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'NOTICE::: This work was created independently by LuckBox, I've just restored his old Google doc guide and posted it here as a fair amount of the information is still relevant. I make no claim of ownership'

~Grow Stone Online Beginner’s Guide, tips & tricks~

Guide Written by: LuckBox

 

Last updated: 10/07/2017

 

Like all good parties in the world, everything will come to an end. As such, my journey in GrowStone has come to an end as well. Thank you for all your support thus far. The guide will remain, but Luckbox will become a legacy. It has been fun, My friends.

   

FIND OUT LATEST UPDATE

SuperCats Official Korean Website: Click here

 

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0.0 The Index

11/06/2017 - Created this guide.

29/06/2017 - Improvements made to the entire guide. Total revamp.

30/06/2017 - Included “Pets”, “Boss Raid” and all new content.

09/07/2017 - Included “Advance Guide” guide to 1,000,000 Power.

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CREDITS: TOGETHER WE STAND

 

DISCLAIMER:

Every game content belongs to SuperCat. I merely made a guide that are supported by images and content created by SuperCat, for all beginners and even seasoned players.

For more information, please visit their official website, link can be found above.

 

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ALL Kopitiam clan members, Thank you for being the best member and people in the game, without you guys, my Grow Stone time would be boring af. Without you guys, there is no Kopitiam.

 

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1.0 GETTING STARTED

Welcome to Grow Stone Online. It’s an IDLE RPG that was developed by SuperCats and originated from Korea. The community is still developing, so I created this guide to help beginners understand the mechanics of the game and hopefully, answer most of your questions!

Let’s start mining!

 

1.1 The purpose of the game

The simplest way form of explanation: Getting your First 8 as OP as possible.

 

Red Box indicates the First 8 (The first row in your bag)

 

The first 8 stones in your bag contributes to your Power. In this game, Power determines your Damage Output. With better stones, you can increase your Power exponentially. The rest of the inventory are simply spaces for you to combine lower tier stones to obtain higher tier ones. Inventory spaces is an essential component of the game.

 

 

One of the main purpose of this game is to increase your Power as high as possible. With greater Power, you will be able to participate in other contents of the game more efficiently.�

1.2 Getting new Stones

 

Stones acts as weapons in this game, they determine your Power as mentioned. There are several ways to obtain Stones. The easiest way is to mine for them, inside your Stone Mine.

 

 

Once you start mining, you’ll obtain Stone (Rarity 1). By combining 2 Stones together, you’ll obtain a new stone, Pebble (Rarity 2). Repeat the process to achieve new powerful stones. There are currently 28 different stones in Grow Stone Online.

 

1.3 Increasing your Power

 

There are several ways to increase your Power. One of the most conventional methods is to increase the Stats of your stones. Stats menu can be found at the first column in your bag. It will cost you Gold to upgrade your stats, which can be obtained by hunting monsters in the training fields. My advice is to minimally add to level 90, as you will gain Stone Stats Point by doing so.

 

 

1.4 Purchasing Buffs

 

Besides upgrading the Stats of your stones, you can also purchase buffs to increase your Power. Buffs are categorised into 4 different types. They are:

 
 * 1) Gold Buffs	(Upgraded by Gold, passive buffs)
 * 2) Ruby Buffs	(Upgraded by Rubies, passive buffs)
 * 3) Clan Buffs	(Purchased in Clan Shop, Active buffs)
 * 4) Pet Buffs	(Available after you obtained Pet)

Gold Buffs

 

Gold buffs are upgraded using Gold, they give permanent bonus to your basic status. Like stone stats upgrade, the chances of successful upgrade decreases as the level of the buffs increases.

   

Ruby Buffs

 

Ruby buffs are upgraded by rubies, they also give permanent bonus to your basic status. However, they are upgraded at a 100% chance. In addition, there are also 3 super buffs which are exclusively only available in ruby buffs. Check the table below for more information.

   

Clan Buffs

 

Once you join a Clan, you will be able to purchase Clan buffs in your Clan Shop. Clan buffs are purchased by Clan Coins, which you will obtain when you make donations to your clan. The buffs are active and will only be active for a certain period of time.

   

Pet Buffs

Check 4.0 Pets and their uses below for more information about pet’s buff.

1.5 COMBINING STONES EFFICIENTLY

 

It’s important to combine your stone correctly, because inefficient combining can waste a lot of time, effort and rubies. Let’s see how we can combine stones correctly.

 

ADVICE #1: When it rains, use “Fast Mining”!

 

Rain is precious and unpredictable. It is important that we make full use of rain when it comes. Fast Mining allows you to maximise your gains as rain increases our chances of Super Combination.

 

Fast Mining fills your cave with stones, gives you a Mine ATK Up buff for 3 minutes. All these for 10 rubies. It will aid your progression a great deal.

 

 

“Faster Mining”

 

Faster Mining is really up to your own personal preferences. If you can’t wait at all, Faster Mining is the way to go. It replenishes your cave with stones again and it resets your mining buff. But in my opinion, if you can just wait a little longer, Fast Mining will be available again.

 

ADVICE #2: IF YOU MINE WITH NO “RAIN”, SAVE UP “STOCKPILES”!

 

What are “Stockpiles”?

 

If you’re advancing your stones to 8 Silver Stars, your “stockpiles” would be Donuts, Hadoukens or even Clovers. Turn off your “Auto Combine” (By clicking on the Magnet Icon) and stock up on stones that are 2, 3 or even 4 tiers below your targeted tier stone.

Why? SO YOU CAN COMBINE THEM ON THE NEXT “RAIN”. Pretty straightforward, for the additional chances. You’re not really in a rush aren’t you anyways?

 

Example of a “Stockpile”.

 

While mining to achieve 8 Silver Stars for my first 8 without the help of “Rain”, stockpiling will be a better option. Saving up 2, 3 or 4 tiers lower grade stones than Silver Stars to wait for “Rain” to combine, and hopefully RNG blesses you.

 

ADVICE #3: IF YOU PLAN TO MINE OVERNIGHT OR AFK, USE LOCKERS

 

If you leave your first 8 unlocked, chances are “Auto Combine” will combine your first 8 and your power level will be screwed big time. Lock your first 8 with lockers, which can be purchased in “Items” for 8 rubies. Each purchase gives you 8 Lockers, which can only be used once each.

 

Click on the logo above and it will highlight itself, then click on the stone you wish to lock. Once you see a lock sign on your stone, you can then click on the locker again to end the process.�

ADVICE #4: ALWAYS HAVE RESERVE Gold FUNDS

 

Having reserve Gold funds can be especially useful. Sometimes, you super combined and skip a tier, you will realised that your Power has decreased. That is when you can use your Gold to upgrade the Stats of your new stone.

 

 

Step 01: Before you combine the Four Leaf Clover for another Hadouken

 

Step 02: Accidentally Super Combined into a Donut with decreased Power

 

 

Step 03: Upgrade your new Donut to increase your power again while saving effort

1.6 Step by step guide to Effective Stone Combining

 

If you started not so long ago, this might be what you’re looking at every time you open your bag.

 

 

I know, you can’t wait to own the Dragon Stone and be the strongest GrowStone online player. There’s still a long way there but eventually, we will get there. Let’s start step by step.

 

STEP #1: UNLOCKING SLOTS IN YOUR BAG

 

Your first goal is to unlock 14~16 slots in your bag. Without additional slots, there’s a limited amount of progress you can make. How to unlock slots? Farm for Gold and unlock bag slots under “items”. Fill up your first row will the strongest possible stones you can get and go farm for Gold.

 

Once your bag looks like this, you’re set:

 

STEP #2: ACHIEVING 8 HADOUKENS FOR YOUR FIRST 8

 

If you still don’t realized by now, your attack is only attributed by your first 8. The 9th stone onwards does not contribute to your power or whatsoever. It's just space for you to create additional stones to upgrade your first 8.

 

Why Hadouken? Decent attacks for beginners, looks cool, can carry you for a decent distance into the game and easy to build.

 

Make the 9th Four Leaf Clover:

 

Current Power: 152.0 (19.0 X 8) Level 1 Four Leaf Clover

 

Combine it into your first Hadouken:

 

Power now: 157 (19.0 X 7 + 24.0) Increased Power!

 

Repeat 7 times:

 

Power later: 192.0 (24.0) Level 1 Hadouken

RULE OF THE THUMB

 

The most important and most basic rule, DO NOT COMPROMISE YOUR FIRST 8 STONES!

 

Your first 8 stones directly influence your attack power. It’s the most important 8 stones in your entire bag. When you’re upgrading, do not sacrifice your first 8 stones. It’s is super important that you maintain a full row of your best stones at all times.

 

Many people disagrees with me, but I insist that you keep the integrity of your First 8. The reason is simple. With Boss raids, PVP and even perhaps Clan wars in the future, it’s better to have a stable sets of First 8.

 

For example: If you have 8 Gold Stars, you will be consistently dealing 7,000 damage every single hit.

 

But if you combine them to make 4 Crescents, or 2 Half Moon, or 1 Full Moon, you will be dealing perhaps 9,000 ~ 11,000 damage on your first hit, and subsequently inflicting 1,000 ~ 3,000 damage for your next 4-6 hits?

 

Not very efficient for Raid Boss nor PVP.

 

Not to mention inefficient and slow it will be when you decide to AFK Gold farming overnight. You might be potentially losing more than 50% of earnings.

 

RULE #1

Do not use any stone inside your first row to upgrade each other.

(For example, using 1 of the 8 Hadoukens to make 1 Donut, and you end up with 6 Hadouken and 1 Donut.)

RULE #2

ALWAYS Upgrade the Stats of your NEXT stone BEFORE you evolve the stones. (If you’re using 08 X Lv 85 Silver Stars now, upgrade your Gold Star’s Stats to Lvl 85, BEFORE you make your current 08 silver stars into Gold Stars.)

RULE #3

ALWAYS evolve your stones ONE BY ONE! By making a 9th stone to combine.

1.7 MAKING STABLE PROGRESS

 

There are 5 good factors contributing to fast, yet stable progression.

 

Factor #1- Buffs must be upgraded

 

At least Level 15. Think about it, you’re missing out 15~20% of additional Attack, HP, Critical Rate and etc. The difference is huge! Not forgetting to mention Auto Walking Speed, that’s gonna make a huge impact when you’re afking.

 

Factor #2 - Live or die, it’s all in the first 8 stones

 

Let’s face the fact, as much as you want the snowball, it’s better to have 8 Gold Stars than 1 freaking snowball. Why? Because the Stones has Cooldowns.

 

Having 8 identical stones not only reduces the pause in between attacks, you also only have to focus on upgrading ONE stone’s Stats instead of freaking 6 or 7 different stones.

 

Factor #3 - Upgrade the stats of your Stones

 

I personally recommend that the stats of your main stones to be at least level 60-100. Anything less is unless you plan to mine for the rest of your life and skip a couple of tier. Which i strongly recommend not to.

 

Factor #4 - Doing the right thing at the right time

 

During rain, do mining because rain increases your chances of Super Combination. During HOT time event, challenge the Tower of Challenge or go to the training fields to farm for Gold or do some leveling.

 

Focus on what you want and plan on what to do at the correct time.

1.8 Stone Attributes

Different stones has different attributes, you gain those attributes when you equipped that particular stones. Here are the types of attributes that are available:

Check ANNEX A to find out what attributes each stones gives

 

Stone Stats

When you upgrade a particular stone stats to Level 90 and above, you will earn a Stone Stats Point. These points can be spend in your menu under “Stats”. You will be able to earn up to 28 Stone Stats Point. Upgrading your stone stats requires Stone State Points and Gold.

 

Things to take note:

 
 * 1) Resetting your Stone Stats requires 2,000 rubies.
 * No, upgrading your stones to Level 91, 92 or even 100 will not earn additional Stone Stats.
 * 1) All stats bonus is available regardless of what you equipped. Bonuses will stack on top of bonuses your stones give.

Check 2.3 Stone Stats Guide for information on how to add your stone stats.�

1.9 The correct place to farm

 

This is the most important factor of all. Gold is so important. You use Gold to upgrade Stats and buffs. You donate Gold to your clan to earn Clan Coins. Farming at the wrong place may deny you of your maximum profit.

  * Minimum Attack Power required for 1-3 hits per monster

  * Minimum Attack Power required for 1-3 hits per monster

Farming for Gold

Gold are so important in this game, even more than rubies. Without Gold you won’t be able:

1.	Upgrade your stone’s stats to gain more power.

2.	Purchase upgrades for your Gold buffs.

3.	Donate Gold to your clan to gain Clan Coins.

 

You’ll realise that you’re constantly running out of Gold. And you’re always having a hard time finding the balance between killing monsters and mining.

 

 

Effective Gold Farming

In the early stages of the game, following the sequence and progression in the hunting fields will gather yourself enough Gold for most of the stuff. As you reach level 60, you come to realize that Gold is never enough.

 

Below are some of the essential aids towards coin farming.

   

Method #1: Auto farming

The easiest way of farming Gold is to leave your character hunting monsters overnight. This would easily fetch 200,000 ~ 2,000,000 Gold depending on your progress in the game.

 

Auto-farm when you have difficulties to manual the game. Especially useful when you’re sleeping, working or stoning.

 

“Gold is never enough” - LuckBox

 

Additional Buffs

Do take note that it might be a good idea to activate Clan Buffs while auto farming for Gold. Clan Buffs such as “EXP up” and “Auto Walk Spd Up” might increases your efficiency when you farm AFK.

 

However, it is my advice that you do not activate “Auto Walk SPD Up” if you are unable to 1 hit kill a monster. By walking faster, you’re simply giving your A.I lesser time to kill the monster while walking towards it, which will result in faster deaths.

Method #2: Manual Hunting at the correct time

 

This method can be ridiculously lucrative if you are doing it correctly. I’ve tried farming 18,000,000 Gold in a matter of 2 hours but it really depends on your Power. Needless to say, your buffs should be maxed out or as upgraded to as high as possible.

 

During normal times, simply use method #1 and let it auto farm. However, during Hot Event Time 200%, you should practise manual hunting to achieve maximum payout. This is what you should do:

 

1.	Wait for Hot Event Time 200% Gold Up 2.	Activate Clan Buff for 30 Clan Coins

3.	Watch Ads for 200% Additional Gold

4.	Find monsters you require 8-16 hits to kill

5.	Manual kite and kill monsters for the entire event.

 

 

A single kill of the boss in Underground 3F with all the buffs gives 688,430 Gold.

Method #3: Tower Of Challenge

Tower of challenge gives pretty much Gold if you’re going through it efficiently. It is highly recommended that you have at least 50,000 ~ 350,000 Power for this method to be effective. If you have more than 350,000 Power, soloing might be a better option, and it’s proven to be much more lucrative.

 

Criteria for Method #3 to be effective:

   
 * 1) A good party if you have 50,000 ~ 350,000 Power.
 * 2) HP+ pots, to have at least 50 per run.
 * 3) Hot time event (200% Gold Gain)
 * 4) Activate all coin buffs.

Check out “Tower Of Challenge Walkthrough” below for a more in-depth guide for Tower Of Challenge!

 

“Gold is good, I like Gold” - LuckBox�

2.0 Progressing Onwards

 

Here are the few things you should try to achieve when you just started the game. In chronological order, this is a rough guide of what you should do:

 

2.1 Progression Guide:

01. Purchase “Ruby Box” at Lv 01

 

02. Purchase “Super Combination” at Lv 01

 

03. Increase bag pack to 8 slots

 

04. Increasing all buffs (Non-Rubies) to Lv 05

 

05. Increase Bag pack to 12 slots

06. Increasing all buffs (Non-Rubies) to Lv 08

07. Increase Bag pack to 14-16 slots

 

08. Increasing all buffs (Non-Rubies) to Lv 10

09. Obtain 08 X Hadoukens (First 8 slots)

10. Upgrade Hadoukens Stats to Lv. 40

11. Increasing all buffs (Non-Rubies) to Lv 12

 

12. Increase Bag Pack to 18-20 slots

13. Increasing all buffs (Non Rubies) to Lv 15

 

14. Join a Clan

 

2.2 Ruby Buffs Progression Guide

 

Eventually, all of your rubies skills will be upgraded for future progression. The key factor is upgrading the correct one at the correct time. Below is what I recommend, you may use it as a reference, you may follow it strictly, or you may simply ignore it.

 

Rubies Buffs (Compulsory, add first)

01. Lv 01 Ruby Box 02. Lv 01 Super Combination

Different playing style renders different skill builds, I generally categorized them into 3 different parts, it depends on what really suits you though.

 

AFK Build (Best build if you don’t have time)

01. Max Auto-Attack Speed Up

02. Max Auto Combine 03. Lv 5 Super Combination 04. Lv 10 Additional Gold Gain 05. Lv 5 Additional Attack Power

06. Lv 10 Super Combination

07. Max Additional Gold Gain 08. Lv 10 Additional Attack Power 09. Max Super Combination 10. Max Additional Attack Power

 

Eventually upgrade the rest of the buffs in this order:

1. Ruby Box

2. Possibility of Critical

3. Critical Damage

Active manual Playing Build (Best Build to earn farm for rubies non-stop)

01. Max Ruby Box

02. Max Super Combination 03. Lv 5 Additional Gold Gain

04. Lv 5 Additional Power Up 05. Lv 5 Auto-Attack Spd Up

06. Max Additional Gold Gain 07. Max Additional Attack Power 08. Max Auto-Attack Spd Up

Eventually upgrade the rest of the buffs in this order:

1. Auto Combination

2. Possibility of Critical

3. Critical Damage

 

2.3 Stone Stats Guide

This is my personal opinion with explanation given on why I choose to add my Stone stats this way. Feel free to use it as a guide or reference. Remember, you have a total of 28 Stone Stats Point to use.

 

2.4 Gold Buffs Progression Guide

Gold buffs are pretty straightforward, but since successful upgrade rate decreases when the skill level increases, it can get pretty expensive and difficult to upgrade. As such, this is the best way to upgrade your skills in my opinion:

3.0 HOW TO SPEND YOUR RUBIES
 * 1) Gold Gain		to Level 03
 * 2) Power Up!		to Level 03
 * 3) Critical			to Level 01
 * 4) MAX HP Up		to Level 03
 * 5) Gold Gain		to Level 05
 * 6) Power Up!		to Level 05
 * 7) Critical			to Level 03
 * 8) MAX HP Up		to Level 05
 * 9) Gold Gain		to Level 08
 * 10) Power Up!		to Level 08
 * 11) Critical			to Level 05
 * 12) MAX HP Up		to Level 08
 * 13) CRI Damage		to Level 03
 * 14) Gold Gain		to Level 10
 * 15) Power Up!		to Level 10
 * 16) Critical			to Level 08
 * 17) MAX HP Up		to Level 10
 * 18) CRI Damage		to Level 05
 * 19) Gold Gain		to Level 12
 * 20) Power Up!		to Level 12
 * 21) Critical 		to Level 10
 * 22) MAX HP Up 		to Level 12
 * 23) CRI Damage 		to Level 10
 * 24) Gold Gain		to Level 15
 * 25) Power Up!		to Level 15
 * 26) Critical			to Level 15
 * 27) MAX HP Up		to Level 15
 * 28) CRI Damage		to Level 15
 * 29) Gold Gain		to Level 20
 * 30) Power Up!		to Level 18
 * 31) Critical			to Level 18
 * 32) MAX HP Up		to Level 18
 * 33) CRI Damage		to Level 18
 * 34) Power Up!		to Level 20
 * 35) Critical			to Level 20
 * 36) MAX HP Up		to Level 20
 * 37) CRI Damage		to Level 20�

Ruby is the in-game currency. It's the most useful thing in the game I supposed, and the best thing is, it's farmable. Yes, you read it right, it's farmable. Before we learn how to spend them, let’s learn how to earn them!

 

3.1 FARMING RUBIES

Rubies can be farmed in many method. The game allow us to farm for these premium currency in an reasonable amount of effort:reward ratio. Below listed are the easiest way to farm for rubies in difficulty order, from the BEST to the WORST.

 

Ruby Box

The game provides this "skill" to earn ruby, once you activated it you can harvest rubies every 300 seconds (110s when maxed at Level 20). Quantity ranges from 1-5 rubies, depending on RNG. This is by far the most useful skill in the game.

 

Achievement Farming

Achievement will be resetted once daily at 00:00 GMT+8:00. You can clear all achievements once per day and It will reset to be completed again. If you did not manage to clear any particular achievements, your progress will be carried forward to the next day.

 

Watching Ads for Rubies

Developers earn money when we watch ads. In return, they reward us with 5 Rubies as a gesture of gratitude. The free rubies can be earned every 15 minutes. Just remember not to use too much data. Wi-Fi if possible!

 

Purchase using $$

It’s not the worst.. It just requires.. Money. If you’re planning to spend some money, I highly recommend the “Skip Ads” package. Once purchased, you can skip all the ads and claim the rewards immediately, including instant respawn. It will save a lot of data and time if you are not playing with WiFi.

 

If you are a big spender, purchase the “Ruby Package 2”, there’s more than enough rubies for you to max out every single ruby buffs, you’ll still have leftovers for Fast Mining, lockers and even a couple of Avatars.

A tip for you guys: If you purchased the “Skip Ads” package, you’ll be able to activate your x2 Ads Gold Buff inside the tower. Just go to your menu, under the “Buff” tab and click activate.�

3.2 Additional Usage of Rubies

 

If you were wondering, below is a list of stuffs you can buy with rubies. My recommendation though, is to max your ruby buffs first before you buy unnecessary stuffs like Avatar. The rewards from the 3 hour adventures aren’t that awesome anyways.

   

4.0 PETS AND THEIR USES

Pets are wonderful creatures in Grow Stone, but they are also incredibly expensive. Pets provides Pet Buffs, which are extremely useful, but very difficult to achieve. In order to level your pets, you will need to participate in Boss Raid to hunt for materials. (More information in Boss Raid Guide.)

 

4.1 How can I get a Pet?

In order to get a pet, you must first unlock a Pet Slot. This costs rubies and it can get very expensive. Without Pet slot, you cannot purchase a pet. After the 5th Pet slot, subsequent Pet slots all costs 2,000 Rubies.

 

4.2 The different kinds of Pets

There are many different pets, they all look different and give different bonus and effects.

   

4.3 Pet’s Buff

 

4.4 Equipping Pets

 

There are 2 different tabs under your “Pet” menu. You have “Mine” and “Storage”. You will be able to hold up a certain numbers of pets depending on how many slots you have unlocked. If you do not wish to purchase a new slot for a new pet, you can store your current pet inside the storage for 100 rubies.

 

However, do take note that if your pet is inside the storage, it’s buff will not take effect. If you withdraw your pet from the storage, putting it back will cost 100 rubies again.

 

My advice is to purchase the slots instead of storing it, as it will cost 100 rubies every single time you deposit your pet. A one time payment might be worthwhile in the long run. Besides, you get to activate more buffs at any one time.

4.5 Upgrading Pets

In order to upgrade your pets, you will require Element Essences and Gold. Element Essences can be found in Boss Raid Dungeons daily. As the pet’s level increases, the success rate of upgrade will decrease and the amount of essences and gold required will increase drastically.

 

 

4.6 Gaia’s Blessing & Favor

Gaia’s Blessing and Gaia’s Favor can be obtained by purchasing a Gaia’s Material Box in the item shop, which cost 500 Rubies. Take note, purchasing a Material Box does not guarantee you one of the following items.

 

Gaia’s Blessing

Using Gaia’s Blessing while upgrading gives you a chance of upgrading your pet level by up to 3 levels. Take note, Gaia’s Blessing can be obtained within Tower Of Challenge.

 

Gaia’s Favor Using Gaia’s Favor while upgrading prevents level loss when upgrading failed. Take note, Gaia’s Favor will not be returned if upgrading is successful. Take note, Gaia’s Favor can be obtained within Golem Boss Dungeon.

4.7 Gaia’s Material Box

Gaia’s Material Box can be purchase in your menu under the “item” tab for 500 rubies. However, it does not guarantee you neither Gaia’s Blessing or Gaia’s Favor. The box will give you 5 random items between:

1. Potions

2. Clan Stone Tokens

3. Element Essences 4. Gaia’s Blessing 5. Gaia’s Favor

 

 

There could be instances where you get 5 Gaia’s Blessing. But most of the time, you will get a mixture between this 5. Take note, there’s a possibility of getting 5 Potions too. Also, the quantity of each items is random too.

 

 

Honestly in my personal opinion, not very worth it. Because it’s mostly RNG, gambling with 500 rubies is way too expensive. But like I’ve always say, it’s really up to your own personal preference.

5.0 Golem Boss Dungeon Walkthrough

By this stage of the game, you should know what you’re doing and you’re grinding non stop to get stronger. After 8 Donuts, you moved on to bronze stars, then silvers and now you are aiming for Gold and beyond.

It’s time to move on to the next stage of the game.

 

 

At this stage of the game, you should have 15,000 or more Power. Your MAX HP buff should be minimally at Lv. 15. It’s time to destroy the Mine Quest, defeat the Boss Golem and it’s minions, and earn your reward of reducing the amount of stone you’re required to grind into half.

Holy shit, half?

Oh yes, so it’s super important that you clear this stage and collect mine souls as soon as possible. Let’s quickly move on to defeating this golem boss.

5.1 Conditions of defeating the Boss Golem

In order to attempt, your character needs to be of minimum Lv 5. (Duh), minimally 15,000 Attack and Lv 15 Upgrade on your Max HP Buff. This requirement guarantees 95% chance of clearing the first dungeon with ease.

 

Of course, if you are very patient, able to kite monsters very well and have incredible reflexes to dodge the incoming attacks, you might be able to clear it even earlier.

 

Each day 24 hours, you get 3 attempts (Tickets) to fight the Boss Golem. You can purchase additional tickets at the price of 50 rubies (increasing by 50 more each time more.) to have additional attempts. You may bring over 2 attempts to the next day.

50 Rubies renders you ONE additional attempt, the second one will cost 100 rubies, the third will cost 150, etc etc.

 

5.2 The Fight

The key to success is precise control of your character, ultra reflexes, a stable connection and most importantly, a good spot to stand prior to monsters spawning.

 

Kill them as soon as they spawn to prevent over-crowding, unlimited amount of stone attacks flying towards you, and lags. This is the best way to survive till the very end.

 

You will earn 50~75 souls per run and some nice stones, depending on RNG. You will also receive Gaia’s Favor in Golem Boss Dungeon.

 

Video Walkthrough

Watch a YouTube Video on all 3 floors: Click here (Turn CC on)

   

5.3 1F STONE BOSS GOLEM

 

Wave 01

Total: 10 Golem Minions

Red		- First Spawn location		X - Single

Blue		- Second Spawn location	O - Double

Green		- Third Spawn location

 

Wave 02

Total: 16 Minions

Red		- First Spawn location		X - Single

Blue		- Second Spawn location	O - Double

Green		- Third Spawn location

Wave 03 (Boss Wave)

 

Total: 12 Minion, 1 Boss

Red		- First Spawn location		 X - Single

Blue		- Second Spawn location (Boss)	 O - Double

Green		- Third Spawn location

 

Congratulations! You will now mine Pebbles instead of Stones!

5.4 2F PEBBLE BOSS GOLEM

 

Wave 01

Total: 10 Minions

Red		- First Spawn location		X - Single

Blue		- Second Spawn location	O - Double

Green		- Third Spawn location

Wave 02

Total: 16 Minions

Red		- First Spawn location		X - Single

Blue		- Second Spawn location	O - Double

Green		- Third Spawn location

Wave 03 (Boss Wave)

 

Total: 12 Minion, 1 Boss

Red		- First Spawn location		 X - Single

Blue		- Second Spawn location (Boss)	 O - Double

Green		- Third Spawn location

 

Congratulations! You will now mine Big Stones instead of Pebbles!�

5.5 3F BIG STONE BOSS GOLEM

 

Wave 01

Total: 10 Minions

Red		- First Spawn location		X - Single

Blue		- Second Spawn location	O - Double

Green		- Third Spawn location

 

Wave 02

Total: 16 Minions

Red		- First Spawn location		X - Single

Blue		- Second Spawn location	O - Double

Green		- Third Spawn location�

Wave 03 (Boss Wave)

 

Total: 12 Minion, 1 Boss

Red		- First Spawn location		 X - Single

Blue		- Second Spawn location (Boss)	 O - Double

Green		- Third Spawn location

 

Congratulations! You now mine Rocks instead of Big Stones!

6.0 TOWER OF CHALLENGE

Tower of Challenge is one of the more exciting features in Grow Stone Online. Like any other RPG, there has to be a Tower for players to climb for rewards, lol. Similar as the Golem Boss Dungeons, there is a limited amount of tries per day.

 

You can attempt Tower of Challenge ONCE per day. Additional attempts costs rubies, similar as the Golem Boss Dungeon, 50 for the second try and 50 on top for every additional tries.

 

6.1 Benefits of ToC

There are several benefits Tower Of Challenge provides, to name a few:
 * 1) Decent amount of Gold and EXP.
 * 2) Clan Stone Tokens.
 * 3) Gaia’s Blessing
 * 4) Challenging game play.
 * 5) Something besides hitting and combining the stones.

6.2 Prerequisite of ToC


 * 1) Minimally Level 30
 * 50,000~350,000 Power (Recommended to form Parties)
 * 1) >350,000 Power (Recommended to solo for lesser lags, more reward.)

6.3 Things to prepare before ToC run

 
 * 1) Stable Network Connection.
 * 2) Turn Weather Effect off.
 * 3) Switch to “Auto-2” attack mode.
 * 4) Prepare minimally 100 HP+ Potions PER ToC run.

Video Walkthrough

I reckon it’s better that I show you the entire ToC Run, click on the link for a video walkthrough of Tower Of Challenge: Click here

7.0 Boss Raid Dungeons

Boss raid dungeon is one of the toughest challenge in Grow Stone Online. Upon completion, you will be able to obtain element essence to upgrade your pets. Similar as the Tower of Challenge, you will be able to party up to 4 members and challenge the Boss Raid together.

 

7.1 Dungeon Available

   

7.2 Joining the dungeon

Joining the dungeon requires one ticket per entry from all members. You can hold up to a maximum of 3 tickets at any one time. The ticket will replenish itself in every 30 minutes and there’s no limit of tickets replenish per day.

7.3 Recommendation for each stage

Like every content in the game, there are a recommended stats to have before attempting the dungeons. Below are my recommendation after I have personally attempted the dungeons. Free feel to use this as a reference. Do take note that the below recommended stats will allow you to clear the dungeon with more ease. It still can be done with lesser than what is recommended.

   

7.4 Types of Attack

The boss has 4 different types of attack, each can be fatal when you counter it incorrectly. Follow through the guide while I show you guys how to effectively counter its attack to avoid taking damage as much as possible.

 

Video Walkthrough

You may view my “Boss Raid Normal Walkthrough” in this link: Click here (Turn On CC)

Attack #1: Range Attack

 

The first attack is the ranged attack of the boss. It will charged up stones around it’s body and fire them towards you. The key to avoiding them effectively is to go as far away from the boss as possible before he launches them. This will make his attacks spread as far as possible before it reaches you, making it easy to dodge.

 

This is where your attack range really helps as while you’re avoiding its attack, you are still attacking him.

 

Attack #2: Wall Push

 

 

The second attack of the boss is the Wall Pull. It will push you towards the sides of the map, either left, right or bottom. You will have to move towards the opposite direction within a second before the spikes on the wall hits you. Focus on where the boss is facing before you got push, that is the direction you are going to be pushed to.

 

This is one of the easier attack to avoid and you should try not to take any damage from this attack. All you have to do is to focus on moving in the opposite direction once you are pushed to the wall.

 

Attack #3: Ground Spikes

 

The third attack of the boss is the Ground Spikes. The easiest attack to avoid if you do not panic, but deadly if you flustered.

 

 

The key to avoid the spikes is to not stay near the red squares as those are the indicators of where the spikes are gonna erect from. There’s about 1 second delay before the spike fully extend and damage you. Easy avoid as there are not many spawning at once.

 

Attack #4: Stone Storm

 

The boss’s ultimate attack. This is the highest damage attack the boss has and it can be very very fatal if you do not know how to avoid it. This attack has an area of effect of the entire map. It will deal damage every alternate seconds. Dealing up to 10 of thousands of damage.

 

 

Right before he activates Stone Storm, he will turn translucent for about 3 seconds. The key to avoid taking any damage from Stone Storm is to stand within a grey patch which can be found in the 4 corners of the map. You have to stand exactly within the grey patch to avoid any damage. Easiest way to ensure that you’re in the grey patch is to ensure that the shadow of your character is within the grey tile.

 

8.0 ADVANCE GUIDE

Congratulations, if you are reading this part of the guide, I can assume that you have reached at least level 90, maxed all your buffs and you are at least 150,000 power or near this range. It is time for an advance guide.

Road to 1,000,000 Power.

8.1 Disclaimers

 

Before we start, I would like to state that as I have reached the 1,000,000 Power milestone, I am sharing my experience and tips on reaching 1,000,000 Power and Level 100. I understand that different people has different opinion and you might have a better way or option than what I have recommended.

Please feel free to contact me if you can improve or value-add to my guide so that we can help the community.

 

8.2 Prerequisite for 300,000 Power

In order for this guide to be effective, you need to:
 * 1) Minimally be Level 90
 * 2) 150,000 Power
 * 3) 40 inventory slots (32+8 from Fedxer)
 * 4) All gold buffs maxed
 * 5) All ruby buffs maxed (Except for Offline Gold Buff)
 * 6) Have a stable first 8 set (Minimally 8 Gold Stars at Level 90.)
 * 7) Completed 2F of Golem Boss Dungeons

The following are not compulsory but will shorten your quest to 1,000,000:  
 * 1) In a clan with Max Auto-Combination Reduction Buff and Max Gold Buff
 * 2) Pets (Babe, Fedxer, Skull Slime.)
 * 1,000 rubies
 * 1) Able to AFK overnight while sleeping

8.3 Daily Routine

This is how I typically start my day, you can use this as a reference to plan your daily activities more efficiently.

 

8.4 Road to 300,000 Power

At this point of time, you should realized that gold is depleting at a very fast rate and you are constantly between the dilemma of farming coins or stones. The game truly becomes very grindy at this point of time, but it’s not the worst yet.

 

Getting 300,000 Power

Getting to Level 91 is not your first priority at this point of time. Without Power, you cannot farm EXP effectively to break the 90 wall. You have to focus on your power first.

 

Step #1: Farm for gold

Always ensure that you have at least 1,500,000 to 2,000,000 gold at all times. Completion of Tower Of Challenge during Hot Time event will easily fetch you 1,000,000 gold per run. Farming at Abandoned Desert 2F will fetch you a pretty decent amount of gold as well.

 

If you are planning to sleep soon and noticed you do not have sufficient gold, it might be a good idea to farm for gold overnight, to prepare for tomorrow’s stone grinding session.

 

LuckBox Tip: Always activate your clan buff before you grind for gold. Also, if you have purchased the “No Ads Package”, activate your 200% Ads Buff while you are in Tower Of Challenge, 24F.

 

Step #2: Effective Stone Farming

Without a doubt, use Fast Farming during rain and fill up your inventory with stockpiles. However, most people will start to combine once it rains, regardless of the amount of stockpiles they have. I don’t do that.

Typically, if my inventory is rather empty, i will make use of the first few rains to make plenty of stockpiles. I will always fill my inventory with at least 20-24 stockpiles before I start to combine my stockpiles on the next rain.

 

LuckBox Tip: If you are farming stones manually, transfer your first 8 into Fedxer’s bag (Your second inventory/Pet inventory) and always leave a blank space in your first 8. Blank space will cause your to throw a “Hand” as a weapon while mining. As “Hand” do not have cooldown, it makes mining slightly faster! It really adds up if you are mining over a long period of time. (One blank space is enough to trigger the no cooldown mining)

 

However, if you are planning to mine overnight with Auto Combination, then do not bother.

8.5 Preparation for 300,000

This is how your inventory should look like at this point of time.

Right before you start mining frenzy, you should set your bag as following. Do take note that you will require a Level 6 or more Fedxer Pet in order to transfer your First 8 into the pet’s slot. Once you are set, you are ready to start mining.

 

LuckBox Tip: I like to organize my inventory neatly as it helps me visualize clearly my next course of action. Of course, it has a little to do with my minor OCD but that’s beside the point.

At this point of the game, your stockpiles should consist of Hadoukens and Donuts.

Yellow	: First 8.

Red	: Incoming stones from mining, always keep 1 or 2 blank spot to activate “Hand”.

Blue	: “Combining Tray”, do all the combining within these 2 rows.

Green	: Stockpiles row.

8.6 Combining Scenarios

As I have mentioned, I would recommend that you have at least 20~24 stockpiles before you starting combining them. Regardless if it’s raining, if you do not have 20~24 stockpiles, you should be making them first.

Once your inventory looks like that, you can then proceed to start combining during rain. The chances of your scoring is much higher, and it’s more time-efficient in my opinion. If you have achieved this amount of stockpiles but it is not raining, then maybe go for raid or fields to farm for gold while waiting for rain.

 

LuckBox Tip: Combination is mostly RNG in your opinion, but I’m sure you have a feeling that there is a certain pattern for Super Combination. I like to combine 4~6 lower tier stones before I combine my stockpiles. 80% of the time, I will achieve Super Combination when I needed it.

 

Call it my personal “Ritual”.

 

Also, some of the rains are cursed rain. Meaning to say, it produce the worst result. Call me paranoid, but some rain are godsent while some are totally bullshit. So “test” the rain with some low tier stones before you decide to super combine.

SCENARIO #1

 

Sadly, this is the longest route to accomplish the next tier Stone (Crescent). Nonetheless, it is progress. Proceed to upgrade your Crescent’s Level to 90.

 

SCENARIO #2

Congratulations. This is the 3rd fastest route to new tier. You can proceed to upgrade your Crescent.

SCENARIO #3

The second fastest route to a new tier, because your silver stars super combined, you have an extra Gold Star from your First 8 to make another Crescent. In total, you upgraded 2 of your Gold Stars into 2 Crescents. Proceed to upgrade your Crescent.

 

SCENARIO #4

Congratulations. This is the fastest route to a new tier. Not only you super combined your silver stars to a Crescent, you also super combined your spare Gold Star from your First 8 into a Half Moon. Proceed to upgrade your Crescent and Half Moon. Hopefully you have enough gold.

9.0 BEYOND 300,000

Congratulations on reaching 300,000, by now you should have at least 8 Each Ice as your first 8. You will be able to clear 30F Tower Of Challenge and Boss Raid (Easy) without Potions as long as you pay attention. Your EXP gauge should be at 5%~10% towards Level 91, but that’s okay, we are not gonna focus on breaking the Level 90 wall yet.

 

9.1 Prerequisite for 500,000 Power

In order for this guide to be effective, you need to:  
 * 1) 300,000 Power
 * 2) 42 Inventory Slots (32+10 from Fedxer)
 * 3) Have a stable First 8 Set (Minimally 8 Each Ice at Level 90)
 * 4) Completed 3F Golem Boss Dungeon
 * 1,000 Rubies
 * 1) Able to AFK farming at night

9.2 Road to 500,000

 

Collect those tokens and make sure you have joined a decent clan. With 300,000 Power, you will be able to join a clan with at least Auto Combination Reduction Buff at minimally level 8. I really recommend that you find a good clan. Clan Buff is very important for your journey towards 1,000,000 Power.

 

LuckBox Tip: At this level, you should be donating tons of Clan Stone Tokens and gold to your clans to earn those Clan Coins. It is of vital importance that you collect as many Clan Coins as possible, because you need it to reach 750,000 and subsequently, 1,000,000 Power.�

9.3 Pets progression

Earlier on your quest towards 300,000 Power, I insisted that you clear Raids whenever you can, even if you do not currently owe any pets. The reason is because you require tons of essences to upgrade your pets. Essences run out so quickly due to the miserable success rate.

 

At this point of the game, your pets should minimally upgraded to this stage. It’s okay if you don’t owe all 6 pets. The important ones are Fedxer, Babe and Lime, in this sequence.

 

This is my recommendation of Pets priority and how much resources you should spend on it. Like any other of my recommendation, feel free to use it as a reference or follow it strictly.

 

9.2 Road to 750,000

 

Congratulations on reaching 500,000 Power. This is definitely a good and strong milestone. However, the game gets really stagnant at this point of time, and it might take 12-20 Hours of gameplay before you can upgrade to the next tier. You should have around 10~15% exp towards Level 91. Likewise, we are not focusing on breaking the wall yet.

9.3 Clan Coins

I have emphasized the importance of finding a good clan and also to commit to donations daily. By donating daily, you get clan coins, your clan gets to level up, it also helps prevent you from getting dismissed by a clan. You might have over 2,000 clan coins all piled up. But trust me, these coins are gonna go fast.

 

9.4 Gameplay Strategy

Manual Mining is no longer sufficient if you want fast progression. Once you have had enough for the day, you should go AFK mining while you are sleeping. Remember to activate your clan buff, “Auto Combination Reduction” before you set your phone aside. And also turn on your Auto Combination.

According to my experience, if your clan buff is at Level 10 (Max), you should wake up to a few Gold Stars, some Silver Stars and tons of bronze. This is definitely what you should look forward to every morning when you wake up.

Once you are awake, immediately turn off your Auto Combination and wait for rain. (Refer to 8.3 Daily Routine Guide if you have forgotten)

 

LuckBox Tip: In order to be able to activate Clan Buff (Auto Combination Reduction) every night before you sleep, you will require a steady source of clan coins. (Minimally 150cc every day) Donating 450,000 gold will fetch you 30 Clan Coins, likewise with donating 600 Stone Tokens. As such, my recommendation is 2 times 450,000 gold and 3 times Tokens, which will cost you 900,000 gold, 1,800 Stone Tokens and 100 rubies daily. (Rubies to reset donation cap)

10.0 ROAD TO 1,000,000

Congratulations on reaching 750,000. You are definitely on your way towards 1,000,000 Power. At this stage of the game, you should be able to solo Boss Raid (Normal), reaching 34F in Tower Of Challenge should be a walk in the park. You are gonna probably spend about 4-6 days in the mine from now onwards, if you progress fast.

 

10.1 Prerequisite for 1,000,000 Power

 

If you really want to progress fast, use Fast mining even if it’s not raining at this point of time. Progression will take roughly 28~32 hours of gameplay for a stone upgrade. It’s really tedious and slow. I use Fast mining whenever it cooldowns. During rain, I might even use Faster Mining but that’s me. Ultimately it’s really your choice.

10.2 Gameplay Strategy

If you are planning to play manually, I would recommend activating “Auto Walk Speed” Clan buff for 90cc. The fastest you walk, the fastest you mine. However, it is only effective if the buff is at max level. I have tested it a few times, and I can personally vouch that by walking faster, you mine faster.

 

LuckBox Tip: If you are have tons of clan coins to spare, it will great if you can activate MINE ATK up! Clan Buff too. The faster you destroy a stone, the faster the next one will spawn. Together with your “Auto Walk Speed”, you will definitely farm at least 25% faster, which is equivalent to 4-6 hours of gameplay.

 

Good luck for your quest to 1,000,000 Power.�

ANNEX A: STONE TIER LIST  

ANNEX B: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Q:	Why did you make this guide?

A:	I love this game, and I was bored and wanted to help beginners.

 

Q:	Can I join your clan? A:	Yeah sure, apply to join “Kopitiam”, slots are limited though.

 

Q:	Can I add you in-game?

A:	Yeah sure, my IGN is “LuckBox”.

 

Q:	What should I purchase with the rubies I saved first?

A:	Ruby Box would be the best option I suppose. If you’re actively playing.

 

Q:	What Power should I have to challenge the Golem boss?

A:	12,000 ~ 20,000 for the Stone Golem Boss, 1F.

 

Q:	What happens when I defeat the Stone Golem Boss?

A:	You earn Mine Souls and a couple of stones.

 

Q:	What happens when I collect all 1,000 Mine Souls?

A:	Your default stone acquired from mining will be changed to “Pebbles”.

 

Q:	What is “Rain”?

A:	Rain is a weather effect that increases the rate of “Super Combination”.

 

Q:	What is “Snow”?

A:	Snow is a weather effect that increases the rate of Critical Attacks.

 

Q:	Can I activate the weather effects?

A:	No, it’s activated by the game itself.

 

Q:	Why am I stuck in level 30?

A:	You’re not, the current max level is 120.

 

Q:	Why is it so difficult to get past 30?

A:	Every 30 lvls, you will run into a “wall” that requires ridiculous amount of EXP.

Q:	Is there any ways I can mine faster? A:	Clan buffs such as Mine ATK Up helps. Critical Damage applies too.

 

Q:	What’s the use of the 890 rubies “Avatars” besides looks?

A:	You send them for adventures and they return with rewards every 3 hours.

 

Q:	What’s the max level for buffs?

A:	Max level is 20 for Ruby and Gold Buffs.

 

Q:	How do I increase my Power in the fastest way?

A:	Go to “Stats” and upgrade the level of the stones you’re currently using.

 

Q:	What’s the max level of stones?

A:	100.

 

Q:	Should I spend 100 rubies on Potions?

A:	No, they can be farm in Herb Forest, which can be assess through “Fields”.

 

Q:	How can I join a clan?

A: 	Top right hand corner, a ‘C’ logo with blue and grey stripes. Click on that.

 

Q:	What’s the benefit of joining a clan?

A:	You get to purchase various buffs from the clan shop.

 

Q:	How do I prevent “Auto Combine”? A:	Click on the logo to off it. Same for Ruby Box.

 

Q:	Why do I get quiz?

A:	If the game detects any signs of cheating, it will activate quiz to prevent botters.

 

Q:	Why is the language censors so weird? A:	The game is made by koreans, so certains words are not censored.

 

Q:	I finish Golem Boss Quest 1F but I still have stone! How to remove? A:	Drag the Stone out of your bag. (Same for Pebble and Big Stone)

 

Q:	What is PVP forest for?

A:	Currently useless.

 

Q:	Which Stone stats is the most useful?

A:	MAX HP

Q:	Which Stone Stats is the least useful?

A:	Penetration.

 

Q:	Which Pet should I get first?

A:	Fedxer.

 

Q:	Should I level my Stone Stats beyond level 90?

A:	Not recommended for stones that you only want to require Stone Stats Point.

 

Q:	Where can Gaia’s Blessing be found?

A:	Gaia’s Material Box and Tower Of Challenge.

 

Q:	Where can Gaia’s Favor be found?

A:	Gaia’s Material Box and Golem Boss Dungeon.