Sludge Mimic

Where to catch the Sludge Mimic

The Sludge Mimic lives in Nuclear Wasteland (zone 17 of 17), in the front part of the zone. It is number 1 of 8 in the Nuclear Wasteland index. A full-strength throw needs roughly 6,500 – 7,000+ Throw Power to land in Nuclear Wasteland.

Foods that land here: Toxic Donut (~1 Td), Mutant Melon (~20 Td), Atomic Pizza, Uranium Cake (~9 Qad). A higher-tier food pushes the roll toward the rarer end of the Nuclear Wasteland list, so the newest food you own is always the best bait.

Any throw that lands in the front part of the zone can produce it. If you are hunting it for the index, lower your throw strength with the gear icon until the food lands on that spot – distance inside a zone decides which animals can come.

Is it worth keeping?

• A plain Sludge Mimic earns 200000x a plain Wraith, the best animal from Phantom Harbor.
• The best plain earner here is the Siren Spire ($6.4Dd/s), 4x this one.
• Keep it longer only if it rolled a strong mutation or size (see the table below) or you need it for the index.

Sludge Mimic income by mutation and size

A plain Sludge Mimic makes $1.6Dd/s. Mutations and sizes multiply that number, and the two stack. The table below multiplies the plain income by the multipliers I have measured (Gold ×1.5, Diamond ×3, Emerald ×5, Ruby ×10, Rainbow ×20; Big ×2, Large ≈×4.3, Huge ≈×9, Colossal ≈×18.5, Gigantic ≈×37). Treat the size columns as estimates – real catches land a little above or below. With the 2x Cash gamepass every number doubles.

Sludge Mimic catches I've recorded

Real catch cards. Odds are the “1 in …” number the card shows, which already includes the luck of that throw.

Compared with other Nuclear Wasteland animals

Plain income of every Nuclear Wasteland animal, from the front of the zone to the top of its index (log scale).

• Sludge Mimic$1.6Dd
• Barrel Brute$1.6Dd
• Reactor Golemno data
• Siren Spire$6.4Dd
• Rad Scarecrowno data
• Isotope Angelno data
• Meltdown Idolno data
• Waste Harvesterrarest