by Kale » Tue Jun 28, 2016 7:18 pm
It has been so long I can't really say for sure. I didn’t think you lost your money though, you could always double check by entering then just exiting as soon as possible. Worst case, you could always spend all your money on equipment before you enter, and then sell it back afterwards to at least get some (50%?) of it back, if that's an option somehow.
Or save up and buy the super expensive torrent blade, or stock up on logs from the south market. The logs sell for more in chapter 2, making you a bonus, but only if you sell to the correct merchant.