So I started making things with my blacksmith and since I skipped all crafting except the basics in DF, I am very confused and have a few questions.
Where do I get more patterns from? I looked at the quarter masters and didn’t see much.
These knowledge items that you get when you “use” a hammer or toolbox you find, what do I use them for?
Sparks, is the only way to get these things from a weekly quest?
I browsed a few of the wowhead articles, but I found myself more confused.
It is the same crafting system as in DF, so the basics are still relevant.
But to your points:
My recommendation is to just do the Dragonflight questline in all honesty. They were all made available during the campaign of Dragonflight and explained everything of the system in great detail but one had to read the dialogue options. Not just skip past it.
Since we are in TWW and you can’t get to TWW without having completed Dragonflight, you are kinda expected to know this stuff. But if you want a reminder without the quest chains to accompany you, there’s the Crafter’s Enclave where you can talk with some NPCs for some minor things like a very brief explanation of the crafting orders. There’s not much information from NPCs in TWW since, again, you are expected to have at least done the different questlines in Dragonflight.
Another useful tool is the help button, located above your recipes in the recipe tab. But otherwise, you read the tooltips and the tooltips explain everything. For an example, where you get the stuff. If you click on a recipe you don’t know yet, there’s the information tooltip if you hover over “Recipe unlearned” and it tells where you get it from.
Yeah, that is what I am thinking I may do. I only tinkered with a few of my crafters there and stopped once I made a few items.
Had planned to go back and figure it out but got distracted and never did.
Thank you.
Ugh
crafting orders
In DF i stuck my fingers in my ears and yelled
“LA LA LA LAA CANT HEAR YOU. NOT DOING THAT GARBAGE LA LA LA!”
So i still dont understand what that is supposed to even do.
It isn’t a difficult system to learn, it is rather basic wherein all you really need to think about is that when you commit knowledge in a node, that’s there. You can’t unlearn or respec since the system is built so you will learn eventually everything.
So just make the stuff you are the most interested in making and have fun with it. If you need anything else then just ask and I’ll do my best to help!
As long as you don’t do this…
… you’ll be fine. But if you need anything more, I’d be glad to help in any way I can!
No, don’t do DF.
It’s seriously not needed.
Knowledge Points
You obtain one whenever you craft something the first time, as well as little treasures that you find, but the key source will be completing daily patron orders. When you complete them, you can see the awards, and they often give a flicker of knowledge (1 point) or a glimmer of knowledge (2 points).
You use these points in your specializations. Open that tab, and choose where to place knowledge points. BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL - once spent, you NEVER get to place that point differently.
In some specializations, you learn recipes, in other ones, you become better at crafting. So to learn how to craft more, you need to open it up via specialization tree, which will then give you recipes depending on where you placed your points. Some recipes are drops from delves, some need to be purchased; often with artisan acuity. The Elf near the crafting weekly, who sells knowledge points, also seels recipes.
You can gain further points from a weekly quest, as well as from renown vendors, and some additional vendors in the city of threads.
Knowledge points also have a catch-up mechanism. The glimmers of knowledge, that give two points, is actually done to help you catch-up. In other words, someone not behind will receive only flickers (1 point), but no glimmers (2 points).
SPARKS
-You get a half a spark each week from the pinache quest. You need two to make an omen, which then let’s you craft purple gear for yourself - or in theory someone else or an alt, if they are providing the omen.
-There is catch-up for sparks. If you have none, they will fall after doing something “significant” which usually means a weekly chest, a bountiful delve, or even an LFR boss. They will keep dropping until you have as many as people who have been collecting them all expansions.
Let me know if there’s anything you want to more about.
EDIT TO ADD: Artisan’s Acuity
They are primarily given as rewards for patron orders, and you primarily use this to buy new recipes. Recipe locations are on wowhead, but in general, the elf in the crafting room sells them, but there also some sold in the city of threads, as well as some from renown.
When you find yourself screaming ‘omg, these patron orders are so expensive, how am I ever gonna earn knowledge’ you’ve mastered the system
a TON of patterns come from just filling in the talent tree.
Thank you. I really was lost when I started seeing the tabs and the various trees.
On my gatherers I just threw all the points into the one that left me gather while mounted. Seemed a lot easier.
The game interface tells you where each pattern is from - you just mouse over the yellow icon (i believe not in the game).
9 hours later and I don’t have time to read this whole thread so I’ll just post this here.
If you’re in TWW, make sure your profession tools and accessories are upgraded. Buy them at the AH and get the highest ilevel you can.
This will help you level prof’s faster and better.
Then look at your specializations. In that tab/On that page, you’ll see where you can learn some recipes.
A lot of them in blacksmithing can be found there.
As many others have said, be careful what you spend your knowledge points on at first.
You may want to spend them on the spec section that gives you the recipes first.
You can find knowledge points by opening chests in the open world, through mining, through making things in blacksmithing too.
There’s probably other ways but that’s all I can think of now.
It’s slow going for me but I’m getting there. Remember to make use of the profession points you get from Darkmoon Faire when it opens up again. GL.
This is me as well. Seasons end fast enough that the gear resets where idc about crafted pieces
Yes you can recraft but no i aint spending that gold
Wish i could sell sparks