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JuniperTheory
@JuniperTheory

everyone thinks they can handle the 5 dollar eggs. the fools.


SamKeeper
@SamKeeper

with $15 I realized I could get one at each tier, so I just went ahead and did that. I'm pretty pleased with my pulls overall though some of them were pretty esoteric?

Dusty Egg
Attic Stuffer
Equip Slot: Pest
+1 Cemeterroir, -2 Glitz

When incubated this immediately scurried off into the dustiest corner it could find. I didn't have high hopes for a low level pull going in the Pest slot but the Attic Stuffer when equipped will generate "Talk About Bones" items periodically, unfortunately accompanied by an interjection into conversations with NPCs that seem to lower a lot of social actions. This and the rare boost to Cemeterroir might make this a worthwhile pull if you've got a Funereal or Apocalyptic build.

Farmer's Egg
Imitation Goat
Equip Slot: Pest
NPCs get +2 Cute Aggression

Pests can't be unequipped of course unless you've got another Pest so I was lucky to pull this Imitation Goat from my second egg. I guess its name comes from being pretty clearly a lizard mimicking a goat. This pest also has a repeat generate action (I guess this is the direction pests are being taken to mechanically distinguish them from Groupies?) which spawns a random low level produce item, which you get unless it successfully gives it away to random NPCs, an impulse that can prompt some awkward or even dangerous encounters. It's nice to have an ambient source of mandrakes though.

Quality Egg
Quality Cream
Equip Slot: can be placed within your Carryon grid
Gives +5% to the highest stat of your other equipment as long as you're wearing an Approved Outfit

I stumbled on this interaction by accident in the Hell Mall. A devil there has a dialogue option if you're carrying the Quality Egg; if you hand it over you'll get this cream in return, which in turn opens an option to have your outfit critiqued. If it likes your look (I'm not sure how this is determined) it gives you a bonus to your highest equipped stat. I think it might have a weird fashion sense, though, and encourage builds that are actually counterproductive...

Graven Egg
Memento of Temptation
Equip Slot: Amulet
+4 Glitz, +4 Gloom

I actually incubated this inside the final item below, which I think affected its growth. When the centipede thing slithered out it immediately curled around a standard gold coin and turned to stone again. I'm not sure if it has any effects beyond its stat bonus--it doesn't seem to have a wiki entry at all yet?? It kinda creeps me out :/

Forbidden Egg
Cabinet of Curiowlsities
Equip Slot: Companionable Clutter
+7 Urgency, +1 Paranowlia

Phew. Hatching this is an entire mini questline to raise this thing to its mature cabinet form, but if you do it unlocks slots similar to your Carryon. Like mentioned above, I actually used this to hatch the Memento of Temptation so it seems to double for at least some incubator or cultivator type items, though the things that come out seem to be modified or unique items. Do all the $5 eggs do something like this?? That seems like a lot of dev work! In addition to the broad Urgency bonus I stocked mine with some Preserved Specimens and that gave me a boost on Viscerturgy rolls. Pretty good pull and well worth it if you have a Weirding Way build! Still not sure what Paranowlia does, it's probably just a joke stat, right?


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in reply to @thecatamites's post:

oh my god, this guy again... "hello yes just one (1!) common egg, no shiny swindling wordplay, I have other shops to hit and I will not(!) be left again with my pockets emptied" I trade the dollars for the familiar and simple weight in my hand and walk out the door, pleased with myself and relieved to be on the other side of the interaction. the sun hits my brow and I take an easy breath before continuing on with my day

  • Seer's Egg
  • Forbidden Egg
  • Mysterious Egg
  • Fool's Egg

I acquire the Seer's Egg so I might know more of the Mysterious Egg and what awaits me should I dabble in the Forbidden Egg. To do so may be folly. From the Fool's Egg shall my fate reveal itself.