Spoilers ahead! - question about item

[BiancaMoon]

I just very recently got back to Vintage story again, finally could play it again.

I love all the new stuff, I went in without looking up what was new with the game and had a blast when a crawly enemy just dropped trough my unfinished roof, and so much more fun when it spazzed out on the floor 

The option of not knowing anything again is so fun, and I am hooked all over to this incredible game. However I have a big dilemma with an object I found. To minimize spoilers (if there is anyone to whom this is a spoiler) I will first name the item, so players who know what it is can resume - Eidolon elucidatory vessel.

So, when I killed the pinned robot at the Resonance archive it dropped several things, a lot of gears, some temporal gears that actually came stacked (multiple in a bunch I think 3 I might have used one) and this Eidolon elucidatory vessel. It looks like small brown box with knobs on it. Description of it says a treasure hunter merchant might be interested. So I took it there and he told me he will cut 50 gears off the price of the elk if I give it to him. My question is is this device only for this purpose, to make elk cost 50 gears instead of 100, or does it have any further role in the quests.

Initially I did not read the description and just assumed it will be used in the next quest, so I went to the second place, MORE SPOILERS, found the note but then kept circling around going full crazy because I just didn't figure out that was it and that the strange box is not needed. Then I checked it out properly and saw the description and went back to the merchant. To my further joy I see that there is even more to the game and then the dilemma started. Is this just for the elk or will it be needed later in the story. I do have over 100 gears now after clearing the second place, but I am terrible at trading and don't want to make it so that I have to purchase it off him later or something as this would ruin the game for me. So for this one I have to ask.

[Teh Pizza Lady]

4 minutes ago, BiancaMoon said:

My question is is this device only for this purpose, to make elk cost 50 gears instead of 100, or does it have any further role in the quests.

You found a MacGuffin!

Good luck with the rest of the game!  Sounds like you're off to a great start!

[LadyWYT]

2 hours ago, BiancaMoon said:

Eidolon elucidatory vessel.

As @Teh Pizza Lady already noted, it's just a macguffin. Not a particularly important one, but you can bring it to the treasure hunter to get a hefty discount on your first elk. Or you can keep it as a nifty trophy item. Bear in mind that while the eidolon will respawn, the vessel is a one-time drop(I think for each player, but I'm not sure), so bear that in mind before you trade it in if you want one for a trophy(without cheating in an extra).

[BiancaMoon]

Thank you both, I would rather save 50 gears than keep it as a trophy

[Teh Pizza Lady]

13 hours ago, BiancaMoon said:

Thank you both, I would rather save 50 gears than keep it as a trophy

I will note that if you're playing with friends, you can pool your gears together and still get the equivalent of a 50% discount because the elk can now accommodate two riders.