diff --git a/assets/mods/basegame/items/itemid.csv b/assets/mods/basegame/items/itemid.csv
index a9b919b2d..d0a1170e0 100644
--- a/assets/mods/basegame/items/itemid.csv
+++ b/assets/mods/basegame/items/itemid.csv
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ id;classname;tags
 23;net.torvald.terrarum.modulebasegame.gameitems.PickaxeStone;TOOL,PICK
 24;net.torvald.terrarum.modulebasegame.gameitems.AxeStone;TOOL,AXE
 25;net.torvald.terrarum.modulebasegame.gameitems.ItemClayBall;
+
 27;net.torvald.terrarum.modulebasegame.gameitems.ItemFurnaceAndAnvil;FIXTURE,CRAFTING
 28;net.torvald.terrarum.modulebasegame.gameitems.ItemJukebox;FIXTURE,MUSIC
 29;net.torvald.terrarum.modulebasegame.gameitems.ItemCharcoal;COMBUSTIBLE
diff --git a/assets/mods/basegame/locales/en/itemdesc.json b/assets/mods/basegame/locales/en/itemdesc.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ae8b3762
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/mods/basegame/locales/en/itemdesc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{
+  "TOOLTIP_basegame:256": "Provides stable light",
+  "TOOLTIP_basegame:257": "Provides a light equal to the sun", /* it literally does -- provides the sunlight of the exact hour (emits "moonlight" at night time) */
+  "TOOLTIP_basegame:258": "Provides a light equal to the sun at noon",
+
+  "TOOLTIP_wire@basegame:8192": "Carries signals",
+  "TOOLTIP_wire@basegame:8193": "Carries signals",
+  "TOOLTIP_wire@basegame:8194": "Carries signals",
+  "TOOLTIP_wire@basegame:8196": "Carries power",
+  "TOOLTIP_wire@basegame:8197": "Carries power",
+  "TOOLTIP_wire@basegame:8198": "Carries information",
+
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:1": "Breaks rocks",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:2": "Breaks rocks",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:3": "Breaks rocks",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:4": "Breaks down walls",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:5": "Provides light but fancier",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:6": "“I am sworn to keep your burdens.”", /* skyrim/lydia reference */
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:8": "Emits a signal",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:9": "An electricians’ best friend",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:10": "“Who needs a Book and Quill when you’ve got this?”", /* a jab on the Minecraft item Book and Quill */
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:11": "Tells what day it is",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:12": "Breaks down walls",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:13": "Breaks down walls",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:14": "Breaks rocks, just barely",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:15": "Breaks down walls",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:16": "The most essential crafting table",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:17": "“Burn a rock and a metal drools out? What madness is this?”",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:18": "It’s just a stick",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:19": "Cuts trees",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:20": "Cuts trees",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:21": "Cuts trees",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:22": "Cuts trees, just barely",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:23": "Cuts trees",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:24": "Breaks rocks",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:25": "Finer grains of dirts that gets stronger when burned",
+  /* 26 is Steel Ingot */
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:27": "Every blacksmith gotta start from somewhere",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:28": "A music vending machine (free to play)",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:29": "A coal lookalike that burns just as well and is renewable",
+
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:114": "A precious fuel for the steel production",
+
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:320": "Travel multiverse!\nWarning: a pair is needed for the return trip"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/assets/mods/basegame/locales/koKR/itemdesc.json b/assets/mods/basegame/locales/koKR/itemdesc.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e8f18aae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/mods/basegame/locales/koKR/itemdesc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{
+  "TOOLTIP_basegame:256": "흔들리지 않는 빛을 냅니다",
+  "TOOLTIP_basegame:257": "태양과 같은 빛을 냅니다", /* it literally does -- provides the sunlight of the exact hour (emits "moonlight" at night time) */
+  "TOOLTIP_basegame:258": "한낮의 태양과 같은 빛을 냅니다",
+
+  "TOOLTIP_wire@basegame:8192": "신호를 전달합니다",
+  "TOOLTIP_wire@basegame:8193": "신호를 전달합니다",
+  "TOOLTIP_wire@basegame:8194": "신호를 전달합니다",
+  "TOOLTIP_wire@basegame:8196": "전력을 전달합니다",
+  "TOOLTIP_wire@basegame:8197": "전력을 전달합니다",
+  "TOOLTIP_wire@basegame:8198": "정보를 전달합니다",
+
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:1": "돌을 부숩니다",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:2": "돌을 부숩니다",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:3": "돌을 부숩니다",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:4": "벽을 부숩니다",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:5": "빛을 더 이쁘게 냅니다",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:6": "“짐을 맡아두기로 한 몸이니까요.”", /* skyrim/lydia reference */
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:8": "신호를 만들어냅니다",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:9": "전기공의 친한 친구",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:10": "“이게 있는데 책과 깃펜이 왜 필요하죠?”", /* a jab on the Minecraft item Book and Quill */
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:11": "오늘이 무슨 날인지 알려줍니다",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:12": "벽을 부숩니다",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:13": "벽을 부숩니다",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:14": "돌을 간신히 부숩니다",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:15": "벽을 부숩니다",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:16": "가장 필수적인 조합대",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:17": "“돌을 태우면 쇠가 녹아서 떨어진다고? 이 뭔 개소리야?”", /* 태왕사신기 */
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:18": "그냥 막대기예요",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:19": "나무를 자릅니다",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:20": "나무를 자릅니다",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:21": "나무를 자릅니다",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:22": "나무를 간신히 자릅니다",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:23": "나무를 자릅니다",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:24": "돌을 부숩니다",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:25": "태우면 더 단단해지는 고운 흙입니다",
+  /* 26 is Steel Ingot */
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:27": "모든 대장장이는 초보 시절이 있는 법이죠",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:28": "음악 자판기입이다 (무료 플레이)",
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:29": "석탄과 비슷하고 똑같이 잘 타지만 재생 가능합니다",
+
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:114": "강철 생산의 소중한 연료입니다",
+
+  "TOOLTIP_item@basegame:320": "멀티버스를 여행하세요!\n경고: 2개를 만들어야 왕복이 가능합니다"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/langpack/Lang.kt b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/langpack/Lang.kt
index 100d551fb..b98404b80 100644
--- a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/langpack/Lang.kt
+++ b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/langpack/Lang.kt
@@ -124,7 +124,9 @@ object Lang {
     private val bindOp = ">>="
 
     fun getOrNull(key: String?, capitalise: Boolean = true) =
-        if (key == null) null else get(key, capitalise)
+        if (key == null) null else get(key, capitalise).let {
+            if (it.startsWith("$")) null else it
+        }
 
     /**
      * Syntax example:
diff --git a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/gameactors/FixtureWorldPortal.kt b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/gameactors/FixtureWorldPortal.kt
index 0c7d69513..14f83aded 100644
--- a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/gameactors/FixtureWorldPortal.kt
+++ b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/modulebasegame/gameactors/FixtureWorldPortal.kt
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ class FixtureWorldPortal : Electric {
 
                     val ingame = TerrarumIngame(App.batch)
                     val worldParam = TerrarumIngame.NewGameParams(player, it.worldLoadParam) { ingame ->
-                        val world = ingame.world
+                        // I SCRAP THIS IDEA: it makes the game way too easy
+                        /*val world = ingame.world
 
                         // flatten terrain
                         for (x in world.spawnX - 2..world.spawnX + 2) {
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ class FixtureWorldPortal : Electric {
                         printdbg(this, "Portal new world callback; spawning portal at ${world.spawnX}, ${world.spawnY - 1}")
                         FixtureWorldPortal().spawn(world.spawnX, world.spawnY - 1, player.uuid)
                         printdbg(this, "Spawn complete")
-
+                        */
                     }
                     ingame.gameLoadInfoPayload = worldParam
                     ingame.gameLoadMode = TerrarumIngame.GameLoadMode.CREATE_NEW
diff --git a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/ui/UIItemInventoryElemSimple.kt b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/ui/UIItemInventoryElemSimple.kt
index 168fbfbd5..b1bf653fa 100644
--- a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/ui/UIItemInventoryElemSimple.kt
+++ b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/ui/UIItemInventoryElemSimple.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.SpriteBatch
 import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.TextureRegion
 import net.torvald.terrarum.*
 import net.torvald.terrarum.gameitems.GameItem
+import net.torvald.terrarum.langpack.Lang
 import net.torvald.terrarum.modulebasegame.ui.InventoryCellColourTheme
 import net.torvald.terrarum.modulebasegame.ui.UIItemInventoryCellBase
 import net.torvald.terrarum.modulebasegame.ui.UIItemInventoryCellCommonRes
@@ -134,14 +135,13 @@ class UIItemInventoryElemSimple(
 
                 val grey = App.fontGame.toColorCode(11, 11, 11)
                 val itemIDstr = "\n$grey(${item?.originalID}${if (item?.originalID == item?.dynamicID) "" else "/${item?.dynamicID}"})"
-                val nameStr = if (item?.nameSecondary?.isNotBlank() == true) "${item?.name}\n$grey${item?.nameSecondary}" else "${item?.name}"
+                val nameStr0 = if (item?.nameSecondary?.isNotBlank() == true) "${item?.name}\n$grey${item?.nameSecondary}" else "${item?.name}"
+                val nameStr = if (App.IS_DEVELOPMENT_BUILD) nameStr0 + itemIDstr else nameStr0
+                val descStr = Lang.getOrNull("TOOLTIP_${item?.originalID}")?.replace("\n","\n$grey")
 
-                INGAME.setTooltipMessage(
-                    if (App.IS_DEVELOPMENT_BUILD)
-                        nameStr + itemIDstr
-                    else
-                        nameStr
-                )
+                val finalStr = if (descStr != null) "$nameStr\n$grey$descStr" else nameStr
+
+                INGAME.setTooltipMessage(finalStr)
 
                 tooltipShowing[hash] = true
 //                printdbg(this, tooltipShowing.entries)
diff --git a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/ui/UIItemInventoryElemWide.kt b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/ui/UIItemInventoryElemWide.kt
index 27011c053..cd2cad078 100644
--- a/src/net/torvald/terrarum/ui/UIItemInventoryElemWide.kt
+++ b/src/net/torvald/terrarum/ui/UIItemInventoryElemWide.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import net.torvald.terrarum.*
 import net.torvald.terrarum.App.IS_DEVELOPMENT_BUILD
 import net.torvald.terrarum.App.printdbg
 import net.torvald.terrarum.gameitems.GameItem
+import net.torvald.terrarum.langpack.Lang
 import net.torvald.terrarum.modulebasegame.ui.InventoryCellColourTheme
 import net.torvald.terrarum.modulebasegame.ui.UIItemInventoryCellBase
 import net.torvald.terrarum.modulebasegame.ui.UIItemInventoryCellCommonRes
@@ -161,19 +162,18 @@ class UIItemInventoryElemWide(
 
 
             // set tooltip accordingly
-            if (IS_DEVELOPMENT_BUILD && tooltipShowing[hash] != true && item != null && mouseUp) {
+            if (tooltipShowing[hash] != true && item != null && mouseUp) {
 //                printdbg(this, "calling INGAME.setTooltipMessage by $hash")
 
                 val grey = App.fontGame.toColorCode(11, 11, 11)
                 val itemIDstr = "\n$grey(${item?.originalID}${if (item?.originalID == item?.dynamicID) "" else "/${item?.dynamicID}"})"
-                val nameStr = if (item?.nameSecondary?.isNotBlank() == true) "${item?.name}\n$grey${item?.nameSecondary}" else "${item?.name}"
+                val nameStr0 = if (item?.nameSecondary?.isNotBlank() == true) "${item?.name}\n$grey${item?.nameSecondary}" else "${item?.name}"
+                val nameStr = if (App.IS_DEVELOPMENT_BUILD) nameStr0 + itemIDstr else nameStr0
+                val descStr = Lang.getOrNull("TOOLTIP_${item?.originalID}")?.replace("\n","\n$grey")
 
-                INGAME.setTooltipMessage(
-                    if (App.IS_DEVELOPMENT_BUILD)
-                        nameStr + itemIDstr
-                    else
-                        nameStr
-                )
+                val finalStr = if (descStr != null) "$nameStr\n$grey$descStr" else nameStr
+
+                INGAME.setTooltipMessage(finalStr)
 
                 tooltipShowing[hash] = true
 //                printdbg(this, tooltipShowing.entries)