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Crafting lets you combine raw materials into useful items — weapons,
armor, potions, jewelry, enchantments, and more. You need the right
skill, the right ingredients, and in most cases a crafting station.

━━━ Basic Usage ━━━

  craft list                    Show all known recipes.
  craft                         Same as craft list.
  craft                 Start crafting.
  craft          Enchant a specific item.

━━━ Crafting Skills ━━━

There are six crafting skills, each with its own station and recipes:

  blacksmithing  Weapons, shields, heavy armor. Station: forge.
  alchemy        Potions, salves, draughts. Station: alchemy bench.
  tailoring      Cloth and leather armor, cloaks. Station: loom.
  cooking        Food and meals with temporary benefits. Station: hearth.
  jewelcrafting  Rings, pendants, chrysalis settings. Station: jeweler bench.
  enchanting     Chrysalis enchantments bound to gear. Station: enchanting circle.

The first four are standalone trades. Jewelcrafting and enchanting
together form the artificer profession — jewelcrafting produces
chrysalis settings that enchanting consumes to bind living mutations
into equipment.

━━━ Enchanting Targets ━━━

When enchanting, you can specify which item to enchant by name:

  craft keen dagger     Enchant the dagger named "dagger".
  craft keen 2.sword    Enchant the second sword.

Enchanting searches both your backpack and equipped items, so
you can enchant a wielded weapon without unequipping it. If
multiple items match and you don't specify, the game shows a
numbered list to choose from.

━━━ The Crafting Loop ━━━

  1. forage or loot raw materials from the world.
  2. Find the right crafting station.
  3. craft  to begin working.
  4. Wait for the work to complete (several rounds).
  5. Use, equip, or enchant the result.

Higher skill means fewer wasted materials. A seasoned crafter rarely
fails, but even masters are not perfect.

━━━ Starting a Craft ━━━

Crafting takes several rounds. You cannot craft while in combat. If
attacked mid-craft, your work is interrupted (ingredients not consumed).
On completion, your skill determines the outcome. Ingredients are
consumed on any completed attempt — success or failure.

━━━ Recipe Discovery ━━━

You begin knowing only basic recipes. New recipes reveal themselves
as you practice — each successful craft has a chance to spark a new
idea. The more you know, the harder new discoveries come.

━━━ Crafting Stations ━━━

  forge              The Forge — east of Town Square, Startland.
  alchemy_bench      Alchemist's Workshop — west of Training Grounds.
  loom               Tailor's shop — Thornwall City.
  hearth             Kitchen or tavern hearth.
  jeweler_bench      Jeweler's Workshop — Thornwall City.
  enchanting_circle  Enchanter's Circle — east of Jeweler's Workshop.

━━━ Getting Ingredients ━━━

Materials come from many sources:

  forage     Search outdoor areas for herbs, ore, stones, gems.
  Mob drops  Kill creatures that carry raw materials.
  Vendors    Some NPCs sell crafting supplies.
  Floor      Check crafting station rooms for stock.

See Also:

  help blacksmithing, help alchemy, help tailoring,
  help cooking, help jewelcrafting, help enchanting,
  help foraging, help skills, help inventory