Caravan & Followers

Caravan is a feature that has been added in the big update Rags to Riches. See Development roadmap and have a look at the planned updates.

The Caravan

In Rags to Riches update, the Caravan cart can be obtained in Osbrook or in Oaken Barrel Brewery depending on how you completed the Fate of the Brewery quest. After you obtained the caravan, Verren will acts as a driver and urge you to go to Brynn for the next quest: Gwynnel's Answers. After you finished the quest, Verren will set your caravan's camp on the north-east steppe of Brynn. Talk to Verren and he will ask you to set the Caravan Banner that can be accessed on the book beside your bed in the caravan. With this task, Verren taught the players about how and what upgrade that you can make in the caravan system.

Afterwards you are free to roam, but Verren will advise you to go to Mannshire to exchange Old Contract that he got from random mercenary's corpse in the abbey to the Knud the Mannshire's elder. You can go to the Mannshire and now the caravan system is fully playable by the players and can be used to transport to a node of the map that is not Point of Interest, field with roads, and field near body of water, or nodes that haven't explored by the player or by using the map.

Caravan Features

There were several features that is implemented for Caravan System in Rags to Riches update, such as:

Transportation

• Caravan's main feature will be to quickly traverse the Global Map. You will be able to move the Caravan to any tile that isn't occupied by a Camp, Dungeon, other Point of Interest, field with road, and field near body of water.
• Caravan will only travel in the Global Map screen, you won't see it moving real-time.
• Moving the Caravan will cost fodder that will be scaled by how far the journey and your caravan upgrades.
• After Moving the Caravan, there will be cooldown period which you cannot use Caravan travel. You can nullified the cooldown with Darrel's Forced March perk.
• Caravan can only go to a location that you visited or explored by using Maps. Devs explained they don't want to make travelling on foot completely obsolete either.

Storage

• You will be able to store items in the Caravan, just like you can store them in chest in taverns/inns.
• Caravan chest is shaped in 20*10 slots, which means you can store items in 200 Inventory slots for Caravan chest.
• You can have up to 4 Caravan chests if it fully upgraded, so the Caravan can store 800 Inventory slots of items.
• Caravan inventory will only be accessible when interacting with the stash directly, it won't help you manage your inventory in the middle of a dungeon.
• You can trade your items in the Caravan's chest with merchants if you set camp 2 tiles from the settlement. Vice versa you also can buy items or commodities from merchants and let it transferred into the caravan. If you set caravan camp near the settlement, you can see there is storage icon in the left border of inventory tab if you trade with someone. You can upgrade the Caravan trade range by 3 tiles with Darrel's Safe Routes perk.

Other features

• Caravan is meant to serve as a "mobile home", offering a saving point in the wilderness, and probably other services to help you explore area far from settlements.
• You will be able to hire certain followers and take them with the Caravan. These followers will stay with the Caravan, you won't be able to bring them with you into a Dungeon.
• Some Caravan features only available if you upgraded specific schemata in the Caravan's upgrade book.
• Other Caravan features that can be implemented after you upgraded the Caravan are: Cooking, Crafting, Praying, Food and Herb generating system, and Alchemy.

Caravan Upgrades

In Rags to Riches there are 25 Caravan Upgrades that are shown in the Caravan Book and 24 upgrades that already implemented. Some Caravan upgrades need some materials, ingredients, and loots that can be obtained in the dungeon or other area, while some items are specifically need to be bought on certain merchants and from Verren himself. The upgrade tabs for caravan are divided into 4 categories that are: Provision, Restoration, Traveling, and Communication.

Provision

Firepit

• Adds firepit to the center of the camp.
• Allow to roast basic ingredients.
• Upgrade materials: Automatically upgraded when Caravan unlocked.

Workbench

• Adds workbench to the east of the Caravan.
• Allow to craft advanced consumables.
• Upgrade materials: Toolbox, 2x Nails.

Cooking Spot

• Adds Cauldron to the firepit.
• Allow to cook proper dishes.
• Cooking in the camp replenishes Morale depending on the complexity of the recipe.
• Upgrade materials: Huge Cauldron, Ladle, 2x Coal Chunk.

Alchemy Station

• Upgrade materials: Alchemy Apparatus.
• Hasn't been implemented yet in Rags to Riches.

Foraging Table

• Adds foraging table to the west of the camp.
• Allow Verren and other followers you recruited to forage herbs, mushrooms, and berries on the surrounding field.
• Foraging table can contain maximum 4 foraged loots.
• Upgrade materials: Foraging Supplies, Shovel, Sickle.

Chicken Coop

• Adds chicken coop and 2 chickens to the west of the camp.
• Allow your character to harvest eggs in the chicken coop regularly.
• You can kill and pluck chicken in the chicken coop for drumstick, chicken will not generate eggs if there no chicken left, chicken reappeared proximity in a week.
• Upgrade materials: Sacks of Grain, Bucket, Cages with Chickens.

Special Spices

• Adds spices above the cauldron.
• Allow to passively reduced -75% spoiling speed of ingredients and foods in Caravan Storage.
• Cooking in the camp now replenishes Sanity depending on the complexity of the recipe.
• Upgrade materials: Spice box, 2x Ginger Root, 2x Spearmint, 2x Leek, 2 Garlic, 2 Onion.

Restoration

Straw Bed

• Adds sleeping spot to the Camp.
• Allow your character to sleep and save, capable of granting Vigor.
• Upgrade materials: Automatically upgraded when Caravan unlocked.

Praying Spot

• Adds praying spot next to the Camp.
• Allow your character to pray and granted Blessing buff for 1400 turns.
• Upgrade materials: Hieronite Altar, Ritual Candles, Altar Bell.

Offering Spot

• Adds offering spot next to the Camp exclusive if you play as Jorgrim.
• Allow Jorgrim to pray and granted Ancestors' Gaze buff.

• Upgrading materials: Lesser Runic Stone, Candle-end, Skull.

Modest Tent

• Upgrade your sleeping spot into Modest Tent.
• Allow sleeping in the Camp 25% more Vigor and twice as effective at reducing Fatigue.
• Upgrade materials: Canvas Tent Roll, Rope, Spool of Thread, 2x Straw.

Training Area

• Adds two training dummies to the south east Camp.
• Allow your character to test weapons, abilities, and combat.
• You can change training dummies armor by click RMB to the training dummies, they can change into unarmored, light armored, and heavy armored.
• Upgrade materials: Straw Dummy, 2x Straw.

Soothing Incenses

• Upgrade your tent with soothing incense.
• Allow sleeping in the Camp 3 times effectiveness at restoring Morale and Sanity and also removes all negative Psyche Effects.
• Upgrade materials: Incense Burner, Censer, 2x Incense.

Roomy Tent

• Upgrade your tent into Roomy Tent.
• Allow maximum duration of Vigor from sleeping in the Camp to 1800 turns.
• Sleeping in the camp now 3 times as effective at reducing Fatigue.
• Upgrade materials: Hardy Tent Cloth, Rope, Spool of Thread, 3x Straw.

Herbal Remedies

• Upgrade your tent with herbal remedies.
• Allow sleeping in the Camp to 50% more effective at restoring Health and Bodyparts' Condition also grant 1% Immunity for each hour of sleep.
• If you installed Foraging Table, increase the bonuses to 100% and 1.5% repectively
• Upgrade materials: Apothecary Box, 2x Mindwort, 2x Thyme, 2x Burnet.

Traveling

Hitching Post

• Adds tethering post to the Camp.
• Upgrade materials: Automatically upgraded when Caravan unlocked.

Old Cart

• Adds the main Cart to the Camp.
• Upgrade materials: Automatically upgraded when Caravan unlocked.

Worn Chests

• Adds Storage to the Camp.
• Allow you to store 200 Inventory slots.
• Upgrade materials: Automatically upgraded when Caravan unlocked.

Sturdy Wheels

• Adds Sturdy Wheels to your Caravan.
• Allow your Caravan to have +25% Range and +20% Speed.
• Upgrade materials: Set of Sturdy Wheels, Bottle of Oil, Carpenter Hammer.

Sturdy Chests

• Adds 1 more chests to the Caravan Storage.
• Allow you to expand Caravan Storage to 400 Inventory slots.
• Upgrade materials: Sturdy Chests, 2x Nails.

Fitting Accouterments

• Adds reins to your horses.
• Allow your Caravan to gain +20% Speed and -10% Fodder consumption.
• Upgrade materials: Quality Reins, 2x Nails, 8x Horseshoe.

Ironbound Wheels

• Adds Ironbound Wheels to your Caravan.
• Allow your Caravan to gain -33% Caravan Rest Duration and -10% Fodder consumption.
• Upgrade materials: Set of Ironbound Wheels, 2x Bottle of Oil, 4x Nails.

Spacious Chests

• Adds 1 more chests to the Caravan Storage.
• Allow you to expand Caravan Storage to 600 Inventory slots.
• Upgrade materials: Spacious Chests, 2x Rope, 4x Nails.

Custom-Made Gear

• Adds Reinforced Harness to your horses.
• Allow your Caravan to gain -33% Caravan Rest Duration and +25 Caravan Range
• Upgrade materials: Reinforced Harness, Bolt of Cloth, Rope.

Ironbound Chests

• Adds 1 more chests to the Caravan Storage.
• Allow you to expand Caravan Storage to 800 Inventory slots.
• Upgrade materials: Ironbound Chests, 3x Rope, 5x Nails.

Communication

Caravan Banner

• Adds flagpole to the Camp.
• Allow you to raise a Banner and gain buff from it.
• Upgrade materials: Foldable Flagpole.

Messenger Pigeons

• Adds messenger pigeon cage to the Camp.
• For a couple days it will generate messenger pigeon that can be brought to the inventory.
• You can use messenger pigeon outside the Camp to move the Caravan without needing to go to talk to Verren.
• Upgrade materials: Cage with Pigeons, Sacks of Grain, Bucket.

Web of Contracts

• Adds Pile of Letters near the Caravan Banner.
• Allow you to gain Reputation if you killing enemies in area of influence of the settlement.
• Extends the standard time limit for contracts by +1 day.
• Upgrade materials: Pile of Letters (Can only be purchasable from Verren for 2000 crowns).

Old Favors

• Adds Pile of Letters near the Caravan Banner.
• Allow you gain 50% Reputation if you completed contracts in settlement with negative Situations.
• Grant 10% Reputation Gain for each settlement you've achieved Respect with.
• The "Common Cause" Reputation Perk works up to Amity rather than Benevolence.
• Upgrade materials: Signed Permit (Can only be purchasable from Verren for 2000 crowns)..

Local Informants

• Adds Hanged Letters near the Caravan Banner.
• Allow you to gain -25% Ambush chance.
• Setting Camp reveals the terrain and certain location within 4 tiles.
• Display Situations and Conditions affecting settlements and dungeons when inspecting them on the map.
• Upgrade materials: Directives (Can only be purchasable from Verren for 2000 crowns).

Trade Preferences

• Adds Pile of Letters near the Caravan Banner.
• Allow you to gain +10% profits from selling Commodities.
• Selling Commodities in settlements grants Reputation for 5% of the crown earned from the deal (15% in settlement with negative Situations).
• Upgrade materials: Letter of Trading Authority (Can only be purchasable from Verren for 3000 crowns).

Trivia

• Formerly the Caravan was called Caravan of Companions.
• It is assumed that the player leads the Caravan in Stoneshard instead of Verren.

Page last edited during patch: 0.9.1.0