5e Shop Generator — Closed Test 0.8.28 is now available

[Si6 Labs]

The latest closed-testing build is rolling out through Google Play. Please update the app from the Play Store before testing.

This build rolls together the catalog, shop, search, and validation work completed since Closed Test 0.8.27.

What’s new Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything expansion

• Added more than 100 Tasha-related item records.
• Added magical tattoos, spellcasting focuses, class-related magic items, magical mushrooms, primal fruits, and concrete resistance-fruit variants.
• Added Experimental Elixirs as fresh-order Alchemist services.
• Added the Arcane Tattooist as a complete shop type.
• Added 10 pre-rolled Arcane Tattooist shops.
• Added appropriate shop names, descriptions, rumors, complications, services, and placeholder artwork.

New searchable shop selector

The shop-type selector is now:

• Alphabetized for display.
• Searchable by shop name or internal shop ID.
• Case-insensitive.
• Able to match partial words anywhere in a shop name.

Examples:

• arc finds Arcane Curio and Arcane Tattooist.
• tatt finds Arcane Tattooist.
• smith finds Blacksmith and Weaponsmith.

The underlying shop records were not renumbered or reordered.

Eberron expansion

Added a large collection of Eberron-related merchandise and services, including:

• Double-Bladed Scimitars.
• Concrete Armblade weapon variants.
• Imbued Wood Focus variants.
• Orb of Shielding variants.
• Dragonshards and dragonshard dust packets.
• Glamerweave and Shiftweave.
• Cleansing Stones.
• Everbright Lanterns.
• Feather Tokens.
• Keycharms.
• Scribe’s Pens.
• Spellshards.
• Wand Sheaths.
• Living Armor variants.
• Arcane prosthetics and warforged-compatible equipment.
• Communication, security, transportation, healing, and magical workshop services.

Existing Tasha content was reconciled rather than duplicated. For example, the newer Tasha version of the Prosthetic Limb remains the active catalog version.

Magewright / Artificer Workshop

Added the Magewright / Artificer Workshop as the 51st shop type.

These workshops specialize in:

• Everyday magical conveniences.
• Dragonshards.
• Arcane tools and mechanisms.
• Spellcasting focuses.
• Warforged-compatible equipment.
• Magical prosthetics.
• Limited magewright spellcasting.
• Specialist installation, fitting, grading, and crafting services.

Ten new pre-rolled Magewright / Artificer Workshops were added.

DM-Gated Services

A new DM-Gated Services toggle controls specialized services that should not normally appear in smaller settlements.

The toggle defaults to Off.

When enabled, a village Magewright / Artificer Workshop may offer:

• Eberron dragonshard refining.
• Warforged component fitting and calibration.

Advanced spellcasting, teleportation, major restoration, and other city-level services remain restricted.

Rare and unusual merchandise

• The sentient Docent can appear extremely rarely in Black Markets.
• It is limited to one and excluded from ordinary magic shops.
• Dangerous symbiotic items remain DM-controlled rather than appearing as routine merchandise.
• Speaking Stones, creation forges, eldritch machines, construct commissions, and other major magical infrastructure remain deferred rather than appearing as normal shelf stock.

Catalog totals

The current closed-test catalog now contains:

• 1,724 items
• 657 service records
• 51 shop types
• 510 pre-rolled shops

Validation and stability work

This build also strengthens internal validation for:

• Inventory-family caps.
• Dragonshard, Armblade, Glamerweave, Living Armor, focus, orb, sentient-item, and symbiotic-item families.
• Shop image and portrait ownership.
• Service availability by settlement size and wealth.
• DM-gated service behavior.
• Goods and service count ranges.
• Shop profile compatibility.

What to test

Please focus on:

• Updating through the Google Play Store.
• Generating the new Arcane Tattooist.
• Generating the new Magewright / Artificer Workshop.
• Searching and filtering the shop selector.
• Village, town, and city service availability.
• Poor, standard, and wealthy settlement combinations.
• Turning DM-Gated Services on and off.
• Confirming gated village services appear only when enabled.
• Eberron and Tasha items appearing in sensible shops.
• Item quantities, prices, duplicate stock, and unusual combinations.
• Black Market generation and very rare merchandise.
• Saving shops.
• Reopening saved shops.
• Rerolling shops.
• Pre-rolled shop generation.
• Images and portraits.
• Mobile layout and scrolling.
• Crashes, freezes, blank screens, or missing content.

When reporting an issue, please include:

• Shop type.
• Settlement size.
• Wealth level.
• Magic tier.
• Enabled DM settings.
• Whether the shop was generated, rerolled, saved, or pre-rolled.
• A screenshot whenever possible.

Thank you for helping test 5e Shop Generator — Closed Test 0.8.28.