


The type of slot determines the enhancement that will be generated from the material placed in it.

For example, one-handed sword grip schematics always have two slots but they may be two offense slots or one offense slot and one utility slot. It should also be noted that a schematic can have more than one of the same slot. Damage and armor slots are unique to weapons and armor respectively. There are five different types of crafting slots: utility, offense, defense, damage, and armor. The color of crafted armor can be changed by using the armor tinting table found in the Undercroft in Skyhold. Crafting materials can be collected without limiting the player's inventory space. Some materials can also be purchased from merchants or rewarded for completing war table operations. Leather is looted from creatures, metals are gathered and cloth is looted from enemies. Masterworks that give bonuses to stats have a percentage chance, which if it succeeds during crafting, adds the listed bonus to the item's statistics. Further, such powers that trigger on attack trigger on all attacks such as mage spells, not just attacks with the crafted weapon.

Note that these powers depend only on the crafting material and not the weapon class, so that for example, it is possible to give a mage staff with a masterwork slot the Hidden Blades power of the Assassin (Inquisition) class. The materials used determine the specific enhancements, attributes and/or powers that will be added to the new item. The schematic determines the appearance and potential power of the crafted item by allowing the placement of a set number of leather, metal, or cloth pieces into the recipe. To craft new armor or weapons, the player needs a schematic and sufficient crafting materials.
