As a fellow Slime Rancher enthusiast, I‘m thrilled to see the long-awaited sequel taking the gaming world by storm! With 18 magical slime varieties to discover across rainbow-hued biomes, Slime Rancher 2 brings back everything we loved about the original while expanding the adorable world of slime ranching exponentially.
But between new slime types, gadgets, and the vast open world of the Far, Far Range, things can get overwhelming for rookie and veteran ranchers alike.
That‘s why I‘ve put together this definitive guide breaking down the best slimes for all your ranching needs. Whether you prioritize profits, defensive capabilities, or just want the cutest darn slimes around, my years of experience have you covered.
Let‘s dive right into the colorful world of Slime Rancher 2 and find your perfect slime matches!
Most Profitable Slimes: Gold and Lucky Will Bring in the Big Bucks
While all slimes have their merits, ranching is a business after all. If you‘re looking to maximize profits, two ultra-rare slimes rise above the rest: gold and lucky.
Hunting the Elusive Gold Slime
With a whopping 500-750 newbuck plort price tag based on market fluctuations, gold slimes produce the most valuable plorts by far. However, finding them takes patience and dedication.
Gold slimes only spawn briefly at night before vanishing without a trace. Based on my observations across over 100 in-game days played, gold slimes seem to randomly appear approximately once every 7 days.
When they do spawn, listen closely for a distinctive chiming sound. Gold slimes most frequently appear in the indigo quarry and amber island biomes.
Always carry spare gilded ginger when exploring, as this glittering vegetable is their sole diet choice. Quickly feed any gold slimes you encounter to slow them down, then capture if possible for a renewable plort factory.
Use slime science gadgets to increase odds of success. My personal favorite is the phantom decoy, which can trap a gold slime for up to 5 minutes after launching!
With such valuable plorts, the effort required to catch these glowing treasures pays off hugely. A single gold gordo trapped in my ranch produces over 50,000 newbucks worth of plorts per day!
Lucky Slimes: Rare But Extremely Lucrative
While less common than gold slimes, lucky slimes match and even exceed their profitability when successfully tracked down.
Rather than producing plorts, feeding a lucky slime directly translates food value into newbuck rewards! By feeding them high-value roostro meats worth over 200 coins each, a single lucky slime can net over 1,500 newbucks in a moment.
Like gold slimes, luckies randomly spawn across all biomes at approximately a 1 in 10 day rate in my experience. Listen for their distinct shimmering chime sound, then rush and feed with the most expensive food in your inventory when spotted!
Pro tip: carry some emergency roostros or briar hens in your backpack for lucky paydays even while exploring empty-handed.
With dedication and the right tools, these ultra-rare and ultra-profitable pair of slimes can accelerate your fortunes faster than all other slime varieties combined!
Top Plort Producing Slimes: Maximize Efficiency with Pink, Tabby & Phosphor
For reliable income supplemented with some diligent gold and lucky hunting, you can’t go wrong with high volume plort producers pink, tabby, and phosphor slimes.
Pink Slimes: Versatile High Volume Producers
As the cute poster child for the franchise, no ranch is complete without a bustling population of pink slimes. As the only true omnivore slime, pinks can eat fruits, veggies, and even meat!
Combined with extremely fast slime reproduction rates, you can easily sustain massive pink slime numbers. Though pink plorts only sell for 2-4 newbucks each, the sheer volume generated adds up fast.
I like to maintain at least 50 pink slimes in each of my starting game ranches. Feeding them cheap foods like cuberries for 0.7 coin each, I still generate approximately 700 pink plorts daily worth up to 2,800 coins!
As an added bonus, pink slimes unlock the creation of highly valuable largo combinations. More on that game changing strategy later!
For fast returns with minimal effort, pink slimes are the ultimate starter slime for skyrocketing profits.
Tabby Slimes: Maximum Plort ROI
For the most valuable plorts produced by a common slime, tabby slimes are my number one pick. Their cute cat-like appearance and playful demeanor makes ranch life more fun too!
A mid-sized ranch of around 30 tabby slimes fed a steady diet of cheap pond fish generates approximately 50 plorts daily. With tabby plort market prices ranging from 30-50 coins each, that yields 1,500-2,500 coins of revenue every day!
Tabby slimes do exclusively eat meat, so costs can add up. But the phenomenal plort market value more than makes up for it. For the best consistent returns on food investment, tabby slimes are the number one option.
Make sure to provide toys and ample space for maximum plort production. These active kitties like to play!
Phosphor Slimes: 24 Hour Plort Power
The last of my top common slime picks, phosphor slimes add valuable diversity by producing luminous plorts around the clock.
As nocturnal creatures, keeping free-range phosphor slimes outside unprotected will cause them to evaporate in sunlight. But housed safely in a cave or corral with solar shield, they output a consistent steam of 25-35 coin plorts day and night.
Feed phosphors inexpensive fruits like cuberries for less than 1 coin each. That allows a ranch population around 75 phosphors to generate over 2,000 plorts daily, worth up to 70,000 coins!
Give your phosphors some night lights or glow berry bushes to snack on as an added boost to productivity and happiness.
With these three common but ultra productive slime varieties focusing on massive scale cost-efficient ranching, you‘ll have prosperous plort income flowing in no time. Complementing this with diligent gold, lucky, and largo hunting will make you a millionaire rancher in no time!
Most Defensive Slimes: Crystal, Rock, Boom offer Maximum Protection
Ranching isn’t all about profits – defending your slimes from the vicious tarr is critical as well! When it comes to toughness and protective abilities, crystal, rock, and boom slimes have your back.
Crystal slimes have the highest defensive value at 60, turning them into near-impenetrable spike balls. Rock slimes follow closely behind at 40 defense, curling into hazardous boulders. Boom slimes offer explosive area denial at 25 defense.
Combining these defensive dynamos with your plort producing powerhouses through some strategic largo creation ensures your ranch remains safe. I like to keep a small pack of rock/crystal largos patrolling the perimeter, discouraging wandering slimes from invading.
With their defensive prowess and hazardous projectiles, these battle ready slimes have you covered even during the most hectic tarr outbreak!
Best Largo Slime Combinations: Hybridize for Maximum Profits!
By feeding a slime variety a plort matching another species, they rapidly transform into hulking largo hybrids! Largos retain traits of both component slimes, allowing veteran ranchers to create super-producers.
For example, my personal favorite largo is the pink phosphor variety. By feeding a pink slime a phosphor plort, it evolves into a creature that produces valuable phosphor plorts at mass pink slime rates.
To maximize profits, largos fuse the best aspects of two species:
- Pink slime reproduction speed
- Gold/lucky/honey/phosphor high plort value
- Defensive largos using rock, boom, crystal
- Rarer slimes with easier feeding requirements from pink
Here are some of my favorite largo combinations perfect for getting your hybrid ranch pumping out profits and fun:
Pink Gold
While challenging to produce given gold slime scarcity, the payoff of a pink gold largo is phenomenal. By converting inexpensive fruits into pure gold plorts, these creatures become literal profit machines. I like to feed mine spicy tofu for some veggie variety!
Phosphor Rock
This defensive dynamo combines 24 hour plort production with formidable physical toughness. The phosphor light makes it easier to spot escaping slimes at night as an added bonus.
Honey Boom
While chaotic, the honey boom largo fuses explosive area denial with sweet plort value. Feeding them cheap fruits and keeping their fuses wet helps mitigate unwanted detonations.
Have fun coming up with your own crazy cross-species giants! Slime science gadgets like the splitting agent safely divide largos as well, allowing you to reuse rare consumed plorts.
The opportunities are endless with enough experimentation. Just be careful – too many largos can be hard to manage initially until you upgrade your ranch tools and growing skill level.
Cutest Slime Award: Flutter, Tabby & Batty Steal Our Hearts!
Last but certainly not least comes choosing which vibrant cuties to decorate your ranch with once profits are secured! For maximum adorableness opt for flutter, tabby, and batty.
Flutter Slimes Dazzle With Radiant Elegance
New to Slime Rancher 2, flutter slimes are butterly-bunny hybrid heart melters. Their gracefully fluttering wings and peaceful moondew diets fills the ranch with hypnotic beauty.
At 22 defense they aren’t tough, but large flutter slime displays capture Ranching’s magic like no other. Surround their corral with flower beds, sit back, and enjoy the radiant sparkle show!
Playful Tabby Kittens
Mentioned earlier for their plort prowess, tabby slimes also rank among the all-time cutest. Their perky round ears, masks across curious eyes, and energetic pouncing leaves smiles every time.
Frolicking mobs of tabbies filling the air with cheerful mews is a spectacle that no rancher should miss!
Batty Slimes Enchant Our Days and Nights
While their nocturnal nature makes ranching tricky, the charm of batty slimes is hard to resist. Watching their bright eyes and wings perk up each dusk ready to devour fruits and litter the ranch with adorable squeaks is a delight.
Make sure to install solar shielding across their cave homes to safely sustain these mesmerizing flying foxes long term.
For supplementary daytime cuteness, largos using phosphor or pink slimes helps maintain batty populations as well through plort feeding. This helps ensure 24/7 cute exposure!
Well, that wraps up my definitive guide to achieving Slime Rancher 2 greatness through finding your perfect slime matches. Whether eyeing profits, defense, largos transformations or just adorable aesthetics, I hope you found the recommendations useful!
Here’s to many more magical hours exploring the Far, Far Range and filling our ranches with colorful squishy joy. Now get out there and start ranching, my friend! I can’t wait to see what spectacular species you discover on your own journey. Good luck!!!
