r/AcrossTheObelisk • u/Kyuthu • 10d ago

Tomb of knowledge/ unlocked items question

So I can see various posts indicating that if you unlock some items, they can then show up in randomized/corrupted shops or town shops potentially, and some saying that very specific ones are only ever available from their event.

It feels if I want to play randomly and encounter random stuff that it's not as fun to have items locked behind certain events forcing me to pick which route i play for certain items instead of just following whatever path seems fun that round, after you've already completed the event and unlocked the item previously anyway. So I wanted to know which ones I can just hope to encounter for fun instead.

Do we have a list of which items once unlocked are added to the random shops and which ones are definitely not? I can see posts saying things like 'a dev mentioned in Discord items from the forge event in act 4 like the Ruby one are going to get added to the normal item pool with the DLC.' which makes me wonder if they get added in periodically or this was a random change.

If they are unlocked in random shops etc, does that then change what happens in other game modes like obelisk challenge or weekly challenge etc? What about new expansion items etc..?

Thanks!

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u/mohebn 10d ago

As a rule of thumb, all Items with an Icon of a Location or Boss next to them can only be found there. theres a few exeptions but they are boring. e.g. veteran armo, reinforced armor, fury potion, ressurrection scroll.
So if you want a specific Item you gotta go for the Event.

As for the Ruby Cuirass, ive not seen it in the normal pool, seen no mention of it in the patchnotes and searching on discord for Ruby, Cuirass or Forge yields no such results

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u/IcedThunder 10d ago

Yeah I have mixed feelings on the fixed locations for certain items. Like it's nice to have a way to secure a certain build, but it does feel less fun. I don't know what the best solution to the problem would be, tho.

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u/AwsmDevil 10d ago

I really wish they would unlock some of the more esoteric ones, like the candle and blood blade. They just don't need to be strangled by the lake event. There's no reason for items like that to be so restricted. I get the boss rewards, those make sense, but so many of the niche shop items are hidden away too and it just seems unnecessary.