Pearl

''This page only covers some of the uses of Pearls. For their contents, visit the Pearl/Dialogue page.''

Pearls, referred to in-code as Data Pearls, are small, shiny spheres found throughout the game. Their primary use early-game is for trading with, who value them highly. Most pearls are white in color.

Colored Pearls, referred to in-code as Unique Data Pearls, are special non-white pearls that can only be found at their specific locations. These colored pearls have a special use later in the game related to the history and lore of the world, but they are not required to complete the game and do not give any sort of mechanical advantage to the player.

Trading
Scavengers value pearls and higher than any other object, allowing the player to increase their reputation by giving pearls as gifts. Scavengers will drop items for the player when given pearls or other objects according to their value. s typically carry many valuable weapons and items, which makes trading with them more worthwhile. Pearls can also be used as payment for passing through a.

Giving pearls to scavengers is the most effective strategy for getting the Chieftain achievement, and touching colored pearls will give one pip each towards the Scholar achievement*.

Colored pearls are worth the same amount to Scavengers as white pearls, and any colored pearl given to Scavengers will be lost forever, unless Key Item Tracking is toggled in the Remix menu, in which case the pearl will spawn close to where it was taken.

Colored Pearls
Without Key Item Tracking, colored pearls that have been either moved from their original location and left in the rain or taken by Scavengers will be lost and will never reappear. Because of this, it is recommended that new players interested in uncovering lore either leave colored pearls where they are or store them in a secure shelter until their use is found. Items stored in shelters will persist even if the player sleeps in a different shelter or closes the game.

Colored pearls are replaced by "blank" gray or black pearls in or 's campaign.