It isn ' t hard to catch padders , just head over to <| sep |> That ' s alright . Everyone used to be a noob once . I am too still a noob , but better now . nbspTo answer some of your questions , at the early stage , about gem , you should utilize whatever gems you have , and make use of the bonus set . You ' re stuck between normal and hard mode now , so your gems are mostly 2 and 3 . Upgrade them to around 6 , or maybe even 9 . Stop here , as most of the current gems will be disposed of later on . And don ' t need to care much about flat or percent stat , go for what with with more stars and correct gem set . Percent gems will be crucial in the late game , but with 2 or 3 gems , there is virtually no difference . nbspAnd to advance , you need to farm XP for your astromons . New players will find this strange and a bit timeconsuming , but just farm the easy stage that you ' re able to auto to maximize your astromons level . Use the 20 x auto button . nbspWith your reserved astrogems , do some 101 pulls first . Refilling energy is for the late game as at this stage , reward from a battle for you will be much , much higher . Do 101 now because Atm , 4 rate is increased . According to my pull log over 10 pulls yesterday , I got at least 1 nat 4 every pull . Nat 3 can be farmed , but they ' re relatively weaker than nat 4 and nat 5 . Also at the early stage , it may be hard for you to farm starstone and gold , so a nat 4 or nat 5 will be more helpful as they don ' t need to be ascended . nbspLastly , keep all 3 and 4 you have . You may want to use them for evo or rebirth . Releasing them is not recommended , especially for a new player with a limited number of astromons . nbspAnd check the tier list to see what astromons to keep and develop . Not entirely accurate , but worth checking out .