Solo'ing the factory

[toontownhappy]

If you want to solo, then make sure you are doing short runs (see my thread about doing short factory runs), that will help you get the merits but also take a path that you can access all of the restock and toonup barrels, if you know where they are.

If you need a guide on doing a solo run, then follow this (assuming you have lure, sound and all gags are maxed):

Side elevator and both sets of cogs in the pipe room: Fog.

Warehouse, go into the door (that leads to the steps where the cogs are), but enter at the very far left. This will put the level 5 cog on your right, which is where you want it. Then goggles, hose level 5 and both level 4's. Cream pie the 6.

East and West silos: Engage one of the 6's (so it'll be on your right). Magnet, cream pie 6 on right. Storm 7. Cream pie 6.

Center silo: Goggles. Kill the cog on far right (use cream pie if it's a 6, birthday cake if it's the 9). Then going from left to right, use Birthday cake to kill the cogs.

I've never had to bail out to restart from following that plan.

If you just want to get merits, then just go hang out at the side elevator (in nutty river district) and you'll find toons going there frequently. If someone runs up and hops on by themselves, try to hop on saying "Which way?", that will tell the other person that you will follow them on the run so they know you just want to complete a factory and not hijack it. If they say "Follow me", say "Yes" and "Which way?".

Also bumped for Granjell.
I think this would be a really useful guide for TT Stratics's guide page. It was buried on page million of the forums and is quite handy.

 

[Granjell]

Thanks a lot, Deb!

 

[Flippers]

For smaller toons or toons with strong gags but no sound or no maxed sound, there are alternatives. That's where toesies is right now.

Her route is very different than big brother flappy's was (he did everything from the side entrance except the oil room):

Toesies' Lazy soundless route:
Side lobby aka Duct Room (magnet: seltzer 3 seltzer or fruit right 4 hose 5)
Diamond aka Pipe Room (magnet right set: fruit right 4, hose right 4 or hose right 5)
Warehouse (Goggle: hose right if 5 or 4, then attack second from left with hose if 5 or 4, cream pie if 6, hose remaining 4 or if you havent hit it yet, cream pie the 6 last)
West Silo: Be sure to be in proximity to a 6. (magnet: cream pie rightmost 6, cloud 7, cream pie last cog aka 6)
East Silo: Be sure to be in proximity to a 6. (magnet: cream pie rightmost 6, cloud 7, cream pie last cog aka 6)

Central Control Room: (Goggle: cloud right 6 to save time, cake rest of 6s, cake or cloud the 9 last)

Variations:

1 - If you have organic bday cake then go ahead and hit the foreman first.
2 - If you tagged a 7 in a silo set, then you had to have used two lvl 6s in that battle: one for the rightmost 7 and one for one of the nonbonus 6s. If you did this then feel free to cream pie the rightmost 6 in central control.