Crafting

Tinkering

Make tools, lockpicks, clockwork parts and jewelry. Set gems into gold for bonuses.

Group

Crafting

Title it gives

Tinker

Grows your stats

Dexterity (60%), Intelligence (40%)

Head start

No people starts with it

How it grows

Like every skill it runs from 0 to 100 and rises a tenth of a point at a time as you use it: quickly while it is low, hardly at all on work far beneath you. Every try at a recipe trains it, more for harder recipes. Failures teach too.

All your skills together hold 700 points. Set Tinkering to rise, fall or hold in the Skills window (K). A people that is good at it starts 10 points higher, 15 on its own path, and raises it a fifth more often for life.

Using it can also raise your stats a point at a time, leaning towards: Dexterity (60%), Intelligence (40%).

Titles

When Tinkering is your best skill, it names you:

• 30 Neophyte Tinker
• 40 Novice Tinker
• 50 Apprentice Tinker
• 60 Journeyman Tinker
• 70 Expert Tinker
• 80 Adept Tinker
• 90 Master Tinker
• 100 Grandmaster Tinker

What you can make (52)

Below the first number you can't make it; at it you succeed half the time; at the second, every time. A failed try loses half the ingredients.

Jewelry

Makes	Skill	Needs	At
gold ring	20 to 60	1 gold ingots	Anywhere
gold bracelet	25 to 65	2 gold ingots	Anywhere
gold earrings	25 to 65	2 gold ingots	Anywhere
gold necklace	30 to 70	3 gold ingots	Anywhere

Parts

Makes	Skill	Needs	At
gears ×2	0 to 35	2 iron ingots	Anywhere
springs ×2	5 to 40	2 iron ingots	Anywhere
clock parts	20 to 60	1 gears1 springs	Anywhere

Set amethysts

Makes	Skill	Needs	At
amethyst bracelet	30 to 70	1 gold bracelet2 amethysts	Anywhere
amethyst earrings	30 to 70	1 gold earrings2 amethysts	Anywhere
amethyst necklace	30 to 70	1 gold necklace3 amethysts	Anywhere
amethyst ring	30 to 70	1 gold ring1 amethysts	Anywhere

Set citrines

Makes	Skill	Needs	At
citrine bracelet	25 to 65	1 gold bracelet2 citrines	Anywhere
citrine earrings	25 to 65	1 gold earrings2 citrines	Anywhere
citrine necklace	25 to 65	1 gold necklace3 citrines	Anywhere
citrine ring	25 to 65	1 gold ring1 citrines	Anywhere

Set diamonds

Makes	Skill	Needs	At
diamond bracelet	70 to 100	1 gold bracelet2 diamonds	Anywhere
diamond earrings	70 to 100	1 gold earrings2 diamonds	Anywhere
diamond necklace	70 to 100	1 gold necklace3 diamonds	Anywhere
diamond ring	70 to 100	1 gold ring1 diamonds	Anywhere

Set emeralds

Makes	Skill	Needs	At
emerald bracelet	50 to 90	1 gold bracelet2 emeralds	Anywhere
emerald earrings	50 to 90	1 gold earrings2 emeralds	Anywhere
emerald necklace	50 to 90	1 gold necklace3 emeralds	Anywhere
emerald ring	50 to 90	1 gold ring1 emeralds	Anywhere

Set pieces of amber

Makes	Skill	Needs	At
piece of amber bracelet	20 to 60	1 gold bracelet2 pieces of amber	Anywhere
piece of amber earrings	20 to 60	1 gold earrings2 pieces of amber	Anywhere
piece of amber necklace	20 to 60	1 gold necklace3 pieces of amber	Anywhere
piece of amber ring	20 to 60	1 gold ring1 pieces of amber	Anywhere

Set rubies

Makes	Skill	Needs	At
ruby bracelet	60 to 100	1 gold bracelet2 rubies	Anywhere
ruby earrings	60 to 100	1 gold earrings2 rubies	Anywhere
ruby necklace	60 to 100	1 gold necklace3 rubies	Anywhere
ruby ring	60 to 100	1 gold ring1 rubies	Anywhere

Set sapphires

Makes	Skill	Needs	At
sapphire bracelet	45 to 85	1 gold bracelet2 sapphires	Anywhere
sapphire earrings	45 to 85	1 gold earrings2 sapphires	Anywhere
sapphire necklace	45 to 85	1 gold necklace3 sapphires	Anywhere
sapphire ring	45 to 85	1 gold ring1 sapphires	Anywhere

Set star sapphires

Makes	Skill	Needs	At
star sapphire bracelet	80 to 100	1 gold bracelet2 star sapphires	Anywhere
star sapphire earrings	80 to 100	1 gold earrings2 star sapphires	Anywhere
star sapphire necklace	80 to 100	1 gold necklace3 star sapphires	Anywhere
star sapphire ring	80 to 100	1 gold ring1 star sapphires	Anywhere

Set tourmalines

Makes	Skill	Needs	At
tourmaline bracelet	35 to 75	1 gold bracelet2 tourmalines	Anywhere
tourmaline earrings	35 to 75	1 gold earrings2 tourmalines	Anywhere
tourmaline necklace	35 to 75	1 gold necklace3 tourmalines	Anywhere
tourmaline ring	35 to 75	1 gold ring1 tourmalines	Anywhere

Tools

Makes	Skill	Needs	At
tinker's tools	0 to 30	3 iron ingots	Anywhere
scissors	5 to 35	2 iron ingots	Anywhere
sewing kit	10 to 40	2 iron ingots	Anywhere
skinning knife	10 to 40	2 iron ingots	Anywhere
lockpicks ×5	15 to 55	1 iron ingots	Anywhere
pitchfork	15 to 45	3 iron ingots2 boards	Anywhere
mortar and pestle	20 to 50	3 iron ingots	Anywhere
dagger	25 to 60	3 iron ingots	Anywhere
smith's hammer	30 to 60	4 iron ingots1 boards	Anywhere

More in the guide: Crafting · All skills