If you’ve just begun your journey in Slime Rancher and you’re wondering how to get rich fast—without needing mid-to-late game gear—this is the guide for you. You can set this strategy up in just 5 to 10 minutes and begin making high-value plorts early on using a simple but efficient Largo-based setup.

---

Core Strategy: Early Largo Farming with Favorite Foods

The strategy is built around Largo Slimes—hybrids that produce two plorts instead of one when fed. The trick is combining a slime that normally eats difficult food (like meat) with one whose favorite food is easy to farm (like fruit or vegetables).

Start by identifying a slime type and its favorite food using the Slimepedia. For example:

• Honey Slimes: Favorite food is Mint Mango.
• Phosphor Slimes: Favorite food is Q-Berries.
• Rad Slimes: Favorite food is Oca Oca.
• Hunter Slimes: Favorite food is Roostros (meat—hard to manage).

Now, combine Honey Slimes with Hunter Plorts to create Hunter-Honey Largos. This allows you to feed them Mint Mangoes, which are far easier to grow and harvest than chickens. Feed them their favorite food and they’ll produce double plorts of each type—Hunter and Honey.

---

Step-by-Step Setup

1. Unlock the Moss Blanket: This area is rich in Honey Slimes, Boom Slimes, Hunter Slimes, and Mint Mangoes. You can get there early in the game. If you’re unsure how, check a guide or walkthrough like a 5-Day Rush video.
2. Set Up a Garden: Buy a garden plot and plant Mint Mangoes. This is your sustainable food source.
3. Buy a Corral: Place your Honey Slimes inside. Once ready, shoot Hunter Plorts into the corral to convert them into Largos.
4. Feed Them Mangoes: Now, every time you feed them Mint Mangoes, you’ll receive two Honey Plorts and two Hunter Plorts per Largo.
5. Sleep to Accelerate Growth: You can sleep between harvests to speed up food production. Crops grow while you sleep, but be careful—over-sleeping may cause hungry slimes to get agitated and escape.

---

Silos for Backup Food

Once you’ve earned some money, buy a Silo. This lets you store spare Mint Mangoes in case your crops wither or disappear. Crops vanish after a few in-game days, so having a backup is a good idea to avoid losing your food chain.

---

Avoiding Tars and Explosions

When running multiple corrals, ensure that no rogue plorts fall into other pens. Mixed plorts can cause a third slime transformation and spawn Tar Slimes, which will destroy other slimes. Be extra cautious with Boom Slimes—their explosions may launch plorts into nearby corrals, causing chaos.

Keep each Largo pen isolated and well-maintained. High Walls, Plort Collectors, and Auto-Feeders help with containment and reduce risk.

---

Alternative Largo Combos and Efficient Foods

Some excellent early combos:

• Crystal + Rad Slimes: Feed them Oca Ocas.
• Honey + Rock Slimes: Feed them Heart Beets or Mangoes.

Avoid slimes whose favorite foods are hard to produce early (like Odd Onions), or that require meat. Instead, combine them with slimes that favor easier crops.

---

No Corral? No Problem

If you’re strapped for cash at the very beginning, you can even let Largos roam freely—as long as they’re all the same type and there’s no plort cross-contamination. Just focus on having several fully-upgraded gardens, and feed them directly.

---

Understanding the Plort Market

The Plort Market is not entirely random. Prices are based on supply and demand:

• The more you sell of a plort, the lower its price drops.
• Stop selling a plort for a few days, and its price gradually rises again.

A smart strategy is to focus on one plort type at a time, stockpile in Silos, and sell when the price peaks. Prices can reach up to 160 Newbucks per plort if timed well.

---

Extra Tips

• Slimes won’t die if left unfed for long periods, but they will become agitated and escape.
• Sleep strategically. Food grows, and prices reset each day.
• Avoid overstuffing pens to reduce risk of escape and stress.
• Prioritize slimes from the Moss Blanket for best early-game efficiency.

---

Wrap-Up: Fast Money, Smarter Farming

With this setup, you can generate thousands of Newbucks early in the game without needing fancy gadgets. Use Largos with matching favorite foods, manage plort safety, and harvest regularly. As you unlock more zones and slimes, you can scale this system up or transition to more lucrative combinations.

Whether you’re working toward upgrades or just want to fill your vault, this method is your first major money-maker in Slime Rancher. Happy ranching!