5mo ago

What's the best use of iridium bars early game?

I'm in year 2, have 13 bars, a couple of purple sprinklers. I'm thinking of saving up for the desert totem. is there a better use? should I upgrade my pick

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Upgraded pick will save you time and energy, so absolutely.
You can get desert totems from the trader (in the desert), but I don't remember what she wants for it. Not as much material as building one yourself.
- Desert trader has totems for 3 omni geodes. Super cheap in my opinion. Just one good day in the mines can let you get like 20 totems.

I second upgrading your pick. Also I'd use the extra iridium for a few sprinklers :)

I typically focus first on things that give me more iridium: pickaxe (faster mining), crystalariums (jade = staircases and ruby = spicy eels), iridium band (big upgrade over either magnet or glowstone ring).
Then I upgrade the other important tools (axe, hoe, water can) and get iridium sprinklers, depending on which is more pressing in a certain playthrough. I only upgrade stuff like the pan or the trash can when I don't know what to do with iridium any more.
- Iridium pan gives you hella iridium returns, though.
  
  It does but it's unreliable; mining is faster once you have it set up properly.
- What day is Jade staircases? I can't seem to get there on the right day..
  
  I think it's Sunday.

I feel like the quality of life improvements of the iridium axe and pick are worth it.

Well......we play multiplayer, and we find a way to give them to me!!!!
MWA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!

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