Artisan
An Artisan is a Unique Non-Playable Character (NPC), who serves the player in many ways. There are many types of Artisans, the prime example of an Artisan is the Blacksmith. Different types of Artisans provide different services. Artisans are integrated into the Main Storyline, having their own lore and being part of quests, such as The Crown of Mad Leoric.
Overview
Artisans are basically vendors, they provide the same function other vendors provide but with unique abilities and a possibility to be upgraded over time.
They can Buy and Sell Equipment, however, there are different types of Artisans, and each one has its own unique set of abilities. All Artisans can Craft items for the player, provided they provide supplies and gold. Crafted items are standard, some are magic and some are rare magic items, But every crafted item has 1 or more random properties attached to it, that are finalized upon being crafted. Artisans will have recipes for crafting, but Unique recipes can be found in Sanctuary, from monsters and other sources.
Artisans are found throughout Sanctuary and are inaccessible to the player until he earns their trust by completing a quest or some other currently unknown way. Only then will an Artisan become accessible. Towards the higher levels of Artisan levels, they can be specialized in different areas of expertise. For example if you love to use Axes, you can specialize the Blacksmith Artisan into Axes, meaning they will have more items related to Axes for Selling and Crafting.
Types of Artisans
There are many types of Artisans in the world of Sanctuary, from jewelers who craft extremely valuable gems to blacksmiths who forge equipment for the player.
There are only 3 types artisans in the game, more could be added later in development or via Expansions.
Blacksmith
- Abilities: Shop, Craft, Training
- Special Abilities: Creating Sockets in Armor and Shields (Only), Repairing
- Speciality: Weapons, Armor
Mystic
- Abilities: Shop, Craft, Training
- Special Abilities: Enchanting Items, Identifying Items
- Speciality: Magic Equipment, Runes/Charms/Potions/Scrolls
Jeweler
- Abilities: Shop, Craft, Training
- Special Abilities: Un-socketing Items, Gem Splicing (Combining Gems to improve quality)
- Speciality: Jewelery, Gems
Development
Artisans were revealed during GamesCom 2010, in Germany.
Media
A Blacksmith has set up shop in this camp.
The Blacksmith started making a bit of coin.
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