Crafting material

A crafting material is an item used for crafting; they can be acquired through gathering, looting, salvaging, or purchased from vendors. The term also includes certain crafted items, such as refined materials (e.g. Bronze Ingots) and crafting components (e.g. Jute Boot Lining).

[edit] Acquiring crafting materials

Player attempting to gather mushrooms

There are several different ways you can obtain crafting materials:

Gathering — Resource nodes are found randomly around the world. Ore veins are mined with picks, trees are logged with axes, and other plants are harvested with sickles.
Looting — You have a chance of finding appropriate crafting materials such as hides or trophies when you loot slain enemies.
Purchasing — Some specialist merchants sell ingredients.
Salvaging — Available from merchants, salvage kits allow you to salvage crafting materials out of old or unwanted items.
Crafting — Some materials are acquired by crafting them from other raw materials.
Other players — You can find other players to trade for materials or buy them from the marketplace.

[edit] Storage

All crafting materials except for Runes of Holding and Doubloons can be placed in your collections which are shared with all your characters. To do this, right click on the item in your bag and use the "Deposit Collectible" option. This can be done from anywhere you happen to be in the game (out adventuring, or not within reach of a major city). To retrieve the materials from the bank you must go to a physical bank location, use a portable bank item, or use the bank tab(s) via a crafting station.

At the present time you are unable to mail a crafting item to another character on the same account since the system thinks you're trying to mail something to yourself; you can, however, use the account vault to transfer the items between characters .

[edit] List of crafting materials

[edit] Common crafting materials

Common crafting materials are the items used to create every other item through crafting by being made into Crafting Components such as Longbow Staves, Axe Blades, Focus Cores, etc.

Scraps, ores, leather sections, and logs are the raw materials that are commonly found through looting, salvaging, or harvesting.
Bolts, ingots, leather squares, and planks are refined materials that are produced at a crafting station from raw materials.
Spools of thread can currently only be acquired by purchase through vendors found at the crafting stations (usually a Master or Apprentice of that crafting discipline) and are used to make Embroidered Insignia and various armor crafting components.
Alloying lumps are materials that are also only available through purchase from crafting station vendors. They are used, together with another ore, to make alloys such as Bronze, Steel, and Darksteel that are then used in crafting various weapons, armors, and storage boxes.

Common Crafting Materials
	Cloth Scrap	Bolt of Cloth	Spool of Thread	Ore	Alloying Lump	Ingot	Leather Section	Leather Square	Log	Plank
Tier 1	Jute Scrap	Bolt of Jute	Spool of Jute Thread	Copper Ore	Lump of Tin	Copper Ingot Bronze Ingot	Rawhide Leather Section	Stretched Rawhide Leather Square	Green Wood Log	Green Wood Plank
Tier 2	Wool Scrap	Bolt of Wool	Spool of Wool Thread	Iron Ore Silver Ore		Iron Ingot Silver Ingot	Thin Leather Section	Cured Thin Leather Square	Soft Wood Log	Soft Wood Plank
Tier 3	Cotton Scrap	Bolt of Cotton	Spool of Cotton Thread	Gold Ore	Lump of Coal	Gold Ingot Steel Ingot	Coarse Leather Section	Cured Coarse Leather Square	Seasoned Wood Log	Seasoned Wood Plank
Tier 4	Linen Scrap	Bolt of Linen	Spool of Linen Thread	Platinum Ore	Lump of Primordium	Platinum Ingot Darksteel Ingot	Rugged Leather Section	Cured Rugged Leather Square	Hard Wood Log	Hard Wood Plank
Tier 5	Silk Scrap	Bolt of Silk	Spool of Silk Thread	Mithril Ore		Mithril Ingot	Thick Leather Section	Cured Thick Leather Square	Elder Wood Log	Elder Wood Plank
Tier 6	Gossamer Scrap	Bolt of Gossamer	Spool of Gossamer Thread	Orichalcum Ore		Orichalcum Ingot	Hardened Leather Section	Cured Hardened Leather Square	Ancient Wood Log	Ancient Wood Plank

Promotion: Primary article: Mystic Forge#Common crafting material promotion

Common crafting materials can be promoted to higher tiers in the mystic forge using Dust and Philosopher's Stones.

[edit] Fine crafting materials

Fine crafting materials are crafting materials which have been looted from enemy corpses and are used as activators in the crafting of insignia and inscriptions, as well as (Simple) variants of weapons and armor.

Fine Crafting Materials
	Bones	Claws	Dust	Fangs	Scales	Totems	Venom Sacs	Vials of Blood
Tier 1	Bone Chip	Tiny Claw	Pile of Glittering Dust	Tiny Fang	Tiny Scale	Tiny Totem	Tiny Venom Sac	Vial of Weak Blood
Tier 2	Bone Shard	Small Claw	Pile of Shimmering Dust	Small Fang	Small Scale	Small Totem	Small Venom Sac	Vial of Thin Blood
Tier 3	Bone	Claw	Pile of Radiant Dust	Fang	Scale	Totem	Venom Sac	Vial of Blood
Tier 4	Heavy Bone	Sharp Claw	Pile of Luminous Dust	Sharp Fang	Smooth Scale	Engraved Totem	Full Venom Sac	Vial of Thick Blood
Tier 5	Large Bone	Large Claw	Pile of Incandescent Dust	Large Fang	Large Scale	Intricate Totem	Potent Venom Sac	Vial of Potent Blood
Tier 6	Ancient Bone	Vicious Claw	Pile of Crystalline Dust	Vicious Fang	Armored Scale	Elaborate Totem	Powerful Venom Sac	Vial of Powerful Blood

Untiered fine crafting materials include:

Karka Shell

Promotion: Primary article: Mystic_forge#Fine_Crafting_Material_Promotion

Fine crafting materials can be promoted to higher tiers in the mystic forge using Dust and Philosopher's Stones. Dust itself can be promoted using Crystals and philosopher's stones.

[edit] Rare crafting materials

Rare crafting materials are often used in the crafting of runes and sigils. They can be found as direct loot from enemies or in loot bags (both very uncommon).

Rare Crafting Materials
	Essence	Onyx	Molten	Glacial	Destroyer	Crystal	Corrupted	Charged
Tier 1	Pile of Soiled Essence	Onyx Sliver	Molten Sliver	Glacial Sliver	Destroyer Sliver	Crystal Sliver	Corrupted Sliver	Charged Sliver
Tier 2	Pile of Foul Essence	Onyx Fragment	Molten Fragment	Glacial Fragment	Destroyer Fragment	Crystal Fragment	Corrupted Fragment	Charged Fragment
Tier 3	Pile of Filthy Essence	Onyx Shard	Molten Shard	Glacial Shard	Destroyer Shard	Crystal Shard	Corrupted Shard	Charged Shard
Tier 4	Pile of Vile Essence	Onyx Core	Molten Core	Glacial Core	Destroyer Core	Crystal Core	Corrupted Core	Charged Core
Tier 5	Pile of Putrid Essence	Onyx Lodestone	Molten Lodestone	Glacial Lodestone	Destroyer Lodestone	Crystal Lodestone	Corrupted Lodestone	Charged Lodestone

Untiered rare crafting materials include:

Promotion: Primary article: Mystic_Forge#Rare_Crafting_Material_Promotion

Rare crafting materials can be promoted to higher tiers (at a 2:1 ratio) in the mystic forge using Dust, Crystals, and either Bottles of Elonian Wine or Mystic Binding Agents.

[edit] Ascended crafting materials

Ascended crafting materials are used in the upgrading of ascended rings and Prototype Fractal Capacitor as well as the crafting of ascended back pieces. These can only be obtained from the Fractals of the Mists dungeon from mobs in certain level ranges.

Ascended Crafting Materials
Tier 1	Vial of Condensed Mists Essence	From levels 1-9
Tier 2	Glob of Coagulated Mists Essence	From levels 10-19
Tier 3	Shard of Crystallized Mists Essence	From levels 20 and on

Promotion: Primary article: Mystic_Forge#Ascended_Crafting_Material

Ascended crafting materials can be promoted to higher tiers (at a 5:1 ratio) in the mystic forge using a Mystic Coin, Glob of Ectoplasm, and Fractal Relic. They can also be demoted to lower tiers (at a 1:3 ratio) by substituting a Master's Salvage Kit (with full uses remaining) for the ectoplasm.

[edit] Gemstones

Primary article: Gemstone

Gemstones are crafting materials used by jewelers as activators when crafting jewels and trinkets, and can also serve as universal upgrades. They are sometimes obtained when harvesting lumber and ore.

Gemstones
	Amber	Garnet	Malachite	Pearl	Tiger's Eye	Turqoise
Tier 1	Amber Pebble	Garnet Pebble	Malachite Pebble	Pearl	Tiger's Eye Pebble	Turquoise Pebble
	Amethyst	Carnelian	Lapis	Peridot	Spinel	Sunstone	Topaz
Tier 2	Amethyst Nugget	Carnelian Nugget	Lapis Nugget	Peridot Nugget	Spinel Nugget	Sunstone Nugget	Topaz Nugget
Tier 3	Amethyst Lump	Carnelian Lump	Lapis Lump	Peridot Lump	Spinel Lump	Sunstone Lump	Topaz Lump
	Beryl	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	Chrysocola	Opal	Coral	Azurite
Tier 4	Beryl Shard	Ruby Shard	Sapphire Shard	Emerald Shard	Chrysocola Shard	Opal Shard	Coral Chunk
Tier 5	Beryl Crystal	Ruby Crystal	Sapphire Crystal	Emerald Crystal	Chrysocola Crystal	Opal Crystal	Coral Tentacle	Azurite Crystal
Tier 6	Beryl Orb	Ruby Orb	Sapphire Orb	Emerald Orb	Chrysocola Orb	Opal Orb	Coral Orb	Azurite Orb

Untiered gemstones include:

Passion Flower

Promotion: Primary article: Jeweler#Refinement

Gemstones can be promoted to higher tiers (at a 2:1 ratio) by a jeweler of sufficient skill using Dust. Promotions to tier 2, and some promotions to tier 4, require mixing different types of lower-tier gemstones.