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#### What's a good way to get Guano?

I need lots and lots of Guano. :D Is there any easier way than hoping its around caves or buying it from super high-priced auction people?

Posted 14 months ago by Fifi_Kitteh | Permalink

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- Hopping around caves is your cheapest option. Note that I didn't say easier. =)
  Posted 14 months ago by Mal'akh | Permalink
- Alrighty! I will hunt the caves!Thank you! <3
  Posted 14 months ago by Fifi_Kitteh | Permalink
- feed them 5 and they'll give you 2 guano :)
  I think there might be other posts about the feed to guano ratios somewhere
  Posted 14 months ago by Makona | Permalink
- Feed batterflies chili.
  Posted 14 months ago by Xev | Permalink
- It sounds like the OP might be confused. If you've "found" guano on the floor in caves, it doesn't randomly spawn there and bats don't randomly drop it. You have to feed the batterflies food so they can poop it out. What you've seen is probably someone fed the bat and never picked up the guano. So you don't have to hop around caves. Just find one that has bats and keep feeding the bat till you gather all the guano you need. There appears to be a pattern for how much guano the bats fly depending on what you feed it: 15 currants = 1 guano, 50 currants = 2 guano, 100 currants = 3 guano.
  Posted 14 months ago by Joojoo | Permalink
- batterflies DO randomly drop guano.
  Posted 14 months ago by JoJoJoey | Permalink
- Can you update the wiki to say that it randomly drops from batterflies, since you're so sure?
  www.glitch-strategy.com/wik...
  Posted 14 months ago by Joojoo | Permalink
- As JoJoJoey said they do randomly drop guano (and often in set spots).
  The best way I've found to get it is feed them 3 planks and you'll get 1 guano, I think something similar works with eggs? You can find different food-guano combos on the wiki :)
  Posted 14 months ago by Sunburst | Permalink
- I don't do wiki...but yes, I know for a fact that they do. I have seen them do so and I'm sure you'll find miners who have also seen the same.
  Posted 14 months ago by JoJoJoey | Permalink
- So, it is more productive to collect 1 guano at a time? I mean, if 15 c = 1 guano, and 100 c = 3 guano, why would anyone go for 3 guano??
  Posted 14 months ago by Mandy.23 | Permalink
- I always have a lot of meat, and 15 meat is good for 3 guano. (why would anybody spend planks?)
  Posted 14 months ago by confowsled | Permalink
- There is a certain spice that will give one drop for one spice, every time. You feed it three of them and you get two, so 1:1 is the cheapest way to go, but also the most time consuming.
  Posted 14 months ago by Nanookie | Permalink
- I often whip up a few batches of pickles. Pickles are pretty easy to make (1 cucumber, 1 salt, 1 olive oil), and stack up to 40, which is conveniently the same stack size as the guano itself. Each pickle is worth 21 energy, so they're worth one guano each.
  I just position myself beneath a bat and use the mouse. I click on the mat, click feed, click on the pickle, and then "just one". Over and over and over. Try not to think about how a bat is pooping on you the whole time. Also, just be careful to pick up your guano from time to time, as passing people will often steal some. (Either they don't know what you're doing and think it's free guano, or they just don't care because hey, free guano.) If you're good, it takes ~3 minutes to go through a stack of 40 pickles/guano this way. I often do about 80-120 per trip every couple weeks, and that keeps my garden going strong.
  Posted 14 months ago by Shagbark | Permalink
- Ooh! I like the pickle idea!
  Posted 14 months ago by Fokian Fool | Permalink
- IN cae it isnt 100% clear you can get all the guano from a single bat
  Pick one Bat thats near the ground and feed it over and over again, itll keep dropping guano each time you feed it. They dont get full or anything.
  Posted 14 months ago by SacredBob | Permalink
- If you feed 5 of the spices that take 3 allspice to make you will get 2 guano, so if you have lots of allspice that is a good way to get guano.
  Posted 14 months ago by Gizmospooky | Permalink
- @connfowsled: Friend has wood trees that we harvest from, but I don't actually have any skills that use planks. Hence they make good bat food for me.
  I like the sound of the pickle but it does require olive oil which you need to buy. I'm curious about this spice that nanookie mentioned, which one specifically?
  Posted 14 months ago by Sunburst | Permalink
- Yes, they batterflys particularly enjoy Nutmeg. 5 of those will net you 2 guano and a slightly less grumpy batterfly.
  Posted 14 months ago by Grem Sketch | Permalink
- Nutmeg, eh?
  That sounds vaguely like the old ginger beer trick...
  Posted 14 months ago by Evadrepus Terramere | Permalink
- There are two things I feed to Batterflies:
  3 stinky cheese= 1 guano
  I make the cheese in large batches when I am on a no-no rush at home. As I have no other use for butterfly milk, this costs me almost nothing.
  1 rich tangine = 3 guanos
  It is a bit more of an investment but with much greater returns.
  For more enthralling guano banter I invite all of you to join the Poopsmith Guild: www.glitch.com/groups/RA97I...
  Posted 14 months ago by La La Not Listening | Permalink
- Batterflies drop random guano but you may also feed a batterfly to force them to drop guano.
  My batterfly food of choice is 3 planks, because I always have them in my inventory and can't do much else with them yet. 5 eggs works, too.
  Posted 14 months ago by Wintera Woodswitch | Permalink
- 15 energy worth of food (15 grain, 2 meat, 4 onions, etc.) is 1 guano. I can't figure how to make them drop more than 1 guano at a time though.
  Posted 14 months ago by Palindrome | Permalink
- Palindrome, you may find this page useful: www.glitch-strategy.com/wik...
  It shows that the food's street value determines the amount of guano drops. Therefore, rich tangine is the the most efficient poopmaker because it has value just a little over 100 currants.
  Posted 14 months ago by La La Not Listening | Permalink
- Ah, that's an interesting point. Never thought about it in Currants...
  Well, 15 grain still works XD Thanks for pointing this out ^.^
  Posted 14 months ago by Palindrome | Permalink