Since Adventures is live, some of us may have the urge to make our own Heroes but previewing NPCs could be a pain to do so. To overcome this problem, I've made a special preview tool to preview up to 20 NPCs! Here's a step by step guide to use the tool.

Preparation:

First of all, open the game's Live folder, and open the command window by using Shift+Right Click then select "Open command window here".

Once the command window opens, copy and paste the following lines into the command window. Do it one by one.

• Trove.exe -tool extractarchive blueprints extracted\blueprints
• Trove.exe -tool extractarchive prefabs\npc extracted\prefabs\npc
• Trove.exe -tool extractarchive prefabs\npc\fixtures extracted\prefabs\npc\fixtures
• Trove.exe -tool extractarchive prefabs\npc\summon extracted\prefabs\npc\summon
• Trove.exe -tool extractarchive prefabs\npc\shadowtitan extracted\prefabs\npc\shadowtitan 

Download the tool from here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0v7v1aao57ciz72/npc_preview_tool.blueprint?dl=0.

By the way, It's a blueprint file.

Choosing a rig to mod:

Alright. We have our prefabs extracted. Now we need a suitable rig to create our NPC.

Open the folder where all the NPC prefabs were extracted. (Live\extracted\prefabs\npc) and select the NPC you want to mod.

Note: The blueprint names can be found on the wiki, so make sure you convert the blueprints to qb and do some regular old modding.
Follow chapter 0 to 3 on this guide if you don't know how to mod: https://trovesaurus.com/page=1932/modding-101-chapter-0-lets-get-you-into-modding

Copy it and paste it in your override folder (Live\prefabs\npc\override). If there are no override folders, make one.

Rename the file with one of the names listed below.

• A1: biped_herositting_clubace
• A2: clubguard_male
• A3: merchant_club_clubace
• A4: merchant_club_female_01
• A5: merchant_club_female_02
• B1: merchant_club_male_02_clubfixture_utility
• B2: merchant_club_male_02_clubfixture_ultimate
• B3: merchant_club_male_02_clubfixture_combat
• B4: merchant_club_male_02
• B5: merchant_club_male_01
• C1: merchant_dragonflux
• C2: merchant_hubpirate
• C3: merchant_perfectlynormal_01
• C4: merchant_pinata_trove
• C5: merchant_pvp
• D1: merchant_wondertrove
• D2: merchant_wonderfragment
• D3: merchant_shippirate_glim
• D4: merchant_shippirate_flux
• D5: merchant_radiant

Previewing the NPC:

To preview the NPC, open the metaforge by typing '/mf' on your game chat or you can use another way:

1. Open "trove.exe" on your Live folder.
2. Wait till there's a prompt on the loading screen.
   
3. Press 'F6' on your keyboard.

Drag the tool blueprint that you've downloaded to the metaforge and Voila! :D

Note: Interacting with certain NPCs in the metaforge may crash the game instantly! Careful when pressing [E].