Improving Guide

General

Improving is the ability to increase an item's quality on success. However on failure you will damage the item and you must then repair it to continue improving. The quality increases by small amounts with each success or decreases when you repair after damaging the item. As the item's quality reaches the maximum you are able to produce (based on skill and equipment) you will begin to fail more often than succede.

Basic Tools

This is a list of all the tools used for repairing. Note that each skill area requires their own tools so, for example, lumps are used in smithing and chisels are used in masonry.

• Plank
• Mallet
• Log
• Carving Knife
• Iron File*
• Rock Shards
• Stone Chisel*
• Lump*

* Are items that may take time to acquire!

Hints and tips

• Look at the improvement coloumn in your inventory to quickly see what you need to do next

• Always use tools or items that are a higher quality than the item you want to improve.

• If you start to fail a lot, and are losing quality, it is usually a good idea to stop and maybe try later with better tools and/or higher skill.

• Your skill (and equipment) affects the maximum quality you can reach - don't try to push it too far!

• Improving takes time, make sure you have enough food & water for how long you intend to improve.

How to improve

To improve an items all you have to do is:

1. Examine the item you want to improve to see what is needed (EG:/ log, chisel etc...)
2. Activate the improvement item or tool
3. Repair your item if needed.
4. Right click -> Improve

Improving Bonuses

Usually when improving something, your skill will raise faster than with item creation.

It is a good idea to concentrate on certain items for certain skills such as a Statue for Masonry or a Wooden Fence for Carpentry