What are the best Kindred?/What Kindred you recommend/fits my budget?
The so called "Tree Killers" are the best Kindred in the game here is a list with different tiers. Tiers above 5 stars have optimal health and accuracy. Most of them come from temporary Rigs and are expensive (from 250k to 1M), (Exceptions/Recomendations: Miasmal Kinmaera, Sakura Pegacorn, Teasqueak). You can find good deals in some of them. Consider you can get 40k from all your dailies (Guide) and that there are very small differences between 6 stars and 7 stars (top tier) which renders not very significant benefits, so functionally is not worth to pay millions for top tiers/original color kindred when 6 stars re-colors go for 250-300k.
The top Tiers of Tree Killers and some high health lower tiers can deal with the strongest boss of the game and are also called Viperex Killers list.
Kindred 4 Stars or lower tend to be affordable and work for most areas of the game but are sub-optimal in terms of opportunity-cost because they take the space of a better 5+ stars alternative, they struggle vs the boss Viperex for their low health and require more accuracy amulets to have similar efficiency to 5 stars but pretty decent alternatives exist. (E.g./Recomendations. Watermeat, Miasmal Terra, (normal) Kinmaera).
You'd only need a single good Kindred to reap benefits of the game stamina potions are abundant and cheap. With 2 Kin or more you save up on stamina potions.
More information on the Efficiency guide "Pick a efficient Kindred..."
The top Tiers of Tree Killers and some high health lower tiers can deal with the strongest boss of the game and are also called Viperex Killers list.
Kindred 4 Stars or lower tend to be affordable and work for most areas of the game but are sub-optimal in terms of opportunity-cost because they take the space of a better 5+ stars alternative, they struggle vs the boss Viperex for their low health and require more accuracy amulets to have similar efficiency to 5 stars but pretty decent alternatives exist. (E.g./Recomendations. Watermeat, Miasmal Terra, (normal) Kinmaera).
You'd only need a single good Kindred to reap benefits of the game stamina potions are abundant and cheap. With 2 Kin or more you save up on stamina potions.
More information on the Efficiency guide "Pick a efficient Kindred..."
How to obtain X Kindred
Bazaar has the most complete database.
Where to find Kindred's statistics? Where to find Resources/Guides? Where to find the changes in the game?
A lot of useful information like this and more you can find it in Bazaar thread, under their respective sections, the most complete and updated Kin Database along with his website containing useful guides for beginners and splicing .
Glengrin has a thread compiling the links of many useful threads..
...and a thread reporting game updates.
What is the best way to earn money?/best places to farm?
There exist 2 main ways to earn money, farming plat from Tree and Viperex Killing (Stages 5 of Kindred Wilds) and farming capsules in the most profitable stages (Stages 5 of Land of Sweets, Milky Way). Other stages offer lower results but can compensate that with unique drops, (eg. Miasmal Lake Stage 3-4 drops valuable Watermelon Patches, Bunny Planet drops ‘what’s the manner’, Gaia Lab Open drops Jack’s seeds + Kandy.)
The main differences are that plat farming gives you instant liquidity (608-1216 most times you kill the Tree Boss can be higher with Viperex), And selling items from capsules involves luck, requires more time commitment and effort to list-relist the items, it's dependent of the prices in the MP and can build up (and clog) your inventory but research suggest it yields higher profits (about 30% compared results of 500 battles mid-2024).
Capsules are among the most liquid items but selling them unopened is rarely worth it because of their chance of dropping high ticket items of 10k +. It is still an option when you have just a few of them (less than 30).
Further information in the last section of the efficiency guide.
The main differences are that plat farming gives you instant liquidity (608-1216 most times you kill the Tree Boss can be higher with Viperex), And selling items from capsules involves luck, requires more time commitment and effort to list-relist the items, it's dependent of the prices in the MP and can build up (and clog) your inventory but research suggest it yields higher profits (about 30% compared results of 500 battles mid-2024).
Capsules are among the most liquid items but selling them unopened is rarely worth it because of their chance of dropping high ticket items of 10k +. It is still an option when you have just a few of them (less than 30).
Further information in the last section of the efficiency guide.
What is the plat cap/how the plat cap works/why am I getting less money?
Gaia has a mechanism to limit the amount of plat you earn yielding diminishing returns once you trigger it until you earn only 1 plat from anything. What triggers it is a combination of how fast you earn plat and a certain amount higher than 12k. You can experiment triggering it yourself if you use a pc and earn the pinball reward + your dailies in a fast way.
To solve it you need to stop earning plat as soon as possible and the results should go back to normal after half an hour to an hour depending on how much you kept playing. Alternatives to circumvent it is using an alt account or switching from plat to capsule farming, earning just 1 plat occasionally doesn’t seem to affect the waiting period.
To solve it you need to stop earning plat as soon as possible and the results should go back to normal after half an hour to an hour depending on how much you kept playing. Alternatives to circumvent it is using an alt account or switching from plat to capsule farming, earning just 1 plat occasionally doesn’t seem to affect the waiting period.
What does the Trainer Level do, how do I unlock stages?
The trainer Level unlocks stages; the last ones to open are Land of Sweets and Milky Way 5 and at level 21. It also gives you rewards. Complete reward list.
Best way to level up kindred?
Use potions as they are cheap and abundant. Leveling up manually is not worth it time/money-wise. You can earn enough for a potion with 5 lorem ipsum bumps in the forums rather than fighting more than 10 battles. Cheapest way to obtain them is through Chirpette bundles.
To level up kindred manually fun the best combination is using a circle amulet of neutral experience with 1 or more elemental amulets (preferably wood for Lake Kindred/Kindred Wilds enemies).
To level up kindred manually fun the best combination is using a circle amulet of neutral experience with 1 or more elemental amulets (preferably wood for Lake Kindred/Kindred Wilds enemies).
What are the contents of the capsules/rigs (random item generators)?
Elegantly Luminous made a thread with the contents from the capsules. Bazaar has spreadsheets that show the items.
What are the drop chances for capsules/items?
Largely Inaudible created a thread with information of capsule drop rates.
Marriageyawanna has spreadsheets for drop rates of all the items.
What are the best rigs?
List of pricey rigs.
How to use amulets (efficiently)?
First of all make sure you have all 3 available slots by using roll all potions and then you have the slot shape you want by using roll 1 potions. Check how to have the slots you want here. Basic info here.
Amulets boost your outcomes, saving you valuable minutes each play session. They serve 2 main functions: Increasing accuracy (Square amulets), Increasing platinum earned (Diamond Amulets).
With accuracy amulets your kindred never misses a hit which saves you frustration and translates in saving you a couple of minutes each 100 combats, they are the most useful overall.
Platinum amulets only work well in the 2 most profitable plat farming stages, a fully equipped kindred can get 20% more plat, which is even more efficient than equipping a square amulet in plat stages.
Further information of other uses in the amulet section of the efficiency guide. Guide on crafting and percentages here.
Amulets boost your outcomes, saving you valuable minutes each play session. They serve 2 main functions: Increasing accuracy (Square amulets), Increasing platinum earned (Diamond Amulets).
With accuracy amulets your kindred never misses a hit which saves you frustration and translates in saving you a couple of minutes each 100 combats, they are the most useful overall.
Platinum amulets only work well in the 2 most profitable plat farming stages, a fully equipped kindred can get 20% more plat, which is even more efficient than equipping a square amulet in plat stages.
Further information of other uses in the amulet section of the efficiency guide. Guide on crafting and percentages here.
What are the best charities?
The Kindred Depot and The Red Corpse charity are the most generous and active charities. Uthen and Lovers have Kins for adoption as well.
What is splicing/How splicing works/How to obtain splicing shards?
Only a few Kindred are spliceable, it is like breeding, you get a baby from a mom and a dad (Solar/Lunar lvl 10 Kindred), when you use a splicing shard. The resulting baby Kin is different from their parents and no longer spliceable. Full info of Splicing here List of spliceable Kin here. Where to find splicing shards here.
