Not a clue on how to craft

[daleslad]

Can someone get me started on how to craft, I can't find any information in the game about it. Are there instructions starting from scratch somewhere on how to craft.

[Zekiran]

http://dishonored.wikia.com/wiki/Bonecharm_Crafting

Basically you must first have the skill unlocked with a rune.

With the ability to craft at level 1 you can make a charm that has two traits.

You have to first go to your bonecharms and select the one with the trait you would like to reproduce, and break it down (that's a command you'll find once you own the crafting power). You then will be able to use that specific effect to create a new charm with multiple pieces. You must have the Crafting power upgraded if you want to create them with either more than 2 aspects, or for the ability to create ones with multiple USES of the same ability - which I highly recommend doing. Having a 4x powerful Strong Arms for instance = absolutely instant chokeholds.

You must also have whalebone available, which is all over the place and you can get also from breaking down corrupt or black bonecharms - though you do NOT get those traits available.

I'd suggest saving your game, and fiddling around with it. It is a little complex, but honestly nowhere near as weird or complicated as in, say, the Witcher series. You basically hope to find individual bonecharms out in the world map, break them down to scavenge their abilities, and put them together the way you wish to use them most effectively. I'd suggest also reading up on the wiki there for the traits. Sometimes you'll not bother with a specific trait, if you're not using something like Blood Thirst, so you'll have a long list of 'available' traits, and a handful that you use repeatedly to make your build much more effective.

My go-to crafting usually is for strong arms, relocation sickness, and lucky needle. So whenever I go around town, witches will literally fall over themselves unable to teleport near me, I can sleep dart them and still get my darts back, and knocking them unconscious is a snap.

[B✪✪tsy]

I did 3 playthroughs and never even bothered to craft. Maybe in playthrough 4 I will give that a go too :)

[Zekiran]

Oh man you are missing out. I mean it's a fairly SPECIFIC thing if you want to do it - you never have to, but it makes for some interesting twists to an already fun and completely playable game.

[daleslad]

Thanks Zekiran, I tried to follow your instructions but I ran into a problem right away.
I clicked on the Craft Bonecharms icon and then chose the Craft 2 Traits window, the next window to pop up was a circle with two empty rings that can swing around. I clicked on one of the empty rings and a message pops up. It said " You've discovered 3 Traits" and down below it said Add to this Trait.
It never did give me to opportunily to go to my bonecharms to choose one a Trait to reproduce.
The three traits it discovered were not being used by me, because I didn't like them compared to some of the others I had in my wheel.
I have 10 slots on my wheel and they are all filled. I also have about 22 bonecharms that I am not using.
Maybe I'm not doing it right but I couldn't see any other way to proceed after initially clicking on Craft Bonecharms.

[Zekiran]

You break down ALL the ones you get. That's how you gain the bonecharms. You'll remove them all from your 10 slots, break them down, and USE them as new bonecharms with multiple slots on them. You can increase the quantity of effects that those 10 slots can put into use this way.

So unload them from your slots, break em down, then put them on new charms.

[daleslad]

I'd like to do that Zekiran but I can't see any way to actually do it. Like I said if I click on the Craft Boneharms it does'nt get me to a place where I can actually remove and break down the Bonecharms I would like to improve.
Are there step by step instructions anywhere that I can read up on it.

[Zekiran]

Found a video :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL1AqPlzUcE

[daleslad]

Thanks, I did go back and tried again and I think I am on the right track. I selected one the bonecharms that I had already equipped. I got the message asking me if I still wanted to sacrifice it and it wanted me to confirm. It said it had a whalebone value of +1 and New traits to learn of +1. If I confirm and sacrifice the charm does the whalebone add to my stash and what happens to my trait.
I appreciate you taking the trouble and finding the url I will certainly check it out. I've looked at quite few already that had promising titles on how to craft bonecharms but none of them really went into detail but concentrated more on explaining why you should craft.
BTW what is the Discord community that you want me to join ?

[Zekiran]

lol that's not mine, that's on the video.

And no trouble at all. When I first started trying to figure this out, I was *absolutely lost* in it, so i wanted to pay it forward for those who are new.

Also remember too - when you want to do a New game + , it will take the BROKEN DOWN TRAITS for your + run. So even if you know you're not going to use a particular charm? Break it down anyway. It'll give you bone to use after all, and maybe at some point you might want to switch out your play style and use those other charm features in a future run.

[daleslad]

That's funny, I"m a bit slow on the uptake Zekiran but it comes with the territory when you get to be 85. Thanks again for all of your help, I'll probably be back lol

[Zekiran]

This game and the others in the series are spectacular and lots of replay value fun. :)

[daleslad]

I'm enjoying this one, and I plan to check out the earlier ones that I should have started first.

[Zekiran]

Yeah though D2 does have much more actual plot available to it. D1 HAS a plot, but most of it appears in the dlc. (and, .... will make this make a LOOOOT more sense :D )

[daleslad]

Yup I guess I spoilt it for myself playing this one first. I think I might try this one again but play Corvo instead.
Well I crafted my first Bonecharm with 4 traits, not sure if I am noticing any difference yet I chose the movement traits.
I'm finding that I don't have as many useful bonecharms as I thought I had, I have a lot of the kind that have no traits, so I guess they are only good for whalebone if I scrap them.
Hopefully I will manage to pick up a few more of the good kind pretty fast so I can put them to good use before the game ends.

[Zekiran]

Yeah the "black bonecharms" give some fairly specific traits, but can't be used to take those into crafting. They're great if you CAN use them, but sometimes they're in a style that you're not looking at and won't ever be useful.

I think I've only ever slotted a total of ONE 'corrupt' bonecharm and that's because I didn't care whatever the negative for it had been and needed the bonus half.

Make sure that you're using the Heart to home in on them while wandering maps. Sometimes they're very well hidden. Also remember you can check your stats mid-mission (in the first game you could not do this) to see what might all be possible. (do they show the bonecharm total in that or only at the end of the mission? I can't remember, been a while)