¶ 🛠️ Crafting
Crafting in Chronicles of Arcadia is a core system that lets you gather materials, create gear, grow plants and catch rare fish. It plays a key role in improving your character and earning gold.
¶ 🌿Gathering Professions
Gathering is your first step in the crafting journey, providing the raw materials needed for most production skills. These are leveled independently and practiced out in the open world.
¶ Woodcutting |
¶ Mining |
¶ Herbalism |
| Travel forests and wilderness areas to harvest different types of wood. Master woodcutters can recognize the rarest trees and know where to find the most valuable lumber. | Extract precious ores and minerals from mountains and rocky zones. Only skilled miners can identify the richest veins and refine rare metals for powerful equipment. | Pick and identify potent herbs used in alchemy, cooking, and armorcrafting. A good herbalist can spot rare flowers and plants in the wild, making them a valuable asset to any crafter. |
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¶ ⚙️ Production Professions
Production professions let you turn raw materials into gear, consumables, and powerful tools. Each has unique outputs and specialties.
¶ Alchemy |
¶ Armorcrafting |
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Brew potions and elixirs that restore health, boost stats, and provide unique effects. Great alchemists blend herbs, minerals, and magical essences for potent results. |
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Forge armor sets using natural resources and metals. A skilled armorcrafter can create powerful equipment enhanced with attributes and effects. |
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¶ Blacksmithing |
¶ Cooking |
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Craft melee weapons like swords, axes, and hammers. High-end smiths can forge deadly gear from ore and wood that meets the demands of the fiercest warriors. |
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Combine herbs, meats and rare ingredients to create food that boosts your stats. Ideal for both adventurers and entrepreneurs. |
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¶ Tailoring |
¶ Carpentry |
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Use cloth and grass materials to make robes, gloves, and other gear suited for magical or agile classes. Tailors can produce light armor with stats or set bonuses. |
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Shape lumber into bows, wands, staves, and decorative items. Perfect for ranged and magic users. |
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¶ 🌱Planting
Grow your own crafting materials by planting seeds in pots and managing their water and compost levels. This system is especially useful for alchemists and cooks who need a steady supply of herbs and vegetables.
¶ 🎣Fishing
Fishing is a gathering profession that lets you catch fish and rare items from lakes, rivers, and special zones. Catch fish and rare treasures with rods and bait, used in crafting and cooking.
¶ 📈Crafting & Gathering Tiers
Crafting and gathering professions progress through five ranks. Each rank determines how many gathering and production skills you can actively level at that time.
| Rank | Level Range | Max Gathering Skills | Max Production Skills |
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| Apprentice | 1-20 | 3 | 6 |
| Craftsman | 21-40 | 2 | 4 |
| Expert | 41-60 | 1 | 2 |
| Master | 61-80 | 1 | 1 |
| Legend | 81-100 | 1 | 1 |
¶ 🧑🏫Trainers
To level up your professions, you’ll need to visit trainers who can guide you through each tier of crafting. You can train your crafting and gathering skills with instructors found in Varanas, Dalanis, Obsidian Stronghold, and Heffner Camp.
¶ Material Vendors
Some crafting materials can be bought directly from NPCs, often located in different regions of the world. Crafting materials can also be purchased from NPCs across many zones. Some require quest progress to access their shop.