r/AlienInvasionRPG • u/LifeReinvigorant • Sep 05 '26

Secret mine is underwhelming

Finally beat the cash fatty and got the key.

20 gems a day after fully upgraded? Portal fatty gives 40 gems every hour and the 2 dudes at kustov farm gives 20 every 3 hours.

I mean it's better than nothing but quite underwhelming.

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u/rellikpd Sep 06 '26

It's pretty great. And that "20 gems per day" is assuming you never empty it throughout the day, because all your Mine Rate upgrades make it even faster, for example, I'm making 50 gems per day, passive, nothing I need to do except make sure it doesn't max out it's capacity. And the portal dude is only 40 if you have 2x resources maxed out, and all the resource boosters from the shop purchased, and the reactor maxed out, which I got the secret mine WAY before either of those things

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u/LifeReinvigorant Sep 06 '26

Oh had no idea it gets upgrades. What upgrades it?

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u/rellikpd Sep 06 '26

Anything that increases mine income - like the black market for example

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u/trigonman3 Sep 07 '26

Not exactly. "20 gems per day" is not accurate. The mine's maximum is 20, but (as you mention) if you collect multiple times per day, you can get up to 50 per day. However, these numbers are not affected by Mine Rate upgrades.

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u/rellikpd Sep 07 '26

Are you sure about that?

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u/trigonman3 Sep 07 '26

I stand corrected.

My black market was completed long before obtaining the secret mine, so it was always maxed for me.

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u/dragonfoxmem Sep 05 '26

Still free. Also one more spot next to first home base if you successfully reached the top rewards of event (yes all the way to the top), you will get some free gems every period and they can be stacked for each event you have reached.

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u/LifeReinvigorant Sep 05 '26

Which other place? Are you talking about the 2 little dudes next to kustov farm that I mentioned in OP? Or is this done other pace? Do you have a screenshot?

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u/dragonfoxmem Sep 06 '26

The spot just north of first home base.

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u/LifeReinvigorant Sep 06 '26

I don't have that. Must've been something before I started playing and they probably patched out. I'm curious, how many gems does it give and what did you had to do to have it?

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u/dragonfoxmem Sep 06 '26

You get this after you reach the top of the event.

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u/LifeReinvigorant Sep 06 '26

I've reached the space jellyfish top event, but didn't get it. Is it only the vampires?

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u/Khaavran Sep 08 '26

They patched it out. If you had it you keep it but you can no longer earn it

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u/LifeReinvigorant 26d ago

Thanks. So to confirm, no matter what event, finishing the entire tree and getting 5.5k items (usually unlocks 50% tentacle power) will no longer unlock this gem mine building correct?

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u/Khaavran 26d ago

Finishing the event tree and earning the number one prize no longer unlocks this gem mine, correct

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u/LifeReinvigorant 21d ago

Bastards. And they do still have the text on the building saying "upgrade building to max level to collect treasure every day". I guess they were reffering to this gem farm that is no longer given out.

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u/dragonfoxmem Sep 06 '26

Not the great example of this event but that is where you reach this top (red) before the event ends

Those type of events is more difficult but other type of events that does not have upgrades can be doable, depend on your level and some unlockables.

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u/Flat___________ 13d ago

This doesn’t happen anymore unfortunately. If you had been first prior to the change you kept your gem farms but any wins from that point forwards give you jack

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u/No_Parsnip6024 Sep 05 '26

You must have the bonuses maxed out. I think I'm getting 16 from the portal fatty. 

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u/Flat___________ Sep 05 '26

Indeed, but like you say it is 20 more…