What Items to keep?

[talino7]

I just started the game and am surprised by the amount of stuff i can pick up. Most seem useless but i'm not sure if I'll need for crafting etc. Is there a way to tell what I should pick up and what I should ignore?

[Chaoslink]

First off, find the autosort button in the inventory and click it. This’ll help you know what items are for what (kinda). After scrolls, you’ll see your elemental essences. Everything past that looks like junk but is typically used for scroll crafting. These are things like teeth, claws, feathers and other random stuff. There’s also crafting materials there. Just about all of it is useful to someone, but it really depends on your party if it’s useful to you. You’re pretty safe to just ignore it all as none of it really matters for quests. If you want to make the best use of it all, you’ll need a crafting guide to help you.

Autosort will help you though. It typically keeps like items together and where they get put in your inventory often tells you what it is used for or how valuable it is.

[talino7]

Thank you!

[Calico-Jack]

Originally posted by talino7:

I just started the game and am surprised by the amount of stuff i can pick up. Most seem useless but i'm not sure if I'll need for crafting etc. Is there a way to tell what I should pick up and what I should ignore?

When you find a new crafting component look it up to see what it's for
https://divinityoriginalsin2.wiki.fextralife.com/Chicken+Claw

You'll start to recognise which crafting items you use often for early gear and then scrolls as you play. Also note you can drop markers custom markers by clicking on the on the map making leaving stuff and being able to go back to it easier.

A quality of life tip to do with books and notes is to read everything first and only pick the item up if reading it updates or starts a quest.