Hard Wax¶
Hard Wax
"A firm hunk of beeswax. Has a 60% chance to improve a bee's Beequip."
Hard Wax is an inventory item and a type of wax added in the 2021-12-26 update that can be used on a Beequip to improve its stats. Upon usage, it has a 60% chance of improving the Beequip's stats. Hard Wax has Upgrade Value of 2.
Hard Waxes can also be used to craft tools and items, such as planters.
If giving a Hard Wax to a bee's Beequip is successful, the message pops up saying:
The Wax has Improved the Beequip!
However, if it fails, the message pops up saying:
The Wax didn't seem to help...
Ways to Obtain¶
- Crafting via Blender for:
- 3 Soft Waxes
- 3 Enzymes
- 33 Bitterberries
- 33 Royal Jellies
- As a common reward from Robo Bear Challenge.
- As a common reward from Retro Swarm Challenge.
- As a stack reward for adding certain stickers to the Sticker Stack:
- The Precise Eye Sticker rewards 1 hard wax.
- The Red Palm Hand rewards 1 hard wax.
- The Eviction rewards 1 hard wax.
- The Small Shield Sticker rewards 1 hard wax.
- The Prehistoric Hand rewards 1 hard wax.
- The Prehistoric Boar rewards 1 hard wax.
- Ionic Column Top rewards 1 hard wax.
- Ionic Column Middle rewards 1 hard wax.
- Ionic Column Base rewards 1 hard wax.
- The Shiitake Mushroom rewards 1 hard wax.
- The Black Truffle Mushroom rewards 1 hard wax.
Drops¶
- As a drop from Rare+ Puffshrooms.
- Three hard waxes are dropped by a lvl 5 snowbear.
- As a reward from Gifted Riley Bee's Honeyday Candles. (16.3%)
- As a rare drop from Planters.
- Planters in the Pumpkin Patch drop waxes more frequently, including Hard Wax.
- The Red Clay Planters and Planters Of Plenty drop bonus waxes, including Hard Wax.
Quests¶
- Dapper Bear gives Hard Wax on the following quests:
- All About Appearances (#4) gives 3 Hard Waxes and other items.
- Creative Comforts (#6) gives 3 Hard Waxes and other items.
- Wandering Ambition (#8) gives 1 Hard Wax and other items.
- Unintended Intimidation (#9) gives 3 Hard Waxes and other items.
- Solitarily Steadfast (#14) gives 10 Hard Waxes and other items.
Crafting Uses¶
Total required for all single-purchase items: 465 Hard Waxes
| Hard Waxes
|
Other ingredients | Result |
|---|---|---|
3
|
 9 Soft Waxes
|
|
3
|
 3 Smooth Dice |
|
5
|
 5 Enzymes
|
|
5
|
 50,000,000 Honey
|
|
10
|
750,000,000 Honey
|
|
100
|
2.5T Honey
|
|
150
|
750B Honey
|
|
200
|
7.5T Honey
|
 |
6 
3,333 
3 
1 
25 
10 
3 
1,500 
150 
50 
3 
25 
1 
500 
1,500 
3 Trivia¶
- Hard Wax's raw ingredients cost:
- 15 Honeysuckles
- 150 Sunflower Seeds
- 300 Pineapples
- 33 Bitterberries
- 153 Royal Jellies or 153,000,000 Honey
- The probability of Hard Wax improving a Beequip all 5 times is 7.776%, or about 1 in every 13 (12.86) Beequips.
- This is the only wax that can make no changes to a Beequip.
