How deep is the crafting system?

[Balalaika]

Can I focus on crafting and just make stuff and level up slowly. Go out get recipes and ingredients.

[JayXan]

No xp gained during crafting. Just conversion. But you can sell it for profit tho.

[Balalaika]

Originally posted by JayXan:

No xp gained during crafting. Just conversion. But you can sell it for profit tho.

So it is worth doing for money and useful items and possible stat increase items. It is not meaningless or pointless right?

[Sgt.JESUS]

I just think they could add more recipes, gothic you could make some pretty good weapons if you had the blacksmithing skill, i found no recipe on the vendors, and i have a lot of iron and silver, iron ingots, and no recipes, maybe later in the game, im only in chapter 2.

[Lyle]

Originally posted by Balalaika:

Originally posted by JayXan:

No xp gained during crafting. Just conversion. But you can sell it for profit tho.

So it is worth doing for money and useful items and possible stat increase items. It is not meaningless or pointless right?

Money and healing items are still scarce 10 hours in. Collecting herbs and crafting ointment has been vital for me. Also food. Ive used a few traps and throwing knives, but they didn't help that much. Getting potion brewing as soon as I find a trainer, thats for sure.

[Cat]

Originally posted by Balalaika:

Originally posted by JayXan:

No xp gained during crafting. Just conversion. But you can sell it for profit tho.

So it is worth doing for money and useful items and possible stat increase items. It is not meaningless or pointless right?

Traps are EXTREMELY potent in this game, the bear trap is super useful, but traps and tools are generally speaking really good, you aren't able to forge weapons (that I know of), but you are able to make and upgrade some rings and the like. Getting a +5 stat ring early on is a huge bonus, if you have the materials for it. Traps are really good, throwables do work, and you don't need a skill to use any of it. Making more is a bit harder, so you shouldn't be spamming it aside from the weakest one like the root trap that holds enemies for 5 seconds.

I managed to kill what is probably an late game encounter with some bandits early on abusing the hell out of bear traps (heavy bleed) and holding them in place while throwing stuff at them. Got an epic tier armour of it and it's leagues ahead of my old armour. (I do not recommend this, I only wanted to see if I could win)

[Sgt.JESUS]

Those bandits are tough, i used the old hit and run, most of them go back to the camp and you have to deal with only 2 of that bunch, i used a broken wall section, best tactic is to hit and run around the wall and try to hit through the wall too, bleeding helps a lot, best armor so far, best sword too.
Havent found 1 recipe to make healing potins yet, looked everywhere, already have the brewing skill.

[Razorhunter]

Crafting is way too shallow. Its alright picking it if you got some spare learning points but other than that its not very useful.

[TorinuxCthulhu]

Originally posted by Sgt.JESUS:

Those bandits are tough, i used the old hit and run, most of them go back to the camp and you have to deal with only 2 of that bunch, i used a broken wall section, best tactic is to hit and run around the wall and try to hit through the wall too, bleeding helps a lot, best armor so far, best sword too.
Havent found 1 recipe to make healing potins yet, looked everywhere, already have the brewing skill.

Don't get me started with those darn bandits, lol. Died more times than I expected.

[Sgt.JESUS]

I found the healing potions, stupid me was looking for the usual light, medium and large healing potion hehehe, since the plants have some distiction like that. Tincture something, i thought it was for coloring the map or armor.

[gungadin22000]

So can somebody confirm that there is no weapon or armour crafting in the game? Deliberately saved a bunch of iron and leather hoping to be able to make myself some better gear, but nobody seem to sell recipes for anything but rings and consumables,

[UL]

Originally posted by gungadin22000:

So can somebody confirm that there is no weapon or armour crafting in the game? Deliberately saved a bunch of iron and leather hoping to be able to make myself some better gear, but nobody seem to sell recipes for anything but rings and consumables,

No weapon and armor crafting. Only traps, ammo, special items like rings, food, potions and quivers.

[JayXan]

to be fair though, the weapon and armor crafting wouldnt add too much to it. The items you find, if you explore are pretty rewarding. Crafting usefulness tho? (I am a big crafting lover in games) The most useful things in crafting are stat up potions, that you have to choose wisely between based on your build. Generally the only thing I craft are the rings/amulets. And potions. Everything else is just for gold. I dont use arrows, traps, or grenades though)