Pay Day

Pay Day is an economy-focused weather effect in Mewgenics that scatters extra coins across the battlefield during each encounter. This provides a significant economic boost with no associated downside, making it one of the most universally welcome weather effects in the game.

Extra coins mean more purchasing power at vendors, where you can buy items, water bottles, consumables, and other run-enhancing resources. In resource-tight runs where you are struggling to afford vendor items, Pay Day can be the difference between affording a critical water bottle in The Desert or going without.

The coins are scattered across the arena as physical pickup items. Collecting them requires a cat to move onto the coin's tile or use the adjacent-tile melee pickup trick (attacking the tile next to you to grab items without spending a movement action). Prioritize collecting coins when it does not interfere with combat, and use the loot-grabbing melee trick to maximize pickups without wasting movement.

Pay Day can appear in any biome and is classified as an uncommon weather. It is always a positive result with no trade-offs.