Crafting

Crafting, introduced with Module 6, is a new way to create customized items, using ingredients gathered both in the Vale Explorer Area, the new Vale quests, and The Shroud raid. In each of these areas, chests may contain Ingredient items, usually denoted with a Purple Background, and can all be gathered into the new Ingredient Bags.

A DDO Crafting Primer
Crafting, as implemented in DDO, is a combination of collecting Ingredient Items, then using them in the various Eldritch Devices in the Marketplace, The Twelve, Meridia, and inside The Shroud raid. There are no skills, or level-up, or practicing requirements as in other games, simply gathering the ingredients and knowing the recipes. But for most of the crafting, access to Meridia, Tier 1 The Twelve favor, and all 5 Pre-Raid quests completed are required for the majority of the crafting.

Crafting that is available to all characters
The most basic level of crafting is available to all characters with access to the Marketplace or The Twelve. Next to the Marketplace Bank, and right outside the Twelve's Tower is found the Stone of Change. The Stone of Change is used to upgrade existing items (those not part of the Green Steel "Raid" Loot, as described below). Currently there are only 3 recipes enabled for the Stone of Change, but the developers have stated that this will change in the future.

The currently enabled Stone of Change recipes allow you to Bind & Attune your items, so it no longer takes permanent damage, or increase the durability and hardness of an item, or convert Dragon shards. These are simple upgrades, and for the full recipes see Stone of Change - Recipes

Getting ready for the "Raid Loot" crafting
The "Raid Loot" crafting, also referred to as the Green Steel Items, requires a number of steps for preparation, and they are as follows:
 * 1) Travel to The Twelve, and speak to Gustavine Kyerrh within to be given the quest to find Meridia. In a side room, also speak to Jeanselme Brucetius, who will give you a Small Ingredient Bag. You can also buy a Medium Ingredient Bag in House Phiarlan or House Jorasco General Vendor Shop (the old pawn brokers).
 * 2) Exit the Tower of The Twelve, and go up to the upper North-East corner of the map to find the entrance to The Vale of Twilight (The Vale).
 * 3) Explore The Vale until you locate Meridia, the town within The Vale.
 * 4) Once in Meridia, speak to all the NPC's to forward your quest, bind, rest, and repair.
 * 5) Once you have a party, explore The Vale to locate the 5 quests within the Vale, and complete them. At the chest at the end of each quest, each party member will receive a Shavarath Stone of Battle, Foresight, Might, Strategy, or Victory.  Make sure you keep these Shavarath Stone items
 * The Coalescence Chamber
 * Let Sleeping Dust Lie
 * Rainbow in the Dark
 * Ritual Sacrifice
 * Running with the Devils
 * 6) Once you have completed all 5 quests, you should have your Tier 1 The Twelve Favor. Go back to The Twelve and get your favor reward, access to the Eldritch Device in Meridia.
 * 7) Travel back to Meridia, speak to the Grandmaster to advance your quest and grant you Raid Access.
 * 8) Now, go to the NPC outside the Eldritch Chamber in the center of Meridia, and start her quest of Eldrich Device Tutorial.
 * 9) You now have access to the Altar of Fecundity in Meridia, and you can now begin crafting. In order to complete "Chapter1: The Nature of Eldritch" of the quest, take all 5 items she gave to you (Chunk of Shavarath Dirt, Gnoll Whittled Branch, Polished White Marble Stone, Spider Spun Thread and Special Energy Cell) and place them in the Altar of Fecundity. Mix Magically to get a Glowing Orb (looks like the Festival Twig). Bring this back to her.
 * 10) Your quest should be advanced to "Chapter2: Stones of Shavarath" now, take all 5 of the Shavarath Stones and do the same to get a Shavarath Signet Stone - This Stone is a key ingredient to make your Green Steel Item.
 * 11) If the Grandmaster does not advance your quest at this point, be certain you have collected your end rewards from each of the five quests. You have not actually "completed" the quest until you collect your reward.

Ok, Now What?
Once you have completed the above steps to gain access to The Shroud Raid, as well as to the Altar of Fecundity, you can now begin your crafting. The crafting system is somewhat simple from here forward. In chests, you will loot Tier 1 Ingredients for the various altars. In The Vale and the Pre-Raid Quests, you will find the Tier 1 Ingredients to be used on the Altar of Fecundity in Meridia. Upgrading these items, and combining them with the Shavarath Signet Stone and a Power Cell will allow you to make Green Steel Items. These Green Steel Items are "blanks" that you can upgrade in The Shroud. All Green Steel Weapons are +5 Weapons that count as Evil for bypassing DR. You may need to run some Rare Encounters in The Vale or re-run some of the Pre-Raid quests to collect more Tier 1 Ingredients, but eventually you will gather enough Ingredients to mix them to make the Tier 2 Ingredients that you need.

Once you have made a Green Steel Item, you are ready to upgrade it within the Raid. However, the Raid has a similar mechanic, that the Raid chests have Tier 1 Ingredients to be used at the 3 Altars within The Shroud. And there are 3 different Eldritch Devices, each using their own Tier 1/2 Ingredients. The Altars are found after Part 1, Part 3, and Part 5 of the Raid. So you will need to run the Raid several times in order to gather the required Tier 1 Ingredients for each Altar in order to start upgrading your Green Steel Item

VERY IMPORTANT: Each Altar has it's own recipes and results, and the results will add to your Green Steel Item as you upgrade it, once at each Altar. Different upgrades will simply add their effects to your item, not replace earlier ones, and they will likely interact with each other in interesting ways, providing additional effects on your item.

Stormreach - Stone of Change
Stone of Change - Recipes

Meridia - Altar of Fecundity
Altar of Fecundity - Tier 1 - Ingredients Recipes Altar of Fecundity - Tier 2 - Green Steel Recipes
 * Step #1 - Combine Shavarath Stones of Might (Ritual Sacrifice), Battle (Running with the Devils), Strategy (Let Sleeping Dust Lie), Foresight (Rainbow), and Victory (The Coalescence Chamber) together to create a Shavarath Signet Stone
 * Step #2 - Use Recipes for "Tier 1 Ingredients": Bitterscrub Fungus, Chipmunk Funk, Glistening Pebbles, Green Briar Twigs, Lammanian Lily Petals, Locus Husk together with an Ebberon Energy Orb to create a "Tier 2 Ingredient"
 * Step #3 - Use Recipe for "Tier 2 Ingredients": Ore of Travail, Filament of Toil, Wondrous Balm, Wondrous Oil, Wondrous Jewel, Wondrous Scarab, Red Taper, Yellow Taper, Green Taper, Blue Taper, Violet Taper together with a Shavarath Signet Stone to create a Green Steel Item

The Shroud, Part 1: The Gauntlet - Altar of Invasion
Altar of Invasion - Tier 1 - Ingredients Recipes Altar of Invasion - Tier 2 - Green Steel Item Recipes
 * Step #1 - Use Recipes for "Tier 1 Ingredients": Small Devil Scales, Small Glowing Arrowhead, Small Gnawed Bone, Small Length of Infernal Chain, Small Sulfurous Stones, Small Twisted Shrapnel together with a Shavarath Low Energy Cell to create a "Tier 2 Ingredient".
 * Step #2 - Use Recipes for "Tier 2 Ingredients": Inferior Focus of Fire, Inferior Focus of Air, Inferior Focus of Water, Inferior Focus of Earth, Inferior Focus of Positive Energy, Inferior Focus of Negative Energy, Diluted Material Essence, Diluted Ethereal Essence, Cloudy Gem of Opposition, Cloudy Gem of Domination, Cloudy Gem of Escalation together with a Shavarath Low Energy Cell, and a Shard of Power to create an Imbued Shard of Power
 * Step #3 - Combine Imbued Shard of Power with Shavarath Low Energy Cell and Green Steel Item to upgrade your Green Steel Item

The Shroud, Part 3: The Puzzles - Altar of Subjugation
Altar of Subjugation - Tier 1 - Ingredients Recipes Altar of Subjugation - Tier 2 - Green Steel Item Recipes
 * Step #1 - Combine Depleted Shavarath Medium Energy Cell with a weapon, with a listed value of +6 to +10 to create a Shavarath Medium Energy Cell, as needed. WARNING: Item is consumed (destroyed) in this process!
 * Step #2 - Use Recipes for "Tier 1 Ingredients": Medium Devil Scales, Medium Glowing Arrowhead, Medium Gnawed Bone, Medium Length of Infernal Chain, Medium Sulfurous Stones, Medium Twisted Shrapnel together with a Shavarath Medium Energy Cell to create a "Tier 2 Ingredient".
 * Step #3 - Use Recipes for "Tier 2 Ingredients": Focus of Fire, Focus of Air, Focus of Water, Focus of Earth, Focus of Positive Energy, Focus of Negative Energy, Material Essence, Ethereal Essence, Gem of Opposition, Gem of Domination, Gem of Escalation together with a Shavarath Medium Energy Cell, and a Shard of Power to create an Imbued Shard of Power
 * Step #4 - Combine Imbued Shard of Power with Shavarath Medium Energy Cell and Green Steel Item to upgrade your Green Steel Item

The Shroud, Part 5: The Boss - Altar of Devastation
Altar of Devastation - Tier 1 - Ingredients Recipes Altar of Devastation - Tier 2 - Green Steel Item Recipes
 * Step #1 - Combine Depleted Shavarath High Energy Cell with a weapon, with a listed value of +8 to +10 to create a Shavarath High Energy Cell, as needed. WARNING: Item is consumed (destroyed) in this process!
 * Step #2 - Use Recipes for "Tier 1 Ingredients": Large Devil Scales, Large GHighing Arrowhead, Large Gnawed Bone, Large Length of Infernal Chain, Large Sulfurous Stones, Large Twisted Shrapnel together with a Shavarath High Energy Cell to create a "Tier 2 Ingredient".
 * Step #3 - Use Recipes for "Tier 2 Ingredients": Superior Focus of Fire, Superior Focus of Air, Superior Focus of Water, Superior Focus of Earth, Superior Focus of Positive Energy, Superior Focus of Negative Energy, Pure Material Essence, Pure Ethereal Essence, Perfect Gem of Opposition, Perfect Gem of Domination, Perfect Gem of Escalation together with a Shavarath High Energy Cell, and a Shard of Power to create an Imbued Shard of Power
 * Step #4 - Combine Imbued Shard of Power with Shavarath High Energy Cell and Green Steel Item to upgrade your Green Steel Item