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Dragon Age Inquisition Masterwork Crafting Guide by KineticGTR

Rune Crafting is the simplest form of Crafting in Dragon Age: Inquisition. Unlike ‘Utility Slot’ or ‘Upgrade Crafting’, Rune Crafting does not depend upon the quality of Crafting Material. Upgrades the schematics to Tier 4 and ensures they are better than their equivalent mix and match Tier 3 armours even when fully upgraded. I've also changed the redundant tint slot on the keeper robe from cloth defense to metal defense. It makes little difference to a high level mage anyway. Crafting Masterwork gear in Dragon Age: Inquisition will provide you with some of the best weapons and armor in the game. Believe it or not, the best items in the game aren’t those acquired.

Check out the video and the short written guide below!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H63EY4FKXsw

This guide is going to assume you know nothing at all about crafting, and build you up from the basics to advanced details about what is what, and how to put together a Masterwork equipment!

The most powerful armor and weapons are not going to come easy in Dragon Age Inquisition. And even some of the best pieces of gear you find for loot, still have room for improvement with upgrades to stats and looks!

That’s where Masterwork crafting comes in. It gives you the power to create the perfect weapon and armor in the style you want, with the stats you want, and the badass rune effects!

If you haven’t figured out by now, almost all gear is random. From the corpse on the ground, to the chest sitting at the bottom of the dungeons. The good news though is that even if RNG hates you, there’s always merchants that will sell you weapons, armor, schematics, and crafting materials. It’s not top of the line, but it’ll help you fill in the gaps in your arsenal if you really want it.

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Once you have a schematic you want, it’s time to hit the blacksmith area. Four benches: Craft Armor, Craft Weapons and Modify Armor, to Modify Weapons. At the crafting stations, you’ll fill in the material slots with items you’ve scavenged and gathered in your journeys.

Each slot in the schematic represents a type of improvement to stats like Offence and Defense. Using metals, leathers, and cloth bring a wide variety of stat improvements based on the type of armor or weapon, that can boost for example your maximum health or critical hit chance.

Want to take it a step further? Insert a Masterwork material for an added bonus effects. Once your piece is crafted, runes are also a great way to add even more damage! Even if you don’t use a masterwork material or have runes to apply, you’re still likely to have access to upgrade schematics for your weapons and armor. Handles for your weapons and arm guards can also be crafted at the stations for your armor sets and weapons to provide more ways to customize and add more power to your gear!

When it comes down to getting the best gear for your character, the only limitation is: “How far are you willing to go for it?” I spend hours on farming materials, studying the crafting tables, and analyzing stat combinations to learn how to make gear. This video is the short cut to getting all that info, and on your way to battlefield faster with better gear!

This is a crafting guide for Dragon Age: Inquisition.

There are two things you can equip and craft; weapons and armor. Most armor you get from loot, but there are some crafted armor with two upgrade slots; arms and legs. Both slots add stats directly to base armor. On the other hand, weapons can be upgraded via the grip/haft, pommel/blade, and runes. Weapon upgrade slots add stats directly to your base weapon except for runes.

Runes provide enemy specific attack bonuses. Strike the wrong enemy and you won’t get much benefit from them. Elemental runes have the broadest scope of enemy types, and are generally the best type of runes to get. Dragon slaying runes, on the other hand, are the worst because they target the most uncommon enemy. Spirit runes can only be used on staffs. If you use daggers, esp if you are a dagger rogue, you should use demon slaying and corrupting runes to optimize your attacks.

To craft an armor or weapon, you will need schematics. Each schematic has two to four mat slots, each unique. There are four types of mat slots, and some are more useful than others. Here they are, in order of importance:

· Damage / Armor

This slot is unavoidable and should always be your priority. Adds directly to base weapon or armor.

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· Offense

This slot affects critical damage, armor penetration, etc. Certain cloth and metals increase attack percentage directly. You need to always be mindful of when you get those crafting materials, and where to craft them on.

· Utility

These can increase primary attributes, but you need to be mindful that certain crafting materials are best for certain classes. Utility: X cloth is for mages, leather is for rogues, and metal is for warriors.

· Defense

Self explanatory.

In general, the priority in crafting items is increasing attack ability. How to increase this differs with each class, but to put it simply, the increase in defense isn’t as useful in this game.

This is how you maximize attack ability in a crafted item specific to each class:

Mage: Focus on magic and willpower, and prioritize willpower. These are only found in Utility X Cloth slots, and when possible, its best to stack them in one slot.

Rogue: Priority is Dexterity, followed by Willpower. Use Utility X Leather slots where Dexterity is available, followed by Utility X Cloth. Stay away from Utility X Metal.

Warrior: Priority is strength and willpower, which are equally effective. Use Utility X Metal for strength or Utility X Cloth for willpower. Avoid Utility X Leather.

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Go through the list below every time you have a new item to craft, to figure out what attributes to prioritize.

· Offense: X Metal/Cloth – +attack % Only found on weapons and weapon upgrades.

· Class Specific Utility slot – see above

· Utility: X Cloth – +Willpower

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· Offense: X Leather – +flanking damage %

· Defense: X Metal – if unavoidable, go for +max health or +melee defense %. Only found on armor and armor upgrades

· Defense: X Cloth/Leather – if unavoidable, go for +magic defense % or +ranged defense %.