Crafting High Quality Weapons

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Skill Requirements

Characters who submit Custom Crafts for weapons (not arrows, bolts, bullets, bows, crossbows, slings), will need to have the following level in said skill to craft the appropriate quality:

terrible           = any
low                 = high apprentice
below average = low journeyman
average          = mid journeyman
above average = low advanced
good               = high advanced
very good        = low master
amazing          = high master


Ingredients Requirements:

The ingredients should reflect the quality:

average or lower - normal ingredients, nothing special
above average - most ingredients should be better than average, so more than just "a piece of bone".  At least 2 ingredients, one of which requires a small amount of work to get.
good - most ingredients should be good.  At least 3 ingredients, one of which requires a moderate amount of work to get (kryl, anakore)
very good - some ingredients should be very good.  At least 4 ingredients, one of which requires a lot of work to get (salt worm, dujat worm)
amazing - some ingredients should be amazing.  Requires 5 ingredients, one of which is very difficult to get (gaj, mekillot, bahamet, horror, etc)

Note that it doesn't necessarily have to be the creatures listed as example, just something along that level of difficult.  "The best obsidian you can find", stuff like that.   There is a fair amount of subjectivity to this, and that's alright, when you submit it staff will work with you on figuring it out.


Time Requirements:

You cannot start with the best for your ability and always submit that, you have to work your way up to it.  You can craft two quality levels before your max, then one below it, then at the highest.

For example, based on your skill and the fact you're in Salarr or a tribe and working on your tribe's specialty, your best is 'amazing'.  Month 1's CC must be good, the next very good, the next amazing.   Then it starts over.

For example, based on your skill and you're an independent, the highest you can craft is 'very good'.  Month 1's CC must be above average, the next good, and the next very good.  Then it starts over with above average.


*Note - When submitting a CC for high quality weapons, please link in the request your previous CC's for the weapons building up to it, if applicable

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This thread is for Q&A on crafting high quality weapons:

https://gdb.armageddon.org/index.php/topic,58908.0.html

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Weapon Categories and You

Below are the different weapon categories, organized by each type.  As you go down the list for each type, they do more damage, but weigh more and are generally larger.

Stabbing
dagger
longknife

Piercing
shortsword
shortspear
spear
warspear (EP / ETWO only, in other words no ES)
longspear (ETWO only)
Half-giant sized piercing (EP / ETWO only, in other words no ES)

Slashing
sickle
longsword
bastardsword (EP / ETWO only, in other words no ES)
greatsword (ETWO only)
Half-giant sized slashing (EP / ETWO only, in other words no ES)

Chopping
hatchet
axe
battleaxe (EP / ETWO only, in other words no ES)
greataxe (ETWO only)
Half-giant sized chopping (EP / ETWO only, in other words no ES)

Bludgeoning
sap
club
mace
warhammer
staff (ETWO only)
maul (EP / ETWO only, in other words no ES)
longmaul (ETWO only)
Half-giant sized bludgeon (EP / ETWO only, in other words no ES)


*Note: Categories are just that, a label for a group of weapons.  Every weapon in the game is put into one of these categories as each category is a set of stats primarily.  For example, the longsword category can include longsword, falchion, rapier, sabre, etc.  The mace category can include flail, and the club category may include cudgel.  A larger flail may be in the warhammer category.