Draznar's Crafting Links, Guide, and FAQ

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Draznar's Crafting Guide and Links

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

1. INTRODUCTION AND TERMINOLOGY
2. VOCATIONS
3. PROFESSIONS
4. GETTING STARTED
5. CRAFTING LOCATIONS
6. CRAFTING PROFESSIONS
7. QUESTS (SPOILERS)
8. ECONOMICS
9. DROPS LIST
10. LINKS

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1.0 INTRODUCTION AND TERMINOLOGY:
So, you want to be a crafter. Well, may we welcome you as you start your journey. As a crafter, you will be able to make many useful items, and a few useless one. Though crafting is not required for advancing your character, it can be beneficial in several ways. You can get some beneficial equipments. Plus you will always be able to make friends, as you have items that they will want. Crafting in a kinship can be a great help to your kinship, plus you have access to more recipes. Before you get started you need to decide what type of crafter you want to be. This guild will help you get started.
Watch the Crafting Developer Diary video on Warcry
Terminology:

• Professions: A field of specialization, such as Metalsmithing.
• Vocations: A bundle of 3 professions, such as an Armorer knows Tailoring, Metalsmithing, and Prospecting (gathering raw materials). Each player can only have one vocation.
• Critical Success: Crafting something of a different level of quality entirely; crafted items have the chance to be of "similar fashion, but of greater lineage." Critical success is something special; something that only happens for truly dedicated crafters, something worth writing home about.
• Optional ingredients: Special additions to a recipe that alter the odds of a critical success in their favor.
• Gathering professions: Collect resources used in crafting, such as Prospecting and collecting ore
• Production professions: Using the resources and creating an item, such Metalsmithing crafts a shield.
• Tier: The ranking system for all resources and recipes. The tier determines the difficulty and whether you can advance in the skill by crafting the item.
• Node: A node is a specific place you can gather a resource. A prospector would harvest from an Ore node.

2.0 VOCATIONS:
As a Crafter you will chose a Vocation, which includes three different professions. Most Vocations have a gathering profession, a related production profession, and an unrelated profession. The Vocation system is designed to encourage community interdependence. There is no "best" vocation for any class. Choose the one that interests you the most. It is more important that you enjoy the professions you get with your vocation. Here are the current vocations:

• Armsman: Prospecting, Weaponsmith, Woodworker
• Armorer: Prospecting, Metalsmithing, Tailor
• Explorer: Forester, Prospector, Tailor
• Historian: Farmer, Scholar, Weaponsmith
• Tinker: Prospector, Jeweller, Cook
• Woodsman: Farmer, Forestor, Woodworker
• Yeoman: Farmer, Cook, Tailor

For more descriptions on vocations see the LOTRO article: Game Systems: Introduction to Crafting

3.0 PROFESSIONS:
Gathering Professions:

• Prospector: One who gathers ore and stone.
• Forester: One who gathers resources from the forest, such as collecting wood.
• Farmer: Collecting items from farms.

Producing Professions:

• Cook: A long march can be made all the easier with the promise of a good meal at the end. While it may seem a mundane talent, a good cook is every adventurer's best friend.
• Jeweller: Simple adornments and objects of beauty are the heart of the jeweller's trade. However, exceptional adornments can go far to increasing the stature and confidence of an adventurer, and a skilled jeweller can produce true works of art.
• Metalsmith: Metal armors and sturdy shields are the metalsmith's domain. Though their initial products may be of simple make, eventually their skills will allow them to work finer materials and greater designs.
• Scholar: Perhaps the most mysterious of the professions, the Scholar collects fragments of lost lore, and attempts to interpret their secrets. In doing so, he can produce scrolls that other craftsmen can read to improve their chances of producing a superior product. They can create scrolls that can buff your fellowship. They can also make potions that allow you to heal while in combat.
• Tailor: A skilled tailor can make simple clothing from common cloth, but with time and practice can create garments of great beauty that provide significant protection to their wearer. The Tailor can also work with tanned hides to produce leather armor – light, tough and suitable for travel.
• Weaponsmith: As expected, the Weaponsmith is the primary source of melee weapons. Swords, daggers, and axes of all varieties are the Weaponsmith's purview, ranging from bronze training gear to weapons of ancient design and great renown.
• Woodworker: As any archer will tell you, it takes more than a stick and a string to make a worthy weapon. The woodworker is an expert bowyer, but expands his trade to include staves, spears, and other hafted weapons. A master Woodworker can produce weapons that even an Elven hero would be proud to wield on the battlefield.

For more descriptions on professions see the LOTRO article: Game Systems: Introduction to Crafting

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4.0 GETTING STARTED:

Gaining a Vocation: You will need talk to the "Master of Apprentices" or "Mistress of Apprentices" who are located in most crafting areas. You will get a quest option once exiting the newbie area (and entering Little Delving or other starter areas) that will direct you to visit a person near the crafting area who tells you some information about crafting. Below are the locations:
The Shire

• Michel Delving: Blossom Proudfoot, Mistress of Apprentices, in the crafting area to the south and west of the Michel Delving post office / bank location (up the hill to the slight north east of the market) (34.6S, 75.5W)

Bree-land

• Combe: Jill Brushwood, Mistress of Apprentices, follow the path to the Eastern edge of Town to the Crafting Hall (28.9S, 48.7W)
• Bree-town Crafting Hall: Old Roger Sorrel, Master of Apprentices, in Bree in the Crafting Hall (30.3S, 51.1W)

Ered Luin

• Gondamon: Alfwin, Master of Apprentices (need ;loc)
• Celondim: Golphedinir, Master of Apprentices, up the cliff from the starting location (need ;loc)
• Thorin’s Hall: Nási, Master of Apprentices, can be found East of the Main Hall (13.7S, 103.2W)

Crafting Window: Opened by the "t" key. You will have a tab for each of your professions under your chosen vocation.

Crafting Item: On the crafting window you can click on the item to be crafted to get the description window for that item.

Crafting Tools: Each profession requires its own tools. Once you choose a vocation, you receive a set of cheap tools (decreased effectiveness). As soon as you can, you should upgrade and purchase your the bronze tools from the "Provisioner" for ??? (Need New price). Tools have different toughness rating, just like standard equipment.
Suggestion: Place your tools on the Shift or Control Hot key bars to make it easier to change tools.

Crafting Locations: The Craft Yard has in it a workbench, a forge, a stove, and a study. These are the locations you must be at to craft. Each profession has a specific location to craft. See next section for more info.

Harvesting Resources: You will need your respective tool (ie. a prospector needs his pick). Open your skills menu (‘K’) and drag the tracking skill to one of your action bars. You can only have one tracking skill up at a time. Make sure you have this enabled at all times to help you find the nearby veins (Nodes for show up as a little pile of rocks on your mini-map). As you travel the world, you will find nodes. The radar will show a blue arrow when you get within a certain range of a resource node - this arrow will turn into a pile of rocks once the node is in range to be on the radar. A prospector will find nodes of ore sticking out of the ground. At first you will only be able to harvest from lower level nodes. As you progress you will be able to harvest higher level nodes. If you have issues finding nodes, you might want to enable item names. If you do not have the gathering profession needed, you can also purchase your resources at the Auction House.

Work Order System: NPC will complete Work Orders (WO) for a fee. You can purchase several different types of WOs. When you turn in the WO, you will be told how long it will take to complete. Once you return after the time has been completed, you will be issued a key to a chest. Inside the chest will be your order.

• Wood location is Combe Lumber camp
• Ore location is Silverdeep mine in Vale of Thrain
• Scholar location is Scholar Enclave in Duillond

Purchased Resources: Many ingredients for recipes are purchased from the provisioner in town. If yu can not find them on the Provisioner, make sure to check the Grocers and Tavern Keeps, they now sell some of the items. You can Shift click on items to buy stacks of 50.

Quick Harvest Process: (Great for hard to reach nodes)

• Click delete key to target node
• Type /follow to go right up to it
• Click U to use your tool

UI Settings for harvesting

• Item Names - Item names will show the item name over the item in the world (helpful when resource nodes are in the ground and such).
• Directional Selection Indicator - Directional Selection Indicator is at the bottom of the UI Settings. What it does is puts a few dots in the direction of the target(in 3d space, so the dots point directly at the object). The color of the dots changes depending on how far you are from the object. It's an alternative to /follow.

Recipes: Each profession tab has recipes for Apprentice level to start with. You can buy or find other recipes. (The Gathering Professions gain their recipes automatically.) Clicking on the plus sign (+) will expand the list of available recipes. Clicking on a recipe shows you what resources are need to make that item. A recipe will show in green with the quantity you can produce if you have all the needed resources. Click on the "Make" button to produce one. Recipes that are purple are single use, so be careful.

• Auto-granted: You gain these recipes automatically when you gain access to a tier.
• Store-bought: Scrolls that you can be purchased from the Novice or Expert Trainer/Vendor of your profession
• Dropped: These recipes scrolls are random loot drops from the mobs in Middle Earth.
• One-shot: These are dropped recipes scrolls that can only be used once. Once you have crafted the item, you will forget the recipe. You may relearn the recipe through another scroll. All One shot recipes require special drops from named monsters. See Fizen's Lord of the Rings Online rare crafting component list.

Advancement: Profession tiers are gained through crafting. Each item you create grants a certain number of skill points. The amount gained for each item is listed on the crafting screen ("F"). To move to the next tier of your profession you need to gain all the skill points for your current Level (i.e., An Apprentice needs to gain 200 skill points, before he can start gaining Journeyman skill points).

Mastering a Tiers: Once you have have completed a tier you can work on "Mastering" that tier. To master a given tier you have to master the previous. You do not need to gain mastery in any tier to become a Master, but you need to gain Mastery in all tiers to Gain Mastery of the Master tier.

Profession Levels:

• Level (Skill needed/Mastery Skill)
• Apprentice (200/400)
• Journeyman (280/560)
• Expert (360/720)
• Artisan (440/880)
• Master (520/1040)

Mastery Option: Mastery Option allows you to increase the chance of a Critical success when crafting an item. It is another tab at the bottom of the crafting screen ("F"). You must have gained Mastery in a Tier to be able to use the Mastery option. Once you have collected all the normal ingredients, you can add the item(s) listed on the Mastery Option tab and click on the check box before crafting (Clicking MAKE).

Craftsman's Mark: Your name will be on every item you create.

Naming Items: Upon successful Critical completion of an Artisan recipe a dialog window opens up which allows you to name the item you have made.

Item Links in Chat: If you have an item in your inventory you can create a link in your chat. This can be done by dragging it from your inventory or Holding down shift and clicking on the item.

Removing crafting spam: All those lovely items crafted or harvested can be filtered out by removing STANDARD and REGIONAL filters from the GENERAL tab. I recommend adding them to the COMBAT tab or a new tab.

Applying Dye: Open your Character panel (paper-doll, as some call it). Now open your inventory. Right-click on the dye pot. Move your cursor over the item you wish to dye in your Character panel and left-click. You should see the "dying" progress bar and be done in a second or two.

Sell-Lock from Inventory: You can lock items in your inventory through mapping a key to Sell-Lock (Options > Keymapping). Then you can Alt-click (select) the item and press the key you mapped to Sell Lock. This works just like click on the lock in the sell window of vendors.

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5.0 CRAFTING LOCATIONS:

5.1 Farmland: See below in the Farming locations

5.2 Forge:

• Breeland, Combe, Craft Hall 28.8S, 48.7W
• Breeland, Bree 29.7S, 52.3W
• Ered Luin, Celondim (need ;loc)
• Ered Luin, Gondomon (need ;loc)
• Ered Luin, Duillond (need ;loc)
• North Downs, Trestlebridge (need ;loc)
• Shire, Michel Delving 34.6S, 75.6W

5.3 Superior Forge:

• Ered Luin, Thorin's Gates, Thorin's Halls (need ;loc)

5.4 Oven:

• Breeland, Combe, Craft Hall 28.8S, 48.7W
• Ered Luin, Gondomon (need ;loc)
• Ered Luin, Duillond (need ;loc)
• Ered Luin, Thorin's Gates (need ;loc)
• Shire, Brockenborings 27.6S, 68.2W
• Shire, Over The Hill 29.6S, 71.6W

5.5 Superior Oven:

• Shire, Michel Delving 34.6S, 75.6W

5.6 Study:

• Breeland, Combe, Craft Hall 28.8S, 48.7W
• Ered Luin, Celondim (need ;loc)
• Ered Luin, Gondomon (need ;loc)
• Ered Luin, Duillond (need ;loc)
• North Downs, Estilden-Eastern side of town (need ;loc)
• North Downs, Trestlebridge (need ;loc)
• Shire, Brockenborings (need ;loc)
• Shire, Hobbiton, Inn (need ;loc)
• Shire, Michel Delving 34.6S, 75.6W

5.7 Superior Study:

• Rivendell, Last Homely House - top floor with elrond and gandalf (need ;loc)

5.8 Workbench:

• Breeland, Combe, Craft Hall 28.8S, 48.7W
• Breeland, Staddle 31.0S, 48.7W
• Ered Luin, Gondomon (need ;loc)
• Ered Luin, Duillond (need ;loc)
• North Downs, Trestlebridge (need ;loc)
• Shire, Bywater 31.9S, 69.4W
• Shire, Michel Delving 34.5S, 74.7W
• Shire, Michel Delving 34.6S, 75.6W
• Shire, Hobbiton 30.3, 70.7

5.9 Superior Workbench:

• North Downs, Esteldin (need ;loc)

6.0 CRAFTING:

6.1 Cook

Crafting Locations: Cooking is a bit unique in location. For Cooking: Items listed as "Ingredients" do not require an Oven to produce. So for the three different types of items, Cooked Foods require an Oven + Cooking Tools, Ingredients just Cooking Tools, and Trail Food requires Cooking Tools + Campfire. The official name for the campfire is "Campfire Materials" (at least that's how it's listed on the Auction House). A campfire is a Woodworker crafted item that has approximately 20 uses per fire.
Crafting Tools: Cooking Supplies
Recipes: Rezel's Cook Book Calculator
Novice Trainers:

• Shire, Michel Delving 34.6S, 75.6W

Expert Trainers: Shire, Michel Delving 34.6S, 75.6W

6.2 Farmer

Crafting Locations: Workbench, (Superior) Grain Field, (Superior) Pipeweed Fields, and (Superior) Vegetable Field, and .

• Michel Delving, Delving Fields located left of the Crafting Area on the road to Little Delving. It sits above the town. 34.4S, 74.4W
• Combe, East of Staddle
• Superior Fields: The Shire, North of Hobbiton (just head north over the bridge) for Superior fields

Crafting Tools: Farming Tools
Recipes: NEEDED
Novice Trainers:

• Shire, Hobbiton 30.5S, 70.7W
• Shire, Michel Delving 34.5S, 74.7W

Expert Trainers: Shire, Hobbiton 30.4S, 71.0W At the workbench between the two superior fields in Michel Delving, north of Hobbiton.

6.3 Forester

Crafting Locations: Workbench
Crafting Tools: Foresters Axe

6.4 Jeweller

Crafting Locations: Study
Crafting Tools: Jeweller Tools
Recipes: Jeweller Recipes by Kol
Novice Trainers:

• Ered Luin, Celondim (need ;loc)
• Shire, Michel Delving 34.6S, 75.6W
• Trollshaws, Rivendell, Last Homely House, Library

Expert Trainers: Trollshaws, Rivendell, Last Homely House, Library

6.5 Metalsmith

Crafting Locations: Forge
Crafting Tools: Smithing Hammer
Recipes: Metalsmith Recipes by Kol
Novice Trainers:

• Ered Luin, Thorin's Gates Thorin's Halls, Forging Hall (need ;loc)
• Shire, Michel Delving 34.6S, 75.6W

Expert Trainers: Ered Luin, Thorin's Gates Thorin's Halls, Forging Hall (need ;loc)

6.6 Prospector

Crafting Locations: Forge
Crafting Tools: Mining Pick

6.7 Scholar

Crafting Locations: NONE! (Used to need Study)
Crafting Tools: Scholar's glass
Recipes: Scholar Guide by DarkkHero
Novice Trainers:

• Bree-land: Bree - Scholar's Stairs
• Ered Luin: Dulliond
• Shire, Michel Delving 34.6S, 75.6W
• Trollshaws, Rivendell, Last Homely House, Library

Expert Trainers: Trollshaws, Rivendell, Last Homely House, Library, top floor with Elrond and Gandalf.

6.8 Tailor

Crafting Locations: Workbench
Crafting Tools: Tailor tools
Recipes: Tailor Recipes by fredskywalker or A Tailor's Guide by theboondocksaints
Novice Trainers:

• Breeland, Combe, Sara Crabgrass 28.7S, 48.7W Up the shorter stairway on the left, next to the Workbench.
• Breeland, Bree, Mat Hedgerow 30.6S, 51.1W Inside building on the SW side of the Traders area. Take a left once you're in the building.
• Ered Luin, Thorin's Gates
• Ered Luin, Celondim, Cannasgam 28.2S, 92.7W On your left as you enter the crafting area, up the hill from the Stablemaster.
• Ered Luin, Gondamon, Dragmall 20.1S, 97.1W Main level, north side, second alcove from the left.
• Ered Luin, Thorin's Gates, Thorin’s Halls, Sandar (need ;loc) Past large statue, right & down at first stairway is in the far right corner.
• Shire, Brockenborings 27.4S, 68.3W At the center of town near traders and next to the Workbench.
• Shire, Budgeford, 31.4S, 66.1W On the west side of town near Workbench and Woodworker Novice.
• Shire, Michel Delving 34.6S, 75.6W

Expert Trainers:

6.9 Weaponsmith

Crafting Locations: Forge
Crafting Tools: Smithing Hammer
Recipes: Weaponsmith Recipes by Kol
Novice Trainers:

• Ered Luin, Thorin's Gates Thorin's Halls, Forging Hall (need ;loc)
• Shire, Michel Delving 34.6S, 75.6W

Expert Trainers: Ered Luin, Thorin's Gates Thorin's Halls, Forging Hall (need ;loc)

6.10 Woodworker

Crafting Locations: Workbench
Crafting Tools: Woodworking Saw
Recipes: Woodworking Recipes by Kol
Novice Trainers:

• Shire, Michel Delving 34.6S, 75.6W

Expert Trainers: Shire, Overhill 28.2S, 70.1W

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7.0 QUESTS (SPOILERS):

NOTE:

• To advance to higher levels in your production professions, you will need to complete quests.
• All quest are labeled by what level you are trying to gain access.
• You must first complete the quest to unlock the "Superior" versions of the crafting locations (i.e., Superior Oven versus regular Oven) before you can complete the Artisan quest.

7.1 Cook Quests

Journeyman: A Taste of Skill Part 1

• Receive from any Novice Cook
• Talk to Alken Chubb at Green Dragon Inn, Bywater, Shire (S31.8, W69.6).
• Reward: Craft Cook Complete Proficiency Tier 1

Expert: A Taste of Skill Part 2

• Receive from any Novice Cook
• Buy Cut of Beef, Hearty Stock & Tater before leaving Novice Cook
• Talk to Alken Chubb @ Green Dragon Inn, Bywater, Shire (S31.8, W69.6).
• He wants you to make Serene Stew and gives you the recipe and a note
• Click on the Serene Stew recipe to learn it.
• Mountain Basil can found on top of a hill in Lone-Lands
• In Lore-Lands it is NW of Forsaken Inn on top of the mountain with a keep on top
• If your viewing range is far enough, you can see it from the Forsaken Inn
• Cook Serene Stew and turn in to Allsen Chubb
• Reward: Craft Cook Complete Proficiency Tier 2

Artisan: A Taste of Skill, Part 3: Talk to Rollo Boffin's in buckland
Superior: Fill the Orders: Rollo Boffin's quest requires a critical mushroom pie, though he will take a regular mushroom pie off you.
Master: A Taste of Skill Part 4

• Receive from any Novice Cook
• Talk to Pasco Grubb in Michel Delving in the Shire.(S34.6, W75.6)
• Pasco Grubb wants a Roast of Heroes - 1 savory seasonings (from expert cook) and 1 giant boar-flank from the giant boar in the trollshaws just north of Giant Valley.
• Cook the roast of Heros and turn it in to Pasco Grubb
• Reward: Craft Cook Complete Proficiency Tier 4 & Roast of Heros

7.2 Jeweller Quests

Journeyman: Call of Precious Things

• Talk to any Novice Jeweller
• Talk to Knobbi Stonestar (Forsaken Inn, Lonelands

Expert: Call of Precious Things II

• Talk to any Novice Jeweller
• Talk to Knobbi Stonestar (Forsaken Inn, Lonelands)
• Use White Tree Trinket Recipe
• Recipe calls for: Silver Ingotx2, Opal x1, Delicate White tree Mould
• Delicate White Tree Mould drops off of Barthr Dourhand (patrols area around Thandobel, Lonelands)
• Craft White Tree Trinket
• Return to Knobbi Stonestar

Artisan: Call of Precious Things III

• Speak to Millicent Greenlake at Thornley's Worksite (breeland)

Superior: Errand for Millicent Greenlake

• Talk to Supervisor Beecher
• Collect Driftwood pieces from river (can't remember exact numbers)
• Follow path down to river below the Trestlespan. Driftwood are Clickable items. No fighting involved.
• Return to Supervisor Beecher
• Fix breaches in Trestlespan by clicking on empty windows in the bridge.
• Return to Supervisor Beecher
• Return to Millicent Greenlake

Master: Call of Precious Things IV

• Talk to expert jeweller trainer, Go see Merilos (spire of meeting, Rivendell), Craft Memorial/memorium Ring
• Recipe given upon recieving quest to craft ring
• Takes: 3 Platinum Ingots, 1 gondorian Sapphire
• Gondorian Sapphire drops off of orcs in angmar. I went up path into Angmar through hillman camp to the NE of Esteldin and first Orc I killed dropped it.
• Return to Merilos

7.3 Metalsmith Quests

Journeyman: The Will of the Iron Part 1

• Receive from any Novice Metalsmith.
• Talk to Glasi Ironhand near the forges in Thorin's Hall (Need ;loc).
• Reward: Craft Metalsmith Complete Proficiency Tier 1.

Expert: The Will of the Iron Part 2

• Receive from any Novice Metalsmith.
• Talk to Glasi Ironhand near the forges in Thorin's Hall (Need ;loc).
• Obtain ancient emblem? dropped by wight? in North Downs
• Craft Feather Weight Shield
• Reward: Craft Metalsmith Complete Proficiency Tier 2 and Feather Weight Shield.

Artisan: The Will of the Iron Part 3
Superior: ???
You must go meet someone in Othrikar (North Downs) who asks you to find a friend of his lost in the hills around the camp and bring the Amber he has back to the character in Othrikar. This is actually a quest where you have to carry the amber back without dropping it. If you attack anything, slide down a cliff, walk into water etc you fail the quest.
Master: The Will of the Iron Part 4

• Receive from any Novice Metalsmith.
• You are directed to talk to Birrungur Blacksteel at Thorenhad in the Trollshaws (31.5S, 15.2W Theres a stable here accessible from Ost Gurath and Rivendell).
• Speaking to Birrungur will further the quest to the next step when you are asked to be tested by creating a Steadfast Helm.
• You receive a one shot recipe for the Steadfast Helm and instructions on how to get the ingredients.
• You will need to collect the following:
• Westernesse Steel Ingot (2) - crafted
• Westernesse Scale (2) - crafted
• Ancient Crown - North of the road through the wilderness of the Trollshaws, evil wights stalk the old ruins of Rhudaur. The place is called Nan Tornaeth. One of the evil creatures surely still bears the crown of its host body, and that will form the foundation of the Steadfast Helm. In this way, we take something evil and refashion it for good. It is the metalsmith's way.
• Reward: Craft Metalsmith Complete Proficiency Tier 4 & Steadfast Helm (Type: Medium Armor Head Armour Value: 61 Add 13 to Will Add 13 to Might Useage Requirements: Minimum Level: 47 Durability: 50/50 Sturdiness: Normal Worth: 4 sp 99 cp)

7.4 Scholar Quests

Journeyman: The Path of Learning Part 1

• Receive from any Novice Scholar
• Talk to Nathronwen in Duillond, the great Elf-refuge in the Blue Mountains (S24.2, W92.7).
• Reward: Craft Scholar Complete Proficiency Tier 1

Expert: The Path of Learning Part 2

• Receive from any Novice Scholar
• Talk to Nathronwen in Duillond, the great Elf-refuge in the Blue Mountains (S24.2, W92.7).
• She wants you to make Ballad of Aiglos
• Collect Lost Stanzas of Aiglos. The bag is on a barrow-mound looking thing surrounded by Warg Pack Mates and wolves in the Amlaith's Scar almost directly NNE of Peakes farm and Minas Vrun. (S7.7, W49.7)
• Reward: Craft Scholar Complete Proficiency Tier 2 and Ballad of Aiglos

Talk to the novice scholar and she send you to Narthronwen in Ered Luin, who wants you to create a Ballad of Aiglos (need 3 faded sindarian passage, 1 cracked dwarf carvings and 1 lost stanza of Aiglos). You will receive a note with directions on finding these and a recipe to make the Ballad. Learn the recipe. To find the Lost Stanza's of Aiglosis go to Annundir in the North Downsis, it is in a VERY small bag just down the WSW side of the hill, in between two of the stole pillars going down the side of the largest mound. Run around the main mound pushing the "delete" key to target it (and have your directional indicator turned on in settings) and you will find it easy enough.
Artisan: The Path of Learning Part III

• Talk to Deluros. (29.8S, 3.4W). When you enter the Last Homely House, go up the right ramp and the next ramp. Enter the door to your left.

Superior:

• Deluros requests that you talk to Harry Wheelwright.
• Harry Wheelwright (29.3S, 6.7W). I believe Harry is the stable-master. Harry asks you to complete “Lost Lore of the Free Peoples.”
• “Lost Lore of the Free Peoples.” Collect four books – Dwarves, Elves, Hobbits, and Man. They fell off a lost cart in the Lonelands. They are all found at the northern part of Harloeg (swamp), which is East of Ost Guruth.
  
  • Dwarves – 35.7S, 26.3W (next to cart).
  • Elves – 35.7, 26.5W (across from Dwarves).
  • Hobbits – 35.3S, 27.2W (on a little island).
  • Man – 34.4S, 26.2W (on the ridge line just entering Harloeg).
• Return to Deluros and you now have access to Superior Study.

Master: The Path of Learning Part IV

7.5 Tailor Quests

Journeyman: The Thickest of Skins Part 1

• Receive from any Novice Tailor.
• Talk to Carver Greenlake (26.4 S, 53.7W).
• Reward: Craft Tailor Complete Proficiency Tier 1.

Expert: The Thickest of Skins Part 1

• Receive from any Novice Tailor.
• Talk to Ranger Erandit in Esteldin, North Downs (near to mailbox). He places a recipe for Deft Gloves into your recipe list. Required items: River Maiden's Thread, 2 x Leather Brace, 2 x Leather Guard , 2 x Boiled Medium Leather Hide
• Seek River Maiden Thread from Trampletusk (Signature mob, 20) south west of Esteldin.
• Must travel back to Trestlebridge to make gloves, as workbench in Esteldin is superior.
• Reward: Craft Tailor Complete Proficiency Tier 2 and a pair of Deft Gauntlets.

Artisan: The Thickest of Skins Part 3

• Receive from any Novice Tailor.
• Talk to Millicent Greenlake at Thornley's work-site, north of Bree (S26.5, W53.7).
• Reward: Craft Tailor Complete Proficiency Tier 3.

Superior: Need Name?

• Receive from Millicent Greenlake after completing previous quest.
• She sends you to talk to Supervisor Beecher in Trestlebridge (located *under* the bridge)
• he asks you to collect driftwood from along the banks of the river below
• Bring the wood back to Beecher, he then asks you to repair 10 breaches in the Trestlespan with the woo
• Talk to him after doing so, he sends to back to Millicent
• Talk to Millicent; quest completed. You now have Superior access.
• Talk to Millicent Greenlake at Thornley's work-site, north of Bree (S26.5, W53.7).
• Reward: Access to Superior Workbench.

Master: The Thickest of Skins Part 4

• Talk to Expert Tailor in Esteldin
• Talk to Branda Rumble in Ost Guruth
• You'll need the following ingredients for Branda to make a Drake-Skin Cuirass:
  • 1 Drake Skin (dropped from any drakes in Nan Amlug)
  • 3 Pristine Leather Brace (2 Boiled Pristine Leather x 3)
  • 1 Darkened Leather Bindings (4 Boiled Pristine Leather 1 Polished Adamant)
  • 1 Darkened Leather Guard (4 Boiled Pristine Leather + 1 Polished Adamant)
• Show the end product to Branda to judge.
• Rewards: Craft Tailor Complete Proficiency Tier 4 and Drakeskin Cuirass (Light Armor; AV 144; +13 Vit; +13 Will; Level 47)

7.6 Weaponsmith Quests

Journeyman: Strength of the Smith Part 1

• Receive from any Novice Weaponsmith.
• Talk to Jon Whetstone in the Bree crafter's hall (S30.5, W51.2).
• Reward: Craft Weaponsmith Complete Proficiency Tier 1.

Expert: Strength of the Smith Part 2

• Receive from any Novice Weaponsmith.
• Talk to Jon Whetstone in the Bree crafter's hall (S30.5, W51.2).
• He wants you to craft an Elven hunting dagger.
• The Rich Iron ore and the Smithing to create the ingots should not be a problem, but finding the rare "Ruined Elven Blade" will be an issue. Go East, into the LONE LANDs, past the Forsaken INN, Past Weathertop to a dirt road heading North into the runied fotress of Naerost 31S, 34.2W.
• Hunt the half Orcs there until one of them drops the "Ruined Elven Blade".
• Reward: Craft Weaponsmith Complete Proficiency Tier 2 and Elven Hunting Dagger.

Artisan: Strength of the Smith Part 3
Superior: See Metalsmith
Master: Strength of the Smith Part 4

• Involves going to Ered Luin and talking to a dwarven weaponsmith master, at which point you will have to build a "special" hammer.

7.7 Woodworker Quests

Journeyman: The Heart of Wood Part 1

• Receive from any Novice Woodworker.
• Talk to Sarabeth Lowbanks in the gazebo in center of Staddle (S31.1, W49.4).
• Reward: Craft Woodwork Complete Proficiency Tier 1.

Expert: The Heart of Wood Part 2

• Receive from any Novice Woodworker.
• Talk to Sarabeth Lowbanks in the gazebo in center of Staddle (S31.1, W49.4).
• Need twistwood branch from Harmon Rushes (lvl 20 sig) on the western fringe of dourhand camp in LL south of road surrounded by craban (S33.5, W34.4).
• Reward: Craft Woodwork Complete Proficiency Tier 2 and Twistwood staff.

Artisan: The Heart of Wood Part 3

• The black heartwood is found on the ground in the giant valley just south of Rivendell. This area is full of elite drakes, worms, and trolls levels 38-44. When you enter the giant valley just stay on the right and you will come to a friendly giant (Arifael?) just go South past him and you will see some woodtrolls. There are two entrances to the troll area. The second from the right is the shorter way to the heartwood. The npc is not a friendly - it a woodtroll related to a an epic quest and it is non - aggro. You must have a group to reach the heartwood. So you want to fight them and work you way back about around 10 trolls and you will see a friendly npc. I believe it's an ent or a tree or maybe even a wood troll that i'm not sure. Well I found the black heartwood right near him. He's actually near the other entrance just south of the one I'm talking about where you fight your way in. If you fought through the other entrance you probably only fight like 5 trolls.

Superior:
Master: The Heart of Wood Part 4

• Receive from any Novice Woodworker.
• Talk to Gile Chadwick in Trestlebridge
• Giles Chadwick asked you to prove your woodworking ability by making a Bow of Shadowy Might for him to judge.
• He gives you; [Bow of Shadowy Might Recipe] [Giles Chadwick's Notes]
• You will need 5 treated Lebethron wood and a Black Huorn Heartwood which can be found near Taur Ornalf, south of Rivendale in the Trollshaw's.
• Reward: Craft Woodwork Complete Proficiency Tier 4 & Bow of Shadowy Might (Weapon Speed 2.4, DPS 24.9, +1% critical, Reduces threat during combat, level 47 req.)

[Draznar]

8.0 ECONOMICS:

8.1 Currency: The basic unit of currency is the silver coin. Copper and gold are used as well, but silver is the baseline.

100 copper = 1 silver
1000 silver = 1 gold

8.2 Auction House: You can access the global Action House through the Solicitor/Notary (Auctioneer). Solicitors or Motaries can be found in the following locations:

• Bree inside Town hall (need ;loc)
• Michel Delving behind the hunter trainer in the merchants area (just to the south and west of the milestone, bank & post office) 34.2S, 74.8W
• Thorin’s Hall (need ;loc)
• Rivendell (need ;loc)

8.3 Mail System: Mailboxes are in most of the cities. They show up on your mini map and big map as an envelope.

8.4 Banking/Storage: There will be a system that allows additional storage beyond what you carry on your back - the exact form it will take is still being worked on. As a couple people have mentioned, crafters (and packrats, and the obsessive-compulsive) do appreciate having the extra space.

9.0 FAQ:

Please help add your questions

Does a character's level limit how far they can advance their crafting skills? While there are no level restrictions. Some of the required resources are in high level areas and many of the quest are not doable, by a solo low level character. If you are in a kinship, consider getting some help with the higher level quests.
Can I un-train a craft so that I can learn a new one? You can change your vocation at any time, which will change your professions. You will retain skills in any profession that is in the new and old vocation. But you will lose all other skills and recipes on professions that are not in both vocations.
Do skills atrophy over time through non-use? No. though they will not increase with out use.
How much demand is there for crafted items? A crafter will always find that some of their items are in demand. Profiting from this is something you will have to learn for yourself.
Are there rare ingredients that need to be collected for some recipes? Single use recipes require rare dropped items to be used when crafted. See Rare Crafting Component List by Fizen Dirtnap for a complete list of the recipes and drops.
How can I tell if a loot item can be used in a recipe? Look at the description and it will mention crafting. Please give to a crafter, or sell it on the Action House.
10.0 LINKS:

Fansites

• Warcry - Great resource with yours truely on staff. Constantly growing database, guides, forums, and more
• TenTonHammer - Good guides and information. Great staff.
• Allakhazam - Growing database. Always a great gaming site.
• Curse - A bunch of great information. Specializes on UI Modifications.
• IGNVault - Another growing database and a bunch of guides.
• LOTRO-WIKI - What can I say it's a WIKI.

My Guild

• The Old Timers Guild - My Guild - "Laid back, not so serious, no drama. All about the fun!" Just a bit of self advertising...

General Crafting Guides

• Draznar's Crafting Links, Guide, and FAQ - Can we say this Guide!!!
• Warcry's copy of Draznar's Crafting Links, Guide, and FAQ - Can we say this Guide on Warcry in html!!!
• Introduction to Crafting - Article by LOTRO team.
• Rare Crafting Component List by Fizen Dirtnap: Complete list of rare and mastery drops, with most accurate spawn information.
• LotroCraft Wiki - A beginning of a wiki dedicated to crafting.

Profession Posts

• Jeweller Recipes by Kol
• Metalsmithing Recipes by Kol
• Tailor Guide by Timelapse
• Scholar Guide by DarkkHero - Includes most recipes and tool info.
• Weaponsmithing Recipes by Kol
• Woodworking Recipes by Kol

Character Guides

• Creating your Character's Origins - Tips and hints help you fully utilize the Character Chargen to create the exact look you seek by SniperCt.
• Base Character Stats - Article by LOTRO team.
• LOTRO Guide - A guide by MadScientist covering stats and quests.

User Interface Usage Guides

• Default UI Walkthrough - Step by step UI walkthrough with pictures by Cairenn on LoTROInterface.
• Voice Chat "How to" - How to use the ingame Voice features written by Tiggs.

Geography and Location Information

• "There and Back again" - Landmark coordinates by SeptaScarabae (will relink if he reposts)
• Middle-Earth Headquarters has awesome Dynamic Maps
• Detailed Maps by Brasse, The Dwarven Cartographer.

Miscelaneous

• Song Compilation - Collection of songs by Calenyavie that can be played with the /music feature.

And in case I miss a link: Reference Links for LOTRO Players by Fernelf

Closing Remarks: Do not copy this guide to any other site. And, yes this is the same Draznar as from SWG, WOW, and CoX. I am glad you enjoyed my guides/FAQ.

Thanks: This guide is a collection of information from the forums. Thanks to the whole LOTRO community for there posts on Crafting.

Comments, suggestions, and corrections are welcome:

• Please post as a reply to the Forum Edition.
• Or you can always reach me at WarCry Forums.
• Or you can always reach me at The Old Timers Guild.

[Draznar]

OK. This should be enough...

Space for rent!

[Dwarven-Might]

Welcome back Draznar. Your guide is of course the best for crafting. I wish that Beta set up of the guide on forums was returned. But we seem to have it lost due to wipe. In any way I have saved some of yer precious information. Keep up the good work, me friend.

[johris]

Very useful information!!!

Thanks for the links Draznar, Welcome back.

[larkins]

nice.. im new so hello and thank you kind sir =)

[Fernelf]

Adding to the LOTRO reference links Draznar. ( Same as my Helpful links for Testers thread back in Beta) I hope they get you a sticky! Thanks oince again for all your work!

[Luscien]

You've been mentioned in my Windfola Server Thread.

http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.p...d=1#post340215

[C31ebrimbor]

Draznar, you da' man. Thanks for going to the trouble of pulling all this great info back together. It's very much appreciated...

[Draznar]

Draznar, you da' man. Thanks for going to the trouble of pulling all this great info back together. It's very much appreciated...

Your Welcome. I am dreading the rewrite though. It will also be fun adding in pictures on the Warcry edition. May rely on other works for that...

[Draznar]

Looking for corrections and suggestions on the rewrite....

[jnn4v]

Looking for corrections and suggestions on the rewrite....

Just a few suggestions:

7.1 - Rollo's last name is Boffin, I think. Also, he no longer just asks for 1 superior mushroom pie. Instead, he sends you to a series of quests for his friends in the shire who all have different cooking requests. Once you complete all of them (including the infamous Esmerelda Burrows) then you get Superior Oven access.

9.0 - change to remove scholar items. Right now, everything listed is either a drop that helps enhance critical success, or a drop required for a special one-time use recipe. The exceptions to this rule are the scholar items, of which you've got about half a dozen who don't come from named units, but rather from scholar nodes, chests, mobs, etc.

10.0 - all links need to be updated to reflect new forum addresses.

I hope that's helpful. Thanks again for your exceptional start to this guide.

[Kitlandria]

Excellent guide for what we know of the game so far! Can't wait to utilize it.

[Silverstein]

Asht tooth is from a warg in Minas Eriol, the ruins that you go down into, instead of going up the path into the goblin area, pretty sure.

[Draznar]

Asht tooth is from a warg in Minas Eriol, the ruins that you go down into, instead of going up the path into the goblin area, pretty sure.

I am removing that list soon, since a friend has created a much better one...

[rain_in_winter]

Work Order System: NPC (NEED names & locations) will complete Work Orders (WO) for a fee. You can purchase several different types of WOs. When you turn in the WO, you will be told how long it will take to complete. Once you return after the time has been completed, you will be issued a key to a chest. Inside the chest will be your order.


Wood location is Combe Lumber camp
Ore location is Silverdeep mine in Vale of Thrain
Scholar location is Scholar Enclave in Duillond

[rain_in_winter]

7.7 Woodworker Quests

Expert: ??? Part 2

• Receive from any Novice Woodworker.
• Talk to Sarabeth Lowbanks in the gazebo in center of Staddle (Need ;loc).
• Need details on making staff, requires killing a dourhand signature in lone lands. Level 20 signature Dourhand wanders the camped ruins below Menegrost (sic?) south of road in lone lands.

The third woodworker quest is similar to the tailoring quest - requiring you to go to Thornley's worksite and Trestlebridge; collect driftwood from the river below and repair the Trestlebridge span.

Artisan:

The black heartwood is found on the ground in the giant valley just south of Rivendell. This area is full of elite drakes, worms, and trolls levels 38-44. When you enter the giant valley just stay on the right and you will come to a friendly giant (Arifael (sic?) just go south past him and you will see some woodtrolls.

There are two entrances to the troll area. The second from the right is the shorter way to the heartwood. The npc is not a friendly - it a woodtroll related to a an epic quest and it is non - aggro. You must have a group to reach the heartwood.

So you want to fight them and work you way back about around 10 Elite trolls (mix of woodtrolls and Curologs) and you will see a friendly npc. I believe it's an ent or a tree or maybe even a wood troll that i'm not sure. Well I found the black heartwood right near him. He's actually near the other entrance just south of the one I'm talking about where you fight your way in. If you fought through the other entrance you probably only fight like 5 trolls.

[rain_in_winter]

Weaponsmith Master: Involves going to Ered Luin and talking to a dwarven weaponsmith master, at which point you will have to build a "special" hammer

The Hammer is called the fist of the dwarves

After talking to the expert weaponsmith you are sent to a dwarf (Hammerfist?) at the North Barricade in Raith Teraig near Gondamon.

After getting instructions you must find Deep Ore ingots (the critical component). These are located below Pinnaith Fenaig (sic memory not too sharp on spelling ) in the Misty Mountains. Specifically the ore is a ground item on the shore of the west Caldwell Pool directly below the goblin camps that line the road to Pinnaith. The area is populated by level 40-43 wargs and goblins. (This area is just below the pass through the Misty Mountains which is not open yet.)

After crafting the item return to the dwarf at the barricade to have it inspected.

[Bulldoggie]

Great Guide - much appreciated.

Some of the links don't seem to point to the posts with the information, but directly to the home page of the forums. Is anyone else having this issue?

Thanks again!

[DarkkHero]

Correction:

Scholar: Perhaps the most mysterious of the professions, the Scholar collects fragments of lost lore, and attempts to interpret their secrets. In doing so, he can produce scrolls that other craftsmen can read to improve their chances of producing a superior product. Other practical applications include lore by which specific enemies (orcs, trolls, the dead) might be best combated, or cures for various maladies. They can also make potions that allow you to heal while in combat.

They removed scrolls that increase damage to specific enemies, such as Orcs, Trolls, etc, in Beta 2. The scrolls now increase Offense or Defense to all types of mobs.

We do not craft Scrolls or potions that cure diseases, etc. We only craft potions for Moral and Power.

[Soltaris]

This looks to be a good resource and reference with very useful information. I appreciate the time and effort that went into it. But I feel it could do better in many areas. Here are a couple that I strongly feel need to be improved upon right away:

The title indicates an FAQ is included. Yet there is no questions and answers section contained within the document. I can think of several items that would be useful here. How many vocations can I learn? What vocations are most useful, and to whom? Is crafting particularly useful besides providing an alternative way of spending my time in game? How much time does it take to advance through the various ranks? Does a character's level limit how far they can advance their crafting skills? Can I untrain a craft so that I can learn a new one? Do skills atrophy over time through non-use? Will training a crafting vocation reduce how much training I can put into combat abilities? How much demand is there for crafted items? Is there any system in place that drives players to want to continue purchasing more crafted goods? How likely is it to find a crafted good your looking for in the auction house? What is the best way to seek out a skilled crafter to create a special item you desire? Are there timers on reusing certain recipes? Are there rare ingredients that need to be collected for some recipes? How can I tell if a loot item can be used in a recipe? How much pack space do various vocations tie up? I could go on and on, but I think you get the idea.

I also feel that the introduction needs to do a better job of introducing new players to the crafting system. They specifically will need to have a good enough grasp of crafting to determine if it's something they'll want to do, and have a good enough overview to help them make a determination of what crafts would be suitable for their character to begin narrowing down their selection.

I hope this feedback helps