Bulk Orders
Bulk orders are a feature for crafters, and will be randomly offered
by NPC craftspeople to players who sell goods, depending on their skill
in the respective craft, and how often the player does business with the
NPC.
The bulk order feature is a new addition for blacksmiths. Pending the
observations of OSI, this feature may be added to other crafts.
Players with a sufficient skill in blacksmithy will have a chance to
recieve bulk order requests from NPC Armorers and Blacksmiths when they
sell goods to those NPCs. Once you receive a deed, you have to wait at
least 6 hours before you are eligable to receive another deed.
When offered, the bulk order is in the form of a grey deed. Double-clicking
this deed brings up the details of the order, such as the item name, amount
to make, quality of the item requested, and the ore type.
All bulk order deeds are "blessed", which means they cannot be stolen from your backpack by a thief.
To complete a regular order, the player can use the "combine"
button on the deed to combine the crafted items with the deed until the
amount of items the deed requests has been reached. Once the correct amount
of items has been created and combined with the deed, the deed can then
be dropped on the NPC for a reward. Items cannot be removed individually
from a deed, once they have been combined with it.
Small orders, the only ones given to players with less than 70 skill,
will request items that will allow the player to gain skill.
Ore type and exceptional quality properties are not considered when turning
in completed small orders. They are only considered with large orders.
Ore types and exceptional quality items are not requested for blacksmiths
in training under 70 blacksmithy skill.
Considering all combination possible, there are about 2500 different
small order deeds.
Large bulk orders will be extremely difficult to fill, in that each
large bulk order may consist of filling and combining several smaller
bulk orders. For instance, a large bulk order for blacksmiths may require
20 full sets of armor to be made. The player must obtain several smaller
bulk orders, each requiring 20 pieces of an individual piece of armor.
These smaller orders for the individual pieces must be completed, and
combined into the large bulk order before the large bulk deed can be returned
to the NPC for a reward. The smaller orders must be for the same number,
quality, and ore type as the original large bulk order. Large bulk orders
offer higher rewards, and are only offered to blacksmiths with 70 blacksmithy
skill or higher.
All items craftable by blacksmiths can be requested by a blacksmith's
bulk order. The quality, quantity, and ore type are chosen at random.
The quality is limited to normal or exceptional. The quantity is limited
to 10, 15, or 20. The ore types
are iron, dull copper, shadow, copper, bronze, golden, agapite, verite,
and valorite.
Considering all combination possible, there are about 150 different large
order deeds.
The rewards are threefold. The first reward is gold, equal to half its
vendor's value in gold for non-large bulk deeds. So, if an object is valued
at 200 gold outside, then it would yield 100 gold multiplied by the requested
amount. A check will be given to the person fulfilling the order if the
amount is equal to or above 5000 gold.
The second reward is a special item not available currently in the game,
chosen based on the difficulty of the order.
The third reward is an amount of fame, which is based on the difficulty
of the deed.
The functionality of the items or the color of the items are unique.
Some of the rewards are for showing off your skill to other players. Some
of the rewards are even more impressive. The top end rewards should be
sufficient (aside from the massive amount of fame you can get) as a reward
for the huge amount of effort required to fill the order (including a
large monetary reward).
Bulk Order Items
| Item |
Special Abilities |
| Blacksmith Gloves |
Increase mining skill by 2 points |
| Studded Leather Blacksmith Gloves |
Increase mining skill by 3 points |
| Ringmail Blacksmith Gloves |
Increase mining skill by 5 points |
| Ancient Smith Hammer |
Allows you to make weapons of the same color as the hammer. Comes
in all different ore colors. |
| Runic Smith Hammer |
Allows you to make weapons of the same color as the hammer. Comes
in all different ore colors.
Weapons can have magic
modifiers. The more rare the ore used, the higher the magic
modifier. |
| Sturdy PickAxe |
Allows you to mine at least 180 ore with one pickaxe before it
breaks. |
| Sturdy Shovel |
Allows you to mine at least 180 ore with one shovel before it
breaks. |
| Colored anvil |
no special abilities known at this moment |
| colored forge |
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Examples
The easiest bulk order to complete would be an order for 10 buckler
shields of normal quality and made with iron ingots. The reward would
be a moderate amount of fame, some gold, and a special item.
The hardest bulk order to complete would be a large bulk order for 20
suits of platemail (all 6 pieces) of exceptional quality made with valorite.
The player would need to have a large bulk order deed, as well as six
small bulk order deeds, each for the same number, quality, and ore type,
and each for a different piece of the full armor set. These six small
orders (each for 20 of a particular armor piece, of exceptional quality,
and made from valorite ingots) would need to be combined into the deed.
The reward would be an enormous amount of fame, a bank check for a large
sum of gold, and a magical item.
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