Arcanum: How to get tons of bullets early for a gun build

After starting my first gun build i realized i was running out of bullets and fast so i decided to look up a good way to get bullets. Turns out a few people had problems too so i eventually figured it out on my own and now im telling you. This method will help you get a toooooon of bullets, money, and gear as soon as the first 20 to 30 minutes of a fresh new save. Do note this wont be “roleplay” friendly as the method is as follows:
TLDR: pick pocket…. yes pick pocket… that simple

So as far as building a character it doesnt really matter until we get to shrouded hills. But for my example character i used a male human with the bandit starting background. All bandit does is give you a gun, ammo, and a increase to your firearm skill while taking away starting money and lowering your charisma by 1. Id suggest sinking points into fire arms or pick pocket with the aim to have the pick pocket skill increased to the 2nd level, but again dont worry right now.

You wont have any money to buy anything from the starting menu but it wont matter in a few minutes anyway. Start by killing all the creatures and animals in the crash site to gain as much XP as possible. You might want to start and finish the cave ghost quest for some easy xp as well, but regardless you should enter the cave for some loot and extra supplies that’ll help you. In particular the dynamite, which can be used to either help destroy the generator in shrouded hills to get another quest finished and thus get more xp, or kill the bandits blocking the bridge.

The goal for the set up is to just get as many levels as possible and get that pick pocket to the 2nd level ( two points in the skill itself, you will probably have to put a point in DEX). Once you enter shrouded hill you can go do some of the towns quests for easy XP and even more levels. Id suggest robbing the bank, blowing up the generator, and give the blacksmith pure ore ( ore can be found in the mine shaft near the old ghost).

Now, god willing, you managed to get leveled we can begin the actual process. The 3 main targets of our pick pocketing will be the Gnome in slim pickings, the black smith, and Ristezze in Ristezzes imported goods. They are all helpfully right next door to each other and we will start with Slim Pickings, to the left of the black smith.

Start by entering his shop during the day and buying as many bullets as you can ( which probably is none).
Next, wait till evening and then two hours more using the wait function while in the shop. The shop keeping gnome should wonder over to his bed and go to sleep.
This will be your chance to pick pocket him for everything hes got. Its a bit of a process as you can only lift 100 coins at a time but you should never wake him or cause him to attack you.
Regardless, you may want to set up a save point just incase you need to save scum.

Once your all done cleaning out his pants merely wait till morning and head next door to the black smith. Your gonna wanna stand next to the black smiths bed room door and then, again, wait till evening and then two more hours. He should head to bed, as soon as he opens his bedroom door run inside with him before the door shuts. You can then pick pocket him for his key and all his money! The key should insure an easier time the next time you come back if ever.(Note: you may need to actually speak to the shop keepers and blacksmith for the coins to show up. My game didnt show his coins until i talked to him in the morning and opened up the “you wanna barter?” option.)

Repeat this process with Ristezze as well, walking into his shop, waiting till evening then two hours, then pick pocket him. You should only get a key from Ristezze but his chest at the end of the bed should have all his supplies and coin in it.

After all is said and done you can then use your brand new funds to buy all the bullets from the stores. Im not 100% sure if its the same amount every time, I got 240 bullets from the gnome in the slim pickings shop and 60 from the black smith. Funnily enough i went ahead and did the town quests i mentioned before and when i happened to come back before leaving shrouded hills they had restocked their inventory so i was able to buy even MORE bullets. Totaling 600 right at the first town here.

Im not sure how to reset shop inventory as some say you need to leave far away, some say you need to sleep a ton and some say you need to do both. If you know exactly please leave a comment down below for everyone. As well you can more then likely pull this stunt off with only 1 or no points in pick pocket but youll definitely need to save scum your way to victory.