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Take up a trade.

Trades split two ways. Gathering trades collect raw materials. Crafting trades turn them into finished goods. You hold two at a time, a gather at level 30 and anything you want at level 40.

First slot opens

gathering only

Second slot opens

gather or craft

Trades in all

5 gather · 8 craft

100

Top rank

soft cap 80

How it works

You hold two trades

The first slot has to be a gather and you take it at level 30. The second can be anything and you take it at level 40. Nothing before 30.

Swear to a trade

You learn a trade from its guild trainer with the apprentice command. It costs 100 coins and the trainer hands you the tools to start. You can abandon a trade to take up a new one, but no trainer will take you on for seven days.

Rank drives quality

Every trade carries a rank, 1 to 100. Rank is what drives quality, and you rank up by working the trade. Soft cap is 80 and hard cap is 100. Roleplay is what pushes you past the soft cap.

You need other players

You only hold two trades, so you can't make everything yourself. A fletcher needs a smith for arrowheads, an alchemist needs a herbalist for roots. The rest you get from other players.

Gathering five trades

These five collect the raw materials. Every craft needs them. Each card names the trainer and the area they work in.

pick · hammer

Mining

Swing a pick at metal veins and a hammer at gem deposits. Ore, raw stone, and uncut gems.

Dhorvak Stonevein · Duergar Cityhelp

axe

Woodcutting

Fell trees for lumber, and strip the bark and sap while you are at it.

Harl Breenn, the master woodcutter · The Forward Keephelp

knife

Butchery

Work a knife over a fresh kill for hide, sinew, bone, meat, and the odd feather.

Kharra Redhand · The Slaughterhousehelp

sickle

Herbalism

Cut herbs, roots, and mushrooms from bushes in the forest, swamp, and field.

Gryth · The Great Elf Valleyhelp

rod

Fishing

Cast a rod in any water. Anyone lands a common catch. The trade lands the fish worth keeping, plus scales and the rare pearl.

Horgrim · The Dune Seahelp

Crafting eight trades

These eight work those materials into finished goods. Each card is marked with the stat that matters most for that craft, and names the trainer and the area they work in.

STR

Blacksmithing

Smelt ore and hammer out weapons, plate, and chain. Repair kits and weapon mods too.

Tobbin, the forgewright · Sanctuary of Contraptionshelp

DEX

Leatherworking

Tan hides into armor, quivers, sheaths, bags, and boots.

Maelin Hidebinder · Everwildhelp

DEX

Tailoring

Weave cloth and sinew into robes, cloaks, hoods, and soft armor.

Mirelle, the exiled tailor · Isle of Exilehelp

DEX

Fletching

Shape wood, sinew, and feather into bows, crossbows, arrows, and throwing weapons.

Gruk One-Eye · Mountain Trailhelp

INT

Jewelcrafting

Cut gems into rings, amulets, socket stones, and gem powders.

Thuldrek, the dwarven lapidary · Khorandainhelp

INT

Alchemy

Distill herbs and organs into potions, transmutes, and poisons.

Vaelira Moonveil, the lunar alchemist · Swamphelp

INT

Enchanting

Break down magic items and bind their power into new gear and scrolls.

Elaris, enchanter of the Fae · High Towerhelp

WIS

Cooking

Turn meat and herbs into food that keeps and buffs that last through a fight.

Berronson · Flying Citadelhelp

Quality shows

Everything you gather or make has a quality grade, and it shows in the item's name. Higher rank gives better odds at the top grades. You can target one by grade too, like get fine sardine. Make something flawless and your maker's mark gets struck into it.

crude rough standard fine pristine flawless

The commands

apprentice <trade>        swear to a trade at its guild trainer
profession                show your profession sheet
abandon <trade>           give a trade up (seven day lockout)

mine · chop · butcher     gather raw materials
forage · fish · prospect

craft <pattern>           work stock into finished goods
cook <fire> <food>        cook a meal over a lit campfire