Crafting | Strategy guide Risen 3 Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Although present in Risen 3, crafting system is not as developed as the one, e.g. in Skyrim or the other RPG games. However, this is not to say that you should ignore this element of the game, because the gear that you craft yourself, can either be used by yourself, or sold to traders, for high profit. Below, you can find the most important activities, in connection with crafting, which elaborates on the major assumptions of the system and mentions possible requirements, which must be met in the first place.
Arguably, the easiest activity, connected with crafting, is the option to prepare meat, which you obtain in the game world to be eaten (from the monsters that you kill, or that you find during free exploration). You do not need any additional skills, and only interact with a campfire, or stove and confirm that you want to cook meat. Thanks to this, you will obtain Provisions and you will be able o use it to heal your character.
One of the more complex categories, connected with crafting, is smithing. You become a blacksmith only after you learn an appropriate skill (Blacksmith). from now on, you will be able to interact with forging stations that you find in smithies, among others. After you use the forging station, you can craft a completely new weapon, out of the elements that you find (to learn more, see the chapter concerned with weapon quests), or upgrade an already owned one. Before you forge a new item, you should first see the parameters of the upgraded item and consider how useful it is going to be to you. What speaks for this solution is that, most usually, to craft an upgraded item, you need rare items (e.g. black pearls or gold ores).
What is closely connected to smithing is gunsmithing. Also here, you need to train your character. Thanks to obtaining the Gunsmith ability, you will be able to interact with Workbenches to upgrade the guns that you already own. Just like in the case of the smith, mentioned above, it is a good idea to take a look at the statistics of the gun, whose upgrading you are interested in. This is so, because you will often need rare items to craft better firearms.
A branch of crafting that is quite important is the option to craft scrolls, because there are many various spells, available in the game. Also in this case, you need an appropriate skill, i.e. Craft Spells. Additionally, your character must be learned in the specific field of magic (e.g. Crystal Magic) and own required ingredients. It is worth noting here that you can only craft disposable spells, and not spells that can be permanently added to the list of available attacks.
In Risen 3, liquors are a good way of healing your character. As a result, it is a good idea to take interest in learning the Distiller skill. Thanks to this, you will be able to interact with distilling stations. Unfortunately, apart from the appropriate ingredients (you can either find them in the game world or buy from traders), to distil liquor, you also need to own Recipes. You can obtain them, as a result of exploration of the area, you can receive them as rewards for completing some quests, or buy them.
To the abovementioned liquors, potions are closely related. Thanks to learning the Brew Potions skill, you gain access to preparing them and their major advantage is that they are highly diversified. Depending on what you need, you can brew potions that will raise your character's statistics (temporarily or permanently) or increase your toughness. Just like in the case of liquors, you need to own ingredients and recipes connected with the individual potions.
The final important category is crafting of various magical items and, in this case, you are required to learn the Create Talisman skill. Thanks to unlocking this proficiency, you can craft all sorts of rings and amulets. The requirements are, in this case, very similar to the ones mentioned above - apart from the required ingredients, you also need the Schematic of the item that you want to craft. Schematics can be found throughout the game world, receive as rewards for completing quests or buy from traders.