[ZanyMega]

Deputy Dynowoof, thank you for a very good guide for toons who have chosen both the lure and sound gag tracks. As a fool who didn’t recognize the power of sound with my first toon, but am too vested in seeing him reach HW50 to just give up and delete him, I’ve developed a similar, but soundless strategy to solo the factory since no one with sound likes to make factory runs with him. He’s a HW26, btw, so I can safely attest that this strategy works time and again.

First of all, I stock up on lure (3 goggles, 7 $10 bills, and 10 blue magnets), throw (3 b-day cakes, 7 cream pies, 7 fruit pies), squirt (3 storm clouds, 7 hoses, 7 seltzer bottles), and drop (3 pianos and 6 safes). I carry trap (2 tnts and 5 trap doors), just in case, lure begins to consistently fail, but otherwise don’t use it as you’re subject to cog attacks when the trap is laid and every laff counts when you’re soloing since lure can fail at any time. I use my drop on any cog that didn’t get the lure bonus for the hit and as a safety fallback if lure fails. I primarily rely on lure, throw and squirt though.

I run the rooms in the same order that you suggest: Lobby, Gear, Boiler, Pipe, Duct, Oil, Warehouse, West Silo, East Silo and Center Silo.

Lobby: Lure cogs with blue magnet then take out cogs in following order: lvl 5 with a hose, and the two lvl 3’s with seltzer bottles.

Gear Room: Your guide suggests a creative way to get the lvl 6 on the right so that the lure bonus works, but if it doesn’t work and the lvl 6 is in the center you can do like I do. Lure the cogs with a blue magnet and take out the lvl 6 with a B-day cake and the two lvl 5’s with a cream pie. On the way to the Boiler room, return to the Lobby Hallway and restock your throw gags. This restores your B-day cakes and cream pies for the remainder of the run.

Boiler Room: Lure with blue magnet and take out lvl 6 with a cream pie, lvl 5 with a hose and lvl 3 with a seltzer bottle.

Pipe Room: Lure with blue magnet and take out lvl 5 with a hose, and two lvl 4’s with fruit pies on both sides of the room.

Duct Room: Lure with blue magnet and take out lvl 5 with a hose, lvl 4 with a fruit pie and lvl 3 with a seltzer bottle.

Oil Room: Lure with a blue magnet and take out two lvl 5’s with hoses and lvl 4 with a fruit pie.

Warehouse: Lure with a blue magnet and take out lvl 6 and lvl 5 with cream pies and lured lvl 4 with a fruit pie. Since the fourth cog will become unlured, I either drop a safe on the lvl 4 or use a seltzer bottle and then hit him with drop.

West and East Silos: Lure cogs with goggles and take out lvl 7 with a storm cloud and two lvl 6’s with cream pies.

Center Silo: Lure cogs with goggles and take out lvl 9 with a b-day cake and remaining three lvl 6’s with the other 2 b-day cakes and last storm cloud.

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I have a good friend that doesn't have lure, but has found that he can solo the factory now that the cog levels have been reduced. I'll ask him about his strategy for soloing with a lureless toon and ask that he post his suggestions.