So is it just me or you can't make certain things with blacksmithing?

[Nezkeys]

For example I want to add "poison damage over x seconds" to a bow but it appears I can't. I see bleed damage (slaughtering fulcrum) but no infected fulcrum. Also In some gear I see infected components but they are for % damage not raw damage so that's useless if I want the weapon to apply poison in the first place

Is there just certain items that don't exist so you can't make certain weapons or is everything possible and I just lack the components? I basically want to make my own bow with poison/bleed on or just poison (since there is a finesse ability that has a chance to apply bleeding). Or chakrams/Sceptre too I seem to have the same problem

[Ingolf]

Which level do you have with your ability of blacksmithing? For better and higher equipment you must level up your ability of blacksmithing.
Have you collect items , gear and weapons with poison and so on and disassembled ??
Before I start disassembly items, I make a save point and check what I get for the things.
So I repeat disassembly until I will get pieces with properties and level i need.
Subsequently you can start to forge your equipment. And do not forget add the gems.
So, I have got my strong chakram with fire, a super sword with damage and chaos and a very good stave with ice damage.
For example, see the list of abilities/ properties part 1
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1816639637961479408/51C0A9076F2E24BE9C8DA6B13FEAB47FEADF571B/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false
see the list of abilities/ properties part2 from weapons
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1816639637961486029/38A352FB4EF2052E0F91519C047409ACA288DBA2/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false

[andy]

Originally posted by Nezkeys:

For example I want to add "poison damage over x seconds" to a bow but it appears I can't. I see bleed damage (slaughtering fulcrum) but no infected fulcrum. Also In some gear I see infected components but they are for % damage not raw damage so that's useless if I want the weapon to apply poison in the first place

Is there just certain items that don't exist so you can't make certain weapons or is everything possible and I just lack the components? I basically want to make my own bow with poison/bleed on or just poison (since there is a finesse ability that has a chance to apply bleeding). Or chakrams/Sceptre too I seem to have the same problem

You can add damage type with weapon gems. Just increase your skill enough to use them for crafting items.

[Nezkeys]

Originally posted by andy:

Originally posted by Nezkeys:

For example I want to add "poison damage over x seconds" to a bow but it appears I can't. I see bleed damage (slaughtering fulcrum) but no infected fulcrum. Also In some gear I see infected components but they are for % damage not raw damage so that's useless if I want the weapon to apply poison in the first place

Is there just certain items that don't exist so you can't make certain weapons or is everything possible and I just lack the components? I basically want to make my own bow with poison/bleed on or just poison (since there is a finesse ability that has a chance to apply bleeding). Or chakrams/Sceptre too I seem to have the same problem

You can add damage type with weapon gems. Just increase your skill enough to use them for crafting items.

Not really what I asked. I'm 10 in both blacksmithing and sagecrafting. I was talking about making a poison/bleed weapon before you add the gem (because I want lightly wounded gem there) and it appears you cannot

[H.Honor]

Originally posted by Nezkeys:

Originally posted by andy:

You can add damage type with weapon gems. Just increase your skill enough to use them for crafting items.

Not really what I asked. I'm 10 in both blacksmithing and sagecrafting. I was talking about making a poison/bleed weapon before you add the gem (because I want lightly wounded gem there) and it appears you cannot

It is there you just need to find the component (there is no poison/bleeding core component so far i know)

i'd recommend max level capping to 40 then do dead Kel and have Fatesworn dlc
so far in dead Kel it only drops flawless mithrian components from chest and enemis wich is pretty nice

Just found a poison dmg handle wich works witt sceptre and chakram
i.imgur.com/tUKiqGT.jpg

[andy]

Originally posted by Nezkeys:

Not really what I asked. I'm 10 in both blacksmithing and sagecrafting. I was talking about making a poison/bleed weapon before you add the gem (because I want lightly wounded gem there) and it appears you cannot

I'm sorry, i misunderstood you. It was a really late time here.

There are crafting materials that add various effects, but some effects only exist in specific tiers. For example, handle with bleed damage exists only in "improved" and "flawless" tiers. I used this list when i tried to craft items. I'm not sure how complete it is, but from my experience it's mostly accurate:

https://amalur.fandom.com/wiki/Component

To get some rare components most likely you will have to dismantle item with such effect added using gem, or depend on RNG and reloading saves when sending NPCs on missions in Dead Kel DLC.

Originally posted by H.honor:

i'd recommend max level capping to 40 then do dead Kel and have Fatesworn dlc
so far in dead Kel it only drops flawless mithrian components from chest and enemis wich is pretty nice

In this version you can go to Dead Kel DLC at any moment. It will not lock DLC level, and once your character reaches level 31-33 (i don't remember exact number) you will be able to receive flawless components from NPC missions.

[Nezkeys]

Originally posted by andy:

Originally posted by Nezkeys:

Not really what I asked. I'm 10 in both blacksmithing and sagecrafting. I was talking about making a poison/bleed weapon before you add the gem (because I want lightly wounded gem there) and it appears you cannot

I'm sorry, i misunderstood you. It was a really late time here.

There are crafting materials that add various effects, but some effects only exist in specific tiers. For example, handle with bleed damage exists only in "improved" and "flawless" tiers. I used this list when i tried to craft items. I'm not sure how complete it is, but from my experience it's mostly accurate:

https://amalur.fandom.com/wiki/Component

To get some rare components most likely you will have to dismantle item with such effect added using gem, or depend on RNG and reloading saves when sending NPCs on missions in Dead Kel DLC.

Originally posted by H.honor:

i'd recommend max level capping to 40 then do dead Kel and have Fatesworn dlc
so far in dead Kel it only drops flawless mithrian components from chest and enemis wich is pretty nice

In this version you can go to Dead Kel DLC at any moment. It will not lock DLC level, and once your character reaches level 31-33 (i don't remember exact number) you will be able to receive flawless components from NPC missions.

Again though it wasn't what I asked. I have come to the conclusion I am either very unlucky, or flawless damaging grip/bindings/rivets and flawless everlasting string/cloth etc are extremely rare because I didn't see more than 1 in 200 hour save file so had to dupe them via salvaging glitch...which again relies on luck. The thing is they're probably at 0.001 % drop rate (and for good reason) because they completely trivialise the game

[funkmonster7]

Originally posted by Nezkeys:

Again though it wasn't what I asked. I have come to the conclusion I am either very unlucky, or flawless damaging grip/bindings/rivets and flawless everlasting string/cloth etc are extremely rare because I didn't see more than 1 in 200 hour save file so had to dupe them via salvaging glitch...which again relies on luck. The thing is they're probably at 0.001 % drop rate (and for good reason) because they completely trivialise the game

There is quite a bit of grind in this game. I actually kinda like it, although it is tedious. I've played 40 hours into this one character alone... and I've spent 20 hours in two previous characters and quit them because I changed my mind and wanted to nab as many Steam achievements as possible, and realized my previous characters wouldn't be able to do it — because I ignored Persuasion, the most tedious achievement to grind through.

40 hours in, and I don't have that many item mods that I want to use to "trivialize" the game, haha. I'm certain the loot drop has been nerfed compared to OG-reckoning. But well... I never went to Klurikon in OG-reckoning because I trivialized the game's difficulty. At least this time I have some interest in snuffing out Gadflow once and for all.

Another thing is I save all my most precious item mods for my 'endgame' gear. And I dismantle everything. If money really is a problem, I can just respec to a mage and nuke everything, that way I don't have to repair any equipment and just sell everything I collected (or at least dismantle the good items).

It's not so much the loot that has been nerfed, it's more like the chance to get the item mods through dismantling has been nerfed. Also, we get more items with multiple sockets now. So, I found that sometimes having a weapon with 3 sockets is better than my own crafted equipment. Although I haven't got Mastercraft yet.

[Nezkeys]

Originally posted by funkmonster7:

Originally posted by Nezkeys:

Again though it wasn't what I asked. I have come to the conclusion I am either very unlucky, or flawless damaging grip/bindings/rivets and flawless everlasting string/cloth etc are extremely rare because I didn't see more than 1 in 200 hour save file so had to dupe them via salvaging glitch...which again relies on luck. The thing is they're probably at 0.001 % drop rate (and for good reason) because they completely trivialise the game

There is quite a bit of grind in this game. I actually kinda like it, although it is tedious. I've played 40 hours into this one character alone... and I've spent 20 hours in two previous characters and quit them because I changed my mind and wanted to nab as many Steam achievements as possible, and realized my previous characters wouldn't be able to do it — because I ignored Persuasion, the most tedious achievement to grind through.

40 hours in, and I don't have that many item mods that I want to use to "trivialize" the game, haha. I'm certain the loot drop has been nerfed compared to OG-reckoning. But well... I never went to Klurikon in OG-reckoning because I trivialized the game's difficulty. At least this time I have some interest in snuffing out Gadflow once and for all.

Another thing is I save all my most precious item mods for my 'endgame' gear. And I dismantle everything. If money really is a problem, I can just respec to a mage and nuke everything, that way I don't have to repair any equipment and just sell everything I collected (or at least dismantle the good items).

It's not so much the loot that has been nerfed, it's more like the chance to get the item mods through dismantling has been nerfed. Also, we get more items with multiple sockets now. So, I found that sometimes having a weapon with 3 sockets is better than my own crafted equipment. Although I haven't got Mastercraft yet.

Yes there's not much point in having 10 blacksmithing if you can't attach a gem, and have a low supply of components to even make something, let alone the best components. Since components are tied to your level you won't see the best ones until you are high level and endgame. I had a 200 hour save file with only one flawless damaging rivets, no flawless bindings ot grip, and no everlasting at all. They have to have the lowest drop rate or else theres no logical explanation for why i have 50 mitharan flamed hilts for example. When you factor in that all the op gear in Fatesworn comes with damage resistance and damage all over them it further cements my view that they purposefully made these two components the rarest.

Cloudy shards can be strengthened into pristine shards with 6 sagecrafting so worst case scenario just buy all cloudy then sleep and repeat. Shops sell blank socketed gear frequently, and they are in chests a lot too. The best gear you can make with blacksmithing early on is stacking 14% damage x2 and 19% damage x2 on everything. Two lightly wounded gems of 20% = 40% damage and there is no rng involved. 280% lightly wounded gear us enough to be a mini god. Yes blacksmithing at its super saiayan mode does 700% damage but if enemy has 10 hp and one weapon does 11 damage and the other does 11 million it doesn't really matter