Even if the percentage is low, each attempt at making the item will help to increase your skill level. You will also see a percentage of how successful you'll be in making that item. Scrolling up and down the page will let you see an image of the finished product on the top screen, along with the items you need in order to make it. If you press the Left Shoulder button on your DS, you will access all of the recipes you have purchased from Russell. The top screen will display the recipe you are working on (which is blank by default), and your rucksack will be on the bottom screen, along with an area where you can place the necessary items for the completed product. To make something you simply have to walk up to one of your workshops and press the A button. Many of the crafting recipes require ingredients that can only be found inside treasure chests left by defeated monsters. The recipe books can be purchased from Russell, and he'll offer different ones every day of the week. You must have specific recipies before you can manufacture an item. The workshops can't be used to throw various items together and see what results appear. Talk to Neuman in town and he'll offer to do a house remodel for 200,000 G and 2000 pieces of lumber! It's not cheap, but in order to get the best gear in the game you'll have to pinch your pennies until you have the necessary funds. The other three workshops are added to your house once you have upgraded. The Kitchen, Refridgerator, Table, and Shelves are available in two sizes, but you can only buy the larger versions if you have upgraded your house.
He has the Kitchen in stock on the first weekend of the season. The Kitchen workshop can be purchased from Ivan when he is in town on the weekend.
Even if you fail at making a recipe you won't loose your ingredients! You will still earn experience in the skill, so failing isn't really all that bad. The higher your skills, the better items you can make. Trading is necessary if you want to marry a specific bachelorette.ĬraftingThe crafting skills Forging, Pharmacy, Cooking and Decoration, are increased by using the little workshops you set up inside your house. Using Nintendo's Wifi network, you can trade items and send pictures of your farm to your friends. You can spin through the ring of items by pressing left or right on your directional pad. The "rings" that appear when you press Left Shoulder and A, B, or X, allow you to activate items without having to go into your rucksack and move the item into your equipped area. Select quantity of purchased items at stores The top screen will always display the world map. Occasionally you may need to view another screen in your inventory that requires a tap on the touch screen, but that can be easily done with just your finger. BasicsProbably the most basic thing you can do in Rune Factory is tuck your stylus away most everything in the game can be controlled with the basic button controls.