Everyone who does tradeskills as a major part of their gaming life eventually comes to think of themselves as a practitioner of one particular skill above all others. The dedication and determination it takes to raise one's skill over the 200 mark and become a Grandmaster is immense, but your efforts and pride in your skill will often go unnoticed, except by close friends. As part of the HUGE set of tradeskill patches in the middle of 2002, it is now possible to craft an item to show your surpassing and consumate skill in your chosen trade, and to aid you in your crafting of further wonders.
Each tradeskill has its own Tradeskill Trophy, to mark you as an elite in your field. Each trophy has exactly the same stats (Str 10, Cha 50, Int 10, Wis 10), differing only by name. They are Lore, No Drop and will equip in Primary, Secondary, Range or Ammo (stats only take effect in prim, sec, range, so Ammo slot is just for showing off:) Each one adds 5% to that particular skill, and also summons a No Rent, No Drop, 10 slot 100% weight reduction Grandmaster's Satchel. At this time it is unknown whether you must have reached 201 or more skill in order to make these, but they trivial at over 250, so it is unlikely that you will see an unskilled person with one of these.
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Making your Trophy
There are two steps to making a Grandmaster's Trophy. Firstly, an Artisan's Seal must be crafted, using a combination of pottery and jewelcraft. This item is tradeable, so if you are not skilled in this, you can buy it from somebody who is. The second step is to combine the seal with an item of your trade, to make the trophy. This item differs depending on your trade, naturally.
To make the Artisan's Seal....
| Item | Recipe | Trivial |
|---|---|---|
| Artisan's Seal | Mounted Blue Diamond, Mounted Diamond, Mounted Black Sapphire, Mounted Jacinth, 1 Purified Vial of Mana, 1 Small Block of Clay, 1 water combined in a pottery wheel, then fire with a HQ firing sheet in kiln | <117 |
| Mounted Gem | 2 Velium Bars, 1 appropriate gem in a jewellers kit | <176 |
To make the Trophy...
Grandmaster's Baking Spoon = Artisan's Seal + Dairy Spoon combined in an Oven.
Grandmaster Brewer's Corker = Artisan's Seal + Corking Device in a Brew Barrel.
Grandmaster Fletcher's Knife = Artisan's Seal + Fishbone Dart Tool in a Fletching Kit.
Grandmaster Jeweller's Eyeglass = Artisan's Seal + Glass Shard + Silver Bar in a Jeweller's Kit.
Grandmaster Potter's Sculptor = Artisan's Seal + Sculpting Tools in a Kiln.
Grandmaster Smith's Hammer = Artisan's Seal + Smithy Hammer in a Forge.
Grandmaster Tailor's Needle = Artisan's Seal + Embroidering Needle in a Sewing Kit.
Grandmaster's Tinkering Spanner = Artisan's Seal + Metal Bits + Sharpening Stone in a Toolbox.
| Item | Recipe | Made by | Trivial |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corking Device (for special drinks) |
1 Cog, 1 Sprocket, 1 Gear, 1 Grease, 1 Blue Diamond, 1 Branch of Sylvan Oak (foraged Eastern Wastes) combined in a Tool Box | Tinkering | <= 173 |
| Dairy Spoon | 2 Metal Bits, 1 Scaler Mold, 1 water combined in a Forge | Smithing | 74 |
| Fishbone Dart Tool | 2 Velium Bits, 1 Scaler Mold, 1 Coldain Velium Temper combined in a Forge | Smithing | >139<156 |
| Embroidering Needle | 1 Metal Bit, 1 water, 1 Needle Mold, 1 Celestial Essence combined in a Forge | Smithing | 122 |
| Celestial Essence | 1 Celestial Solvent, 1 Scent of Marr (or high end rune/word) in a Mortar and Pestle | No Fail | No Fail |