TERA's crafting system allows players to create a wide array of useful items, from powerful gear and consumables to essential crafting materials. Mastering crafting can significantly reduce your reliance on the marketplace and provide a substantial advantage in your adventures across Arborea. The system is divided into several distinct crafting professions, each with its own set of recipes and required materials.
Crafting Professions
- Alchemy: Focuses on creating potions, elixirs, and other consumable items that provide temporary buffs or restore health and mana.
- Weaponsmithing: Allows you to craft several weapons for different classes, ranging from swords and daggers to staves and bows.
- Armortech: Specializes in creating armor pieces for all character classes, including helmets, chest pieces, gloves, and boots.
- Tailoring: Primarily used for crafting cloth armor and some accessories.
- Handicrafting: Produces accessories like rings, earrings, and necklaces, as well as some specialized gear.
Getting Started with Crafting
To begin crafting, you first need to learn a profession. This is typically done by interacting with a crafting trainer in major cities like Velika or Allemantheia. Once you've chosen a profession, you'll gain access to a crafting interface where you can view available recipes.
Recipes and Materials
Recipes are learned through various means: some are provided by the crafting trainer, others can be purchased from merchants, found as drops from enemies, or obtained through quests. Each recipe lists the specific materials required for its creation. These materials can be gathered from the world (mining ore, harvesting plants), obtained by salvaging existing gear, or purchased from other players or vendors.
Crafting Quality and Success
The success rate and quality of crafted items can be influenced by your crafting skill level and the quality of the materials used. Higher skill levels and superior materials generally lead to a higher chance of crafting a Masterwork or even an even rarer tier of item, which will have significantly better stats.
Masterworking and Enchanting
Once an item is crafted, it can often be further enhanced through Masterworking, which significantly boosts its stats. Additionally, crafted items can be enchanted using various scrolls and materials to add further bonuses, making them competitive with or even superior to gear obtained through other means.
Tips for Crafters
- Specialize: Focus on one or two professions to level them up efficiently.
- Gather or Buy: Decide whether to gather your own materials or purchase them from the Auction House.
- Check the Auction House: Understand the market value of crafted items and materials to maximize your profits.
- Stay Updated: New recipes and materials are often introduced with game updates.