some newbie questions abour rare items

[Cev]

Hi,

I am looking to buy and play this game but have a question. My play style is gathering and crafting, hunting only to stay alive while gathering.
I read on the wiki there are rare and other levels of items.
So can you craft also all those levels or are they only from the mobs ?
And if you can craft them are the receipts and materials found outside the dunguns and bosses ?

Hopefully I will will join the game soon :)

[Vish]

first items: http://wiki.projectgorgon.com/wiki/Items
as u see there are 6 grade of items: from common wit 0 modifier up to Legendary witch five modifiers.
to craft good items witch many modifiers u need some basics integrands + some crystals (type of crystal define modifier group: http://wiki.projectgorgon.com/wiki/Gems )
look here for more:
http://wiki.projectgorgon.com/wiki/Surveying
http://wiki.projectgorgon.com/wiki/Geology

EG:
if u wanna craft Crude Leather Helm (Enchanted) u need Leatherworking (http://wiki.projectgorgon.com/wiki/Leatherworking) lv 23, know recipe and use Crude Leather Roll x3, Leather Strips x1, Primary Crystal x1, Auxiliary Crystal x1
if u use Tourmaline and Quartz as crystals u get Crude Leather Helm witch modifier to Psychology and Fire Magic (Gems (http://wiki.projectgorgon.com/wiki/Gems))

[Cev]

Thanks for the fast and understandable replay.
So you will see me soon in game ;)

[Yaffy]

When you craft an equipment piece, it has a random rarity just like if you got a random drop from an enemy. You're much more likely to get higher rarity items from crafting, but this means if you're crafting equipment you should expect to craft multiple of the same item until you get a high rarity item.

Crafted equipment can actually be better than equipment that drops from mobs, because at end game you can find recipes that basically create items that are +1 rarity higher than normal, so if you craft a legendary quality item it will have an additional bonus on it compared to normal legendary item. Depending on your build and the equipment slot, crafted gear can potentially be the best you can get.

Most recipes are found from NPC trainers, but there are a few recipes that drop from enemies. If you're not interested in hunting for these yourself, they're usually quite easy to buy from players or NPC used tabs (Which allows you to buy items people have vendored).

For materials it depends on what kind of items you're looking for. Stuff like leatherworking and alchemy definitely require you to go out and kill some stuff if you want to gather the materials yourself, but things like tailoring could be done very passively. The vast majority of items don't require anything from dungeons or bosses however if that's what you're worried about.