Blacksmith Tree Description
The Blacksmith tree lets you create, repair, enhance, reforge, enchant, and personalize armaments, gear, and advanced equipment. Blacksmiths shape the fate of items, giving you power over durability, upgrades, and magical or technological enhancement.
Application:
- Craft, upgrade, and repair weapons, armor, and gear.
- Embed enhancements, enchantments, and socketed gems/runes.
- Unlock advanced features like personal shielding, energy weapons, and psionic attire.
- Break down, analyze, and improve items through insight and mastery.
- All costs are paid in materials, time, and Artistry points (see column 4).
ATT: Artistry
| Smithy Weapons & Armor |
Utility & Gear Tools, Items, Components |
Arcane & Advanced Craft Enchantments, Upgrades, Techcraft |
Prerequisite (Artistry, Recipe, Score, Materials) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Armor Smith Forge basic armor (Iron, Leather, Chain) and shields. |
Tool & Gear Craft Craft tools (hammers, tongs, utility gear, spikes, arrowheads). |
Smelt Smelt ores into ingots (Iron, Pyronium, Quantite). |
Cost 1 Artistry 1 Recipe: Iron Plate (4x Iron Ingot, 2x Leather) Materials: Basic Metals, Leather None |
| Basic Weaponsmith Forge basic melee weapons (swords, axes, spears). |
Salvage Break down items into reusable components. |
Repair Restore damaged gear on an anvil. |
Cost 1 Artistry 1 Recipe: Iron Sword (3x Iron Ingot, 1x Leather) Materials: Basic Metals, Leather None |
| Advanced Armor Smith Craft and enchant advanced armors (Pyronium, Quantite, cultural sets). |
Component Smith Make bolts, nuts, reinforced joints, etc. |
Element Smith Refine, combine, and alloy special materials for unique effects. |
Cost 2 Artistry 2 Requires Score 1: Basic Armor Smith, Smelt Recipe: Pyronium Breastplate (3x Pyronium Ingot, 2x Ruby, 1x Monster Ash) Materials: Pyronium, Gemstones |
| Advanced Weaponsmith Forge rare and cultural weapons, balanced for advanced combat. |
Care Sharpen, clean, polish, and maintain gear. |
Join Weld/fuse metal for complex items. |
Cost 2 Artistry 2 Requires Score 1: Basic Weaponsmith, Repair Recipe: Quantite Longsword (2x Quantite Ingot, 1x Sapphire, 1x Leather Grip) Materials: Quantite, Sapphire, Leather |
| Upgrade Enhance gear (+1, +2, etc.), add sockets, or improve structure. |
Material Scouting Track down rare crafting resources. |
Blastercraft Forge/modify energy and tech-infused weapons. |
Cost 3 Artistry 3 Requires Score 2: Advanced Armor/Weaponsmith, Join Recipe: Upgraded Shield (+2): Existing Shield, 1x Quantite Ingot, 2x Star Dust, 1x Gold Dust Materials: Quantite, Star Dust, Gold Dust |
| Batch Production Produce gear in bulk for trade or armies. |
Mining Extract ore from various biomes (mountain, cave, riverbed). |
Deconstruction Insight Analyze items to unlock new recipes and reclaim materials. |
Cost 3 Artistry 4 Requires Score 2: Material Scouting, Upgrade Recipe: Bulk Arrowheads (20): 2x Iron Ingot, 1x Garnet Dust Materials: Iron, Garnet |
| Reforge Completely remake a weapon/armor for new stats, effects, or type. |
Nest (Lining) Line armor with magical fur/cloth for survival trait boosts. |
Synthweaving Weave psionically enhanced or arcane attire for perception/energy. |
Cost 4 Artistry 5 Requires Score 3: Upgrade, Batch Production Recipe: Reforged Flame Blade: Existing Sword, 2x Infernium, 1x Angelic Dust, 1x Amethyst Materials: Infernium, Angelic Dust, Amethyst |
| Smithy Techniques Advanced shaping for complex armaments and decorative work. |
Sunder Recover valuable components and enchantments from items. |
Inscribing Engrave armaments with runes/glyphs for set or faction bonuses. |
Cost 4 Artistry 6 Requires Score 3: Reforge, Synthweaving Recipe: Runic Plate: Plate Armor, 1x Aetherstone, 2x Pixie Dust, 1x Sapphire Materials: Aetherstone, Pixie Dust, Sapphire |
| Forge Slam Unleash a devastating hammer strike (combat ability). |
Train Train other characters up to your level. |
Apply Essence Crystal Socket Aether/Fury shards for magical/physical enhancements. |
Cost 5 Artistry 7 Requires Score 4: Smithy Techniques, Inscribing Recipe: Crystal-forged Greatsword: Greatsword, 1x Aether Shard, 1x Fury Shard, 2x Diamond Dust Materials: Aether Shard, Fury Shard, Diamond Dust |
| Iron Will Shout Shout to boost HP and resistance (combat ability). |
Decipher Script Read and use recipes/runes at or below your level. |
Resonating Make gear indestructible via magical or rare saps/resins. |
Cost 5 Artistry 8 Requires Score 4: Apply Essence Crystal Recipe: Resonated Armor: Any Armor, 1x Nafter Sap, 1x Aetherstone, 1x Emerald Materials: Nafter Sap, Aetherstone, Emerald |
| Legendary Forgemaster Craft unique armaments (legendary/unique/lineage/cultural sets). |
Combine (with Alchemist/Engineer) Merge armaments for new properties (Infusing). |
Master Enchanter Layer, remove, and overwrite enchantments on armaments. |
Cost 6+ Artistry 10 Requires Score 5: Legendary Forgemaster unlocks after all other skills at score 4. Recipe: Dragonscale Plate: 6x Dragonscale, 2x Angelic Dust, 1x Diamond, 1x Star Dust Materials: Dragonscale, Angelic Dust, Diamond, Star Dust |