Knapping

Knapping is the process of taking two pieces of stone, like Flint, and striking them together to make one sharpened piece, for making tools like knives.
When Knapping, there are two possible outcomes, creating a blade (e.g. Flint Blade), or a failure which consumes one or both pieces of stone.
As your Knapping skill improves, failures are less likely.

Levels

Level	XP Needed to advance	Unlocks
0		Can Knap a Slate Blade
1	40	Improved Knapping Success Rate
2	100	Improved Knapping Success Rate Can Knap a Flint Blade Must learn Flint Blade Knapping from School of Architecture - 7 Flint Tuition See Stone Blade Fabrication
3	400	Improved Knapping Success Rate
4	800	Improved Knapping Success Rate
5	1400	Improved Knapping Success Rate Can Knap a Bone Blade Must learn Bone Blade Knapping from School of Architecture - 7 Animal Bones
6	1400	Improved Knapping Success Rate
7	2500	Improved Knapping Success Rate
8	nnn	Improved Knapping Success Rate
9	nnn	Improved Knapping Success Rate
10	nnn	Improved Knapping Success Rate

Actions

Action	XP Value
Knap a Slate Blade (Unsuccessfully)	1
Knap a Slate Blade (Successfully)	6
Knap a Flint Chisel	2
Knap a Flint Blade (Unsuccessfully)	4
Knap a Flint Blade (Successfully)	20
Knap a Bone Blade (Unsuccessfully)	10
Knap a Bone Blade (Successfully)	50

Stone Blade Fabrication
(Skill - Architecture)
Learned From
School of Architecture
Tuition Slate 7

The Stone Blade Fabrication skill allows Slate to be shattered into Stone Blades using the menu option Skills → Blades → Make a Stone Blade and costs 2 Slate per Stone Blade created. Note that, until a character's Stone Blade Fabrication skill has reached level 7, creating Stone Blades has a chance of failing and losing 1 Slate in the process.

Creating Stone Blades

The Stone Blade Fabrication skill starts at level 1. Creating a Stone Blade requires 2 Slate. Each time you attempt to make a Stone Blade, one of three things will happen to the 2 Slate used:

• 1 Slate will shatter and be lost, and 1 will break cleanly, forming a Stone Blade.
• 2 Slate will shatter and be lost.
• 1 Slate will shatter and be lost, and 1 Slate will remain intact. When this happens, your Stone Blade Fabrication skill will increase by 1.

A higher skill level will decrease the chance of failing. At the maximum skill level of 7, you have a 100% success chance of creating a Stone Blade.

Blade Fabrication

Various knife blades can be made. You must be at the correct level and have completed all 7 levels of proficiency for the previous blade type before you can learn the next level.

Blade types and Carving Skill are not the same. Blade Skill allows the crafting of particular types of knives. Carving Skill allows the whittling of various objects. The kinds of objects you can make with Carving Skill maybe be dependent on the type of blade you wield.

Blade Skills

Category	Level	Type of Blade	Tuition
1	0	Stone Blade	7 Slate
2	3	Flint Blade	7 Flint
3	7	Bone Blade	7 Animal Bones

Other Blade Types

Blade Types	Sources
Sharp Edged Blade	Blacksmithing or Fishing
Jagged Blade	Blacksmithing or Fishing
Twice Folded Blade	Blacksmithing or Fishing