How does crafting work in Gloria Victis?

It's a deep player-driven economy across 7 professions. There are no runes — gear power is tier × quality, both crafted. Quality rolls +0 to +6 (crafting) up to +7 (reinforcing, which can destroy the item on failure). Level a profession by disassembling Tier-1 gear, then crafting the cheapest 80%+-chance item per band and disassembling the results for materials back.

What's the best way to make gold crafting?

Craft and sell gear (every weapon on the field is player-made), or gather logistics materials (clay, granite, iron ore, high-grade wood) that guilds always need for fortifications. High-quality crafted gear sells best.

Gloria Victis Crafting, Professions & Economy — Full Guide

Crafting is the whole progression engine. There are no runes or enchants — every weapon and piece of armour on the battlefield was made by a player, and gear power is purely tier × quality, both crafted. MMORPG.com: territory control ↗

The 7 professions

Weapon Forging

All melee + ranged weapons (swords, axes, maces/picks, spears, bardiches, daggers, bows).

Armoursmithing

Medium & heavy armour + shields (helmets, gloves, greaves, shoulders).

Tailoring & Leatherworking

Light & medium armour, cloth/leather goods, bags.

Cooking & Herbalism (Alchemy)

Food buffs, potions/elixirs/tinctures, beer, bandages, reagents.

Engineering

Tools (pickaxes/axes/sickles/shovels/rods), building materials, siege machines.

Mining & Metallurgy

Gathers ore + smelts it: Iron → Steel → Dziwer → Bulat.

Forestry & Farming

Gathers wood, crops, and fish (fishing grants Cooking XP).

Jewelry/Artificing was announced but never implemented. There's no cap on how many skills one character can level.

Gathering — mining tiers

Each pickaxe tier unlocks both higher tools and access to higher resource tiers. Group gathering = +15% yield. Metals are smelted, not gathered (Limonite→Iron, Pyrite→Steel):

Pickaxe tier	Ore / minerals unlocked
T1 — Novice's pickaxe	Limonite, Granite, Gneiss, Building Stones
T2 — Apprentice's	Limestone, Salt, Pyrite
T3 — Journeyman's	Siderite, Coal, Sulfur
T4 — Craftsman's	Magnetite, Calcite, Nitre
T5 — Master's	Tektite, Quartz

The quality system (+0 → +7)

Quality is an integer +0 to +7. Crafting only produces +0 to +6; +7 is reinforcing-only.
You can't pick quality — it rolls within a band set by your Crafting Chance (driven by recipe level, your skill, workshop level, Bastion efficiency, Mentor Points, the nation's Deadly-Harvest buff, territory, and consumables).
Read the chance table: 100% rows are your guaranteed floor; the first sub-100% row is your effective ceiling.
Visual tags: +5 blue · +6 purple · +7 orange. Workshop caps: nation +3, guild province +4; higher needs stacked Bastion + Mentor + buffs.
Since there are no runes, gear power = tier × quality — both crafted. That's why crafting is the whole progression engine.

Refining ratios (confirmed)

There's no flat '2 ore = 1 ingot' — it's a stochastic ore→lump→grivna→ingot pyramid, yielding 1–2 per action:

Output	Inputs	Yield
Iron Lump	1 Limonite + 10 Charcoal (or 30 Billets / 3 Coal)	1–2
Steel Bar	1 Pyrite + 1 Iron Lump + 3 Charcoal (Bloomery+)	1–2
Iron Grivna	10 Small Lumps (or 1 Lump + 20 Coal)	bar
Hard Steel Ingot	1 Iron Grivna + 30 Charcoal	bar
Charcoal	1 Log	5–18

Reinforcing — the path to +6/+7

Reinforcing can permanently destroy your item on failure. Use the safe Meteoric route for high-value gear.

3 kits: Common (5 silver / daily), Decent (15 / weekly), Master (50 / monthly). No workshop needed.
Success = +1 quality (does not repair). Failure permanently DESTROYS the item (and a fail on +4-or-higher also drops a quality level).
+7 has a 'very, very low' success chance even optimized (Master kit + 1,000+ Mentor Points + max craft level — people make a dozen+ attempts).
Meteoric Reinforcement = +1 quality + full repair on success, and does NOT destroy on failure — the safe way to push high quality (needs Meteoric Iron, which falls in the loot zone a few times/day).

Durability & repair

Items lose their stats below 50% durability. Each death = 1% durability loss to all equipped gear.
NPC repair restores 50% of the (Max − Current) gap AND permanently lowers the Maximum to that level (the shrinking-bar repair).
Renovation Kit restores +20% of Base per use back up to Base (undoes the shrinkage); needs rare Meteoric Iron.

Leveling a profession fast

The universal method: disassemble Tier-1 gear to start each craft tree, then craft the cheapest 80%+ chance item in each band, disassemble everything you make to recover ~60% of materials, always use the correct workshop (far more XP), and feed Roasted Boar to bastions for max XP at the top end.

Armoursmithing (0–84)

Disassemble T1 gear (or town-guard Clervelliers 3–16) to ~lvl 1 → Kite Shield (11–24) → Light Deserter Shields (20–33) → leather/heavy Deserter / Clan / Scout shields. Disassemble after every craft.

Weapon Forging (0–84)

0–11 disassemble T1 gear → mid-game bows → Hersir Reflex Bow (46–60) → Martian-Arms Longbow (56–66) → Master Axe (74–80). Disassemble everything for materials back.

Cooking & Herbalism (11–80)

Porridge (12–21) → Bread (21–30) → Broth (30–34, makes next step easier) → Lentil Soup (33–41) → Mushroom Soup (41–53) → Knight's Kettle (53–57) → Moonshine (57–66, use green-tier beer) → Roasted Boar (66–80 — feed them to bastions for max XP to 80).

Tailoring / Leatherworking & Engineering

Same pattern — disassemble T1, craft the cheap mass-produced components (sacks/bags, billets, mortar, tools) per band, disassemble for returns. (Exact band items were partly illegible in the community sheet — verify in-game recipe levels.)

Consumable buffs (alchemy)

Buffs come in three slots — Tinctures (Herbal), Alcohol (Common), and Potions/Elixirs. Most carry a toxicity cost: the more toxicity you stack, the stronger the eventual debuff.

Tinctures (Herbal)

+combat XP (90 min)
−stamina cost / −20% shield-endurance cost (6 h)
+stamina regen (5 h)
+175% crafting chance (2 h)
received-bleed / steel-damage mods — each with 10–15 min toxicity

Pro trick: buy full doses minus 1 of a stack for the ULTIMATE buff — e.g. 7 Protectant Tincture + 6 Mineral Brew.

Alcohol (Common)

+stamina / +stamina regen (5–10 min)
cheap and stackable
causes the Drunk debuff

Potions / Elixirs

+Stamina, +10% stam regen, +50 HP (20–240 min)
+gathered resources, +25% gathering XP
−20% received bleed damage
on-use-while-attacking effects
the more toxicity, the stronger the debuff

Where to buy recipes & gear — merchant map

Community-mapped from the Ismir nation (locations/costs are Ismir-specific and version-sensitive; costs are in copper). Other nations have equivalent vendors. Attribute Point cards are NOT sold here — they drop from the Kargald Champion or trade on the Market.

Location	Merchant(s)	Sells (community-mapped, costs in copper)
Norfolk	Kurt the Merchant	18 recipes (mostly Engineering tools + building mats), materials, 7 tools, bags. E.g. Apprentice's Pickaxe/Sickle ~41,380 · Journeyman's Shovel ~112,180 · Lime Mortar 2,240.
Norfolk	Weaponsmith	50 ready-made weapons + 10 Weaponforging recipes + tools.
Norfolk	Tailor / Leatherworker / Armoursmith	Ready armour + Tailoring/Leatherworking recipes (e.g. Small Sack 1,180).
Pilgrim's Rock	Quartermaster + Champions Guild Officer	16+ recipes, weapons, armour, food, silk-thread bags.
Ironwolf Hold	Meggy	18 recipes + materials + 7 tools (mirrors Kurt — a second crafting hub).
Fort Mereley	Glory Bladesmith / Weaponsmith / Armoursmith	Glory-currency recipes: 12 + 16 + 28 recipes (the end-game recipe shop).
Lord's Wrath Abbey / Wilderness	Brotherhood Quartermaster · Frontier Guard Commander	Faction recipes + loot cases.

Recipes available from Ismir vendors, by profession:

Profession	Recipes for sale (Ismir sample)
Weapon Forging	40
Tailoring & Leatherworking	33
Engineering	32
Armoursmithing	29
Cooking & Herbalism	9
Mining & Metallurgy	2
Forestry & Farming	1

The economy in one breath

Gold can't be looted — it's the safest thing to hold. Loot on death is partial (max 10 points; you can never lose two armour pieces in one death). The Market is global and fixed-price (not an auction); player stalls are fee-free. Best earners: crafting & selling gear, gathering logistics mats (clay/granite/iron/high-grade wood), and events. Full money guide: making gold.