When skunks are the monster of choice for an event, to minimize frustration with either not spawning skunks or spawning everything but skunks, I use harvesting corn with the harvest boost on. MAX return for the effort.
Did this upon 1st gameplay this morning and now have 33 spines. (If this event is similar to others like it, you'll need a total of 45 spines for the entire event. 22 crafts of 2 each + 1 for storage.) The remaining spines I usually pick up in the adventure over the remaining time of the event.
Note: I used at least 1,000 corn to get these spines... but likely only about 300 energy... with the harvest boost return.
Now I can just focus on (and always have parked) a wigged out troll for my needs at hand. And the rest of the event is monster free.
Apologies already but has anyone completed the trade and received the pig? I did one but didn't get him and just wondering if it is worth wasting what few nuggets I have on this pig - curious if his drops are any good??