First you will want to allocate your skill points for the Secondary Skill System (see bottom of that page for spending the points).

Next, you will want to get a crafter’s component bag. To do this, click on any of the skill buttons in the square panel except for Thaumatology and Theology. You will then receive a bag. (Close the panel that appears.) In order for the crafting system to recognize what materials you have, you need to put them in this component bag.

To find out what recipes are available and what their component requirements are, click on the eyeball icon next to the skills button, then click on one of the crafting skills (not Thaumatology or Theology). You will be presented with a full list of all recipes available for that skill, including those for which you do not have the necessary components. To see the requirements for each recipe, click the hammer icon to the left of the recipe name. If you do not have one of the components, the category label in the ingredients list will appear in red. If none of these labels appears in red, double-clicking on the hammer icon will attempt to craft the recipe.




If you click on a skill icon without clicking on the eyeball first, you will get only the list of recipes that you are currently able to craft (you have the components and spells, if any). To craft a recipe that is available to you, double-click on the hammer icon. The panel will close and your skill will be rolled. The notification window will give you the results.

Some recipes require the use of a Support skill. These are secondary skills that are rolled before the main secondary skill. The bonuses and penalties for the support skill are halved (usually making the roll less difficult). On a success, you receive a +2 bonus to your main roll. On a failure, you receive a -5 penalty. On a critical failure, you do not finish attempting to craft the recipe. You do not lose any components on a support skill critical failure.