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Introduction

Bilge Dice is a gambling game situated in Krawk Island. This is one of the few gambling games from which you can get a steady income. If you do really well, you might even earn yourself two trophies, two avatars, and a big bag of NP to top it off!

Controls & Instructions

Bilge Dice is a very simple game to learn. To start the game, you roll six dice. Once rolled, you have the option of "keeping" as many of the dice as you want before rolling again. However, after each roll you must keep at least one die. You keep rolling until all six dice are used. In order to win the game, you must have a higher score than the other three players and you must have kept a 1 and 4. If you do not have the 1 and 4, you do not qualify and lose the round. Here's what the game screen looks like:

Betting

Before the start of each round, you get to choose the ante, or the amount you are wagering. If you lose the round, your ante is lost, but if you win, you get the entire pot, earning three times the ante as profit. The maximum ante starts at 10 NP, but as you win more games, the maximum ante increases up to 1000 NP a game! The table below shows the number of wins required to reach a higher ante.

Wins	Max Ante
0	10 NP
0	50 NP
10	100 NP
30	200 NP
50	500 NP
150	1000 NP

Another important part of the game is that there is a 5000 NP daily limit on your total winnings. Once you reach 5000 NP or more in total winnings, you can no longer gain money from the game for the day. However, it is possible to win up to 7990 NP a day. More on this is in the next section.

Tips and Strategies

The strategy section for this game is separated into three parts: Winning a Round, Money and the Trophies, and Scoring 24.

Winning a Round

The biggest misconception about this game is that the best strategy is to get the 1 and 4 as soon as possible. You do need these, as you do not qualify without them. However, in order to maximize your chances of winning, you need to wait before using up the 1 and 4 slots. For example, let's look at the following situation: Let's consider that on your first roll, you roll a 1, 4, and four other low numbers. You keep only the 1 and 4 and continue rolling. Now, for the rest of this round, you must keep one die after every roll, no matter how low it may be, which will count towards your score. For example, if you roll 1's 2's and 3's on the next roll, you will be forced to take the 3. Had you not kept the 1 in the first roll, you would not be forced to keep the 3. This may seem like an unlikely situation, considering that there are 4 dice, but even if you did get one 6, you would be stuck in the same bad situation for the next roll, with only 3 dice this time. The following are possible scenarios that you may be in and what to do in each. Remember, it may take you more than one roll to get to some of the scenarios listed.

No 6's	Keep either a 1 or 4 if available. If not, take the highest number.
One 6	Keep the 6 and roll again.
Two 6's	Keep both 6's and one of either the 1 or 4 if they are available. If not, make sure you keep one on the next roll (it's very unlikely that you will get neither).
Three or more 6's	If both the 1 and 4 are available, take them as well as all 6's. If not, take two 6's and a 1 or 4 if either is available.

Of course, there are many more possible situations not listed above, but this should give you a good idea of whether or not you should keep the 1 or 4. Here are some general tips to keep in mind while playing:

• Always keep the 4 first rather than the 1 if you have the choice. If you get no high numbers later on, being able to keep the 1 and not count it towards your score is an advantage.
• If at any point you can get a score of 22+, you should take it. 21 isn't bad either, and should be taken unless your opponents have high scores.
• Watch your opponents' scores, especially before the last roll. If keeping a 2 guarantees that you win, take it!
• Don't give up! I've won with scores as low as 15 and 16. The only time you should give up is if you can't possibly catch up to your opponent's scores.

Money and the Trophies

Now that you know how to win in Bilge Dice, it's time to learn how to make the most amount of money out of it, and maybe even get a trophy. First of all, there are two trophies for this game. One measures your accumulated winnings over the month and the other measures your highest winning streak.

In order to maximize your winnings, you must first get 150 wins to unlock the 1000 NP ante option. Once this is done, you can start making up to 8k a day rather than the 5k maximum! To do this, you must first play a game with a 10 NP ante and lose, making your total winnings -10 NP. Now, you need to play with 1000 NP as ante to get your winnings to 4990 NP (purposely losing along the way if you have to), and then playing a game with 1000 ante and win, earning a total of 7990 NP. Remember, as soon as your daily winnings reach 5000+, your games will no longer count for NP.

If you are trying to get the trophy for the highest accumulated score, you will need to win 7990 NP every day stating on the first day of the month until you get the trophy. If you just want to make some NP, you should aim to win 6k or more a day, as getting exactly 7990 NP can take a long time. Remember, luck is a big factor in this game! Sometimes you will lose game after game, but if you keep playing and you are making the right decisions, your wins will eventually catch up with your losses.

There is also a second trophy for the highest streaks. To get this, simply play game after game and hope that you get several wins in a row. Typically, you need 6-7 wins on the first day of a month to get a trophy. Additionally, there is an avatar that can be unlocked by racking up 10 wins in a row. This is a nearly impossible, as you can tell by looking at the Bilge Dice Streak highscore table. It is one of the rarest and hardest avatars to get.

Scoring 24

Why would you want to score exactly 24? To get the avatar of course! To have the best chances of scoring 24, keep in mind what was mentioned in the Winning a Round section regarding the 1 and 4 qualifiers. This is even more important here. If you use up the 1 and 4 spaces in the first roll, you will have to roll at least one 6 every time for the rest of the round to score 24. If you save the 1 and 4 spots, you will later be able to roll a 1, 4, or 6 and still be able to score 24.

For the best chance at scoring 24, do not keep the 1 and 4 until you have kept three 6's (unless you are forced to keep a 1 or 4 because you roll no 6's). You will be winning a lot less games using this strategy because you will often not get the 1 and 4 qualifiers. Because of this, you should only bet 10 NP on each round. Also, since you are betting low, you can lose on purpose and start over when you know you cannot score 24, saving you time.

Conclusion

Bilge Dice has something for everyone. Whether you're looking for neopoints, trophies or avatars, you can get what you want here. The different strategies may make it look hard, but Bilge Dice a very simple game that is definitely worth trying out. Have fun, but don't get addicted now!

This Neopets help article was written for The Daily Neopets by staff member Whacker.
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