Sellbot HQ: Merits, Factory Map

[CBD]

Credit goes to Deputy Monty for making this post

As of April 13, 2005 update: This is the amount of merits needed for each cog promotion.

Sellbot suit
Cog Merits

Level 1 Cold Caller 20 Merits
Level 2 Cold Caller 30 Merits
Level 3 Cold Caller 40 Merits
Level 4 Cold Caller 50 Merits
Level 5 Cold Caller 200 Merits

Level 2 Telemarketer 40 Merits
Level 3 Telemarketer 50 Merits
Level 4 Telemarketer 50 Merits
Level 5 Telemarketer 60 Merits
Level 6 Telemarketer 300 Merits

Level 3 Name Dropper 60 Merits
Level 4 Name Dropper 80 Merits
Level 5 Name Dropper 100 Merits
Level 6 Name Dropper 120 Merits
Level 7 Name Dropper 500 Merits

Level 4 Glad Hander 100 Merits
Level 5 Glad Hander 130 Merits
Level 6 Glad Hander 160 Merits
Level 7 Glad Hander 190 Merits
Level 8 Glad Hander 800 Merits

Level 5 Mover & Shaker 160 Merits
Level 6 Mover & Shaker 210 Merits
Level 7 Mover & Shaker 260 Merits
Level 8 Mover & Shaker 310 Merits
Level 9 Mover & Shaker 1,300 Merits

Level 6 Two Face 260 Merits
Level 7 Two Face 340 Merits
Level 8 Two Face 420 Merits
Level 9 Two Face 500 Merits
Level 10 Two Face 2100 Merits

Level 7 Mingler 420 Merits
Level 8 Mingler 550 Merits
Level 9 Mingler 680 Merits
Level 10 Mingler 810 Merits
Level 11 Mingler 3400 Merit

Level 8 Mr. Hollywood 680 Merits
Level 9 Mr. Hollywood 890 Merits
Level 10 Mr. Hollywood 1,100 Merits
Level 11 Mr. Hollywood 1,310 Merits
lvl12 - 5500
lvl13 - 680
lvl14 - 5500
lvl15 - 680
lvl16 - 890
lvl17 - 1100
lvl18 - 1310
lvl19 - 5500
lvl20 - 680
lvl21 - 890
lvl22 - 1100
lvl23 - 1310
lvl24 - 1520
lvl25 - 1730
lvl26 - 1940
lvl27 - 2150
lvl28 - 2360
lvl29 - 5500
Levels 30 & 40 follow the same pattern as lvl 20 except
lvl50 - The key no more merits

[Wolfeh]

I've actually figured out the values of merits you get from each set of cogs.

56 - *Lobby (front elevator)
72 - Gear Room (paint room has gag barrels)
64 - Boiler Room
56 - Pipe Room (North)
56 - Pipe Room (South)
56 - *Duct Room (side elevator) - Referred to as Stomper Room below.
64 - Oil Room (Lava room has gag barrels and toon up)
80 - Warehouse
80 - West Silo
80 - East Silo
112 - Foreman

Note: Values are based on an invasion. For values without invasion, divide them by 2.

Just for the Warehouse and Silos, you get 352 merits. So the best way to plan a route based on merits is up to the warehouse.

Long run is obviously all, 776 merits.

Shortest run possible is (408 merits) Stomper Room / Warehouse / Silos.
* This is giving consideration to those who cannot glitch.

Some quick runs:
464 - Stomper Room / Pipe room (one) / Warehouse / Silos
480 - Lobby / Gear Room / Warehouse / Silos
520 - Stomper Room / Pipe room (both) / Warehouse / Silos
528 - Stomper Room / Pipe room (one) / Boiler Room / Warehouse / Silos
544 - Lobby / Gear Room / Boiler Room / Warehouse / Silos
584 - Stomper Room / Pipe room (both) / Boiler Room / Warehouse / Silos

Any other routes that don't take you out of a semi-direct path to the silos will yield you 472 merits or less.

The 528 run is rather pointless. If you are going to go through the trouble for the boiler room, you may as well hit both sets in the pipe room and get the extra 56 merits, unless you need like 521 to 528 merits.

With these merits listed, I hope that it'll help someone, and that others will post their runs so that ideal paths can be learned (for getting the most merits in the least time). In other threads, the 520 route is referred to (which is where I learned it). I believe that if you are going to do that, you should hit the boiler room too, and get the extra 64 merits since you pass by it anyway.

Click here - List of different merit runs (to help with different suit levels)
Guide: The Lava Room - A simple but very helpful guide to getting to the gags in the lava room, by Princess Kait.

Click on link to see a nice map of the factory (Thanks to Kit T. Kat)
Attachment 88150

Edit history:
2006/08/30@17:17 Updated merit values; fixed errors
2006/09/07@01:37 Added ugly version of factory map
2006/09/19@12:49 List of different merit runs for different suit levels
2007/01/30@02:07 Corrected a couple of values
2007/01/31@17:50 Added link to lava room guide
2007/02/08@18:58 Added decent map that I hijacked from Kit T. Kat