How to expand the mind a little bit, man

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Man, you're like a slave to society, man

What do I need to do to expand my mind a little bit?

Best Answer

You need to be wearing the Filthy Hippy Disguise, which is a set with the filthy knitted dread sack and the filthy corduroys. Both of these items are dropped by hippies in the Hippy Camp.

Another option is the War Hippy Fatigues (reinforced beaded headband, bullet-proof corduroys, and round purple sunglasses), but you will typically have the equipment for the Filthy Hippy Disguise by the time you have the capability of getting the War Hippy Fatigues.

Note that if you clear the infestation at the Hippy Store (a side-quest during the Island War main quest), you will be able to access the Hippy Store without having to wear a specific set (and you'll gain ~4000 meat every day by visiting).

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How to beat the nemesis as a Sauceror

The thing about the Nemesis fights is that they require a specific class-tuned strategy. For Saucerors, Lumpy (your Nemesis) has a special attack that he'll unleash every now and then. If you don't have a Saucesphere to protect you, it will OHKO you. But if you do have a Saucesphere, Lumpy will absorb the sphere and then hit you with more damage on the second round.

Taking this in mind, the most important stats to worry about are Mysticality and HP. With Lumpy's massive 500 HP stat, you aren't going to take him down unless you have enough Mysticality to cast 100+ damage Saucemageddons. You'll need to maximize your HP as well as you can so you can survive long enough to cast 5 Saucemageddons. You can look here to find some tips on increasing your HP efficiently. However, most of your bonus HP will probably come from effects as most of the best equipment for bonus HP isn't wearable until aftercore.

Don't forget that HP also scales with Muscle. Grab Muscle-boosting equipment and effects like Ferrigno's Elixir of Power to boost your Muscle. And since you're a Mysticality class, use an oil of expertise (cherry cooked with scrumptious reagent) to boost Muscle and Moxie to equal your unbuffed Mysticality.

Lumpy is a simple tank-and-cast fight, so once you have enough Muscle/HP to survive his onslaught, it should be matter of just clicking through.

How to find stuff in the pantry

One of the main things to note about this requirement is that it counts Food drops, not just Item drops. Therefore the easiest way to do this is to get an increase to your Food drop rate, which is generally easier than the regular Item Boost Drop.

Increased booze drop rates, do not count towards this total and neither do Fairy-type familiars. However, familiar equipment with increased Item drop rate (like the Chiptune Guitar), will count.

This page on the official Wiki has several options for increasing your drop rate, but here are some of the easiest for this purpose:

Quests

Complete the Deep Fat Friars' Gate Quest in the Copse of the Deep Fat Friars. This quest has a minimum requirement of level 6 and you will receive it from the Council of Loathing.
- After completing it, you will be eligible to receive buffs from the friars. Get Brother Flying Burrito's Blessing from Brother Flying Burrito, the Deep Fat Friar, as it's one of the easiest food boosts to get. It gives you a whopping +30% to Food Drops from Monsters, which will last 20 adventures.

To make up the last 20%, you can use either equipment or buffs from various sources. This will partially depend on how much Meat you have to spend in the Mall and what kind of gear you currently have access to.

Gear

This is all gear that you should have access to at this point from quests from the Council or from guild quests:

Baron Von Ratsworth's Monocle: +10% Item Drops from Monsters (found in the Tavern Cellar via the If it's Tiny, is it Still a Mansion? encounter)
Miner's Helmet: +5% Item Drops from Monsters (quest requirement: Dwarven Factory Quest)
Observational Glasses: +5% Item Drops from Monsters (dropped from Larry of the Field of Signs in The Laugh Floor).
Knob Goblin Eye Drops (10 adventures): +15% Item Drops from Monsters (purchased in The Knob Dispensary)
Cyclops Eyedrops (10 adventures): +100% Item Drops from Monsters (drops in the Limerick Dungeon)

If you haven't done the above quests already and/or don't have those items, these are quick and (fairly) cheap Booze/Food options. Obviously prices and availability may vary on the Mall:

Honey-Dew gives you the Mmmmmelon effect, which is +30% Item Drops from Monsters (10 adventures).
Crystal Skeleton Vodka will give you Akryophobia, which includes +25% Item Drops from Monsters (20 adventures).