>>13725123
Even worse, 800 shekels. 850 if we count the Dowsing Rod which is nigh mandatory for affording the Duster. So you have to dick around camp for the first 50, buy the Rod, then dick around some more listening to the annoying ping of the Rod just so you can get back to having fun.
The perplexing part is that the game is a collectathon, so you're already incentivized to buy the cobweb duster eventually. It also came out around the time short, but sweet, games like God of War were becoming popular so there was no real need to pad it. It's almost like they just slapped a late-game price tag on it and ran with it. Considering how slipshod Double Fine's execution is this is most likely.