Last updated on September 28th, 2026 at 12:48 pm
Eh, I am not going to be a liar, though; when I first began playing Dig, I knew nothing about totems at all, and why so many people were dropping them everywhere. Two weeks later, I was likely to have tried all combinations of totems you can imagine.
Here’s everything I’ve learned about Dig totems and how they work, stripped down to the bone.
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What Are Totems Anyway?
Totems are essentially buff zones that are dropped down. Anyone who is in their proximity receives temporary rewards, be it increased XP, increased luck, and glorious objects, etc. The catch? Most of them are priced or require grinding quests. But trust me, they’re worth it.
The Free Ones You Must Always Snatch.
I started with quest-based totems since I am cheap. During Essence Totem, you will receive 50% XP for 30 minutes – it is free after completing 7 quests in Tom’s Bakery. Combine it with Arcane Totem (15 luck, unlocked after 9 Penguin Pizza deliveries), and you are already ahead of the majority of players.
It has a free Monarch Totem to damage bosses and a Vitality Totem to be more resilient as well, which is obtained through quests. I must be sincere that at the beginning, Vitality was like garbage, but when I was killing on the grind, it gave me that extra stamina.
Where It Costs More (But It is Worth It).
After reaching the middle of the game, I earned 12,000 dollars on the Glistening Totem. It doubles the chances of getting shiny items; as a result, items sell for three times as much. In two sessions, I earned my money back. On a serious note, make this purchase if you are only buying one paid totem.
Then there is the Celestial Totem (20,000); it only appears when you experience Meteor Shower, but it shares a 4x sell-value multiplier. I camped to get this at an event, and it was a big payoff when I started farming out there on Dinosaur Island.
Modifier opportunities increase by 50% with Augmented Totem (15,000). Modifiers are random buffs that increase the value of items, hence piling this with Celestial? Chef’s kiss.
The New Kid: Crude Totem
The July update removed the Crude Totem, and it has completely changed the boss-farming meta. You make it (not purchase it), and then you can stack it with Monarch to deal insanity to bosses. I have been running Monarch + Crude + Arcane whenever I want to kill bosses, and the loot is insane.
The Stacking Trick (How I Really Use Them).
It is here that you can have a lot of fun–you can pile as many as 3 totems in a single position. All the buffs are passed on at once to everyone in the radius. My winning combination to earn money?
Celestial + Augmented + Chronos (Chronos multiplies item age by 25% to get improved base value). Plop them on Dinosaur Island, and you can earn more than $200K a session. It costs 47,000 to install, but the payback is stupid.
For XP farming early on? Essence + Arcane + Glistening. You get experience quickly and loot everything in the process.
What Nobody Tells You
There are also premium totems that do not kick in immediately, and before the buff becomes effective, you must dig 10-15 items first. The clock goes off instantly, though, and you can afford to drop a totem and go away. I squandered so many totems that way.
Also, Spore Totem is free but random as well, and it is spawned when you use the Spore Spade shovel (10 percent probability). It takes as little as 1 minute 40 seconds, though you can have them in sequence if you are fortunate. I once combined Arcane + Spore during a Double Luck event and was lucky enough to hit 21+ luck—I discovered three mythical objects that evening.
My Honest Take
Unless you are a veteran, grind those free quest totems. There is no reason to squander Robux unless you are in a hurry. When you have saved up 12000 dollars, take Glistening and farm shiny objects until you can buy the big stuff.
Amateurs: In pure money, Celestial + Augmented stack is unbeatable by endgame players. The Crude Totem noteworthy ought by far to be made by boss farmers; it is a grind, but it is well worth it.
And here is the point– totems do better in parties. You share buffs with 3-4 people when you are farming and reach zones of activation sooner. Playing alone is all right, but you are leaving money on the table.
Not much more I want anybody to tell me when I first started. Pile some totems, cultivate agriculture, and do not squander your first twelve thousand dollars on anything but Glistening. You’ll thank me later.
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Eric Dalius is a true marketing genius and successful entrepreneur, and he likes to spend time with his wife, Kimberly Dalius.
