Scout Archive

On the face of it, it's a stupid question. But I honestly haven't been able to figure it out. I just took on novice scout yesterday because I wanted to be able to build camps for safe logouts in themiddle of the wilderness.

I have my basic camp kit. But when I click on it nothing happens. When I double click on it nothing happens. When I click and hold the mouse button on it nothing happens, no radial menu, nothing. I figured maybe I need one of them generic crafting tools; but aren't those for artisans? Anyway, could someone please help me out of my horrific ignorance, please.

Thanks,

Yes, you do need a generic crafting tool. You need to craft your camps from hides and bones that you harvest off of the creatures you slay. Is the camp kit you're talking about in your datapad? That is just the blueprint for creating the actual camp with a crafting tool. Once you have crafted it, you will get a camp kit in your inventory. At that point, you can use that to create the camp.

Good luck scouting!

I figured that was the case, so I placed a bid on a generic crafting tool yesterday. There were three of them in the galaxy and they were all on auction (c'mon!). You'd think they'd be a dime a dozen.

Anyway, thanks for confirming I was at least on the right track.

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ZalTaur wrote:

I just took on novice scout yesterday because I wanted to be able to build camps for safe logouts in themiddle of the wilderness.

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Camps in the wilderness don't make a difference for logging out. You don't get xp when you leave and the camp is gone when you log back in. Just have a seat and /logout or /quit.

-Korann

Theed, Naboo, Starsider

If you also take up artizan, I believe they give you a generic crafting tool.

If you take novice scout, you should get a generic crafting tool, along with 1 basic camp kit, and some basic traps. If the basic camp kit is in your inventory, you should be able to double-click it and it will either set up on the ground, or tell you that you're in a no-build zone. That means that you're not far enough away from the city to set up a camp. You need to be at least 1000m away for a camp setup. Good luck and have fun!

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The thing is...if you didn't start as a Scout or as an Artisan, you won't get those items when you train for Novice Scout/Artisan in game. So if you start as a Brawler, forexample,and then pick up Novice Scout one day, the trainer won't give you the starting items. You'll have to get them from a bazaar, or have any artisan craft one for you real quick.

Oh, I didn't know that. My bad.

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