Splinterlands Strategies: Efficient Land Workers

Land, will it ever come to anything?

I have my doubts, but I am ever hopeful and continue to regurgitate DEC into it. DEC is hard to get in today's Splinterlands world. I get mine from my meagre decreasing rentals, renting my SPS out, and selling off other Splinterlands assets.

What..., you are selling up... you say?

Yes and No. I only recently made a conscious decision to stop playing and focus on Land. Even the BOTS have gone; I can't be bothered anymore.

Playing Modern at the top level may be rewarding, but I find it stressful. Sure you can get 22 SPS per win, and there's no denying that is a good return for a few minutes of playing, but at what cost?

With the separation of Land types drawing ever closer, I know full well a Famine is coming. Look at the prices of Grain generating lands for sale and you will see.

It will get a lot worse soon, and there won't be any for sale unless you include your firstborn as part of the deal.

I have enough, but my efficiency has been terrible in some cases. Baron's Toolbox is hands down the best utility I have seen for Land manipulation, though it still lacks features I would add.

Land such as these might contain monsters, but they are hardly efficient. Besides the Deeplurker at 2200, the others are laughable. Better some than none you say?

But what if other plots have the same low-level monsters working the land? Wouldn't it be better to throw them off, combine them and free up those slots for future use?

What was I thinking when I added these?

What if I discarded anything not generating at least 700?

That was the plan, and that meant some plots were generating nothing after my ruthless actions. The bigger picture looked quite different as these small monsters were making a negligible difference in terms of production.

I could see gaps, and some Land not being worked fully but the big monsters take much of the credit for the hard work, such as the Mountain in Tashuna (top left).

If I could unlock these cards, combine them adding some extra ones while the prices are shit (and they are), then the longer-term view would look a lot better.

These are all being cleared out, none of them produce 700.

In the case of low BCX monsters such as these Goblin Towers, it would be better to sell them off. This is a particularly under-used card but the value is higher than some other Earth-Rares. A swap? Who cares if the card is terrible in the game, I just want the Production Points.

These jungles are about to fall apart, and most of these cards removed. I felt bad for doing it, but smaller tiddly arse monsters don't cut the mustard.

The other reason I chopped all these was to focus on my Lakes. I have LOTS of Lakes, and in the Splinterlands universe, Grain is generated from those murky depths.

I wanted my big lads on the Lakes, and the lesser boys on the Jungles. Who needs wood, it's tough to gnaw on and breaks your teeth.

... which brings me to a gripe. Removing a monster from a Land results in a three-day cooldown. Some of us know this, but what I didn't know is that until the cooldown is satisfied, you can't unlock the card. That's another three-day wait.

For fuck sake, it's SIX days, before the monsters are available as you can't combine locked monsters. This is if you are vigilant enough to keep checking if the cooldown is finished as the unlocking is another manual task.

What a pain in the arse.

Though I now have essentially unworked Plots, within SIX days, all these cooldowns and unlocks will have finished, and that's when the fun starts.

…’it’s also when my DEC starts disappearing down the toilet…*

This going to cost me but what is the point of having a Plot with FIVE 1 BCX Gold Celestial Harpy occupying the slots? I would rather have four of them empty to full with higher Producers, even at a later time.

Make sure you focus the big Production point monsters on your Lakes, Plains, Rivers and Bogs, as well as any Totems and/or Titles.

You can thank me for that tip in a few months.

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