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I take it back.. Rubeweed *does* work~!

I was using it whilst mining and I had read about how the chances of finding a gem drop with each gem you find.  So as an experiment, *after* I had already collected 6 gems I used Rubeweed and... kept on collecting gems!  So it does really work, and now I swear by it.

I just wanted to update everyone about this since I was asking about rubeweed recently and nobody seemed to think it did anything.  Well it does you just have to use it under the right conditions I guess.  ^_^

Posted 13 months ago by ♪♥~ Auren ~♥♪ Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Please let us know if you get the same results the next time you try. 
    Posted 13 months ago by Aleph Zero Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm currently doing various tasks with/without Rubeweed. I'll update my results here as I go:

    Without:
    1. Spice run (all of E/W Spice, 15 trees): 1 musicblock, 1 bonus item
    1a Harvesting 15 other trees: 1 musicblock
    2. Squeezing out 5 chickens (25 squeezes): 1 musicblock
    2a Squeezing another 5 chickens: 1 mb, 1 item
    3. Watering and petting 20 trees: 3 mbs, 2 items
    3a Watering and petting another 20 trees: 1mb

    With:
    1. Spice run: 2 mbs, 2 items
    1a Harvesting 15 trees: 1mb, 2 items
    2. 5 chickens: 2 mbs, 2 items
    2a 3 mbs, 2 items
    3  Watering and petting: 2 mbs, 2 items
    3a 3mbs

    I will need more data before I can reach any conclusions, but I'll post any further experiments I do here.
    Posted 13 months ago by Saro Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I had the same idea, and did some experiments of my own.  I noted super harvest too, even though I don't specifically think rubeweed alters their chances.  All the relevant skills for these actions are maximum (Mining IV, Green Thumb III, etc.) And generally these were the maximum amount of actions I could take while using rubeweed (Though some time was lost recording data or due to available resources).

    Trees: Harvesting, petting, watering (This sample uses 15 trees total)

    With Rubeweed:
    Super harvests: 2, Items:6

    Without Rubeweed
    Super Harvests:6, Items:3

    Animal Interactions, Chickens (11 chickens were squeezed)

    With Rubeweed:
    Super Harvest: 7, Items: 4

    Without Rubeweed
    Super Harvest: 8, Items: 3

    Mining: (There were a total of 47 times mined)

    With Rubeweed:
    Gems: 1

    Without Rubeweed
    Gems: 1

    Cropping - Harvesting, clearing, watering, replanting (27 crop plots were used)

    With Rubeweed:
    Harvesting: Super Harvests:4, Items: 1
    Clearing: Items: 1
    Watering: Items: 2
    Replanting: Items: 1

    Without Rubeweed:
    Harvesting: Super Harvests: 2, Items: 1
    Clearing: Items: 1
    Watering: Items: 0
    Replanting: Items: 2

    I also tried nibbling pigs to see if there was any difference.

    Animal Interactions, Pigs: (15 pigs were nibbled)

    With Rubeweed:
    Super Harvest: 5
     
    Without Rubeweed:
    Super Harvest: 4

    There are some  anomelies in the data.  As a general rule the gem yields from mining were a lot lower than I would have expected, rubeweed or not.  I wish I had more data from people with lower gardening and such, and some testing with herb patches and refining ores.  And more data in general just to get an average.  I also, in retrospect, wish I had recorded when I got items from petting trees as opposed to harvesting or watering them.

    On the whole it seems like rubeweed maybe does increase the chance of drops, but it doesn't seem to be significant in any way.  It honestly looks like the variances in luck you would normally see from day to day.  And unsurprisingly, it doesn't seem to have any affect on super harvests.  It might be useful to get items if you don't have a skill at a high level, but I'm not in a position to test that myself.
    Posted 13 months ago by Spigot Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hint: Try saving up a bunch of gameshow tickets, then spinning them all on Rubeweed. Especially if you need more music blocks.
    Posted 13 months ago by Zigniber Subscriber! | Permalink