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Nothing gets more relaxing thanRusty’s Retirement.
Especially with a large list of crops to unlock and a number of helpful NPCs to build homes for.
And this guide is here to help you get started.
button and scroll all the way to the bottomto see the legend.
The game uses icons for every resource.
If you ever forget or are unsure what one of the icons means, the “?”
The golden cog thatis just above Rusty’s front doors is clickable.
One click will earn you an achievement, but not much more.
It will help when you are a few spare parts off frompurchasing a robot or filling your farm plots.
Do this as often or as many times as you want,it never stops producing spare parts.
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Plant a lot of the most recent crop you’ve unlocked.
So you might get a head start on collecting what you need before it’s needed.
There are42 crops to unlock.
And each crop is progressively more difficult to unlock.
But that is part ofthe idle nature of the game.
However, it will only show you which kinds you need of those you have already unlocked.
Set up a crop patch where yousolely plant the starter crops.
This will keep you in the green when it comes to Biofuel.
Butyou’ll want to be making enough Biofuel to keep them working.
When you’re thinking about starting to purchase and build bots,prioritize Water Bots.
Rusty can harvest crops and add them to the Biofuel Converter.
Here are some of the best.
This will take some of the Biofuel you’ve created and turn it into spare parts.
And, when you are first starting,spare parts are more useful to you.
Your Bots are powered by Biofuel and will be draining it slowly.
Stock up on Biofuel, soyou aren’t sat waiting for more to generate.
Haiku is the natural first as their homecosts the leastout of all of the NPC buildings.
You will have to save50 Biofuel and 1,000 spare partsand then can start construction on Haiku’s Home.
Haiku is going to help Rusty with everything around the farm.
Everything Rusty can do, Haiku can too.
Andyou can set their priorities separatelyin the Priorities tab.
Echo requires you to skip ahead of the other NPCs that would be the natural next options.
But they will be much more helpful ingenerating more Biofuel and spare parts faster.
Echo’s Workshop costs300 Biofuel and 8,000 spare parts.
Once built, Echo can enhance your helper bots tomake them faster or increase their capacity.
Of those two upgrades,speed is the most important.
Have Echofocus on upgrading each bot’s speed.
Each upgradecosts Biofuel and spare parts, but the boosts are well worth it.
Wait For Slate
You may be tempted to get Slate’s Barn as quickly as possible.
Who can resist a cute pixel cow or pig?
But there’s more you have to spendbefore you could even purchase some animals.
First, Slate’s Barn costs3,000 Biofuel and 10,000 spare parts.
Quite the jump from Echo.
Then, Slate will first needto collect fossils.
An animal feeder is580 Biofuel and 11,000 spare parts.
Andthat doesn’t include any land expansionto make room for them.
So,fight the temptation to have Slatebe one of the first NPCs you bring onto your land.
You’ll want to be well-established before draining the coffers.
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