as others have said, currently broken

It doesn't work now

It would seem that a recent patch broke this. Instead of advancing to the next stage, it ends up 'evolving' into a featureless symbol that does nothing, gives nothing.

are you still updating this?

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If the bowl were to become better in the late game, I think I'd have to nerf its base value to 0 to match. This makes it much more of an investment item (like coal) which makes it a lot less tempting to pick up in the early game and really forces you to lock-in to getting to at least orange/peach value to start becoming better than the existing version.

I see no reason why it shouldn't be buffed by chefs though - I think I veto'd farmer so didn't look much further, but chef bonuses should be a nice buff.

Will look into this soon!

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I think ms fruit is a bad point of comparison, since the bowl is uncommon.

I did toy with making the coin increase match the base value of the original fruit to make it more tempting in the long-run. Even though the higher ranks are often less value gain, combining the symbol into one higher value symbol is arguably better. (A 7 is better than a 6 and a 3.)

In reality most of the time the bowl gets rid of your starter cherry, then even one banana turns it into a 3-per -- which is an insane pay-off for an uncommon. The fact that it can keep getting better and better just makes it have an even higher cap to its potential value, even if that value is rarely realised.
Anything beyond coconut is a 2-per, so I don't think there's that much 'junk' that you accumulate (I would accept that pear is sometimes bad), since the cherry and banana usually clear very quickly.

I really like the concept, but i think with the current balance its way underpowered compared to mrs fruit. While its true that this is only uncommon, many of the fruits on the track are rare or very rare, making significant progression with this item way less likely than just *eventually* getting a mrs fruit. You are encouraged with this item to take junk fruits that you will need later, clogging up your deck, that will only pay off +1 when you finally get to that point. I think if the buff were bigger at higher tiers of fruit bowl it would be more viable, but at its current state its basically a never-pick unless i get it first spin and the other options suck.

more importantly though, can you add this item to the 'foods' group? if the chef buff worked that would also be some benefit

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It needs one of each fruit, they must be added to the bowl in order, and the final fruit bowl gives a buff to adjacent fruits. It's also uncommon. It also removes instead of destroys.

How is this functionally different than Ms. Fruit?

After playing a few games with this one, I have to say it's a lot of fun to anticipate and play with. Top-Tier mod.