Crafting is the process of creating new upgrade materials of higher quality, and breaking down materials into their equivalent lower quality counterparts.
Adjacent to the crafting system is:
- Cooking, the process of creating new consumable items.
- Upgrades, which provide improvements to weapons and armor stats.
- Enchanting, which upgrades the effects of unique weapons.
Overview[]
The crafting interface in the Party Camp, showing all available recipes.
The crafting interface can be accessed via the workbench in Party Camp. to both upgrade (trade up) and downgrade (break down) materials. You can also break down materials out in the field via the inventory screen, although there's little reason to do so since weapon and armor upgrades themselves are still exclusively handled via the workbench.
You can upgrade crafting materials (Fine quality and higher) by combining four of the next lower quality. Downgrading works the other way around: one higher-quality material becomes three of the next lower quality. Because you lose 25% of the materials when downgrading, it's not a free way to swap between tiers.
Adra type materials instead require three items to upgrade, which means you may freely swap between tiers without incurring any loss. This was intentional, in part due to the rarity and uniqueness of adra relative to other materials.
The level 5 ranger passive, Scavenger, reduces the crafting cost of upgrade materials by 25% (excluding adra materials). With it, only 3 materials are needed instead of 4, making the upgrade and downgrade amounts the same. It does not improve the downgrade ratio, but does mean that freely swapping upgrade materials between tiers is possible with crafted items.
Only upgrade materials can be crafted (including herb, wood, metal, armor material, and adra). The recipes used to both upgrade and downgrade a specific material are only available once you've found that material in the world.
Recipes[]
| Item | Upgrades This item is created with | Downgrades* This item breaks down into |
|---|---|---|
| Fine | 4x Common | 3x Common |
| Exceptional | 4x Fine OR 16x Common | 3x Fine OR 9x Common |
| Superb | 4x Exceptional OR 16x Fine OR 64x Common | 3x Exceptional OR 9x Fine OR 27x Common |
| Legendary | 4x Superb OR 16x Exceptional OR 64x Fine OR 256x Common | 3x Superb OR 9x Exceptional OR 27x Fine OR 81x Common |
| Item | Upgrades This item is created with | Downgrades* This item breaks down into |
|---|---|---|
| Hylea's Talon | 4x Paradisan Ladder | 3x Paradisan Ladder |
| Admeth's Wyrt | 4x Hylea's Talon OR 16x Paradisan Ladder | 3x Hylea's Talon OR 9x Paradisan Ladder |
| Cave Coral | 4x Admeth's Wyrt OR 16x Hylea's Talon OR 64x Paradisan Ladder | 3x Admeth's Wyrt OR 9x Hylea's Talon OR 27x Paradisan Ladder |
| Bloodwrithe Toadstool | 4x Cave Coral OR 16x Admeth's Wyrt OR 64x Hylea's Talon OR 256x Paradisan Ladder | 3x Cave Coral OR 9x Admeth's Wyrt OR 27x Hylea's Talon OR 81x Paradisan Ladder |
| Item | Upgrades This item is created with | Downgrades* This item breaks down into |
|---|---|---|
| Hardwood Branch | 4x Softwood Branch | 3x Softwood Branch |
| Petrified Wood Branch | 4x Hardwood Branch OR 16x Softwood Branch | 3x Hardwood Branch OR 9x Softwood Branch |
| Blackwood Branch | 4x Petrified Wood Branch OR 16x Hardwood Branch OR 64x Softwood Branch | 3x Petrified Wood Branch OR 9x Hardwood Branch OR 27x Softwood Branch |
| Glasswood Branch | 4x Blackwood Branch OR 16x Petrified Wood Branch OR 64x Hardwood Branch OR 256x Softwood Branch | 3x Blackwood Branch OR 9x Petrified Wood Branch OR 27x Hardwood Branch OR 81x Softwood Branch |
| Item | Upgrades This item is created with | Downgrades* This item breaks down into |
|---|---|---|
| Steel Chunk | 4x Iron Chunk | 3x Iron Chunk |
| White Steel Chunk | 4x Steel Chunk OR 16x Iron Chunk | 3x Steel Chunk OR 9x Iron Chunk |
| Living Iron Chunk | 4x White Steel Chunk OR 16x Steel Chunk OR 64x Iron Chunk | 3x White Steel Chunk OR 9x Steel Chunk OR 27x Iron Chunk |
| Living Steel Chunk | 4x Living Iron Chunk OR 16x White Steel Chunk OR 64x Steel Chunk OR 256x Iron Chunk | 3x Living Iron Chunk OR 9x White Steel Chunk OR 27x Steel Chunk OR 81x Iron Chunk |
| Item | Upgrades This item is created with | Downgrades* This item breaks down into |
|---|---|---|
| Tanned Hide | 4x Pelt | 3x Pelt |
| Stelgaer Leather | 4x Tanned Hide OR 16x Pelt | 3x Tanned Hide OR 9x Pelt |
| Balarok Skin | 4x Stelgaer Leather OR 16x Tanned Hide OR 64x Pelt | 3x Stelgaer Leather OR 9x Tanned Hide OR 27x Pelt |
| Dragon Hide | 4x Balarok Skin OR 16x Stelgaer Leather OR 64x Tanned Hide OR 256x Pelt | 3x Balarok Skin OR 9x Stelgaer Leather OR 27x Tanned Hide OR 81x Pelt |
| Item | Upgrades This item is created with | Downgrades* This item breaks down into |
|---|---|---|
| Adra | ||
| Awakened Adra | 3x Adra | 3x Adra |
| Corrupted Adra | 3x Awakened Adra OR 9x Adra | 3x Awakened Adra OR 9x Adra |
| Adra Bán | 3x Corrupted Adra OR 9x Awakened Adra OR 27x Adra | 3x Corrupted Adra OR 9x Awakened Adra OR 27x Adra |
* Also equivalent to the cost of upgrades with Scavenger.