With the upcoming addon “The Heart of Fire”, the crafting system of the MMORPG Neverwinter will be revamped. You will become the boss of your own workshop.
Cryptic Studios will overhaul the crafting system of Neverwinter. This will make item creation more challenging and exciting.
Crafting had to become more exciting
How was crafting so far? Until now, the crafting system of Neverwinter was quite simple. It was used, but hardly anyone found it particularly exciting. Crafting was not a real focus for the developers, who mainly focused on new stories with modules such as Ravenloft. This is now changing.
- You need to acquire workforce, tools, and materials
- Artisans are basically just icons and a component in crafting
- You assign artisans tasks that they will produce within a certain time using the tools and materials
- Workforce levels up over time and can produce better items, including ones of epic quality
You will become the boss of your crafting company
This is how crafting will work after the update: With the upcoming addon, you will get your own workshop, which also makes crafting a bit more “tangible”.
- If you receive your workshop during the quests of “The Heart of Fire”, you will become the boss of a company
- You will review applications from artisans and can hire them
- The workforce will then actually be visible in your workshop as they work
- You will continue to assign tasks to artisans at a task board, and the workers will also improve over time
- At this task board, you will also assign adventurers to gather raw materials and refining stones. You will then regularly receive a delivery
- At the workbench, you will place orders for recipes
- A few times a day, it is possible to complete orders immediately
- More of these “accelerations” can be purchased with astral diamonds
- The workshop can be upgraded over time to work more efficiently
There are still some things to clarify
Fans are reacting somewhat reserved: Overall, these new features are well received by the players of Neverwinter. Finally, the developers are making crafting more interesting, so that it no longer runs “faceless” in the background. Instead, you really have to take care of it. However, many questions remain open, as can be seen in the official forum.
- How will the master professions fit into the system?
- Can the developers gradually establish balancing between items and maintain the purchase of accelerations?
- How will the new system affect players who have previously placed a lot of importance on professions and have invested a lot here?
The developers have stated that they will soon reveal more details about the new crafting system of Neverwinter. Hopefully, the most urgent questions will then be answered.
