Points of interest

Points of interest (POIs) are scattered across the world, placed per 256-unit chunk using each biome's weights.

#Activation

Verified: stand inside a POI's radius. Its charge goes up 1 per tick (60 ticks per second) while you are inside and the POI can be used, and drops 2 per tick otherwise, including while you stand on a POI you cannot use (for example without enough gold). After it fires, a POI stays disarmed until you step out. It fires when the charge reaches activation.seconds × 60.^[1] So stepping out briefly costs twice the time you were away. After 20:00 (21:00 on Easy), newly generated chunks get fewer POIs: the share drops by 1% per minute of overtime, down to 40%. Chunks already generated keep theirs, and Story turns the taper off.

#Potato Crate

“Costs gold. Holds an item. Each crate costs more than the last.”

• Internal kind paidChest, radius 12, activation 1.5 s.
• Pay the crate price and get one random item (rarity rolled with luck).^[2] Price of the n-th crate (n from 0) is round(30 + 41.5n + 0.5n² + 0.898·max(0, n−3)³) × purchase price multiplier.^[3] Base prices: 30, 72, 115, 159, 205, 257, 321, 402, 506, 638 gold.
• Biome weights: Chip Canyons 4, Coin Laundromat 3, Compost Caves 5, Crop Circle 2, Frozen-Fries Tundra 4, Fry-Oil Desert 5, Fry Palace Drive-Thru 2, Gutterball Lanes 5, Ketchup Bog 5, Mash Swamp 4, Peel Forest 4, Potato Field 4, Russet Moor 4, Vinegar Shoals 4, Duchess Gardens 4, Roast Caldera 4.

#Spud Shrine

“Stand inside to charge it, then pick a stat.”

• Internal kind chargeShrine, radius 26, activation 5 s.
• Offers 3 random stats, each with a random rarity; value = base × rarity multiplier [1,1.2,1.4,1.7,2].^[4] Bases: Damage 0.06, Area 0.06, Cooldown 0.03, Move speed 0.05, Max HP 12, Armor 10, Luck 0.06, Gold gain 0.1, XP gain 0.06, Crit 0.04, Duration 0.06, Pickup range 0.15.
• Biome weights: Chip Canyons 3, Coin Laundromat 1, Compost Caves 2, Crop Circle 4, Frozen-Fries Tundra 3, Fry-Oil Desert 2, Fry Palace Drive-Thru 1, Gutterball Lanes 1, Ketchup Bog 2, Mash Swamp 2, Peel Forest 3, Potato Field 3, Russet Moor 3, Vinegar Shoals 2, Duchess Gardens 2, Roast Caldera 2.

#Moldy Shrine

“Take curse for a pile of gold. Curses bring extra elites and bosses.”

• Internal kind curseShrine, radius 18, activation 1.5 s.
• Accept to gain round((45 + 20 × minutes + 2 × minutes²) × gold gain) gold, +0.1 curse and +1 curse taken.^[5][6] At 10:00 this is 445 gold before gold gain. See Curse.
• Biome weights: Chip Canyons 1, Compost Caves 3, Crop Circle 1, Frozen-Fries Tundra 1, Fry-Oil Desert 2, Fry Palace Drive-Thru 1, Gutterball Lanes 2, Ketchup Bog 2, Mash Swamp 2, Peel Forest 1, Potato Field 1, Russet Moor 1, Vinegar Shoals 2, Duchess Gardens 2, Roast Caldera 2.

#Fry Cart

“Sells items for gold.”

• Internal kind vendor, radius 18, activation 1.5 s.
• Stocks 3 items; the third gets a rarity bump (Common→Uncommon, Uncommon→Rare, Rare→Epic, Epic→Legendary). Price = vendorPrice[rarity] × (1 + 0.06 × minutes) × purchase price multiplier with vendorPrice Common 80, Uncommon 140, Rare 240, Epic 400, Legendary 640. One purchase per cart.^[7]
• Biome weights: Chip Canyons 3, Coin Laundromat 1, Compost Caves 1, Frozen-Fries Tundra 2, Fry-Oil Desert 3, Fry Palace Drive-Thru 2.3, Gutterball Lanes 2, Ketchup Bog 2, Mash Swamp 2, Peel Forest 2, Potato Field 2, Russet Moor 2, Vinegar Shoals 2, Duchess Gardens 2, Roast Caldera 2.

#Microwave

“Stand by it to charge it, then copy one of your items. The copy melts another item of the same rarity.”

• Internal kind microwave, radius 20, activation 1.5 s.
• Copies one of your base items. The cost mode is melt: another base item of the same rarity (the one you hold fewest of) loses one copy. In-game: “Copy an item. Another of its rarity melts.”^[8] The config also defines gold and curse cost values, which are not used while the mode is melt (inference).
• Biome weights: Chip Canyons 1, Coin Laundromat 6, Compost Caves 2, Frozen-Fries Tundra 2, Fry-Oil Desert 1, Fry Palace Drive-Thru 3, Ketchup Bog 2, Mash Swamp 2, Peel Forest 1, Potato Field 1, Russet Moor 1, Vinegar Shoals 2, Duchess Gardens 2, Roast Caldera 2.

#Crop Patch

“Break it for gold and a snack.”

• Internal kind crops, radius 10, activation 1 s.
• Drops 3–7 coins (× biome gold multiplier) and has a 35% chance of a 30 HP snack (28% on Nightmare, whose healing-drop multiplier is ×0.8).^[9]
• Biome weights: Chip Canyons 1, Compost Caves 1, Crop Circle 6, Frozen-Fries Tundra 1, Fry-Oil Desert 1, Ketchup Bog 1, Mash Swamp 2, Peel Forest 2, Potato Field 4, Russet Moor 1, Vinegar Shoals 1, Duchess Gardens 1, Roast Caldera 1.

#Beetle Nest

“An elite waits here. It drops a chest.”

• Internal kind eliteNest, radius 60, activation 1.5 s.
• Spawns an elite with tier bonus floor(tier / 3) and HP × (1 + 0.15 × tier); it drops a chest.^[10] A POI's tier is floor(distance from the run's start to its world chunk's centre / 900), capped at 10, so nests get tougher the further out Tibo travels.^[11] Boss Lairs never generate within 1200 units of the start.^[12]
• Biome weights: Chip Canyons 2, Compost Caves 2, Frozen-Fries Tundra 1, Fry-Oil Desert 1, Ketchup Bog 2, Mash Swamp 1, Peel Forest 2, Potato Field 1, Russet Moor 2, Vinegar Shoals 2, Duchess Gardens 2, Roast Caldera 2.

#Boss Lair

“A boss sleeps here. It guards a big chest.”

• Internal kind bossLair, radius 110, activation 3 s.
• Wakes a boss from the base-game boss order (liveOrder, excluding appended flagged bosses) at index clamp(floor(minutes / 2) + floor(tier / 2), 1, 11), HP × (0.8 + 0.1 × tier). It guards a big chest.^[13]
• Biome weights: Chip Canyons 0.5, Compost Caves 0.6, Frozen-Fries Tundra 0.4, Fry-Oil Desert 0.5, Ketchup Bog 0.6, Mash Swamp 0.4, Peel Forest 0.4, Potato Field 0.3, Russet Moor 0.4, Vinegar Shoals 0.6, Duchess Gardens 0.6, Roast Caldera 0.6.

#Stray Dog

“A good dog looking for a friend. Walk up to it.”

• Internal kind dog, radius 16, activation 1 s.
• Walk onto a stray to recruit it. The first stray is placed 110 units from the start. See Dogs.
• Biome weights: Chip Canyons 2.2, Coin Laundromat 2.2, Compost Caves 2.2, Crop Circle 2.2, Frozen-Fries Tundra 2.2, Fry-Oil Desert 2.2, Fry Palace Drive-Thru 2.2, Gutterball Lanes 2.2, Ketchup Bog 2.2, Mash Swamp 2.2, Peel Forest 2.2, Potato Field 2.2, Russet Moor 2.2, Vinegar Shoals 2.2, Duchess Gardens 2.2, Roast Caldera 2.2.

#Bot Dock

“Stand by it to call a swarm of Grok Bots.”

• Internal kind botDock, radius 18, activation 2 s.
• Calls a Grok Bot swarm (same as a Bot Beacon). See Grok Bots.
• Biome weights: Chip Canyons 1, Compost Caves 1, Frozen-Fries Tundra 1, Fry-Oil Desert 1, Ketchup Bog 1, Mash Swamp 1, Peel Forest 1, Potato Field 1, Russet Moor 1, Vinegar Shoals 1, Duchess Gardens 1, Roast Caldera 1.

#Spud Whetstone

“Stand by it to charge it, then level up one of your weapons.”

• Internal kind whetstone, radius 20, activation 1.5 s.
• Offers up to 3 non-max, non-banished weapons; picking one levels it up. Ordinary weapons must be base tier; limit-broken weapons can also be evolved or union tier. Only chargeable if a weapon can still level.^[14][15] With late-game or Hunt content enabled, whetstones no longer vanish when the loadout is full.^[16] Dogs stop pointing at whetstones that have already vanished.^[17][18]
• Biome weights: Chip Canyons 1, Compost Caves 1, Frozen-Fries Tundra 1, Fry-Oil Desert 1, Ketchup Bog 1, Mash Swamp 1, Peel Forest 1, Potato Field 1, Russet Moor 1, Vinegar Shoals 1, Duchess Gardens 1, Roast Caldera 1.

#Dinner Bell

“Ring it to call a ring of pests. They drop triple XP.”

• Internal kind dinnerBell, radius 14, activation 1.5 s.
• Spawns 20 pests in a ring of radius 130; they give ×3 XP, always drop gold and despawn after 30 s.^[19]
• Biome weights: Chip Canyons 1, Compost Caves 1, Frozen-Fries Tundra 1, Fry-Oil Desert 1, Ketchup Bog 1, Mash Swamp 1, Peel Forest 1, Potato Field 1, Russet Moor 1, Vinegar Shoals 1, Duchess Gardens 1, Roast Caldera 1.

#Tater Slots

“Pay gold to spin. Match two for an item.”

• Internal kind taterSlots, radius 22, activation 1.5 s.
• Costs half the current crate price, rounded up (including the purchase price multiplier).^[20] Three reels of 4 symbols:
  • Three of a kind: a 1-reward chest, with 4 spin prices of extra gold on top of its normal chest gold.^[21]
  • Two of a kind: a random item and 0.5 spin prices of gold, credited immediately.^[22]
  • No match: nothing.

The extra gold is round(current spin price × payout multiplier), calculated when the reels pay out. It gets no further gold-gain multiplier. With a 15-gold spin price, a triple adds 60 gold and a pair gives 8 gold plus the item.^[23]

• Biome weights: Chip Canyons 1, Compost Caves 1, Frozen-Fries Tundra 1, Fry-Oil Desert 1, Ketchup Bog 1, Mash Swamp 1, Peel Forest 1, Potato Field 1, Russet Moor 1, Vinegar Shoals 1, Duchess Gardens 1, Roast Caldera 1.

#Seed Vault

“Stand by it to charge it for rerolls, a skip and a banish.”

• Internal kind seedVault, radius 24, activation 2 s.
• +2 rerolls, +1 skip, +1 banish.^[24]
• Biome weights: Chip Canyons 0.5, Compost Caves 0.5, Frozen-Fries Tundra 0.5, Fry-Oil Desert 0.5, Ketchup Bog 0.5, Mash Swamp 0.5, Peel Forest 0.5, Potato Field 0.5, Russet Moor 0.5, Vinegar Shoals 0.5, Duchess Gardens 0.5, Roast Caldera 0.5.

#Tater Magnet

“Stand by it to pull in every gem and coin.”

• Internal kind taterMagnet, radius 20, activation 1 s.
• Pulls every gem and coin on the map to Tibo; only chargeable if any exist.
• Biome weights: Chip Canyons 1, Compost Caves 1, Frozen-Fries Tundra 1, Fry-Oil Desert 1, Ketchup Bog 1, Mash Swamp 1, Peel Forest 1, Potato Field 1, Russet Moor 1, Vinegar Shoals 1, Duchess Gardens 1, Roast Caldera 1.

#Root Tunnel

“Stand by it to tunnel to a far place.”

• Internal kind rootTunnel, radius 20, activation 2 s.
• Tunnels Tibo to a POI at least 900 units away. Tibo is invulnerable while digging and rising (1.5 s).^[25]
• Biome weights: Chip Canyons 0.4, Compost Caves 0.4, Frozen-Fries Tundra 0.4, Fry-Oil Desert 0.4, Ketchup Bog 0.4, Mash Swamp 0.4, Peel Forest 0.4, Potato Field 0.4, Russet Moor 0.4, Vinegar Shoals 0.4, Duchess Gardens 0.4, Roast Caldera 0.4.

#Tater Lantern

“Break it for a surprise.”

• Internal kind taterLantern, radius 12, activation 1 s.
• Breaks into one token tossed just past your pickup range: skip (weight 4), magnet (weight 4), reroll (weight 3), banish (weight 2), Bot Beacon (weight 1).
• Biome weights: Chip Canyons 3, Compost Caves 3, Frozen-Fries Tundra 3, Fry-Oil Desert 3, Ketchup Bog 3, Mash Swamp 3, Peel Forest 3, Potato Field 3, Russet Moor 3, Vinegar Shoals 3, Duchess Gardens 3, Roast Caldera 3.

#Spud Freezer

“Stand by it to freeze every enemy on the map for 7.5 s. Bosses only slow down.”

• Internal kind spudFreezer, radius 18, activation 1.5 s.
• Freezes every pest on the map for 7.5 s; bosses are slowed by 50% instead. It is only used up if it catches something. If it catches only bosses, the message counts the bosses slowed (“… bosses slowed for 7.5 s!”).^[26]
• Biome weights: Chip Canyons 1, Compost Caves 1, Frozen-Fries Tundra 1, Fry-Oil Desert 1, Ketchup Bog 1, Mash Swamp 1, Peel Forest 1, Potato Field 1, Russet Moor 1, Vinegar Shoals 1, Duchess Gardens 1, Roast Caldera 1.

#Frenzy Fryer

“Stand by it for a 20 s frenzy.”

• Internal kind frenzyFryer, radius 18, activation 2 s.
• 20 s frenzy: weapon timers run ×1.4 faster and move speed ×1.2.^[27] While inside Andrew's pairing ring, the fire-rate bonuses multiply: ×1.61 together. The renderer draws a gold ring with rotating chevrons and streaks. Its rotation accelerates during the final 6 s and it fades over the final second. Reduced motion holds the ring at full scale without rotation. These are visual changes, not changes to the frenzy bonuses.^[28][29]
• Biome weights: Chip Canyons 1, Compost Caves 1, Frozen-Fries Tundra 1, Fry-Oil Desert 1, Ketchup Bog 1, Mash Swamp 1, Peel Forest 1, Potato Field 1, Russet Moor 1, Vinegar Shoals 1, Duchess Gardens 1, Roast Caldera 1.

#Golden Spud Shrine

“Stand by it to charge it, then pick a big blessing.”

• Internal kind goldenShrine, radius 26, activation 5 s.
• Like the Spud Shrine, but every offer is Epic, or Legendary with 30% chance.^[30]
• Biome weights: Chip Canyons 0.4, Compost Caves 0.4, Frozen-Fries Tundra 0.4, Fry-Oil Desert 0.4, Ketchup Bog 0.4, Mash Swamp 0.4, Peel Forest 0.4, Potato Field 0.4, Russet Moor 0.4, Vinegar Shoals 0.4, Duchess Gardens 0.4, Roast Caldera 0.4.

#Dog Kennel

“Stand by it to buy up to three levels for your dogs.”

• Internal kind dogKennel, radius 20, activation 1.5 s.
• Buy levels for a pack dog at 120 / 240 / 450 / 720 gold (by the dog's current level) × purchase price multiplier, up to 3 buys per kennel. In-game: “Train up to # more levels here, then the kennel closes”.
• Biome weights: Chip Canyons 0.5, Compost Caves 0.5, Frozen-Fries Tundra 0.5, Fry-Oil Desert 0.5, Ketchup Bog 0.5, Mash Swamp 0.5, Peel Forest 0.5, Potato Field 0.5, Russet Moor 0.5, Vinegar Shoals 0.5, Duchess Gardens 0.5, Roast Caldera 0.5.

#Spud Forge

In Standard, every boss defeated from 20:00 raises a forge near the fight, on usable ground. It is not part of biome POI weights.^[31][32] Stand inside for 20 seconds and choose an eligible maxed weapon or passive. The first limit break costs 2,500 gold; each purchase in that run multiplies the next price by 1.6, with your purchase-price discount applied and the result rounded.^[33] A forge closes after one purchase (0.9 s forging animation).

A break resets the target to level 1 but keeps and strengthens its maxed shape. Weapons can level to 8 again; passives to their normal maximum. At break b and level l, the saved weapon damage is multiplied by 1.5^(b−1) × (1 + 0.5l/8). Passive bonuses use the same curve with their own max level instead of 8.^[34] Passives with heat or special effects, or an amount, curse or dash-charge bonus, cannot be broken.^[35] See Level-up for further levels and Enemy scaling for the late-game curve.

The forge has a pulsing boss-chest-style aura and a prominent arrival callout. Its choice panel states the shared price and limit-break rule once above the cards; each card shows the equipment name and Limit Break tag.^[36][37][38]