Easy way to get ancient science books?

[deuceyd]

Just lost my most recent playthrough due to only having level 1 mounted crossbows against black dragon ninjas lol...

Does anyone have a good spot to get ancient science books/ good ruins loot without actually having to visit a ruin? Everytime I make the journey I always get eaten by blood spiders lol.

[Justin Sellers]

You can find a few in World's End.

[Morkonan]

The Scraphouse, beside Black Desert City, stocks a few. It's worth the run for a fast character with some minimal acid protection. A bit tougher for a slower part/character. Plus, there's a character in the Bar one might want to recruit, too, and he's slow... So, you'll have to protect him on the way back. Make two trips, one for books, later make one to recruit him when you can deal with... stuff.

I installed a mod to deal with the dearth of Ancient Science Books: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1611880192

I wanted to experience as much of the game as possible on my first playthrough, so the lack of availability of research items is an issue. I also didn't want to have end up with a lot of effort expended for a "no happy finish" adventure into "Welcome to Having All Your Limbs Replaced Adventure Module #28." Or worse...

The mod only touches what it says it touches, too, and it's not heavy-handed. With a large group, one could "exploit" it by sending everyone, everywhere, but then that's a difficulty all its own, so it's not too overpowered.

I assume it could be easily tweaked to even lower chance percentages. So far, I think it's still a fairly random enough chance to find them but it should probably be reduced further if one wants to experience more of a "grindy" kind of progression, requiring an entire playsession to yield one book.

In principle, I am against cutesy mechanics that artificially extend gameplay. I don't think the research mechanics and the rarity of certain items is intended to do that. I think it's a workaround for other things, like "dynamic tech trees" sorts of experiences, where one isn't always guaranteed to have the same kind of research experiences every game. But, I think it's a wee bit too much, sometimes, and RNG can kill it pretty hard.

[flesh_computer]

Nobody seems to mention this anywhere, it's kinda irritating. There is a respawn location at the suspicious lab in the floodlands. Beware the cannibals upstairs, the ancient science books are bait and can be found leading upstairs. I recommend taking everything there and coming back the next day, the books respawn about every day i think.

[deuceyd]

Dude. Old post. Why are you here?

[ZZZZZ]

Originally posted by Deucey D:

Dude. Old post. Why are you here?

maybe you didnt find enough books? XD

[deuceyd]

No I found the game had too many bugs and quit

[Shylo132]

Originally posted by CaptainG:

Originally posted by Deucey D:

Dude. Old post. Why are you here?

maybe you didnt find enough books? XD

Just to annoy folks, dead thread but coming back after years of waiting for the bugs to be patched and still haven't found enough books lol.

[Bandy]

Originally posted by Shylo132:

... still haven't found enough books lol.

LOL, Play the game, explore, find books...

[Khan Boyzitbig of Mercia]

Originally posted by Shylo132:

Originally posted by CaptainG:

maybe you didnt find enough books? XD

Just to annoy folks, dead thread but coming back after years of waiting for the bugs to be patched and still haven't found enough books lol.

Even if you sell a large number of the books there is enough to research everything, go and have a wander further afield and you will find plenty (and typically better loot).

[Spack Jarrow]

Train sneak explore tech facilities theres ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of those in the Skeleton zone where acid rains all the time. With around 70 sneak you can run past just about anyone without triggering a fight , you literally run in find a blindspot in the patrol and you grab all of the boxes. If you get spotted you run out and repeat later

You can run while sneaking at that level too.

[U AR Chater Sarr]

Originally posted by flesh_computer:

Nobody seems to mention this anywhere, it's kinda irritating. There is a respawn location at the suspicious lab in the floodlands. Beware the cannibals upstairs, the ancient science books are bait and can be found leading upstairs. I recommend taking everything there and coming back the next day, the books respawn about every day i think.

you sir are a legend don't let anyone take that from you <3