Mabinogi has a feature where you
gift gems to NPCs and receive items in return.
Right now only a handful of NPCs will do this. It feels like a feature that was sort of barely-implemented and then forgotten about by both the devs and the players. It's a neat thing and doesn't have to be drastically altered, just expanded to include more NPCs and the rest of the gems.
Based on what's already in the game, here are some ideas on what NPCs could gift back:
Clothing shop owners: Like
Simon, return gifts could be tailoring materials and expensive gear from their specific shops. Enchanted gear and old production gachapon tailoring patterns for larger gems.
Blacksmiths/Weapon shop owners: Weapons, weapon enchants, enchanted weapons, high-grade weapons. Old production gachapon blacksmithing manuals for larger gems.
Magic shop owners: Like
Lassar - clean wands, enchanted wands, enchant scrolls. Maybe elemental removers, mass elementals and poison/antidote potions. Make Weiss give out magic craft materials and suntouched stuff in return for diamonds.
Grocers: Return ingredients, food and homestead seeds. For large gems, return dishes with high stats for Catering use.
Healers: Return potions, herbs, feathers, etc. Enchants and enchanted healing wands for large gems and diamonds.
Church: I would have liked mass holy water but nvm I forgot about the implications of bribing a church figure with material luxuries
Keep in mind that this gifting feature is a bit of a gamble, and that's fine as it is. It would be broken if they gave out the good stuff every time. There should be a balance of junk+goodies, with higher chances of getting good stuff for bigger gems.
Can anyone else think of any other old items that could be brought back into circulation this way?
(This may sound like an odd and obscure thing to ask for, but I
do use this feature regularly. Ethna and Voight give out exploration items that can be turned in for quick exp. Recently I tried to bribe Simon for enough Vine-print boots for me to
synthesise, but the mountains of rubies coming out of Baltane missions are only 3cm so I mostly got junk out of him...)
Comments
Ugh... I wonder how many other neat features I do not know about exist? Lol.It would make sense to implement the rest of the gems, and why not add some more NPCs?This would give us something more to do with the gems we receive from all of the events, too.