It is not the potency of the Items that make them useful particularly but the fact that they can be used with very little forging or crafting experience. It is simply a little project that I undertook using whatever was in my Backpack, Fridge and Storage in the middle of Spring in the first year. Note furthermore that this list is not exhaustive. I do not think there is any War Trophy that has a Difficulty Level of 9 that has the same potential at the start of the game. You have to insert them in the Materials box at the Forge or Crafting Table to see what would happen if you were to use them.Ī very happy discovery here was that the lowly Spinach carries with it the power to increase the item's poetncy by +2 Magic Attack. They are the items that do NOT give any values when you hold them or look at them on their own.

Note that the items listed below are NOT War Trophies or items that one would expect to carry increased abilities or potency. Here is a list of items that are found easily at the start that can be used either to upgrade weapons and accessories you actually intend to use or to use simply to raise your experience level at the Forge and Crafting Table. So, what is a poor farmer/adventurer to do? You may have a wonderful Lightning Mane, but the difficulty value is far too high to use it. Later, merchants can be enticed to the village who will offer any item you have shipped (apart from a couple of odd exceptions) randomly for sale.

The first of any item found, by the way, really ought to be shipped as you then will have an opportunity to purchase it in the future, even if that option does not exist quite at the start. You cannot forge the weapons you would like to make at the beginning, nor can you craft armour and accessories that are very powerful, even if you find potent upgrade materials in the dungeons. Rune Factory, like Harvest Moon requires a lot of time, energy and patience.

Playing through the game a second time as a boy, I find myself returning to my old, more careful ways of noticing things and oddities.

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