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I GOT IT. People keep asking how the dude gets out of the hole after digging a deep hole, and they also keep asking why he's drilling one day per week. It's because the dude spends the entire week getting out of the hole!
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Top rated comments give pretty bad advice and it took me 3 tries to get all badges because i followed them. Here's how to get all badges in 1 game. First off. Coins are definetly worth getting the first few levels. look for stacks of 4-5+ this is will already give you gold equal to the feet distance bonus. How to upgrade is Drill > Fuel > Hull. And save steering and radar for last. Get hull only if you need it. If it doesn't break then don't get more. Nitro is pretty good too so get it quite early. But mole is where you start earning lots. Lvl 2 mole is very good and you will earn ALOT more. To win the game you must get all the trophies (all the highest $). To get distance you save 1 nitro and use at 2400+ distance. To get the gem ones you just go to a level where there are lots of them and then go sideways. Try to get all the trophies once your maxed out and not before. Following this will get you 300k+ easily.
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For those trying to get the connoisseur badge, i recommend fully upgrading the mole and spam click at big diamonds. Fully upgraded boost helps to as you can stay on the lower levels and go sideways using the boost.
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368,000. Finally. This was one of the Hard badges that I've tried getting on and off for years. My two tips are; do not underestimate radar. It can be just as important as anything else. It's easy to miss a pile of diamonds right next to you just because you don't see them. Secondly; the trophies are essential. At the very least, you have to get the Connoisseur trophy, it's worth 50,000. The emerald and ruby trophies are also important, but difficult. The depth trophies are easy and help a large amount. For the last one, wait until you reach the limit at about 2500 ft, then just spam all the nitro you have; it ignores pressure so you'll get past the 2600 mark.
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Okay, so here's a little tip on how to get the 300k achievement.
First thing that you need to know is that the drill, fuel, and hull are the most important things. Moles at higher upgraded levels can break rocks. Radar is more useful than steering. I raised the drill levels first, from there, I did the fuel and hull. I then bought the mole, from there, I just kept upgrading, went as low as I could to still move somewhat fast, (not sluggishly slow) and use the mole to grab the gems at lower levels. This helped me get 360k at the end, so I hope it works for you guys.
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That moment when you get lucky enough to get all trophies in the game, get all the upgrades before 6 weeks left, and get stuck with 7000$ away from getting the hard badge. ARE YOU-
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Upgrade fuel tanks and hull strength the most, choose depending on your last run. If you lost because you ran out of fuel, choose the former and vice versa. But if you do not have enough money sometimes to buy fuel tanks, buy drill strength instead. Once you reach the area where rocks start coming, you should get some steering wheel upgrades, and as soon as you go to the ruby areas buy a small bunch of radar power upgrades. Buy nitro boosts if your pressure is quite a bit extra when you lost. Do not try to buy anything unnecessary for the time being if you have extra money. Get mech mole as soon as possible as well as its upgrades. In the runs, just try to get as many riches as possible and try to go down. Once you get the 'And Beyond' award, try to get the Connoisseur award by going to the area where the final music just starts and go right (advisable to change controls to inverse when moving right) and get those diamonds. Once you do that, get the preceding award and so on.
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For those angry because the fully upgraded hull gives out at 2500 feet and you want to get to 2600: Simply use a nitro right before 2500 feet (around 2450 should be good). This will shoot you to 2600 feet, because the hull doesn't give out during nitro.
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Tips:
Get and upgrade the mech mole as quickly and as often as possible. Fuel and drill are the next most important ones
Once the mole is completely upgraded, focus on getting at least one badge a day.
A good way to help with this is to hover just above the thicker strata level, giving you more time, allowing you to pick off the needed gems as you see fit.
The rewards are worth roughly 160000, so you need to end with a 140000 balance at least.
To get the 26000 depth reward, save three nitros until you're as deep as you can go (around 24000), then mash the keyboard.
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BIG TIP: If you fail to get what you want, just refresh the page when the game is on the score paper part to try that day again
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The hard badge is hard. You need $300,000 for the badge. With all trophies, that's $134,000 (+5,000 end fee). You can get $30,000 a day with max upgrades by collecting 31 large diamonds -- go horizontal at 2,000-2,500 feet, using boosts to fill the screen with more diamonds.
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HARD TROPHY TIPS: Always be digging deeper every round to collect a better depth $ bonus. Don't worry about pickups for the first 5 days. The first day upgrade choice is ALWAYS Drill Strength. Always find out WHY your round stopped and buy the appropriate upgrade (Fuel or Depth) depending on which one popped. You HAVE to get all trophies if you want a chance at the Big Boat. Never buy the mole unless you can upgrade it to level 2. ALWAYS leave cash for the next round, never "spend it all".
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For anyone who can't get the medium badge - at the end of the last week, if you've failed to collect 25 large diamonds you can refresh the page to play week 25 without having to start all over again.
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My only complaint is that it's too luck based. There needs to be treasure to even collect, particularly early on when you can't go far.
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The irony is that getting 25 big diamonds is the easiest trophy in its row, and the hard badge basically requires me to keep refreshing the page until I get all the others. It's frustrating, but at least there's a "Laugh" option on the menu!
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I'll have to add my two bits to the "try Motherload" comments. Not that this is a bad game, necessarily, but I like the freedom of exploration of Motherload vs. the timed constraints of MegaDrill.