Another busy two days. I’ll go over each and every thing as brief as I can;
-The house is completed, exactly as planned in Deedplanner (with the exception of needing more nails and planks than listed)
-I wanted to buy a floor loom instead of making one (as really, I don’t need it as a long-term thing). Eyywa gave me the loom for free (and 40 square pieces of cloth to make the two armchairs for the patio next to the house).
-My friend convinced me to get a Knarr, and especially the way back home when I used my new Cog… having no wind to help me. I arrived just before 1am EST. Ugh. I think it was a mistake to get this thing. But… that view from the crow’s nest.
-The next day, B2 helped me push the floor loom away from the Cog and up the secondary ramp to the deed. I don’t have (and cannot build) a wagon. And a wagon is the minimum that a floor loom can be loaded into.
-Because B2 helped me out, I decided to give him my sailboat (and the other Pocket Sun lantern). With a Knarr, I’ll never need a sailboat. I then proceeded to try to buy a Knarr.
-B2 convinced me to sell the Cog to pay for the Knarr (as it would cost 9s to have it delivered). I got it down to 7s if I would pick it up… in Xanadu. Used every bit of silver I had left in my bank. I also used the new Plot Course option and had B2 sail west.
-Went to Xanadu with B2 (him driving my sailboat). Got lost a few times, but managed to find my contact. He bored us with his bias opinion about Knarrs; saying Corbitas are better and blah blah blah just give me the fucking boat already!!
-I got the Knarr! Very happy with it. Even in bad wind, it doesn’t behave like the Cog. Had to navigate the rest of Xanadu and finally got to the open ocean.
-B2 went back home to Indy while I went to Xanadu’s capital: “Glasshollow”. I’ve been told that Xan’s main market is here. So, I expected a larger market than FM.
–Made it to the market. They have three separate sections for their market. A “Dragon Market”, “Harbor Market” and …. “Lumpy Market” (the hell?!). It’s smaller than FM, yet it does have more stuff, such as a Wurm Museum(showing some of the things a player can craft) and a “Dragon Hotel”. FM will always be the biggest (and the oldest) market! As Indy is the oldest server.
-Went home. Soon as I did, I managed to get a buyer for the Cog; a place I passed by when I had bought it; near the Bay View Canal, called “Iron”. I delivered it there, with B2 behind me. When B2 and I arrived, I had to wait for the buyer to get back from dinner. Soon he gave me the 4s, I gave him the key, and turned perms over to him.
No more Cog. No more horrible mistake. And no more having to eat humble pie.
-Back home again, and put the 4s back in my bank. I also learned (from Reaping) that 40 Large crates are what I could use for my new Knarr, for also using it to haul heavy things I buy(such as dirt). It would also give me room for if I want to buy a bed or a better forge (or whatever that can’t fit in a crate).
-Learned that having 99 Nutrition isn’t that big of a deal(you only get a 5% increase to skill gain). This really defeats the need to make meals (and stick with “tried and true” Stew to keep my fat layers in check). The only real reason is because your food bar doesn’t go down as fast, when your nutrition is higher.
-When Christmas Eve gets here, and my alt is at Impalong watching the impers imp our stuff, I’ll be at FM eating the buffet. Then I’ll find the public mine near the market and grind mining as much as I can (with Sleep Bonus also active). I need to get my Body Strength up from 25 to 29, so I can drag my Knarr.
I’ll be going on horseback while my alt takes his sailboat.
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I still need to make furniture, buy a bed, build the Storage Shed(still haven’t done that yet), and of course make the lamps that will later be imped at Impalong (I could always just buy them, instead of making them and imping).
Unfortunately, these plans could be delayed even further as another person from the MRT Server is planning to join my settlement tomorrow. I got to pick him up around 7-8pm EST.