First Player Association
Artificers were a special profession. Xu Huo had looked into the field in District 011.
The practitioners varied widely. Some, like the Paper Puppeteer, reached a certain level and then learned to create items using their own Abilities without a teacher. Others were special Players who developed a talent in this area and took it up as a profession after growing stronger.
The Game Government not only left people like the Paper Puppeteer alone but also took the initiative to cooperate with them. That was why some Dungeon rewards included items he had made.
Players whose Abilities focused on crafting items were usually recruited by the Game Government. The government provided materials and technology, and after they learned the craft, they received generous pay and became Gray Players. They no longer had to participate in Dungeons regularly while still retaining their Player panels.
There were also those who refused to cooperate with the government and opened their own shops, or exchanged goods with the trading venues in various Sub-districts. Such people were relatively rare. Most who managed to keep their shops running were highly experienced Artificers, because if they only sold items and Potions, the Exchanges and auction houses found in every Sub-district were clearly more suitable.
The above described those who lived relatively comfortably in the profession. There were also Artificers who could not make decent items and could not obtain the professional certificates issued by the Game Government. Most of them were privately employed or moved from one black-market deal to another. People like that needed good luck to achieve any stability.
An Artificer's work was not limited to making items. Crafting items required a special type of ore, and that ore was essentially monopolized by the Game Government. To put it bluntly, one needed