Collect, Cooperate and Assemble
While you explore the world, you will be rewarded with both Potentia and Essences, the latter of which can be used to alter the world around you. Affect temporary change for the sake of your current adventures, or build equipment and structures to enhance your abilities and further the local economy.
Crafting requires the use of a Shaping pattern, of which there are several varieties and two levels of skill. Your shaping pattern determines the purview, with options such as Smithing, Cooking, and Obfuscation. Essences relate to forces and themes in the world, specializing your craft to suit the task or your preference (or just to make due with what you had at the time). A smith may use Igneous essence to forge a fiery blade, while a cook may use it to season an offering to suit a dragon’s taste. A Construction shaper may use Verdant essence to grow roots and vines into a bridge, while a Tinkering shaper may use the same essence to create seedling-bombs or vine-tripwires.
Constructing permanent items will require the use of labor to gather materials and create the finished product. Labor can best be acquired by cooperating with other players, but may also be made available as more NPCs are housed and fed within the outpost of Crashpointe.