A question about crafting

[spicemustflow]

What is the way to use the objects that supposedly help you in crafting, like needle or thimble? Are they really useful?

[Maybe42or54]

It works just like RL on this one. You can hold them in your hands, and have them in your inventory, you can also be in a room with a sewing machine to help you in your efforts. That is pretty much how it works in character, rooms give you bonuses, items in hand give bonuses, and even though you can't RP and equip another tool mid-craft, you can RP with the items in your inventory like you are using them.

[spicemustflow]

So I don't have actually to hold a tool in my hand to get a bonus? When I type craft linen I get the message that I can craft it into a bandage, but when I try to do that it says that I don't have enough skill...

AHA!! Never mind, got it, thanks!

[Lenny Poppo]

you need to hold the tool

[Lizzie]

Some tools can be worn, rather than held. Using assess -v can be helpful. Though, I've discovered some tools don't have any assess -v message - meaning, it doesn't say what the tool can be used for. I don't know if that is an oversight, or if these tools simply have no -coded- benefit and are exclusively for RP purposes. In a nutshell though, try wear, hold, wield, assess -v, and if all else fails, don't worry about the coded benefit and just RP that you're doing something with the tool you have.

[Maybe42or54]

So I don't have actually to hold a tool in my hand to get a bonus? When I type craft linen I get the message that I can craft it into a bandage, but when I try to do that it says that I don't have enough skill...

AHA!! Never mind, got it, thanks!

As to this specifically, if you don't type it exactly right, you'll get this message everytime.

craft linen
You can make a white linen bandage from that.

You have to" Craft linen into white linen bandage"

[RogueGunslinger]

Ugh. This reminded me that it took three months to figure out that just 'craft item' will tell you what you can craft out of things. And here I thought you had to just guess what you can make. Heh.

[RoannTantreal]

Ugh. This reminded me that it took three months to figure out that just 'craft item' will tell you what you can craft out of things. And here I thought you had to just guess what you can make. Heh.

craft fail

[Gimfalisette]

Dude. That's nothing. It took me 3 months to figure out that you can eat/drink past the "You are no longer hungry/thirsty" message. I played the game for THREE MONTHS with constantly seeing "You are a little hungry" on my screen. Feel good that you were only such a dumb noob about the overly complex crafting system, in comparison

[Dakkon Black]

overly complex crafting system

Really? Play SOI. LOLZOR

[Gimfalisette]

Well, overly complex compared to like an MMO where it's all push buttons and visuals. You gotta admit that ARM's crafting system is completely non-intuitive.