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v0.34:Item designations
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Some items have characters surrounding the name, which is a way to determine certain properties at a glance.
Quality
Sword Ordinary
-Sword- Well-crafted
+Sword+ Finely-crafted
*Sword* Superior quality
≡Sword≡ Exceptional
☼Sword☼ A masterpiece
See Item quality for a full explanation of how better qualities improve value and combat modifiers.
Improvement / Decoration
«Sword» Improved or decorated
Decoration can have a quality modifier themselves, leading to combinations such as:
*«Sword»* Superior improvement/decoration
≡«+Sword+»≡ Exceptional improvement/decoration on a finely-crafted object
*«≡Sword≡»* Exceptional sword with superior decoration
These quality modifiers can be hidden in init.txt with [SHOW_IMP_QUALITY:NO].
Wear
xSwordx Showing some wear - worth 3⁄4
XSwordX Heavily worn or threadbare - worth 1⁄2
XXSwordXX In tatters or mangled - worth 1⁄4
Provenance / Ownership
(Sword) Not produced on-site (imported by traders or looted from raiders), does not count towards Created Wealth
{Sword} Unclaimed/Forbidden
$Sword$ Owned by someone else. Only appears in adventure mode.
Other
‼Sword‼ On fire
◄Sword► Magical (not actually implemented)
Trivia
The longest possible item designation is ‼XX({≡«+Sword+»≡})XX‼, which designates (reading from the front) that it's on fire ( ‼ ), in tatters ( XX ), imported ( ( ), forbidden ( { ), exceptionally ( ≡ ) decorated ( « ), and of fine quality ( + ).