Slime Rancher Complete Guide (14 Sections) | Ludo.guide

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Welcome to the Far, Far Range! In Slime Rancher, you'll step into the boots of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky rancher who moves to a distant planet to make her fortune wrangling the adorable, yet sometimes dangerous, slimes. Your day-to-day involves vacuuming up slimes, feeding them their favorite foods to produce valuable plorts, and upgrading your ranch to house more critters and expand your operations. It's a charming open-world adventure perfect for anyone looking for a relaxing yet engaging experience.

This guide is here to help you master your slime-ranching career. We'll cover everything from essential beginner tips and ranch upgrades to dealing with trickier slimes like the Largo, and even navigating the mysteries of the Ancient Ruins. Whether you're aiming to fulfill rancher requests, discover all the secrets, or just want to avoid getting slimed, we've got you covered.

First things first

Welcome to the Far Far Range! Your first steps in Slime Rancher involve understanding the basics of exploration and ranching.

Walkthrough

1
Complete the tutorial to learn the fundamentals.
2
Explore the environment.
3
Use your vacpack (a tool to suck up and spit out items) to interact with slimes and items.
4
Begin by collecting pink slimes, rock slimes, and tabby slimes.
5
Wait until dark to find special slimes.
6
To make new slimes, feed a slime a different plort (the byproduct of slimes).
7
Warning: If a slime eats two different plorts, it will become a tarr (a dangerous, corrupted slime).
8
To produce plort, feed a slime a piece of food.
9
Some slimes are picky eaters and only consume meat or vegetables, but pink slimes are never picky.
10
Keep your slimes contained within a corral.
11
Spend a few newbucks (the in-game currency) at the buttons to purchase and build a corral.

Following these steps will establish your basic ranch.

Tips

Always be aware of your surroundings as you explore.
Experiment with feeding different slimes to discover their preferences.
Keep an eye on the time of day for opportunities to find special slimes.

Protection

Tarr are enemies that you will encounter when playing Slime Rancher on Casual. Thankfully, Tarr can be killed easily.

Here are some ways to kill Tarr:

Suck them up with your vacuum (a tool that collects items and slimes) and launch them into the Slime Seas (a large body of water).
Buy the water vacuum upgrade, suck up some water, and blast the Tarr twice to kill them.
Build a water turret from the lab.

You can tell if a Tarr is nearby because the happy music changes to scary and low music. This music stops once the Tarr are gone.

Warning: Be careful because the Tarr can turn other slimes into more Tarr.

Tips

Listen for the music change to know when Tarr are nearby.
Use the water vacuum upgrade for an effective way to deal with Tarr.
Consider building a water turret for passive Tarr defense.

Your first farm

To build a farm, you will need to spend some newbucks. Once built, get one piece of the produce you wish to grow and shoot it into the produce scanner. After waiting for it to grow, you will have a garden.

You can spend newbucks to enhance your garden. Farm upgrades can:

Shorten the growing process.
Get more produce.
Increase the time before the produce goes bad.
Keep slimes from eating the produce.

Tips

Farms are very important in Slime Rancher for collecting plorts.
There are many fruits and veggies to grow, allowing for multiple farms.

First things first (2)

Walkthrough

1
Complete the tutorial.
2
Explore the Far Far Range.
3
Use your vacpack (a tool to suck up and spit out slimes and items) to interact with the environment.
4
Collect Pink Slimes, Rock Slimes, and Tabby Slimes.
5
Wait until dark to find special slimes.
6
To create new slimes, feed a slime a different plort (a slime's byproduct). Be cautious, as feeding a slime two different plorts will cause it to become a Tarr slime.
7
To produce plort, feed a slime food. Some slimes have specific dietary needs (meat or vegetables), but Pink Slimes will eat anything.
8
Build a corral to keep your slimes contained. This costs a few newbucks (the game's currency) at the buttons.