By: Jackjones on 9/21/2024
Getting drunk in Wurm Online in order to increase the crafting difficulty is a controversial way to grind certain skills.
As a player’s skill rises, it becomes easier to craft things, thus reducing the skill ticks gained, eventually to zero. Alcohol impairs a player’s ability to perform crafting tasks. This temporarily increases the difficulty of crafting items in game. It is common knowledge that performing crafting tasks with a 75% chance of creation is optimal for skill gains.
Note: Alcohol offers no advantage in imping items for skill, and imping remains the best possible grinding method for a majority of crafting skills.
Intoxication is measured as a power between 0 and 100, with 100 being “perfectly drunk”. This power scales in proportion with the increased crafting difficulties.
Various drinks offer differing powers:
| Drink | Power |
|---|---|
| Moonshine | 40 |
| Whisky | 35 |
| Brandy | 35 |
| Vodka | 30 |
| Rum | 22 |
| Gin | 20 |
| Rice wine | 15 |
| Red wine | 13 |
| White wine | 11 |
| Cider | 8 |
| Mead | 6 |
| Beer | 4 |
Small sips of alcohol are recommended, which can be managed by using a reed pen or a measuring jug.
Alcohol is used to increase the difficulty of all cooking actions:
Also for any simple crafting creations or crafting with “continued” actions. This could be used at higher levels with skills that don’t have an “improvement” available.
Not much is mentioned about alcohol in other grinding guides. Many grinders consider alcohol to be too much effort for little gains.