Crafting Tutorial

Commands:

survey

Notes:

• Surveying only works in valid harvesting sectors.
• Surveying grants a number of "survey rooms" you can spend while harvesting.
• You must survey before you can harvest.

Commands:

harvest

Requirements:

• You must have survey rooms available.
• The room must have harvestable materials.
• You must have the correct harvesting tool equipped for the material type.

Results:

• Materials are added to your crafting materials inventory.
• Motes can drop randomly; the type is random, and the amount scales with material grade.
• Use materials to view your current crafting materials.

Core flow:

refine add <refine_type>
refine show
refine begin
refine remove

Notes:

• Use refine add to pick a recipe and allocate required materials.
• You must be in a room with the correct refining station to begin. Stations are found in starting cities like Palanthas and Sanction.
• refine show displays allocated materials, result, and DC.
• refine remove cancels and returns allocated materials.

Typical setup flow:

craft itemtype <weapon|armor|misc|instrument>
craft specifictype <type>
craft variant <variant_name>
craft keywords <keyword string>
craft shortdesc <short description>
craft roomdesc <room description>
craft extradesc <extra description>

Add materials:

craft materials add <material>
craft materials remove <material>

Add bonuses and motes:

craft bonuses <slot> <bonus location> <bonus type> <modifier> <specific>
craft motes add <enhancement|quality|effectiveness|breakability|bonus_slot>
craft motes remove <enhancement|quality|effectiveness|breakability|bonus_slot>

Mote reference:

motes

Enhancement or instrument-specific settings:

craft enhancement <amount>
craft instrument <quality|effectiveness|breakability> <amount>

Review and start:

craft show
craft check
craft start

Explanation of the example:
We set the item to a weapon, chose the specific type (long sword) and the variant (broad sword), then provided the keyword and description text the game uses to display the item. We added the required materials (steel and low grade hide), set a +2 enhancement bonus, added motes for the enhancement, and added two bonus slots: +2 Strength (universal) and +4 Constitution (enhancement). We then assigned motes to both bonus slots so the bonuses can be applied. Finally, we reviewed the project, checked for missing requirements, and started the craft.

Notes:

• Variants control the material profile and descriptive requirements for the recipe.
• Motes are required for most bonus and enhancement effects.
• Some commands only apply to certain item types (for example, enhancement on weapons/armor).
• Crafting stations are required for many crafting and refining tasks and can be found in starting cities such as Palanthas and Sanction.

Complete example (weapon craft):

craft itemtype weapon
craft specifictype long sword
craft variant broad sword
craft keywords broad sword silver steel
craft shortdesc a silver steel broad sword
craft roomdesc A silver steel broad sword lies here.
craft materials add steel
craft materials add low grade hide
craft enhancement 2
craft motes add enhancement
craft bonuses 1 strength universal 2
craft bonuses 2 constitution enhancement 4
craft motes add 1
craft motes add 2
craft show
craft check
craft start

Commands:

resize <object> <new_size>
resize add
resize show
resize begin
resize remove

Notes:

• resize add consumes materials based on object weight and size change.
• resize begin runs the resize skill check.
• resize remove cancels and refunds materials.

Commands:

craft score
talents

Details:

• Use craft score to see your current crafting and harvesting skill ranks and progress.
• Skills gain experience when you successfully survey, harvest, refine, or craft items.
• When a skill rank increases, you earn talent points.
• Use talents to view available talent trees and spend points.
• Some talents improve harvest yields, refining efficiency, crafting speed, or crafting success.

Common flow:

supplyorder list
supplyorder select <id>
supplyorder show
supplyorder start
supplyorder material add <material>
supplyorder complete

Common flow:

craft golem type <wood|stone|iron>
craft golem size <small|medium|large|huge>
craft golem show
craft golem start

Notes:

• Golem crafting requires the appropriate construct feats for each golem type.
• You can recall, upgrade, or shut down a golem with the related subcommands.