darkSpyro

Hello everyone,

Couple of quick questions.... Who do you guys feel is the best companion? Gives the most bang for the gems?

Also, is their anyway at all to see how often someone plays? My friends list is full and would love to clear out some of the deadbeats but don't want to clear out people who play.

Gem Based Companions:

1. Hyde
2. Capybara king
3. Cape girl
4. #1 fans
5. Soft paw (if you have Swappers)

After that you are spending just to make gold. I'd go Gorm/Turk the Gigantus.

If you have 5 different elements of swappers,I could see soft paw as 1 or 2

I unlocked Softpaw it is just getting the bats to spawn now. He does not seem to increase the rate of them. :/

#1 - Diggs.
Seriously.
For real.
Get him now. Like, right now.

Converts gold to gems. You can only get him this month.

I was thinking about Tessa and her mabu boost but for 3k gems is a lot. I only have 1900 right now. I just got an offer for 50% off of Cali. Is that worth taking?

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Also, is their anyway at all to see how often someone plays? My friends list is full and would love to clear out some of the deadbeats but don't want to clear out people who play.

Visit the Friends list via the Activate menu and it will show the last time they logged in starting with the most recent. Scroll to the end to see the folks who haven't logged in in a while.

I usually use 2 weeks as a starting point to remove.....

In my opinion Cali is not worth it until you have your gem production going - houses, companions ryans18 mentioned, and diggs. Gold is much easier to increase generation on, both directly (shrines/companions that bonus gold) and indirectly (shrines/companions that bonus energy).

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#1 - Diggs.
Seriously.
For real.
Get him now. Like, right now.

Converts gold to gems. You can only get him this month.

I agree. And he's cheaper than Tessa for more value than her. Still way out of reach for someone who has an average of 5 gems. (I'm talking about me, by the way)

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Also, is their anyway at all to see how often someone plays? My friends list is full and would love to clear out some of the deadbeats but don't want to clear out people who play.

Visit the Friends list via the Activate menu and it will show the last time they logged in starting with the most recent. Scroll to the end to see the folks who haven't logged in in a while.

I usually use 2 weeks as a starting point to remove.....

I use 1 week.

I have all companions except for Tessa, Flynn, Ermit, Avril and Cherry.

My favourites are:
- Diggs!! You might get lucky on a personal offer with 50% off
- Captain White Claw in combination with capybara king!!! That should generate a steady stream of gems with every chest you open
- Hyde
- Cape girl

To speed things up, and having enough gems to start with, I did buy Cali and Ol'Mac. In combination with diggs, I like them even more! However, those two are expensive.....

Tessa: I don't really need her and she is expensive (even with 50% off). If you can generate enough gold, you'll find a way to expand your mabu.

Flynn: if you don't login a couple of times a day, to speed things up isn't as valuable as you might think

Avril: only valuable with new items/houses/islands to come to spend them

Cherry: if you have enough shrines, don't bother. She is expensive and shrines will do the job just fine!

However..... I would love to have Ermit but he is so expensive and doesn't appear a lot.......

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Gem Based Companions:

1. Hyde
2. Capybara king
3. Cape girl
4. #1 fans
5. Soft paw (if you have Swappers)

After that you are spending just to make gold. I'd go Gorm/Turk the Gigantus.

Since when do #1 fans produce any sort of gems?

I didn't notice a change after getting Soft Paw, at first, but I eventually started to. If he works, right, he would be the best gem producer. Hyde guarantees a gem a day (if you find him, which isn't always the case if you don't play often). Capybara King gives you a gem with every treasure chest, so he's better if you have Whiteclaw. Cape Girl probably doesn't produce as many gems as Capybara (at least, if you have Whiteclaw), but she does give you the instant clearing of trolls, sheep and chompy pods (does she affect bats, too? Wasn't sure since I already had her before. I would assume so). That helps with quests that require taking out trolls/sheep/etc.

Diggs may be able to produce quite a few gems, but he's expensive to run (unless you have a lot of gold). You can try time traveling back and forth until you get the 50% off (or wait to see if you happen to get him without time traveling). If you have enough gems, then he's probably worth it, and like other said, he's a limited time companion. But if you are low on gems, and can't afford him, then definitely just try for the others I mentioned. Hopefully, Diggs will come around again, like Ermit does.

Bats were instant before I got Cape Girl.

Bats are instant.

What is this time traveling that you are talking about?

Also, people seemed to be mixed on Cherry. I can get her for 600 gems. Worth it?

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Bats are instant.

What is this time traveling that you are talking about?

Also, people seemed to be mixed on Cherry. I can get her for 600 gems. Worth it?

Time traveling is when you change the clock on your device to trick the game into thinking it's a different time/day. You have to be in airplane mode for it to work, though, so it won't check your time with the server time. There are some rules when time traveling to prevent mishaps, though. There has been a lot of discussion about it, so I won't go into it, again.

As for Cherry, she's really not worth it. She wasn't even worth it when wish stones had more value. Now that they've taken away the ability to buy Halls with wish stones, they've become even less valuable. The only reason to get her, now, is just to complete your companion collection. Not really worth buying if there are other things to buy.

Some from what I get here is that.. Homes are good to get. I have one hall of legends and Ninjini's house. I think that is it. I have about 700 gems left. I did buy diggs for when I can use him more later. So you guys think I should buy a couple of houses?

Listen to obidawsn there is wisdom in them words.

I think I need to re-arrange the stuff on my islands to get better bonus XP. What are the words of wisdom for those?

Fisheries and taverns provide some of the best Xp per time per square. Someone a while back put out a spreadsheet with that info - I can't find it, but it's not hard to calculate.
Also, apply bonuses to the buildings that give you the best bang for how often you check in. If you only check in twice per day, you probably don't want to max bonuses on a 1 hour building. Likewise, it is generally a waste to bonus buildings that are 14+ hours - again you can probably get better bonuses on shorter-timed buildings. But it really all depends on how frequently you're in the game collecting

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Fisheries and taverns provide some of the best Xp per time per square. Someone a while back put out a spreadsheet with that info - I can't find it, but it's not hard to calculate.
Also, apply bonuses to the buildings that give you the best bang for how often you check in. If you only check in twice per day, you probably don't want to max bonuses on a 1 hour building. Likewise, it is generally a waste to bonus buildings that are 14+ hours - again you can probably get better bonuses on shorter-timed buildings. But it really all depends on how frequently you're in the game collecting

Bump. Also put topiaries in between four buildings were the corners meet so that all four buildings get 10 XP from one topiary. Then fill in the space between the buildings with topiaries as soon as u get some extra kudos bout the only thing kudos are good for.

Kingdom XP generation is partially a matter of how much the building produces, how frequently it produces it and, perhaps most importantly, how frequently you can collect it. Also relevant it how many mabu it consumes and how much space it takes up.

The absolute best building in the game right now is the stage, which generates 12,000 xp on an 8 hour timer. That's easily collectible 2x per day for 24,000 xp. Nothing beats it, but the mabu cost is extremely high.

The park and circus are also great, but you have to collect them every 1.2 hours to get the maximum benefit. If you can't do that, they become worth less and less.

The taverns and fisheries are some of my favorite buildings. They cost zero mabu, which is huge in my mind. They are effectively "free" xp and do better than most buildings (other than stages, parks, circuses, tailors and potters).