Considering the expense of these new items, I usually prefer crafting to outright purchases. Some of these new items also can be crafted at the Taxidermist if you have the Beasts & Exploration DLC. Its stock includes a mixture of new equipment (bombs, guns, and gunpowder) and things that any experienced BB player will recognize, such as antidotes. The Alchemist is located in all three of the city-states and houses many useful items. The Blazing Deserts DLC adds two new buildings to the game: the Alchemist and the Arena.
While these areas exist primarily for the purpose of tying the new features of the expansion together, they are flavorful and provide a region with Middle Eastern flavor that is integrated well within the overall Battle Brothers experience. These new features include things such as weapons, buildings, armor, new backgrounds for hiring, and new quests. Each of these cities may be built in a manner similar to cities in the northern part of the map, but give access to a number of the features that are unique to the south. The traditional BB map is pushed farther south with three large, rich city-states added.
