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Trash Divining adds a small chance that the player character discovers a random [[secret]] when they rifle through | Trash Divining adds a small chance that the player character discovers a random [[secret]] when they rifle through {{favilink|trash}}. Creatures can use the{{color | W | Rifle through Trash}} ability after they learn the [[Scavenger]] skill in the [[Tinkering]] skill tree. | ||
'''Important:''' Learn Scavenger first. Trash Divining is useless without Scavenger. | '''Important:''' Learn Scavenger first. Trash Divining is useless without Scavenger. | ||
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=== Advantages === | === Advantages === | ||
* Normally the player must spend [[reputation]], | * Normally the player must spend [[reputation]], cook with expensive and rare {{favilink|psychal gland paste}}, or just get lucky to find secrets. Trash Divining significantly increases the player's opportunities to find secrets with minimal effort. | ||
* Trash Divining can find | * Trash Divining can find high-value secrets like {{favilink|historic sites}}, {{favilink|Stopsvalinn}}, or the location of {{favilink|The Ruin of House Isner}}. | ||
* | * Rifling in bulk offsets the low percentage chance. Discover a lot of secrets (and scrap) at places with a lot of trash, like a {{favilink|rusty biome|}} or {{favilink|Golgotha}}. | ||
=== Disadvantages === | === Disadvantages === | ||
* Trash Divining is | * Trash Divining is an expensive skill. To use Trash Divining, the player character must first have Tinkering, Scavenger, and [[Customs and Folklore]]. Assuming that the player character has none of these skills to start, the total skill point cost for Trash Divining is 500 skill points: 100 for Tinkering, 100 for Scavenger, 150 for Customs and Folklore, and 150 for Trash Divining. | ||
* The Intelligence requirement (21) is relatively high, so only some builds will have access to it in the early to midgame. | * The Intelligence requirement (21) is relatively high, so only some builds will have access to it in the early to midgame. | ||
* The majority of secrets in the game are of dubious use to the player. Trash Divining is just as likely to reveal the location of a Historic Site as it is to reveal random gossip. | * The majority of secrets in the game are of dubious use to the player. Trash Divining is just as likely to reveal the location of a Historic Site as it is to reveal random gossip. | ||