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Carving is a multi-level skill taught at the School of Body.

T8 Carving and Knife System Change

July 2018: An entire new carving and knife system was introduced. Knives have new names and capabilities and some knives can be sharpened.

Things we know:

Knives must now be equipped (or "wielded") for use.

:Self->Equipment

Equipping a knife will remove it from your inventory and place it in your hand (silly graphic included), freeing up inventory space.

The menu option to unequip the knife returns the tool to your inventory.

A tool belt to allow you to carry various tools, though not yet implemented, will eventually be craftable .

This system is actively under development and refinement. As such, some options are not currently in working order.

Degrees of the Carving skill are now available at different player levels than before. The new levels and tuitions are as follows:

Tuition

Degree	Level	Cost
First	3	?
Second	7	? ?
Third	12	? ?
Fourth	18	? ?
Fifth	25	? ?
Sixth	33	10 Empty Tackle Blocks 10 Wooden Cogs

Old T8 Information

Tuition

Degree	Level	Cost
First	1	100 Wood
Second	3	10 Tinder 10 Sharpened Stick
Third	6	10 Glass Blade 10 Wooden Peg
Fourth	10	10 Barrel Tap 10 Wooden Pestle
Fifth Needed for making Box Lunches	14	10 Bottle Stoppers 10 Cotter Pins

Use

Timer: Focus

Each degree of Carving allows you to carve certain items, using a knife with quality equal or better than that level. It also allows you to assemble the next level knife (so you can craft the tuition for the next level).

When you carry multiple knifes with you and carve, the highest quality knife is used, and if more than one of that level is carried, the one which has been used the least.

A flint knife breaks at the 25th use
An iron knife at the 100th
A sharp-edged knife at probably about 200-300 uses.

Therefore, always use the lowest level knife needed for the item to be carved and unequip higher level knives.

Level	Knife Available	Knife Cost	Carve
First	Knife:Flint	2 Flint 1 Twine 1 Wood	1 Sharpened Stick from 1 Wood 1 Tinder from 1 Wood 2 Rawhide Strip from 1 Leather
Second	Knife:Glass (quality 2)	1 Glass Blade 4 Rawhide Strip	1 Small Wooden Peg from 1 Wood 1 Crudely Carved Handle from 1 Wood 1 Personal Chit from 1 Wood
Third	Knife:Iron (quality 3)	1 Crudely Carved Handle 1 Knife Blade 2 Small Wooden Peg	1 Barrel Tap from 1 Wood 1 Large Crude Handle from 1 Wood 1 Quill from 1 Ibis Feather 1 Wooden Pestle from 1 Wood
Fourth	Knife:Sharp Edge (quality 4)	1 Crudely Carved Handle 4 Rawhide Strip 1 Sharp Edged Knife Blade of at least 8500 quality 2 Wooden Peg	1 Cotter Pin from 1 Wood 1 Bottle Stopper from 1 Wood 1 Intricately Carved Handle from 1 Wood - These, for some reason, can be made but have no purpose. They are for Jagged Knives, which exist only in the Carving menu.
Fifth	None		Tackle boxes, Wooden Cogs, and wood chips do not exist except in the Carving 5 menu to make them, which you cannot do.