Can Of Worms

Whatever comes out is worth more than the sealed can, every time, so there is no reason to hoard them. The ordinary worms inside are perfectly usable bait on their own and they stack up quickly if you are looting every surface chest you walk past.

Buried in the pool is a golden worm, and that is the entry worth chasing. It is bait as good as anything in the game and it cooks into a dish that keeps you fed for the better part of an hour. If you are sitting on herb bags you do not need, shimmer converts them into more cans, which is the only real way to improve your odds.

Two cans unlocks duplication, and from there you can open as many as you like until the golden worms pile up. Doing this in the first hour of a journey world hands you top tier bait and the best food buff available before you have fought anything at all, which tilts the whole early run.