What recommended 'level' should one be before starting to join parties for Jelly king spam?
I'm poor, and wearing this:
Tempered Calibur
Magnus
Jelly helm
Elemental cloak
Owlite shield
All level 10 due to wearing so long. I had cobalt helm, but wear jelly now so I can get a crown.
Think I would survive at jelly to at least make some money to get better gear? More than likely a single cursed sword would sell for quite a bit, though I do want the gun. There's plenty to choose from I guess.
I know there is better gear, like Venom striker for poisoning it, but like I said. I'm poor. Got 4k crowns, 200 energy, and 69 mist energy, because I can.
That's enough to contribute to the effort in a party of four. I'm similarly attired (Well, Tempered Calibur, elemental cloak & hood, horned owlite shield, shadowtech alchemer mk ii) and I do fine in parties of four that are in the mixed 2*/3* range of gear. You do have to be good enough to save up three health capsules each, and it helps if you can also save up 3 poison vials each and some other useful vials (curse vials are excellent!) If you tend to burn through all your health capsules and vials, you may need to work on your playstyle. I find that we can't do the jelly king as a two-player party though, with this level of gear, but then, maybe we just need to be luckier as we haven't hit the king with max vials and capsules yet. (Ideally, 3 each, health, poison, curse, and fire on each player, but that may be dreaming.) Practice runs are profitable too, if you don't res for energy too much. The jelly palace levels pay well, and are easier to get through once you know the layout, where you can lure them out and where you have to just suck it up and work around the spikes.