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Crafting (Rift)

Crafting refers to creating or enhancing items that are used in gameplay.

Updated stats on crafted and quest-obtained equipment to reflect recent stat weighting changes game-wide. This primarily impacts special bonus stats such as attack power, dodge, critical hit, etc.
Daily crafting quests are now available for all 6 professions, from skill level 0 through 230.
Daily crafting quests award notoriety with the factions associated to each quest.
New recipes are available for purchase with Artisan Marks, earned from crafting quests!
Harvesting: Keep your eyes open while harvesting Ore, Leather, or Cloth - you may just discover new and interesting materials to craft with!
Introductory harvesting quests for crafting will now require the player to have the pre-req production skill to obtain.
Changed the text color from red to grey on item tooltips when an item is not salvageable or runebreakable.
Updated ingredients for Barbarian Helm recipe. It is also no longer available from trainers.
Fixed bones not stacking to 50.
Copper and Ashwood nodes shouldn't spawn in the starter areas of Freemarch and Silverwood anymore.
Obtaining a new tradeskill now adds a hotkey to your ability bar.^[1]

Quests

Gathering Professions

Manufacturing Professions

Artificers are the crafters of necklaces, rings, wands and staves. Their unique training also grants them the ability to break these items into raw materials. Mining and Foraging work best with this tradeskill.