Blacksmith, witch & enchanting

Three shops that all consume the same drops from the same bag, so they are documented together.

The blacksmith

Two things happen here: items get dismantled into metal and arcane, and equipped items get upgraded using them.

Setting	Default	What it does
blacksmith_dismantle		Dismantle items rather than only selling them.
blacksmith_dismantle_on_non_full		Dismantle even when the bag is not full.
blacksmith_dismantle_max_value		Never dismantle an item worth more than this.
blacksmith_upgrade	on	Upgrade equipped items. Paid in metal and arcane, never mushrooms.
blacksmith_upgrade_max_count		Upgrade each equipped item at most this many times. 0 disables upgrading entirely.
blacksmith_add_gem_slot	on	Add a gem slot to equipped gear that has none, so a gem can go in it. Metal and arcane, never mushrooms.

The two reserves that protect your gems

blacksmith_keep_metal and blacksmith_keep_arcane are the most important settings on this page, and the reason is not obvious.

Pulling a gem out of an item you are replacing costs metal and arcane at the blacksmith. If the upgrade loop drains those balances to zero, you cannot extract, and the gem is destroyed along with the old item.

The reserves are what stop the upgrade loop eating the materials that gem extraction needs. They default to a level that keeps extraction possible.

blacksmith_keep_silver is a leftover

It is kept so older configs still load. Blacksmith upgrades are paid in metal and arcane, not silver, so it changes nothing.

Selling, and what is never sold

sell_worst_first is on: the worst item in the bag goes first, which is what you want when the bag is full and something has to go. It takes precedence over sell_most_expensive, which stays for anyone deliberately farming gold from drops.

Everything below is an exception list. Each one means "never sell this kind of thing".

Setting	Protects
sell_ignore_epics	Epic items
sell_ignore_enchanted	Enchanted items
sell_ignore_better	Anything better than what you are wearing
sell_ignore_bottles	Potions
sell_ignore_gems	Gems
sell_ignore_black_gems	Black gems
sell_ignore_legendary_gems	Legendary gems
sell_ignore_pets	Pet items

The stuck-gem escape hatch

sell_gemmed_when_stuck is off by default and is a last resort rather than a general permission.

An item with a socketed gem is normally kept, because selling destroys the gem. The bot extracts the gem first and sells afterwards. But if the character has no blacksmith yet, or the daily dismantle allowance is spent, or the blacksmith simply refuses, the gem cannot come out and the item sits in the bag forever. On a six-slot bag, two of those are a third of your space.

With this on, the item is sold in exactly those cases and the gem is lost with it. While extraction is still possible it changes nothing. It is off because the cost is silent and irreversible, and somebody with a legendary gem in a ring should have to say yes to it.

The witch

sell_item_to_witch feeds the cauldron rather than the shop. Items given to the witch go towards the cauldron's current demand instead of turning into gold.

Enchanting

auto_enchant enchants equipment, and the nine exclude_enchant_* settings say which slots to leave alone:

weapon, helmet, breastplate, hands, shoes, ring, amulet, belt, talisman.

One enchantment is worth knowing about outside this page. use_enchantment_beer also drinks the extra beer the Thirsty Wanderer enchantment grants, because that enchantment raises the game's own daily beer cap rather than handing you beer. See Quests, tavern & expeditions.

See also

• Inventory & shops
• Achievements for the arcane-hoarding pursuit
• Settings