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[[File:Artisan-icon-craft.jpg|left|thumb|75px]]The '''Craftingcrafting''' is a new way for players to obtain items, which may or may not be better than what they currently have. It has influences the Gambling system in Diablo 2III combines [[materials]], NPC [[Artisans]], such as the ability and found item [[recipes]] to obtain a rare item or good quality item early as well as having randomizationcreate new semi-random items from scraps. Unlike crafting professions in other RPG's, where a player must craft items by himself, the Crafting in Diablo 3 is done by This system allows players to essentially [[Artisan (NPC)|Artisansgamble]]for new gear, potentially creating some of the best items in the game.
==Artisans==
All crafting is done through the [[Artisans]], three new NPCs who are found in the town, or [[Caravan]] area. The caravan travels with the player all through the game, so the same NPCs will be found in each act. The three artisans cover different aspects of items, and they will be large parts of the game's plot and quests as well, with information to share about all sorts of things encountered during the course of the game's four acts.
New characters do not start off with Artisans; each of the three are encountered during the course of playing through Act One, as [[NPCs]] with [[quests]] that they need assistance with. Once the player completes their quests, the Artisans join up on your journey, out of loyalty or simply a desire for profits.
[[Image:CraftingWindow.png|300px|thumb|The crafting interface.]]
Artisans start off at apprentices, but they can be [[trained]] up in level five times, and will gain more abilities and learn many new recipes as their level increases.
Haedrig Eamon is the [[Blacksmith]]. The first artisan encountered, Haedrig's family was killed and zombified, and he needs your assistance in putting them to rest. Once that's done, he gifts the player with the [[salvage cube]] and joins the Caravan. Haedrig handles item [[socketing]], [[repairs]], and buys and sells most every type of weapon and armor. His crafting recipes are all weapons and armor.
The [[Jeweler]] has not yet been named. He's known to be a greedy fellow, who requires assistance obtaining a valuable jewel from a fearsome demon. Once that's given, he joins the Caravan, offering unsocketing, and the ability to upgrade the quality of your found [[gems]]. His crafting recipes create gems, amulets, and rings.
The [[Mystic]] has not yet been named. He (or [[Adria|she]]?) has no revealed story yet. The mystic can [[enchant]] items, as well as create [[scrolls]], [[potions]], magical weapons, [[runestones]], and [[charms]].
==Crafting Items==
[[File:Recipe3.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Empowered Long Axe recipe.]]
[[File:Item-crafting1.jpg|thumb|250px|Empowered Long Axe potential item.]]
To craft items, select the crafting interface from any Artisan's options menu. The available [[recipes]] will display in a long list. Hovering on a recipe will expand it, showing the required ingredients, as well as a preview of the [potential item]].
All recipes include one or more [[random properties]], which is what makes crafting a long term activity in the game. There's no telling what modifiers will spawn in those spots, so while there's some predictability to crafted items, there are thousands of potential items that can be created from each recipe; as many as there are [[modifiers]] in the game.
The recipe is seen here on the left, with the resulting item to the right. This one would make an [[Empowered Long Axe]]; a decent weapon for a low level [[Barbarian]]. Crafting items requires the right materials; in this case 6 [[common scraps]], 1 [[bone]], and 200 [[gold]]. [[Materials]] are the raw ingredients obtained by [[salvaging]] items in the [[salvage cube]].
The [[D3 Team]] made the crafting interface simple, and kept the creation of items quick and easy. They want players to spend their time in the dungeons, bashing monsters. Not standing around in town, hammering on an anvil. Thus all the item creation is done by the Artisans, with ingredients primarily obtained from monster killing.
Artisan [[training]] is quick also, once your character has obtained the materials and gold to pay for it.
Crafting is more like gambling was in D2. You know what type of item,but not the mods. So even the uber [[recipes] you’ll have to make a ton of them to get one that’s really good. Even if crafting does make a lot of great same type of item, it would just devalue it since other people could probably do the same thing. We don’t think that’s a problem as long as crafted items are a small % of the overall [high end] items.
==Diablo II Crafting==
Diablo III's item crafting takes {{iw|crafting Diablo II's crafting system}} and expands upon it. The same basic mechanic exists; crafted items are a predictable item type, and they have preset mods that will vary within a slight range, while bonus modifiers are tacked on to make or break the item, quality-wise.
Diablo III adds a lot to it, of course, combining elements of gambling, as well as item recycling and creation to the process. There are hundreds more recipes in Diablo 3 than there were in Diablo 2, plus the rare recipes that can only be obtained as item drops from monsters.
The Artisan interactions are all new as well, with their quest and story input adding to the game. They make crafting much easier as well; players have all they need to know in the game; there's no need to print out or memorize crafting recipes from websites. Crafting is much easier in Diablo III as well, since the items are created from materials. Diablo 2 required players to find an item of the type they wanted to craft, which the recipe would then reroll. That was easy with rings and amulets, but other recipes required a specific quality or types of boot or glove or other item, plus high level gems, which took time to create.