Crafting

Intro

Crafting is a complex feature of Nova Aetas. It offers a unique gameplay that's quite new and unseen in other games. You can craft almost everything, from swords to armour to firearms. You can find your craftsmanship skill on your character screen. It's attribute is agility.

Each item is made out of several goods. These are called intermediate goods or semi-goods. You'll need to manufacture these semi-goods yourself. This is where Nova Aetas distinguishes from other games. You will need to forge tools, swords and armour manually, timber needs to be sawed and processed and so on.

If you want to craft a sword as blacksmith for example, you'll need at least a sword blade and wooden handle. Handles and shafts are manufactured by the carpenter.

You can also buy raw materials and intermediates at the Guild Market. The sword blade can be found under intermediates when scrolling through types of goods. When you find the sword blade you see various requirements. Your craftsmanship skill needs to be adequate.

This is a new skill which you can improve over time. Hovering your cursor over the material requirements lets you see that 1 steel ingot is required. Either obtain this from a mine or the market. Crafting can be started if all needs are fulfilled.

Also

See Building a Castle for information on building own castle.

See Guild for information on Guilds, creating masterpiece, apprenticeship, and gaining access to starting an enterprise.

Raw Materials

Crafting begins with raw materials such as timber and Steel ore. These can be obtained through resource gathering or purchased at the Guild Market. Raw materials typically require further refinement into workable intermediates / semi-goods (ie steel ore into steel ingots).

Storage

Your Storage for Crafting Enterprise which you have purchased for your own are located in small chests within your business. Locations listed below.

Blacksmith storage chest: on floor next to workbench

Carpenter storage chest: up stairs in closet

Tailor storage chest: on a small table in the back of the room

Church storage chest: just behind you when you spawn into the church basement; beside the desk.

The Master associated with your new place of business, who can always be found inside your business, and has options for you after seven days after buying your business, with one of these options being access of your stockpile, which is separate from your storage chest in a business. Your Stockpile is where you place goods relevant to production by your workers.

Also

See Farming for information about food production and building own farm

See Woodcutting for information on Timber production.

See Mining & Smelting for information on Stone / Ore production.

Crafting Steps by Enterprise

Church

Writing Desk

After you've apprenticed a town and bought a Church of your own, you can then access your church via the main town options. Once you do, you will be teleported to the downstairs area of the Church. Towards the back is a desk for which to use for crafting items for the church. Scroll through to find items to craft. Click the craft button. Now you see a large yellow pointer popping out at the scene where you are to go to craft. Hold down action key (default "f" key) to craft. One item called "Hosts" leads to "Consecrated Hosts" which then allows you to lead a Church sermon, for which you will have to go upstairs in order to see the yellow pointer. You will not gain anything for leading a sermon before your Church is built (one week). Your Master Brewer, who taught you to be a Bishop, somehow, will be at the front door of the Church. Talk to him after one week for options. For the church, you can make intermediates like parchment from hides or holy water from clean water. To get parchment, go to the framework with the untanned hide and startscraping it (hold down F). Use the obtained parchment for writing a letter of indulgence or books.

Sometimes you'll need a special episcopal seal. This seal authenticates the documents or objects. You can receive it from the local bishop. Therefore you need to visit the local church.

You can also start a sermon. Do this by 'crafting' the consecrated hosts. Go to the church hall and start the sermon. Don't forget you can disable the pointers by clicking the left button below.Blacksmith

Blacksmith

Workbench

The workbench at your newly bought Blacksmith can be found to the right of the worker standing inside. Open the menu by using the action key (default "f"). Find the item you wish to craft by using the arrows in the menu. You can craft many items from parts to finished product. Once you found the item you wish to craft, click the craft button. Now you see a yellow pointer popping out in the scene to explain where to go. Most crafting actions begin with taking an iron rod. Press F and keep it pressed down until the loading bar gets fully loaded. A new pointer arrives at the bellow. Go to it and blow the fire till it has the right temperature. Follow the rest of the yellow pointers to craft your item. You can disable these pointers by pressing the button below. Note that some items might require a different way of processing.

Use mining and smelting along with blacksmithing for maximum profit. Even mid level 5 crafting skill can produce expensive swords, i.e. Rapiers.

Keep or Sell it

When crafting is complete, a message box will pop up asking you whether you want to keep or sell the item. Because you are member of the Guild -- and the Guild always guarantees a fixed price for its members within the city -- you'll always have 20% profit. The estimated profit is stated below right at the workbench window and calculated as follows: costs of intermediates + 20% profit of the true buying price of the item at the market. Keep the intermediates in your inventory to craft the final item at the workbench: e.g. a sword.

Craft-able Goods Overview

Here's an overview of possible goods to be crafted:

• Blacksmith can craft:
  • - Tradegoods (tools)
  • - Intermediates (dozens)
  • - Swords
  • - Axes
  • - Polearms
  • - Maces
  • - Plate/mail armour
  • - Plate/mail helmets
  • - Plate/mail gauntlets
  • - Plate/mail footwear
  • - Bullets
  • - Steel shields
• Carpenters can craft:
  • - Tradegoods (stool, cabinet)
  • - Intermediates (dozens)
  • - Ranged (bow, crossbow, firearms)
  • - Arrows & bolts
  • - Wooden Shields
• Church can:
  • - Tradegoods (rossary, letter of indulgence, ...)
  • - Intermediates (many)
  • - Church goods (hosts)
  • - Learning books
  • - Hold sermon (represents realistic sermon)
• Tailor/tannery can craft:
  • - Tradegoods (cloth, ...)
  • - Intermediates (wool cloth, linen, velvet, shirt, sleeves, ...)
  • - Leather armour
  • - Leather boots
  • - Leather stuff
  • - Gambesons
  • - Other headwear

Blacksmith

Tradegoods

Name	Ingredients	Description	Crafting Level
Tools	1 x Steel 1 x Heft		1
Woodcutter Axe	1 x Steel 1 x Heft		1
Mining Pickaxe	1 x Steel 1 x Heft		1
Farming Sickle	1 x Steel 1 x Heft		1

Intermediates

Name	Ingredients	Description	Crafting Level
Handle	1 x Steel		1
Sword Blade	1 x Steel		1
Axe Blade	1 x Steel		1
Polearm Blade	1 x Steel		1
Mace Head	1 x Steel		1
Pauldrons	1 x Steel		1
Tassets	1 x Steel		1
Cuisses	1 x Steel		1
Salet	1 x Steel		1
Visor	1 x Steel		1
Bracers	1 x Steel		1
Greaves	1 x Steel		1
Breastplate	1 x Steel		1
Firearm Barrel	1 x Steel		1
Shield Panel	1 x Steel		1

Swords

- Axes

- Polearms

- Maces

- Plate/mail armour

- Plate/mail helmets

- Plate/mail gauntlets

- Plate/mail footwear

- Bullets

- Steel shields