What should I do with item drops?

I'm new and wondering what I should be doing with all my basic item drops. Swords, hats, pebbles, woodchips, etc. Sell them, or break them down, or something else? What items should I be keeping and looking for?

Also is there any backstory/storyline to the game? I've looked on the website and it doesn't mention much in the way of story.

 

Toram should be the sequel to Iruna, if you didn't notice the Departure from Iruna thing.
It's better to sell untradeable stuff you don't need at the General Store for a lil bit of spina. Tradeable stuff, just sell that on the consignment board. Breaking the down = processing the items into material points. Which can be either done at the blacksmith, snythesist or with your own char if you have the Smith or Synthetist skill tree and put at least one skill point into Process Materials.

EDIT: To know the storyline, you obviously have to do the main quests. And there's a sidestory for Pelulu on the their website.

 

Just discard everything other than equipment and boss/miniboss crysta. Unless you farm the materials by your own will, they do nothing.
Don't discard buff potions.

 

Backstory: The world used to be called Iruna, where the game Iruna Online (it's a prequel) took place. Long after the events of Iruna Online, a Cataclysm happened, the world basically fell apart. The gods had to put it back together quickly, resulting in a mess (places moved very far away or other places put together closely, etc.). Somehow you, the Adventurer, came to this world. And now you'll have to solve the problems happening around the world. To know more by yourself, you must progress through the Story Quest (though most people in the game refer to it as the Main Quest/MQ).

I say the story's pretty interesting, even though there are still a lot of unexplained things. Too bad the story updates come only once every month, sometimes even longer when there are big events going on like Anniv. You could try Iruna Online for even more backstory regarding the gods, etc. But it's way, way harder than Toram.

 

Yes def harder than toram. Its my break away from it.