Camp Equipment Spreadsheets For Older Stories Available In Shop

Happy-Haze

I have made 2 Camp Equipment spreadsheets for the Older Stories available in the shop to purchase for either 100 or 500 gems.

There are separate spreadsheets for both the Unsegmented & Segmented Older Stories.

I am fully aware that the Segmented Older Stories have been removed from the shop so that they can be updated to include the new region called Terra (Christmas 2016, Diggys 5th Birthday, Halloween 2016 & Valentines Day 2017 also have nothing for the New World either).

Hopefully these spreadsheets will assist other players in deciding which Older Stories to do based on the Camp Equipment they offer.

I find it much easier to have all the Camp Equipment contained in a spreadsheet rather that having to look at each individual Wiki page to compare each events Camp Equipment.

Both of these spreadsheets have been sorted by the highest to lowest "per slot" value not alphabetically.

I will be easily able to update these spreadsheets as required as the Older Stories available in the shop change.

UPDATED as at 1/2/21:
Unsegmented Older Stories camp equipment spreadsheet sorted by "per slot" values (highest to lowest)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zadI9InFWPw9SRs_eEIjnsYzca1_nL1A/view?usp=sharing

UPDATED as at 1/2/21:
Segmented Older Stories camp equipment spreadsheet sorted by "per slot" values (highest to lowest).

HOWEVER....that as these are Segmented Older Stories you need to be in the relevant region required to access the camp equipment...not just the relevant game level required.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ISONji-X0lkNnmVhbLim3hxIALoaxUsR/view?usp=sharing

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NOTE: If you are looking for the spreadsheets that have been sorted by the "game level" requirements (lowest to highest) they are in my 2nd posting below.
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Hopefully these 2 links work....I have never uploaded or shared anything via Google Drive....so here goes fingers crossed.

If the links do not work properly....please let me know.

I'm also working on some other spreadsheets that will compare things such as gems, jewels & materials available from each Older Story available in the shop.

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PLEASE NOTE:

If you are looking for the Kitchen Recipes spreadsheets that I created for the Older Unsegmented & Segmented Stories you can find them here

https://forum.pixelfederation.com/diggysadventure/d/189027-spreadsheets-for-kitchen-recipes-food-items-available-in-older-stories

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gamemaster

Happy-Haze
Links work. 👍️

Abhi

Happy-Haze Great work, much easier to decide which stories to buy 🙂
Thank you.

maverickdomme

Happy-Haze great work! Thanks for sharing🙂

pixel_player514331639

Abhi which are the best stories to buy for an almost new player as me (level 106/Scandinavia)?

Roeland

A lot of this information is available in wiki. Listed best equipment are NON gem equipment.
https://wiki.diggysadventure.com/index.php?title=Events#Shop_Events_Summary

Gem returns of all the 100 gem stories can be found in this list (updated for the new option to double achievement rewards with an ad) https://wiki.diggysadventure.com/index.php?title=Events#100_Gem_Sale

Naichi

Roeland Not all listed equipment is non gem equipment, for example the regeneration equipment for Arabian Nights is a gem one.

pixel_player378155422

Roeland The 2nd link no longer works as intended, i.e., the comparison chart is no longer there since the page "improvement". Please tell the developers to put it back or provide an obvious/easily found link for it on the page!

Chani

pixel_player514331639 xmas 2015 is so good they had to move the price back up. after that I think I did xmas 2014?

Happy-Haze

pixel_player514331639
Naichi

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NOTE: If you are looking for the spreadsheets that have been sorted by the camp equipment "per slot" values (highest to lowest) they are in my very 1st posting above.
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I have updated & re-sorted my camp equipment spreadsheets.

UPDATED as at 1/2/21:
Unsegmented Older Stories camp equipment spreadsheet sorted by "game level" requirements (lowest to highest) then sorted by "per slot" value (highest to lowest)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TQu7qlC0UgzFk8opvJrl4aLcrcJeo_AO/view?usp=sharing

UPDATED as at 1/2/21:
Segmented Older Stories camp equipment spreadsheet sorted by "game level" requirements (lowest to highest) then sorted by "per slot" value (highest to lowest).

HOWEVER....that as these are Segmented Older Stories you need to be in the relevant region required to access the camp equipment...not just the relevant game level required.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IeUdDfmcEIjwjM6gpiYMA3X8-973dpf8/view?usp=sharing

Hopefully these will assist you in deciding which older stories are best for you to do based on your game level.

Happy-Haze

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Naichi

Now that unfortunately Christmas 2015 has gone back to costing 500 gems.

Christmas 2015 is a great Older Story to do in conjunction with Christmas 2013 & Christmas 2014.

As you can use the "Christmas Vouchers" in Christmas 2015 that you gain through Christmas 2013 & Christmas 2014.

My personal pick for the best 100 gems Unsegmented Older Stories to do for the strongest camp equipment pieces (both regeneration & capacity) are in order:

Excalibur
Detective Stories 2
Snow White
Easter 2015
Halloween 2015
Pink Puma
Independence Day 1
Brazil Cup
Diggys 3rd Birthday
Wild West 1
Valentines Day 2015
Halloween 2014
Magisterium
Adventurer Of 2013
St Patrick's Day 2014
Jungle Book

This of course is all dependent on whether you are at the relevant game level required to access the camp equipment you are wanting.

The beauty of being able to purchase these Older Stories multiple times over means that you can gather the maximum number of each different piece of camp equipment that are available in the range of the good, better & best options for both regeneration & capacity.

If you haven't already purchased it the Professor Switch System is a very good investment.

The quicker you can clear out your underground camp slots the better.

But I would not recommend using gems to clear out your underground camp slots.....keep your gems for better things such as buying Older Stories & camp equipment.

I would suggest only using coins, stone, lumber, iron & bronze to clear out your underground camp slots.

Double Materials Week, Double Production Week & Grid Unlock Discount Week are very helpful for gaining/making materials & clearing out your underground camp.

https://wiki.diggysadventure.com/index.php?title=Recurring_Special_Weeks

These are just my own personal opinions....everyone has their own opinions & game strategies.

USMousie

Happy-Haze Thank you for your analysis 😁

USMousie

Happy-Haze You. Were. Not. Kidding. About ex calibur! Now the question is how not to get bored redoing a story!?!

MadameCurie

Happy-Haze

My personal favorite first four are the same as yours. I will repeat those for a while and I‘m not bored. Will be the forth time excalibur soon to collect good equipment.

And thanks for your reply in the other discussion, it is locked now so I could not thank you there 🙂

Happy-Haze

USMousie

You never get bored redoing a story when the end goal is loads of good, better & best camp equipment.

I've done nearly all of my top 16 picks many times over to gather the maximum number of different pieces camp equipment available from each story.

I still need to do some of them a few more times to get every piece of the good, better & best camp equipment.

Happy-Haze

USMousie

Just a heads up....when you do Excalibur in the game scene Normandy....the "cleared location box" will pop up before the game scene is completely clear....there will be about 9-8 tiles left.

But it's ok....you can still continue to clear the location after you accept the completion rewards & the box disappears

So when I get down to the last 15-10 tiles in Normandy....I shut my game down & reopen it.

It comes up with the cleared location pop-up & I am generally successful in gaining my double rewards because I shut down my game just beforehand.

I generally find that the game will have a glitch & shut itself down just after I claim my double rewards.

After I restart the game again I then go back into Normandy & clear the remaining tiles....from memory it's about 9-8 tiles that are left.

Trazko

Happy-Haze

can you say a little bit more about shutting down your game and restarting before claiming your double reward? I have been wondering about the fickleness of the double reward which is sometimes offered and not delivered.
I am wondering about the total number of an event’s special items. With the new events it seems like one or two additional special items would allow me to get a better last piece of equipment. There might be one available in one of the special packs or premium pack and the free gifts gives one away towards the end, after I have given up and bought a lesser piece of equipment then spent the rest (for example, the sea captains hat) on food. The next event that I did was the previous Valentine’s Day event, that’s 2020. There is no premium pack for doing old special events, as far as I can tell. I’m also guessing that there won’t be any free gifts related to a special event that I purchased from the past events unless free gifts are tailored towards the individual player. Can you shed any light on my assumptions? Thanks

USMousie

I seem to have amassed quite a few gems doing these. I could even afford a 500 gem story if I has good equipment. Any opinions on those?

Happy-Haze

USMousie

In relation to what to do with your excess gems.

There are several ways to consider what is the best & most viable option for you personally depending on where you are in the game & what your underground camp requires.

What I would choose to do versus what you would choose to do is probably vastly different.

So it all depends on what game level you are at, what region you are in & on how many gems you have accumulated.

I'm currently in Scandinavia on game level 215 with 10,406 gems.

So I'm currently considering whether to do Diggys 4th Birthday because of the following:

Whether to buy the gem regeneration piece of camp equipment (Birthday Panda = 235 per slot)
Whether to buy the gem capacity piece of camp equipment (Birthday Beaver = 1,750 per slot)

Unfortunately both of these pieces require 2,000 gems each....there is a maximum of 4 pieces of each....so that's a total of 16,000 gems..... WOW!!!!

HOWEVER.....the 1st time that I will be able to access a piece of regeneration camp equipment via a region with that much strength would be the Chinese Dragon (230 per slot) which is awarded for finishing the main quest line in China.

The 2nd time that I will be able to access a piece of regeneration camp equipment via a region with that much strength would be the Light Side Of Gaia
(250 per slot) which becomes available in Atlantis after collecting 3 Locks Of Gaia's Hair which can only be accessed in special extremely hard sections of some mines in the Gaia map.

At the rate of 235 per slot regeneration the 1st time this becomes the lowest piece of camp equipment available in a region is Terra (Gneiss Space Rocket).

The 1st time that I will be able to access a piece of capacity camp equipment via a region with that much strength would be both Aquatons (1,750 per slot) & the Marble Cart (1,750 per slot) which are both in Atlantis & then subsequently the Greek Temple (1,760 per slot) in Greece.

There are obviously the pieces of Diggys Rewards regeneration camp equipment that are awarded for reaching particular game levels which are useful as they give decent strength per slot.

While on this subject I'm going to digress for a moment.....I cannot understand why there is not a Diggys Reward for game level 150?

I also don't understand how or why the per slot values for the Diggys Rewards are not more mathematically consistent, logical & balanced:

Game Level 100 reward = 85 per slot (logically should be 200 per slot)
Game Level 150 reward = nothing (logically should be 250 per slot)
Game Level 200 reward = 300 per slot
Game Level 250 reward = 350 per slot
Game Level 300 reward = 400 per slot
So on & so forth up to Game Level 1000 = 1,100 per slot.

Anywho back to the conversation at hand.....what to do with your gems....lol.

As I don't know which Unsegmented Older Stories you have or haven't done here goes in relation to REGENERATION camp equipment:

Christmas 2015 (500 gem cost) provides the 1st highest value piece (Reindeer Ornament = 155 per slot)....requires 40 Vouchers....maximum of 5 pieces = 200 Vouchers....however you can also gain these Vouchers from both Christmas 2014 (100 gem cost) & Christmas 2013 (100 gem cost)....I have all 5.
Detective Stories 2 (100 gem cost) provides the 2nd highest value piece (Sherlocks Teapots & Cups = 154 per slot)....requires 75 Pipes....maximum of 3 pieces = 225 Pipes....I have all 3.
Snow White (100 gem cost) also provides the 2nd highest value piece (Mopey = 154 per slot)....requires 120 mirrors....maximum of 3 pieces = 360 mirrors....I have all 3.
Pirates 1 (500 gem cost) provides the 3rd highest value piece (Jacks Deep Anchor = 149 per slot)....requires 90 Sextants....maximum of 4 pieces = 360 Sextants...I have none.
Diggys 4th Birthday (500 gem cost) provides the 4th highest value piece (Atlantean Topaz Column = 145 per slot)....requires 10 Topaz....maximum of 4 pieces = 40 Topaz....I have none...NOTE Topaz are precious jewels/stones & they are not always easy to acquire & accumulate.
Little Mermaid (500 gem cost)....also provides the 3rd highest value piece (Pursulas Crown = 145 per slot)....requires 270 Starfish....maximum of 4 pieces = 1,080 Starfish....I have none.
Robin Hood (500 gem cost)....also provides the 3rd highest value piece (Outlaws Swords = 145 per slot)....requires 120 Hats....maximum of 3 pieces = 360 Hats....I have none.
Detective Stories 2....provides the 4th highest value piece (Ruby Teapot Sets = 140 per slot)....requires 68 Pipes....maximum of 3 pieces = 204 Pipes....I have all 3.
Diggys 4th Birthday....also provides the 4th highest value piece (Diggy The Basketball Player = 140 per slot)....requires 130 Fishbowls....maximum of 5 pieces = 650 Fishbowls....I have none.
Little Mermaid....also provides the 4th highest value piece (Tridents Scepter = 140 per slot)....requires 250 Starfish & 5 Ruby....maximum of 4 pieces = 1,000 Starfish & 20 Ruby....I have none...NOTE Ruby are precious jewels/stones & they are not always easy to acquire & accumulate.
Independence Day 2 (500 gem cost)....provides the 5th highest value piece (Clock From The Future = 139 per slot)....requires 50 Watches....maximum of 4 pieces = 200 Watches...I have none.
Pink Puma (100 gem cost)...also provides the 5th highest value piece (Sleepy Purple Puma = 139 per slot).... requires 43 Tiger Teals & 8 Ruby....maximum of 4 pieces = 172 Tiger Teals & 32 Ruby....I have 2 so far with 1 more to go.
Easter 2016 (500 gem cost)....provides the 6th highest value piece (Hatched Lily Of The Valley = 136 per slot)....requires 215 Flowers....maximum of 6 pieces = 1,290 Flowers....I have none.
Diggys 3rd Birthday (100 gem cost)....provides the 7th highest value piece (Starry Party Hat = 135 per slot)....requires 194 Disks....maximum of 2 pieces = 388 Disks....I have 1 so far with 1 more to go.
Independence Day 1 (100 gem cost)....also provides the 7th highest value piece (Large Tentacles = 135 per slot).... requires 350 Technology....maximum of 3 pieces = 1,050 Technology....I have 1 so far with 2 more to go.
Pirates 1.....provides 2 of the 8th highest value pieces (Stern Of Death Beards Ship = 133 per slot & Bow Of Death Beards Ship = 133 per slot)....both pieces require 50 Sextants each....maximum of 3 of each piece = 300 Sextants....I have none.
Easter 2015 (100 gem cost)....provides the 9th highest value piece (Baby Chicks Plant = 132 per slot)....requires 445 Baskets....maximum of 2 pieces = 890 Baskets....I have 1 with 1 more to go.
Excalibur (100 gem cost)....also provides the 9th highest value piece (The Statute Of Excalibur = 132 per slot)....requires 90 Helmets & 15 Ruby.... maximum of 3 pieces = 270 Helmets & 45 Ruby....I have all 3.
Halloween 2015 (100 gem cost)....provides the 10th highest value piece (Pink Creepy Doll = 131 per slot)....requires 55 Ouijas....maximum of 4 pieces = 220 Ouijas....I have none.
Brazil Cup 2014 (100 gem cost), Christmas 2015, Diggys 4th Birthday & Snow White all have the 11th highest value pieces = 130 per slot each.
Brazil Cup 2014 (Green Football Shoes)...I have all 2;
Christmas 2015 (Penguin In A Stocking)....I have all 5;
Diggys 4th Birthday (Atlantean Ruby Column)....I have none;
Snow White (Lumpy)...I have none.

Again as I don't know which Unsegmented Older Stories you have or haven't done here goes in relation to CAPACITY camp equipment:

Excalibur....provides the 1st highest value piece (Violet Shield = 1,400 per slot)....requires 90 Helmets & 10 Ruby....maximum of 3 pieces = 270 Helmets & 30 Ruby...I have all 3.
Pirates 1....provides the 2nd highest value piece (Skeleton With A Yellow Hat = 1,215 per slot)....requires 78 Sextants....maximum of 4 pieces = 312 Sextants....I have none.
Excalibur....provides the 3rd highest value piece (Sir Tristans Armour = 1,200 per slot)....requires 195 gems.... maximum of 6 pieces = 1,170 gems....I have all 6....even though gems are required to obtain these pieces....I personally felt that they were worth spending the gems on...as the 1st time that I will be able to access a piece of capacity camp equipment via a region with that much strength would be the Shale Cart in China (1,200 per slot).
Pirates 1....provides the 4th highest value piece (Skeleton With A Blue Hat = 1,150 per slot)....requires 58 Sextants....maximum of 5 pieces = 290 Sextants....I have none.
Excalibur....provides the 5th highest value piece (Shield Of Green Rabbits = 1,050 per slot)....requires 58 Helmets....maximum of 4 pieces = 232 Helmets....I have all 4.
Detective Stories 2....provides the 6th highest value piece (Large Moustache Display = 1,000 per slot)....requires 70 Pipes....maximum of 3 pieces = 210 Pipes....I have 2 with 1 more to go.
Excalibur....also provides the 6th highest value piece (Sir Galahads Armour = 1,000 per slot)....requires 53 Helmets & 25 Amethysts....maximum of 4 pieces = 212 Helmets & 100 Amethysts....I have 1 with 3 more to go....NOTE Amethysts are precious jewels/stones & they are not always easy to acquire & accumulate.
Little Mermaid....also provides the 6th highest value piece (Statue Of Prince Eric = 1,000 per slot)....requires 280 Starfish....maximum of 3 pieces = 840 Starfish....I have none.
Snow White.... also provides the 6th highest value piece (Painting Of The Evil Queen = 1,000 per slot)....requires 120 Mirrors & 84 Amethysts....maximum of 3 pieces = 360 Mirrors & 252 Amethysts....I have none.
Christmas 2015....provides the 7th highest value piece (Hay Ornament = 900 per slot)....requires 40 Vouchers....maximum of 5 pieces = 200 Vouchers....I have none.
Excalibur....also provides the 7th highest value piece (Holy Grail = 900 per slot)....requires 48 Helmets....maximum of 3 pieces = 144 Helmets....I have none.
Pirates 1....provides the 8th highest value piece (Skeleton With Hooks = 828 per slot)....requires 27 Sextants....maximum of 6 pieces = 162 Sextants.... I have none.
Robin Hood....provides the 9th highest value piece (Robins Bows & Arrows = 800 per slot)....requires 106 Hats....maximum of 3 pieces = 318 Hats....I have none.
Easter 2015, Excalibur, Halloween 2015 & Pink Puma all have the 10th highest value pieces = 750 per slot each.
Easter 2015 (Brown Easter Plant)...I have none;
Excalibur (Shield Of Violet Griffins)....I have none;
Halloween 2015 (Halloween Marionette)....I have none;
Pink Puma (Running Purple Puma)...I have none.

Obviously as always you will need to check out the required game level relevant to the pieces of camp equipment you are wanting.

As you can see that you need to do each Older Story numerous times over if you want to gain the benefits of the maximum number of the strongest regeneration & capacity camp equipment pieces available from each Older Story.

You can check out how many "Special Items" each Older Story provides via the Wiki link below....REMEMBER to check how many & where these "Special Items" are gained from such as Repeatable, Story & Challenge mines.

Another thing to check in each Older Story via each relevant Wiki page is what other things you can gain from each story...such as materials, gems, precious jewels/stones, food/energy items, green rings, speed potions, ingredients/recipes, etc.

For example you might need to stockpile things such as lumber, stone, iron & bronze to assist you clear out your underground camp slots....or certain materials/jewels to buy specific camp equipment....or certain materials/items/jewels/ingredients required to gain level ups in your Achievements....or certain ingredients/materials/items to make things in your Kitchen &/or Foundry.

https://wiki.diggysadventure.com/index.php?title=Events

Hopefully this will give you some ideas of what Unsegmented Older Story that you will want to tackle next.

Don't forget that there are also other things you can spend gems on too, such as:

The Professor Switch System;
The Energy Saver Passive Effect;
The Experience Booster Passive Effect.

The Last Tile Finder & Golem are also great investments but don't use gems to buy them.

https://wiki.diggysadventure.com/index.php?title=Extras

I personally would never buy Green Rings & Speed Potions with gems.

I only ever use my Green Rings during Double Materials Week.

https://wiki.diggysadventure.com/index.php?title=Recurring_Special_Weeks

USMousie

I should also take a look at Easter 2015. It was the first older one I bought and I bet I was not a high enough level to get the best equipment. And I cooked all those baskets!

Happy-Haze

USMousie

What a shame that you cooked all of your Easter 2015 baskets....as they take a fair amount of energy & time to obtain.

You can gain a total of 272 Easter Baskets from the Story Mines.

You can gain a total of 196 Easter Baskets from the Challenge Mine.

This gives you a complete total of 468 Easter Baskets.

The BEST (non gem) regeneration camp equipment (Baby Chicks Plant = 132 per slot) requires 445 Easter Baskets....maximum of 2 pieces = 890 Easter Baskets....game level 130 required.

The BEST (non gem) capacity camp equipment (Brown Easter Plant = 750 per slot) requires 445 Easter Baskets....maximum of 3 pieces = 1,335 Easter Baskets....game level 90 required.

I personally don't use any "Special Items" gained from Older Stories in kitchen recipes until I have 100% finished acquiring ALL the camp equipment I want from that particular Older Story.

The "Special Items" can be stored in your backpack/inventory indefinitely.

The recipes from any Older Story will remain in your kitchen indefinitely whilst you still have any of the "Special Items" &/or "Specific Ingredients" stored....the recipes will only disappear when the last "Special Item" &/or "Specific Ingredient" are gone.

If I have any leftover "Special Items" that I want to use in recipes in my storage....I wait until Double Production Week comes around to use those "Special Items" in my kitchen.

I also wait for Double Production Week to use ANY
& ALL off my "Specific Ingredients" in recipes....as I want to gain maximum value from them.

https://wiki.diggysadventure.com/index.php?title=Recurring_Special_Weeks

When it comes to gaining food items from "Special Items"....compare the values between making the kitchen recipe versus buying the food item.... for example with Easter 2015:

To buy a non gem food item from your shop....1 Easter Basket will gain you 1 Chocolate Hen = 100 energy points.

To make a recipe from your kitchen....1 Easter Basket & 1 Carrot will gain you 1 Basket Full Of Carrots = 160 energy points.....if you do this during the Double Production Week you will gain 2 food items for the same ingredients as for 1 food item.

Also from some Older Stories you can also use the "Special Items" to acquire other things such as precious jewels/stones, Green Rings & Speed Potions (I never buy potions).

HOWEVER you can only acquire these other things whilst they are available in your shop....which is during the 28 days you have to complete the Older Story plus approximately 1 week following the expiration time.

Absolute worse case scenario if you some how end up with leftover "Special Items" or "Specific Ingredients" from any Older Story that you cannot do anything else with....the trader/merchant visits your camp periodically & you can sell off any leftovers to him.

island-digger

Happy-Haze THAT was an amazing analysis Happy .... as I have said before YOU ARE THE BEST and thank-you for sharing your hard work - I am trying to outfit the mini-versions of us and this will help immensely!! 😎😎

USMousie

AWESOME!!!

USMousie

Ok so I was excited to have 700 gems and you have 10,406 😳😳😂😂. What are you saving them for.? How often do you buy something with cash?

Now that you have given me the most complex and useful info ever, I am greedy for more 😂. Is there any place where stories are listed in order for each material? Where to get the most rubies (probably Easter 2015) or stones (Easter 2015 has 4,000. Closest I found so far is Halloween 2025 has 2700). 💗💗 Thank you!

Happy-Haze

USMousie

In relation to if there "is any place where stories are listed in order for each material".

Currently there is not any such listing.....but I am working on spreadsheets for that currently.

In relation to "where to get the most rubies".

On the Wiki events page there is a spreadsheet that shows the gems, precious jewels/stones & green rings that can be gained in all Older Unsegmented Stories & some Older Segmented Stories.

In the Older Segmented Stories it is a little bit confusing as there is actually 2 types of Older Segmented Stories:

There are the fully Segmented Stories that each region has it's own energy costs & own region specific materials, items, precious jewels/stones & camp equipment....which are Halloween 2017, Christmas 2017, Valentines Day 2018, Easter 2018, Diggys 6th Birthday & Christmas 2018.
Then there is the partially/semi Segmented Stories that only have region specific camp equipment. The energy costs, materials, items & precious jewels/stones are the same no matter what region you are in....which are Scout Camp, Diggys 5th Birthday, Easter 2017, Valentines Day 2017, Christmas 2016 & Halloween 2016

However those numbers provided in that Wiki spreadsheet for gems, precious jewels/stones & green rings are only for what you can gain from the actual Story & Challenge Mines.

Those numbers do not include any gems, precious jewels/stones & green rings that are rewarded from Achievements, Quests or Repeatable Mines

Obviously you only gain the Achievements rewards from the first time you play through....they are not gained again on subsequent play throughs.

Quests are rewarded every time you play through.

So back to the question at hand....which Older Stories have the most rubies.

Christmas 2016 gives 40 rubies from Story & Challenge Mines & 2 rubies from Achievements.....8,638,809 energy to fully clear.
Easter 2015 gives 23 rubies from Story & Challenge Mines & 1 ruby from Achievements....1,388,189 energy to fully clear.
Independence Day 1 gives 14 rubies from Story & Challenge Mines & 1 ruby from Achievements....1,787,745 energy to fully clear.
Robin Hood gives 10 rubies from Story & Challenge Mines & 1 ruby from Achievements....1,506,583 energy to fully clear.
Scout Camp gives 7 rubies from Story & Challenge Mines & 1 ruby from Achievements....2,428,708 energy to fully clear.
Diggys 5th Birthday gives 7 rubies from Story & Challenge Mines & 1 ruby from Achievements....2,130,259 energy to fully clear.
Easter 2017 gives 6 rubies from Story & Challenge Mines & 1 ruby from Achievements....2,390,510 energy to fully clear.
Christmas 2015 gives 6 rubies from Story & Challenge Mines & 2 rubies from Achievements....4,107,136 energy to fully clear.
Little Mermaid gives 6 rubies from Story & Challenge Mines & 1 ruby from Achievements....1,495,598 (NOTE: there is a mistake on the Wiki spreadsheet....that's why I always double check the information in each individual Older Stories pages).
Diggys 2nd Birthday gives 6 rubies from Story & Challenge Mines & no rubies from Achievements....309,742 energy to fully clear.
Pink Puma gives 5 rubies from Story & Challenge Mines & no rubies from Achievements...653,011 energy to fully clear.

You can check that information out here.

https://wiki.diggysadventure.com/index.php?title=Events

In relation to which Older Stories have the most stones:

Scout Camp = 15,138 stones....2,428,708 energy to fully clear.
Christmas 2016 = 10,392 stones....8,638,809 energy to fully clear.
Easter 2017 = 10,158 stones....2,390,510 energy to fully clear.
Diggys 5th Birthday = 9,109 stones....2,130,259 energy to fully clear.
Valentines Day 2017 = 6,092 stones....1,011,639 energy to fully clear.
Christmas 2015 = 5,038 stones....4,107,136 energy to fully clear.
Easter 2015 = 4,057 stones....1,388,189 energy to fully clear.
Christmas 2014 = 2,946 stones....722,007 energy to fully clear.
Robin Hood = 2,801 stones....1,401,330 energy to fully clear.
Halloween 2015 = 2,774 stones....1,468,087 energy to fully clear.
Little Mermaid = 2,400 stones....1,495,598 energy to fully clear.
Diggys 4th Birthday = 2,187 stones....1,000,195 energy to fully clear.
Independence Day 1 = 2,091 stones....1,773,000 energy to fully clear.
St Patricks Day 2014 = 2,055 stones....331,899 energy to fully clear.
Valentines Day 2015 = 2,047 stones....468,062 energy to fully clear.

Some of these Older Stories also have Repeatable Mines that also provide more stones.

As for how often do I buy something for cash...I generally buy the all the Event Passes & in the very beginning I purchased about 3-4 Regional/Event Special Packs.... I have never bought a Gem Pack.

What I'm saving my gems for is what I said in my earlier post.... I'm considering whether to acquire the gem equipment from Diggys 4th Birthday that cost 2,000 gems per piece....there 4 regeneration pieces & 4 capacity pieces....so that's a total of 16,000 gems if I get all 8 pieces of camp equipment.

Hopefully this information will assist you. 😊👍