Crafting System Explained#

Crafting System Explained

Crafting System Overview#

System Categories#

System	Function	Location	Cost
Equipment upgrade	Raises the gear level	At a blacksmith	Drachmae + materials
Equipment engraving	Adds extra attributes	At a blacksmith	Drachmae
Equipment appearance	Changes the gear’s look	At a blacksmith	Free
Weapon reforging	Re-rolls a weapon’s stat line	At a blacksmith	High drachmae cost
Ammo crafting	Crafts arrows and ammunition	Anywhere	Materials
Potion crafting	Brews healing potions	Anywhere	Materials

Equipment Upgrade System#

Upgrade Costs#

Gear level	Upgrade cost	Materials required
Level 1-10	500-2000 Drachmae	Basic materials
Level 11-20	2000-5000 Drachmae	Mid-tier materials
Level 21-30	5000-10000 Drachmae	High-tier materials
Level 31-40	10000-20000 Drachmae	High-tier materials + gems
Level 41-50	20000-50000 Drachmae	Rare materials
Level 51-99	50000-200000 Drachmae	Rare materials + Obsidian Glass

Upgrade Priority#

Priority	Slot	Reason
1	Main weapon	Directly boosts damage output
2	Torso armor	Affects maximum health
3	Helmet	Affects armor value
4	Gauntlets	Affects damage bonuses
5	Leg armor	Affects movement and critical hits
6	Bow	Needed for ranged combat
7	Secondary weapon	Used when swapping

Engraving System#

How to Get Engravings#

Engravings are applied to gear at a blacksmith for Drachmae, and they are the single best return on investment for character growth in Odyssey. All engravings in the game come from four sources:

Source	Details
Ostraka	Puzzle ostraka scattered across the map; solving a riddle grants series engravings whose tier rises with the number of shards solved
Challenge unlocks	Completing combat challenges such as killing captains or polemarchs unlocks the matching engravings
Level-ups	Some basic engravings unlock gradually as your character level rises
Hephaistos’s Workshop	Buys special engravings and upgrades existing ones to higher tiers; see below

Common Engraving Types#

Type	Representative engravings	Details
Class damage	Warrior damage, Hunter damage, Assassin damage	Boosts melee, ranged and assassination damage respectively
Critical	Critical hit chance, Critical damage	Comes in unconditional and full-health / low-health conditional versions
Elemental	Fire damage, Poison damage, Burning and Poison duration, Elemental resistance	Core of elemental builds; the duration and resistance series come from ostraka riddles
Defense	Armor, Health, Ranged resistance	Improves survivability; a priority when starting on higher difficulties
Mechanic	Overpower Attack damage, Adrenaline per hit	Affects burst from Overpower Attacks and the ability rotation

Ostraka Series Engravings#

Ostraka rewards are not a single isolated engraving but a set of series engravings: one series is spread across multiple ostraka, and each shard you solve raises that series by one tier until it is maxed out. The tier progression and representative shards of the common series are listed below (exact values follow the in-game engraving description):

Engraving series	Tier progression	Representative shard (region)
Critical damage while at full health	+10% → +50%, 5 tiers total	Bottomless Lake · Kephallonia
Critical damage while at low health	+10% → +50%, 5 tiers total	Heart and Sole · Malis
Critical chance while at full health	+2% → +10%, 5 tiers total	Hound Docked · Megaris
Critical chance while at low health	+2% → +10%, 5 tiers total	A Deal for Freedom · Euboea
Heavy weapons damage	+2% → +10%, 5 tiers total	Finger Tip · Phokis
Spears and staffs damage	+2% → +10%, 5 tiers total	Record Sunshine · Megaris
Swords and daggers damage	+2% → +10%, 5 tiers total	Fatal Attraction · Kephallonia
Overpower Attack damage	+4% → +20%, 5 tiers total	Red Scent · Lokris
Adrenaline per hit	+3% → +15%, 5 tiers total	Ashes to Ashes · Kephallonia
Burning duration	+1 second → +5 seconds, 5 tiers total	Happy Hour · Megaris
Poison duration	+1 second → +5 seconds, 5 tiers total	A Specific General · Phokis
Elemental resistance	+2% → +10%, 5 tiers total	Pressed for Time · Phokis

Collection advice: the three starting regions of Kephallonia, Megaris and Phokis already hold the first-tier shards of the critical damage, critical chance and Adrenaline series, so solving them on the way through early on gives your main weapon its first real power spike. The ostraka themselves can be collected at any time, but the treasure pointed to by a riddle may sit inside a high-level enemy zone, so gauge your own strength first.

Hephaistos’s Workshop#

Hephaistos’s Workshop sits inside Myson Cave in the Malis region, and it is the only blacksmith spot on the whole map that both sells special engravings and upgrades engraving tiers directly.

Function	Details
Buying engravings	Sells special engravings that ordinary blacksmiths do not stock, purchased with Drachmae
Upgrading engravings	Unlocked engravings can be raised in tier here, up to tier 6-7 (following the tiers actually available in game)
Cost	Both buying and upgrading cost Drachmae, and the price rises with each tier

This cave is effectively the engraving terminal: ordinary blacksmiths only apply basic engravings, so if you want ostraka series or critical engravings maxed out, you always end up coming back here. Upgrade costs are steep, so save up enough Drachmae and do it in one go, maxing the core engravings of your current loadout rather than running back and forth repeatedly.

Best Engraving Build Ideas#

Engraving returns scale with tier and gear quality, so the following is directional advice only; actual numbers follow the blacksmith interface panel in game:

Build	Build idea	Who it suits
Critical	First complete the four ostraka series for crit chance and crit damage at full and low health, then stack the basic critical engravings; the full-health version suits steady output, while the low-health version pairs with low-health tactics for a higher ceiling	Warriors and Hunters alike
Fire	Extend the fire damage window with the Burning duration series, take the fire weapon enchantment, and add one piece of elemental resistance against enemy fire attacks	Players who like sustained attrition
Assassination	Keep the ability rotation running with the Adrenaline per hit series and finish bursts with Overpower Attack damage; night actions grant an extra Assassin damage bonus	Stealth players

Three things to remember when building: ostraka series engravings come from solving riddles, so there is no need to grind for money deliberately; engraving slots on a single piece of gear are limited, so rather than stacking identical bonuses, build around one core mechanic; check the available upgrade tiers at Hephaistos’s Workshop before re-gearing, because in most cases raising an engraving by one tier is better value than swapping gear.

Material Farming Guide#

Material Types#

Material	How to obtain	Main use
Iron	Looting, dismantling gear	Weapon crafting and upgrades
Leather	Looting, dismantling gear, hunting animals	Armor crafting and upgrades
Wood	Looting, harvesting plants, dismantling bows	Ammo crafting, ship upgrades
Gems	Looting, selling gear	High-tier upgrades, shop purchases
Obsidian Glass	Raiding tombs, treasure chests	Legendary gear upgrades
Linen	Looting, dismantling gear	Armor crafting
Pearls	Underwater looting	Ship upgrades

Efficient Material Farming#

Material	Best farming method	Efficiency
Iron	Dismantling low-level weapons	★★★★★
Leather	Hunting wolf and deer packs	★★★★☆
Wood	Dismantling bows + harvesting plants	★★★★☆
Gems	Selling purple gear	★★★★★
Obsidian Glass	Clearing forts and tombs	★★★☆☆
Linen	Dismantling armor	★★★★☆
Pearls	Exploring underwater wrecks	★★★☆☆

Fast Routes#

Route	Target materials	Efficiency	Details
Kephallonia loop	Iron + Leather	High	Repeatedly clearing camps
Shipwreck route	Pearls + Gems	Medium	Cyclades islands
Fort clearing route	Obsidian + Iron	High	High-level forts
Plant harvesting route	Wood + Leather	Medium	Coastal plant belts

Gear Reforging System#

Reforging Rules#

Rule	Details
Legendary gear only	Only Legendary gear can be reforged
Random new stats	Reforging randomly generates new fixed stat lines
Costly	Reforging cost rises with the number of reforges
Engravings retained	Reforging does not affect already engraved attributes

Reforging Costs#

Reforge count	Cost
1st	10,000 Drachmae
2nd	15,000 Drachmae
3rd	20,000 Drachmae
4th	30,000 Drachmae
5th and beyond	50,000 Drachmae

Ammo and Consumable Crafting#

Ammo Types#

Ammo	Materials	Effect	Use
Normal arrows	Wood x3	Basic ranged attack	Everyday use
Poison arrows	Wood x3 + Poison x1	Applies poison	Elite enemies
Fire arrows	Wood x3 + Oil x1	Applies fire	Group damage
Explosive arrows	Wood x5 + Niter x2

Healing Potions#

Potion	Materials	Effect
Healing potion	Herbs x2	Restores 50% health
Strong healing potion	Herbs x3 + Flowers x1	Restores 100% health
Poison flask	Poison x2	Releases a poison cloud
Fire flask	Oil x2	Releases fire

Crafting Efficiency Summary#

Advice	Details
Do not over-upgrade low-level gear	Low-level gear is replaced quickly
Dismantle blue and purple gear	Yields more materials
Prioritize upgrading Legendary gear	Legendary gear is worth a long-term investment
Engravings matter more than upgrades	Engraving bonuses far outweigh upgrades
Use blacksmith markers	Mark blacksmiths on the map to upgrade at any time
Rework engravings when resetting skills	Adjust engravings and skill setups together

Tip The engraving system is the most effective way to raise combat power. Even an ordinary purple weapon can rival a Legendary weapon with the right engravings. Ostraka series engravings and Hephaistos’s Workshop are the two main lines of the engraving system: clear ostraka early, upgrade tiers later, and your power curve becomes much smoother.