Lineage II/Crafting

= Introduction to the Lineage 2 Crafting System =

Up to C3, only dwarves can craft (in C4 there is "Craft Common Item" for everyone, but I haven't found a source describing what that one does). While Bounty Hunters gain only craft level 1 and are limited to rather useless nograde items as well as the 5 most basic material recipes, only the Warsmith really has full access to the craft system.

To be able to craft, one needs to have the corresponding recipe in the recipe book of the dwarf, as well as the necessary ingredients in the inventory.

Recipes
There are 4 kinds of recipes, materials and items, and the two special cases shorts and arrows.


 * Material recipes are the simplest form, they just transform a number of lesser materials into one higher material.
 * Item recipes are much more complicated. To create an item, you need the special key materials for that item, as well as a large number of normal materials, and crystals and gemstones of the corresponding grade.
 * Shot recipes require only crystals and the corresponding ore (soul or spirit) as input.
 * Arrow recipes are just like material recipes, only that the result isn't used for crafts.

Ingredients
These are the kinds of ingredients one needs to craft.


 * Crystals can be won by crystalizing items (weapons, armor, jewelry) of a certain grade; only Warsmiths can crystalize.
 * Key materials are specific to a certain item and drop only at specific mobs, one has to collect enough of them before one can create a specific item.
 * Materials are general and drop at many places, but one needs usually a lot of them in any recipe.
 * Spirit Ore and Soul Ore are only needed for shots and can be bought at the shop.
 * Gemstones are only needed for items, are specific to a certain grade (there are however no no-grade gemstones) and can be bought at the shop.
 * Recipes themselves are ingredients beginning from b-grade upward.

Materials
One of the most important issues in crafting is getting the right ingredients, and materials are the largest part of them. If you do not have some material of a type, you might want to make them from some lower materials. For this you need the right material recipe. As there are 29 material recipes, and the recipe book has only a total of 50 entries, it is a good idea to let your Bounty Hunter handle the 5 material recipes of craft level 1, to get more space in the Warsmith recipe book.

In any case, it is generally much faster to get the higher material as a drop or spoil instead of collecting the lower materials and crafting them.

Too, do not transform any material into higher versions before you really need them, so you have the lower version if required.

The most sought after materials are usually Coarse Bone Powder, High Grade Suede, Crafted Leather, and Stones of Purity.

Items
Items are either weapons, armor, or jewelry. Weapons are much more expensive to craft than the rest, still getting the key materials and recipes for any item can be very time consuming.