v0.31:Item value

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Value is determined by the base value of the object with multipliers for the material it is made out of, the quality of its creation, and any decorations on it.

The final value of an item is the base value of the form of the object (a stone, a statue) multiplied by the material multiplier (granite, gold) and by the quality modifier (fine, masterful) if any, added to any final value for decorations.

Base values of items

The base value of an item is determined by the item itself, not what it is made out of. For example, a wood block uses the base value for a block, not the multiplier for 'wooden', and a block of gold ore or any other material would use the same base value, for a "block". In both cases, the final value is then multiplied by the material and/or the quality multiplier(s), if appropriate.

Items without quality levels

Value	Items
0	Body part, Corpse, Remains
1	Vermin (untamed), Glob
2	Fish, Meat, Plant
3	Gem (rough), Log, Stone
5	Bar, Block, Gem (cut), Leather
6	Thread
?	Unprepared fish, seeds, leaves, ballista arrowhead, cheese, egg, alcohol, powder, extract, tamed vermin

Items with quality levels

Value	Items
?	Ammo, Decoration[1], Furniture[2], Ballista part, Catapult part, Ballista arrow, Animal trap
1/50	Coin[5]
1	Bolt
5	Cap (metal, leather or cloth)
6	Sock
7	Cloth[3], training sword
8	Shoe
9	Training Spear, Low boot, Mace
10	Cabinet, Throne, Table, Door, Floodgate, Coffer, Chest, Cage, Backpack, Quiver, Craft, Goblet, Totem, Instrument, Toy, Large Gem, Chain, Flask, Anvil, Crossbow, Crutch, Splint, Bin, Prepared meal[4]
11	Gauntlet
12	Helm, High boot
14	Buckler, short sword
15	Breastplate
16	Tunic
17	Training Axe
18	Spear, War hammer
20	Mail shirt
21	Leather armor
22	Pick, Shirt
23	Leggings, Greaves
25	Statue, Window
26	Cloak
27	Coat, Shield
30	Mechanism
33	Robe
34	Battle axe
66	Menacing spike, Enormous corkscrew, Giant axe blade
126	Large, serrated disc, Spiked ball

[1] "Decorations" include "It is decorated with <material>", "It is encircled with bands of <material>", "It is adorned with hanging rings of <material>", "This object menaces with spikes of <material>", "On this object is an image of <description> in <material>", "It is studded with <metal>". See also the section about decorations.

[2] Except for ballista part, catapult part, mechanism, statue, and window, which are listed separately.

[3] Cloth items get a free decoration made of the same material. Goods made out of cloth get the following built in as decorations: the cloth (with quality mod), the thread (without quality), and the dye (with quality).

[4] Prepared meals always get the value of the ingredients, with quality. The value of a meal is 10 multiplied by quality of "prepared", plus the sum of the ingredients' value multiplied by their "minced" qualities respectively. Cooking can use 2~4 cookable stacks of any size (resulting a stack of prepared food with the same size as the sum of the stack sizes of its components), and the value of a stack of prepared meals is the computing above multiplied by the total quantity, regardless of the proportion.

[5] Coins minted at a forge are always of base quality

Material multipliers

The material multiplier of an item is found from the [MATERIAL_VALUE:#] tag in the raws for the material it is made out of, and can be further augmented using [MULTIPLY_VALUE:#]. For example, a wood block uses the same material multiplier as a wood log or chest - that is the material value for wood which is 1.

Plants
Multiplier	Plant
x1	bloated tuber, hide root, kobold bulb, muck root, prickle berry, rat weed, sliver barb, whip vine all trees and plant seeds
x2	blade weed, cave wheat, dimple cup, fisher berry, longland grass, pig tail, plump helmet, quarry bush, rope reed, sweet pod, wild strawberry tuber beer (bloated tuber drink)
x3	sun berry whip wine (whip vine drink)
x5	valley herb quarry bush leaf, rock nut oil (quarry bush oil), rock nut soap (quarry bush soap), sunshine (sun berry drink)
x10	redroot dye (hide root powder)
x20	cave wheat flour (cave wheat powder), dimple dye (dimple cup powder), dwarven sugar (sweet pod powder), dwarven syrup (sweet pod extract), emerald dye (blade weed powder), longland flour (longland grass powder), sliver dye (sliver barb powder)
x25	whip vine flour (whip vine powder)
x100	gnomeblight (kobold bulb extract), golden salve (valley herb extract)
Note	Plants are made of various materials - the predominant material (usually STRUCTURAL) is listed for each individual plant, and other materials are listed separately when they differ.

Miscellaneous
Multiplier	Material
x1	Ash
x2	Amber, Coral, Coal, Green glass, Lye
x3	Potash, Earthenware
x4	Pearlash, Stoneware
x5	Clear glass
x10	Crystal glass, Porcelain

Quality

Item value is further increased by applying the quality modifier.

Designation	Description	Value Modifier
Item Name	—	×1
-Item Name-	Well-crafted	×2
+Item Name+	Finely-crafted	×3
*Item Name*	Superior quality	×4
≡Item Name≡	Exceptional	×5
☼Item Name☼	Masterful	×12
Unique Name	Artifact	×120