), Watermeat (2 Miasmal Viperex (900 or +)
> Vs Viperex - High Tier Tree Killers require a couple of small potions and maybe one big. Middle Tiers require some Small and 1 Big or more and Lower Tiers either are too low health to withstand Viperex attacks or require several Big potions.
>Stamina potions are cheap and considering Tree Killers tend to have a lot of Stamina you could have a just one Kin in your party and farm hours with it.
Step 2, Optimize Amulets
(This step could be skipped to a later step)
Amulets serve 3 main purposes in efficiency, leveling up for fun, getting 100% accuracy, increasing the platinum rewards in the few profitable areas. However lower tier kindred may benefit from the other amulets effects situationally. Beginners should focus on acquiring accuracy amulets since they are the most useful overall.
Guide of amulets and adjusting slots (Bazaar)
1) Leveling up in combats for fun with experience amulets (1 Circle neutral + 2 of any shape-element)
Leveling normally is not efficient after the first level since level up Ally potions are inexpensive (Info on the next step) but experience amulets help you level up faster.
Green experience amulets should be used for the first 8-10 levels as they are inexpensive to unequip and have the same effect of red amulets at low levels. The % number doesn't matter at this point. You can receive up to 2 experience points with 2 green amulets equipped, 1 point from a circle neutral amulet + 1 point from a elemental experience amulet that match the kindred you are defeating. Preferably use a Wood element amulet and level up in Lake Kindred and Kindred Wilds since the majority of enemies share that element.
Red experience amulets should be used when planning to level up a kindred past level 9-10. They start taking effect with enemies of levels 8-10 and the amulets percentages stack, the cost to unequip them (500 p) is similar to one ally plus potion. A good combination of neutral + elemntal circle amulets can give 25% or more, if you use pure elemental amulets the max percentage would be 21%.
Green experience amulets should be used for the first 8-10 levels as they are inexpensive to unequip and have the same effect of red amulets at low levels. The % number doesn't matter at this point. You can receive up to 2 experience points with 2 green amulets equipped, 1 point from a circle neutral amulet + 1 point from a elemental experience amulet that match the kindred you are defeating. Preferably use a Wood element amulet and level up in Lake Kindred and Kindred Wilds since the majority of enemies share that element.
Red experience amulets should be used when planning to level up a kindred past level 9-10. They start taking effect with enemies of levels 8-10 and the amulets percentages stack, the cost to unequip them (500 p) is similar to one ally plus potion. A good combination of neutral + elemntal circle amulets can give 25% or more, if you use pure elemental amulets the max percentage would be 21%.
2) Increasing Accuracy to never miss a hit (Square amulets)
Increasing Accuracy are the be the best option for non platinum farming stages (the majority). They save you about 1 min or + if you kin had 95 acc and 2 mins or + if you Kin had 90 acc each 100 combats, prevent you from consuming health potions and a avoiding a lot of frustration. They are scarce in the MP
Amulets work with a percentage of the original accuracy Kindred with 95 accuracy require 1 or 2 amulets that sum 5% but Kindred with 90 accuracy require at least 2 or 3 amulets that sum 11%.
Amulets work with a percentage of the original accuracy Kindred with 95 accuracy require 1 or 2 amulets that sum 5% but Kindred with 90 accuracy require at least 2 or 3 amulets that sum 11%.
3) Increase Platinum rewards in plat farming stages (Diamond amulets)
Platinum increasing amulets are rare in the MP, they don't have much use outside plat farming stages.
They work the best in the stages Kindred Wilds Stage 5 (3 Diamond reds of 7% each increase on avg the plat rewards by 4.5k per 100 battles) and Miasmal Lake Stage 5 (3 Diamond red of 7% each, increasing 1.7k per 100 battles).
Stages like Land of Sweet and Kindred Wilds give about 100 p extra per 100 battles using 3 Diamond reds of 7%. Kindred Wilds stage 4 benefits as well but it is not a profitable area to farm.
Kin that benefit the most with Diamond amulets are kindred with high accuracy Like Tianlong and Sakura Pegacorn Fluff
Basically just 2 stages benefit considerable more to justify using plat increasing amulets, in those using a platinum amulet is in theory slightly more efficient than using an accuracy amulet for profit but it's not a huge difference.
They work the best in the stages Kindred Wilds Stage 5 (3 Diamond reds of 7% each increase on avg the plat rewards by 4.5k per 100 battles) and Miasmal Lake Stage 5 (3 Diamond red of 7% each, increasing 1.7k per 100 battles).
Stages like Land of Sweet and Kindred Wilds give about 100 p extra per 100 battles using 3 Diamond reds of 7%. Kindred Wilds stage 4 benefits as well but it is not a profitable area to farm.
Kin that benefit the most with Diamond amulets are kindred with high accuracy Like Tianlong and Sakura Pegacorn Fluff
Basically just 2 stages benefit considerable more to justify using plat increasing amulets, in those using a platinum amulet is in theory slightly more efficient than using an accuracy amulet for profit but it's not a huge difference.
Other Amulet effects
The effects of Damage, Life and Resistance provide very limited benefit for Tree Killer who already have high stats but for lower tiers they they can be useful in some situations. Stamina amulets are the less useful.
Damage Square Amulets help Kin 1H-KO bosses, high tier Tree Killer are either not able to 1H-KO strong bosses or receive more benefit from having full platinum amulets. Example: Using damage amulets on 6 Star Tree Killer get them to have more 1H-KO's vs Sandman Rose and Castor bosses. The only rare case where damage amulets are slightly more efficient on a very profitable stage is when you use legendary amulets on the kindred with maximum stats to 1H-KO Watermeats.
Life Circle Amulets help weaker Kin withstand bosses' attacks. Examples: A Watermeat will benefit a lot from a life increase amulet against higher levels of Phantom Sycamorte Trees that deal 600 or + damage. A Miasmal Terra and Many T4 Kindred of over 800 health will be able to deal with high level Viperex that deal 900 or + damage.
Resistance Circle Amulets help Kin avoid status effects, they are not as useful for Kins that can 1H-KO or 2H-KO the bosses but benefit may others a lot. Example: A Sakura Pegacorn or Miasmal Kinmaera will benefit a lot by never being put to sleep vs a Watermeat Boss and never getting poisoned vs Sycamorte Trees.
Damage Square Amulets help Kin 1H-KO bosses, high tier Tree Killer are either not able to 1H-KO strong bosses or receive more benefit from having full platinum amulets. Example: Using damage amulets on 6 Star Tree Killer get them to have more 1H-KO's vs Sandman Rose and Castor bosses. The only rare case where damage amulets are slightly more efficient on a very profitable stage is when you use legendary amulets on the kindred with maximum stats to 1H-KO Watermeats.
Life Circle Amulets help weaker Kin withstand bosses' attacks. Examples: A Watermeat will benefit a lot from a life increase amulet against higher levels of Phantom Sycamorte Trees that deal 600 or + damage. A Miasmal Terra and Many T4 Kindred of over 800 health will be able to deal with high level Viperex that deal 900 or + damage.
Resistance Circle Amulets help Kin avoid status effects, they are not as useful for Kins that can 1H-KO or 2H-KO the bosses but benefit may others a lot. Example: A Sakura Pegacorn or Miasmal Kinmaera will benefit a lot by never being put to sleep vs a Watermeat Boss and never getting poisoned vs Sycamorte Trees.
Strategies:
Red Amulets are hard to come by, especially red platinum amulets, people use alchemy to transform 20 platinum amulets into a rare amulet of random properties.
Accuracy amulets are the best for Kin in most parts of the game, the exception are the platinum farming stages Kindred Wilds and Miasmal Lake. For this you can dedicate one Kindred to exclusively carry plat amulets to farm in plat farming stages, preferably one with high accuracy.
Using an accuracy amulet on 90-95 acc Kins over a platinum finder amulet in a plat farming stage is just slightly worse but the difference isn't significant.
Accuracy amulets are the best for Kin in most parts of the game, the exception are the platinum farming stages Kindred Wilds and Miasmal Lake. For this you can dedicate one Kindred to exclusively carry plat amulets to farm in plat farming stages, preferably one with high accuracy.
Using an accuracy amulet on 90-95 acc Kins over a platinum finder amulet in a plat farming stage is just slightly worse but the difference isn't significant.
Step 3, Level your Kindred up
Nowadays the best strategy is to buy your way to the top since Ally Plus potions are cheap and widely available, leveling up normally past the first level is not efficient since activities like Bumping the forums (~1.3k p per minute) Playing Pinball (~1k p per minute) or Playing zOmg or farming in Lake Kindred (~800 p to 1.3k per minute) can give you enough to buy a Chirpette Bundle of 4k-5k containing 10 Ally potions in a few minutes.
But if you decide to do it for fun, here are some strategies:
Have experience amulets equipped (info on Step 3), a circle neutral experience amulet combined with any elemental amulet is the best combination to level up. Preferably use a wood amulet and farm in Lake Kindred and Kindred Wild areas the first 10 levels as they are straighforward and most enemies are wood element.
High Tier Tree Killers can win combats against enemies 3-5 levels above their level in the first levels and after level 10 win vs Kin 10, 20 or even 25-30 levels above them. You should choose higher stages of over 30-40% the level of your Kin if it can 1H-KO enemies consistently.
Low Tier Tree Killers will be able to win combats against kindred of their own level and a couple of levels higher. Use them in stages close to their level or maybe a couple of levels higher but not too high that they can't 1H-KO.
Some Stages are less efficient than others because their lower level is an "odd number" or they contain a boss. Road map of most efficient stages including an example of how a high and a low Tree Killer would be level efficiently on different stages
High Tier Tree Killers can win combats against enemies 3-5 levels above their level in the first levels and after level 10 win vs Kin 10, 20 or even 25-30 levels above them. You should choose higher stages of over 30-40% the level of your Kin if it can 1H-KO enemies consistently.
Low Tier Tree Killers will be able to win combats against kindred of their own level and a couple of levels higher. Use them in stages close to their level or maybe a couple of levels higher but not too high that they can't 1H-KO.
Some Stages are less efficient than others because their lower level is an "odd number" or they contain a boss. Road map of most efficient stages including an example of how a high and a low Tree Killer would be level efficiently on different stages
Step 4, Level up your Trainer Level
To unlock all stages including the most profitable ones you need to increase your own trainer level at least to level 21 when the last and most profitable capsule farming stages open (5th stages of Milky Way and Land of Sweets).
At any point but preferably after the first 10-20 levels you can just buy and use 100% and 200% Skill Plus potions. The cost of the potions can be covered by the rewards, 200% Potions tend to cost 500 p and on average you gain 684 p per level, (cost is less than 30k for all the potions needed)
You can continue leveling up to 100 as you get profitable rewards. In total you should get 68.4k. If w combine platinum with items that would increase the the reward amount to ~80k. Complete list of rewards (Bazaar)
Strategy if you want to level up without potions for fun.
To level up normally the best is having a level 50 kindred and level up in Fafnir Peak Stage 5 (lvls 26-50) unlocked at level 5, until you unlock Gaia Lab Closed Stage 5 (Lvls 35-50) at level 15.
After level 20-25 farming for potions in Kindred Wilds is more convenient, other stages can drop the potions Kindred Wilds has a high rate of Skill Plus drop and other additional rewards.
After level 20-25 farming for potions in Kindred Wilds is more convenient, other stages can drop the potions Kindred Wilds has a high rate of Skill Plus drop and other additional rewards.
Step 5 Pick a profitable area to farm and get rich!
After picking a strong Tree Killer, leveling it to lvl 40-50 and getting your trainer level up to lvl 21 you will be able to farm anywhere but there are only 4 stages that are the most profitable for either the high amount of platinum they yield (Kindred Wilds/Miasmal Lake) or the high capsule drop rate they have (Milky Way/Land of Sweets 50-60% capsule drop rates) I compared these stages and made statistics with the result of 500 combats in each.
The 2 main profitable activities of these 4 stages are: Farming platinum and Farming Capsules. Both have pros and cons, mainly that farming platinum is immediate and involves less effort and luck, while farming for capsules can be 30% or more profitable but requires effort to list items and they can take weeks or months to sell. What makes an impact in capsule farming is its high ticket item (10k +) rates. Farming Caps also helps you build your inventory but clogs it with low value items.
Lastly opening the capsules to sell their items tends to be more profitable than selling closed caps when opened in a bunch (preferably more than 30) so you obtain one or two decently priced items. Only if you have less than 20 caps that don't plan to open or need money fast you should sell them closed. Closed caps are among the most liquid items.
Comparison of the stages in 100 battles including price of other drops and time listing items:
Kindred Wilds 5 (KW) is the best Area to farm for platinum - 790 plat per minute
Miasmal Lake 5 (MLk) is the 2nd best - 624 plat per min About half of its profits are from capsules an rig drops
Milky Way 5 (MW) is the best to farm for capsules - 1289 plat per minute
Land of Sweets 5 (LoS) is the 2nd best - 878 plat per minute
*The 3rd best spot could go to Miasmal Lake Stages 3-4 where you could farm the rig "Watermelon Patch" but its price has droped a lot, it involves luck and a good market price of about '2k' per patch for it to compare to Miasmal Lake 5
Comparisons of plat per minute and total plat of the averages:
Stage| Plat / min
MW _|1289.3 (Open caps)
KW__| 789.6 (Open caps)
LoS__| 877.7 (Open Caps)
MLk__| 624.5 (Closed Caps)
Stage| Total Plat
MW_.| 67042.6 (Open Caps)
LoS_.| 41779.6 (Open Caps)
KW__| 32849 (Open Caps)
MLk_| 21482.8 (Closed Caps)
Other areas to farm capsules
Other places tend to be less profitable since they drop 30% to 50% less than in the other stages. However despite lower chances for high ticket items, some Rigs tend to contain more expensive items and some stages contain valuable drops like Chaos Seeds/Halloween Kandy in Gaia Lab Open, What's the Manner in Bunny Planet, Hephaestus Peak has the mysterious Space egg but its price is not worth it. Getting a good item of over 10k p like I did in 100 battles on Hephaestus Peak makes the profit of farming there comparable to other areas (935.3 plat per min) but such a result is less consistent and you can get bad results like I did in 100 battles on Gaia Lab (Closed) only 340.56 plat per minute
List of all the Rigs from Capsules by Elegantly Luminous
Thread by Largely with capsule drop rates for all stages.
Complete drops from each stage by marriageyawanna
Most pricey rigs from each capsule.
Links to many useful threads by Glengrin
Some stats by Lovers Lost
