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A toolkit, not a party: swap the specialist slot when the target material changes.
This is a route toolkit, not five global loot multipliers. Mount Astegon when mining Ore, keep Dumud Gild in party for enemy Gold Coin drops, bring Splatterina when using the Meat Cleaver, and use Lunaris plus Fuddler for carrying capacity and Stone-heavy runs. Swap the specialist slot when your target material changes.
AstegonMounted Ore yield
Dumud GildEnemy Gold drops
SplatterinaButcher drops
LunarisCarry capacity
FuddlerStone weightEvery slot has a job. The cards below show the exact synergy, its rank range, who it affects, and a mapped route to recruiting that pal.
While mounted, raises ore damage and adds 150% to 300% more Ore; neither is a passive all-node bonus.
Start with the mapped field-boss encounter. The lowest mapped encounter is level 55.
While in party, adds 100% to 200% more Gold Coins from defeated enemies.
Catch it in the wild. Spawns at levels 25 to 49 across 182 points on the main island.
While in party, adds 100% to 200% more items from using the Meat Cleaver.
Catch it in the wild. Spawns at levels 52 to 66 across 817 points on the main island.
While in party, adds 300 to 600 carrying capacity; sphere homing is a separate perk.
Catch it in the wild. Spawns at levels 25 to 49 across 93 points on the main island.
While in party, improves trainer mining by 30% to 60% and reduces Stone weight by 80% to 100%.
Catch it in the wild. Spawns at levels 5 to 38 across 521 points on the main island.
Decide what the run is for before you pick the party, because every slot here is material-specific. Stay mounted on Astegon for ore, since both of its bonuses switch off the moment you dismount. Equip the Meat Cleaver to make Splatterina do anything, and match the weight-reduction slot to what you are actually carrying: Fuddler for Stone, Turtacle for Ore, Gumoss for wood.
Compare every surfaced partner effect at base rank and full condensation. Effects marked Unique can still scale by rank, but a second carrier of the same species adds nothing. Two different species carrying the same effect do add together.
| Pal / role | Partner effect | Affects | Rank 1 | Rank 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 AstegonMounted Ore yield | Ore Damage While Mounted | This pal | 1100% | 3300% |
| AstegonMounted Ore yield | Bonus Ore While Mounted | You and pal | 150% | 300% |
 Dumud GildEnemy Gold drops | Enemy Gold Coin DropsUnique | You and pal | 100% | 200% |
 SplatterinaButcher drops | Meat Cleaver RewardsUnique | You | 100% | 200% |
 LunarisCarry capacity | Carrying CapacityUnique | You | 300 | 600 |
 FuddlerStone weight | Trainer Mining EfficiencyUnique | You | 30% | 60% |
| FuddlerStone weight | Stone Weight ReductionUnique | You | 80% | 100% |
Gathering has its own small passive pool, and unlike combat passives these are worth chasing on the pals you actually assign to a base rather than the ones in your party.
25% increase in Player Mining Efficiency.
Mine Foreman, worth 25% player mining efficiency per copy. It stacks with Fuddler 30% to 60% rather than overlapping it, and mining is the slowest part of most loot runs.
125% player mining efficiency across five carriers
Rolls on wild catches and breeds normally.
25% increase in Player Logging Efficiency.
Logging Foreman, the wood equivalent at 25% per copy. Swap it in when the run is a lumber run rather than an ore one.
125% player logging efficiency across five carriers
Rolls on wild catches and breeds normally.
25% increase in Player Work Speed.
Motivational Leader, 25% player work speed per copy. Broader than the two above and worth taking when you are not sure which resource the trip will centre on.
125% player work speed across five carriers
Rolls on wild catches and breeds normally.
Player Stamina Consumption -5.0%
Wellness Watcher, 5% less stamina consumption per copy. Mining and hauling both drain stamina, and a loot run is long.
25% reduced stamina consumption across five carriers
Rolls on wild catches and breeds normally.
The tools matter more than the weapons here. Every row below changes how much you come home with rather than how fast you kill.
Tool tier gates which nodes you can harvest at all, and none of the party effects substitute for it.
Fuddler 60% player mining efficiency and Mine Foreman 125% both multiply your mining rate, but tool tier decides which nodes are available in the first place.
Splatterina 100% to 200% bonus applies specifically to Meat Cleaver use. Without the cleaver equipped, that slot contributes nothing.
The Ring of Freight stacks with Lunaris 600 carrying capacity rather than overlapping it.
An accessory that raises carrying capacity.
The Islander Tool Belt raises work speed and mining. A direct upgrade to the half of this build that is about gathering rather than killing.
An accessory that greatly raises carrying capacity. It also significantly increases work speed.
Astegon is both a loot slot and your mount, which is convenient, but its bonuses only apply while you are riding it.
Both of its effects, the ore damage and the 150% to 300% extra Ore, are worded as mounted. Dismount and the largest number on this page switches off.
Ore nodes cluster on cliffs and in ravines. A glider turns the descent into seconds.
The only build on the site where weight and work speed are the top two. This is a gathering party, and neither attack nor health decides how much you bring home.
This is a toolkit rather than a fixed party. Each slot covers a different resource, and the right move is to swap the specialist slot when the target material changes.
Ore, Gold, meat, Stone and wood each have a different carrier, and only some of them are in the default lineup. Picking the party before picking the resource is how loot runs end up half-optimised.
Its ore damage and its 150% to 300% extra Ore are both mounted effects. This is the single largest bonus in the party and also the easiest to accidentally switch off by dismounting to fight something.
Its 100% to 200% bonus applies to items obtained from the Meat Cleaver specifically. It is a party-slot effect, but it needs the tool in your hand to do anything.
Fuddler reduces Stone weight, Turtacle reduces Ore weight and Gumoss reduces wood. These are material-specific rather than general, so the wrong one is a wasted slot.
Nine pals raise the items dropped by a specific element of defeated pal by 40% to 80%. If your run is farming one species repeatedly, the matching carrier is a bigger bonus than anything in the default lineup.
Lunaris adds 300 to 600 capacity and it still will not be enough on a good run. Weight is the real timer on this party, not durability or daylight.
The biggest thing this guide used to leave out is an entire nine-pal system. It is set out here rather than buried in an alternates list.
The case for it
The default lineup covers ore, gold, butchering, weight and capacity, which looks like complete coverage of what a loot run generates.
It misses a whole system. Nine pals raise the items dropped by defeated pals of one specific element by 40% to 80%: Elphidran for Dark, Cryolinx for Dragon, Vaelet for Ground, Menasting for Electric, Penking and Faleris Aqua for Fire, Faleris for Ice, Blazehowl for Grass, Katress and Blazehowl Noct for Neutral, and Fenglope Lux for Water. If your run is farming one species, the matching carrier beats anything in the default party.
The case for it
Dumud Gild is described as boosting Gold Coin drops and Nitemary as a Soul Collector, so they read as separate specialisations.
They carry the identical effect at the identical 100% to 200% curve, and they are different species. By the cross-species stacking rule that means running both adds rather than the higher one winning, which is the only way to push enemy drop quantity past a single carrier. The flavour text differs; the effect does not.
The case for it
Astegon carries by far the largest numbers in the party, at up to 3,300% ore damage and 300% extra Ore, so it looks like the anchor slot.
Both are mounted effects. The moment you dismount to fight something or squeeze into a cave, the largest bonus on the page is gone. It is still worth the slot, but treat it as a mounted mining mode rather than a passive party bonus.
The case for it
A weight-reduction effect should lighten whatever you are carrying, which would make one carrier enough for any run.
Every weight-reduction effect in 1.0 is material-specific. Fuddler covers Stone, Turtacle covers Ore, Gumoss covers wood. Only Lunaris raises general capacity. Bringing the wrong specialist is the most common way this party underperforms.
Astegon is the one real project. The rest are common catches, and the party is worth assembling early because it compounds everything else you do.
Keep the build's identity while adapting the lineup to the pals you own or the encounter ahead.
NitemaryCarries the same GainItemDrop effect as Dumud Gild at 100% to 200%, and they are different species. Running both is the one way to push enemy drop quantity beyond a single carrier.
SmokieA second CollectItemDrop carrier at 100% to 200%, aimed at Chromite rather than general Ore.
TurtacleReduces Ore weight by 80% to 100% rather than Stone. Swap it for Fuddler on an Ore run.
GumossReduces wood weight by 40% to 60%. The logging equivalent of the Fuddler slot.These five coexist because they cover different sources, and their conditions still matter: Astegon boosts Ore only while mounted, Dumud Gild boosts enemy drops from a party slot, and Splatterina boosts Meat Cleaver rewards from a party slot. Two different species carrying the same effect do add together, which is why Dumud Gild and Nitemary can be run as a pair.
Because weight is what ends a run. Lunaris raises total carrying capacity by 300 to 600, while Fuddler specifically reduces Stone weight. Every weight-reduction effect in 1.0 is material-specific: Fuddler for Stone, Turtacle for Ore, Gumoss for wood. Match the specialist to what you are gathering.
Nine pals that raise the items dropped by defeated pals of one specific element by 40% to 80%. Elphidran covers Dark, Cryolinx Dragon, Vaelet Ground, Menasting Electric, Penking and Faleris Aqua Fire, Faleris Ice, Blazehowl Grass, Katress and Blazehowl Noct Neutral, and Fenglope Lux Water. If a run is farming one species repeatedly, the matching carrier beats anything in the default lineup.
No. Both its ore damage and its 150% to 300% extra Ore are worded as mounted effects, so they only apply while you are riding it. It carries the largest numbers on the page and it is also the easiest bonus to switch off by accident.
They are identical in effect and curve, both at 100% to 200%, despite different flavour text. Because they are different species their bonuses add rather than the higher one winning, so the interesting option is running both rather than choosing between them.
Mine Foreman, Logging Foreman and Motivational Leader, each worth 25% per copy and each stacking across all five party slots. These are the only builds on the site where the work-efficiency passives outrank Vanguard and Stronghold Strategist.
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