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Skull ring

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An unpleasant piece of jewellery with an ominous odour about it.

The essentials

“Simplest”, in this order: buy it (cheapest), pick it up, from a monster (best rate), make it, then the other sources.

Defence +6

Vocations that can equip it: all

Effects: cursed: loses the turn 1 time in 4

Style: Vanity 4 · Allure 4 · Aloof 4 · Naive 4 · Casual 4 · Chic 4

Alchemy Read in the code

  • Sorcerer's ring ×1 + Malicite ×1
  • Recipe: no book or character teaches it; it is added to the Alchemy Book the first time you make it in the Krak Pot

Crafting tree

Quantities for 1 Skull ring. Every ingredient that can be made is broken down to raw materials: the ones you can buy, pick up, find in furniture and blue chests or get from monsters, with no limit. Open or close a branch: the total follows, what is open gets made, the rest is to gather.

To gather: 2 raw materials, 1 use of the Krak Pot.

Raw materialSimplest way to get it
Sorcerer's ring×1Make it in the Krak Pot, Skull ring ×1 + Saint's ashes ×1.
Malicite×1Pick it up, Quester's Rest fountain, Stornway (Sand group, post-game).

Tree idea: Antoine. Thank you!

Monsters and bosses Read in the code

Chests Read in the code

  • Dourbridge – Cap'n Meddlin's 'Castle' (red chest)
  • Grotto chests rank D (1%)

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Used to make

Best defence in the category, by vocation

Under the hood

Internal item number: 18032; record no. 856 of prm/itemdt (file order); selling price in its record (u16 at +0x1A): 475; stars: +0x09 bits 1-3.

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