Paulonius' Tinker Trainer

This script is a simple tinker trainer for going from 0 to GM using a minimum of ingots.  CEO's trainer was not working for me and it has always annoyed me that it makes heating stands instead of the newer jewelry options that take fewer ingots. The script is not super fast at the transition point from 25 to 35.  I left this dead spot in to conserve ingots as you don't lose ingots on failure with clock parts, but you do with gears.  I will look at how it goes and may change this if it hangs for too long, but you get a lot of free gains in there if you are not in a huge hurry. The script will save gears, clockparts and lockpicks, but will trash the spoons, bracelets and rings.  Estimate approximately 15,000 ingots and 10 hours from 0 - 100 tink.

WARNING: This script throws away any bracelets, rings, and a variety of other junk that might be in your backpack. Don't have anything you want to keep in your backpack.
 

Set Up

Be standing within reach of a trashbarrel
Have a tinker kit in your backpack
Have a secure with only iron ingots on the top level that you can reach
If you are working at the bank have the iron ingots in a bag in the bank box.  
The ingot secure/bag should also have some tinker kits if you are at zero skill

UPDATE 25 May 2011 - Version .30 (In Testing)

Intriduced a new structure to the crafted item check that should eliminate the issue there
Refined Siege Perilous RoT wait gains.  RoT waits are triggered by using the script on Siege Perilous.


There are a couple of things I still need to put into this script which include, but are probably not limited to:

1. Full Backpack safeguard
2. Skill tracker
3. Open status bar sub
4. A wait in the trash sub for a full trash barrel (not necessary at bank). As currently built its not an issue if your toon is the only one throwing things in the trash as the cycle takes longer on everything but spoons than the trash cycle.
5. Menu control for halting the script that triggers backpack cleanup.
 

Just a heads up, with so many folks trying to scrape up residue for imbue there may be a gm hunt on for lumberjacks.

I got nailed recall lumberjacking this afternoon on Atlantic. My runes are all in Felucia, none in TM.  I was likely paged on as I was still using an old frostwood book that has some runes near a few houses, but of course I can't be sure.  I am going to go out and remark all of my runes once I am off the 48 hour suspension I just got.

This is more of a survey than anything as I hate training combat skills and am interested in techniques people are using for training combat skills.

My current protocols are as follows:

Melee: I set up characters on two accounts with skills in the same range, the fastest weapons I can, as much stam as possible,  +5 repair armor, healing, anat, and a pile of aids in a container. I have them heal each other while they beat their skills into shape.  I stone off a skill and go buy it with a character if I have to start with a new character.  I generally always buy these skills to 40 in Haven.  I find this method more flexible than a golem and will allow you to train heal, parry, weapon skills, and bushido at the same time.

Archery: (will check for throwing) I get six Cu Sidhe in a house with pens and use a target rotator that gives me a shot or two at each one after the next in a cycle. The Cu will heal themselves and stay alive indefinitely if you have enough of them.  I save bows that have all damage in cold and energy, preferably without any damage increase.  With 0% DI and 100% in the Cu's two strong resists I have been able to sustain this for many hours with only four released pets.  Six pretty much always works.  This works well in the foyer of a castle, or if you have a custom house with animal pens.

If you have a better method please post it here!

I started doing some work to collect SA Creature Types and think it makes sense to create a reference for use in SA.  Some are from existing creatures, but I am dropping them into the list by area and will include those too for ease of use. Please feel free to respond to this post with additional IDs and I will consolidate them into the list:

Creature Types  
Fairy Dragon: IZ
Forgotten Servants : XU (elf)
Fire Ant: KAB
Lava Lizard: QF
Flaming Gargoyle: YH (Also Fiery, Searing,Blisterin, Smouldering)
Fire Demon: DF
Fire Daemon: FD
Lava Elemental: SZ
Fire Elementa (Renowned): DD

Pit Fiend: NE
Slasher of Veils : DAB

Green Acid Slug, Corrosive Slime : VE
Skeletal Lich : MO
Rotting Corpse : VI*
Wisp : EF*

Enslaved Green Goblin, etc. : TZ

Clan Scratch Savage Wolf: LD
Clan Ribbon Plague Rat: XF
Tikitavi (Renowned) : OE
Rakktavie (Renowned : CI

Lowland Boura, Rudy Boura, High Plains Boura: LZ
Slith, Stone Slith, Toxic Slith: YZ
Ortanord: XI
Korpre: VE
Anzuanord : W
Anlorzen : HD
Relanord: WGB
Skree : VZ
Betballem : UGB
Silver Serpent : FB
Anlorvaglem: UO
Anlorlem: UI

* Lots of SA Creatures are the same as previous version. Some are slightly altered with same creature Type.

Item Types:

Imbue Related Items:

Magic Residue: TKR
Magic Essence: WKR
Magic Fragment: VKR
Unravel Magic Item Bag , Salvage Bag and Regular Bag are all - CKF
Soul Forges - _UBZ_DCZ_ECZ_YBZ_PBZ_KBZ_JBZ_MBZ_LBZ_WBZ_VBZ_XBZ_SBZ_RBZ_TBZ_GCZ
                     _BCZ_MCZ_LCZ_OCZ_KCZ_UHZ_QHZ_NHZ_OHZ_THZ_JCZ_NCZ_ICZ_HCZ_RHZ_SHZ

http://vboards.stratics.com/showthread.php?t=156965
(Stratics link to ingredients' map)

Chaga Mushrooms: DZGB
Slith Tongue: AZGB
Vial of Vitriol: WCHB
Abyssal Cloth - BUI
Raptor Teeth - ZYGB
Seeds of Renewal - IDHB
Reflective Wolf Eye - JZGB
Powdered Iron - NDHB
Crystalline Blackrock - MDHB
Faery Dust - XYGB
Silver Snake Skin - YYGB
Daemon Claw - TCHB
Essence of Balance - ICHB
Essence of Passion - ICHB
Essence of Dilligence - ICHB
Essence of Control- ICHB
Essence of Direction - ICHB
Essence of Singularity - ICHB
Essence of Achievement - ICHB
Essence of Precision - ICHB
Fairy Dragon Wing - GJG
Boura Skin - MSG
Boura Pelt - EZGB
Fey Wings - SCHB
delicate scales - UDHB
Void Orb - QDHB
Goblin Blood - YCHB
Crystal Shards - SDHB
Arcanic Rune Stones - ODHB
Spider Carapace - UCHB
Undying Flesh - JDHB
Crushed Glass - TDHB
Elven fletching - HDHB
BottleOfIchor KZBG

More SA Items:

Seed of the Silver Sapling : PDF
Congealed Slug Acid: UZG
Silver Serpent Venom: WLF
Toxic Venom Sac: XIY
Void Essence: ZIY
Lava Serpent Crust: XCHB
Acid Sac: TPE
A Chicken Lizard Egg: VZY
Dragon's Blood: JIY
Draconic Orb: QDHB
Fur: LEJ
Tattered Remnants of a Ancient Scroll - KVI
Ancient Pottery Fragments - HXM
Loadstone - RDHB


SA Macros

Use Imbue SKill        event Macro 13 56
Fly                        event macro 60

event macro 15 678  Nether Bolt         In_Corp_Ylem
event macro 15 679  Healing Stone       Kal_In_Mani
event macro 15 680  Purge Magic         An_Ort_Sancet
event macro 15 681  Enchant             In_Ort_ylem
event macro 15 682  Sleep               In_zu
event macro 15 683  Eagle Stike         Kal_por_xen
event macro 15 684  Animated Weapon     In_Jux_por_ylem
event macro 15 685  Stone Form          In_rel_ylem
event macro 15 686  Spell Trigger       In_vas_Ort
event macro 15 687  Mass Sleep          Vas_zu
event macro 15 688  Cleaning Winds      In_vas_mani_hur
event macro 15 689  Bombard             Corp_por_ylem
event macro 15 690  Spell Plague        Vas_rel_Juz_Ort
event macro 15 691  Hail Storm          Kal_des_Ylem
event macro 15 692  Nether Cyclone      Grev_Kur
event macro 15 693  Rising Colossus     Kal_vas_xen_Corp_ylem

Link to List of SA New Items Descriptions/Locations/Uses

http://vboards.stratics.com/showthread.php?t=156965

New Scroll Types.

GKR sleep
EKR pure magic
ZJR Stone Form
FKR Eagle Strike
TJR Healing Stone
UJR Nether Bolt
DKR Enchant
AKR Animated Weapon
CKR Spell Trigger
BKR Mass Sleep
MKR Cleansing Wounds
LKR Bombard
OKR Spell Plague
NKR Hail Storm
IKR Nether Cyclone
HKR Rising Colossus



Ingredient Item Types in Script Format

set %MagicResidue TKR
Set %MagicEssence WKR
set %RelicFragment VKR
Set %ChagaMushrooms DZGB
Set %SlithTongue AZGB
Set %VialofVitriol WCHB
Set %AbyssalCloth BUI
Set %RaptorTeeth ZYGB
Set %SeedsofRenewal IDHB
Set %ReflectiveWolfEye JZGB
Set %PowderedIron NDHB
Set %CrystallineBlackrock MDHB
Set %FaeryDust XYGB
Set %SilverSnakeSkin YYGB
Set %DaemonClaw TCHB
Set %EssenceofBalance ICHB
Set %EssenceofPassion ICHB
Set %EssenceofDilligence ICHB
Set %EssenceofControl ICHB
Set %EssenceofDirection
Set %EssenceofSingularity
Set %EssenceofAchievement
Set %EssenceofPrecision
Set %FairyDragonWing GJG
Set %BouraSkin MSG
Set %BouraPelt EZGB
Set %FeyWings SCHB
Set %delicatescales UDHB
Set %VoidOrb QDHB
Set %GoblinBlood YCHB
Set %CrystalShards SDHB
Set %ArcanicRuneStones ODHB
Set %SpiderCarapace UCHB
Set %UndyingFlesh JDHB
Set %CrushedGlass TDHB
Set %Elvenfletching HDHB

I made some quick shorthand notes for building a suit with imbue and here are my thoughts:

Dexxer Armor Characteristics:
HP Increase: 3 pcs, +8 each (Max is 25) Luminescent Fungi/Essence
Lower Mana Cost: 5 pcs, -8% each (Max is -40%) Dark Sapphire/Fragment
Dex Increase: 3 pcs, +8 each (Max is 25)  Luminescent Fungi/Essence
Stam Increase: 5 pcs, +8 each (uncapped) Luminescent Fungi/Essence

Result: +24 HP, +24 Dex, +40 Stam, -40% Mana Cost
Total Ingredients: 11 Essence, 5 Fragment, 11 Fungi, 5 D Saphire

With two armor slots reserved for resist increases to bring it to all 70s, this leaves a couple of additional slots for INT Inc, or a regen.  Likely to have 2-3 additional open slots with this plan (total 4-5) depending on how imbue interacts with exceptional crafted items and runics. 

Dexer Jewelry (Bracelet and Ring):
+25 DI Turquoise/Fragment
+15 DCI Pearl/Fragment
+15 HCI Ecru/Fragment
+15 Skill Slot A Turquoise/Fragment
+15 Skill Slot B Turquoise/Fragment

Total Adds: +50 DI, +30 DCI, +30 HCI, +30 Skill A, +30 Skill B
Total Ingredients: 8 Fragment, 6 Turquoise, 2 Pearl, 2 Ecru

I don't profess to be an expert in economics, but I thought some folks might find it helpful if I shared my philosophy on making gold in UO. I have run vendors pretty consistently for around eight years. I script and play and chase items like everyone else, but that probably accounts for only a small fraction of what I have in UO gold.  Actually, I am pretty sure that my game play is a losing proposition without vendors.  All of my gold savings have come from buying and selling items from/to other players on vendors in Luna.  Here is my program for doing just that:

To start you need to get on www.finduo.com and www.searchuo.com and get a sense for what things cost. Next get a vendor inside the Luna walls.  You don't need a house and you don't need ten vendors. You can make all the gold you need with one, maybe two vendors tops.  Vendors in other locations are great, but the search engines work best for vendors in the Luna walls and you really want your vendor updating all the time. I use the search websites all the time to get feedback on the market for the things I am selling. You probably can't know the value of everything there is, so pick out a few things to sell that appeal to you and become an expert on how much it costs, how to get it, etc.

Something I don't do, but that lots of people tell me is a great way to make a higher margin is to go to vendors outside of Luna and look for underpriced items. I don't have time for this, so I rely on the Luna vendors for my merchant acquisition work.

Pick a niche market and consistently stock your vendor.  Buy the items you sell when you see them on other vendors at a discount from your pricing.  Be warned, this is a tricky process if you are dealing with resources that are readily available.  If you run into a competitor with a huge stockpile or endless time to farm it can eat up all of your cash, so be prepared to be patient.

Be patient and be consistent.  Keeping your vendor stocked will build a client base. I am generally not the cheapest, but my stuff is always there. Even when the search is down I sell out my stock because people know its going to be there.  This will also serve you when you have a competitor trying to undercut you. Some people will still buy from you because they are in the habit.

Only accept comptetitors who prove themselves: If you don't have the gold to buy them into submission, wait them out.  Most players don't have the patience to keep stocking a vendor over time.  However, their patience will dry up a lot faster if you are buying their stuff all the time and they can't stay stocked.  Two or three competitors are alright.  Ten is a pain in the butt. I generally buy my cheapest competitors into submission. If your would be competitor has to spend all the time he has gaming swinging a pick axe while you spend five minutes a week buying everything he mined, you can guess how this will end.  When you see the pricing on items line up with your middle of the road pricing its a good thing.  When your price becomes the cheapest, move it up a bit.  At some point you may find yourself the market leader dictating the price of the goods you sell.

Renewable resources are great for long term vendering. I have a few resources that I specialize in and I farm them when I run low. However, if you want to speculate for really significant returns, look for items with limited availability. For the most part I look for items that are available for a short period of time that have some relatively unique value. Items that can be had from some sort of farming can be in this category, but its best if there is a limited supply window. Here are three examples of speculating I did in the last year*:

Conjurers Trinket: I identified this as my idea of a perfect item for UO mercantile work.  Hit chance and damage increase on a tali, plus a super slayer make it greatly superior to the then existing "must have" primer on arms tali that everyone was buying for 1.5M or getting from turn ins. I farmed the cemeteries during this event and got three or four trinkets myself. Thereafter I bought every trinket I saw under 2.5M during the Halloween event and kept at it after it ended. While I was doing this, I maintained pricing on my vendor at 3M, buying anything I saw below my price. When the market started to get tighter, I incrementally increase the price, continuing to buy trinkets that were 10% or more below my price. The market just dried up in the last few weeks and the price escalated dramatically. It looks like I may be the only seller holding trinkets anymore and I raised the price to 10M per.  Estimated earnings: 75M to 100M, current stock is 5 trinkets. *Update*  When trinkets jumped to 10M I sold four more and raised the price to 12.5M.  I have not sold any in two weeks, but feel pretty good about it. I will watch for them on other vendors at 8M or less and pick them up to sell for 10M.  
Melissa's Cloak: I got as many as I could and projected a base price at around 1M. The market for these on Atl has not been that strong and I was probably optimistic. I have not pushed the market on these as hard as trinkets because I perceive these as having more limited value, so I only buy them if I see someone selling under 500K. Estimated earnings 10M to 15M, current stock around 30 cloaks. *Update* The value of these has gone over 1M and I am currently selling at about 1 per week.  

Cloak of Corruption:   I didn't farm any of these because it seemed like too much of a pain in the butt, but I collected them because they seemed like a relatively unique item and there was the promise of future value the dev team mentioned in posts. I bought 35 to 40 cloaks over time, trying to maintain a 1M price on my vendor.  When I saw them within 20% of my price, I bought them most of the time. I definitely grabbed every cloak I could at or under 500K, but I was inconsistent because I didn't know whether or not these would ever be worth it. I got more aggressive when I found a use for them on my own. The cloaks kill you if you wear them long enough, but it turns out if you are in Lich form and wear a cloak you lose hits at a crazy rate, but never go below 0. Very cool for training healing. Once I found this property I started buying anything that was cheaper than 1M and for a while I was the most expensive seller on Atl (if you could find them anywhere other than my vendor...  I probably sold one every week or two at 1M until this last week.  At the beginning of the current event I raised the price to 2.5M and sold six cloaks in a day.  I raised the price over 6M and sold another six today.  Estimated earnings 50M to 60M, current stock 10 Power Cloaks, 2 Death Cloaks, 6 Cloaks of corruption. Projected earnings around 200M. *Update* The sale of these cloaks stalled after the first day and there are still a lot of them around under 5M.  I think the real value of the Death and Power cloaks is closer to 10M, but they won't sell for that until the air clears a bit. I may have to revise my expectations downward and sell at 7.5M. I would still make a significant margin at that price point (115% on cloaks I buy now, something like 850% and up on cloaks I bought before the event started up).  The current pricing has to be a bummer for anyone who bought my corruption cloaks at 6M only to see the finished cloaks selling cheaper. I am sitting on a large inventory and have a lot invested, but I continue to believe that these cloaks have considerable value. I am going to continue to buy at the 3M price point and hold to sell later.

I hope this is helpful. Feel free to add your own comments or criticism based on your experiences.  I am always happy to listen to another perspective to refine my own.

-P

*Please understand that I play on Atlantic, which tends to have the most players and the most economic activity of any shard.  After reading TT's journal on his move from Sonoma to Atlantic to make gold this doesn't always translate into the highest prices, and may mean prices are lower on some things on Atlantic than elsewhere.

12X got me doing some rune book mining again and he had some great ideas that I really liked. He is still working on his script, but be sure to give it a go when you have a chance.

It the meantime, I am still using Spewy's Runebook Mining script from the EUO forums.  I like to mine in Fel and this script has a solid escape sub. I made a few modifications based on 12X's ideas that I thought I would share.

1. By hard coding the door ID and location and securedrop location in the script the miner SPRINTS into the house and dumps the ore. There is a brief lag opening the secure that is not there when you dump on the steps, but I think the trade-off in not having million stone secures on your steps is worth it -- plus since my house is in Fel it keeps my jack-a$$ neighbor from waiting outside my house to kill me.

2. After playing with 12X's script I added the four blackrock IDs to Spewy's script and have it dumping blackrock and stone into seperate containers, leaving only the ore and gems in the original. I didn't take the time to modify the guided setup, so this only works if you use the manual set up. For anyone who cares:


These two lines go under the BACKPACK AND HOMEBASE SETUP heading

Set %BlkRkBagID XXXXXXX; set to backpack id for bag for blackrock inside bank or house secure

Set %StoneBagID XXXXXXX; set to backpack id for bag for stone inside secure

The following line needs to say %StoneBagID where it currently says %OreBagID:

GoSub DragAnyItem %GraniteType #true %BackpackId All %StoneBagID #false

This line needs to be inserted after the GoSub Drag line just mentioned:

GoSub DragAnyItem %BlkRkTypes #true %BackpackID All %BlkRkBagID #false

And this line needs to go into the item type sub at the end of the script

Set %BlkRkTypes EWF_FWF_UVF_GWF

If anyone needs help making these changes, just give me a shout here..