Pearl

''This page only covers some of the uses of Pearls. For 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 s, who value them highly. Most Pearls are white in color and only respawn in.

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 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 achievement, and touching Colored Pearls grants one pip each towards  achievement.

Colored Pearls are worth the same amount to Scavengers as white Pearls, and any Colored Pearl given to Scavengers are lost forever, unless Key Item Tracking is toggled in the Remix menu, in which case the Pearl spawns close to where it was lost.

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 are lost and 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 until their use is found. Items stored in Shelters 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.

Trivia

 * Five Pebbles describes blank pearls as a useless diamond sphere with refractive properties.
 * Despite this, some are said to be scratched by sharp objects or drilled through by scavengers, which is incredibly difficult due to diamond's hardness in the real world