How to use Diamond wisely?

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November 5th, 2013
BabyTrader

How to use Diamond wisely?

anyone can teach me how to use diamond wisely?
i'm going to spend the diamond on expanding the produced equipment slot
is that wisely to use on diamond?
November 5th, 2013
Doneinne

Yes, especially the sugar and dairy. I also use the to hire Tom. You can load up on shovels and get more diamonds from the mine.
November 5th, 2013
Shealie54

Definitely expand your production slots, and as noted, specifically on sugar and dairy. And the feed mills. That way you keep producing the quick and often-used items constantly.
November 5th, 2013
CheddarLimbo

Lots of good advice already!

I agree that spending diamonds on production slots is best, if for no other reason that is the ONLY way to get them. Everything else you get with diamonds (aside from some decorations) can be achieved some other way.

I would target dairy and sugar and feed machines first. After that, you can target the machines you use a lot, or just spread it around evenly as you get more diamonds.

I also agree that if you are going to use Tom, spend a few trips getting shovels. They have a higher chance of digging up diamonds to repay his cost.
November 5th, 2013
GepardiX

Tom is always good bet :).
November 5th, 2013
dls881

Tom sleeps for 2 hours in between runs. You pay for time that he is not usable.
November 5th, 2013
CheddarLimbo

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Originally Posted by dls881

Tom sleeps for 2 hours in between runs. You pay for time that he is not usable.

Yes, that's part of the deal. Kid's gotta sleep!

But that doesn't make him a bad deal, IF you know what to ask for. spending 15 diamonds to get 9 diamond rings every two hours, 8-10 times is a pretty good bargain.
November 5th, 2013
DateDate88

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But that doesn't make him a bad deal, IF you know what to ask for. spending 15 diamonds to get 9 diamond rings every two hours, 8-10 times is a pretty good bargain.

Why have I never thought to use him for diamond rings before? Especially since Platinum ore seems to be in serious lack of supply for me lately :( Come to think of it, so have shovels! I think the only time I've ever used Tom is when he was free for those first couple of days (or something like that), I may just start utilizing him more, especially when he's holding that little discount balloon! :D
November 5th, 2013
CheddarLimbo

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Originally Posted by DateDate88

Why have I never thought to use him for diamond rings before? Especially since Platinum ore seems to be in serious lack of supply for me lately :( Come to think of it, so have shovels! I think the only time I've ever used Tom is when he was free for those first couple of days (or something like that), I may just start utilizing him more, especially when he's holding that little discount balloon! :D

Yeah, I mean, if you're going to ever make more than 15 rings, it's a much better deal to use him once and get 50+ rings instead.

I used to just ignore Tom completely, but he is pretty invaluable later on in the game. Jellybeans take 20 hours, even with mastery. Almost an entire day! But Tom can get you one every 13 minutes, and you can even keep your jams!
November 5th, 2013
RRAMMIE

yes use tom to get diamond rings, jelly beans, suckers, shovels and blackberry jam.

The rings, jelly beans and suckers yield the highest XP, and the shovels yield more diamonds.

as for the machinery, open up ONLY as many slots as it takes to cook the item that take the least amount of time over a 24 hour period: for example, it only makes sense to open up 4 jam spots because it takes apple jame 5.5 hours to make (4 X 5.5 = 22 hours).
November 5th, 2013
CheddarLimbo

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Originally Posted by RRAMMIE

yes use tom to get diamond rings, jelly beans, suckers, shovels and blackberry jam.

The rings, jelly beans and suckers yield the highest XP, and the shovels yield more diamonds.

as for the machinery, open up ONLY as many slots as it takes to cook the item that take the least amount of time over a 24 hour period: for example, it only makes sense to open up 4 jam spots because it takes apple jame 5.5 hours to make (4 X 5.5 = 22 hours).

This is good advice! And once you are at that capacity, you can start increasing beyond the necessary slots to reduce the amount of interactions required.

For example, even though it takes many hours to make bars of metal, I've extended each of my smelters several times because I want to avoid having to go back and manage them more than once a day.
November 5th, 2013
Goobster1963

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Originally Posted by CheddarLimbo

This is good advice! And once you are at that capacity, you can start increasing beyond the necessary slots to reduce the amount of interactions required.

For example, even though it takes many hours to make bars of metal, I've extended each of my smelters several times because I want to avoid having to go back and manage them more than once a day.

I agree with this. I've increased my queue as well and set up each smelter to produce only the same kind of bars. Then I pick them up when I need them and keep them out of my barn. I've also done this with the jam maker. I don't want to have to check the jam maker all the time either so I set them up and go back a day or two later to collect what I need. I love that we can let the items sit and collect for a while. It sure helps with barn space.
November 5th, 2013
knitgal2

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Originally Posted by CheddarLimbo

This is good advice! And once you are at that capacity, you can start increasing beyond the necessary slots to reduce the amount of interactions required.

For example, even though it takes many hours to make bars of metal, I've extended each of my smelters several times because I want to avoid having to go back and manage them more than once a day.

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Originally Posted by goobster1963

I agree with this. I've increased my queue as well and set up each smelter to produce only the same kind of bars. Then I pick them up when I need them and keep them out of my barn. I've also done this with the jam maker. I don't want to have to check the jam maker all the time either so I set them up and go back a day or two later to collect what I need. I love that we can let the items sit and collect for a while. It sure helps with barn space.

More great advice! Of course, I am pretty much out of ore at the moment and need to get some mining items to get more to continue making precious jewelry. ;)

To help explain how to keep the smelters and/or jam maker going and NOT pick anything up and put them in the barn, the barn must be full when you want to fill more slots in the machine, or the items will automatically head for the barn every time you click on it to try to open the slots to fill for production; correct?
November 6th, 2013
Goobster1963

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Originally Posted by knitgal2

More great advice! Of course, I am pretty much out of ore at the moment and need to get some mining items to get more to continue making precious jewelry. ;)

To help explain how to keep the smelters and/or jam maker going and NOT pick anything up and put them in the barn, the barn must be full when you want to fill more slots in the machine, or the items will automatically head for the barn every time you click on it to try to open the slots to fill for production; correct?

Yes, it will go into the barn. I don't fill my queues again until either the barn is full (if I have ore in my barn already waiting to be smelted) or the smelters have burned out. For instance, I have 4 smelters, one for platinum, one for gold and 2 for silver at the moment. I have 4 slots in each full. When I want to make jewelry, I pick an item and then just take the bars needed to make that item. It works great for me. My bars rarely go into my barn.