Question About Shops

[SavvyBears]

Hello! I'm new to the series, and one thing I'm having trouble with is figuring out if I own an item before I buy it at a shop. I see a lot of numbers here, but is there any way to know by looking at the shop UI how many of something I currently have before I buy more? Thank you!!!

[SavvyBears]

Also, I got one more. How do you know if the weapon you are about to craft is better than the one you are using. I just crafted a weapon for the first time, and I wasn't really sure what I was doing. Honestly, I can't even find where it went in my inventory. I know, this is probably basic stuff but any advice would be helpful! Thank you again!

[Razgriz]

For weapons , the weapons depends of quality and traits, maybe have the same DMG but have better quality and better traits, so try to use the best trait for that weapon , example, more DMG , skill eco , or defense in case of armor , thats it

[SavvyBears]

Ahhh ok . . Thank you!

[Talithmara]

Sorry for the late response; I went to look, and then forgot to reply.

While you can't tell in the shop list itself, if you click on an item to bring up the "how many do you want to buy" thing, it shows you how many you have in your inventory. You can then cancel out without buying any. It's not ideal, but it's better than needing to exit the shop and manually check your items.

Example:

Buy how many?
(Have: 32x)

I could have sworn there was an "In Bag" value at the shop list, but I'm probably thinking of earlier Atelier games.

[SavvyBears]

Thank you! It's odd how I was so concerned that I would "accidentally" buy something, that I didn't notice this for so long. I have one more question. Is there any way to see what "level" a gathering zone is before I travel there? I really seem to get my ass handed to me a lot. Thanks again!!!

[Mythily]

Yes, there are two ways.
The more straightforward way:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FYRoF2IWFnGlVnwkBJsAss0ncp4Dli2gDD7qXyq2arQ/edit?usp=sharing
Without that your can do it aswell... Though I'm not sure if this works when you didn't beat a monster from that field before.
So in your Encyclopedia you can see all the fields you have unlocked. When you select one you should be able to see the creatures that appear in said field.
If you now press the dot on your numpad a list should appear and you can select one monster. When you do that you see the base level of that monster - and that gives you a general idea of the field's level. I hope this is understandable.

[SavvyBears]

Great! Thank you so much for the help. Also, that spreadsheet is great. Thanks for sharing!