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| A drinking strategy is a list of drinks to consume in a single day to maximize the stat gains or adventures you get. | | A drinking strategy is how to ensure that you will have booze available to as you adventure, and maximizing your adventures accordingly. [[Best Booze]] has a list of all available booze in the game, and should be used to determine the best drink you can consume at a particular level. |
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| The optimum strategy for you depends upon a variety of factors (such as ingredients you have, skills you've acquired, effects you have, etc.). There is no single strategy that applies to all desired results for all players in all cases.
| | ===Stats versus Adventures=== |
| | Adventures are better than stats in almost all cases. |
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| The optimum drinking strategies listed have been designed using the drink quality measurements to give you the maximum benefit (in terms of stat gains and adventures) per unit of drunkenness without making you too drunk to adventure.
| | ===Softcore, Out of Ronin=== |
| | If you are out of ronin, and in softcore, the world is your oyster. You can purchase drinks in the mall, get the Hobo Market booze option, or use those BGE shotglasses. As drinking is constantly changing, this guide does not attempt to replicate the [[Best Booze]] page, but the simplest "optimal strategy" are three [[jar of fermented pickle juice|jars of fermented pickle juice]], a [[synthetic dog hair pill]], and a fourth [[jar of fermented pickle juice]]. Not only will you get 126 adventures on average from this, you'll be able to reuse a whopping 20 spleen. (Even assuming that only have less-optimal [[not-a-pipe]]s or [[glimmering roc feather]]s, that translates to another 40 adventures. |
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| These strategies assume a softcore [[ascension]] for a player that is no longer in [[Ascension#Ronin_Phase|Ronin]]. There are too many variables that exist in hardcore ascensions to come up with a simple generalized drinking strategy, and some ascension paths do not even allow drinking. However, the rest of this guide should give you enough advice to make the proper drinking choices during a hardcore ascension.
| | ===Softcore, In Ronin=== |
| | Your strategy is to ensure you have a wide variety of cocktails in Hagnk's and available for pull. Occasionally, new [[soy cordial|cocktails]] can create better pull options, but typically, stock up corpse drinks and supercocks. The emphasis will be on stocking high-drunkenness items (corpse drinks have a drunkenness of 6) to reduce the number of pulls you need. As an example, over the course of a low-stress 4-day softcore run: |
| | * Day 1: 1 corpse + 2 SHC during run, 1 corpse as nightcap |
| | * Day 2: 3 SHC, 1 corpse during run, 1 corpse as nightcap |
| | * Day 3: 3 SHC, 1 corpse during run, 1 corpse as nightcap |
| | * Day 4: 4 SHC, no nightcap needed |
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| The data for these strategies was obtained from the [http://www.lysator.liu.se/~jhs/KoL/effects/booze.rxml KoL Item Effects] website run by [[:User:Ohayou|Ohayou]].
| | On Day 1, '''wait''' as long as you can before drinking. (Ideally, you'll get Liver of Steel on day 1.) You can drink corpse drinks at level 5, and SHC drinks at level 6. Once that threshhold has passed, you'll no longer need to worry about level. |
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| ==Tiny Plastic Sword, Advanced and Superhuman Cocktailcrafting==
| | Having a pumpkin patch allows you to make [[pumpkin beer]] cheaply, which gives you a great way to fill up 3 drunkenness without a pull. |
| Drinks made with the [[tiny plastic sword]] (TPS) are the best quality drinks for adventures. However, the [[tiny plastic sword]] is a rare item that does not drop in the game. If you are serious about maximizing your adventures, you need to get one from [[The Mall of Loathing]].
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| All you need is one TPS ever, regardless of how many drinks you make with it. When you mix a TPS drink, the sword disappears from your inventory. You get the sword back in your inventory when you consume the drink. You can borrow a TPS from a friend, then return it to the friend when you're done drinking for the day.
| | ===Hardcore=== |
| | As you'll have no pulls to work with, Hardcore booze is all about what skills you have available and what you can find with minimal effort. Some places you'll want to get booze: |
| | * [[Pumpkin beer]]. As in softcore, having a pumpkin patch easily fills up 3 drunkenness per day with an excellent booze. |
| | * [[Typical Tavern swill]]. You'll get these for free once you complete the level 3 quest, and these can be improved if you know [[Advanced Cocktailing]]. |
| | * The top row of the Barrel Full of Barrels provides drinks that can be improved with [[Advanced Cocktailing]]. |
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| If you cannot afford a [[tiny plastic sword]], your next best alternative is to ascend as a [[Disco Bandit]] and acquire the [[Advanced Cocktailcrafting]] skill. It will let you make quality drinks that do not involve a [[tiny plastic sword]]. The [[Advanced Cocktailcrafting]] skill is an excellent choice to pick up during an early hardcore [[ascension]] as it will give you a big adventure/stat boost for subsequent hardcore runs. | | If you do have to farm for booze ingredients, remember to balance out how long you think you'll need with adventures you'll get from the booze. |
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| [[Superhuman Cocktailcrafting]] will let you make the best drinks that do not require a [[tiny plastic sword]]. However, the Superhuman Cocktailcrafting drinks require improved spirits and mixers. [[Nash Crosby's Still]] in [[The Department of Shadowy Arts and Crafts]] allows you to improve basic spirits and mixers in order to make Superhuman Cocktailcrafting drinks. Without access to Nash Crosby's Still, the improved spirits and mixers can be found in [[The Mall of Loathing]].
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| If you have neither a [[tiny plastic sword]] nor the [[Advanced Cocktailcrafting]] or [[Superhuman Cocktailcrafting]] skills and are not interested in getting either, then you can find the Advanced and Superhuman Cocktailcrafting drinks in [[The Mall of Loathing]].
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| If you're still not able to get the best drinks described so far, then there are many combinations of drinks that provide you with the next best number of adventures or stats per day, far too many to list here. Hopefully the information in this guide will make it possible for you to find the optimum solution.
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| ==Optimum Strategy with Liver of Steel==
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| The following drinking strategies apply only if you have the [[Liver of Steel]], allowing up to 19 points of sobriety.
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| ===Drinking for Adventures===
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| The following table shows the combination of drinks that will maximize the number of adventures you gain per day.
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| | colspan="4" | '''Optimum Daily Drinking Strategy for Adventures WITH Liver of Steel.'''
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| | {{Click|image=Plasword.gif|link=tiny plastic sword}}<br /> '''With [[tiny plastic sword]]'''<br /> 98 Adventures, 76 Primary Stat
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| | {{click|image=Coconut.gif|link=coconut shell}} {{click|image=Paperumb.gif|link=little paper umbrella}} {{click|image=Ice.gif|link=magical ice cubes}}<br /> '''With [[Advanced Cocktailcrafting]]'''<br /> 69 Adventures, 184 Primary Stat
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| | {{click|image=coconut.gif|link=coconut shell}} {{click|image=paperumb.gif|link=little paper umbrella}} {{click|image=ice.gif|link=magical ice cubes}}<br /> '''With [[Superhuman Cocktailcrafting]]'''<br /> 89 Adventures, 214 Primary Stat
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| | '''Muscle'''<br />[[Seal Clubber]]<br />[[Turtle Tamer]]
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| * 3 [[grogtini]] or [[bodyslam]]
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| * 1 [[Ram's Face Lager]]
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| * 1 [[grogtini]] or [[bodyslam]]
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| * 4 [[fuzzbump]] or [[slip 'n' slide]]
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| * 1 [[grog]] or [[tequila with training wheels]]
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| * 1 [[fuzzbump]] or [[slip 'n' slide]]
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| '''Before Adventuring:'''
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| * 4 [[Mon Tiki]] or [[teqiwila slammer]]
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| * 1 [[grog]] or [[tequila with training wheels]]
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| * 1 [[Mon Tiki]] or [[teqiwila slammer]]
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| | '''Mysticality'''<br />[[Pastamancer]]<br />[[Sauceror]]
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| '''Before Adventuring:'''
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| * 3 [[cherry bomb]] or [[sangria del diablo]]
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| * 1 [[shot of grapefruit schnapps]]
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| * 1 [[cherry bomb]] or [[sangria del diablo]]
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| '''Before Adventuring:'''
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| * 4 [[roll in the hay]] or [[horizontal tango]]
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| * 1 [[old-fashioned]] or [[sangria]]
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| * 1 [[roll in the hay]] or [[horizontal tango]]
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| * 4 [[gimlet]] or [[yellow brick road]]
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| * 1 [[old-fashioned]] or [[sangria]]
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| * 1 [[gimlet]] or [[yellow brick road]]
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| | '''Moxie'''<br />[[Accordion Thief]]<br />[[Disco Bandit]]
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| '''Before Adventuring:'''
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| * 3 [[dirty martini]] or [[vesper]]
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| * 1 [[fine wine]]
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| * 1 [[dirty martini]] or [[vesper]]
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| * 4 [[perpendicular hula]] or [[rockin' wagon]]
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| * 1 [[dry martini]] or [[dry vodka martini]]
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| * 1 [[perpendicular hula]] or [[rockin' wagon]]
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| * 4 [[Mae West]] or [[prussian cathouse]]
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| * 1 [[dry martini]] or [[dry vodka martini]]
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| * 1 [[Mae West]] or [[prussian cathouse]]
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| ===Drinking for Stat Gains===
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| Best stat-gain drinking strategy
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| | {{click|image=coconut.gif|link=coconut shell}} {{click|image=paperumb.gif|link=little paper umbrella}} {{click|image=ice.gif|link=magical ice cubes}}<br /> '''With [[Advanced Cocktailcrafting]]'''
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| | {{click|image=coconut.gif|link=coconut shell}} {{click|image=paperumb.gif|link=little paper umbrella}} {{click|image=ice.gif|link=magical ice cubes}}<br /> '''With [[Superhuman Cocktailcrafting]]'''
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| | '''Muscle'''<br />[[Seal Clubber]]<br />[[Turtle Tamer]]
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| '''Before Adventuring:'''
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| * 4 [[fuzzbump]] or [[slip 'n' slide]]
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| * 1 [[papaya sling]]
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| * 1 [[fuzzbump]] or [[slip 'n' slide]]
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| '''Results:'''
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| 64 Adventures, 197 Muscle substats
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| * 4 [[Mon Tiki]] or [[teqiwila slammer]]
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| * 1 [[papaya sling]]
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| * 1 [[Mon Tiki]] or [[teqiwila slammer]]
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| '''Results:'''
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| 84 Adventures, 227 Muscle substats
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| | '''Mysticality'''<br />[[Pastamancer]]<br />[[Sauceror]]
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| '''Before Adventuring:'''
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| * 4 [[roll in the hay]] or [[horizontal tango]]
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| * 1 [[eggnog]]
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| '''After Adventuring:'''
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| * 1 [[roll in the hay]] or [[horizontal tango]]
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| '''Results:'''
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| 66 Adventures, 199 Mysticality substats
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| * 4 [[gimlet]] or [[yellow brick road]]
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| * 1 [[eggnog]]
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| '''After Adventuring:'''
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| * 1 [[gimlet]] or [[yellow brick road]]
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| '''Results:'''
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| 86 Adventures, 229 Mysticality substats
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| | '''Moxie'''<br />[[Accordion Thief]]<br />[[Disco Bandit]]
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| '''Before Adventuring:'''
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| * 4 [[perpendicular hula]] or [[rockin' wagon]]
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| * 1 [[spiced rum]] or [[eggnog]]
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| '''After Adventuring:'''
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| * 1 [[perpendicular hula]] or 1 [[rockin' wagon]]
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| '''Results:'''
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| 62 Adventures, 199 Moxie substats
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| * 4 [[Mae West]] or [[prussian cathouse]]
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| * 1 [[spiced rum]] or [[eggnog]]
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| * 1 [[Mae West]] or 1 [[prussian cathouse]]
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| 82 Adventures, 229 Moxie substats
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| ==Optimum Strategy without Liver of Steel==
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| If you don't have the [[Liver of Steel]] skill, you can only drink up to 14 drunkenness without becoming too drunk to adventure.
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| Best adventure drinking strategy
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| | {{click|image=plasword.gif|link=tiny plastic sword}}<br /> '''With [[tiny plastic sword]]'''<br /> 76 Adventures 60 Primary Stat
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| | {{click|image=coconut.gif|link=coconut shell}} {{click|image=paperumb.gif|link=little paper umbrella}} {{click|image=ice.gif|link=magical ice cubes}}<br /> '''With [[Advanced Cocktailcrafting]]'''<br /> 52 Adventures 148 Primary Stat
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| | {{click|image=coconut.gif|link=coconut shell}} {{click|image=paperumb.gif|link=little paper umbrella}} {{click|image=ice.gif|link=magical ice cubes}}<br /> '''With [[Superhuman Cocktailcrafting]]'''<br /> 68 Adventures 172 Primary Stat
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| | '''Muscle'''<br />[[Seal Clubber]]<br />[[Turtle Tamer]]
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| '''Filler: (2)'''
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| *1 [[Bottle of Pinot Renoir]] or
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| *2 [[melted Jell-o shot]] or
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| *1 [[Dusty bottle of wine]] Glyph Four
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| *1 [[grogtini]] or
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| *3 [[fuzzbump]] or
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| *1 [[Bottle of Pinot Renoir]] or
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| *1 [[Dusty bottle of wine]] Glyph Four
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| *1 [[fuzzbump]] or
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| *3 [[Mon Tiki]] or
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| *1 [[Bottle of Pinot Renoir]] or
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| *2 [[melted Jell-o shot]] or
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| | '''Moxie'''<br />[[Accordion Thief]]<br />[[Disco Bandit]]
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| *2 [[dirty martini]]s or
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| '''Filler: (2)'''
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| *2 [[melted Jell-o shot]] or
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| *1 [[Dusty bottle of wine]] Glyph Four
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| '''Nightcap: (6)'''
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| *1 [[dirty martini]] or
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| *3 [[perpendicular hula]]s or
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| '''Filler: (2)'''
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| *2 [[melted Jell-o shot]] or
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| *2 [[melted Jell-o shot]] or
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| This section is not complete. However, if you're going for stat gains, it's more effective to drink for adventures, then use those adventures to gain stats.
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| The notable exceptions are the [[especially salty dog]] and the [[bottle of single-barrel whiskey]], which both give a total of 100 to 150 substat gains.
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| [[Category:Drinking Strategy]] | | [[Category:Drinking Strategy]] |
A drinking strategy is how to ensure that you will have booze available to as you adventure, and maximizing your adventures accordingly. Best Booze has a list of all available booze in the game, and should be used to determine the best drink you can consume at a particular level.
Stats versus Adventures
Adventures are better than stats in almost all cases.
Softcore, Out of Ronin
If you are out of ronin, and in softcore, the world is your oyster. You can purchase drinks in the mall, get the Hobo Market booze option, or use those BGE shotglasses. As drinking is constantly changing, this guide does not attempt to replicate the Best Booze page, but the simplest "optimal strategy" are three jars of fermented pickle juice, a synthetic dog hair pill, and a fourth jar of fermented pickle juice. Not only will you get 126 adventures on average from this, you'll be able to reuse a whopping 20 spleen. (Even assuming that only have less-optimal not-a-pipes or glimmering roc feathers, that translates to another 40 adventures.
Softcore, In Ronin
Your strategy is to ensure you have a wide variety of cocktails in Hagnk's and available for pull. Occasionally, new cocktails can create better pull options, but typically, stock up corpse drinks and supercocks. The emphasis will be on stocking high-drunkenness items (corpse drinks have a drunkenness of 6) to reduce the number of pulls you need. As an example, over the course of a low-stress 4-day softcore run:
- Day 1: 1 corpse + 2 SHC during run, 1 corpse as nightcap
- Day 2: 3 SHC, 1 corpse during run, 1 corpse as nightcap
- Day 3: 3 SHC, 1 corpse during run, 1 corpse as nightcap
- Day 4: 4 SHC, no nightcap needed
On Day 1, wait as long as you can before drinking. (Ideally, you'll get Liver of Steel on day 1.) You can drink corpse drinks at level 5, and SHC drinks at level 6. Once that threshhold has passed, you'll no longer need to worry about level.
Having a pumpkin patch allows you to make pumpkin beer cheaply, which gives you a great way to fill up 3 drunkenness without a pull.
Hardcore
As you'll have no pulls to work with, Hardcore booze is all about what skills you have available and what you can find with minimal effort. Some places you'll want to get booze:
- Pumpkin beer. As in softcore, having a pumpkin patch easily fills up 3 drunkenness per day with an excellent booze.
- Typical Tavern swill. You'll get these for free once you complete the level 3 quest, and these can be improved if you know Advanced Cocktailing.
- The top row of the Barrel Full of Barrels provides drinks that can be improved with Advanced Cocktailing.
If you do have to farm for booze ingredients, remember to balance out how long you think you'll need with adventures you'll get from the booze.
