DR Live Item Conversion

It’s time to trade in your old 3.0 items as part of our Item Exchange.  This next part will require a bit of homework on your end to help this go smoothly. This is a BIG PROJECT, so we appreciate your patience as we finish the last step of preparation for DR Live.

If you’d like to plan out and submit your conversions in advance, it will be a huge help towards making our process on site be as smooth and fast as possible! Please submit and share all information to drvadirectors@gmail.com.
You will still need to bring your old 3.0 cards and Blueprints with you to turn in.
DR:TX has made a fantastic conversion spreadsheet, and have given permission for us to use it!

I recommend reading this entire post, before starting the process.

DR:L Item Transfer Spreadsheet

Right click on the tab at the bottom of the screen, and click DUPLICATE

For Your Item Cards

For item card conversion, you’ll need to submit all of your crafted items via a Google Spreadsheet. Here, you’ll be able to create and edit your own tabs for each character you’d like items transferred for! 

  • For each character, you’ll create a NEW TAB, formatted as “[PLAYER NUMBER] [CHARACTER NAME]” (I.e. “19807 Redline”)

  • Right Click on the tab at the bottom to create a new page.  We’ve locked the example tabs, so hopefully you can simply make a new tab.

  • If you have an excessive amount of crafted items, or have a list of items that are complicated to transfer (no 1:1, long list of non-existent blueprints, a ton of crafted items that do not have 1:1 from buy lists, etc) please email us with additional context about your items, and how you are wanting them transferred. We will do our best to accommodate your requests while remaining fair to everyone.

  • Here are the types of items you’ll need to document for this transition: Armor, Weapons, Shields, Vehicles, Gizmos, Brews, Injected Brews, Area Augments, Blueprints, and Traps.

  1. No Transfer Needed:
    Herb, Scrap, Produce. Any Herb or Produce will retain the same expiration date, and any Scrap without an expiration date will count as though they have a year expiration date. After March 2026 we will no longer accept any scrap cards that do not have an expiration date on them.  Over the rest of the season, we will slowly cycle out these cards, so try to use them first!

  2. Item Card Types That No Longer Exist:
    Any card with a Custom Mechanic, Forage and Salvage cards, local plot cards, plot specific local resources. If you have these cards, they are souvenirs now!

Here’s what each tab should look like, with the drop down menu to keep the item types easy.

Here is the formatting you’ll need to follow for Item Card Submission:

ITEM TYPE

  • ITEM NAME 

  • # OF USES (IF NEEDED)

  • EXPIRATION DATE

  • NUMBER OF ITEMS (ie, how many Red Mist do you have with the same expiration date)

    • This should be based on having the same expiration date - If you have two brews with the same name, and different dates, create TWO separate lines

An EXTREMELY IMPORTANT NOTE for Item Formatting: Please use the FULL NAME of the item that you are turning in when you document it! This is immensely helpful for sorting purposes, and short handed versions (I.e “Todd’s” versus “Uncle Todd’s Healing Brew”) can cause issues on the back end.

ITEM CARDS FOR ITEMS (brews, weapons armor, etc.) THAT DON’T EXIST ANY MORE

  • If you have 3.0 items that do not have a DR:L conversion on the Conversion List, please list this in the NOTES column; and you can select any other equivalent item of the same type (eg. armor for armor, brew for brew)— with the exception of Necrology and new Criminal (Black Market and M. Inc) items, which are not available for conversion.

  • 3.0 Criminal items can only be converted to a carry-over DR:L Criminal item if you have the faction and level (eg. M. Inc 2) of DR:L Criminal skill required to use the item. If you do not have the requisite skill to get the conversion item, you can select a different item of any type (eg. Armor, Weapon, Meal) except for Necrology items.
    We will do our best to accommodate your requests while remaining fair to everyone.

  • 3.0 items that are now Necrology items of the same name, cannot be converted to Necrology items; but you can instead request a conversion to an item of any type (eg. Armor, Weapon, Meal) except for new Criminal (Black Market and M. Inc) items. We will do our best to accommodate your requests while remaining fair to everyone.

  • Converted items will keep their existing expiration, or will be reduced to the maximum DR:L expiration as if crafted the month it’s being converted- whichever is sooner. (eg. a Rifle made in 3.0 Dec 2024 with a 3 year expiration and converted Feb 2025 would expire Feb 2027 instead of Dec 2027.)

Here’s an example of what a filled out spreadsheet tab should look like when you are finished!

Blueprint Exchange

Blueprints will be a bit more complicated in the transfer process. 

  • There’s almost 100 different Blueprints that did not make the transition to DR Live.  Because so many prints are obsolete, we need to provide a way to select new choices as part of the Item Exchange - Blueprint Vouchers!

    • These Vouchers will be on an item card with a label, and can be turned in during any DR:VA event through 3/2026 (1 year) for a Blueprint of your Choice.  This is technically a “Local Plot Card”, so you can’t use these outside of a DR:VA event, and if you haven’t used it by 3/2026, sorry!

  • Several items were renamed or slightly changed in the new DR Live version.  We’ve included a Conversion List for your reference, if an item does not have a 1 to 1 conversion we have listed what you will receive instead. If your item is not on this list, then it has a direct 1 to 1 conversion! We have also included a list of Removed Blueprints, so you can see whether or not you will receive a 1:1 Conversion or a Blueprint Voucher.

  • Blueprints will be transferred over on a 1:1 basis as best as we can. If you turn in a Blueprint that no longer exists, you will instead receive a Blueprint Voucher that you can exchange at the Post Office for any Blueprint of your choice.

    • There are about 200 new or changed Blueprints in DR Live, so this is a good opportunity to pick some of those up!

  • Some Live prints are not available for 1:1 trade in, or have skill limits. 

    • Necrology prints are not available via this process

    • Criminal prints: You must have the required faction and level (eg. Black Market 1) of DR:L Criminal skill listed in the print’s Production Skills section (not Print Reproduction).

Item Transfers During the March Game

If you can’t fill out the Spreadsheet before the event, that’s okay!  We know we will have several players that need to do an Item Transfer during the March event, so here’s how we will handle that process:

NOTE: We will NOT be doing any Item Exchange at check-in.

During the event, we will be opening a counter in the Infirmary(where PubWo will be now) and will have that will function as a separate space from the Pubwo that is exclusively for Item Transfers. We’ll be calling this the Exchange Counter!

  • The Exchange counter will be manned 2 hours before game on, 2 of hours after game on, 2 hours before siesta, 2 hours after siesta, sunday if someone is available

  • At this counter, you'll be able to transfer up to 5 items at a time before having to go back to the end of the line. This will allow you to get a few things together quickly like a piece of armor, a weapon, and a brew to get you on your feet!

  • If you have submitted your items beforehand on the spreadsheet, this is also where you’ll be able to pick them up. At the Exchange Counter, the Guide will verify that the items you’ve listed in your exchange are correct, take those items from you, and then give you a packet of your new items.

  • Again, we will NOT be doing any Item Exchange at check-in, if you pre-submitted items are ready, you can pick them up at the Exchange Counter.

    1. If you have already submitted all of your items prior to the event, we will do our best to have all of your cards prepared beforehand, so you can do your full item exchange all in one interaction!

    2. If you turn in your spreadsheet late, we will do our best to get the items ready in advance, but this is a BIG PROJECT and a lot of work outside of the event. 

      Please be patient, reasonable, and show us a bit of grace if we don’t get all your transfers done in time! (we’re doing our best)

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