What's the best use for stardust these days?

[languid stream]

Obviously after purchasing the ring, should I buy gems for crafting xp or is it more efficient to charge the ring for sandstone mining or at GOTR for example.

[rough violet]

i think ppl buy softclay packs for tabs and what not

[carmine relic]

Soft clay is also gained from moons, and you realistically don't use thát much

[desert prawn]

ideally you get your soft clay from nechryaels

but if you dont want to do that, mining it in prif is OK for a bit

[thorny peak]

I think gems for crafting exp is the best use

[vale sonnet]

I used some for GOTR outfit grind. Felt useful

[terse egret]

I think you should use the stardust for gems for ez crafting exp and save some for charges on the ring

[bleak wren]

If I remember correctly using the dust to mine sand is more crafting xp/dust than buying gem packs

[jovial tinsel]

skilling discord says chraged ring mining granite> mining sandstone > mining gotr > gem bags

[lucid spire]

using it at gotr is a new one, it just gets you the fragments quicker at the start?

[vocal escarp]

skilling discord probably underestimates how much stardust avg star miner has 😂

rly curious on the math for gotr though tbh

[soft drum]

for solo gotr it would help you use 5-8 more essence per game i think

ideally you want to mine 160 but without crystal pickaxe and no ring charges you sometimes have to leave at 150

might be even stronger if not 99 mining, not sure how gotr scales with stats

[lucid spire]

what about mass?