Blacksmithing plays a pivotal role in Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning, providing players with the ability to create, enhance, and maintain weapons and armor. Understanding the nuances of this skill can significantly enhance gameplay, allowing for more effective combat and resource management. Below is a comprehensive overview of the Blacksmithing skill, including its mechanics, benefits, and progression milestones.
Importance of Blacksmithing
In Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning, players can unlock and improve their Blacksmithing skills, which are essential for crafting new equipment and utilizing repair kits efficiently. Weapons and armor degrade in durability as they are used in combat, necessitating repairs. While equipment maintains its damage or protection level until it is completely broken, players should regularly monitor durability to avoid weapon or armor failures during crucial moments.
Repairing equipment at non-player character (NPC) blacksmiths incurs a gold cost that increases with the item’s wear and tear. Players can purchase repair kits for less than 100 gold from various blacksmiths, which fully restore an item’s condition regardless of its current state. This cost-effective solution is ideal for maintaining high-quality items, as it saves players from the escalating repair costs at NPCs.
Blacksmithing Skill Point Unlocks
The Blacksmithing skill tree offers numerous unlocks that enhance a player’s crafting abilities as they invest skill points. Below are the key milestones and their respective benefits:
| Points | Milestone |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ability to harvest components from certain enemies. |
| 2 | Capability to create items using three components, providing a slight bonus. |
| 3 | Ability to salvage infrequent equipment for components. |
| 4 | Capability to create items using four components. |
| 6 | Ability to salvage rare equipment for components. |
| 7 | Ability to use gems as components during crafting. |
| 10 | Capability to create “mastercrafted” equipment. |
Crafting Mechanics
To craft an item, players must select a “core” component along with a secondary component and up to two additional components. As players progress in their Blacksmithing skill, they can salvage a variety of items, starting from common components to more valuable, rare, and unique ones. At level 7, players gain the ability to infuse gems into their crafted equipment, which adds unique properties but makes the gems irretrievable once used.
The quality of the crafted item, including its damage or armor value, is calculated based on the selected components and gems. Players must consider these factors when crafting to ensure the resulting equipment meets their needs.
Mastercrafted Equipment Bonuses
Achieving the final milestone in Blacksmithing, which is level 10, unlocks the ability to create “mastercrafted” equipment. This tier of equipment comes with specific bonuses that enhance a player’s capabilities in various areas. Below are the bonuses associated with different equipment types and tiers:
| Item | Bonus | Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Tier 3 | Tier 4 | Tier 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head | Experience | +2% | +3% | +4% | +5% | +6% |
| Chest | Physical Resist | +5% | +8% | +10% | +12% | +16% |
| Arms | Mana | +5% | +8% | +10% | +12% | +16% |
| Legs | Bleeding Resistance | +5% | +8% | +10% | +12% | +16% |
| Feet | Health | +5% | +8% | +10% | +12% | +16% |
| Shield | Block Efficiency | +5% | +8% | +10% | +12% | +16% |
| Weapon | Damage | +3% | +4% | +5% | +6% | +7% |
These bonuses significantly enhance a player’s effectiveness in combat, offering valuable benefits that can tip the scales in challenging encounters.
