Shop Tags are the Tags seen on Shop Items in Steamlands. Tags are seen on the bottom left corner of the image of the Item, and are represented by a small image and the level of the item. The level of the item goes from level 1-3, although some items go only to level 2, rarely level 1. Tags are placed on all shop items, except for Gossip. There are several different types of Tags used throughout Steamlands. All items have at least one Shop item, although the Zeus, Catherine, Infestor, and Dragoon have no Shop Item. The Zeus lacks an item as it is already very powerful, while the Catherine, Infestor, and Dragoon lack shop items as they were not made for the original Steamlands levels, but for fans to use them in their own levels.
Below are the Tags, there image and a template showing all items that have that Tag.
Damage[]
Damage is a Tag used by mostly Gun Shop Items, although some other non-gun items use them. The icon for the Tag is a silver rocket going diagonally up. Almost all items in this category do not go up to level 3, most not even passing level 2. The Saboteur Damage Rate 1 has been put into this category due to the "Damage Rate" tag being used only once in Steamlands. The item increases the shot damage of guns.
Damage Shop Items[]
Determinator Damage 1
Flex Damage 1
Hail Stone Damage 1
Image:
Price:
£2500
£4000
£5000
Result:
Increases damage
Increases damage
Increases damage
Description:
The weight of the Determinators ammunition could easily be increased. But you would have to purchase new parts to keep the firing mechanize stable.
The calibre of the flex can easily be increased, but only with new parts. Purchase them here for more flexible damage.
This town seems to have a large stockpile of lead for some reason. But that has given you the idea of making the Hail-Stone more devastating. Perhaps you should purchase this stockpile from them.
Level:
The Mirror of Venus
The Mirror of Venus
Top Down
Dum Dum Damage 1
Big Ben Damage 1
Woodpecker Damage 1
Image:
Price:
£6000
£7500
£7500
Result:
Increases damage
Increases damage
Increases damage
Description:
There's a local mining operation flourishing nearby that's willing to sell you some explosives. This could go toward upgrading your Dum Dum's ammo.
Granny Beeswaxworth's broken biscuit refinery has become contaminated by proximity to the radioactive wasteland. Fortunately these formerly delicious snacks are highly explosive, not a total waste! They would make for a deadlier explosive core for Big Ben`s ammunition.
Rumor has it the Woodpecker turret used to actually fire the beaks of woodpeckers. Grisly stuff eh? Well they've improved on the ammo once again and you can by it in town to peck down the opposition better.
Level:
Rearrangements
Descent
North Star Damage 1
Matryoshka Damage 1
Mandelbrot Damage 1
Image:
Price:
£15000
£20000
£40000
Result:
Increases damage
Increases damage
Increases damage
Description:
Ken, the local mechanic, says he knows the North Star better than any other mechanic. He reckons he can improve the punch the North Star delivers.
There's a shop in town that sells large spikes that could be added around the bomb and bomblets for more damage.
The creator of this weapon went mad designing the ammunition for this weapon. He's been spotted in town drinking from a horse trough and offering to sell designs for more damaging ammo.
Level:
Voyage of the Titanic
Armed Guard
Armed Guard
Thor's Hammer Damage 1
Valentine Damage 1
Image:
Price:
£40000
£15000**
Result:
Increases damage
Increases damage
Description:
Local viking warrior Heimdall reckons his Thor's Hammers are the best and will sell them to you. He will also offer you a good price on salt.
This item isn't in the original game. So I haven't so I haven't written a description of this upgrade. Sorry*
Mr. Chimley-Buttersmythe, inventor extraordinaire, is in town. He's willing to equip your Saboteur's with high quality picks so they can damage enemy tank faster. For a price...
Level:
Big Jobs
*** - Also increases damage for Jumpmaster
Health[]
Health is a Tag used by almost all Shop Items in Steamlands. The icon for the Tag is a red heart. The Tag goes up to level 3, although most items only go up to level 1. The items increase the amount of health for the machine.
Health Shop Items[]
Engine Room Health 1
Engine Room Health 2
Engine Room Health 3
Image:
Price:
£2500
£5000
£1000
Result:
Health increases to 220
Health increases to 240
Health increases to 260
Description:
Get your engine room reinforced bronze plating to protect it from attacks.
With the framework laid down from the bronze plating, the town's mechanic can fit your engine room with iron plating. Much more resistent to attacks than bronze.
The town's mechanics can improve your Engine Room even further by reinforcing it with steel. It'll be worth the price to keep you safe out there in the wastelands.
Level:
Gun Shop
Like a Butterfly
Assembly and Assimilation
Bronze Health 1
Bronze Health 2
Bronze Health 3
Image:
Price:
£2500
£5000
£10000
Result:
1X1 - 55 2X2 - 275 Bstr. - 120
1X1 - 60 2X2 - 300 Bstr. - 140
1X1 - 65 2X2 - 325 Bstr. - 160
Description:
A new method of mixing the alloy these blocks are made of will increase their ability to withstand damage
Further experimentation with the right amounts of tin and copper can improve the durability of these blocks even further
Scientists have found that they can vastly improve the bronze alloy by just mixing in trace amount of the newly discovered element reflectium. A pricy but worthwhile investment.
Level:
Bargain Hunt
Keeping Track
Assembly and Assimilation
Iron Health 1
Iron Health 2
Iron Health 3
Image:
Price:
£5000
£10000
£20000
Result:
1X1 - 110 2X2 - 550 Bstr. - 220
1X1 - 120 2X2 - 600 Bstr. - 260
1X1 - 130 2X2 - 650 Bstr. - 300
Description:
The town's mechanics have found they can add some steel reinforcements to the insides of your iron blocks to make them stronger.
A local mechanic has invented a special frame that can be fitted to the inside of your iron blocks to protect them even further.
The blacksmith in this town is willing to teach you engineer to how convert as much of the iron to steel in your iron blocks as you can. This would greatly improve any iron armour
There's various heat treatments you could be applying to your steel blocks to remove structural defects. The local blacksmith will teach you - for a price.
The internal structure of your steel is inefficient say the local mechanic. By moving a cog here and there you could fit in more plating and making the walls of the block thicker.
The local blacksmith is offering to sell the knowledge of how to increase the carbon in your steel blocks, making them as hard as possible.
So little is known about this strange new element that opinions differ on how to purify what little of it has been mined. But there is an alchemist in town that says if you pay him he will show you how
The blacksmith here has been experimenting, creating various alloys using reflectium. Some of them are apparently harder than pure reflectium. Perhaps you should purchase the recipe.
The town's prospector has found a rich cache of reflectium. He's willing to sell you sole rights to it. With this much reflectium you would be able to have much thicker walls on your reflectium blocks than any other tank in New Britania.
Level:
Unarmed
Right back at you
Determinator Health 1
Flex Health 1
Hail Stone Health 1
Image:
Price:
£2500
£4000
£5000
Result:
Increases health to 165
Increases health to 165
Increases health to 330
Description:
The Mechanic here reckons that the Determinator could still operate with a stronger steel frame. He's willing to show you how if you pay him.
More steal plating to the front housing of the flex would apparently protect it better. There are stocks of steel here that could be bout for this purpose.
The Barrel of the Hail Stone is only made of iron, with the right expertise it could be replaced with a steel barrel that could withstand more damage. Luckily for you this expertise is available in town.
Level:
Yoga Flame
Sky's the Limit
Dum Dum Health 1
Big Ben Health 1
Woodpecker Health 1
Image:
Price:
£6000
£7500
£7500
Result:
Increases health to 165
Increases health to 350
Increases health to 165
Description:
You think that one shot fired at it the Dum Dum would be toast eh? All that explosive ammunition going against you. Luckily its well armoured, but there's room for more - why not buy some for it?
The local restaurant has been using steel plates to serve on for the past ten years. Now there changing over to ceramics. They`re the perfect size for adding to Big Ben's existing armour. Buy now for armour dinner plating!
By packing the insides of the Woodpecker with steel feathers it can increase the damage resistance of the Turret. And somehow it won't jam the firing mechanism. Oh, and you can buy the feathers here.
Level:
Special Delivery
Big Ben
Stealing to Survive
North Star Health 1
Matryoshka Health 1
Mandelbrot Health 1
Image:
Price:
£15000
£20000
£40000
Result:
Increases health
Increases health
Increases health
Description:
Just as the North Star targets the pressure points of the opponents, it too has pressure points. The local acupuncturist Raoh knows where those pressure points are and his help can be bought.
Vladimir the Russian steel refinement owner here wants to sell you his own line of damage resistant Matryoshkas.
An engineer in a nearby village says that he can adapt the Mandelbrot's to have armour within armour. Unfortunately his his services are not for free.
Level:
Voyage of the Titanic
Leftovers
Leftovers
Thor's Hammer Health 1
Valentine Health 1
Image:
Price:
£40000
£15000**
Result:
Increases health
Increases health
Description:
This railgun's ammunition can be upgraded with a reflectium alloy. Only the local alchemist knows how and he asks he's asks a hefty price.
This item isn't in the original game. So I haven't so I haven't written a description of this upgrade. Sorry*
Increases health to 220 (Saboteur Man Block)/495 (Jumpmaster)*
Description:
Reinforcing those rooms the men are in comes at a price. And each different room requires completely different reinforcement.
Reinforcing those rooms the men are in comes at a price. And each different room requires completely different reinforcement.
Reinforcing those rooms the men are in comes at a price. And each different room requires completely different reinforcement.
Level:
Hook Line and Sinker
Mr. Fix It
Super Paratrooper
* This upgrade also effects the Jumpmaster
Reload[]
Reload is a Tag used by only Tank Guns in Steamlands. The icon for the tag is a gold, up diagonal facing bullet. All guns have the purchasable upgrade, however the upgrade only goes up to level 1. The upgrade allows guns to fire faster.
Reload Shop Items[]
Determinator Reload 1
Flex Reload 1
Hail Stone Reload 1
Image:
Price:
£2500
£4000
£5000
Result:
Increases gun fire
Increases gun fire
Increases gun fire
Description:
The inability of the Determinator to aim means that various parts of its reloading mechanism could be simplified, increasing he firing rate.
The town mechanic has patterned a new loading mechanism for the flex that moves with the barrel allowing for faster reloading times. He's willing to see you the designs.
The Hail Stone reloads its ammo with internal winch that pulls its heavy ammunition in. There's a supply store in town with better cables.
Level:
Target Practice
Target Practice
Rain and Hail
Dum Dum Reload 1
Big Ben Reload 1
Woodpecker Reload 1
Image:
Price:
£6000
£7500
£7500
Result:
Gun fires faster
Gun fires faster
Gun fires faster
Description:
The Dum Dum reloads slowly because the inventor knew it was handling very hot potatoes. But there's not a reloading mechanism you've seen the can't be made faster. Buy the parts here and you could be firing fireworks faster.
The name sake of this gun has been keeping time since 1859,and just like it, it uses a pendulum to count. There's parts in town to make the pendulum shorter and Big Ben tick faster.
Is it possibly the little Woodpecker could fire any faster? Just barely with the right adjustments and the right expensive parts that [are]* available here in this town.
Level:
Battle Engine Blackhammer
* - word added as a word seemed missing from the original description.
North Star Reload 1
Matryoshka Reload 1
Mandelbrot Reload 1
Image:
Price:
£15000
£20000
£40000
Result:
Increases firing speed
Increases firing speed
Increases firing speed
Description:
Could the North Star devastate any faster? A matter of improving the cooling system the local plumber says. Like some plumbers, he's not cheap.
The local barman in his spare time has taken the Matryoshka's name to heart and invented a way of assembling the ammunition like its namesake. He's willing to sell it.
There's a shop here that sells an unidentified box that apparently makes the Mandelbrot fire faster. It works of course, but will you buy it?
Level:
?
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Thor's Hammer Reload 1
Valentine Reload 1
Image:
Price:
£40000
£15000**
Result:
Increases firing speed
Increases firing speed
Description:
The terrible reload speed of Thor's Hammer can be reduced by redesigning the loading tube says a local farmer. Apparently he runs a turret repair shop.
This item isn't in the original game. So I haven't so I haven't written a description of this upgrade. Sorry*
Power is a Tag used by mostly Boosters and the Engine Room. The image for the Tag is a battery. Some upgrades only go up to level 2, some only up to level 1. It increases the distance of the player's power.
Power Shop Items[]
Engine Room Power 1
Engine Room Power 2
Image:
Price:
£2500
£5000
Result:
Increases Power Field by one block
Increases Power Field by two blocks
Description:
Improved valves and fitting could extend the radius of power from the Engine Room further by at least one block
Rumor has it that there have been experiments with a stranger new energy system. You heard it might be called E-leg-trickery. The town's mechanics say that they say they could extend the power of your engine room with it - for a price...
The state of New Britania is offering to have your Boosters block serviced before every mission. It will extend the power radius by at least one block.
An upgrade to the contract to maintain your pre-mission boosters could get them fitted with new valves, extending there power radius ever further!
Level:
Mjolnir
Repair Rate[]
Repair Rate is a Tag used only twice throughout Steamlands. The image of the Tag depicts a silver wrench. Repair Rate only goes up to level 1, and is used only for the Engine Room and the Repair Man blocks. The upgrades increase the speed at which the Engineer/Repair Man repairs blocks.
Repair Rate Shop Items[]
Repair Man Rate 1
Engine Room Repair Rate 1
Image:
Price:
£1500
£500
Result:
Increases Repair speed
Increases repair speed
Description:
Your repair men could do with some more up to date training to get them working harder. This upgrade will allow you to make sure they're all up to speed.
The Town offer's a comprehensive course in mechanics for your engineer, making him much more efficient at repairs."