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The Art Of The Deal

By Kaii

This handy-dandy little guide is a little sneak-peek on how to screw as much cash out of your customers as you possible can!

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Category: Secrets

Languages: English

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24 Dec, 2019 @ 5:52pm

25 Dec, 2019 @ 11:01am

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Guide Index

Overview

The Gist of It

List of Metal Ranks

The Sneaky Sneaks

Comments

The Gist of It

Okee-dokie.

So, you wanna know how your customers think, eh? What makes 'em give up their hard-earned coin? Well my friend, you've come to the right place! All's ya gotta do, is remember one simple rule: Always Sell One Tier Up!

Seriously. They ask for Copper? Give em Tin. They asked for Tin? Then here's a Bronze bit o' kit for ya!

This also works in reverse. If you don't have the cash to make something high-tier like Iron, just remember: When in doubt, Tin it out.

Seriously. Tin is the Universally Accepted metal of all trades. Literally NOBODY refuses something made from tin unless it's one of those specificity deals.

Be warned, sometimes they get tricksy. If they ask for Bronze, give em Zinc, not Iron. Bronze boys can't afford Iron. This'll get updated when I actually figure this whole thing out, but fer now, this'll 'elp ya with that quick start.

Finally. If the customer specifies the head type, grip type etc, then make sure you match the metal as well. You CANNOT give them the wrong type of metal, they will refuse to take it.

List of Metal Ranks

So, here's the (unfinished) list of what you can feasibly trade to customers based on their request. This is subject to change, as I don't know every single trade possible.

Copper: Copper, Tin.
Tin: Copper, Tin, Brass.
Bronze: Copper, Tin, Bronze, Brass, Zinc.
Brass: Copper, Tin, Bronze, Brass, Zinc, Iron.
Zinc: Copper, Tin, Bronze, Brass, Zinc, Iron.
Iron: Copper, Tin, Bronze, Brass, Zinc, Iron, Steel.
Steel: Copper, Tin, Bronze, Brass, Zinc, Iron, Steel, Adelite.
Adelite: Copper, Tin, Bronze, Brass, Zinc, Iron, Steel, Adelite, Mythril.
Mythril: Copper, Tin, Bronze, Brass, Zinc, Iron, Steel, Adelite, Mythril, Adamantine.
Adamnatine: Copper, Tin, Bronze, Brass, Zinc, Iron, Steel, Adelite, Mythril, Adamantine, Titanium.
Titanium: Copper, Tin, Bronze, Brass, Zinc, Iron, Steel, Adelite, Mythril, Adamantine, Titanium.

As mentioned, this is subject to change as combinations are figured out. I don't know whether the high-tiers work this way, this is merely an assumption. As soon as I reach them and can test this theory, I shall assume it's so.

The Sneaky Sneaks

Now then, this last section is the tricksy bit.

You see...shields aren't counted. So, if someone asks for a copper dagger, you can give them a tin dagger...and a full-Titanium Shield.

If your adventurer brings back a valuable ingot, hold onto it. If someone requests a shield, make a shield boss out of it, then slap that bad boy onto it, and voilá!

Using this method, I jumped from iron to Adamantine thanks to a single Titanium ingot which was put on a shield. This will probably get patched out because it's a really cheesy way to upgrade quickly, so use it while you can!

Hope this guide helped you out! Ciao!

17 Comments

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Beans 12 Nov, 2021 @ 7:33pm

bro thank you so much I was grinding every copper tool was 60 copper and then one copper axe gave me 643 copper

Kaii [author] 19 May, 2021 @ 10:42am

Yeah, it's been being developed for absolutely ages, since like 2016 I think.

Right now, I can't honestly say it's even close to finished, stuff is still really clunky and kinda lags sometimes for no well-explained reason, but still kinda fun. But I will say, when you can just set up your forge exactly how you like it, with your stuff placed exactly where you want it to be, your shelves lined with swords, spears and other swishy weapons, it's definitely a fun game.

https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1946935759 (My forge layout when I started off)

AfterCrow 19 May, 2021 @ 9:26am

Yes definitely gives a glimpse of how it's like. The game's been on my horizon for a while but never seemed to be "finished". I get the idea it's a bit of a grind rather than the smooth relaxing experience I'm looking for.
And I cant understand why they have Titanium but no Aluminium.

Kaii [author] 19 May, 2021 @ 7:29am

I'd hope so since I write a lot normally (In the range of 1.3 million archived words over nearly 2 years =D) but I hope the guide was at least a tiny bit helpful in telling you about the game, since it is almost definitely outdated now.

AfterCrow 19 May, 2021 @ 7:24am

I don't even play this game but the writing in this guide is epic.

ilikelegos2 7 Jul, 2020 @ 1:23pm

I tried making a brass tool for somone who asked for brass and they said I can only do bronze, I am playing in the new alpha test branch.

Kodi022 27 Jun, 2020 @ 6:42pm

i noticed when i make bronze it doesn't take away the original metals, so i can infinitely make bronze and maybe any alloy ingots. I do have a little setup on the smelter but i doubt its that

edit: Quality is zero on the bars but still sell fine

Kaii [author] 14 Apr, 2020 @ 1:08am

Yeah, I believe so, though since handles are still just so damn cheap, it's just not worth the hassle.

Dont mind me fellas 13 Apr, 2020 @ 9:02pm

something related to this, when a customer asks to have their weapon repaired, can i steal the handle on their weapon and replace it with a cheaper one?

Kaii [author] 17 Feb, 2020 @ 12:01pm

You have to get a better hammer. Copper hammer will mean you get requests for copper tools only. Tin means you get requests for tin and copper. Then it goes on and on until Titanium, which can request any level of tool.

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