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Added a note about skill and tool QL when improving.
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==General==
Improving is the ability to increase an item's [[quality]] on success. However on failure you will damage the item and you must then [[Repairing|repair]] it to continue improving. The quality increases by small amounts with each success or decreases when you repair after damaging the item. As the item's [[quality]] reaches the maximum you are able to produce (based on skill and equipment) you will begin to fail more often than succedesucceed.
==Basic Tools==
This is a list of all the tools used for repairingimproving. Note that each skill area requires their own tools so, for example, lumps are used in smithing and chisels are used in masonry.
*[[Plank]]
*[[Mallet]]
*[[Log]]
*[[Carving Knifeknife]]*[[File|Iron Filefile]]**[[Rock Shardsshards]]*[[Stone ChiselIron stone chisel]]*
*[[Lump]]*
*[[Pelt]]*
*[[Iron hammer]]*
*[[Whetstone]]*
*[[Water]]
Items noted with a <nowiki>*</nowiki> might take longer to make or find than some of the others.
==Hints and tips==
*Look at the improvement coloumn column in your inventory to quickly see what you need to do next
*Always use tools or items raw materials that are a higher quality than the item you want to improve.
*If you start to fail a lot, and are losing quality, it is usually a good idea to stop and maybe try later with better quality tools and/or higher skill.
*Your skill (and equipment) affects the maximum quality you can reach - don't try to push it too far!
**While you are able to improve things higher than the quality of your tools and your skill level, pushing it more than 5-10 beyond them can take quite some time.
*Improving takes time, make sure you have enough food & water for how long you intend to improve.
*Improving metal items (tools, weapons, shields etc) require the item you intend to improve to be glowing hot - Keep the item in the forge while improving.
==How to improve==
Usually when improving something, your skill will raise faster than with item creation.
It is a good idea to concentrate on certain items for certain skills such as a [[Statue]] for [[Masonry]] or a [[Wooden Fencefence]] for Carpentry
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==Hints and Tips==
*[[Wooden fences]] and walls can be improved with planks.
*You must use a higher ql item to improve an item. You can not improve a 20ql mallet with a 1ql [[log]].
*Fences can be improved with out having to repair them.
*Only raw materials must have a greater ql than the item your are repairing, tools do not need to be higher ql.
*Ask fellow players for a spare pelt when starting out. Be nice!
