Wicker + Spidersilk too good?

[χø£¡Ŧ|ź]

It's very easy to obtain but give +5 gathering stat, on par with other best material ie. dragon leather / nimble wood. Thus make it super easy to grind material early game.


This is how I do it.

First turn, research wicker. If you start with spidersilk you got one +5 gathering tool. Then farm that wicker node + hunting spider + take left part on tutorial which give you lot of spidersilk. All your people now have +5 gathering.

This is not even end yet! Each of your tools will proc an orc event so you will be able to swap your people with powerful orc every couple turns!!

[OneKingDown]

shhhhhs, or they ll hear you!

[χø£¡Ŧ|ź]

Originally posted by OneKingDown:

shhhhhs, or they ll hear you!

I like it rough!

[Halfgeek]

Do you just grind fighting spiders or you unlock the material research to harvest?

[ap.trash]

Yes it's far too good. As compensation vine and cane **** ***. I often research it straight away for the 5 units. Make the tools -> happy.
You can even research it, and if it's far off, restart immediately :)
Though lately I am experimenting with baking/roasting first and it's great too ;) But costs you a little bit of research early on.
Btw in combination with spidersilk nimblewood has no advantage over wicker. Both cap at gathering 5, although nimblewood is a full tier better than it's precursor wicker. That's how good tier two material spidersilk is.

[χø£¡Ŧ|ź]

Originally posted by Halfgeek:

Do you just grind fighting spiders or you unlock the material research to harvest?

Research wicker. If you start with spidersilk you got one +5 gathering tool. Then farm that wicker node + hunting spider. All of your people now have +5 gathering.

This is not even end yet! Each of your tools will proc an orc event so you will be able to swap your people with powerful orc every couple turns!!

[Itkovian]

Originally posted by NepNep.CooRo:

Originally posted by Halfgeek:

Do you just grind fighting spiders or you unlock the material research to harvest?

Research wicker. If you start with spidersilk you got one +5 gathering tool. Then farm that wicker node + hunting spider. All of your people now have +5 gathering.

This is not even end yet! Each of your tools will proc an orc event so you will be able to swap your people with powerful orc every couple turns!!

Uh, what?

[χø£¡Ŧ|ź]

Originally posted by ilikemadeupnames:

Originally posted by NepNep.CooRo:

Research wicker. If you start with spidersilk you got one +5 gathering tool. Then farm that wicker node + hunting spider. All of your people now have +5 gathering.

This is not even end yet! Each of your tools will proc an orc event so you will be able to swap your people with powerful orc every couple turns!!

Uh, what?

There is an event that let you swap 1 human with 1 orc, it's happen when you wear tools.

[M]

I've never had that and I have 10+ vilagers using tools.....

[Ex Mudder]

don't forget Wicker + SpiderSilk bows....

[Itkovian]

Originally posted by NepNep.CooRo:

Originally posted by Halfgeek:

Do you just grind fighting spiders or you unlock the material research to harvest?

Research wicker. If you start with spidersilk you got one +5 gathering tool. Then farm that wicker node + hunting spider. All of your people now have +5 gathering.

This is not even end yet! Each of your tools will proc an orc event so you will be able to swap your people with powerful orc every couple turns!!

Oh, I know what event you're talking about. Are you saying that if you give 2 tools to the orcs that the event continues to happen frequently?

[meiam]

Well at the same time wicker isn't really used for anything else, I only know bow that can use it (I think)

[Gaius]

Hm, ive always kept the tools with that event myself, won the social battle and one time they give me a runty orc anyway (orc worker who is awesome) who i outfit and fights instead.

No way am i giving up tomko, or bretka or slavka or yan or beregost, well you get the idea. I would give up pineconette though.

[χø£¡Ŧ|ź]

Originally posted by Perihelion:

Hm, ive always kept the tools with that event myself, won the social battle and one time they give me a runty orc anyway (orc worker who is awesome) who i outfit and fights instead.

No way am i giving up tomko, or bretka or slavka or yan or beregost, well you get the idea. I would give up pineconette though.

At first I think like you. But after first try, all people that I gave always come back to me and orc better in every way. (I focus on wide than tall they're not high lvl anyway)

[χø£¡Ŧ|ź]

Originally posted by ilikemadeupnames:

Originally posted by NepNep.CooRo:

Research wicker. If you start with spidersilk you got one +5 gathering tool. Then farm that wicker node + hunting spider. All of your people now have +5 gathering.

This is not even end yet! Each of your tools will proc an orc event so you will be able to swap your people with powerful orc every couple turns!!

Oh, I know what event you're talking about. Are you saying that if you give 2 tools to the orcs that the event continues to happen frequently?

No you don't give tools to orc but work with them, share the loot and they will offer swap.

[odin87654321]

I have never seen this event! All of my villagers are using either gatherer or crafting tools, as is my expedition force.

What other triggers are there? (Playing on Normal, this is my first game.)