Improvements for Crafted Equipment, Levels 1-50

Background

For all crafted armour, shields, weapons, and jewellery, there are generally four groups of recipes per crafting tier (the Apprentice tier usually has just two). These are:

1. The auto-granted group of recipes. These are given to you automatically upon gaining access to a new tier of your profession.
2. The vendor group of recipes. These can be purchased from novice and expert profession trainers.
3. The normal treasure group of recipes. These are found as loot on various sentient creatures.
4. The one-shot treasure group of recipes. These are found as loot on various sentient creatures and can only be used once per recipe scroll.

Traditionally, items produced by the auto-granted and normal treasure recipe groups have had identical level requirements. The vendor and one-shot treasure recipe groups also produced items with identical levels. Players utilizing crafted gear could only reasonably expect to upgrade their equipment twice per crafting tier, and would typically have a prolonged gap in levels before they could look to wield an item produced by the next group of recipes. With Book 8, we are shifting some of these recipe groups a bit.

What's New

We are adjusting the level requirements of the items produced by these recipe groups to smooth them throughout levels 1 – 50, and for some 50+ shields. The level requirements on some crafted items will increase, some will decrease, and some will remain the same. The stat bonuses on these crafted items will also be adjusted relative to the new level requirements.

As a crafter, you will have more opportunities to craft desirable equipment for yourself and for others!

Special Note

We are making special arrangements to ensure that the crafted equipment you are using right now does not become unusable!

In Book 8, equipped crafted armour, jewellery, shields, and weapons that will have a higher level requirement than your current level will be given a new minimum level equal to your current level when you initially log on, so you can continue to use your equipped items. Equipped crafted items that will have a lower level requirement than your current level will be given the correct new minimum level.

All newly-crafted gear made during and beyond Book 8 will have the new minimum level requirements.

At the end of this article, you’ll find tables containing the items that will change, their old levels, and their new levels.