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Thrifty Tinker (Free Crafting)
"Everything on the bench is suddenly on the house."
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How do I install Thrifty Tinker (Free Crafting)?
Download the free ProjectMods desktop app, then install Thrifty Tinker (Free Crafting) for Burglin' Gnomes in one click.
</>What does Thrifty Tinker (Free Crafting) do?
The bench in your burrow is where the good ideas go to die. You want the crowbar, the crowbar wants metal, the metal is in a house on the other side of the map with a very awake dog in it. So you settle for the cheap thing again. Thrifty Tinker turns that off. With it on, everything on the bench reads as affordable and nothing gets taken off the pile when you build it - gear, potions and furniture alike. Burrow upgrades come along for the ride, so you can move up to the roomier home the moment you fancy it instead of hoarding for three days first. It is a switch, not a one-way door: turn it off and the next thing you craft charges you exactly what it always did. Costs are settled by whoever opened the lobby, so the host flips this and the whole crew builds freely - nobody else needs to install anything. Pairs nicely with Full Sack if you would rather have a stuffed pile than a free one.
</>What is Thrifty Tinker (Free Crafting)?
The bench in your Burglin' Gnomes burrow is where good ideas go to die, because the metal you need is in a house with a wide-awake dog in it. Thrifty Tinker makes everything on the bench cost nothing, burrow upgrades included, and the pile at home stays put. From ProjectMods, the community-first PC mod manager.
</>Common questions about Thrifty Tinker (Free Crafting)
What does Thrifty Tinker do in Burglin' Gnomes?
Thrifty Tinker makes everything on your burrow bench cost nothing while it is switched on. Gear, potions, furniture and burrow upgrades all read as affordable, and nothing gets taken off your material pile when you build them. That turns the Burglin' Gnomes crafting loop from hoarding metal for three nights into simply making the thing you wanted. Costs are settled by whoever opened the lobby, so the host flips this and the whole crew builds freely - nobody else installs anything. Turn it off and the next thing you build charges you exactly what it always did.
Does Thrifty Tinker cover burrow upgrades as well as gear?
Yes, and that is the part people underestimate. Gear and potions are the obvious wins, but Burglin' Gnomes burrow upgrades are the expensive end of the game, and Thrifty Tinker covers them too. That means the bigger burrow stops being a savings goal you chip away at over a week and turns into something you can just pick tonight. Furniture is included as well, so decorating stops being a competition with your crafting bench for the same pile of plastic. Everything on the bench, plus the upgrades, all on the house.
What happens to your material pile while Thrifty Tinker is on?
It stays exactly where it is. Building something with Thrifty Tinker on does not take anything off the pile back home, so your ceramics, metal, fabric, plastic, chemicals and gnomium sit untouched no matter how much you make. Recipes simply read as affordable whether or not you have the materials for them. That means you can plan a full burrow in one sitting without ever checking a number, and if you later switch the mod off, whatever you had banked is still there waiting for you in Burglin' Gnomes.
Can you turn Thrifty Tinker off again?
Yes - it is a switch, not a one-way door. Turn Thrifty Tinker off and the very next thing you craft in Burglin' Gnomes charges you exactly what it always did, straight away. Nothing you already built gets taken back, and your material pile is unchanged. That makes it easy to use in bursts: flip it on to get past the one recipe that has been blocking you for two nights, build that, then flip it off and let the bench matter again for everything else. No reset and no lingering side effects.
Who needs Thrifty Tinker in a co-op session?
Only the person opening the game. Costs in Burglin' Gnomes are settled by whoever hosts, so the host switching Thrifty Tinker on means the whole crew builds freely - friends install nothing, tick nothing and change nothing. That makes it a strong pick for the one person in a group who runs mods. It also pairs neatly with Full Sack for Burglin' Gnomes, which stuffs the pile back home instead of removing the cost: one gives you building on the house, the other gives you a mountain of materials to build with.
What options does Thrifty Tinker (Free Crafting) include?
Enabled
Turn on to build gear, potions, furniture and burrow upgrades without spending anything from the pile at home. Turn it off and the next thing you build charges you as normal.
Thrifty Tinker is a ProjectMods mod for Burglin' Gnomes that makes gear, potions, furniture and burrow upgrades cost no materials while it is on, leaving the pile back home untouched.
System Requirements
What features does Thrifty Tinker (Free Crafting) include?
- Build gear, potions and furniture without anything coming off the pile back home.
- Everything on the bench reads as affordable, so the recipe you kept postponing is available now.
- Burrow upgrades come along too, so you can move into the roomier home the moment you fancy it.
- Turn it off and the next thing you build charges you exactly what it always did.
- Costs are settled by whoever opened the lobby, so the host flips it and the whole crew builds.
Best For
- Players who keep settling for the cheap tool because the metal is three houses away.
- Decorators furnishing a burrow who do not want to ration fabric one chair at a time.
- Hosts running a build night where the whole crew kits out from the same bench.
- Completionists working through every recipe without farming each one's materials twice.
- Players eyeing the bigger burrow who would rather move in tonight than hoard for three days.
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