Maker skill guide: recipes, gems and stimulators

How the reworked Maker skill works in KuroMS: how you get it, what stimulators and gems do, gem and ore refining costs, and the recipe families added for KuroMS, taken from the live Maker data.

What Maker does

Maker is the crafting skill: it turns ores, monster materials and boss drops into equipment, refined plates and gems, strengthening gems and a few special items. KuroMS reworked it with reduced costs and expanded recipes, including jade crafting and level 77 Maple weapons. At the time of writing the live Maker data holds recipes for 550 items: 63 need Maker level 1, 148 need Maker level 2 and 339 need Maker level 3.

Positive outcomes only: Black Crystals and Dark Crystals only provide positive outcomes in KuroMS. When you add them to a craft, the random stats they roll can only go up.

  • Maker: Max level 3: Can create item under level 135. Source: Unlocks automatically from level 1, no quest

Getting Maker

You do not need the old Maker quest line. Every character gets Maker automatically from level 1 (on login or on the next level up), straight at its max level, 3. Explorers, Cygnus Knights and Aran each get their own copy of the skill (Evan shares Aran's), and Phantom, Mercedes and Luminous use the Explorer copy.

  • Maker level | Skill tooltip
  • 1 | Able to create items under level 75.
  • 2 | Able to create items under level 105.
  • 3 | Able to create items under level 135.

The tooltip is the classic one. In KuroMS every recipe also carries its own character level and Maker level requirement, shown in the Maker window, and Maker level 3 recipes reach items up to level 210.

How equipment crafting works

  • Materials: Maker takes the required items from your inventory first, then from your ore and scroll storage.
  • Auto-crafting: if you are missing an intermediate material that Maker can make itself, it crafts it for you as part of the recipe and tells you: "Maker auto-crafted missing intermediary materials for this item."
  • Stimulator (optional): every stat the item already has gets a random bonus: +0 to +2 for STR, DEX, INT, LUK, WA, MA, accuracy, avoidability and jump, and +0 to +5 for weapon DEF, magic DEF, HP and MP. A stimulator never lowers a stat.
  • Weapon Stimulators are safe: they no longer have a chance to destroy your weapon.
  • Gem slots: items below level 78 take 1 gem, level 78 to 107 take 2 gems, and level 108 and above take 3 gems.
  • Attack gems are weapon-only: WATK and MATK Strengthening Gems can only be used on weapon items.
  • Fees: a stimulator and each gem add a meso surcharge on top of the recipe cost that scales with the item level and slot. Pinnacle, Tempest and Revolution recipes are completely meso-free, surcharges included.
  • Accessories: a crafted accessory with no upgrade slots gets 3 slots.
  • Bound materials: if a craft uses character-bound materials, the crafted item is character-bound too.
  • Maker window: in the browser client the recipe list has tabs, search and filters, marks each recipe as ready or missing materials, and has a quantity box with MAX and a gem picker.
  • Coming later: a new special Enhancing Crystal will be unlocked later on.

Strengthening gems

Gems come in Basic, Intermediate and Advanced tiers. All costs below are from the live Maker data.

  • Gems | Basic | Intermediate | Advanced | Requirement
  • Diamond, Sapphire, Power Crystal, Wisdom Crystal, DEX Crystal, LUK Crystal | 10 Ore, 100,000 mesos | 100 Ore, 300,000 mesos | 1,000 Ore, 500,000 mesos | Level 45; Maker 1 / 1 / 2
  • Garnet, Opal, Amethyst, AquaMarine, Topaz, Emerald | 1 refined gem, 110,000 mesos | 10 Basic, 330,000 mesos | 10 Intermediate, 550,000 mesos | Level 45; Maker 1 / 1 / 2
  • Black Crystal, Dark Crystal | 10 Ore, 150,000 mesos | 100 Ore, 450,000 mesos | 1,000 Ore, 750,000 mesos | Level 75; Maker 2 / 2 / 3
  • Basic Diamond: 10 Diamond Ore. Requirement: Level 45, Maker 1. Source: 100,000 mesos
  • Advanced Dark Crystal: 1,000 Dark Crystal Ore. Requirement: Level 75, Maker 3. Source: 750,000 mesos

Refining ores

Every refine below takes 10 ores and needs Maker level 1, with no character level requirement.

  • Result | Mesos
  • Bronze Plate, Steel Plate, Mithril Plate, Lidium | 270
  • Adamantium Plate, Silver Plate, Orihalcon Plate | 450
  • Gold Plate | 720
  • Garnet, Amethyst, AquaMarine, Emerald, Opal, Sapphire, Topaz | 450
  • Diamond | 900
  • Black Crystal | 2,700
  • Power Crystal, Wisdom Crystal, DEX Crystal, LUK Crystal, Dark Crystal | 4,050

Advanced Monster Crystals

  • Advanced Monster Crystal 2 (makes 5): 5 Maple Leaf and 100 Advanced Monster Crystal 1, 2,200,000 mesos, level 105, Maker 3.
  • Advanced Monster Crystal 3 (makes 10): 5 Maple Leaf and 50 Advanced Monster Crystal 2, 5,500,000 mesos, level 105, Maker 3.

KuroMS recipe families

These are the recipe families added or reworked for KuroMS, read from the live Maker data. Within a family every item uses the same materials unless noted.

  • Recipe | Materials | Mesos | Level | Maker
  • Maple Pyrope weapons (18) | The matching Maple weapon (for example Maple Glory Sword for Maple Pyrope Sword, Maple Kandiva Bow for Maple Pyrope Bow) | 10,000,000 | 77 | 2
  • Red Jade (Aran only) | 1 Dark Crystal, 3 Garnet Ore, 3 Diamond Ore | Free | 70 | 1
  • Pinnacle, Tempest and Revolution hats | 1 class hat (Targar Hat(LUK) for Pinnacle, Targar Hat(INT) for Tempest, Scarlion Hat(DEX) for Revolution), 1 Giant Tree Branch, 1 Papulatus Curl, 1 Zakum Diamond | Free | 100 | 3
  • Pinnacle, Tempest and Revolution suits, shoes, gloves and capes | 1 each: Giant Tree Branch, Targa's Foot, Scarlion Boss's Foot, Papulatus Curl, Zakum Diamond | Free | 100 | 3
  • Pinnacle, Tempest and Revolution weapons | 1 each: Giant Tree Branch, Targa's Foot, Scarlion Boss's Foot, Papulatus Curl, plus the matching Zakum's Poisonic weapon | Free | 100 | 3
  • Timeless armor | 100 Piece of Time, 1 Rock of Time | 220,000 to 418,000 (Timeless Moonlight: 4,500,000) | 115 (Timeless Moonlight: 100) | 3
  • Timeless weapons | 100 Piece of Time, 3 Rock of Time (Timeless Katara: 3 Rock of Time only) | 539,000 to 748,000 | 115 | 3
  • Empress armor: Lionheart, Dragon Tail, Falcon Wing, Raven Horn and Shark Tooth sets, Empress shields | 1 Cygnus Circlet, 300 Ereve's Fragment, 2 Noble Lion King Medal | Suits 4,500,000; boots, gloves, capes and shields 2,700,000 | 120 | 3
  • Empress weapons | 3 Cygnus Circlet, 300 Ereve's Fragment, 6 Noble Lion King Medal (Raven Horn Shadow Katara: no Ereve's Fragment) | 4,500,000 | 120 | 3
  • Royal Von Leon armor | 200 Purification Totem, 2 Rock of Time, 1 Noble Lion King Medal | Suits 4,500,000; boots, hands and capes 2,700,000 | 120 | 3
  • Royal Von Leon weapons | 200 Purification Totem, 6 Rock of Time, 3 Noble Lion King Medal (Nox Von Leon Katara: no Purification Totem) | 4,500,000 | 120 | 3
  • Royal hats, Eagle Eye tops, Trixter pants | 1 Chaos Root Abyss shard (Shard of Anguish for Royal hats, Shard of Eternity for Eagle Eye tops, Shard of Mockery for Trixter pants), 2 Magnus's Letter | 4,500,000 | 150 | 3
  • Tyrant gloves, boots and cloaks (after Hard Magnus's first defeat) | 1 Magnus's Letter, 2 Cygnus Circlet | 2,700,000 | 150 | 3
  • Fafnir weapons | 3 Shard of Destruction, 6 Magnus's Letter | 9,000,000 | 150 | 3
  • AbsoLab shoes, gloves and capes | 1 Extraordinary Energy Core (Grade S), 2 Shard of Destruction | 4,500,000 | 150 | 3
  • AbsoLab hats and suits, Damien's shields | 1 Twisted Stigma Spirit Stone, 2 Extraordinary Energy Core (Grade S) | 4,500,000 | 150 | 3
  • AbsoLab weapons | 3 Twisted Stigma Spirit Stone, 6 Extraordinary Energy Core (Grade S) | 9,000,000 | 150 | 3
  • 1 Billion Meso Coin | No materials | 1,000,500,000 | None | 1
  • 1 Trillion Meso Coin | 1,000 1 Billion Meso Coin | Free | None | 1

Tyrant gear opens after Hard Magnus: Tyrant gloves, boots and cloaks can only be crafted once Hard Magnus has been defeated for the first time. Until then the Maker says so and uses nothing. The recipes now cost 1 Magnus's Letter and 2 Cygnus Circlet.

Where the shards come from: Each Chaos Root Abyss boss drops its own shard: Chaos Crimson Queen the Shard of Anguish, Chaos Von Bon the Shard of Eternity, Chaos Pierre the Shard of Mockery and Chaos Vellum the Shard of Destruction (formerly called Piece of Destruction). Chaos Root Abyss currently runs in practice mode only (no loot), so these recipes cannot be crafted from boss drops yet.

  • Pinnacle Hat: Targar Hat(LUK), Giant Tree Branch, Papulatus Curl, Zakum Diamond. Requirement: Level 100, Maker 3. Source: Maker recipe, no meso cost
  • Tempest Feather Hat: Targar Hat(INT), Giant Tree Branch, Papulatus Curl, Zakum Diamond. Requirement: Level 100, Maker 3. Source: Maker recipe, no meso cost
  • Revolution Hat: Scarlion Hat(DEX), Giant Tree Branch, Papulatus Curl, Zakum Diamond. Requirement: Level 100, Maker 3. Source: Maker recipe, no meso cost
  • Timeless Taragon: 100 Piece of Time, 1 Rock of Time. Requirement: Level 115, Maker 3. Source: Maker recipe, 418,000 mesos
  • Lionheart Battle Mail: 1 Cygnus Circlet, 300 Ereve's Fragment, 2 Noble Lion King Medal. Requirement: Level 120, Maker 3. Source: Maker recipe, 4,500,000 mesos
  • Royal Von Leon Warrior Suit: 200 Purification Totem, 2 Rock of Time, 1 Noble Lion King Medal. Requirement: Level 120, Maker 3. Source: Maker recipe, 4,500,000 mesos
  • Royal Warrior Helm: 1 Shard of Anguish, 2 Magnus's Letter. Requirement: Level 150, Maker 3. Source: Maker recipe, 4,500,000 mesos
  • Eagle Eye Warrior Armor: 1 Shard of Eternity, 2 Magnus's Letter. Requirement: Level 150, Maker 3. Source: Maker recipe, 4,500,000 mesos
  • Trixter Warrior Pants: 1 Shard of Mockery, 2 Magnus's Letter. Requirement: Level 150, Maker 3. Source: Maker recipe, 4,500,000 mesos
  • Tyrant Hyades Cloak: 1 Magnus's Letter, 2 Cygnus Circlet. Requirement: Level 150, Maker 3. Source: Maker recipe, 2,700,000 mesos, after Hard Magnus's first defeat
  • AbsoLab Knight Helm: 1 Twisted Stigma Spirit Stone, 2 Extraordinary Energy Core (Grade S). Requirement: Level 150, Maker 3. Source: Maker recipe, 4,500,000 mesos

Class and level locks

  • Pinnacle items can only be crafted by thieves.
  • Tempest items can only be crafted by mages.
  • Revolution items can only be crafted by warriors, archers and pirates.
  • Some weapon types in these three sets are not available through Maker at all; the game tells you "That weapon is not available through Maker."
  • Red Jade can only be crafted by Arans of level 70 or higher.
  • Chaos Scroll of Goodness is no longer made with Maker; the game says "Chaos Scroll of Goodness is no longer available through Maker." Johanna trades one for 2 Chaos Scrolls and 2 White Scrolls, with no mesos.
  • Tyrant gloves, boots and cloaks unlock once Hard Magnus has been defeated for the first time; before that the game says "Tyrant equipment can be crafted once Hard Magnus has been defeated."
  • Golden Flower Monocle is no longer a Maker recipe: it drops from Von Leon.

Disassembly

What some KuroMS gear breaks down into

  • Timeless gear disassembles into Rock of Time: 1 for armor and accessories, 3 for weapons.
  • Royal, Eagle Eye and Trixter armor return 1 to 3 of their own shard (Shard of Anguish, Shard of Eternity or Shard of Mockery), and Fafnir weapons return 1 to 3 Shard of Destruction.
  • Tyrant gloves, boots and cloaks return 1 Magnus's Letter (the Cygnus Circlets are not returned).
  • AbsoLab gear and Damien's shields give back exactly the materials they cost.

More recipes

Detailed recipes are coming: A full, per-item recipe list is coming to this guide. Until then, the Maker window in-game always shows the current materials, meso cost and level requirements for every recipe, and the Database lists every item.

  • Database: Look up any item or material
  • Features: Maker Skill Rework and the rest of the feature list