Mei Hua
06-09-2012

USELESS SKILL

Rashid
06-09-2012

Lol ,, veryy useless hahahahaha

Cornelia
06-10-2012

rank it up and make some nice furniture

Misun
10-17-2012

Consider this, a large (and I mean LARGE) part of the most profitable trade goods that come out of East Asia are Sundries.

The most efficient money spinner there ever was are paper lanterns. 60k sale in atlantic ocean areas, no need to run all the way back to Europe. Sure it's useless otherwise :)

Mei Hua
10-17-2012

I said this somewhere else, might bear repeating.

A _LOT_ of "useless" skills are going to get a major re-evaluation once this server finally catches up with the other two servers. skills, aide skills, ship skills, ships, items, all of it.

It'll be like a lightbulb comes on for all of us... "oh so THAT'S what that is for"

Well not all of us, hopefully most of us anyway.

Miyo
10-17-2012

keep in mind that east asian trade isn't traditional trade, from what i have read you will not buy goods but trade other goods for them

Ming Mei
10-17-2012

Yes you need to trade european goods to EA ports in order to get "nanban trade points" those points you can exchange for EA goods on that port, the exchange rate is based on your trade skills for the said good and ship skill nanban trade helps too. Trading is gonna have a big refit and trading skills gonna raise in importance.

Lancelot
12-03-2012

No wonder I've never understood those nanbanana trade things, I've never been anywhere past Sofala, Africa, and Caribean. Most (if not all) equipment for casting is in Europe anyway.

Port Official
06-22-2013

any idea where the best place to grind this?

Port Official
06-22-2013

any idea where the best place to grind this?

Laurencio
06-22-2013

If you want to grind it the traditional way, the *only* thing you can buy is western books, in Lisbon or Amsterdam.

Sakura
06-22-2013

...I don't know if repeated nanban exchanges, in which you acquire EA sundries, could be used to improve this in any efficient way at all (seems unlikely to me but I'm no nanban expert).

Rashid
02-21-2014

Theorbo has +1 Sundries trading

Guilder
12-16-2014

Two other +1 Sundries trading items not listed here yet:

Ghillie Shoes
Ancient Glass Fragment

Guilder
06-01-2017

A few more unlisted Sundries trading boost items:

Star Sapphire Hair Dressing -- +2 accessory; sold in Istanbul's item shop, but investment (and thus being a member of the Ottoman Empire) is required.

Lace Brim -- +1 female-only headgear; produced at Manchester or an Industrial Revolution City's Loom.

Western Bonnet -- +1 female only headgear. There's actually two versions of this; one is a possible weekly reward for Large Gold Nugget mining (valued at 14,000 points nugget points) and gives +1 Metal trading as well, while the second is only +1 Sundries trading and is produced through a sewing book given for completing the North American Pioneer Clothes MA.

Kichka -- +1 female-only headgear; produced with R11 Sewing in St. Petersburg with Embroidery thread x15 and Felt x30 via "Street Daughter" NPC near the bank (does not seem to be Chrono-specific).


There are some other items, but they don't seem to be in GAMA yet. Cheers, all.

Alrn
04-17-2019

Jewel Pendant gives +2 for this

Guilder
10-04-2019

Traveler's Comb is another +2 accessory, and probably much easier to obtain for most.

Guilder
08-13-2020

There are many guides out there which advise how to grind this skill. Here's a link to one of the best ones out there:

docs.google.com/document/d/1-052N0w3bqQ3_hymmG9q3mUSdkMO2W8wOo94ABNL_zM/edit

Cheers.

Govinda
11-30-2022

Tianzhu Treasure Sword +3

Govinda
12-06-2022

+1 Platinum Mirror

Govinda
01-06-2024

+2 Mail Carrier Uniform

CA-RvZ
03-07-2024

+2 Hand-Wep: Gohei

Benjy
05-20-2024

+1 Hat: Work Cap

Benjy
10-05-2024

+3 Weapon: Uchiwa