Struck Gold

## Overview

*"Upgrade an ore to be worth 75$ or more." -* Badge Description

The **Struck Gold** badge is a badge in which you have to create, and sell an ore worth **75$**. This can be obtained in any way. So far in Mini Megafactory this is the hardest badge for players to obtain. The reason why this badge is so difficult to obtain is because it usually requires strategies or methods that are not commonly know to players.

## Strategies to Obtain

2 strategies that I have used before to get an ore to 75+ is the Vat on Lab method and the steel-malachite Alloyer loop Combuster loop. The Vat method is easier and the loop method is for more advanced players.

### Vat on Lab

This method requires you to use many upgraders. The most notable upgraders in this strategy are Shrine, Combustors, Altar, Vat, and Zappers. To do this you will want to start with only using the adamantite. You want the ore to start with going through a Shrine. Then place an Altar. Start spamming Combustors, Zappers and most of your other upgraders. You will want to use droppers to fall into your Vat which will create a mega-adamantite. On your mega-adamantite's path to the beginning of your track use a purifier. The vatted ore will give you **75$** after hitting every upgrader.

### Alloyer Looper method

This method will be very hard to explain and the picture I have isn't very useful. So you want to start with 1 drill going through a steel mill then going into an Alloyer, and when it leaves the Alloyer it will loop back into the Alloyer. Then you want to use a malachite drill that will also be going into the Alloyer, alloying steel and malachite. You want to keep looping this until you get a very big amalgam, that can still fit through a shrine. Then once you get your perfect amalgam you want to stop the alloy loop and change paths to a shrine, two compressors, and some random 1 time use upgraders, then into an elevator where the combuster loop will start. Just have a circle that loops thorugh two combusters, zappers, and I also used buffed beehives. This is all rng and you need to get lucky that your ore doesnt explode

### (Patched) The Purifier + Vat + Bomb Packer + Emerald

This method exploits an unintended behavior of emeralds. Instead of telling you what to build exclusively, I'll also tell you why it works. The build is simple. Run Emeralds through Purifiers, then through a Vat. Loop this. After enough times, the concentrated Emerald will be enough to withstand Bomb Packer. Profit. But exactly how does this work? Emeralds have the unique ability of restoring their toughness by increase in their base value. Practically worthless, right? But... what item reduces your toughness and increases your base value? The Bomb Packer. As you can see, this has a sort of yin-yang effect where the Bomb Packer reduces toughness, increases base value, and the Emerald receives base value, so it increases it's toughness. But there's a problem. The Emerald's restoring ability is not enough to withstand the decrease. So what do you do? As I'm sure you know, the more ore composition % in your ore, the more potent it's effects become. That's where the Purifier comes in! Wait, but running through 5 Purifiers is going to destroy my ore! And... there's the Vat. The Vat dispenses a concentrated ore just like the 10 that were inputted, but it can be ran through the Purifiers again. Self-explanatory. Is this intended? No! Will this be patched? Yes! Is this a cheap way to get this badge? Yes! Is it incredibly funny watching an ore gain infinite toughness and value? It sure is!

### Sunstone Method

This one is simple. Get a sunstone ore to 200% material (either by fire upgrades, purifier(not recommended because sunstone has low toughness-compressors are recommended for toughness), or by an infuser.) and put it in an open loop. The ore will start sucking in other ores and this will increase its multiplier and toughness. It will also increase in size(?) and once it gets to 75$+, place a furnace and sell it. This can also be used for Super Struck Gold. *This will only work on some devices, so try it on your device and see if it explodes!*

### Gambler Farm 1.0

*This is the most effective method there is that can work and can get you millions of cash.*

You need a graveyard, alot of gamblers, and a high-multiplier upgrader to do this.

Use a Graveyard, then loop your ores to Gamblers. In the example, I use 8 Gamblers, you can always use less, but I have been lucky enough to do this while still getting a Graveyard. The amount of times you you set the Loopers to loop the ores, the more better your ore value, and also the more it takes longer. then, set the upgrader right after the exit way of the looper and the combined base value from the Gambler and the Amps will make the price skyrocket. this works because revived ores from the Graveyard don't die by Stability or Toughness.

Note that revived ores don't count in the ores limit, so the counter glitches and goes into the negatives right after it gets revived, so remove your drills right after doing this.

I also use Bomb Packers and Shrines before this to make it faster and to get more base value.

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