Effective Serpent Farming

To get the most out of serpent farming, it is important to be effective and efficient. Here are some tips that will help you in the process...
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About Serpents
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Here are some basic background information about serpents
DAMAGED BASED - Unlike dragons, serpents are damage based... so you need to consider your attack/defense. Just because you hit red serpent with 40 stamina and 20 energy, it may not get you what you need, or you may over hit unnecessarily. COLOR - makes a difference on what you get. Just because it is easy to kill green, it may not be the best.  DEMI SLOTS - each unlocked demi slot provides a chance at getting an energy potion (up to 1 per slot)  or favor point (up to 2 per slot). SPARTANS - are awarded by opening rare item slot (which is not hard)
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Serpent Color
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Yes... we prefer red & purple... why?
emerald & sapphire has slightly higher change of getting energy potions. However, purple and red has much higher chance of dropping favor points. Red is the BEST with highest chance. You will notice that you will hardly get any favor points from emerald. It feels like you spend less stamina to hit emerald, but in a long run, you will not gain much. red and purple lasts longer, allowing more people to join and gain from one monster. You realize you can only summon 1 serpent every 3 days even if its killed fast.
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Damage on Serpents
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Many people question... so how much you need to hit. The best is to open 4 demi slots considering the ratio of stamina used and demi slot unlocked. This is because to open the 5th slot, it takes double of what it takes to open 4 slots. So it is better to move on to next serpent than doing more on one. Plus it will allow more people to join many.(damage below is total of attack & fortification)


Ancient
(5% for energy potion, 9% FP)

2~4 slots: 234k yields .41 FP per serpent  ✯✯ BEST ✯✯
2~5 slots: 468k yields .53 FP per serpent

Amethyst
(5% for energy potion, 6% FP)
2~4 slots: 156k yields .27 FP per serpent  ✯✯ BEST ✯✯
2~5 slots: 312k yields .35 FP per serpent

Sapphire
(10% for energy potion, 3% FP)
Sapphire
2~4 slots: 78k yields .09 FP per serpent  ✯✯ BEST ✯✯
2~5 slots: 156k yields .12 FP per serpent

Emerald
(10% for energy potion, <1% FP)

✔ conclusion: we prefer red & amethyst for chance for all - energy potion, spartans, and favor points. Most people will not hit emeralds either.

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Defending Serpents
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We say defending on serpents are not required. This is because some will farm using energy, and others do not... whatever works for each person. Serpents will die

Q: Do you need to have ship fully fortified for serpents to die?
A:  No, you can attack serpents as long as defense is not zero. I have never seen zero defense since serpents usually die before it gets there :)

Q: Do you get better drops from fully fortified ship?
A: No, drops are based on luck depending on demi slot opened from combined attack/fortification damage, not the condition of serpent/ship.

✔ conclusion: Fortify is not required... You do attack a little more for having fully fortified ship, but with remember each person is doing approx 156k for amethyst or 234k for ancient not millions. Important thing is... get comfortable and know your attack/def amount to get to 156k or 234k (optimal level of damage)

✎✎✎   side note  ✎✎✎
Maximum energy potions you can hold is 40 (if you go over, you lose all the extra when you use it) so make sure you have room before collecting from your serpents

Jason Russell edited  doc.