Spices

Spices is an item. It is mostly acquired for completing ship missions. It is mostly used for upgrading buildings and crafting items in Food Stall. Note that this page contains **only** acquisitions and uses for Spices. For example, for crafting a certain item, additional items might be needed.

### Mostly used for:

Upgrading buildings and crafting items in Food Stall.

### Overlimit experience

50 Experience

*Decimals are rounded down to the nearest integer.*

## Acquisitions

Spices can be acquired by:

* **Completing ship missions.**

	+ *Spicy Odyssey: 1 x Spices per segment (on average).*
	+ *Possible durations:*
		- *Costs: 16 x Coin.*
		- *Requires: Ship lvl. 4.*
		- *Duration: 48h.*
			* *43h 12m (with 10% boost)*
			* *38h 24m (with 20% boost)*
			* *33h 36m (with 30% boost)*
			* *28h 48m (with 40% boost)*
			* *24h (with 50% boost)*
	+ *Random event: 1 x Spices per ship mission (random drop rate).*
		- *The odds depend on artifacts and the length of the ship mission (but not the type of ship mission).*
		- *With all relevant artifacts, the odds of finding a Spices is 25% on a 24h ship mission.*
* **Completing caravan missions.**

	+ *City: Delhi.*
	+ *Capacity: 1 x Spices per mission.*
	+ *Cost: 120 x Dinar => 1 x Spices.*
	+ *Travel time:*
		- *16h (with 0% boost)*
		- *14h 24m (with 10% boost)*
		- *12h 48m (with 20% boost)*
		- *11h 12m (with 30% boost)*
		- *9h 36m (with 40% boost)*
		- *8h (with 50% boost)*
	+ *Required to unlock Delhi:*
		- *1 x Olive oil*
		- *1 x Glass*
		- *1 x Honey*
	+ *Also requires Caravan lvl. 3 and the Spicy Odyssey quest (Ship lvl. 4).*
* **Completing quests.**
	+ *Mosaic #9: 5 x Spices.*
	+ *Once Upon a Forest Chapter XV: 1 x Spices.*
		- *This chapter unlocks upon completing Chapter XIV. Requires visiting F1, then F2 and interacting with all creatures.*

## Uses

Spices can be used for:

* **Upgrading buildings.**
	+ *Pagoda:*
		- *Level 6: 5 x Spices*
	+ *Food Stall:*
		- *Level 2: 5 x Spices*
		- *Level 3: 3 x Spices*
	+ *Caravan:*
		- *Level 4: 5 x Spices*
	+ *Ship:*
		- *Level 3: 1 x Spices*
		- *Level 4: 2 x Spices*
* **Crafting items.**
	+ *Food Stall:*
		- *1 x Ramen: 1 x Spices*
		- *1 x Ramen: 1 x Spices*
		- *1 x Curry: 4 x Spices*
	+ *Alchemist's Hut:*
		- *6 x Potion "Berserker rage": 1 x Spices*
* **Researching technologies.**
	+ *Alchemist's Hut:*
		- *Potion "Berserker rage": 3 x Spices*
	+ *Food Stall:*
		- *Quintessence of taste: 1 x Spices*
* **Buying items on caravan missions.**
	+ *1 x Spices => 50 x Dinar.*
* **Crafting maps in Expedition.**
	+ *Smuggler's map Chapter IV: 10 x Spices.*
* **Selling it in Shop.**
	+ *1 x Spices => 10 x Coin.*
		- *Shop lvl. 1: maximum 15 x Spices per cycle (150 Coin limit).*
		- *Shop lvl. 3: maximum 60 x Spices per cycle (600 Coin limit).*
		- *Pre-orders: maximum 90 x Spices per cycle (900 Coin limit).*
* **Buying items in Bourse.**
	+ *1 x Spices => 3 x Coffee beans.*
		- *Maximum 5 x Spices (5 trades) per cycle.*
		- Ship section (requires: Ship).
	+ *10 x Spices => 1 x Smuggler's map Chapter IV.*
		- *One time purchase.*
		- Smuggler section (requires: Completing quest: Chapter II : Smuggler's map).
	+ *7 x Spices => 1 x Ruby.*
		- *Maximum 7 x Spices (1 trades) per cycle.*
		- Smuggler section (requires: Completing quest: Chapter II : Smuggler's map).

## Tips

* Acquiring Spices from ship missions is cheaper than from caravan missions.
* It's recommended to visit Delhi at least once in order to complete the Silk Road quest.