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Rydian wrote on 2014-06-01 05:44
I'm considering picking up one of them to pick up my collected ore fragments in the hillwen mines.
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Shanghai wrote on 2014-06-01 06:40
IIRC, it just picks up whatever is in it's general vicinity. If it fits in the inventory, it goes in the inventory. If it's an item that isn't your own or the item's too big to fit in it's inventory, it'll attempt to pick it up only to whine and look for a new item to pick up. I don't think Devcat implemented any smart finding system for it, ever.
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Rydian wrote on 2014-06-01 10:37
Alright, got it. It does NOT rely on "Fetch!" to get items. It'll run around on it's own and constantly pick up stuff.
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Gaby5011 wrote on 2014-06-01 16:02
Yes ^. But if somebody else is gathering nearby, it'll try to pickup the other person's item(s) as well, wasting time on your items. And the picking speed is shitty slow.
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Froglord of DESTINY!!! wrote on 2014-06-02 01:45
Doesn't work on cobwebs either, so don't buy one for weaving.
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tauntbreaker wrote on 2014-06-07 04:29
Works great for magic minearology and ecology, but only if no other players are nearby. otherwise it will try and pick up other players drops which is bad because it will waste time picking your own items. usually it will waste so much time trying to pick up other players drops, that some of your own drops will dissappear before it can pick it up. pretty useless outside ecology and minerology. and for sheeps and herb picking and other stuff, a partner is much more useful cause u get x2 drops
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Rydian wrote on 2014-06-07 17:17
Yeah I got it mainly for the alternate ores and unknowns in hillwen, and the random herbs and shyllien from ecology (as I need some of that for engineering).
I went and updated the wiki with the clarification.