Crafting¶

Create your own equipment, tools, and items through the various crafting systems in New Dawn.

Crafting Overview¶

Crafting in UO allows you to:

Create equipment for yourself and others
Make money selling crafted goods
Be self-sufficient
Provide services to the community

Main Crafting Professions¶

Blacksmithy¶

Create metal armor and weapons.

Key Features:

Smelt ore into ingots
Forge weapons and armor
Repair metal equipment
Bulk Order Deeds (BODs)

Resources:

Iron ore/ingots
Colored ores (if available)
Forge and anvil access

Profitability: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Tailoring¶

Create cloth and leather armor and clothing.

Key Features:

Craft leather and studded armor
Make clothing and robes
Create bandages
BOD system
Tailoring Guild access at 85.1 skill
Dungeon dye system at GM skill

Resources:

Cloth, leather, hides
Colored leather (if available)
Scissors, sewing kit
Dungeon materials (for dyes)

Profitability: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Tailoring Guild & Dungeon Dyes¶

New Dawn features a unique tailoring dye system:

Joining the Tailoring Guild:

Requires 85.1+ Tailoring skill
Speak to the Tailoring Guildmaster
Grants access to special dye crafting

Crafting Dungeon Dyes:

Reach 100 Tailoring (GM)
Pay guildmaster 10,000 gold
Receive a Tailors Dye Kit
Farm 250 dungeon-specific materials (drops from mobs in that dungeon - Patch 0.45)
Crush materials and use with the kit
Creates one bottle of dye with unique dungeon hue

Dye Usage:

Each bottle has one use
Can dye any cloth item
Each dungeon has a unique color
Stackable materials for storage

Dungeon Dye Materials:

Drop from creatures in specific dungeons
0.5% drop chance (Patch 0.34)
Stackable for easy transport
Required amount: 250 per dye bottle

Carpentry¶

Work with wood to create furniture and items.

Key Features:

Build furniture
Create wooden weapons
Make house addons
Construct boats (if available)

Resources:

Logs and boards
Various wood types

Profitability: ⭐⭐⭐

Alchemy¶

Brew potions and elixirs.

Key Features:

Create healing potions
Make cure potions
Brew poison
Explosion potions

Resources:

Reagents
Empty bottles
Mortar and pestle

Profitability: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Inscription¶

Scribe spell scrolls and create runebooks.

Key Features:

Create spell scrolls (all circles)
Craft runebooks
Make slayer spellbooks
Enhance spell damage

Resources:

Blank scrolls
Reagents
Scribe's pen

Profitability: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Crafting Quality¶

Regular vs Exceptional¶

Regular: Standard quality items
Exceptional: Better stats, higher value

Exceptional Chance:

Increases with skill
100% at GM skill (server dependent)
Exceptional = better stats

Material Types¶

Different materials provide bonuses:

Metals:

Iron (standard)
Dull Copper, Shadow, Copper, Bronze
Gold, Agapite, Verite, Valorite

Leather:

Regular
Spined, Horned, Barbed

Wood:

Regular
Oak, Ash, Yew, Heartwood, Bloodwood, Frostwood

Bulk Order Deeds (BODs)¶

What are BODs?¶

Special crafting quests from NPCs:

Request specific items
Turn in for rewards
Earn special resources
Get rare items

Types¶

Small BODs: Single item type
Large BODs: Multiple item types

New Dawn BOD System¶

New Dawn features a points-based reward system for BODs:

Key Features:

BODs show their point value when you view them
BODs show "(complete)" when all requirements are met
BOD books are no longer blessed (can be lost on death)
BOD timer resets after you turn in a BOD

Checking BOD Value:

Small and Large BODs display point values
Points determine reward tier
Complete BODs before turning in for best results

Tailoring BOD Rewards¶

Small BOD Rewards:¶

1 point: 80 uncut cloth (hues: 1155, 1164, 1160, 1162)
50 points: 60 uncut cloth (hues: 1173, 1163, 1158, 1157)
100 points: 40 uncut cloth (hues: 1165, 1168, 1166, 1169)
150 points: 20 uncut cloth or low chance sandals (90/10 split, various hues)
200 points: 10 uncut cloth or better chance sandals (80/20 split, various hues)

Large BOD Rewards:¶

300 points: 1 of 4 random stretched hides
350 points: Ore mask dye tier 3 (dull, copper, bronze)
400 points: 1 of 4 random tapestries
450 points: Bear or polar bear rug
500 points: 1 of 4 random tailoring shelves
550 points: Clothing bless deed OR low chance sandals (80/20)
600 points: Ore mask dye tier 2 OR special mask dye tier 2 (80/20, agapite/verite)
650 points: Tailoring powerscroll +5
700 points: Ore mask dye tier 1 OR special mask dye tier 1 (80/20, shadow iron/gold/valorite)

Rewards¶

Runic tools (add magic properties)
Colored anvils/forges
Special materials

Resource Gathering¶

Mining¶

Extract ore for blacksmithing:

Iron ore (everywhere)
Colored ores (specific mountains)
Gems (bonus)
3-tile range (Patch 0.49 - increased from 1 tile)

Lumberjacking¶

Harvest wood for carpentry:

Regular logs (all trees)
Special woods (specific forests)
3-tile range (increased for convenience)

Special Wood Types:

Oak: Rare drop with bark fragments/brilliant amber
Ash: Rare drop with bark fragments/brilliant amber
Yew: Rare drop with bark fragments/brilliant amber
Tree yield increased but fewer logs per chop
Logs properly labeled by type

Skinning/Harvesting¶

Get leather from creatures:

Kill animals
Use bladed weapon on corpse
Collect leather/hides

Farming & Gardening¶

New Dawn features an extensive farming system (see Gardening for complete details):

Plant Cultivation:

Seeds drop from animals that eat seed-bearing plants
Fertile dirt from animals that spend time in dirt (boars, etc.)
Plant seeds in fertile dirt
Wait for growth
Harvest when mature

Cotton & Flax Farming:

Wild cotton/flax fields across Britannia
Young player cotton (young-status only)
Resource captcha checks during farming
Renewable resources

Sheep Farming:

Outdoor sheep: Wool every 2 hours
Indoor sheep: Wool production based on hunger level
Well-fed (18-20 food): 1.5 hours
Satisfied (10+ food): 2 hours
Peckish (5+ food): 6 hours
Hungry (2 food): 8 hours
Starving: 12 hours
Stacked sheep don't produce wool
Must maintain proper feeding and space

Crafting Economics¶

Pricing Guide¶

Consider these factors:

Material Cost: What you paid for resources
Time Investment: How long it took
Skill Level: GM crafters charge more
Quality: Exceptional items worth more
Demand: Popular items = higher prices

Setting Up Shop¶

Get a house: Need storage and workspace
Place vendors: Hire NPC vendors
Stock items: Keep variety
Competitive prices: Research market
Location: High-traffic areas

Tips for Crafters¶

Crafting Success

Bulk craft to raise skill
Keep organized storage system
Label containers clearly
Buy resources in bulk
Make popular items
Advertise your shop
Join crafter guilds

Craft your empire, one item at a time!