How to play, Chapter 7
Weapons, armour and shops
In short
Brann (W) sells weapons and Hilde (A) sells armour, always the next piece up. They take your old piece in part exchange at 50 per cent of its price. Your weapon raises your damage, your armour protects you.
Always the next piece
Both shops only offer the piece that comes after the one you have. You cannot skip ahead, and you cannot just sell. When you buy, the shop takes your old piece in part exchange and credits you 50 per cent of its base price, so you only pay the rest.
Your weapon adds to your strength when you strike. Your armour adds to your defence when a monster strikes. Both matter just as much. Put everything into your weapon and you will win fast and die fast.
When it gets cheaper
- On market day, weapons and armour are cheaper for everyone.
- The Trader's Eye blessing lowers your prices for good.
- Once the forge stands in the village, the shops are cheaper for everyone until the Burning Night.
- Now and then you meet a trader in the forest who lets the next weapon go for less.
The trade-in is always based on the base price of your old piece; discounts do not change it.
Weapons at Brann's
| Weapon | Price | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| Rusty dagger | 200 | 5 |
| Woodcutter's hatchet | 1,000 | 10 |
| Short sword | 3,000 | 20 |
| Morning star | 10,000 | 30 |
| Broadsword | 30,000 | 40 |
| Greatsword | 100,000 | 60 |
| Battle axe | 150,000 | 80 |
| Ember blade | 200,000 | 120 |
| Rune sword | 400,000 | 180 |
| Dwarven hammer | 1,000,000 | 250 |
| Dragontooth spear | 4,000,000 | 350 |
| Shadow scythe | 10,000,000 | 500 |
| Starsteel blade | 40,000,000 | 800 |
| Ashbreaker | 100,000,000 | 1,200 |
| Skarvold's Bane | 400,000,000 | 1,800 |
Armour at Hilde's
| Armour | Price | Protection |
|---|---|---|
| Leather jerkin | 200 | 1 |
| Quilted gambeson | 1,000 | 3 |
| Chain shirt | 3,000 | 10 |
| Scale mail | 10,000 | 15 |
| Plate harness | 30,000 | 25 |
| Knight's armour | 100,000 | 35 |
| Dwarven plate | 150,000 | 50 |
| Ember-tempered steel | 200,000 | 75 |
| Rune armour | 400,000 | 100 |
| Shadow cloak | 1,000,000 | 150 |
| Dragonscale mail | 4,000,000 | 225 |
| Mithril harness | 10,000,000 | 300 |
| Starsteel armour | 40,000,000 | 400 |
| Ash plate | 100,000,000 | 600 |
| Hide of the Elder Wyrm | 400,000,000 | 1,000 |
A lucky find
At level 4 a weapon may fall into your hands in the forest that no shop sells. If it is stronger than the one you bought, you fight with it, otherwise with the bought one. After a victory over the dragon it is gone like everything else.