Appraisal guide: cybernetic hands, Ribwich, Plasma Cartridge and fakes

Appraising earns a fee for valuing a customer’s item. Add up the bonuses in the item’s guide from its base value, then send an estimate within 5% of the true value for a Perfect grade: it pays the most and gives the most promotion progress. Ten Perfect appraisals across runs unlock An Eye for Value. Counterfeit checks on items you buy are a separate system using the Magnifying Glass.

Joining and fees

The Appraiser Board visits on day 8 (day 5 with Skip Intro). Joining costs 85 credits (170 on Hard, 255 on Challenge) and gives the Cybernetic Hand guide.

Fee = base fee + a percentage of your estimate.

Grade	Estimate vs true value	Junior	Appraiser	Senior	Master
Perfect	Within 5%	15%	18%	21%	25%
Excellent	Within 10%	12%	15%	18%	21%
Good	10–15% off	10%	12%	15%	Refused
Mediocre	15–25% off	8%	10%	Refused	Refused
Awful	More than 25% off	5%	Refused	Refused	Refused
Base fee		20	40	60	100

Estimates below half or above 1.5× the true value are always refused, and three refusals make the customer leave. Promotion needs 100, 150 and 250 progress; Perfect gives +10, Excellent +6. Each promotion adds a new item: Ribwich at Appraiser (106 credits), Plasma Cartridge at Senior (128), and Master costs 149 (doubled on Hard, tripled on Challenge). Since 1.0.0.12 a Master Appraiser can block any item type while keeping one allowed.

Cybernetic Hand (base 100, minimum 50)

Part	Option	Value
Material	Aluminum Alloy / Carbon Composite / Gold Plated	0 / +50 / +200
Condition	None / Wears / Damages	0 / −35 / −85
Control interface	Neural Interface / EMG+ / Unspecified	+120 / +45 / −60
Add-ons, each	Armored / Blade	+50 / +80
Set: Tactical	Carbon or EMG+/Neural, no wear or damage, Armored and Blade	+100
Set: Deluxe	Gold Plated, Neural Interface, no wear or damage	+200

Example. Gold Plated, Neural Interface, no damage, with a Blade: 100 + 200 + 120 + 80 + 200 (Deluxe) = 700. A Perfect estimate is anything from 665 to 735.

Ribwich (base 150, minimum 40)

Check for a counterfeit first: missing or torn packaging, or any fake, makes it worth exactly 40.

Counterfeit if	Detail
Production date	Missing, invalid, or outside both runs (Jan 425–Dec 429 and Jan 432–Dec 438)
Packing facility	Missing or not 01–35
Deluxe parts	Sesame bun or extra pickles, but not both
Logo	Davre logo missing or wrong
Sticker	A second-run Ribwich without the correct sticker (first-run ones never have it)

Value check	Value
First production run	+80
Very first or last month (01/425 or 12/438)	+50
High-quality facility (01, 02, 05, 08, 21, 34)	+50
Low-quality facility (07, 15, 18, 26, 31)	−50
Deluxe Edition (sesame bun and extra pickles)	+300
Double meat patty	+800

Plasma Cartridge (base 300, minimum 90)

Part	Value
Light Wear / Heavy Wear / Cracked / Exposed Screws (add each)	−45 / −90 / −150 / −30
Reinforced	+60
Plasma: High-Grade / any non-standard colour	+150 / −150
Maker bonus: Wild’s Rides (any casing, Low-Grade or Standard)	+60
ZhongHua Shipbuilding (no wear or Reinforced, Standard)	+120
Republic Naval Requisition (no cracks, Standard)	+120
Ignition Lab (no wear, High-Grade)	+750

Counterfeits you buy

Drag the Magnifying Glass onto an inspectable item, compare it with the guide, select the flaw and confront the seller. A correct call lowers the price; a wrong one costs 2 reputation with their faction. If a seller calls a genuine item fake, telling them earns +2 reputation.

Item	Genuine value	Check
Hemingway Cigarettes	80 (fake 40)	Spelling and font, colours against the Color Checker, the security seal (never sold without one), logo, box shape
Food Stamp	Printed value	Only 40, 80, 120, 160, 200 or 240; seal only on 160 and above; logo; lettering; a missing or damaged chip makes even a genuine stamp unusable
Immunivax Injector	160 (fake 40, expired 80, unusable 16)	Label “Carmicheal Pharmaceutical” and “Immunivax”; serial 1250000–4559999; recalled batches 250, 251, 301, 355, 385, 386, 421 are unusable; cracks; colours

The Mentor brings the Hemingway references on day 3, the Food Stamp references on day 11 and the Immunivax guide on day 25.