Crafting in Champions Online: Guide to Low Level Items

The crafting system in Champions Online was a bit of a mystery to me. It's not at all clear from the in game descriptions what crafting you should pick if you want to boost a particular stat or set of stats. So, in a fit of anal, I made new alt and spent the entire evening talking to different crafting trainers and writing down recipes. So that future generations will not have to suffer through such tedium, I've decided to post my findings. Below you will find guides to the permanent upgrade items that you can make in tiers I and II. Some very important points:

1. Anyone can make bags and healing items, if that's all you want pick whatever appeals to you.

2. The specialization within a particular craft generally makes no difference. However I did discover one exception by accident. It stands to reason that there are a few others. I haven't checked every recipe with all three specializations of all three crafts (I'm not that anal).

3. These are only the stat boosting items. Power replacement items gimp the hell out of your stats for a chance at a proc that does massive damage. They only work on very specific abilities. For example, many work only on single handed sword attacks. I didn't consider them worth compiling stats on.

4. You may not get these stats when you actually craft something. The stats below are based on what the recipes on vendors list. I have gotten slightly lower stats when crafting items in some cases.

5. Major caveat: the stats on these recipes scale with level. Below are the stats a level 7 character will see on recipes. However a lower level character will find the stats to be lower, a higher level character will find them much improved. Take this as a guide to the stats that can be buffed by a given profession, more than the precise bonus you can get.


With all that in mind, the first two tiers of stat upgrade items are as follows:

Science

Skill	Str	Dex	Con	Int	Ego	Pre	Rec	End	Type
0	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	PU
10	+	+	8	4	+	8	+	+	PD
30	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	PO
40	+	+	+	19	+	+	+	+	PU
50**	-	-	9	4	-	5	-	-	PD
75	+	12	+	+	+	+	2	+	PO
105	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	7	PU
115	+	+	11	4	+	2	+	+	PO
125	-	13	-	-	-	-	8	-	PD
140	+	+	+	13	+	+	+	7	PU
155	-	-	12	3	-	2	-	-	PO
170	+	11	+	+	+	+	10	+	PD
185	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	5	PU

**If you choose the Invention specialization the item grants 18 Con, 4 Int, and 13 Presence

Mysticism

Skill	Str	Dex	Con	Int	Ego	Pre	Rec	End	Type
0	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	PU
10	+	+	+	+	4	14	+	+	PD
30	-	14	-	-	-	-	4	-	PO
40	+	+	+	+	19	+	+	+	PU
50	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	4	PD
85	14	+	+	+	+	4	+	+	PO
105	-	-	-	9	9	3	-	-	PU
115	+	+	+	+	2	14	+	1	PD
115	-	-	-	-	-	2	12	-	PO
140	+	+	+	+	7	12	1	+	PU
155	-	-	-	-	2	14	-	3	PD
175	3	9	+	+	+	1	6	+	PO
185	-	-	-	-	5	15	-	-	PU
195	+	+	+	+	9	+	+	2	SD
200	1	4	-	-	-	3	11	-	PO

Arms

Skill	Str	Dex	Con	Int	Ego	Pre	Rec	End	Type
0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	PU
10	4	+	14	+	+	+	+	+	PD
30	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	PO
40	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	19	PU
50	4	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	PD
85	19	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	PO
105	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	14	PU
115	3	1	14	+	+	+	+	+	PD
125	14	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	PO
140	+	+	3	+	1	+	+	14	PU
155	2	1	14	-	-	-	1	-	PD
170	11	6	3	+	+	+	+	+	PO
185	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	2	SU
195	1	1	14	+	+	+	3	+	PD
200	11	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	PO

I tried my damndest to find this info somewhere else, and drew a blank. If someone else is sitting on charts like this they need to make them easier for google to find. To any random readers, feel free to repost these to your heart's content as long as you give me credit. And remember, these are the stats at level 7.

Analysis:

Arms is a very good generic crafting profession. Pretty much anyone can use constitution and endurance, and strength is good for any character that melees a lot. For crit builds (i.e., dexterity and ego) mysticism is reasonably solid. For a lot of builds, you are simply out of luck. For example, if you want to boost endurance and recovery (common for ranged DPS), nothing really works all that well at low levels (though science may work depending on how it scales).

Hope this will be of some help to readers. Happy adventuring :)