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Vanguard Guide: Crafting Overview

Introduction

This document is designed to be both an overview of the Vanguard crafting system and a guide toward being a good crafter.

The crafting system in Vanguard rewards proper crafting builds. If you simply begin crafting with no understanding of the system than at best you’ll be a crafter who obtains mediocre results at your level. To be a great crafter you must be observant and understand the system.

Crafters provide useful materials to every sphere of Vanguard, from boats and houses for everyone, bags, weapons and equipment for adventurers to diplomacy, harvesting and their own gear. You can begin crafting by locating the Crafting Advisor in the nearest city to your starting area. The Advisor will guide you through a series of introductory quests to help get you on your way. If you can’t find the Advisor hail a guard and they’ll point you in the right direction.

The introductory quests provide a lot of contextual advice so it’s worthwhile to pay attention to them. The quests will provide you with all the gear, tools and utilities you will initially need so you should avoid buying anything until you’ve completed them; otherwise you’ll end up with useless duplicates you won’t be able to sell back for what you paid for them. Since your goal is presumably to make money that would be bad way to start.