Tobin can visit from Town Level 3. Complete his Artisan Workshop, then unlock Crafting workplaces through his dialogue.
Mark a workplace with the Building Staff and place an ordinary Workbench inside it. Employ an Apprentice, enable Crafting on the journal's Work page, and add orders through the workplace controls. The recipe list includes recipes registered for the ordinary workbench, including recipes supplied by other packs. Each recipe keeps its materials and bench requirements.
Seed and sapling plans use Life Essence and the Apprentice's Farming skill. Alchemical seeds use Void Essence, exactly as at the Alchemy Bench. The task screen shows the required Farming level for each plant.
Couriers bring ingredients, and completed crafting orders go to Crafted Goods. Bench upgrades and required recipe unlocks still apply. A Pattern Cabinet improves attended Crafting work speed without replacing the workbench.
Open Crafting workplace and Salvaging workplace for Apprentice setup. Tobin's Pattern Book under Mechanics is the dedicated guide to his prop service.
Tobin's Pattern Book
Tobin can build any prop he has studied. Talk to him and choose Open your Pattern Book.
- Show him a prop. Carry any prop and choose Show Tobin the props you carry. He sketches every new one into his book and hands them all back. The whole town shares his book.
- Commission a copy. Pick a known pattern and choose Commission one. Props cost simple materials, never gold.
- Collect it. Tobin builds the first prop on his bench during his work hours. Finished props wait on his shelf.
Props Tobin has not seen yet show as a question mark. Cap'n Clive, treasure, gifts and festivals are good places to find new ones.
Materials
Every prop is made from four ordinary resources. Tobin takes them from your pack first, then from the town warehouse.
- Sticks
- Stone Rubble
- Scraps
- Linen Scraps
Gather them as usual, or have Apprentices make them at a Crafting workplace. Their task list includes all four: 5 of any wood makes 10 Sticks, 5 of any stone makes 10 Stone Rubble, 5 of any metal bar makes 10 Scraps, and 10 fibre makes 5 Linen Scraps. The Logger's grove also brings home sticks with every tree, and goblins carry Scraps.
A more valuable prop needs more materials and more time. The kinds it needs follow what it is made of. A plank shelf asks for Sticks and a weapon rack asks mostly for Scraps.
Salvage
Pick a prop you carry and choose Salvage one to have Tobin take it apart. You get half of its materials back, and he learns its pattern if he did not know it. Cancelling a commission returns everything.
Collection goals
- 5 patterns: a third commission on the bench.
- 10 patterns: salvaging returns three quarters of the materials.
- 20 patterns: a fourth commission on the bench.
- 30 patterns: commissions take a quarter less time.
Friendship rewards
- Friendship 25: Joiner's Toolbox recipe for town crafting.
- Friendship 75: Pattern Cabinet recipe.