Creator Chronicles Mining, Crafting & Progression: Build the Chain, Not Everything

Work backward from a goal in version 1.19

Right-click an undiscovered target to pin it in Tracked Goals. You can track up to eight goals, including Build and Dungeon entries, Guild Members in Contacts, and materials/crafted items in the supported production tabs. Pin the next facility or recipe you actually need rather than opening every chain at once.

1. Read the missing material or discovery condition in the pinned entry.
2. Click the material line to open that resource. Used In shows which products consume it.
3. Open Production Control with X and find the appropriate profession. Use Fixed Count for a finite batch or Target Production for a continuing stock buffer.
4. Put the eligible bottleneck recipe higher in the priority list and check materials, required level and available workers.
5. When all conditions are met, the goal becomes Discoverable. Click it to return to the right window and perform the discovery; the goal is removed after it is actually discovered.

Tracked Goals persist through loading a save. Right-click the target again or press the entry’s X to remove it. You can move or collapse the list without losing the progress summary.

The main resource chains

Input job	Craft/use job	Primary output purpose
Herbalism	Alchemy	Potions and dungeon supplies
Mining	Blacksmithing	Equipment/material progression
Fishing	Cooking / economy	Food and sale inputs
Dungeon loot	Enchanting / equipment economy	Gear upgrades, dismantling/enchantment loop

Mining is a progression gate, not an isolated building

• Older Demo footage places the Mine in a fixed northern area and ties its unlock to preparation requirements.
• The official Codex groups Mining with the gathering systems and Blacksmithing with craft professions.
• Because the full-release opening changed significantly, exact Demo mine unlock quantities are held out until the launch build is rechecked.

What to unlock first

1. Unlock the chain your current quest/dungeon actually needs.
2. Recruit the profession before investing heavily in a building that cannot run.
3. Raise worker level if the recipe is blocked by production level.
4. Only then add a second chain such as Mining → Blacksmithing.

Why you should avoid overfitting the Demo

Version boundary

Official development notes say high-grade raid rewards and many dedicated raid bosses are part of the broader progression, while several raid features were still being implemented during the Demo period. A static “complete recipe/raid loot table” made before launch would be the wrong asset to publish now.

Patch 1.02 note (September 16)

Material requirements for constructing the Magic School and Gryphon Landing were reduced in patch 1.02, and equipment Defense/Mana plus Attack Power and Spell Power bonuses were adjusted. Plan the next building with the current requirements rather than launch-week lists.

Launch content (September 15, 2026)

• Blacksmith confirmed at launch: smelt ore into ingots and craft weapons and armor; guild members with the Blacksmithing profession work there.
• The Magic School handles equipment dismantling (for enchanting materials) and scroll crafting — dismantle old gear before selling it.
• Higher-tier resources — rare herbs, ores, ingots, potions and elixirs — unlock as the farm, mine and alchemy lab progress.
• Exact mine unlock requirements and early recipe quantities are still unconfirmed in the launch build, so those numbers stay held on purpose.

Patch 1.18 notes (October 13)

• Five new Rare recipes are craftable at the Blacksmith. The Guardian’s Bow, Tome of Magic, Wand of Fatigue, Iron Magic Staff and Mace of Light were added in 1.18 — one more reason to keep ingot stock and Blacksmithing members working.
• Dungeon gathering sources changed. Existing materials gained dungeon gathering sources, and the ore types found in some dungeons were changed; if a gathering route from before October 13 no longer matches what a dungeon drops, trust the current in-game dungeon info over old lists.
• Remote Extraction Town Trait: once learned, dismantling items or using “Dismantle All” in the Warehouse now happens immediately, with no wait for a member with the Enchanting profession — a faster junk-gear to enchant-materials loop.