Item categories

This is an overview over the item categories in The Long Journey Home.

No knowledge about the item categories is needed for playing the game. They can be helpful though to understand trade prices and to know which items are filtered out during cargo scans, or needed for some achievements.

Animals
All animals can be fed to the Raxact at their Blackmarkets for 50 or exchanged for a Grateful Sprout at a Vine Consensus city.



Biological material
Logos pay 200% and Raxact pay 50% for all dead bio matter. Logos Arbiters exchange biological material for a small medicine. Vine Consensus Avatars of Thorn can be convinced of the players good intentions by showing biological materials.



Box
All boxes can be opened to obtain a piece of Loot.



Drink
Cueddhaest confiscate drinks during cargo scans.



Glukkt VR Erotica
Wolphax pay 150% for Glukkt VR Erotica. They have no value for the Cueddhaest and they confiscate them during cargo scans. Showing them to Logos decreases the respect.

The player needs to collect them all to get the "15 MINUTES OF FAME" achievement.



Illegal artifacts
Ilitza pay 150% and Raxact 200% for illegal artifacts. They are worthless for Logos. Cueddhaest and Logos confiscate illegal items during cargo scans. They are the only items that the Meorcl do not confiscate during cargo scans.



Infested
Infested items are worthless and confiscated by Logos during cargo scans.



Loot
These items are the standard loot obtained (next to resources) by destroying alien ships, or opening boxes.



Meat
Raxact love meat, so the pay 400%. It is worthless for the Wolphax. Cueddhaest confiscate it during cargo scans.



Medicine
Wolphax pay 150% and Raxact pay 200% for medicine.

Not for sale
These items are not shown in the merchant trade interface and not confiscated during cargo scans.



Not showable
These items cannot be shown during conversations.



Passenger
Passengers can be sold into Ilitza slavery or to Raxact Blackmarkets for 150 (Raxact exceptions: Toby & Cueddhaest). Passengers are also confiscated by Ilitza during cargo scans. Wolphax will attack immediately, if they find a passenger during a cargo scan.



Personal items of the crew
Meorcl pay 150% for personal items. They have no value for the Ilitza.



Poison
Ilitza pay 150% for poison.



Relics
Cueddhaest pay 150%, Glukkt pay 200%, and Ilitza only 50% of the base price for relics. Glukkt confiscate all relics during cargo scans.

Collecting and storing 5 relics at a time in the ship unlocks the '' HOARDERS" achievement.



Shop
Shops sell a subset of the following items (except of the Raxact Blackmarkets). Hospitals sell only medicine.

Technical devices
Reeve pay 200% for all technical devices. They have no value for the Cueddhaest. Ilitza confiscate them during cargo scans.



Trophies
Glukkt confiscate trophies during cargo scans.



Alien categories
In most dialogs, the alien category is responsible for the triggered answer. For example: If you show Ilitza Alcohol to any alien, it will be identified as an Ilitza artifact and the alien will comment on the Ilitza in general.

Avulco
Meorcl pay 200% for Avulco items.



Jassikan
Wolphax pay 200% for Jassikan technical devices. Cueddhaest confiscate them during cargo scans.



Maylaa
Cueddhaest pay 150% for Maylaa items.



Tchansu
Cueddhaest pay 150% for Tchansu items.



Xaquindi
Ilitza pay 150% for Xaquindi artifacts and they confiscate them during cargo scans.