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Juggler Symbol

Juggler
Uncommon Symbol
Gives 2
Gives 1 coin more for each adjacent Cherry, Coal, Egg, Pearl, All Capsules, Coconut, Orange, Peach, Apple, Golden Egg. Gives 2 more if adjacent to 3 or more of these symbols.

Part of the human, doglikes, and organism groups.

Identifier: juggler_STEAM_ID_76561197993460652

Represented as a face that is totally not in any way a re-draw of the Joker symbol :)

I recommend just winging it, but wrote some strategy notes:

The Juggler is a 2per uncommon symbol that buffs itself by 1 for each Cherry and ball-shaped symbol next to it. If you can get at least 3 such symbols, you get 2 extra coins that spin. Just roll with Cherry symbols counting; they're round and associate with the cherry-picker technique in juggling which looks pretty awesome. Coal makes the cut, but Ore symbols don't, nor gems besides Pearl symbols.

The extra coin bonus means if it lands next to three compatible symbols, it's worth 2 + 3 + 2 coins for a total of 7! Pretty wild numbers for an Uncommon! And it still gives a cool 2 coins with no help at all.

The Juggler is a worthy early pick, not requiring anything special to contribute to the early rent payments, and getting a boost from not one, but two starter symbols that may make you think twice before removing them. They also offer a slight bit of early help in Egg and Coal strats, and make extra Pearl symbols found in Ore or produced by Oysters just a little more useful. Even Capsules can benefit Jugglers for the short while they are on the reels.

A lone Juggler will start to falter later on. Even with that 7+ coin potential, its progression is fairly linear, and might require taking on symbols that don't gel with your overall strategy. In these situations, it can become a candidate for removal once other symbols outproduce and outsynergize it.

As an uncommon, a given run has a non-nominal chance of offering multiple Jugglers, especially with luck modifiers, and this makes it much more lucrative to lean into a Jugglers and balls strategy. Apple and Golden Egg symbols can themselves give sufficient coins while simultaneously benefitting possibly multiple Jugglers.

The Compost Heap is an especially useful item for Jugglers. It generates seeds that will usually grow into a fruit symbol that can be juggled and have inherent value. The more ball symbols on the reels, the better the chance for three-ball bonuses, helping to generate the coins needed for mid-game and even late-game rent payments.

As a human symbol, the Juggler is yet another symbol that is buffed by the Anthropology Degree item, pets Dog symbols, is destroyed by the General Zaroff symbol, and so on. The bonus coin granted by the Anthropology Degree does not count towards the 3 ball bonus.

The Juggler may be added to the "funny" group in the future, tripling its value when adjacent to Comedians and giving 2 more coins for every Dark Humor Essence destroyed. For now, I cannot get saved_value to function the way I want it to, even after extensive experiments with one_time and overwrite. Instead, Juggler is relying on the bonus_value to determine how many symbols it's juggling each spin. A simple check for Anthropology Degree allows that to work properly, but Dark Humor Essences are a different story as more than one can be applied. Working with saved_value will probably be made easier in future patches, and even in its current stoic state, there is plenty of potential for fun and profit adding the Juggler to your symbol pool.