Even thoughRusty’s Retirementis considered an idle-farming simulator, the first few hours are spentmanually sowing crops and converting them into spare parts. These spare parts function as currency, enabling players to purchase a variety of items for their farms, includingnew houses, additional crop patches, and automation bots.
As the game progresses and players unlock Echo’s workshop, it enables them toupgrade bots and improve their automation effectiveness. However, since the game doesn’t provide much context on what these upgrades do to the bots, it could potentially leave players confused and prevent them from making an informed choice. The following guide aims to clear up any confusion with regard to unlocking bots, upgrading them, and what these upgrades do to them.
What Are Bots?
Bots are small robots inRusty’s Retirementthat help the player in various farming activities. There are seven major types of bots in the game, including:
How To Unlock Bots?
Once players have earned spare parts, they can proceed to purchase any of the three out of seven available bots from the “Buildings” menu. These bots includeWater,Harvest, andBiofuel bots.
Players canpurchase three other bots after building Slate’s house, which unlocks a new “Animals” menu. Within the Animals menu, players can buy a variety of animals and three new bots, includingFeeder, Waste, and Fertilizer bots.
The last remaining bot becomes available for purchase after players buildForbic’s house, which unlocks the “Bee Keeping” menu. Players can purchase theBerry botfrom this menu.
Purchasing the same bot repeatedly comes with increasing costs each time.
How To Upgrade Bots
Bot upgrades are available after players buildEcho’s workshop. Building Echo’s workshop costs300 biofuel and 5,000 spare parts. With Echo’s workshop built, the game introduces a new “Upgrade” tab where players can choose upgrades for the desired bot. Echo can upgrade bots for two stats:capacityandspeed.
Only bots that have been purchased and operational on the field are eligible for upgrade. Each bot upgrade costs some biofuel and spare parts, and each subsequent upgrade is more expensive than the previous one. Upgrading the bots takes approximately two minutes.
What Does Upgrading Bot Capacity & Speed Do?
Upgrading a bot’s capacityallows the bot to carry more crops in a single trip. Whereas, upgrading the speedreduces the bot’s trip time between its predefined destination. For instance, upgrading a Biofuel bot capacity enables the bot tocarry stacks of multiple crops to the Biofuel Converter. Similarly, upgrading the bot’s speed causes it to travel faster from Rusty’s house or Storage Unit to the Biofuel Converter.
The increase in capacity and speed results in faster biofuel conversion, and ultimately, an increase in spare parts. It’s always a good idea to upgrade bots as early as possible to eliminate the waiting period spent on spare parts generation.
