EXPLORE GUIDE
This Explore Guide is NOT exhaustive. It is only focused on getting more RC.
TIP #1 - The most important tip. Set your pets to Prefer Items. It won't exactly find MORE items per se, but it will drop eggs in favor of items (like RC!)
TIP #2 - You should focus on leveling your pet's planet intuition. This gives it better chances of finding the good stuff. And of course, if your pet is a CS you should explore on the planet that it has the most intuition for.
Leveling intuition also gives more inventory slots, so more chances of RC!
TIP #3 - Send out your pets as often as possible. I have 10 pets for exploring. You can send out 4 pets at a time. When the first set comes back from exploring, you can immediately send out the second set.
TIP #4 - Give your pet a food item and LOCK that inventory slot. If you lock in an endless food item, even better! Your pet will not drop the food if it finds something else. But, if it gets hungry it will eat the food item so it will explore for a longer time.
TIP #5 - The most obvious; make sure your pet is fully healed and fully fed before you send it out to Explore.
TIP #6 - Stats, stats, stats. The best Stat for Exploring is Intellect. Your pet gains intellect when you read books to it. It needs at least 100 Intellect to start receiving bonuses.
It may very rarely gain intellect if you take it to the Enchanted Springs.