Easy Guide to Custom Items!
So you've made it through the first stages of the server. You've found a town, joined jobs, and started making some money to rank up! But what are all these items you've found in the mean time? What do you do with them and how do you get more?
Keys
What are they?
There are several types of keys you've likely encountered by now. Vote keys, common keys, uncommon keys, etc. These keys are used to open special crates for loot! All the crates are found at /crates in spawn. Each crate has it's own set of items it can give and varying chances at each item. For a closer look at them check out the crates page.
So how do you get them?
Vote keys can be gotten by voting for the server on the advertised vote pages! Other keys can be gotten through the daily/weekly rewards chest, the daily reward in spawn, bought from the shady trader (more about him on his page), won in giveaways (check the discord for the giveaway channels), or bought on the buycraft store.
Repair Gems
What are they?
Repair gems are used to repair durability on armor, weapons, and tools. There is no risk to the item or enchants when using repair gems. To use one open your inventory and pick up the repair gem, then while holding it right click the item you want to repair. There is a chance the repair gem will break and do nothing, but the item is not damaged if this happens and you can simply use another repair gem.
So how do you get them?
You can get repair gems from daily/weekly rewards chest, the daily reward in spawn, bought from the shady trader, dungeons mobs, and more.
Crystals, Soul Gems, and Light Dust
What are they?
These are the most basic of the custom items. You will likely encounter a great many of them. All 3 are used in some crafting recipes. Other than recipes, crystals can be used at the crystal merchant in spawn (check him out on the crystal merchant page), Soul gems can be used to craft the Soulless Title in /ccraft (or the custom craft at spawn), and Light Dust can be consumed for a temporary haste buff.
So how do you get them?
Like keys, there are a large number of sources for these custom items: daily/weekly rewards chest, the daily reward in spawn, crates, dungeons, events, and more!
Essence and Shady Botles
What are they?
Shady bottles are a primary source of low to mid tier gear for towny. 8 essence can be crafted into the associated tier of shady bottle. The bottle can then be opened for gear or crafted into the next tier up.
So how do you get them?
Like other custom items, there are a large number of sources for essence and bottles: daily/weekly rewards chest, the daily reward in spawn, crates, dungeons, events, and more!
Note that Bottles can be crafted from essence and tiered gear can be crushed for essence as well. for more information see the Shady Bottles Page
Fragments, Entropy Shards, Shattered Fragments, and Entropy Fragments
What are they?
So that seems like alot of words there. But it's not as confusing as it sounds. Shattered Fragments are used to craft Fragments which are then used to craft Relics. Same for entropy fragments to entropy shards to arcanas (see below for arcana and relic explanation).
So how do you get them?
They can be gotten from many of the same sources as keys/crystals/soul gems/light dust but are typically have a far lower chance to get them.
Relics and Arcanas
What are they?
Relics and Arcanas are the primary source of mid to high tier gear for towny. Opening a relic or arcana will give you an item of that tier. These can be armor pieces, weapons, tools, off hands, or charms (For a more in depth explanation see the Relics and Arcanas Page).
So how do you get them?
For the most part you'll get relics and arcanas by crafting them, but they can also be gotten from some of the higher tier crates.
Coins
What are they?
Coins are the currency for the dungeon trader. They can also be used to pay mworkers (see the mworker page for an explanation on workers)
So how do you get them?
Most dungeons mobs drop coins including challenge bosses.
Challenge Tokens
What are they?
Challenge Tokens are used to enter arenas for Challenge Bosses. Hw difficult the boss is and how many people can join you to fight it is dependent on which boss the token is for. For more info see the dungeons page.
So how do you get them?
Some tokens can be bought from the dungeons trader, some can be found in crates, and some can be dropped by dungeons mobs.