In the original Baboon Fourteen game, the various crafting professions often needed materials processed by other professions for their own crafting.
Take the Leather Grimoire Tong Hua was about to make, for example. Although the maple logs it required could be gathered by a Gardener alone, if the material needed was maple lumber, it would have to be processed by a Woodcarver as well.
Grass thread and the all-important leather, meanwhile, required a Gardener and a combat profession respectively to gather the raw materials, which then had to be processed by a Tailor.
The various crafting professions worked together, and could also list the materials and finished products they made on the market board for sale.
[Market board-player marketplace]
Looking at the dazzling array of materials on the workbench, Tong Hua could not help reflecting that, no matter which world he was in, buying materials directly was easier.
If he really had to gather every material himself, collecting cross-profession materials such as leather and copper ore sand alone would take an enormous amount of time.
"Well then, let's begin!"
Tong Hua stood before the completely refreshed Alchemy workbench, swept his gaze over the neatly arranged materials, and took a deep breath. The copper crucible shone with a mellow luster under the lights, surrounded by sparkling glassware. The kitchen seemed to have become a laboratory.
"First, let's start with the Copper Enchanting Ink."
He took out a small bag of copper ore sand that the owner of the Charcoal House had given him for free. The fine grains gleamed in his palm with a metallic luster. Through his alchemical perception, Tong Hua could sense the abundant earth element within.
"Bi-hwa?" Bibarel drew closer curiously, sniffing the ore sand.
"This is copper ore. It has to be refined before we