Crafted relics only usable once??

[dontnormally]

I crafted the King's Crown expecting to have a permanent upgrade. It only lasted one run.

What's up with that? I'm having a hard enough time making progress without having important permanent upgrades taken away.

If you spend the precious/limited thorium, you should permanently get what you craft. Otherwise it's a serious grind getting and losing and getting and losing gold until you can afford upgrades.

[Puph]

The thorium is a way to go "all in" on a run, hoping to get further in the game and make more gold.

I think it's okay because there are plenty of permanent upgrades. And realistically, anyone who beat the first 2 bosses can do it again without upgrades. Just keep at it.

[dontnormally]

Right, and now King's Crown - which seems to be one of the best, or at least is the best of all I've found - is no longer craftable. It's a dumb system.

[binder_diego]

After you craft something it will now appear randomly during runs...this game just give it for free once so you can test it...

[1MantisPhoenix]

Sewing kit cost 4 bombs and i kept all my gold this run :) 1265 at time of writing :)

[Misfit]

Originally posted by binder_diego:

After you craft something it will now appear randomly during runs...this game just give it for free once so you can test it...

this.
the first craft is just a test run, from then on you get the stuff all the time.

[1MantisPhoenix]

1370 total gold :D

[Mephisto-Luzifer]

Originally posted by 1MantisPhoenix∞:

1370 total gold :D

Had it one time too, died at delvemore 4 with almost 5000, kept 65% of it. Finally bought the expensive bomb upgrade, totally worth it.

And for the topic, you get the item free once and then you can find it in treasures or item rooms.

[Johnny Thunder]

one of the items i crafted using this stupid system was instantly stolen by one of those disgusting thieving slimes, so i never even got a test run

[1MantisPhoenix]

Originally posted by Mephisto-Luzifer:

Originally posted by 1MantisPhoenix∞:

1370 total gold :D

Had it one time too, died at delvemore 4 with almost 5000, kept 65% of it. Finally bought the expensive bomb upgrade, totally worth it.

And for the topic, you get the item free once and then you can find it in treasures or item rooms.

WOW! :) yes, i still have next tier walls to break down, and they will appear at the one in 3 or one in 5 ratio

Johnny Thunder - that's why the gentle being above us said you may only go into battle bearing one crafted item at a time., Otherwise you'd be too OP and break the mechanics of your miner's experience. hours are equal to minutes down below the ground.

The closer you are to the core, the more bats, rats and gremlin cats you'll see

[Nordak Balrem]

If you craft more than one item per run, it gets stolen.

[1MantisPhoenix]

Originally posted by Nordak Balrem ESQ:

If you craft more than one item per run, it gets stolen.

and you lose the thorium it took to produce it.

[Two]

The game should tell you that

a) You can only craft items once

b) Once an item is crafted it will appear in future runs randomly

c) Crafting more than one item a run will have that item be stolen but still appear in future runs.

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It's a good system, but that lack of information makes it confusing and is aggravating overall.

[ViciousCareBear]

gosh, a system that steals you,...
i mean, when your health is full you cant accidentally pick up food, grreat, so why do they let you craft all that
perhaps its because there are too much blueprints and you would end up letting to much behind?
sounds already limited by thorium

[1MantisPhoenix]

Originally posted by ViciousCareBear:

gosh, a system that steals yu..4i mean, when your health is full you cant accidentally pick up food, grreat, so why do they let you craft all that
perhaps its becaiuse there are too much blueprints and you would end up letting to much behind?
sounds already limited by thorium

Get a lunchbox to keep that extra food,
Gold can give you HP + if you have the right relic
Killing enemies can drop more meat, if you're a butcher,
then you can get a relic which gives you golden food - in combination with the above to prevent pilfering of your gold.

Sounds like you're just complaining because you're struggling to beat the levels? how far have you gone?

There are lots and lots of blueprints to pick up yes.Thorium required to produce,

There's also an option in the menu as to how the food should be handled when your health is full.

[dontnormally]

FWIW the progression seems a lot better now than it did when this thread was started. I'm really enjoying everything about the game.