crafting materials ?

[lemon-lime]

Is there any use for ingots and gems? I've been saving them so far, but i'm in act 3 and still no use for em. Am I missing a blacksmith or something?

[chromedbustop]

So far haven't found a use for them except yet another source of gold (which is already laughably easy to come by).

[BigAlzBub]

The only resource that you can make things out of is infernal iron, and an NPC has to do that for you, everything else can safely be sold. If there ever is a definitive edition, maybe there will be crafting but not right now.
Of course there is alchemy right now...

[orthostatic]

There are a few items that are specifically requested in quest conversation dialog that could be interpreted as "crafting" mats since you trade them to the blacksmith.

One of these is infernal iron.

spoil infernal iron
Two iron should be set aside if player intends to do the Karlach quests which require the blacksmith to "fix" her.
More iron should be set aside if player wants some awesome heavy armor and/or medium helmets.
Limited supply during the same. The key NPC here is Dammon, once he leaves the Grove and appears in Last Light Inn.

Another is, ffffff what was it, mythril ingot?

spoil whatsit ingot
It's when you're in the duergar area with the forge and the forge boss and all that. Adamantine perhaps. Anyway while you're down there you find a few nodes that you can mine directly for ore. You can feed those (along with moulds you find) to the forge and get some cool items.

As for Silver Ingots, those damnedable things that feel like they should be kept forever... far as I know there are no uses for them unless there's an alchemical combine that can use them. I've cleared the game once so far, never used a silver ingot.

I don't know everything about the game, excited to be proven wrong here. Giving the best info I have, hth.

[ferreirajc87]

Crafting material was suppose to be part of a crafting system that they cut along with dozens and dozens of other stuff that did not make it past the last minute chopping block. RIP ACT 3.