Albion Online: Beginners Guide to Crafting

Crafting is considered the best way to get the best gear in any RPG game, even in MMOs. Sure, you can purchase gear from shops, but those are significantly weaker compared to gear that was crafted by you or a blacksmith. But this feature, even early on in the game, is largely overlooked. So many players make the mistake of just buying gear instead of crafting, and it affects how well they play the game. In this guide, we’ll show you the ins and outs of crafting in Albion Online.

Beginners Guide to Crafting – Albion Online

Before we start, bear in mind that crafting takes a lot of time and effort into it. Not just from the act of it, but for farming the materials and silver. It’s not exactly friendly for casual players, as this requires a lot of math and a difficult grind.

Before making things, make sure you head to a location first. Why, you may ask? It’s because places like Lymhurst offers crafting bonuses. You can receive some resources back if you craft with the bonuses on, so it’s always a good idea to look for a spot to craft in first before doing the actual task.

Now crafting items, especially endgame crafting, is a profitable way to get ahead of everyone else. Earning gear from raids or buying them from shops is not the way you want to continue when you reach endgame. Crafting is the way to go.

Now the next stop is to use a crafting bench. But don’t just use any bench. First, you need to highlight the bench in your map to look at the details. As you can see, there are a lot of things on the highlight. But pay attention to where it says Usage Fee. See that? That’s the amount you have to pay in order to use it.

Now I know, who knew you would have to pay taxes in order to use a crafting bench? Well, Albion Online certainly likes to make things realistic. However, the trick is to look for the cheapest one you can find. Some can be very expensive, like 9,999 silver expensive.

Don’t jump into building your own station. Building your own station is very costly and will drain you of your funds faster than just regular crafting. In Albion Online, there are groups of people that mess up other people’s stations by draining them of their food, thus forcing the owner into resupplying the station with food that will cost them over 100k silver.