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Lockyy

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Artifact gems
« on: May 21, 2011, 02:34:19 pm »
Can these be used for anything besides sitting around?
It's starting to bother me how useless these are...

I don't even understand how it can have hanging rings of leather...
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Re: Artifact gems
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2011, 02:38:22 pm »
I suppose they could be improvised weapons if needed.
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Re: Artifact gems
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2011, 02:42:00 pm »
Large Gems (including Artifact Large Gems) are utterly useless.  Normal Large Gems can be sold to traders, but you can't sell artifacts.

The Display Case mod lets you make a Large Gem (or any other item) into a special 'display case' building, but you need a world regen to install it, you can't install it into an existing world.
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Re: Artifact gems
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2011, 02:45:04 pm »
Quote from: Sphalerite on May 21, 2011, 02:42:00 pm
Large Gems (including Artifact Large Gems) are utterly useless.  Normal Large Gems can be sold to traders, but you can't sell artifacts.

The Display Case mod lets you make a Large Gem (or any other item) into a special 'display case' building, but you need a world regen to install it, you can't install it into an existing world.
you can using worldtinker.
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Zorromorph

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Re: Artifact gems
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2011, 02:57:26 pm »
What could be more dwarfy though than an immensely well-crafted useless object? 
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Lockyy

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Re: Artifact gems
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2011, 02:59:02 pm »
Quote from: Zorromorph on May 21, 2011, 02:57:26 pm
What could be more dwarfy though than an immensely well-crafted useless object?
an immensely well-crafted lever that releases the magma to destroy the immensely well-crafted useless object...


and the noble who is mandating polar bear leather in a desert.
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Re: Artifact gems
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2011, 03:27:39 pm »
Quote from: Lockyy on May 21, 2011, 02:59:02 pm
Quote from: Zorromorph on May 21, 2011, 02:57:26 pm
What could be more dwarfy though than an immensely well-crafted useless object?
an immensely well-crafted lever that releases the magma to destroy the immensely well-crafted useless object...


and the noble who is mandating polar bear leather in a desert.

You might be able to ask for some from the liaison.
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