Spiral Knights - crowns and tiers

crowns and tiers

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Sun, 07/31/2011 - 07:46

chuiu

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So I'm not exactly new to the game, I have many 3* and a couple 4* items, working on getting more. But at this point I'm always faced with a lack of crowns, and I need a good easy way to farm them. I browsed around the wiki and the forums and maybe I just didn't see it but is there a difference in how much crowns you get from T1 vs T2?

And do crown numbers get nerfed after you play through certain levels once before? Because I did notice someone saying you get around 10k a JK run, but I just did a full JK run last night and only got around 5k at most. I think I remember getting around 5k a run in T1, but not sure if I remember correctly so I don't want to start doing those thinking its faster easier money.

Sun, 07/31/2011 - 08:10

yusyus

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i think there was some nerf

i think there was some nerf in the past regarding the absurd amount of crowns one gets off a jelly run, 5-6k sounds normal.
and yes i think there's a difference on how much crowns you get to the different tiers. (best is to join some friends at level 13 at or after basil, those are the levels (always after the merchant) which bring the most heat and crowns (read that somewhere here in the forums))

hope this helps somewhat

Sun, 07/31/2011 - 09:48

Quasirandom

Within a tier, the stratum

Within a tier, the stratum after Basil offers far more loot per level than the stratum before Basil. Higher tiers also offer more loot than lower tiers, but this effect is much smaller than comparing the two strata within a tier. This leads people who do the fifth stratum and then leave to think that tier 3 doesn't offer much loot.

But that's all right. It's their loss, really. Just yesterday, I had a group where everyone else left at Basil, so I continued solo. I got a sun silver the very next level, and didn't have to risk someone else getting it, because I was solo. And then the level after that, I got another sun silver.

Sun, 07/31/2011 - 10:25

chuiu

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Ok, thanks that's what I was thinking. Guess I'm going to keep to T2 and arenas.

Sun, 07/31/2011 - 14:07

Bestiaros

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DRs

Don't forget Danger Rooms. Post-Basil Stratums with 2-3 arenas are good loot-wise, but Post-Basil Stratums with 4 DRs give much better loot, heat and crown wise. Of course you won't always get a DR at Clockwork Tunnel levels, but taking the risk is worth it. With a bit of luck, you can get up to 17-20k pick-up crowns in a tier 3 run filled with DRs. Same applys for tier 1 and 2, just not at the same scale.

Sun, 07/31/2011 - 17:54

Soulstaker

JK runs including bonouses

JK runs including bonouses and arenas.

Sun, 07/31/2011 - 20:06

Arctic-Fern

The current JK gate has tons

The current JK gate has tons of arenas and a couple of deconstruction zones in Tier 2.

Also, Jelly Farm at Tier 3, Floor 28. Best. Floor. Ever. :D

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 13:49

Bestiaros

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@FernPanda

I won't deny that the Jelly Farm is fun as hell at depth 28, but what made me lol is that it actually only gives a little bit more heat then the Jelly farm that was on depth 5 a few weeks ago. (Speaking of Jelly Farm 2, which should give the most heat between them)

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 15:33

Soulstaker

4.5k from Snarby Runs

I get 4.5k From snarby runs including Danger areas.I think because I have tier 2 gear I can do danger rooms easy and quick and gain a reasonable amound of crowns in each level.I get around 5.5k crowns in a full Jk run.(Not including danger rooms) Plus I get very good mats in Jk runs.Only thing thats good from tier one is getting owilitte feathers and monster bones from it.

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 15:36

Soulstaker

They added more levels

They added 3 more levels to JK runs.More profitable.Have not done a updated Jk run but i am sure the max is 6.5k-7k crowns per run.(Including all danger rooms)

Tue, 08/02/2011 - 03:34

#10

Bestiaros

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@gerryw173

Got 8k yesterday from one full run doing the arena at depth 12 and 14. 5k after finishing depth 14, which is pretty awesome, and 3k for the 2 remaining Jelly Levels.

Wed, 08/03/2011 - 23:34

#11

Business-Lady

How profitable is the Jelly

How profitable is the Jelly King run -without- fighting the Jelly King? Since Rescue Camp 5 days ago, I've been soloing. Today I decided to try a Snarbalox run with other players, and I found my team mates a little.. reckless (even though the one is already equipped for enter T2). I am still a beginner, but I don't run through the spikes when I can wait 2-3 seconds and prevent taking damage. And during the fight against Snarby, all of them just decided to gang on it without stunning (needless to say, they all died 1-3 times on that fight alone). I'll give group a couple more tries, but if it doesn't work out, I may go back to solo until I can get some friends into the game.

But based on the JK's reputation as a hard boss, I doubt that I'll be able to solo it for a while (in fact, having never played T2, I am not even sure how difficult are the levels are prior to the boss). My question is, is it better that I do full T1/Snarby runs (including danger rooms and complete arenas), or should I move onto T2 just avoiding JK?

And how tough are T2 danger rooms? I actually find some deeper T1 danger rooms harder than snarby (it can be hard to avoid bombs when there isn't much room to maneuver).

Thu, 08/04/2011 - 08:14

#12

Soulstaker

Well if you are crown

Well if you are crown grinding like me and don't need jelly gems that badly.then go up to haven when you go on his elevator.

Tue, 08/16/2011 - 21:00

#13

Supnaplamqw

Well usually I get up to 3k

Well usually I get up to 3k in tier 1 runs and 5k in tier 2 runs.I remember aquiring 5k in tier 1 but that was because I always did the arenas.

Tue, 08/16/2011 - 23:51

#14

Quasirandom

For comparison, in sixth

For comparison, in sixth stratum, you can expect about 1k crowns from a typical level. Add another 1k if you do a danger room, and more if that level is an arena. If you're solo, you'll tend to get more than that in materials, too, though that gets greatly diluted in larger groups.

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