Wicked Statue

The Witch has a 1% chance each night to fly over your farm and curse your Slime Hutch — turning all slimes black and halting breeding for several days. If you have 20 slimes producing Slime Balls worth 200-400 Slime daily, a witch curse costs you 1,000-2,000g in lost production. The Wicked Statue costs 20,000g but pays for itself after just 10-20 witch events (which, statistically, will happen within 1-2 years). Plus, the statue looks delightfully creepy in your hutch.

With only a 1% chance per night, the Witch might not visit for an entire in-game year — or she might visit twice in one month. The curse is random, which makes it easy to ignore. But when it hits, all your slimes turn black and breeding halts for 1-3 days. On a 20-slime hutch producing 200-400 Slime daily, that's 600-1,200 Slime lost per curse event. Over multiple years, the Wicked Statue pays for itself many times over.

Twenty thousand gold represents: 40 Kegs worth of Starfruit wine, 33 Truffle Oils, 2 Deluxe Barn upgrades, or 4 Iridium Sprinklers. If you're still saving for tool upgrades or barn construction, prioritize those first. The Wicked Statue is a luxury purchase, not a necessity. Buy it when you have 50,000g+ in savings and nothing urgent to spend it on.

Reaching 60 museum donations requires significant effort. You'll need to crack 30-40 Geodes (found in Mines), dig up 15-20 artifacts (from worm spots), and possibly trade for Omni Geodes at the Desert Trader. Start donating from Day 1 — don't wait until you "need" the Rusty Key. Many of the minerals are also needed for Community Center bundles and crafting recipes.

Placing a Wicked Statue outside the Slime Hutch (on your farm, in a shed, near the coop) does nothing. It must be placed on a tile inside the Slime Hutch building to block the witch's curse. The statue has no effect on the Witch's coop visit (which gives Void Eggs — usually desirable) or any other mechanic.

One Wicked Statue per Slime Hutch is all you need. Crafting multiple statues for the same hutch has no additional effect. However, if you build multiple Slime Hutches (via multiplayer or modding), each hutch needs its own statue. Extra statues can be placed as creepy decorations around your farm.

While saving for the Wicked Statue recipe, check Krobus's other offerings: the Stardrop (20,000g, +permanent max energy) is arguably more valuable than the statue. Void Eggs (5,000g) let you hatch a Void Chicken. Iridium Bars (3,000g, Fridays) save you a Skull Cavern trip. Budget your Sewers shopping carefully — you can't buy everything at once.

When the Witch visits your Coop, she turns one random egg into a Void Egg. Void Eggs hatch into Void Chickens that produce Void Eggs daily — a profitable and unique animal. Many players want the Witch to visit their coop. The Wicked Statue does NOT affect coop visits — it only protects the Slime Hutch. Don't confuse the two events.

Every museum donation contributes to rewards from Gunther: 9 donations = Dwarvish Translation Guide (lets you understand the Dwarf in the Mines), 15 donations = unique furniture, 30 donations = rare seeds, 60 donations = Rusty Key (Sewers access). Many donated minerals are also needed for Community Center bundles and can be duplicated in Crystalariums for profit (see our Crystalarium guide).

The Sewers contain the Mutant Bug Lair — a unique fishing spot with the Mutant Carp (one of the five legendary fish) and Radioactive Carp. The Sewers also have a Dark Shrine of Memory (resets ex-spouse memory for 30,000g), a Dark Shrine of Night Terrors (toggles monster spawns on farm), and Krobus as a shopkeeper with unique goods available every day.

Building the Slime Hutch (prerequisite for needing the Wicked Statue) unlocks a passive Slime farm. With 20 slimes and incubators, you produce 200-400 Slime daily — enough for endless Oil Makers, Monster Musk, and Slime Egg Press operations. See our Slime Incubator guide for maximizing slime production. The hutch pays for itself through Slime sales alone.

The process of saving 20,000g forces you to develop profitable farm systems — whether that's Keg brewing, pig truffle farming, or crop optimization. By the time you can afford the Wicked Statue, your farm will be generating consistent daily income. The statue purchase is proof that your economy has matured beyond subsistence farming.

Visiting Krobus regularly to shop builds friendship. At high friendship, Krobus can become your roommate (alternative to marriage — he moves into a spare cabin on your farm). As a roommate, Krobus gives unique gifts, has special dialogue, and provides a different endgame experience. He doesn't do farm chores like a spouse, but he's a fascinating character with deep lore.

Krobus sells a Stardrop for 20,000g — the same price as the Wicked Statue recipe. A Stardrop permanently increases your maximum energy by 34 points. There are only 7 Stardrops in the entire game, and this is one of the easiest to obtain. Many players buy the Stardrop before the Wicked Statue recipe because +energy benefits everything you do. Budget for both — they're the two best 20,000g purchases in the Sewers.