Redguard Artisan

Why this build

• Why a Redguard: the race table gives Redguards a stat-driven bonus with blunt weapons, long blades, axes and bows, so a hammer or a mace in hand is covered while you work. See Races and weapon bonuses.
• Why Mercantile is primary: it rises once for every completed deal, however many goods change hands, so trading is what levels you. See Shops and haggling.
• Why Personality 55: Mercantile and Personality both move every price. Buying, Mercantile carries about three quarters of the haggle and Personality the rest. See Shops and haggling.
• Professions are separate from your class. The ten tracks (mining, logging, smithing and the rest) have their own ranks and XP, and only exist online. See Crafting and professions.
• Total +3, skills advance at ×1.08 the effort. 10 HP costs 2, advantages give +6 and the disadvantages give −5.

Gear you start with

Each primary and major skill adds an item to your pack. Everyone also starts with an iron dagger and a few torches. See Starting gear.

• Mercantile (primary): . Extra gold: between your Luck and four times your Luck.
• Blunt Weapon (primary): Mace, Flail, Warhammer, Light Flail. One blunt weapon: a mace, flail, warhammer or Light Flail.
• Dodging (primary): . A casual cloak.
• Axe (major): Battle Axe, War Axe, Archer's Axe. One axe: a battle axe, a war axe or an Archer's Axe.
• Medical (major): Bandage. Four bandages.
• Running (major): . Shoes.

Weapons that fit

Every weapon for the weapon skills this class trains and does not forbid.

Skill	Weapon	Damage	Weight	Price
Blunt Weapon	Staff	1–8	2	5
	Mace	1–12	6	12
	Flail	2–14	7	15
	Warhammer	3–18	8.5	20
	Light Flail	3–10	4	14
Axe	Battle Axe	2–12	6	20
	War Axe	2–16	7.5	20
	Archer's Axe	2–10	3	14

Legendary pieces worth chasing

Named Legendary drops whose bonuses meet this build’s weapons, skills or strongest attributes. They are rare; see Item rarity for the odds.

• Gortwog's Cleaver (weapon): +36% damage, +10 Strength, +25 Axe. Orc Rage
• Graveward (weapon): +30% damage, +10 Endurance, +25 Critical Strike. Sanctified
• Orsinium's Anvil (weapon): +32% damage, +12 Strength, +25 Blunt Weapon. Earthshaker
• The Direnni Staff (weapon): +20% damage, +15 Intelligence, +25 Destruction, +10 Willpower. Arcane Conduit
• Gauntlets of the Rose (armour): +14 armor, +12 Strength, +25 Hand-to-Hand. Open Hand
• The Mountain's Root (armour): +16 armor, +12 Endurance, +40% carrying capacity. Bedrock
• The Raven's Wings (armour): +14 armor, +12 Agility, +25 Dodging. Raven's Evasion
• The Wall of Daggerfall (armour): +18 armor, +12 Endurance, +40% Shock resistance. Bulwark
• The Warden (armour): +15 armor, +12 Endurance, +40% Magic resistance. Last Stand
• The Wayrest Courier's Treads (armour): +12 armor, +15 Speed, +25 Running. Courier's Haste
• Titanheart (armour): +12 armor, +15 Strength, +40% carrying capacity. Unyielding
• Foxglove (jewellery): +15 Luck, +10 Speed, +35% Poison resistance. Fortune's Favour
• The Mark of the Hist (jewellery): +12 Endurance, +45% Poison resistance, +25 Swimming. Hist-Sap
• The Reachman's Torc (jewellery): +12 Strength, +10 Willpower, +40% Shock resistance. Hagraven's Pact
• The Alik'r Wayfarer's Robes (clothing): 45% weatherproof, +25 Running, +6 standing with Commoners. Desert-Born
• The Pilgrim's Sandals (clothing): +25 Running, +22 Jumping, +10 Personality. The Long Road

Guides for this build

• Races and weapon bonusesWhich races hit harder with which weapons, driven by your stats, plus the built-in resistances.
• Levelling and skillsWhich skills move your level, why the level-up seems late, and the 95 cap.
• Shops and hagglingWhat a shop asks and pays, how Mercantile and Personality change it, and what changes online.
• Death and lineageEnduring, Bloodline or No Lineage: what each choice does when you die, online and off.
• Your first hoursFrom waking in Privateer's Hold to a bow in your hands and coin in your purse.
• Food and cookingHow long each food keeps you full, how it spoils, and how to cook raw meat and fish.
• Crafting and professionsThe ten online professions: ranks, tiers, XP, specialisations, and where to look up every recipe.
• Foraging toolsThe six foraging tools, where each can be used, what it finds and what the finds are worth.
• Repairs and armourWhat armour materials do, how repairs are priced, and what a repair kit can and cannot do.
• Banking, loans and letters of creditWhere your gold is safe, what a loan really costs, and the fee on a letter of credit.
• Weight, bandages and trainingWhat carrying too much costs you, how bandages heal, what guild training costs, and two smaller rules from Roleplay & Realism.

Calculators for this build

Class calculatorShop price calculatorProfession rank and XPEncumbrance calculatorBank loan and letter of credit