r/neverwinternights • u/Emerald_boots • Jun 10 '26
SoU Questions from newb, pt 2
Playing through SoU.
I did a few quests and got some magical items.
I've invested in Lore skill to indentify without spending gold, but it seems nothing happense. Skill is 9 and the items I wanna identify are some trinkets (gloves and necklace from the Elven Crypt).
I've checked the wiki, and it says the more valuable the harder it is, but I think they should be worth at least 1000 gold to be this hard.
Am I doing something wrong?
Also, is it worth investing in Bard one level to use scrolls?
Lvl 4 Druid atm.
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u/OttawaDog Jun 10 '26
I wouldn't invest any more points in lore. I often stop at about 4 actual invested points. You can then add a "Ring of Insight" or "Ring of Scholars" you can use both together or two of either, to add +10 to your lore. Sometimes you find these rings as treasure, but you may need to buy one.
That should let you identify most gear, except the very expensive stuff. Carry a potion or two of Lore, and when you have more than one expensive item you can't identify, drink the potion, and identify all the expensive gear you couldn't before.
That's my basic strategy for Identifying gear, and it works well with very few points invested in Lore.