Cheats and Exploits

Spoiler Warning: This page contains spoilers which may affect your IVAN experience negatively

Metagaming, degenerate behaviour and various strategies based on unbalanced game features are present in IVAN just as in any other game. Here you can find the ways how to bypass the game balance for profit and victory.

Note that many strategies described below can be denounced as outright abuse.

Exploits

Exploits are strategies considered by some to be against the spirit of the game or certain intended features which are widely seen as overpowered in the current release. There are no rules or protection against these actions, so other people may consider them to be a legitimate strategy.

Artificial Limbs

Work in progress!

In the table below, you can find a representative sample of some materials artificial limbs can be made of and the associated attributes, including the amount of Hit Points your limbs will have. The table assumes you have both limbs made of the material in question (e.g. two iron arms).

Material	AStr/LStr	Dex/Agi	Arm HP	Leg HP
Iron	100	4	19	25
Arcanite	180	12	61	82
Octiron	275	8	143	191
Valpurium	400	16	304	405
Ommel Hair	60	60	6	9
Phoenix Feather	80	120	12	16
Golden Eagle Feather	300	100	171	227
Rock Crystal	75	4	10	14
Green Light Crystal	150	4	42	56
Snow	2	160	1	1

Invincible Items

See here.

Cheating

Cheating is any use of a bug or unintended design flaw for player's gain and will be looked down upon if you have been informed and still tried.

Library Exploit

It is a simple trick utilising a flaw in the game's shop mechanics involving the use of Attnam's library building, allowing for free repossession and thus resale of items in order to make a substantial amount of gold with no consequences for the player - provided it is done correctly.

First off, any eligible items for sale in the library (scrolls, books) should be dropped on the door tile of the shop, once the door has been opened. Once all items have been dropped, stand on the tile directly above the open door and kick the items downward so that they leave the store and sail forth into the snow outside. Once all items are removed from the store, pick them up and sell them again, repeating the process until the Librarian is broke. You can also buy everything in the library and gain your money back, allowing for access to many great items early on in the game.

Be very careful when you kick the objects out of the store, as they may collide with the patrol guard who patrols the outer walls - this will turn all of Attnam hostile towards you and you will be slaughtered in no time.

Ommel Cerumen Trick

It is a way to maximize the player's Intelligence and Wisdom with extreme ease.

First find a Scroll of Change Material, read it to change something large enough (Containers|large chests are the best) into Ommel Cerumen and eat it. Although you can't make other ommel stuffs or holy banana flesh, it works because DevTeam failed to forbid player to make ommel cerumen.

Usable in v0.50.