NectarMerger

Nectarmerger is the first event. Players will spawn bees from their hives and place them besides flowers to produce honey. Honey then equates to score, unlocking a wide variety of rewards, most notable being the exclusive Slime Cap relics and the Beekeeper skin. It is worth noting that the event is entirely separate and independent from the base game with upgrades there having no effect here.

## Bees

Bees are this events counterpart to Monsters. They are capable of dealing damage, producing honey (when next to a flower), and higher levels spawn a stack of Honeycomb when merged.

## Flowers

Flowers activate adjacent Bee's Honey Production, as well as modifying it. These modifiers can be boosted a flat amount by the Flowers Boost Ability. Once Unlocked in the Build Menu for 25k Honey, a level 1 flower can be made for 20 Honeycomb.

There is also an IAP Flower with unique Mechanics called the Golden Lily. The Golden Lily has no modifier of it's own, instead it will always be 100% higher than your largest regular flower's modifier. This means if you have no other flowers, the Lily will have a modifier of 100%, regardless of your Flowers Boost.

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 Level 7

## Hives

Hives are the means by which players produce bees. A hive will generate a spawn every 4 minutes, storing them up to it's capacity (Which increases upon level up as well as by a percentage with the Hives Store More upgrade) until the player uses them. Hives can spawn 3 different items: Egg, Larvae, and Pupa these serve as the 3 precursors to Bees with 2 eggs merging into a Larvae, 2 Larvae merging into a Pupa, and 2 Pupa finally merging into a Level 1 Bee. New Hives can be built in the Build menu for 40 Honeycomb after unlocking them for 5k Honey.

**Important: Any new hives start at max capacity. This is both when being built and merging to a higher level, thus it is of use to hold off on making new hives, especially high level ones, if you're closing in on a Capacity Upgrade**

## To Merge or Not to Merge

As discussed above, a newly made hive will begin full. This creates an interesting dynamic decision when you have 2 of the same level hive. As you can see above, 2 of a single level hive have a better combined average production than the single next level hive they would make. This means at times it is better to keep 2 smaller hives around. It's up to the player to determine when these times are. Here's a comparison of the various advantages and disadvantages each option provides.

Merging: Merging provides fairly obvious benefits by freeing up space and extending the time you can spend offline. Additionally, The extra bees given to you by your newly made hive will be able to serve you sooner than if you had waited to spawn them with the two smaller hives. However once that initial boost from the extra bees runs out (typically a few hours later) you will be running at a lower production, thus meaning you'll suffer in all bee related departments, aside from honey, in the long run.

Not Merging: Avoiding Merging will benefit the player's bee production and therefore directly improve their damage output and honeycomb production. However this comes at the cost of space which, when coupled with the extra spaces needed to store the eggs or larvae that only low level hives spawn, could potential result in the player running out of space and being unable to merge their bees any further. Additionally, even with the capacity upgrade fully leveled, low level hives cannot be away from the game for a long as most players sleep, severely handicapping overnight production.

Ultimately, there is no right or wrong way to play Necromerger, but understanding these advantages and disadvantages will allow the player to make decisions that suit their playstyle best.

## Bears

Bears are unique enemies that players spawn manually from the build menu requiring Honey to unlock and Honeycomb to spawn. They have large quantities of health and award just as large quantities of honey upon defeating them. This is intended as a late game source of Honey for when your flowers are surrounded by fully leveled Bees.

 Brown Bear
 Black Bear

## Upgrades

There are 4 upgrades available for players to purchase with Honey, working much like spells do in the base game in that they have multiple levels and increase in power at a steady rate each level.

Note: It's highly advisable to focus on Hives Store More during the first day of the event as the upgrade is essential for minimizing bees lost overnight while the player sleeps.

## Trades

In the event shop the player will find 6 trades that refresh at the beginning of each day of the event: 3 costing Honey, 2 costing Gems, and one for watching an ad. The trades will get progressively more expensive as the days go by.

(50k Honey)
(250k Honey)
 Level 1 Hive
(Ad)
(25 Gems)
 Level 2 Flower
(2.5mil Honey)
(5mil Honey)
 Level 2 Hive
(Ad)
(75 Gems)
 Level 4 Flower
(10mil Honey)
(12.5mil honey)
 Level 3 Hive
(Ad)
(125 Gems)
(150 Gems)

## Prizes

The player score is increased by making honey, at the rate of Score10 per 1 honey (can be improved with the boosts).
The player can claim the following prizes during or at the end of each Nectarmerger Event, as soon as the required score is met.

Note: this table does not include the following one-time prizes:

* Beekeeper (NecroMerger Skin): +10% Food from Cravings.
* Bee Stone (Tip Stone Skin): Start NectarMerger with 40 Honeycomb.

## Fast Strategy F2P

* Don't merge Hives initially, merging hives will slow down your production like the table below. If you have time, just use it to maximize your bee production.
* Ideal setup is to have 3 flowers sharing at least one row or column of bees with each other.
* Don't merge Bees unless you already have surrounded all your flowers with bees level 1, than 2, than 3 and so on. (It is okay to merge level 1 bees into level 2s before you have your flowers surrounded, because one level 2 bee is equally as good as two level 1s, however beyond that there are diminishing returns.)
* Don't purchase or attack bears unless you are nearing the end of the event (and therefore already have all the score you're likely to get from bee production) OR you already have all of your flowers fully surrounded by max levels bees and can spare bees for combat purposes. Otherwise, you're better off keeping your bees on honey production.
* Purchase the Honey Gives More Score upgrade early, as it is NOT retroactive. (That is, honey earned in the future gives more score, but you do not get more score for honey already produced.)

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## Best Buy order

**Remember that it is just a help to guide you, depending your performance, when you started the run, it'll change a little bit, buying "Hives store more" early or needing merging your hives/bees to get the third flower before sleeping for example.**

1. Free video hive 1
2. Hive 1 - 50k honey (shop)
3. Flower Boost 10% - 25k honey
4. Flower - 250k honey (shop)
5. Flower Boost 20% - 150k honey
6. Hive 2 - 1m honey (shop)
7. Flower Boost 40% - 500k honey
8. Honey gives more score - 50k honey
9. Honey gives more score - 150k honey
10. Hives Store More - 75k honey
11. Hives Store more - 250k honey
12. Merge bees to get 30 honey Combs and buy the third flower - 20 honey Combs
13. Merge hives and stay with 2 level 3 hives. Use the new bees to surround the flower again.
14. Flower Boost 60% - 1m honey
15. Flower Boost 80% - 2,5m honey
16. Merge bees to get 30 honey Comb and buy a hive - 30 honey Combs - then merge it with your another level 1 hive

***\*Remember to buy Hives Store More if you'll pass a long time AFK or if you need to merge the hives.***