Crafting (Inquisition)

Crafting Materials tarot card

Crafting in Dragon Age: Inquisition allows the player to create unique weapons, armor, runes, and potions. A crafting station is required for crafting and can be found in Haven, the Undercroft, and any Keeps that have been captured.

Weapon and Armor Crafting

To craft new armor or weapons, you need a schematic and enough materials.
The schematic determines the appearance and potential power of the crafted item.
The materials determine the specific stats and powers that will be added to the new item.

Schematics allow the placement of a set number of leather, metal, or cloth into a recipe and will determine the outcome of the item.

Crafting/Material Slots

There are five different types of crafting slots: utility, offense, defense, damage, and armor.
The type of slot determines the stat that will be generated from the material placed in it.
For example, placing iron in a defense slot gives a bonus to melee defense, while putting it in the utility slot gives a bonus to Strength.
Experiment with different combinations of materials and slots to create unique items that fit your needs.

• Primary Slot

The primary slot governs the attack value of weapons, the armor value of armor, and the elemental damage type of staves.

• Utility Slot

The utility slot controls what primary attribute will be upgraded.

• Offense Slot

The offense slot provides a unique attack ability.

• Defense Slot

The defense slot provides various resistances.

• Masterwork

Higher level weapon and armor schematics might have a masterwork slot that can optionally be filled by a masterwork crafting material that can offer a unique bonus.

Crafting Upgrades

Some weapons and armor require their own schematics to allow additional upgrade slots.

Rune Crafting

Crafting runes require a rune recipe. The player must also read glyphs by veilfire.

Icon	Name	Restriction	Effect
	Cleansing Rune	None	+20 Damage vs. Red Templars and Darkspawn
	Master Cleansing Rune	None	+32 Damage vs. Red Templars and Darkspawn
	Superb Cleansing Rune	None	+50 Damage vs. Red Templars and Darkspawn
	Corrupting Rune	None	+20 Damage vs. Living
	Master Corrupting Rune	None	+32 Damage vs. Living
	Superb Corrupting Rune	None	+50 Damage vs. Living
	Demon-Slaying Rune	None	+20 Damage vs. Demons and Undead
	Master Demon-Slaying Rune	None	+32 Damage vs. Demons and Undead
	Superb Demon-Slaying Rune	None	+50 Damage vs. Demons and Undead
	Dragon-Slaying Rune	None	+20 Damage vs. Dragons
	Master Dragon-Slaying Rune	None	+32 Damage vs. Dragons
	Superb Dragon-Slaying Rune	None	+50 Damage vs. Dragons
File:Fire rune icon.png	Fire Rune	Non-staff only	+10 Fire Damage
File:Fire rune icon.png	Master Fire Rune	Non-staff only	+16 Fire Damage
File:Fire rune icon.png	Superb Fire Rune	Non-staff only	+25 Fire Damage
	Frost Rune	Non-staff only	+10 Cold Damage
	Master Frost Rune	Non-staff only	+16 Cold Damage
	Superb Frost Rune	Non-staff only	+25 Cold Damage
	Lightning Rune	Non-staff only	+10 Electricity Damage
	Master Lightning Rune	Non-staff only	+16 Electricity Damage
	Superb Lightning Rune	Non-staff only	+25 Electricity Damage
	Spirit Rune	Staff only	+10 Spirit Damage
	Master Spirit Rune	Staff only	+16 Spirit Damage
	Superb Spirit Rune	Staff only	+25 Spirit Damage

Potion Crafting

Find recipes through exploration or by visiting merchants.
Visit an apothecary with herbs you gather in the wilderness to upgrade potions.
Use the equip station to assign different potions to each of you party members and to replenish the potions you are carrying.
Use the upgrade station to unlock permanent upgrades to your potions.

Alchemical Upgrades

You can upgrade potions you have already unlocked. To upgrade a potion, select a category, select a potion, then select the upgrade.
Potion upgrades require a significant amount of herbs to unlock; in return, they give permanent and significant bonuses to your potions.

Potions

Use potions to restore health or enhance magic.

• Healing Potion
• Regeneration Potion
• Lyrium Potion

Tonics

Use tonics to enhance resistance or augment combat.

• Fire Resistance Tonic
• Cold Resistance Tonic
• Electrical Resistance Tonic
• Spirit Resistance Tonic
• Rock Armor Tonic
• Tears of the Dead

Grenades

Thrown vials that shatter and affect an area.

• Pitch Grenade
• Confusion Grenade
• Antivan Fire
• Healing Mist
• Jar of Bees