Darvil

[Darvil @Darv1l]

@vel3vul @playcambria Excellent guide that will be helpful to literally everyone 🔥

[Vel3vul @vel3vul]

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO FARMING MANDO FAVOR IN @playcambria 👇

With the Cambria Sale going on right now, I decided to break down for both newbies and OGs exactly how to farm favor and what the numbers are gonna look like.

Honestly, this post is a must-read for all the newcomers who just aped into the Cambria sale. You need to understand how the ecosystem works and know exactly what you're putting your hard-earned money into.

It's been a while since the new Dueling Arena season dropped. The in-game market has stabilized, and everyone's figuring out their own strategies for farming Favor.

In this post, I broke down the math and calculated the exact cost of EVERY way to farm Favor in Cambria.

⚠️ DISCLAIMER: Lots of math ahead. If you hate reading and just want the alpha, skip to the TL;DR at the bottom and check the attached pics.

1. Tier C: Dueling & Farming Resources (Buying Orbs) & Sword in Stone

You'd think Dueling is the main event in @playdegenarena, but IMO it's the absolute worst way to farm.

Let's do the math: Betting 0.01 ETH with a strict 50% win rate over 10 games will cost you 0.004 ETH (~$8) in fees. Your return? +100k AT (~$0.60), an average of +85k Mando Favor (thanks to random multipliers), and +50 raffle tickets.
The odds of dropping an Excalibur or even a T1 artifact are astronomically low. I grinded duels hard for testing: burned $72 just on fees (not counting losses), got 500 tickets (zero wins), zero Excaliburs, and just one T1 artifact.

Verdict: Only duel if you want to gamble and feel the rush. If you want to efficiently print Favor, look elsewhere.

Dueling ROI: 1m AT = ~70k Favor.

Resource farming via Orbs is the same story. It's an expensive way to farm, basically playing the RNG lottery (R2E) for high-tier artifacts or vouchers.

Let's do the math: If you hit a 1.4x multiplier and only get T1 artifacts per 1M energy spent, the numbers are slightly better than dueling (avg 70 Favor per 100 energy).
I see people flexing T3/T4 drops in chats calling it a "hidden gem," but I'll just leave this post right here: https://t.co/yhPRqJ78yi

Orbs ROI: 1m AT = 70k - 110k Favor (depends on the resource, week, and turn-in multiplier).

The devs just dropped a new mode: Sword in the Stone.

What is it? It’s a pure RNG betting mode where absolutely everything is decided by raw luck.

Unfortunately, since I’m already a millionaire, I couldn’t be bothered to sit there and test the exact drop rates for you guys 🐋💅. But as you’ve probably figured out from my previous posts, any farming method that relies strictly on casino mechanics and gambling goes straight to the bottom tiers of my list.

The house always wins, anon. If your goal is to efficiently print Mando Favor and protect your capital, stay away from the stone. Leave it to the gamblers chasing a dopamine hit.

Verdict: Pure degen trap. Only touch this if you hate your money.

2. Tier B: Gizmo

Slightly better, but still risky. Hot take: Papa @cyberpunk isn't an idiot; he doesn't want to inflate the AT supply infinitely. I don't think Gizmo is pure RNG - I think the results are tweaked based on RTP (Return to Player, see my old post about it).

Gizmo ROI: Across ~50 games targeting 1.5x, I averaged 200k Mando Favor per 1m AT. Numbers look great, but you can easily lose 5 times in a row and wreck your ROI.

3. Tier A: Free Energy Farming & Buying Resources

Getting warmer, but still not perfect.

Free Energy Farming: Great for current/future Cambria NFT holders. You get daily free energy for holding (excluding Cores and Companions).
The catch? Hard to scale and you're exposed to NFT floor volatility.

Free Energy ROI: Holding a Founder or 5 Islands nets ~50k energy/day. Over 90 days, that's roughly 0.09 ETH. You get ~30% per quarter, only losing on floor fluctuations and marketplace fees. A no-brainer if you're a whale/believer, but A-Tier due to scaling limits.

Buying Resources: Some people degen into artifacts by mining and dump their resources on the internal OTC. We can set up buy orders and scoop them up. The flaw? Scaling. Waiting for orders to fill takes forever. Market buying instantly is faster but gives worse AT/Favor ratios.

Buying Resources ROI: Market buying instantly = ~270k Mando Favor per 1m AT. Setting limit orders and waiting = 600k+ Favor per 1m AT. Awesome supplemental method, but OTC fees (without a Founder NFT) and scaling issues keep it in A-Tier.

4. Tier S: Pit Fights

The holy grail. For me, farming Favor via Pit Fights is the absolute meta. Why is it better than Gizmo? Because you can hedge/arbitrage.

Is it allowed? No clue, haven't seen a rule against it. Did I do it? Yeah, a bit, purely for the research for this post.

Let's do the math: If you're quick with numbers and balance your bets across both sides, factoring in slippage and the 5% fee, your total capital bleed is about 7-10%. Generating 10m AT volume costs roughly 1m AT in losses, which yields ~250k Favor.

The ROI numbers look similar to buying resources, so why is it S-Tier?

1)Infinite Scaling: Pit fights run daily. You can bet 100k AT or 10m AT—it's entirely up to you.

2)Skill Edge: If you watch enough fights, you learn the meta. You can skew your hedge toward the likely winner to minimize your losses even further.

3)Fee Reduction: At high levels, your losses shrink. Hit betting level 99, and the fee drops from 5% to 2.5%, making this exponentially more profitable.

It takes brainpower, but it's the best method out there.

Verdict: 1m AT in losses, which yields ~250k Favor.

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TL;DR / THE TAKEAWAY:

There are tons of ways to farm, pick your poison:

Gamblers/Thrill Seekers: Stick to Duels, Orb farming, and Gizmo.

Passive Farmers (Low Time Preference): Setup OTC Resource Buy Orders or hold NFTs for free daily energy.

True P2E Degens: If you're willing to put in the hours, learn the meta, and crunch numbers, Pit Fights are your goldmine.

Good luck out there, see you in Cambria 🤝

[Darvil @Darv1l]

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[Darvil @Darv1l]

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[Darvil @Darv1l]

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[Darvil @Darv1l]

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[BEN.ZZZ @cyberpunk]

testing an early build of Cambria Genesis 👨‍💻
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[Darvil @Darv1l]

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[Darvil @Darv1l]

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[Darvil @Darv1l]

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[Darvil @Darv1l]

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[CN-CHAN | CAMBRIA @Layer2hunters]

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This is my favorite part

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[Darvil @Darv1l]

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