Basil

Basil

NPC: Stranger Role(s): Vendor: Traveling Merchant Primary Location(s): Clockwork Terminals Mission lobbies

Basil is an NPC.

Appearance

Basil is a stranger wearing a beige and brown robe with a headlamp-equipped hat. He totes a large rucksack on his back. Unlike many other strangers, there aren't any snipes perched on him.

Notes

This character has been in the game since release 2011-04-04 when the game officially launched.

At some point, the color of Basil's hat was changed from grey to the current beige. This was likely changed with release 2012-01-30. He still have this hat in the clockwork's terminals in arcade.

Basil is currently the only stranger in the game to wear the Stranger Hat instead of the Stranger Cap. Quince used to wear one too, before they were removed in ???.

Gallery

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  Basil in a Clockwork Terminal.

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  Basil in a mission lobby.

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  Basil in a Danger Mission lobby.

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  Basil's inventory with no items. Note the gray hat that is only present if you see them in the Clockwork Terminal.

Wares

Clockwork Terminals

Basil appears in the Clockwork Terminals at depths 4, 13, and 23 of the Clockworks. Knights who join the party on Basil's level, or on the level just before Basil, are not allowed buy any recipes. All other knights in the party are offered the same list of 6-25 randomly chosen recipes. At depth 4, he offers 1- and 2-star recipes, including at least one of the latter. At depth 13, he offers 2*, 3*, and 4* recipes, including at least one of the latter. At depth 23, he offers 4* and 5* recipes, including at least one of the latter.

His prices are as follows:

Star	Crowns	Depth 4	Depth 13	Depth 23
★☆☆☆☆	250	Yes	No	No
★★☆☆☆	1,000	Yes	Yes	No
★★★☆☆	4,000	No	Yes	No
★★★★☆	10,000	No	Yes	Yes
★★★★★	25,000	No	No	Yes

While many recipes are available from Hall of Heroes or other vendors, there are a number of recipes available only from Basil in Clockwork Terminals. These include recipes for items on alchemy paths originating from boss-dropped tokens and all 3-star "breaker" series recipes, such as Blazebreak Armor and Surge Breaker Shield.

List of Basil-only recipes
★★★☆☆	★★★★☆	★★★★★
Lightning Capacitor		Voltaic Tempest
Scarlet Shield
Twisted Snarble Barb	Dark Thorn Blade	Barbarous Thorn Blade
Twisted Spine Cone	Spike Shower	Dark Briar Barrage
Twisted Targe	Dark Thorn Shield	Barbarous Thorn Shield
	Graviton Bomb
Elemental Blaster	Fusion Blaster	Arcana
Pierce Blaster	Breach Blaster	Riftlocker
Shadow Blaster	Umbral Blaster	Phantamos
Dark Chaingun	Black Chaingun	Grim Repeater
Tundrus	Mega Tundrus	Winter Grave
	Silversix	Argent Peacemaker
	Raptor	Gilded Griffin
	Blackhawk	Sentenza
	Avenger	Divine Avenger
	Faust	Gran Faust
Kilowatt Pulsar	Gigawatt Pulsar	Polaris
Heavy Pulsar	Radiant Pulsar	Supernova
Flaming Pulsar	Blazing Pulsar	Wildfire
Freezing Pulsar	Frozen Pulsar	Permafroster
Industrial Catalyzer	Volatile Catalyzer	Neutralizer
Toxic Catalyzer	Virulent Catalyzer	Biohazard
		Mercurial Helm
		Mercurial Mail
		Crest of Almire
Blazebreak Armor
Blazebreak Helm
Blazebreak Shield
Blizzbreaker Armor
Blizzbreaker Helm
Blizzbreaker Shield
Surge Breaker Armor
Surge Breaker Helm
Surge Breaker Shield
Woven Falcon Pathfinder Armor	Plated Falcon Pathfinder Armor	Sacred Falcon Pathfinder Armor
		Sacred Falcon Guerrilla Armor
		Sacred Falcon Hazard Armor
Woven Firefly Pathfinder Armor	Plated Firefly Pathfinder Armor	Sacred Firefly Pathfinder Armor
		Sacred Firefly Guerrilla Armor
		Sacred Firefly Hazard Armor
Woven Grizzly Pathfinder Armor	Plated Grizzly Pathfinder Armor	Sacred Grizzly Pathfinder Armor
		Sacred Grizzly Guerrilla Armor
		Sacred Grizzly Hazard Armor
Woven Snakebite Pathfinder Armor	Plated Snakebite Pathfinder Armor	Sacred Snakebite Pathfinder Armor
		Sacred Snakebite Guerrilla Armor
		Sacred Snakebite Hazard Armor
Woven Falcon Sentinel Armor	Plated Falcon Sentinel Armor	Sacred Falcon Sentinel Armor
		Sacred Falcon Keeper Armor
		Sacred Falcon Wraith Armor
Woven Firefly Sentinel Armor	Plated Firefly Sentinel Armor	Sacred Firefly Sentinel Armor
		Sacred Firefly Keeper Armor
		Sacred Firefly Wraith Armor
Woven Grizzly Sentinel Armor	Plated Grizzly Sentinel Armor	Sacred Grizzly Sentinel Armor
		Sacred Grizzly Keeper Armor
		Sacred Grizzly Wraith Armor
Woven Snakebite Sentinel Armor	Plated Snakebite Sentinel Armor	Sacred Snakebite Sentinel Armor
		Sacred Snakebite Keeper Armor
		Sacred Snakebite Wraith Armor
Woven Falcon Shade Armor	Plated Falcon Shade Armor	Sacred Falcon Shade Armor
		Sacred Falcon Ghost Armor
		Sacred Falcon Hex Armor
Woven Firefly Shade Armor	Plated Firefly Shade Armor	Sacred Firefly Shade Armor
		Sacred Firefly Ghost Armor
		Sacred Firefly Hex Armor
Woven Grizzly Shade Armor	Plated Grizzly Shade Armor	Sacred Grizzly Shade Armor
		Sacred Grizzly Ghost Armor
		Sacred Grizzly Hex Armor
Woven Snakebite Shade Armor	Plated Snakebite Shade Armor	Sacred Snakebite Shade Armor
		Sacred Snakebite Ghost Armor
		Sacred Snakebite Hex Armor

Mission Lobbies

Basil also appears in mission lobbies. Before each mission, he offers a totally predictable selection of recipes relevant to that mission. These recipes are listed below.

See Also

• Exploration
• Haven