A4 - Items to save

[Feathin Silyar]

So what items, specifically, should be stockpiled for quests like the one for iron bars? Will there be someone who buys crystals for more than they sell for normally, or skins, or other metal bars besides iron? Or bunches of fairly normal items needed for miniquests like the three skins for the tanner in Formello?

[Schrodinger]

Demo: Iron bars, three healing herbs, graymold, three fine leathers.

 

Post-demo: 20 wine, 4 gremlin wine, 20 sacks of meal, a pipe, some shackles, mortar and pestle, pincers, tongs, hammer, some fine steel.

 

Also keep all fine leathers, fine steel, focusing crystals, and herbs. There are a few other things to hold on to, but most are more apparent (things like icy geodes, chitrach claws, glowing basalt, and swamp nodules).

[Alorael at Large]

I believe you need a pillow and/or a towel at some point as well.

 

[Edit: It sure would be nice to have a tower, but what you get is a towel.]

 

—Alorael, who had very little trouble coming up with most of the mundane item requirements. The smithing tools was the hardest, as pincers are much rarer than tongs and otherwise apparently interchangeable.

[Ephesos]

Quote:

Originally written by If I were a Misc. mod...:
—Alorael, who had very little trouble coming up with most of the mundane item requirements. The smithing tools was the hardest, as pincers are much rarer than tongs and otherwise apparently interchangeable.

On the subject of smithing items, here's something I never figured out. When one of the smiths asks for "a length of cavewood" to make a wand, do they mean a stick?

And this is slightly inconsequential, but I believe you need Curing Elixirs for one quest. Since there's little other reason to keep them, it's good to know. Also, the smith in Dharmon requires rubies and gold bars (never quite figured out why) to make some equipment. While the equipment is worse than what you'll have by then, it's good to sell.

[Lilith]

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Originally written by Ephesos:
On the subject of smithing items, here's something I never figured out. When one of the smiths asks for "a length of cavewood" to make a wand, do they mean a stick?

Yes.

[Preneuring]

One fine waveblade and two Vahnatai cloaks are also needed.

[Preneuring]

And a piece of dried meat near the beginning would make the game easier, but is not required.

[Randomizer]

There are about three different places to get dried meat. The lizard pen in Fort Monastary. The goblin den and farther south in the fens all have some.

[Walter]

Also, a couple of people who can make wands need lovely crystals, but you probably won't make many of those and the crystals are very plentiful.

[Soul of Wit]

Late in the game, a gold chain and a platinum ring are each key items in a crafting recipe. Also, Mandrake is the rarest of the herbs. Never waste it. In general, it's a great idea to do a save just before saying yes to having an item crafted for you.

[Randomizer]

The smith in Dharmon, Rippel, wants gold and emeralds in addition to the fine steel, focusing crystals, and mandrake.

 

The Fort Remote quest for graymold (2), mandrake, and eyebeast eyestalks nets you several potions including a knowledge brew. So sometimes it pays to use mandrake. It's best to save before you use up mandrake to see if it's worth it.

[Walter]

The crafter that can use gold necklaces and platinum rings also has a recipie using a fine waveblade, and those 3 recipies need the glowing basalt, swamp nodules, and icy geodes (I haven't tried the sword recipie yet, but the ring and necklace aren't very useful). And since the knowledge brew needs one of each herb, that recipie will normally be limited by how much mandrake you have.

[WiKiSpidweb]

where can you find the above mentioned pipe?

[Walter]

There are pipes all over the place. There is actually one in Dharmon (where you get the quest for it on the job board).

[Randomizer]

There also pipes in the mines south of Dharmon. The mortar and pedestal are available in the Darkside Lair near Fort Saffron along with towels. Or grab a towel south of Blosk on the road.