Rollercoin - Merging Miners

To kick off a new week I had the urge to write another Rollercoin guide-like article. This time we will dig deeper into merging your miners.

Merging is an option to combine two miners of the same model into a more powerful one. The process is pretty similar to what you do in Splinterlands when combining cards to get them to higher levels.

Instead of needing multiple miners, in Rollercoin, you'll need only two to reach the next rarity level. These levels range from Common to Unreal. Unlike in Splinterlands, combining these assets isn't free because you are going to need parts to do it.

Parts can be obtained from Common Parts Cases which can be found in the season store costing 40 RST tokens each. RST is a token that is rewarded by completing daily and weekly missions.

Why Merge?

In Rollercoin miners give you a certain mining power and in addition to that some miners also have a bonus power. It's good to keep in mind that if you have two of the same miner model in your collection you are receiving bonus power from only one of them.

This is why we like to merge. Not only will your bonus power grow but the base power of a merged miner will also be higher than the power of two separate ones. Let's have a look at the following example.

If I had two rare Radio Gaga(85.470 Th/s & bonus power of 1.66%) miners they would give me 170.940 TH/s and a 1.66% bonus in total. After merging them I would receive 222.285 Th/s and a bonus of 2.08%.

So basically, by holding two miners of the same model and rarity we are losing the bonus power of one of them.

As you can see in the picture, merging also has a small RLT fee. This, and the part prices are good to take into consideration if you are planning to sell the miner after merging. Sometimes it can be more beneficial to just sell the two miners and buy a higher rarity one straight from the market.

Parts

Rollercoin offers interesting trading opportunities. When there is a special crafting offer or an event going on the demand for parts is higher and they are obviously more expensive. So if you are looking into merging your miners it's a good idea to accumulate during the off-season. I also sometimes buy parts in times like that and then sell them during the high demand making some profit.

The demand for a certain rarity of a part can also create interesting situations on the market. In this example below we have an uncommon and a rare part almost at the same price.

If we were going to upgrade a miner that needs rare parts we should obviously buy the fans from the market instead of crafting using uncommon parts. Note that you would need 20 uncommon fans to merge a single rare fan. So in this case I would sell my uncommon fans and buy the needed rare ones. All in all, it's good to constantly keep an eye out for the changing market prices when planning on merging miners.

Conclusion

Merging miners needs a bit of studying the market conditions of both parts and miners but can be a great way to get those high-power miners and increase your bonus power. There are also some daily and weekly missions you can complete by merging and getting XP and RST as rewards.

If you are struggling with Rollercoin check these RC posts of mine to see if you find them helpful:

• Supply & Demand In Rollercoin - How To Make Profit?
• Rollercoin - How To Get Mining Power And Is It Really Worth It?

Thank you for reading!