Difference between revisions of "Credit cloning"

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The strategy is simple.  
 
The strategy is simple.  
1) Move all objects in the shop to a single pile. Drop a cursed item to prevent your pet from moving on to it.
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* Move all objects in the shop to a single pile. Drop a cursed item to prevent your pet from moving on to it.
2) Drop gold into the shop. The shopkeeper will give you credit for the gold.
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* Drop gold into the shop. The shopkeeper will give you credit for the gold.
3) Let you pet steal it for you.
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* Let you pet steal it for you.
4) Buy an expensive item (if the shop has a more expensive item than what you have).
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* Go to the pile and buy as much as you can from your credit.
5) Sell and buy it repeatedly. All buys use the credit while all sells result in gold.
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* Sell all the recently bought items, even items that you own.
6) Once you don't have enough credit to buy the item leave it on the pile.
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* You may need to buy and sell several times before you can exhaust your credit if you had a lot of starting credit.
7) Drop the old + new gold in the shop and repeat from step 3.
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* Drop the old + new gold in the shop and repeat from letting your pet steal it.
  
The strategy can be time consuming.
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Repeat the technique till the shopkeeper has no gold (when it starts to give you credit when you try to sell the item).
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And you have enough credit to buy everything that you want from the shop.
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The technique is very time consuming and must not be done if you don't have enough food.

Revision as of 14:29, 17 August 2006

The strategy is simple.

  • Move all objects in the shop to a single pile. Drop a cursed item to prevent your pet from moving on to it.
  • Drop gold into the shop. The shopkeeper will give you credit for the gold.
  • Let you pet steal it for you.
  • Go to the pile and buy as much as you can from your credit.
  • Sell all the recently bought items, even items that you own.
  • You may need to buy and sell several times before you can exhaust your credit if you had a lot of starting credit.
  • Drop the old + new gold in the shop and repeat from letting your pet steal it.

Repeat the technique till the shopkeeper has no gold (when it starts to give you credit when you try to sell the item). And you have enough credit to buy everything that you want from the shop.

The technique is very time consuming and must not be done if you don't have enough food.