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Crafting and Home Base

In Burglin' Gnomes, you do not merely steal items for abstract monetary value. You extract them to upgrade a persistent Home Base. Your base progresses from a Tier 1 initial mushroom house up to Tier 3.

Gnomium and Crafting​

Resources gathered in the human world, known as Gnomium, are used to craft specific tools that fundamentally alter how the game is played.

Early extraction of low-value crafting materials is often prioritized over high-value, heavy electronics, as tools are essential for surviving higher Karma levels and demanding biomes.

Essential Blueprints​

  • Backpack: Expands standard item slots, alleviating the severe encumbrance penalties that plague the early game.
  • Smacker: A simple whacking stick that serves as your primary defense against Red Caps and cockroaches.
  • Glue Gloves: A mandatory traversal tool. Following the 1.0 release changes to jumping and climbing physics, Glue Gloves restore reliable vertical climbing functionality, especially for scaling kitchen counters.
  • Glider: Required for surviving the Mountaintop biome, negating catastrophic fall damage if launched by wind vortexes.
  • Mole Disguise: Used to physically break line of sight when traditional cover is unavailable.

Base Building Upgrades​

Base building directly impacts your in-heist survivability. Building functional furniture provides permanent stat buffs.

For example, constructing a Bed (which costs 250 currency) grants a permanent +10 HP and Stamina limit per bed, up to a maximum cap of +40. This system transforms the game from a series of isolated runs into a cohesive campaign.

Always prioritize keeping your Home Base intact. Failing a High-Gnome quota results in termination and the permanent loss of all base upgrades.