Post by dimechime on Apr 11, 2017 22:58:23 GMT
Currency and Shop Guide
This can be opened through the bottom right button on on your Character stats page, or by pressing 市集 in the bottom right menu on the UI. You can sort all the items you can purchase by categories on the left hand side.
All categories titled "shop" correspond to a type of token/point described in the "Currency Summary" section below. Categories titled "trade" are for items that sit in your inventory, jump to the "Trade Store" section for descriptions.
Bound vs Unbound:
The game has a system where gold and items can be traded (unbound) or cannot be traded (bound).
Bound gold is earned mostly through pure PvE activities (i.e. safety carts where players cannot rob your cart, or from game events). Story quests only give bound gold.
Unbound gold is earned through player interaction activities (selling unbound items on the AH, or running general carts, which can get robbed by players).
Unbound items can be obtained through profession quests (or certain dungeons), which can then be sold to other players. Selling these items to NPCs are generally a waste, as they only translate to 0-1 coppers. Quickest way to check if an item is unbound is to hover over it and see if there are 2 price points.
Cash shop bound points vs unbound cash shop points work in a similar way: bound is "free" points given through the game, unbound is from paying money. Check the cash shop guide for more info.
Currency Summary
There is a currency summary page that you can open (click the purple highlighted button in the 1st screenshot up top).
PvE points [天魁币]:
Can be earned through dungeons, core dailies, trivia, PvE tower, and weekend fishing.
These can be traded for a variety of things:
- profession materials (flags, shovels, quivers, etc),
- plant seeds,
- select rune stones,
- blue fodder runes,
- blue universal book pages,
- crafting mats,
- enhancement mats,
- PvE gear tokens,
- shiny gear fragments (head, glove, and shoes) and shiny enhancement stones,
- books for house bookshelf,
- and profession scrolls (music for scholars/musicians, scrolls for leveling crafting).
The bolded items are what I think are the more valuable items in the shop, whether it's because they are hard to find elsewhere or just because using PvE tokens is the cheapest way to get these items.
Silver 1v1 PvP points [论釗币] :
Earned from participating in 1v1 or 3v3 (Ctrl+D, first tab).
Can trade for:
- crafting materials,
- feeder rune stones,
- select gold rune stones,
- housing books,
- and all PvP T series gear scrolls.
Some rewards are tied to your 1v1 PvP ranking, which you can check by opening the ladder window (Ctrl+D). Hover over the item in the shop to see requirements.
Gold Group PvP points [胜负令] :
Earned from participating in group events (5v5 or 15v15, or Faction activities).
Can trade for:
- crafting materials,
- select gold rune stones,
- enhancement mats,
- basic faction uniform,
- housing books,
- and all PvP T series gear scrolls.
Some rewards are tied to your fame ranking, which you can check hitting the PvP tab in the bottom right menu and selecting 名望. Hover over the item in the shop to see requirements.
Tourney PvP points [荡釗币]:
Can be earned from participating in the tourney or by placing bets on who will win in the in-game interface.
Can be traded for:
- gold book pages,
- select gold rune stones,
- housing books,
- shiny weapon crafting mat,
- gold divine weapon tokens,
- and shiny gear lamps.
Earned from becoming a master in the apprentice system, carrying lower level people through dungeons, or participating in helper quests that appear on the UI. You can also obtain these by selling PvP scroll/scroll fragments to NPC stores.
Can be traded for:
- select gold rune stones,
- shiny gear fragments (chest piece),
- housing books,
- and general purple book pages.
Sailing Coins (aka Song Coin, boating coin) [宋钱]:
Earned by trading between islands on sea map and through the South Hangzhou daily. Can get traded for:
- PvE dmg rune stones,
- gold rune fragments,
- shiny gear fragments,
- divine weapon boxes,
- purple gear boxes,
- shiny gear fragments/shiny enhancement stones,
- purple universal pages,
- housing books,
- personal island trees,
- boat crafting mats (do not buy, not worth)
- island furniture
- housing furniture.
The bolded items are what I think are the more valuable items in the shop, whether it's because they are hard to find elsewhere or just because using sailing coin is the cheapest way to get these items.
Guild Points [帮派贡献]:
Earned through participating in guild and faction events. Can get:
- divine weapon brown tokens,
- painting paper,
- guild/faction titles,
- housing books,
- T1 and T2 gear tokens (PvP and PvE, not worth getting),
- buffing potions,
- outfit boxes,
- guild drinks,
- and feeder rune stones.
Disciple Points [恩师值]:
Earned by being a master in the master/apprentice system. Can trade for culti paintings, guild point tokens and feeder rune stones.
Battle Royale Points [宗师币]:
Earned from participating in the battle royale activities. Can be traded for:
- housing books
- divine weapon box
- shiny gear enhancement stones
- back gear (kite decoration)
- and gear box (like the one from the core dailies, randomly gives blue enhancement stones, PvE gear tokens, or PvP scroll fragments).
Trade Stores
Mystic Shop:
Trade lots of bound gold for the items being sold. Prices fluctuate weekly based on demand. Note that prices will decrease dramatically after server merges.
PvE Jade Token and Shiny Gear Fragment and PvP Blue Scroll Trade Shops:
Trade in the yellow armor tokens for PvE gear. These yellow tokens drop in lvl 81 and higher dungeons.
Trade in blue scrolls for PvP gear scrolls, then go and craft PvP gear.
Trade in shiny gear fragments for the full piece so you can inherit it onto your full gear.
See the gear guides for more details.
Book Page Trade:
Trade 'universal' book pages for specific book pages, trade book pages for books. See book guide for more details.
Fish Trade:
Trade high tier fishes (obtained from fishing) for other items:
- crafting mats,
- low tier PvP scrolls/PvE gear tokens,
- feeder rune stones,
- housing mats and furniture,
- PvE tokens
- housing books.