Blacksmithing, in basic terms, is the skill with which a player can make and repair weapons, shields and metal armor, he can also make cannons, cannonballs and metal kegs for distilling! What Skills? The easiest way is to choose the pre-made Blacksmith template when you make a new character. This gives you a useful set of skills and stats to begin with. Suggested skills are: Blacksmithy; obviously Arms Lore; gives bonuses to exceptionally made items in addition to the normal Exceptional Bonus; Mining; needed for recycling/salvaging items you don’t want, as well as mining the raw material you will craft […]

For Stygian Abyss accounts, players may now use Runic tools to “re-forge” items Re-Forging requires: that the user use a Runic tool near a Soul Forge that the user have 65% or higher imbuing skill ( The higher the character’s Imbuing skill the more options will be available.) a non-magical craftable item that is not made from special materials and does not have spell charges (gnarled staff) Re-Forging will consume one or more charges from the runic tool to add magical item properties to the item The user chooses from a number of options to affect the results of the re-forging […]

To imbue properties up to 90% of their maximum intensity only the two basic ingredient types, in varying quantities, are required. For properties above 90% a varying quantity of the third ingredient type is required. Imbuing Ingredients Table Armor Properties Weight Basic Ingredients High Intensity Ingredients & Source Hit Point Regen 1.0x Essence Tourmaline Seed of Renewal Cavern of the Discarded Ratmen & 5% of Harvested Plant Seeds Mana Regen 1.0x Essence Sapphire Seed of Renewal Cavern of the Discarded Ratmen & 5% of Harvested Plant Seeds Stamina Regen 1.0x Essence Diamond Seed of Renewal Cavern of the Discarded Ratmen […]

Basics | Resources | Unravelling | Imbuing | Restrictions | Bonuses | Power Scrolls & Skillgain | Mysticism Imbuing is a skill that allows player characters to add resists and/or magic properties to loot or crafted items in a controlled, though limited way and to unravel magical items into the basic resources needed for such embellishment. A character who is trained in this skill has the skill title ‘Artificer’. There is also a more random, but also more powerful, option for the skilled artificer, runic reforging. Basics Imbuing requires no ‘tool’ but does require you to be close to a […]

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Tinkering quests can be obtained from Anolly, Unoelil, Tholef, Tillanil, Sleen or Waelian in Heartwood. Dallid or Daneol in Sanctuary Recipes from these quests will allow you to make Craftable Magic Weapons. Rare recipes will allow you to make Craftable Artifacts Tinker quests give recipes for Alchemy, Masonry and Inscription in addition to Tinkering. The Runic Carving Knife is also obtained from these quests in error. Because of this the East stone anvil recipe is unobtainable via a quest, though it can sometimes be found in treasure chests Anolly the Bark Weaver Quest Name: The Far Eye Make: 10 Spyglasses […]

These bonuses are added to a piece of armor’s or weapon’s base properties, whether you create it from the special material, or enhance it with the special material.   Ore or Granite Type Armor* Dull Copper Shadow Copper Bronze Golden Agapite Verite Valorite Physical Resist 10 3 2 3 2 2 4 5 Fire Resist   2 2   2 7 4   Cold Resist       7 3 2 3 4 Poison Resist     7 2   2 4 4 Energy Resist   7 2 2 3 2 1 4 Durability 50 100         […]

The ability to construct mechanical pets was discovered some years ago when Lord Blackthorn brought his abominable constructs to Ilshenar. Later the mage Sutek developed three further pet types and a recent discovery is the Kotl Automaton. The basic building blocks of mechanical pet construction are: a clockwork assembly and a power crystal Although crafted by characters with Tinkering skill the basic pet is not listed on the tinkering menu, Sutek’s creations and the Kotl Automaton are listed, however, under the ‘assemblies’ category. Creating them is an exhausting task, if attempting to repeat it too quickly you will be advised […]

The only quest giver in the Stygian Abyss, Sutek’s workshop is found just South West of the Clan Scratch area of The Cavern of The Discarded. A wise questor will study this area well, noting as many locations of highlightable items as possible.   Sutek himself is somewhat more elusive and can often be found some considerable distance from his home, as can be seen from the image. He wanders the cavern and surrounding areas muttering strangely to himself.   On taking the quest you will receive a clockwork assembly with a timer. Do nothing with this at this point […]

Basket Weaving is an extension of the Tinkering skill. First you must learn how to make the baskets. To do this read the book, which can be purchased from tinker vendors in the Royal City. You will require: Decorative plants Clippers (craftable – Tinker menu under the Tools tab) Empty bottles Toxic venom sacs (from toxic slith) Wooden shafts (craft from wood using bowcrafting or buy from NPCs) Step 1: Harvest dry reeds from decorative plants. Your basket will be the color of the plant selected. Use the context menu on your clippers and choose the ‘set to cut reeds’ […]