Tradeskill Basics

        Tradeskills are something everyone should experiment with during the life of their character. Money is the main reason why people take up a tradeskill. You can either craft your own weapons and armor, thus saving money, or sell your creations to others for profit. It takes a lot of money to advance in any particular tradeskill but it's worth it in the long run.

        All the tradeskills are very similar, the main difference is what is created and not how it's made. To get started, talk to the appropriate person for the tradeskill (TS) you are interested in (Smithy, Seamster, Jeweler). They will explain the basics of how to craft as well as give you a starting kit/hammer, pattern, and material. Equip the kit/hammer and go to the TS menu (located under character on the main menu). You should start by experimenting, putting one pattern, and one material (both purchased from the TS merchants) into the kit. Combining will attempt to create an item. Depending on your level (which determines the level of the kit/hammer you can use), along with the level of the item your'e attempting to create, you will either succeed or fail. If you succeed, you will get XP for that TS. Whether you succeed or fail, the pattern and material are consumed in the attempt. Also, if you create something you don't have in your recipe book, you are given the option to add it. The recipe book is useful if you are creating several of the same item. Depending on the tradeskill and the level of the item you are creating (each TS is different) you can add a pattern, material, and gem to your kit. For Jewelry, you can use gems from the begining (level 1). For Weaponcrafting you must be level 3 to use common gems. For Armorcrafting and Tailoring, you must be level 4 to use common gems. At higher TS levels you will be able to use uncommon, rare, and ultra-rare gems/alloys.

        There are currently 12 levels in each tradeskill and each level has 10 ranks in it. As you get more practice within a given level you will go up a rank and have a slightly better chance of succeding at your future attempts. The down side is that for each rank you advance, you get a smaller amount of XP in future attempts. Each level in a TS crafts a particular level of item and you must be at least the same character level as the lowest level item for that TS level. The levels are as follow:

TS Level

Item Level

Item Level W/ Gem

1
2	7
3	11	13
4	16	18
5	21	23
6	26	28
7	31	33
8	36	38
9	41	43
10-12	46	48

        The one exception to the above item level is shields which will always be at the low item level for the TS level whether it has or doesn't have a gem. Crafters who reach level 10+ are considered Master Crafters.

        Each trade skill has a primary and secondary stat that is used to determine your success rate. Having one or both of these stats built up can save you hundreds of thousands of tunare over the length of your tradeskill use. The statistics for each tradeskill are as follows:

Tradeskill

Primary

Secondary

Armorcrafting	STR	STA
Jewelcrafting	INT	CHA
Tailoring	DEX	WIS
Weaponcrafting	STR	DEX