Trinkets

[Zakfiel]

I wish someone would make a comparaison before/after buying the trinket. Since it's Rockstar they may be bugged and do the opposite like : weapons degradation 10% faster 

Edited August 30, 2020 by Zakfiel

[kcole4001]

3 hours ago, Zakfiel said:

I wish someone would make a comparaison before/after buying the trinket. Since it's Rockstar they may be bugged and do the opposite like : weapons degradation 10% faster 

I expect the trinkets work as advertised, however I would be the least surprised to find that they accelerated the degradation rate much more than 10%.

I'm very sure my guns are getting dirty a lot faster than they used to, it's definitely more than a 10% increase.

[ALifeOfMisery]

20 hours ago, kcole4001 said:

I expect the trinkets work as advertised, however I would be the least surprised to find that they accelerated the degradation rate much more than 10%.

I'm very sure my guns are getting dirty a lot faster than they used to, it's definitely more than a 10% increase.

I'm going through gun oil at a much faster rate than I ever have.

 

I've always been OCD about keeping my guns clean and they are definitely getting dirty quicker than they ever have, even with the trinket.

[fryday]

11 minutes ago, ALifeOfMisery said:

I'm going through gun oil at a much faster rate than I ever have.

 

I've always been OCD about keeping my guns clean and they are definitely getting dirty quicker than they ever have, even with the trinket.

I played 3 hours like I always do and today I had to use 3 gun oils per each weapon to keep it clean, that was definitive way to fast....

[TCA]

Pelts maybe but the picking herbs is definitely worth it. The others not so much. With your horses cores just buy the horse meal pamphlet as it’s half the cost of the trinket.

[Chunkey_Monkey]

I have all trinkets and the Herb one is the only one that shows a significant difference, Gun deterioration trinket is a total waste no difference or maybe even bugged as does feel as though im cleaning more 

[fryday]

28 minutes ago, Chunkey_Monkey said:

I have all trinkets and the Herb one is the only one that shows a significant difference, Gun deterioration trinket is a total waste no difference or maybe even bugged as does feel as though im cleaning more 

I have the theory that they increased the gun deterioration for everyone with the naturalists Update , so you have to Clean your guns way more Often, even with the trinket.

[DentureDynamite]

^^ Yeah; quite possible... I could care less about the money, but the hassle of cleaning and rapid degradation that starts impacting gunfights is what bothers me.

[C.E.Bolton]

I was thinking that i needed to clean my weapons more lately as well, but i assumed it was just that the rooms are smaller right now and ive been busier more with all the moonshiner, gang hide outs, poacher camps that have been spawning lately. You know, more use equating to them getting dirtier faster, but maybe not, maybe there is a problem with them.

[DarksunDaFirst]

On 8/30/2020 at 2:42 PM, kcole4001 said:

I expect the trinkets work as advertised, however I would be the least surprised to find that they accelerated the degradation rate much more than 10%.

I'm very sure my guns are getting dirty a lot faster than they used to, it's definitely more than a 10% increase.

I suspect that this is what they did.  I don't have the trinket yet and I've noticed my guns have been degrading a lot faster, and I'm a heavy bow user.  

So I'm assuming the trinket merely brings the degradation rate back to it's previous level (or close to it).

[OrionSR]

Buck Antler Trinket - Player has a higher chance of receiving better quality pelts and skins from animals in perfect condition.

 

I made some observations that suggests this trinket is working. It's more than can be accounted for by random glitches or not paying attention, My confidence is moderate but would increase significantly if others with the trinket reported similar observations that were refuted by players without. Fortunately, the current hypothesis can easily be tested with normal game play.

 

Hypothesis: Sometimes a small pristine animal when shot with a varmint rifle will be damaged to a good carcass on the ground but collect as a perfect carcass in the satchel.

 

I was hunting legendary animals and collecting chipmunks, frogs and toads to rebuild my stockpile of cheap, small carcass to donate for daily challenges while I searched. I was not concerned with the quality of the live animal; the dead carcasses were never perfect, which is expected when small game arrows are not used. I was using the varmint rifle with sedative ammo because the legendary animals were the primary goal. Including all live small animals make the success rate very low, but under these conditions I should never find perfect small animals in my recent satchel items - yet, there they are. The popup said perfect too; the satchel is easy confirmation.

[BUT THE BENZ]

^many perfect pelts are mixed within the loot these days, especially on poacher missions. just sayin. that aside, I also had a feeling that sometimes I got a 3star pelt when it should have been just a 2star, since I either used the wrong gun to put it down or didn't perfectly kill it and damaged the skin too much. I DO NOT use the trinket, it's the only trinket available for purchase though, the other 3 or 4 are greyed out. regardless, since the update there were definitely some surprising 3star pick-ups on my end too. a handful maybe...but I did see that aswell

[OrionSR]

1 hour ago, BUT THE BENZ said:

I DO NOT use the trinket, it's the only trinket available for purchase

Well,.. that seems to be strong evidence that this is not an accurate test. If you are getting similar results and don't own the trinket then I'm back to no noticeable effect for this trinket. Please try to confirm your observation with this specific hypothesis in mind. One perfect carcass (or skin) from a dead good animal on the ground without owning the trinket is enough to make the investigation pointless.

 

Good point, but I am confident I did not confuse random loot with the good carcass that was just picked up, displayed a perfect carcass being collected and shows that item first in the recent satchel items (recent is sometimes buggy too, though). Also, I don't remember ever collecting a small carcass as loot. Medium skins of various quality, but never a small carcass.

 

Edited September 5, 2020 by OrionSR

[BUT THE BENZ]

I will have an eye on it, promis'd. and no I didn't mean carcasses as loot...only pelts/skins there, true. I meant, I'd shoot a rabbit and it was 2star carcass on the ground but got 3star pelt when I skinned it. same with a 2star deer on the ground that turned into a 3star pick-up though. something like that. the more I think of it the blurrier the memory gets

 

[Failed Again]

Can't help but hear this, " City folks they will have Trinkets".

Bang bang

oh Friends, of course you do

 

more bang bang

Tricks are for kids.

 

okay, this pandemic is getting to me (sorry)

[kcole4001]

2 hours ago, OrionSR said:

Buck Antler Trinket - Player has a higher chance of receiving better quality pelts and skins from animals in perfect condition.

 

I made some observations that suggests this trinket is working. It's more than can be accounted for by random glitches or not paying attention, My confidence is moderate but would increase significantly if others with the trinket reported similar observations that were refuted by players without. Fortunately, the current hypothesis can easily be tested with normal game play.

 

Hypothesis: Sometimes a small pristine animal when shot with a varmint rifle will be damaged to a good carcass on the ground but collect as a perfect carcass in the satchel.

 

I was hunting legendary animals and collecting chipmunks, frogs and toads to rebuild my stockpile of cheap, small carcass to donate for daily challenges while I searched. I was not concerned with the quality of the live animal; the dead carcasses were never perfect, which is expected when small game arrows are not used. I was using the varmint rifle with sedative ammo because the legendary animals were the primary goal. Including all live small animals make the success rate very low, but under these conditions I should never find perfect small animals in my recent satchel items - yet, there they are. The popup said perfect too; the satchel is easy confirmation.

Just note the quality of the carcass then watch for the notification after you skin the animal to see what it is that goes in the satchel.

It's mainly snakes I get, got another today.

They're usually 3* before I shoot 'em, the varmint rifle turns 'em into a 2*, and fairly often I get a 3* notification.

 

They probably boost the likelihood for smaller animals, and reduce the chance for large like deer, cougars, gators, etc. though I did get a perfect bear pelt once after knocking it down to 2* with a jerked aim shot when the horse moved.

 

Can't say I'd be surprised if it was glitched to effect everyone.

Edited September 5, 2020 by kcole4001
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[JumpingKentFlash]

I still can’t find the jewellery needed for this

[fuzzyballs01]

9 hours ago, JumpingKentFlash said:

I still can’t find the jewellery needed for this

 

so use that online map thing to cheat? just google RDO interactive map

I use it sometimes to finish off a collection after the game bugged out, costing me a €625 trader sale

and when you think about it, it takes $200 worth of goods and about 4 hours for a full supply of goods, and there 2500xp for selling it

it's the only time where it doesn't feel like cheating, it feels like compensation

[Krommer]

On 2/21/2021 at 4:38 PM, fuzzyballs01 said:

so use that online map thing to cheat? just google RDO interactive map

I use it sometimes to finish off a collection after the game bugged out, costing me a €625 trader sale

 

You can't target some now, though (they might often be the random ones.)

 

I was very lucky on all the trinkets, already having the jewelry.

I'm pretty sure all I needed was the animal parts.

 

 

On 9/5/2020 at 4:15 PM, kcole4001 said:

They probably boost the likelihood for smaller animals, and reduce the chance for large like deer, cougars, gators, etc. though I did get a perfect bear pelt once after knocking it down to 2* with a jerked aim shot when the horse moved.

 

That trinket can ream you on the dailies, when trying to get 10/9 role dailies.

You have to be VERY careful when stacking the dailies, so I will shoot animals after they are dead to make sure they are "poor."

An example would be:

 

6 medium carcasses turned in.

3 perfect carcasses turned in.

 

So the last, of the 6 and the 3 (for them to stack for 10/9), would have to be a perfect medium carcass.

So I'm checking to make sure I'm not getting too many "perfect" to go off before that, then making sure

number 5 of the medium is shot up to "poor" (even if after it dies, since if it improves to perfect it would be 9/9 and you

won't get 10/9.)

 

Other players have mentioned that too, a surprise rise in quality possibly messing up trying to

get 10/9; it happens more than you would think, when you DON'T want it to happen 

 

Edited March 29, 2021 by Krommer

[Van_Hellsing]

I got all of them. Just for being a completionist.

 

Horse bonding has a significant impact. But I don't buy new horses that much. Just leading a new horse gets bonding up in no time without trinklet

 

Weapon degrading is slowed by 25% for my perception. Which is nice.

 

Herbs only works on spices, mint, oregano, thyme. Not on carrots or tobacco.

 

Perfect pelts is bs.

Edited April 4, 2021 by Van_Hellsing

[aaronBLUEeyes]

I don’t have perfect pelts nor bonding. A friend of mine has only gotten 1 perfect pelt since he got trinket and he is always, and I mean always animal hunting.

[kcole4001]

18 hours ago, aaronBLUEeyes said:

I don’t have perfect pelts nor bonding. A friend of mine has only gotten 1 perfect pelt since he got trinket and he is always, and I mean always animal hunting.

Since it only works for the ones that start as 3* and get knocked down to 2* by your shot it doesn't happen all of the time, but it does work.

I've received a significant amount of improved pelts because of the trinket, but I wouldn't say it's really worth the time & effort to acquire.

It really is only for the rich player who has nothing much else to buy/source, and the payoff is so small and unimportant that it's just not going to make much difference in the grand scheme of things.

Edited April 5, 2021 by kcole4001
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[aaronBLUEeyes]

What about adding NEW trinkets!? What are some ideas folks have?

[Dark Spark]

Incidentally, you can buy a trinket from Gus even if you haven't started either the Naturalist or Collector roles. Gus sells many things even if you are not a Naturalist, and you still collect jewelry and tarot cards without being a Collector. Sell Gus the appropriate animal parts, and if you find the right jewelry the option to buy a trinket will unlock (even though the collectibles do not actually appear in your satchel because you haven't bought into the Collector role).

Edited July 16, 2021 by Dark Spark