Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-34970544-20180807001522/@comment-35065776-20180807050543

Ollie, I'd like to be on your friends list too. My code is 07YLKD.

The artifact Grace mentioned is called Looking into Future. it gives you a 50% increased chance of finding Runes, Flowers and Flasks and lasts for 1 day.

The collections needed to make this artifact are all available to relatively low-level players, although some of them are relatively difficult drops:

Tarot Deck  (Ancient Cards) - collection gives 2 magic lanterns

Relaxation  (Ancient Cards) - collection gives Viennese Coffee

Spy Equipment  (Train Station) - collection gives 2 spinning tops

Herbal Tea  (Observatory) - collection gives 2 eyeglasses!!

Precious Crystals  (Treasure Box) - collection gives a club (woohoo!)

~ once you have been able to make this Artifact, I'd recommend using it with a Seeker's Star and Magic Folio for maximum productivity; make sure you have as much time as possible available to play, since it lasts an entire day and you can't pause it. So have a few of the above-mentioned talismns available too before you start.

My method of accumulating the reagents (flasks, runes, flowers) is of limited value since it's based in part on how far I've advanced in the game - I basically play with talismans running (Eagle Eye or Seeker's Star), which helps to generate more than the minimal items that drop from any room. And I wait until I have enough of them to last for at least a 2-hour session with a Magisterium.

It's not much help, but I found (as we all eventually do) that our inventories gradually become more bountiful as the game progresses - first you get enough keys and diagrams to make some good talismans, then you use them to find as many Collection Items as possible (focusing on whatever rooms are responsible for the Collection Items you want or need the most); then if you're lucky you can complete more collections that make up more artifacts, and it kind of snowballs while you aren't looking. The snowballing is essentially inevitable, so don't despair. And DO rely on your friends - this community is basically here to help each other, and we don't hold back, as a rule, when someone needs something. So add friends from here and brother, you won't believe your eyes! And I had the same reservations about putting Cotton and Dragonflies on my wish list, since yeah - they're the most complex crafted items there are. But people here don't care about that - they're all about sharing and paying it forward. We all have asked for Cotton and Dragonflies at one point, and were never disappointed - so it's the leaset we can do to give back to the community the way it has given to us. :-)

Now for a little more helpful info - while I am currently trying to get the collections together to make myself one of the Looking into Future artifacts, I do have doubles and triples of some of the items needed, and I know I have a complete Spy Equipment collection I can send you (once the sending/gifting problem is fixed, of course) - so invite me as a friend, like the others, and together we'll get you up and running as fast as we can!