Professions

Professions are traits used for gathering, crafting, and supplying other players. They give every character a way to participate in the economy beyond killing monsters.

DarkWind has eight professions.

Commands

Command	Use
`professions`	Show profession skill levels
`traits`	Show all known traits
`reagents`	Show known reagents

Profession tools can be bought from the profession building in town. Most transformed forms do not need profession tools.

Not every reagent drop appears in reagents.

The profession building is also where workers, refining, and several crafting stations live.

Gathering Professions

Profession	Command	Use
Herbalism	`gather herbs`	Gather herbs from terrain for alchemy and other recipes
Mining	`mine ore`	Mine ore for smithing and manufacturing
Skinning	`skin corpse`	Harvest hides for leatherworking

Gathering professions are tied to terrain and what you kill. Different domains provide different materials.

Gathering professions can always skill up, though the chance gets lower as the skill rises. Higher skill also improves gathering yield.

Manufacturing Professions

Profession	Use
Alchemy	Create potions, mixtures, and other reagent-based goods
Leatherworking	Create leather armor, bags, and hide goods
Smithing	Create metal armor and other forged goods
Tailoring	Create clothing, padded armor, cloth bags, bandages, and poultices

Manufacturing uses gathered resources and reagents dropped by NPCs.

Manufacturing skillups depend on the tier of item being made. Crafting far below your current skill eventually stops improving the profession until the final tier.

Crafting Tiers

Many crafted goods follow the same broad tier structure.

Tier	Level To Use	Skill To Craft	Skill Cap From Crafting
1	0	0	100
2	20	60	200
3	45	100	500
4	65	200	1,000

Alchemy

Alchemy creates potions. Most potions boost stats, heal, restore, or support adventuring.

Potion categories include:

Avatar Charge
Charisma
Constitution
Detox
Dexterity
Digestion
HP regeneration
Intelligence
SP regeneration
Strength
Wisdom

Garou are restricted from using regeneration potions.

Leatherworking

Leatherworking turns hides into leather armor and related goods.

Important rules:

skin corpse gathers hides
5 hides convert into 1 leather
Hide and studded armor can be crafted
Boots, chests, legs, and helmets can be made
Cow armor starts at level 0
Bear armor starts at level 20
Reptile armor starts at level 45
Dragon armor starts at level 65
Added bindings or metal studs add extra effects

Leather and stud effects:

Material	Effect
Bear	Intelligence
Cow	Fire resistance
Deer	Wisdom
Dragon	Strength
Elephant	Charisma
Goat	Disease resistance
Horse	Poison resistance
Mammal	Lightning resistance
Reptile	Constitution
Wolf	Dexterity
Yeti	Cold resistance

Smithing

Smithing turns ore into bars and bars into armor.

Important rules:

mine ore gathers ore
5 ore convert into 1 bar
Bronze bars use 4 copper ore and 1 tin ore
Steel bars use 4 iron ore and 1 mithril ore
Banded, chain, plate, and scale armor can be crafted
Boots, chestplates, helmets, and legplates can be made
Bronze armor starts at level 0
Iron armor starts at level 20
Steel armor starts at level 45
Adamantite armor starts at level 65
Inlays add extra effects

Metal effects:

Metal	Effect
Adamantite	Strength
Bronze	Fire resistance
Copper	Disease resistance
Gold	Charisma
Iron	Poison resistance
Lead	Cold resistance
Mithril	Wisdom
Platinum	Intelligence
Silver	Dexterity
Steel	Constitution
Tin	Lightning resistance

Tailoring

Tailoring turns cloth into bolts, then bolts into clothing and padded armor.

Tailors can craft:

Boots
Breeches
Cloaks
Doublets
Hoods
Robes

Cloth tiers:

Cloth	Level
Cotton	0
Silk	20
Emberweave	45
Lunar Cloth	45
Sun Cloth	45
Mage Fibre	65

Shard effects:

Shard	Effect
Amber	Poison resistance
Bloodstone	Disease resistance
Beryl	Strength
Garnet	Wisdom
Jade	Intelligence
Moonstone	Cold resistance
Onyx	Constitution
Pearl	Charisma
Sapphire	Dexterity
Sunstone	Fire resistance
Topaz	Lightning resistance

Refining

Refining breaks equipment back down into base materials.

Command	Use
`refine`	Recover base materials
`refine verbose`	Show each item and what was recovered

Refining notes:

Metal equipment refines into base metals
Leather equipment refines into Cow Leather
Cloth equipment refines into Cotton Bolts
Some equipment cannot be refined
Material loss is normal
Identifying an item can show whether it refines into anything

Fishing

Fishing is a stand-alone profession. It gives players a quieter way to gather food for later adventures.

Fishing needs a fishing pole, bait, and a suitable fishing spot. During fishing, line tension matters. Better skill makes catches easier and improves the fish you bring in.

Workers

Workers gather profession materials while you adventure.

Command	Use
`hire`	Hire a worker in the profession building
`workers`	List your active workers
`fire <number>`	Fire a worker

Worker notes:

Workers cost 1,000 to 5,000 coins per trip
Higher pay improves expected results
Workers draw funds from your bank
Repeating workers go out every 15 minutes
Workers take a break close to reboot
Ghost, linkdead, or relogged characters do not receive materials from active worker trips
Each player starts with 1 worker per profession
Hero, Legend, and Epic add more worker capacity
Reaching 500 and 1,000 in a profession adds more worker capacity
Current maximum is 6 workers per profession

Economy Uses

Professions feed directly into Economy.

Sell raw materials to other players
Craft useful gear
Stock markets with finished goods
Auction rare crafted items
Supply guildmates and clans
Fill work orders when that system arrives
Support player-owned businesses

Some guild and class designs build on professions directly. Druid uses harvesting and nature work as part of guild life. Mage research can use purchased inks, reagents, and ash-derived materials. Future class systems can treat profession mastery as a path into specialized crafting and support play.