Overview
Little bit about drops, farming timers, major spots and random numbers info.
Some farming info
Once you buy farm from the alchemist, you can purchase additional plots from farmer along with some plants to grow there.
Farm can hold maximum 6 rows of 6 farming plots each, total 36 plots.
Farmer sells fire and frost herbs and weed. Other plants you can grow there are dropped by mobs in elf and orc regions of the map and purchased from cook. You can get skydark from alchemist’s table in his shop.
Note that it takes some time to grow a plant. After full growth it begins to die slowly and after some time it won’t give you any harvest.
Here are timers.
Time to grow / die (countdown starts after full growth):
Fire and frost herb – 5mins 6 sec / about 12mins
Weed – 15mins 12sec / 10 mins 50sec
Lopta plant and mushroom – 4mins 06sec / 10mins 15sec
Skydark – 5mins 50sec/ 10mins 30sec
Wheat – 2mins 05sec / 10mins 16sec
Potatoe – 1min / 12 mins (I actually failed to put down timer information and forgot exact time it took, but potatoe is a champion of growth time to die time value).
There’s unlockable skill that will half the time of crops to grow.
Mob drops
Main region:
Goats – goat horn (goat knife recipe at blacksmith), goat meat (goatdog at cook), goat skin (along with goat meat – goat head recipe at blacksmith)
Wolves – leather (used only in leather set crafting recipes at blacksmith), meat (meat soup and capellani recipes at cook)
Spiders – spider leg (cooked spider leg at cook), silk (wizard clothes crafting at alchemist), cocoon thingy (spider poison crafting at alchemist, needed for antipoison potion there and spider knife at blacksmith)
Orc region:
Barbarians – barbarian set wearables, lopta plant, axe, iron ore
Skeletons – lopta plant, bone piece, bone arm recipe
Elf region:
Mimics – wooden planks, mushroom, chipped tooth
Serpents – raw serpent meat, mushroom
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So note – mushrooms are native to Elf region and lopta plant are native to orc region. Also barbarians are only source of iron ore except mining nodes. Information to consider if you plan to craft items requiring iron ore.
Various info
Bumbo appears near blacksmith when 7th lvl town in unlocked. Interacting with his table unlocks achievement “trashy items”. Is generally good for restocking with random items from your trash. Sifting through trashbags costs 250 muni per bag and it often results in ethereal set items.
Absorbing ethereal requires full ethereal set of armor to enter the temple located near elf village.
To progress through this quest line you have to talk to holy father near your management building, find dead ethereal between Harbor and Selutarr family (small circle on the screen shot, not far from the burning tree). To begin researching ethereal armor set, you have to find first piece – broken helm in the chest on the bottom of a small gulf between Squalo family and Elf lands. Upgrading your town is also required to unlock research team that will appear above the inn. Research gets progress with daily donation quests and costs 10k muni. Behind the NPC you will see the chart that shows how close you are to unlocking next item in the set.
Full fuel tank for helper bots require 15 canisters (purchased at the tavern from Chris who also sells thief zapper, lightning fuses for which can be purchased through you regular order menu, also serves as trinket that boosts your running speed). I found this important at the start when muni were tight. Mainly because you can continue pouring fuel into a full tank and loose it. You can buy fuel for helper bots from Chris – NPC with stereo goggles in the Inn, he also sells Thief Zapper that is bugged, but needed to progress through inspections.
Sometimes NPC going to your shop or leaving get stuck around poles and fences, talking to them get them unstuck. You don’t need to sell them anything, just commence dialog and exit it, the NPC will continue in his way.
There’s a building in the Elf Village that has mailbox next to it. Checking on it will give you crab bow. I think it resets daily, or, maybe every couple of days.
Check the dude on the top of the hill at Squalo family way-point (luckily your fast travel is right beneath him). Talking to him will give you achievement. Also he sells recipe books for crab armor (wearing full set will also give and achievement). NOTE 1 book is used every time you create 1 item. They don’t work as recipe scrolls that teach your crafters a recipe forever. Also he sells green fishing rod which will result in catching green fish (has own dish recipe at cook).
Buying monk hat and monk cloth is beneficial early game as the set significantly improves your running speed. Monk can be found up the hill just by the farm. In later game you can purchase those items and sell them in your shop if you struggle to increase amount of rare items needed to pass inspection.