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.
| Name | Ingredients | Required for | Drops |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raw materials | |||
| Adamantite Nugget | - | 4: Artisan's Frame 5: Leolin's Mold |
Yes |
| Animal Bone | - | 1: Coarse Bone Powder | Yes |
| Animal Skin | - | 1: Leather | Yes |
| Asofe | - | 6: Maestro Mold | Yes |
| Charcoal | - | 1: Cokes | Yes |
| Coal | - | 1: Cokes 2: Steel Mold 4: Crafted Leather |
Yes |
| Enria | - | 6: Craftsman Mold, Warsmith's Mold | Yes |
| Iron Ore | - | 1: Steel 2: Steel Mold 4: Metal Hardener, Metallic Thread |
Yes |
| Mithril Ore | - | 4: Blacksmith's Frame, Mithril Alloy, Reinforced Metal Plate | Yes |
| Mold Glue | - | 6: Maestro Anvil Lock, Maestro Mold, Warsmith's Holder | Yes |
| Mold Hardener | - | 6: Craftsman Mold, Maestro Holder, Warsmith's Mold | Yes |
| Mold Lubricant | - | 6: Arcsmith's Anvil, Maestro Anvil Lock, Maestro Holder | Yes |
| Oriharukon Ore | - | 2: Synthetic Cokes 4: Oriharukon |
Yes |
| Silver Nugget | - | 2: Silver Mold 4: Metallic Fiber, Oriharukon |
Yes |
| Stem | - | 1: Braided Hemp 4: Metal Hardener |
Yes |
| Suede | - | 2: High Grade Suede | Yes |
| Thread | - | 2: Compound Braid, Cord 4: Metallic Thread 6: Warsmith's Holder |
Yes |
| Thons | - | 6: Arcsmith's Anvil | Yes |
| Varnish | - | 1: Steel 2: Varnish of Purity 4: Metal Hardener |
Yes |
| Craft Level 1 | |||
| Braided Hemp | 5 Stem | 2: Compound Braid, Silver Mold, Steel Mold | Yes |
| Coarse Bone Powder | 10 Animal Bone | 2: High Grade Suede, Varnish of Purity | Yes |
| Cokes | 3 Coal 3 Charcoal |
2: Silver Mold, Synthetic Cokes | Yes |
| Leather | 6 Animal Skin | 4: Crafted Leather | Yes |
| Steel | 5 Varnish 5 Iron Ore |
2: Cord 4: Mithril Alloy |
Yes |
| Craft Level 2 | |||
| Compound Braid | 5 Braided Hemp 5 Thread |
Yes | |
| Cord | 2 Steel 25 Thread |
4: Crafted Leather, Metallic Fiber 5: Leolin's Mold |
Yes |
| High Grade Suede | 1 Coarse Bone Powder 3 Suede |
Yes | |
| Silver Mold | 5 Braided Hemp 5 Cokes 10 Silver Nugget |
4: Blacksmith's Frame | Hardly |
| Steel Mold | 5 Braided Hemp 5 Iron Ore 5 Coal |
4: Artisan's Frame | No |
| Synthetic Cokes | 3 Cokes 1 Oriharukon Ore |
4: Oriharukon 6: Maestro Anvil Lock |
No |
| Varnish of Purity | 3 Coarse Bone Powder 3 Varnish 1 Stone of Purity |
4: Artisan's Frame, Blacksmith's Frame, Mithril Alloy 6: Maestro Holder |
No |
| Craft Level 4 | |||
| Artisan's Frame | 1 Steel Mold 5 Varnish of Purity 10 Adamantite Nugget |
6: Warsmith's Mold | No |
| Blacksmith's Frame | 1 Silver Mold 5 Varnish of Purity 10 Mithril Ore |
6: Maestro Mold | No |
| Crafted Leather | 4 Cord 4 Leather 1 Coal |
Yes | |
| Metal Hardener | 10 Stem 10 Varnish 10 Iron Ore |
Yes | |
| Metallic Fiber | 20 Cord 15 Silver Nugget |
Yes | |
| Metallic Thread | 10 Thread 5 Iron Ore |
4: Reinforced Metal Plate | Yes |
| Mithril Alloy | 1 Varnish of Purity 2 Steel 1 Mithril Ore |
No | |
| Oriharukon | 1 Synthetic Cokes 12 Silver Nugget 4 Oriharukon Ore |
No | |
| Reinforced Metal Plate | 5 Metallic Thread 5 Mithril Ore |
5: Leolin's Mold | Yes |
| Craft Level 5 | |||
| Leolin's Mold | 40 Cord 10 Reinforced Metal Plate 15 Adamantite Nugget |
No | |
| Craft Level 6 | |||
| Arcsmith's Anvil | 3 Maestro Anvil Lock 20 Mold Lubricant 10 Thons |
No | |
| Craftsman Mold | 2 Artisan's Frame 20 Mold Hardener 5 Enria |
No | |
| Maestro Anvil Lock | 4 Synthetic Cokes 4 Mold Glue 4 Mold Lubricant |
6: Arcsmith's Anvil | No |
| Maestro Holder | 10 Varnish of Purity 10 Mold Lubricant 10 Mold Hardener |
6: Warsmith's Holder | No |
| Maestro Mold | 1 Blacksmith's Frame 10 Mold Glue 5 Asofe |
No | |
| Warsmith's Holder | 2 Maestro Holder 10 Mold Glue 20 Thread |
No | |
| Warsmith's Mold | 1 Artisan's Frame 10 Mold Hardener 5 Enria |
No | |
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.