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Stardew Valley 1.6: The Giant Stump and Raccoon Quest Guide
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After you reconstruct the greenhouse, a special night event may occur where a massive tree falls and only a stump is left. With 100 pieces of hardwood, you can repair it and a raccoon will move in. He will ask for some items and will give you a reward for completing its first quest. After seven days, his wife will appear and sell seeds. He'll then ask for some other items and will give you more rewards for completion. The lady raccoon's shop will expand over time to include more items. After 8 completed quests, you'll receive the Good Neighbors achievement.
NYT Strands Hints and Answers for March 30, 2024
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The March 30 NYT Strands did not present any challenge whatsoever, and that's good. I had a horrible time trying to decode last day's puzzle. So, I welcomed today's game with open arms. As always, you will find all the hints and answers to today's game right here. So, if you are ready to go through them, read on!
Stardew Valley 1.6: A Complete Desert Festival Guide
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The Desert Festival happens in Calico Deserts after you repair the bus in Stardew Valley 1.6. It happens on Spring 15th, 16th and 17th. The festival's special currency is calico eggs, which you can get by completing fishing challenges, Scull Cavern challenges, the Scholar's quiz, guessing the race winner and more. Villagers have their own shops where they sell useful and unique items. The Calico Egg Merchant offers various items in their shop and you can even get free meals and cactus decorations.
Minecraft Iron Ore Guide: Best Level to Find Iron
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In the early game, you're much more likely to mine for iron than to make an iron farm. Iron ores are pretty common in Minecraft, but the best levels to find them are Y levels = 16 and 232. If you're going for the Y level = 16, you can either explore caves or branch mine in Minecraft. Caving is faster but dangerous. Whereas branch mining is safe, but it might take some time before finding iron. If you're lucky, you may find huge iron veins. They generate in the deepslate layers and consist of lots of tuff blocks and deepslate iron ores.
10 Best Cross-Platform Games to Play in 2024
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Cross-Platform games have quickly become one of the most sought after titles in the gaming industry. If you're a gamer who is looking for the next cross-platform game, then keep reading as we list down some of the best selections out there.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 Players Are Learning Not to Forge Everything the Hard Way
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Dragon's Dogma 2 players are trying to duplicate important items in the game, only to learn that the replicas don't work. Forgery of important items like Portcrystals or Golden Trove Beetle can be done but the replicas have incorrect names and they don't work like the other duplicated items. The only way to get multiple copies of the important items in Dragon's Dogma 2 is either finding them in the open world, or carrying forward to New Game +.
All Confirmed Characters in Marvel Rivals so Far
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Netease Games and Marvel have finally announced the PVP hero shooter game Marvel Rivals. From the official announcement we now have a list of 19 confirmed heroes and villains across the multiverse who will take part in the game. Keep in mind that 12 of them will be in the playtest as per reports. Netease has also confirmed that there will be more content, including heroes coming in every seasonal update.
How to Clone Your Steam Deck’s SSD
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If you want to start cloning your old SSD on Steam Deck to the new one, then you'll require a 2230 SSD, its enclousure and some terminal knowledge. Begin by heading into Steam Deck's desktop mode and set a sudo password. Once done, type in "sudo lsblk." This will provide you with the SSD name for the drive you want to clone. Plug in the enclosure with the new SSD, and run the corresponding command "sudo dd if=/dev/xxxx of=/dev/sda oflag=sync bs=128M status=progress." replace the xxxx with the SSD name we previously procured to clone the existing SSD into the new one.
What Are Ominous Trials and How Do They Work in Minecraft 1.21
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If you think trial chambers are easy, you should try the new ominous trials in Minecraft 1.21. They provide harder combat battles. If you get close to a trial spawner with the Bad Omen effect, the spawner will turn blue and will become an ominous trial spawner. The mobs it spawns will often have equipment and it can even summon projectiles and potion clouds above the player. Once you complete the ominous trial spawner's challenge, you may get an ominous trial key. It can open an ominous vault that yields rare loot.
NYT Strands Hints and Answers for March 29, 2024
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The March 29 NYT Strands had me beat, and I definitely had a hard time solving it. Well, with today's game, I'm back to using hints again. Hopefully, the next game won't call for it. Anyway, you will find all the hints and answers for today's Strands right here.
12 Best Dragon’s Dogma 2 Mods You Should Install
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Dragon's Dogma 2 while an amazing experience comes with some room for improvement. Thankfully, that room can be filled with various kinds of mods for the game. To help you out here, I sit down and suggest the best Dragon's Dogma 2 mods for you to install. Each of these mods add some much-needed QoL features, such as better icons, better health bar. On the flip-side, some of these mods improve the overall performance of the game on PC if you are using an NVIDIA card.
How Green Rain Works in Stardew Valley 1.6 (Explained)
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The green rain in Stardew Valley 1.6 is a unique environmental event that takes place only in summer. It usually happens in the middle of the season, but it may also occur before Summer 10th. This rain brings various bushes to the world, which can drop fiber, moss and mixed seeds. You'll also encounter two tree variants. One drops wood and sap, as well as mossy seeds. The other one drops only fiddlehead ferns. Use the mossy seeds to grow these cool tree variants. Green rain is therefore very useful for farming these basic items.
Are There Multiple Endings in Dragon’s Dogma 2? Answered
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Dragon's Dogma 2 has four endings in total, and two of them are failed endings, while the other two proceeds the game into new game plus. All the endings in Dragon's Dogma 2 are: the Selfish Ending, the Sovran Ending, the Despair Ending, and the New World Ending. The Despair and New World ending are hidden and must be unlocked by using the Godsbane Blade while riding the Dragon during the final battle.
Warzone Mobile Is an Unoptimized Mess at Release, But Is It Doomed?
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Warzone Mobile's global release has been met with immense negative response as the game suffers a plethora of graphical issues, optimization problems, bugs, high ping and crashes. In this article, I share my first thoughts on COD Warzone Mobile and address all the issues that I faced with it.
10 Best Weapons in Dragon’s Dogma 2
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Finding the right weapon in Dragon's Dogma 2 is as important as anything else. Fortunately, the game comes with a ton of variety. To make it easier, we have compiled all the best weapons in Dragon's Dogma 2. We have mentioned the not just the raw damage dealing weapons but also the ones that comes with special perks.
Honkai Star Rail: Ten Stonehearts Aventurine Boss Fight Guide
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Ten Stonehearts Aventurine is the final boss in the Honkai Star Rail 2.1 Trailblazing missions. He has many AoE and Bounce attacks with high RNG damage. To defeat him, choose characters with Lightning, Ice, or Physical damage type, and make sure they have multi-target attacks. Also choose a good sustain with multi-target heals or shields. When Aventurine unleashes his Stratagems, hit as many of the dices as possible using multi-target attacks.
Minecraft Snapshot 24w13a Adds Ominous Trial and Ominous Vault
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Minecraft snapshot 24w13a changes how Bad Omen works. You can now only get it by drinking ominous bottles, which are dropped by raid captains. You may then start a raid or get close to a trial spawner, which will turn into an ominous trial spawner. It will spawn mobs with gear and projectiles and potions. Defeating this spawner may yield ominous trial key, which can open an ominous vault. It gives you rarer and better rewards. The mace has three new enchantments: density, breach and wind burst.
NYT Strands Hints and Answers for March 28, 2024
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If you are looking for the hints and answers for the March 28 NYT Strands, you are in the right place. Alongside that, I have also penned down a bit of my experience playing the game. You will find it all right here. However, spoilers ahead, so proceed only if you are ready!
Exclusivity Is the Achilles Heel of the Gaming Industry
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Exclusivity has been in the video games industry for a long time now. However, ending this term in video games can solve a lot of problems for developers and gamers alike. Non-exclusivity can create more opportunities and increase the player base. It will also help diversify and generate more revenue from the games. Increasing cross-platform gaming can help more in creating better communities. If the studios work hand in hand, the games can be better and gamers will have a better product to consume.
Roblox Treasure Quest Codes (May 2024)
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Treasure Quest, a Roblox RPG, throws you into quests and enemy hordes at once. To conquer these challenges, we've compiled a list of codes to give you free in-game boosts! Use our Treasure Quest codes to gain the upper hand in the game and jump right into the adventure.
Exclusive Riot Dev Interview: “Clove Is for You If You Feel like You’re a Brave Player”
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Valorant's 25th Agent Clove is globally available to play for everyone. Before the gameplay and hands-on experience, I had the honor to interview Dan Hardison, the Agent Gameplay Designer at Riot Games. We talked about Clove's design, gameplay approach, and playstyle. Here is how the interview went.
Honkai Star Rail Constance: Is She a Playable Character? Answered
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In Honkai Star Rail, Constance is one of the daughters of Duke Ifrit Inferno and is part of the Ever-Flame Mansion Family. Duke Inferno considers Constance as his most ambitious and exceptional child, and it can be assumed that she is second in command of the Ever-Flame family. Constance connected Black Swan with Boothill in the Honkai Star Rail 2.1 missions to reveal Acheron's secret.
6 Best Augments to Equip in Dragon’s Dogma 2
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Choosing the right Augments is crucial for your Dragon's Dogma 2 journey. Some Augments help certain vocations but if you select the right ones, they will work on any vocation you use. Gratification, Endurance, Thew are some of the best Augments in Dragon's Dogma 2.
Don’t Get Scammed by This Inn Keeper at Battahl in Dragon’s Dogma 2
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The Bakbattahl city in Battahl has two inns. One of the inns have outrageous pricing without any added benefits. The inn keeper basically scams players for an exorbitant sum of Gold, when they can easily rest at the other inn a few meters away for quarter of the price. Every Dragon's Dogma 2 player must learn about this scam and know how to avoid it.
NYT Strands Hints and Answers for March 27, 2024
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The March 27 NYT Strands is here, and not a whole lot is going right with it. You may find yourself in a very tight spot with today's puzzle. I certainly did, but made it through, and here are the hints, answers and my painful experience for it all.
How to Dragonforge in Dragon’s Dogma 2
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The Dragonforged is an NPC in Dragon's Dogma 2 that dragonforges equipment, upgrading them to the maximum potential. Equipment can be dragonforged using Wyrmlife Crystals, which can be obtained by defeating Draconian species, like Dragons and Drakes. Dragonforged can be found in Bay Wayside Shrine, north of Bakbattahl city, in Battahl.
How to Upgrade Your Steam Deck’s SSD
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The process of upgrading your Steam Deck is straightforward, but a little time-consuming. You'll need a screwdriver, a plastic spudger, your replacement SSD, and tweezers. Then, carefully open the back of the Steam Deck, the metal shielding, battery connection, and the SSD screws to remove and replace your SSD. You then need to grab the SteamOS image, a USB-A to C dongle (unless you have a dock), to create a bootable pen drive to install the SteamOS to your brand-new SSD upgrade.
How to Unlock Clove in Valorant
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Valorant's latest agent Clove soon arrives in the game. You can unlock them right away using 1000 Valorant Points or gain 200,000 XP to recruit them. In case you miss the recruitment period, use 8,000 Kingdom Credits to buy Clove from the Agents Tab. If you are an Xbox Game Pass user, you get Clove day one of their release in Valorant.
Genshin Impact 4.6 Primogem Count (Leaked)
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Genshin Impact 4.6 version is right around the corner and it will be stacked with events and rewards. Genshin Impact version 4.6 is expected to have 11,715 Primogems, equivalent to 73 Pulls. Welkin Moon players can get 15,915 Primogems or 99 Intertwined Fates in total. Welkin + Battle pass can get you 17,235 Primogems or 107 Intertwined Fates.
What Is Dragonsplague in Dragon’s Dogma 2, Symptoms and How to Cure It
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Dragonsplague in Dragon's Dogma 2 is an illness that corrupts pawns, making them stronger and unruly. If left unchecked, Dragonsplague can wipe all NPCs of an entire city. Pawns with Dragonsplague will have red or purplish glowing eyes, headaches and behave rudely towards the Arisen. Dragonsplague can be cured by forfeiting pawns, dismissing them back to the rift, or sending them to another Arisen's world to corrupt other pawns.
NYT Strands Hints and Answers for March 26, 2024
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The March 26 NYT Strands was definitely one of the more exciting puzzles I have come across so far. It was more interesting due to the theme of the puzzle today. Was right up my alley, and hence, didn't take me long to pen down the hints and answers for you. You will find it all right here. So, if you are all set to go through them all, proceed!
How to Adopt and Remove Pets in Stardew Valley 1.6
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Stardew Valley 1.6 update introduced ability to adopt multiple pets. You'll first need to have 5 hearts of friendship with the starter pet. When this happens, you have to read Marnie's letter from the mail. Then, go to the Robin's shop and purchase bowls. Now, purchase an animal license for the animal you want in Marnie's shop. Pets that love you may sometimes give you various gifts and you can place hats on them to make them even more cute. To remove a pet, use butterfly powder on them, which you can buy from Krobus.
How to Get Fireworks in Stardew Valley 1.6
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Stardew Valley 1.6 update introduces three types of fireworks, which you can buy via two shops. The first one is in the walnut room on Ginger Island. Here, fireworks cost 1 Qi Gem and are unlimited. The other shop is in the casino in Calico Desert, where fireworks cost 200 Qi coins and can only be purchased 20 at a time. The red firework displays a red heart, purple one a purple star and the green one displays a green Junimo. Also, the whole screen changes color for a couple seconds and the size of the display is random.
What Is Clove’s Gender in Valorant? Answered
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After months of leaks and rumors, the gender identity of Valorant's new agent Clove has been revealed. In a dev Q&A, Clover was addressed with they/them pronouns. Agents Lead John Goscicki said that Clove’s gender identity, along with their personality and unique gameplay style are equally important. Earlier, Raze and Killjoy were officially revealed as Valorant's first queer couple.
Riot Gives this Highly-Requested Sage Buff to New Valorant Agent Clove
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Sage was the only agent in Valorant with revive abilities. The community have been asking for a self revive for Sage since her debut. However, it seems Valorant thought about self revive and gave it to Clove instead of Sage. Clove goes immune for a period after casting self-revive. They also need to get a kill or assist to stay permanently alive. Earlier, Sage had a self revive voice line that would trigger in custom matches after self resurrecting in ghost mode.
Valorant Clove Confirmed Release Date and Agent Gear
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Valorant's new agent Clove is confirmed to arrive in Episode 8 Act 2 and the release date is March 26, 2024. They will be the 25th agent and the 6th controller in the Valorant agent pool. Clove also comes with a great set of agent gear that you can unlock once you start playing Clove.
Valorant Agent 25 Clove: All Abilities Explained
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Valorant released its 25th agent in Clove. The newest controller agent comes with the power of immortality in their kits. While Meddle helps you apply decay on enemies, Pick-Me-Up lets you heal instantly after a kill or damage dealt on enemies. Clove further utilizes their power of death to cast smoke clouds before and after death. The ultimate of Clove allows you to self-revive for a temporary period and getting a kill or assist during this time lets you live, again.
Video Game Adaptations Have Started to Walk but Need Time to Run
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As adaptations are slowly getting better and picking up steam, I sit down to converse about what matters to me most. We take a look at the brief history of the not-so-stellar adaptations, the possible reason for its inconsistent track-record, and whether we have a glimmer of hope in the future.
How to Install Mods in Dragon’s Dogma 2
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Dragon's Dogma 2 modding community is constantly coming up with mods to fix the FPS issues and bypass the Microtransactions in the game. To install mods, download a mod manager and set it up on your PC. Next, choose Dragon's Dogma 2 in the mod manager. Download mods and copy paste the mod files inside the mod manager and enable them from the mod manager GUI.
All Enemies in Helldivers 2 and How to Defeat Them
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In Helldivers 2, you encounter two different factions that employ different strategies. The first are the Automatons, which are self-aware socialist bots out to annihilate the forces of humanity and capture planets. You'll find eight kinds of Automatons throughout the ongoing war. The second faction are the bugs called Terminids. These also comes in eight different kinds, with their motivation being killing humans and multiplying across various planets.
Valorant Masters Madrid 2024 Shows Us Why Wingman is Overpowered and Needs a Nerf!
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It has been a year since Gekko made his way into VCT and now Valorant Pro players finally see Wingman's true potential. Wingman gives a player the leverage to focus on a fight and forget the main objective of Valorant which is plant and defuse. Wingman can also contribute in half plants and has a cooldown of reuse. It is fair to say these makes Valorant's Wingman an overpowered ability and it should receive some nerf before VCT Masters Madrid.
This Mod Fixes the Low FPS Issue in Dragon’s Dogma 2
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The Dragon's Dogma 2 modding community has come up with solutions to fix the bad FPS in DD2. Visit Nexus Mods and download the Dragon's Dogma 2 DLSS3 Enabler 01 and NVIDIA DLSS 3.6.0 mods. Replace the Mod files in the installation folder of Dragon's Dogma 2 to install them. Enable DLSS 3 inside the game and you are good to go.