Leatherworking Skill Tips - Revision history

Trebor: Not necessary currently. Only the amount of lye required is used.

2014-06-18T02:00:50Z

Not necessary currently. Only the amount of lye required is used.

MamaDarkness: Undo revision 83543 by Boston (talk)

2014-01-23T20:38:02Z

Undo revision 83543 by Boston (talk)

Boston: Replaced content with "=== If you play this game you will be punished by law!!! === Wurm is a bad game and run by criminals who avoid tax, if you play this game you will suffer harsh punishments..."

2014-01-23T19:47:24Z

Replaced content with "=== If you play this game you will be punished by law!!! === Wurm is a bad game and run by criminals who avoid tax, if you play this game you will suffer harsh punishments..."

Vardoj: /* Creating leather */ Altered suggestion on using the smallest amount of lye possible. ~~~~Vardoj

2011-07-29T21:42:24Z

Creating leather: Altered suggestion on using the smallest amount of lye possible. ~~~~Vardoj

Swordmage: commas

2011-04-23T01:20:45Z

commas

DoubleDigger at 01:59, 29 May 2010

2010-05-29T01:59:26Z

Ulviirala: you added links, that's good, but I would advice you to read about the syntax of how to make internal links, what's necessary and what's not :) continue contributing, please :)

2009-07-01T21:29:47Z

you added links, that's good, but I would advice you to read about the syntax of how to make internal links, what's necessary and what's not :) continue contributing, please :)

Jens: /* Leatherworking */

2009-07-01T21:05:37Z

Leatherworking

Tritus: /* Creating leather */

2009-06-16T14:09:10Z

Creating leather

Tritus: /* Leatherworking */

2009-06-16T13:53:51Z

Leatherworking

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 Higher quality hides are harder to turn into high quality leather and, unless you have very good leatherworking skill and lye, it will turn into lower quality leather.
-When making leather try to use the smallest amount of lye possible as the entire amount is used.  To do this, fill a pottery flask with lye and place a garlic in a second flask, then move the lye into the flask with the garlic.  This will leave a tiny amount of lye in the first flask (less than .01kg) to be used on the hide.
 [[Category:Babel/L]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:38, 23 January 2014
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−	=== If you ~~play this game~~ you will be ~~punished~~ by ~~law!!!~~ ===	+	==Leatherworking==
−	~~Wurm~~ is ~~a bad game~~ and ~~run by criminals who avoid tax~~, if you ~~play~~ this ~~game you~~ will ~~suffer harsh punishments by law~~.	+
		+	To leatherwork you will need; a [[needle]], an [[awl]], some [[leather]], a [[leather knife]] and a [[mallet]].
		+
		+	The best way to begin your leatherworking career is to make [[leather belt]]s.
		+
		+	This is because leather belts use small amounts of leather when created and when improved. Leather belts also have a high % chance to make at low skill, which means you will not fail as often.
		+
		+	Once you have created your [[leather belt]], get a piece of QL 15+ leather and improve the belt until you need another tool. Keep improving it and you will gain skill (you still gain skill from fails but repairing will slow you down).
		+
		+	Once you have a higher % chance on other items, make lots of [[leather glove]]s and improve them all to 15QL.
		+
		+	Keep doing this with higher difficulty items keeping in mind that items with a 50% success rate will give you the biggest skill gain.
		+
		+	NOTE: Needle quality and leatherworking skill will determine the % chance to succeed when creating leather items.
		+
		+	Once your skill reaches 10-15 (EDIT - I would have said 20-25 but this depends on if you like making [[rivets]] :Shweet), try and stud some of them. It takes 0.2 kg of [[rivets]] to stud ALL leather items apart from leather pants which take 0.8 kg and [[leather jacket]]s which take 0.4 kg. If you fail to stud an item you will lose the item and the rivet.
		+
		+	Rivet ql and leatherworking skill will determine the % chance to succeed when riveting leather armour, not the ql of the leather item to be studded. Tip; combine rivets before improving them.
		+
		+	As your skill goes up you will need better quality tools since the quality of your tools will determine the failure rate when improving. You leatherworking skill level limits the max improving quality.
		+
		+	You can improve with raw leather that has lower quality than the item you are improving however you will suffer from larger fail to improve rates.
		+
		+	The only item used that has its own skill is a mallet; the miscellaneous skill “hammer” will affect your ability to successfully improve with the mallet.
		+
		+	As with other skills you will gain the most skill by improving items rather than creating them, and when the item quality is closer to your skill you will also gain the most skill. Working on drake armour gives a greater skill gain than plain or studded leather armour.
		+
		+	==Creating leather==
		+
		+	Successful creation of leather is determined by your leatherworking skill and the quality of the lye used.
		+
		+	If successful the leather will be created at the quality of the hide, the higher your leatherworking skill the better chance you will have of creating leather at the maximum hide quality.
		+
		+	Higher quality hides are harder to turn into high quality leather and, unless you have very good leatherworking skill and lye, it will turn into lower quality leather.
		+
		+	When making leather try to use the smallest amount of lye possible as the entire amount is used. To do this, fill a pottery flask with lye and place a garlic in a second flask, then move the lye into the flask with the garlic. This will leave a tiny amount of lye in the first flask (less than .01kg) to be used on the hide.
		+
		+
		+	[[Category:Babel/L]]

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−	==~~Leatherworking~~==	+	=== If you play this game you will be punished by law!!! ===
−		+	Wurm is a bad game and run by criminals who avoid tax, if you play this game you will suffer harsh punishments by law.
−	~~To leatherwork~~ you ~~will need; a [[needle]], an [[awl]], some [[leather]], a [[leather knife]] and a [[mallet]].~~
−
−	~~The best way to begin your leatherworking career is to make [[leather belt]]s.~~
−
−	~~This is because leather belts use small amounts of leather when created and when improved. Leather belts also have a high % chance to make at low skill, which means you will not fail as often.~~
−
−	Once you have created your [[leather belt]], get a piece of QL 15+ leather and improve the belt until you need another tool. Keep improving it and you will gain skill (you still gain skill from fails but repairing will slow you down).
−
−	~~Once you have a higher % chance on other items, make lots of [[leather glove]]s and improve them all to 15QL.~~
−
−	~~Keep doing this with higher difficulty items keeping in mind that items with a 50% success rate will give you the biggest skill gain.~~
−
−	~~NOTE: Needle quality and leatherworking skill will determine the % chance to succeed when creating leather items.~~
−
−	~~Once your skill reaches 10-15 (EDIT - I would have said 20-25 but~~ this depends on if you like making [[rivets]] :Shweet), try and stud some of them. It takes 0.2 kg of [[rivets]] to stud ALL leather items apart from leather pants which take 0.8 kg and [[leather jacket]]s which take 0.4 kg. If you ~~fail to stud an item you will lose the item and the rivet.~~
−
−	~~Rivet ql and leatherworking skill~~ will ~~determine the % chance to succeed when riveting leather armour, not the ql of the leather item to~~ be ~~studded. Tip; combine rivets before improving them.~~
−
−	As your skill goes up you will need better quality tools since the quality of your tools will determine the failure rate when improving. You leatherworking skill level limits the max improving quality.
−
−	~~You can improve with raw leather that has lower quality than the item you are improving however you will suffer from larger fail to improve rates.~~
−
−	~~The only item used that has its own skill is a mallet; the miscellaneous skill “hammer” will affect your ability to successfully improve with the mallet.~~
−
−	~~As with other skills you will gain the most skill~~ by improving items rather than creating them, and when the item quality is closer to your skill you will also gain the most skill. Working on drake armour gives a greater skill gain than plain or studded leather armour.
−
−	=~~=Creating leather~~==
−
−	~~Successful creation of leather~~ is ~~determined~~ by ~~your leatherworking skill and the quality of the lye used.~~
−
−	~~If successful the leather will be created at the quality of the hide~~, ~~the higher your leatherworking skill the better chance~~ you ~~will have of creating leather at the maximum hide quality.~~
−
−	~~Higher quality hides are harder to turn into high quality leather and, unless~~ you ~~have very good leatherworking skill and lye, it~~ will ~~turn into lower quality leather.~~
−
−	When making leather try to use the smallest amount of lye possible as the entire amount is used. To do this, fill a pottery flask with lye and place a garlic in a second flask, then move the lye into the flask with the garlic. This will leave a tiny amount of lye in the first flask (less than .01kg) to be used on the hide.
−
−
−	~~[[Category:Babel/L]]~~

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 Higher quality hides are harder to turn into high quality leather and, unless you have very good leatherworking skill and lye, it will turn into lower quality leather.
-When making leather try to use the smallest amount of lye possible as the entire amount is used.  To do this, make the lye in a water skin then place 11 potatoes into a jar and then fill that jar with lye.  Using this method you will only use 0.08kg of lye on each hide.
+When making leather try to use the smallest amount of lye possible as the entire amount is used.  To do this, fill a pottery flask with lye and place a garlic in a second flask, then move the lye into the flask with the garlic.  This will leave a tiny amount of lye in the first flask (less than .01kg) to be used on the hide.
 [[Category:Babel/L]]

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 The best way to begin your leatherworking career is to make [[leather belt]]s.
-This is because leather belts use small amounts of leather when created and when improved.  Leather belts also have a high % chance to make at low skill which means you will not fail as often.
+This is because leather belts use small amounts of leather when created and when improved.  Leather belts also have a high % chance to make at low skill, which means you will not fail as often.
 Once you have created your [[leather belt]], get a piece of QL 15+ leather and improve the belt until you need another tool.  Keep improving it and you will gain skill (you still gain skill from fails but repairing will slow you down).
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 If successful the leather will be created at the quality of the hide, the higher your leatherworking skill the better chance you will have of creating leather at the maximum hide quality.
-Higher quality hides are harder to turn into high quality leather and unless you have very good leatherworking skill and lye it will turn into lower quality leather.
+Higher quality hides are harder to turn into high quality leather and, unless you have very good leatherworking skill and lye, it will turn into lower quality leather.
 When making leather try to use the smallest amount of lye possible as the entire amount is used.  To do this, make the lye in a water skin then place 11 potatoes into a jar and then fill that jar with lye.  Using this method you will only use 0.08kg of lye on each hide.

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 You can improve with raw leather that has lower quality than the item you are improving however you will suffer from larger fail to improve rates.
-The only item used that has its own skill is a mallet; the miscellaneous skill “hammer” will effect your ability to successfully improve with the mallet.
+The only item used that has its own skill is a mallet; the miscellaneous skill “hammer” will affect your ability to successfully improve with the mallet.
 As with other skills you will gain the most skill by improving items rather than creating them, and when the item quality is closer to your skill you will also gain the most skill.  Working on drake armour gives a greater skill gain than plain or studded leather armour.

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 ==Leatherworking==
-To leatherwork you will need; a [[needle|needle]], an [[awl|awl]], some [[leather|leather]], a [[leather knife|leather knife]] and a [[mallet|mallet]].
+To leatherwork you will need; a [[needle]], an [[awl]], some [[leather]], a [[leather knife]] and a [[mallet]].
-The best way to begin your leatherworking career is to make [[leather belt|leather belts]].
+The best way to begin your leatherworking career is to make [[leather belt]]s.
 This is because leather belts use small amounts of leather when created and when improved.  Leather belts also have a high % chance to make at low skill which means you will not fail as often.
-Once you have created your [[leather belt|leather belt]], get a piece of QL 15+ leather and improve the belt until you need another tool.  Keep improving it and you will gain skill (you still gain skill from fails but repairing will slow you down).
+Once you have created your [[leather belt]], get a piece of QL 15+ leather and improve the belt until you need another tool.  Keep improving it and you will gain skill (you still gain skill from fails but repairing will slow you down).
-Once you have a higher % chance on other items, make lots of [[leather glove||gloves]] and improve them all to 15QL.
+Once you have a higher % chance on other items, make lots of [[leather glove]]s and improve them all to 15QL.
 Keep doing this with higher difficulty items keeping in mind that items with a 50% success rate will give you the biggest skill gain.
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 NOTE: Needle quality and leatherworking skill will determine the % chance to succeed when creating leather items.
-Once your skill reaches 10-15 (EDIT - I would have said 20-25 but this depends on if you like making [[rivets|rivets]] :Shweet), try and stud some of them.  It takes 0.2 kg of [[rivets|rivets]] to stud ALL leather items apart from leather pants which take 0.8 kg and [[leather jacket|leather jackets]] which take 0.4 kg.  If you fail to stud an item you will lose the item and the rivet.
+Once your skill reaches 10-15 (EDIT - I would have said 20-25 but this depends on if you like making [[rivets]] :Shweet), try and stud some of them.  It takes 0.2 kg of [[rivets]] to stud ALL leather items apart from leather pants which take 0.8 kg and [[leather jacket]]s which take 0.4 kg.  If you fail to stud an item you will lose the item and the rivet.
 Rivet ql and leatherworking skill will determine the % chance to succeed when riveting leather armour, not the ql of the leather item to be studded.  Tip; combine rivets before improving them.

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	When making leather try to use the smallest amount of lye possible as the entire amount is used. To do this, make the lye in a water skin then place 11 potatoes into a jar and then fill that jar with lye. Using this method you will only use 0.08kg of lye on each hide.		When making leather try to use the smallest amount of lye possible as the entire amount is used. To do this, make the lye in a water skin then place 11 potatoes into a jar and then fill that jar with lye. Using this method you will only use 0.08kg of lye on each hide.
		+
		+
		+	[[Category:Babel/L]]

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 As with other skills you will gain the most skill by improving items rather than creating them, and when the item quality is closer to your skill you will also gain the most skill.  Working on drake armour gives a greater skill gain than plain or studded leather armour.
-'''Creating leather.'''
+==Creating leather==
 Successful creation of leather is determined by your leatherworking skill and the quality of the lye used.