PRIMA GUIDE · 2004
Equipment and crafting
Read about weapons, armor, trading, prices and crafting.
Buying, selling and crafting
Follow the guide’s trading and crafting advice, including the Dwarf crafting path and how shop buying and selling prices differ.
Equipment and craftingAcquiring equipment
Plan your early equipment purchases and quest rewards, then read the guide’s advice on using weapons, armor and carrying capacity.
Equipment and craftingWeapons and armor at levels 1–40
Compare the book’s weapon and armor advice for levels 1–20 and 20–40, with equipment choices considered alongside your profession path.
Equipment and craftingEquipment grades and expertise
Understand equipment grades, expertise and matching enchant scrolls before choosing or upgrading your gear.
Equipment and craftingWeapons, bows and critical hits
Learn how to read weapon attack values and shot requirements, then review the guide’s notes on critical hits, bows and dual swords.
Equipment and craftingArmor, sets and shields
Understand armor categories, set bonuses and shields, while distinguishing printed future-item listings from equipment available when the guide was written.
Equipment and craftingJewelry
Read the jewelry rules behind earrings, necklaces and rings and their contribution to M.Def.
Equipment and craftingBooks, materials and recipe items
Distinguish spellbooks, amulets, blueprints, materials and recipe items, and understand the weight and vendor-payment fields in the book.
Equipment and craftingVendor prices, taxes and karma
Understand shop markups, taxes and the printed vendor rules, including the traders who serve characters with karma.
Equipment and craftingSailing tickets and Giran crystal shop
Check sailing directions and ticket prices, then learn how the printed Giran crystal-shop listings exchange crystals for C-grade equipment.
Equipment and craftingComplete crafting rules
Read recipe requirements and the Create Item index, with the source’s explanation of materials, crafting costs and recipe organization.
Equipment and craftingMaking money
The original guide’s advice on materials, equipment sales and earning adena.