How crucial is crafting in this game?

[Takk806]

Hi! Was creating my character and was wondering if I should put some points in crafting from the get go. I could use some insight from veterans.

Thx!

[Cutlass Jack]

Crafting can make weapons and armor far outstripping the best stuff I've found in game. So highly reccomended.

That said, don't do it yourself. Wait until you can recruit custom mercs into your band and make one dedicated to crafting. Thats work that can easilly be given to another person so dont waste your main character's points there.

Unless you really want to have your character craft for RP reasons. Its usually best to have your main hero focus on combat and conversational type skills. Since they're in every fight and are the only one who can make use of conversation.

[blackvoid]

Don't. Spec your main as a shiled warrior with diplomacy and sence (charisma).

then dump crafting point into women warrior from your hamlet when you get her for Tomb Raider quest.

Crafted items are extremely superior to anything you find in the game. they have random attributes, but you can save/load.

[Whitman1855]

Fully upgraded personal crafting is the way to go. I use my main character for it, but once you get your mercs you can use them purely for crafting etc.

[AlBoulcan]

you need crafting and trinkets if you want to have a chance against tough battles. Caltrops baricades, better armor and weapons ect ect.

[deadsanta]

Don't ever pay a dime to a smith for crafting, just wait til you have the extra character generations at Ribe and make a smith with like a bow, just 5/5 bow and 5/5 craft, 3/3 artisan, 4/4 armor. He can even do the repairs/breakdowns if you never gave points to anyone else.

[Whitman1855]

Arguably the absolute best weapon and armour are found once you complete the Isle of Apples quest. However, you are still going to need to outfit your hird, so personal crafting is still the best.

[AnneFrankFanfiction]

As a skill? It's not absolutely essential because you can pay NPC's to do it for you.

But crafting, in general, is... Well I don't want to say it's required, but you're going to have a really rough time if you're playing on any higher difficulty than normal and not crafting gear.

[deadsanta]

Originally posted by TrumpenReich:

As a skill? It's not absolutely essential because you can pay NPC's to do it for you.

But crafting, in general, is... Well I don't want to say it's required, but you're going to have a really rough time if you're playing on any higher difficulty than normal and not crafting gear.

Except that NPC smiths charge you valuables/silver to make gear and your own crafter does not. So yeah, you can pay a village smith 50 hides and 5000 valuables to make you armor, or you can have your own hird make it for just 50 hides. So... why would you ever do the former?

[AnneFrankFanfiction]

Originally posted by deadsanta:

Originally posted by TrumpenReich:

As a skill? It's not absolutely essential because you can pay NPC's to do it for you.

But crafting, in general, is... Well I don't want to say it's required, but you're going to have a really rough time if you're playing on any higher difficulty than normal and not crafting gear.

Except that NPC smiths charge you valuables/silver to make gear and your own crafter does not. So yeah, you can pay a village smith 50 hides and 5000 valuables to make you armor, or you can have your own hird make it for just 50 hides. So... why would you ever do the former?

That is what the word "pay" means, yes.

[Jmac]

Best weapons and armor come from you making it.

[Nimiria Nova]

Originally posted by deadsanta:

Don't ever pay a dime to a smith for crafting, just wait til you have the extra character generations at Ribe and make a smith with like a bow, just 5/5 bow and 5/5 craft, 3/3 artisan, 4/4 armor. He can even do the repairs/breakdowns if you never gave points to anyone else.

Does this mean you can make custom characters that join you then? How and when is that possible?

[arcoleon]

Game breaking, you can craft the yew bow before finishing the first priority quests. It feels like shooting a railgun against butter.

[Karjus]

Originally posted by Nimiria Nova:

Originally posted by deadsanta:

Don't ever pay a dime to a smith for crafting, just wait til you have the extra character generations at Ribe and make a smith with like a bow, just 5/5 bow and 5/5 craft, 3/3 artisan, 4/4 armor. He can even do the repairs/breakdowns if you never gave points to anyone else.

Does this mean you can make custom characters that join you then? How and when is that possible?

In Ribe. Very early on. It is possible to do so within the first 2-3 hours of the game depending on how quickly you go through stuff.

[Nimiria Nova]

Originally posted by Karjus:

Originally posted by Nimiria Nova:

Does this mean you can make custom characters that join you then? How and when is that possible?

In Ribe. Very early on. It is possible to do so within the first 2-3 hours of the game depending on how quickly you go through stuff.

Sounds great. But I have read something about having no rations or that rations get depleated very fast when doing so. Is that true?

[Karjus]

Originally posted by Nimiria Nova:

Originally posted by Karjus:

In Ribe. Very early on. It is possible to do so within the first 2-3 hours of the game depending on how quickly you go through stuff.

Sounds great. But I have read something about having no rations or that rations get depleated very fast when doing so. Is that true?

I've never found food an issue even with a full sized party on the hardest difficulty. I suppose if you were purposefully trying to screw yourself over with food you could do it though.