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serbule [2024/08/05 17:44] – [Craft -> Favor -> Barter -> Sell] unhandledserbule [2025/07/15 20:28] (current) – [Alchemy, Art and Poetry Appreciation, & Myconic] unhandled
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   * Unlock unique Bartering options   * Unlock unique Bartering options
   * Unlock new Favor quests (sometimes for even more unique items or skills)   * Unlock new Favor quests (sometimes for even more unique items or skills)
 +  * Unlock Storage Space so you can store items with an NPC
  
 You can think of the Favor system as a way to add a really interesting depth mechanic to NPCs that isn't usually found in other MMOs. You can think of the Favor system as a way to add a really interesting depth mechanic to NPCs that isn't usually found in other MMOs.
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 ====  Craft -> Favor -> Barter -> Sell ==== ====  Craft -> Favor -> Barter -> Sell ====
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 +There is an adage of Craft -> Favor -> Barter -> Sell. For players that just want to focus on combat and have a guild member or friend they are playing with focusing on crafting, you might want to follow Favor -> Barter -> Trade -> Sell. But even within this adage there are exceptions, like Barters for Casino Tokens which can get you a lot of early inventory space, so your mileage may vary here. Generally speaking, though, you should probably pick an order of operations specific to your playstyle and stick with it, or else you'll get into inventory troubles quickly.
  
 I would also recommend storing/saving some items even if you have to store them in your inventory. In fact, here's a good list of items new players will occasionally run into around Serbule and should never sell to NPC vendors because they have value outside of NPC purchasing price by itself: I would also recommend storing/saving some items even if you have to store them in your inventory. In fact, here's a good list of items new players will occasionally run into around Serbule and should never sell to NPC vendors because they have value outside of NPC purchasing price by itself:
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   * Strange Dirt - These are used to make Fertilizer for Gardening or can be sold to players for at least 60-100 gold each.   * Strange Dirt - These are used to make Fertilizer for Gardening or can be sold to players for at least 60-100 gold each.
   * Heartshrooms - These are useful in Bartering and early Favor with several important NPCs.   * Heartshrooms - These are useful in Bartering and early Favor with several important NPCs.
-  * Stomachs - Players will pay 1k-1.5k in councils for each of these. This is probably the single item most players accidentally sell to the vendors, veteran players find them on the "Buy Used" tabs of Fainor and Marna all the time.+  * Stomachs - Players will pay 1.5k-3k in councils for each of these. This is probably the single item most players accidentally sell to the vendors, veteran players find them on the "Buy Used" tabs of Fainor and Marna all the time.
   * Amethyst - These are worth ~500 gold each and used for teleporting around.   * Amethyst - These are worth ~500 gold each and used for teleporting around.
   * Tuft of Fur, Beaks - These two items (combined) can be traded to Flia for a free gem worth around 200-500 gold (If you have more Tufts of Fur than Beaks, you can buy Beaks from Way in the Mushroom Cave later on). This item also has its uses for teleportation in the late game as well as can be used like a Rubywall crystal for Crafting-based Work Orders.   * Tuft of Fur, Beaks - These two items (combined) can be traded to Flia for a free gem worth around 200-500 gold (If you have more Tufts of Fur than Beaks, you can buy Beaks from Way in the Mushroom Cave later on). This item also has its uses for teleportation in the late game as well as can be used like a Rubywall crystal for Crafting-based Work Orders.
-  * Cat's Eyeball, Antler - These two items (combined) can be bartered to Flia for Strange Dirt, an essential ingredient in gardening. +  * Cat's Eyeball, Antler - These two items (combined) can be bartered to Flia for Strange Dirt, an essential ingredient in gardening. Killing Deer is also a recurring quest with Marna so if you are Archery/Fire Magic or have a good ranged damaging ability, it's a great way to get some early Antlers and Favor with Marna so don't miss it. 
-  * Bronze Gear, Tin Gear, Brass Nail, Metal Claw, Silver Spring, & Enchanted Construction Nail - If you purchase the full game, these can be bartered with Dorimir in the Casino basement for Casino Tokens. These tokens can be traded with Qatik for inventory space, so these items are very important for increasing storage space early game. Many of these items are also very needed for late game Carpentry and Gadgeteering. A few are used for high level Giant Bat/Battle Chemistry weaponry.+  * Bronze Gear, Tin Gear, Brass Nail, Metal Claw, Silver Spring, & Enchanted Construction Nail - If you purchase the full game, these can be bartered with Dorimir in the Casino basement for Casino Tokens. These tokens can be traded with Qatik for inventory space, so these items are very important for increasing storage space early game. Many of these items are also very needed for late game Carpentry and Gadgeteering. A few are used for high level Giant Bat/Battle Chemistry weaponry. Put simply, if you are planning on learning every crafting skill, you might want to consider holding on to some of these, but if you aren't immediately crafting, this might be a situation where Bartering will get you more inventory space quickly, so Bartering can actually be more important than Favor or Crafting.
   * Rubywall Crystal - These will sell to players for 130 to 500 gold each or you can use them yourself in crafting or surveying which are two big early money-making options in the game. Selling a stack of 99 for ~15,000 in work orders is pretty common, sometimes they sell for less or more, though.   * Rubywall Crystal - These will sell to players for 130 to 500 gold each or you can use them yourself in crafting or surveying which are two big early money-making options in the game. Selling a stack of 99 for ~15,000 in work orders is pretty common, sometimes they sell for less or more, though.
   * Eggs - Similar to Crabs these should be used to make easy food which you can eat or sell, but they will also sell for like 20-40 gold to desperate players in Trade chat.   * Eggs - Similar to Crabs these should be used to make easy food which you can eat or sell, but they will also sell for like 20-40 gold to desperate players in Trade chat.
   * Bottles - Bottles are worth around 30-40 gold each to most players. You can even go get Milk from a cow and easily get 100ish gold for the Bottle of Milk and the player may give you empty bottles for a cheaper price so you can milk cows again to repeat the process. This can also be done on alt accounts or mules so you can farm Milk for early money assuming you have a lot of bottles. Later on, you can get Empty Bottles by simply buying Fertilizer from Yetta and either using it or emptying it. The skill "Angling" can also help you collect mostly "free" empty bottles.   * Bottles - Bottles are worth around 30-40 gold each to most players. You can even go get Milk from a cow and easily get 100ish gold for the Bottle of Milk and the player may give you empty bottles for a cheaper price so you can milk cows again to repeat the process. This can also be done on alt accounts or mules so you can farm Milk for early money assuming you have a lot of bottles. Later on, you can get Empty Bottles by simply buying Fertilizer from Yetta and either using it or emptying it. The skill "Angling" can also help you collect mostly "free" empty bottles.
   * Mushrooms - Most mushrooms can be combined with salt to make Mushroom Flakes which increases your Mycology skill and you can sell for more than the Mushroom value to an NPC named Mushroom Jack. Or, stack them up in your inventory and later sell them to players.   * Mushrooms - Most mushrooms can be combined with salt to make Mushroom Flakes which increases your Mycology skill and you can sell for more than the Mushroom value to an NPC named Mushroom Jack. Or, stack them up in your inventory and later sell them to players.
-  * UnPig Juice - Keep an eye out for an UnPig Juice especially when killing Pigs. You can sell these for ~3000 on the Consignments tab with Mushroom Jack. Later on I'll talk about why you should maybe consider holding on to one of these, because you can use Ruggedizers (40c cost) as health boosts but they come with a small chance of turning you into a Pig so it's nice to have at least one of these in your inventory while using Ruggedizers to offset the small risk of being Pigified. +  * UnPig Juice - Keep an eye out for an UnPig Juice especially when killing Pigs. You can sell these for ~3000 on the Consignments tab with Mushroom Jack. Later on I'll talk about why you should maybe consider holding on to one of these, because you can use Ruggedizers (40c cost) as large one-hour health boosts but they come with a small chance of turning you into a Pig so it's nice to have at least one of these in your inventory while using Ruggedizers to offset the small risk of being Pigified. 
-  * Ancient Coin - There are a few different versions of these. All of them can be sold to Sir Coth for money or gifted to Flia for easy Favor to get access to her Barters. Tadion will Barter Ancient Coins for metals which is a great way to get some of these skill early if you aren't doing Surveying.+  * Ancient Coin - There are a few different versions of these. All of them can be sold to Sir Coth for money or gifted to Flia for easy Favor to get access to her Barters. Tadion will Barter Ancient Coins for metals which is a great way to get some of these skill early if you aren't doing Surveying. Some versions of these coins are really good ways to get Favor with specific non-demo NPCs.
   * Hops - This is used in the Brewing skill and you could probably sell it for ~200-500 to a player that is doing high level Brewing and needs scores of these for the higher level crafting.   * Hops - This is used in the Brewing skill and you could probably sell it for ~200-500 to a player that is doing high level Brewing and needs scores of these for the higher level crafting.
  
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   * [[towerewolfornot|Becoming a Werewolf is easy, should I do it?]]   * [[towerewolfornot|Becoming a Werewolf is easy, should I do it?]]
-==== Foraging, Mycology, and other Tool skills ====+==== Foraging, Mycology, and Tool skills ====
 Getting back to what to do in Serbule itself, I would recommend that if you are fresh from newbie island that you use your Bow, Sword, or Unarmed on a few of the mobs in the area and get your first bar of skills filled out while checking the "Do Favor" tabs on some of the NPCs in town and doing what simple quests you can. Once you've filled out a full bar with skills, consider if you are playing the way you would prefer to. Do you see yourself doing these skills (and possibly some others similar to them) for hours and hours or do you want to go for something else? Getting back to what to do in Serbule itself, I would recommend that if you are fresh from newbie island that you use your Bow, Sword, or Unarmed on a few of the mobs in the area and get your first bar of skills filled out while checking the "Do Favor" tabs on some of the NPCs in town and doing what simple quests you can. Once you've filled out a full bar with skills, consider if you are playing the way you would prefer to. Do you see yourself doing these skills (and possibly some others similar to them) for hours and hours or do you want to go for something else?
  
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 You will learn more about Mycology and Foraging as you gain more skill in using them. They are both good easy skills to level up early. Do not forget about the [[anagogeisland#more_info_is_the_best_ability_in_the_game|"More Info" option]] when you right-click the things you pick up. I will keep referencing this command in this guide because it is so valuable. You will learn more about Mycology and Foraging as you gain more skill in using them. They are both good easy skills to level up early. Do not forget about the [[anagogeisland#more_info_is_the_best_ability_in_the_game|"More Info" option]] when you right-click the things you pick up. I will keep referencing this command in this guide because it is so valuable.
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 +Mycology is a really easy skill to increase quickly once you have a few hundred or thousand councils if you look at Mushroom Jack's "Buy Used" tab and keep an eye out for mushrooms. If you get lots of mushrooms from there, you can easily buy Salt to spam the "Flakes" recipes and get the skills maxed out quickly.
  
 It is also around this time that you'll want to get your tools or get whichever of these you do not yet have from the newbie island. These are as follows: It is also around this time that you'll want to get your tools or get whichever of these you do not yet have from the newbie island. These are as follows:
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 === Skinning === === Skinning ===
-Skinning is a skill you can only use on animals that you've killed, but the Serbule area is full of mostly animal enemies, so this is where you want to start. The earlier you can start using this skill the better as it will get harder to skin in other zones if you haven't done a decent amount of it here in Serbule. You may have gotten a skinning knife from newbie island. If not, I've seen skinning knives on Marna in Serbule, but you might want to head to Eltibule (if you have purchased the game) to buy one from Kleave. The "Buy Used" tab on either may even have Master-level skinning knives or Amazing skinning knives based on whether or not a tool-crafter has been levelling in the area. Demo players may not have easy access to higher level Skinning Knives due to trade restrictions so you may need to go back to Anagoge to do a quest for Lawara to get one.+Skinning is a skill you can only use on animals that you've killed, but the Serbule area is full of mostly animal enemies, so this is where you want to start. The earlier you can start using this skill the better as it will get harder to skin in other zones if you haven't done a decent amount of it here in Serbule. You may have gotten a simple skinning knife from Lawara on [[anagogeisland|Anagoge Island]]. If not, I've sometimes seen skinning knives on Marna in Serbule, but you might want to head to Eltibule (if you have purchased the game) to buy one from Kleave. The "Buy Used" tab on either may even have Master-level skinning knives or Amazing skinning knives based on whether or not a tool-crafter has been leveling in the area. Demo players may not have easy access to higher level Skinning Knives due to trade restrictions so you may need to go back to Anagoge to do both quests for Lawara to get one.
  
 Lastly on Skinning, it is worth noting that sometimes you'll get rare items from animals, too, like Pig Snouts from Pigs or Magic Tooth from higher level animals (wolves and panthers) in Eltibule. These sell for a significant amount higher than normal loot. While they are also used for some crafting skills, they may be better items to gift for favor or sell for getting money early on. Joeh, for example, has one Favor quest for a Pig Snout that is worth quite a bit of early Favor. Lastly on Skinning, it is worth noting that sometimes you'll get rare items from animals, too, like Pig Snouts from Pigs or Magic Tooth from higher level animals (wolves and panthers) in Eltibule. These sell for a significant amount higher than normal loot. While they are also used for some crafting skills, they may be better items to gift for favor or sell for getting money early on. Joeh, for example, has one Favor quest for a Pig Snout that is worth quite a bit of early Favor.
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 Aside from just picking up fish from the bodies of water around Serbule, you can also do angling to find semi-important items and different types of fish. Roshun the Traitor in North Serbule will sell you the pole and bait to do this. As this is a very new skill added to the game, I don't know much of what it is useful for. I think this was added mostly to satiate those players that think an MMO needs some sort of a traditional fishing skill. Aside from just picking up fish from the bodies of water around Serbule, you can also do angling to find semi-important items and different types of fish. Roshun the Traitor in North Serbule will sell you the pole and bait to do this. As this is a very new skill added to the game, I don't know much of what it is useful for. I think this was added mostly to satiate those players that think an MMO needs some sort of a traditional fishing skill.
  
-Right now this is mostly just a simple rock-paper-scissors side game, but for new players it CAN be very handy for building up an inventory of empty bottles without having to outright purchase them, so it is probably worth your time to get this skill to level 15 relatively early. After that, I'm not sure its usefulness every really ramps up so consult with veteran players or others in your guild to find out if newer updates have made this skill worthwhile.+Right now this is mostly just a simple rock-paper-scissors side game, but for new players it CAN be very handy for building up an inventory of empty bottles without having to outright purchase them, so it is probably worth your time to get this skill to level 15 relatively early. Unfortunately, a bunch of high level foods also require specific fish from Angling, so you will need to grind this skill up at least a bit if you are a solo player that doesn't do the group-based content at level 80+.
  
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 If an NPC likes both flowers and a certain type of gem, you may want to either Garden and grow the flowers, or do gem Surveys and look for gems. If an NPC likes both flowers and a certain type of gem, you may want to either Garden and grow the flowers, or do gem Surveys and look for gems.
  
-Favor grinding and Inventory Management was the primary inspiration for creating this guide as I had no idea what I should be doing when I got to Serbule, nor did I have any idea how to manage my inventory space and I was (and am, still) a compulsive hoarder.+Favor grinding and Inventory Management was the primary inspiration for creating this guide as I had no idea what I should be doing when I got to Serbule, nor did I have any idea how to manage my inventory space and I was (and am, still) a compulsive hoarder. It is important to note here, __"FAVOR" IS THE GRIND OF PROJECT GORGON__. Combat skills don't really have a "grind" till much higher levels. Instead, your character's growth is gated by becoming friends with NPCs. This is the whole point of the game and why so many of us spend 4k+ hours on it, we are trying to become friends with every NPC in the game and learn every skill. You don't have to do this for every NPC, but you will need to grind Favor with SOME NPCs to progress your character.
  
 If you want to be a farmer, growing food for favor, you might want to get into Gardening and go that route, if you fancy yourself more like a hunter you can skin animal corpses and trade them in for favor or sell the skins for money and find some specific brass or ivory item the NPC desires. It is left open-ended, but for certain NPCs at certain stages of the game, there are some generally accepted "best routes". I'll cover a few of them below. If you want to be a farmer, growing food for favor, you might want to get into Gardening and go that route, if you fancy yourself more like a hunter you can skin animal corpses and trade them in for favor or sell the skins for money and find some specific brass or ivory item the NPC desires. It is left open-ended, but for certain NPCs at certain stages of the game, there are some generally accepted "best routes". I'll cover a few of them below.
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 === Tadion === === Tadion ===
-Astute observers will know that Tadion also gives a lot of inventory space, but since he is such an impossible grind for early and demo characters, I'm not going to focus on him. He won't give you any space at all till you are at "Like Family" favor level and it's quite difficult for any character under 30 or even level 40 to get him there. Tadion's much easier to grind once you start doing Daily quests, which is outside of the scope of the demo. Once you start doing those you will have far more metal armor to gift to him.+Astute observers will know that Tadion also gives a lot of inventory space, but since he is such an impossible grind for early and demo characters, I'm not going to focus on him. He won't give you any space at all till you are at "Like Family" favor level and it's quite difficult for any character under 30 or even level 40 to get him there. Tadion's much easier to grind once you start doing Daily quests, which is outside of the scope of the demo. Once you start doing those you will have far more metal armor to gift to him. Same goes with some of the Goblin metal gear. He's not horribly difficult to get Favor with once you are rolling in metal gear.
  
 === Hulon / Council Storage === === Hulon / Council Storage ===
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 One of the easiest ways to replace gear is to collect Brains and Brain Lobes in Serbule and to take them to [[https://wiki.projectgorgon.com/wiki/Zeratak|Zeratak]], a large speaking mantis NPC in a building at the very north side of Serbule. One of the easiest ways to replace gear is to collect Brains and Brain Lobes in Serbule and to take them to [[https://wiki.projectgorgon.com/wiki/Zeratak|Zeratak]], a large speaking mantis NPC in a building at the very north side of Serbule.
  
-For those of you thinking "Basic <Piece of Armor>" gear isn't better than your current gear because it doesn't have writing saying it improves X or Y or whatnot, please note that Bartered gear randomly rolls buffs on it and you have a chance of getting something not just better than what you are currently wearing, but significantly better than what you are currently wearing. So it's not just an armor upgrade, it's going to be De Facto better than newbie island gear.+For those of you thinking "Basic <Piece of Armor>" gear isn't better than your current gear because it doesn't have writing saying it improves X or Y or whatnot, please note that Bartered gear randomly rolls buffs on it and you have a chance of getting something not just better than what you are currently wearing, but significantly better than what you are currently wearing. So it's not just an armor upgrade, it's de facto better than newbie island gear, regardless of color. If you can get a usable Red, Purple, or Gold gear piece from Bartering, it's absolutely better than the Gold gear pieces on the newbie island, IMHO.
  
 Also, yellow and purple newbie island gear is very common to see. It is not better than a Cyan level Barter trade with Zeratak. Please do Barters for early game gear, especially if you are killing lots of Brain Bugs. Also, yellow and purple newbie island gear is very common to see. It is not better than a Cyan level Barter trade with Zeratak. Please do Barters for early game gear, especially if you are killing lots of Brain Bugs.
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 In the [[serbuledungeons#serbulecrypt|Serbule Crypt]], there's a pathway that will be introducing you to random paintings or pieces of Art. These paintings have a value that can only be properly assessed by someone with a high enough Art Appreciation skill. They also sell very well to Sir Coth in Serbule. In the [[serbuledungeons#serbulecrypt|Serbule Crypt]], there's a pathway that will be introducing you to random paintings or pieces of Art. These paintings have a value that can only be properly assessed by someone with a high enough Art Appreciation skill. They also sell very well to Sir Coth in Serbule.
  
-There is a Poetry Jam at the Serbule Inn at 2pm EDT, 1pm CDT, 12pm MDT, and 11am PDT every Saturday. You will want to drink alcohol from the Brewing kegs that are set up in the back of the inn and pay attention to how your dancing skills switch around on your skill bar as you follow the dancing directions. You can get some massive buffs from this event that will last a long time. These Poetry Jams on Saturdays also give you Poetry Appreciation. Similar to Art Appreciation, this is necessary for the Synergy Levels it gives you to other skills. Plus the entire inn of players gets buffs both during and after the Jam, so be sure to stick around for the whole thing. You will see some massive crafting buffs if you stay for the whole thing.+There is a Poetry Jam at the Serbule Inn at 2pm EDT, 1pm CDT, 12pm MDT, and 11am PDT every Saturday. You will want to drink alcohol from the Brewing kegs that are set up in the back of the inn and pay attention to how your dancing skills switch around on your skill bar as you follow the dancing directions. You can get some massive buffs from this event that will last a long time. These Poetry Jams on Saturdays also give you Poetry Appreciation. Similar to Art Appreciation, this is necessary for the Synergy Levels it gives you to other skills. Plus the entire inn of players gets buffs both during and after the Jam, so be sure to stick around for the whole thing. You will see some massive crafting buffs if you stay for the whole thing. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTMbldm-47Y|Indie P did a video showcasing some of the crazy stuff happening during one of these poetry jams in a video on Youtube]]. Even if you don't have a Poetry Book, someone will bring one for you to borrow/use. If you do attend one of these Jams, be sure not to do any music or dancing after the Jam to prevent players from getting lower quality buffs when getting the crafting/combat buffs after the Jam ends.  
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 +There's also usually an "Egg Run" after each Poetry Jam, but as a demo player you will not be able to participate in that. It's for high level players usually anyway. I'd recommend not even bothering to go unless you are level 60+ in your combat skills and typically you'll want to be 70+ to survive. It's also kind of hard to get to as a solo, so be sure you are going with a large group if you do go and consider bringing a potion to increase "Max Breath" if you have one to chug right before you go in the portal.
  
 As you go around learning more about and picking up the mushrooms in Serbule, you'll start to have myconic visions. If you followed Mushroom Jack's conversations with you when you first meet him, you'll notice you're reliving several of the same experiences he had. Eventually you might get enough skill in Myconic that it's time for you to touch a Large Mushroom in Northwest Serbule and see if it will take you somewhere you've never been before. Perhaps somewhere you can get even more Alchemy components... As you go around learning more about and picking up the mushrooms in Serbule, you'll start to have myconic visions. If you followed Mushroom Jack's conversations with you when you first meet him, you'll notice you're reliving several of the same experiences he had. Eventually you might get enough skill in Myconic that it's time for you to touch a Large Mushroom in Northwest Serbule and see if it will take you somewhere you've never been before. Perhaps somewhere you can get even more Alchemy components...
 ==== Moving On ==== ==== Moving On ====
 Now that you know a good bit about what's around in Serbule, consider heading to the [[serbuledungeons|Serbule Dungeons]] section of this guide, or if you just want to learn about more skills available, head to [[serbulehills|Serbule Hills]] or [[eltibule|Eltibule]] to learn about other early-game skills. Now that you know a good bit about what's around in Serbule, consider heading to the [[serbuledungeons|Serbule Dungeons]] section of this guide, or if you just want to learn about more skills available, head to [[serbulehills|Serbule Hills]] or [[eltibule|Eltibule]] to learn about other early-game skills.
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