Are Clams worth empowering for?

[Tuidjy]

I do not think it's worth empowering. If I remember correctly, you have a chance
to roll a mage who can forge them out of the box. The chances may be minimal,
but I know I got one both times I played them in MP. Unless you have a huge
stash of water gems sitting in your lab, I'd say just recruit enough... Skratti?

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Yes, I just checked it. Any Jarl can forge a +1 water robe, and Skratti with
a nature pick are common. Empowering would be a hell of a waste of gems.

[Valandil]

Neifelheim afaik cannot get a nature random on a water mage. I'm pretty sure gygjor don't have a chance for water either.

One empowerment, followed by a clam a turn for the rest of the game, would break even in... fiftyish turns?
Probably not worth it.

[Sombre]

Gygjor don't get water.

I don't think long term stuff like this is usually worth it. Clam spamming is also incredibly boring and is the kind of stuff that makes people just quit the game and say 'fine you win' if you actually pull it off. Not something I'd ever feel like doing.

[llamabeast]

1 clam a turn would break even a lot sooner than 50ish turns. After 10 turns you'd have produced 55 pearls, which covers the cost of the empowerment. And each clam covers its own cost fairly quickly.

I reckon after 25 turns you've probably pretty much covered your costs, and you're raking in a fortune from then on.

[solo]

Valandil said:
Neifelheim afaik cannot get a nature random on a water mage. I'm pretty sure gygjor don't have a chance for water either.

A Skratti has a chance for a Nature random. Then all you need is a water bracelet to start clamming.

[lillumultipass]

Ok, thanks for the infos. I will check my skrattis, but I do not think I have one with N1.

Anyhow, I agree that clamming is a lot of micromanagement, but, what else should I do to get astral pearls???

[Nikolai]

> A Skratti has a chance for a Nature random. Then all you need is a water bracelet to start clamming.

Water Bracelet is level 6. Better to make Jarl forge Water 3 robe - costs more, but you can start forging.

[Micah]

There's also the fact that pearls are so much more useful than water gems (except for a modest supply for the cheap water items...quickness items, FR items, and frost brands...only 5-10 gems for all or almost all of them). The only big water expenditure I'd really consider are the Queens. So if you've got a significant water income Clamming makes a lot of sense.

[Sandman]

It's probably more efficient just to alchemise.