The Forge

Material calculator

Choose what you want to make and how many. Get the complete base-material shopping list, every intermediate craft in the right order, and the tools required — recomputed instantly as you change options.

What do you want to craft?

Crafting type

Quantity

Output per craft

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Target recipe

118 recipes in Armoursmithing

Counting one output per craft. Switch to “Use yield” to divide craft counts by each recipe’s minimum documented yield.

Plan for 1× Guardsman's Chainmail

Armoursmithing

Shopping list

Base materials to gather or buy

Material	Qty
Bark	30
Beeswax	5
Bucket of Water	80
Calcareous Rock	75
Coal	762
Fibula	8
Flax Fibres	215
Log	185
Raw Bear Hide	5
Steel Bar	118
Suet	43
Wood	5

Craft order

Intermediate crafts, in sequence

175×QuicklimeMining and Metallurgy
25×CharcoalForestry and Farming
35×Fleshed Bear HideTailoring and Leatherworking
415×Slaked LimeTailoring and Leatherworking
55×TanninTailoring and Leatherworking
65×Thick Shaved HideTailoring and Leatherworking
7208×Flax ThreadsForestry and Farming
8185×Wood BilletsForestry and Farming
95×Thick Tanned LeatherTailoring and Leatherworking
10118×Thick Steel WireEngineering
117×Flax TwineForestry and Farming
1218×Flax CanvasTailoring and Leatherworking
135×Thick Hardened LeatherTailoring and Leatherworking
14108×Thin Steel WireEngineering
151×StringForestry and Farming
1615×Decatized Flax CanvasTailoring and Leatherworking
1710×BuckleEngineering
185×Leather StrapTailoring and Leatherworking
19108×Small Steel RingsArmoursmithing
201×Warden's ShirtTailoring and Leatherworking
213×Quilted Flax CanvasTailoring and Leatherworking
225×Strap With BuckleTailoring and Leatherworking
2312×Dense Maille 4in1 WeldedArmoursmithing
241×Guardsman's GambesonTailoring and Leatherworking

Tools required

Needed at the bench, never consumed

Axe
Knife
Tools

Already in your stash

Optional. Anything you already own is subtracted from the crafts and the shopping list.

Item

Qty

Alternatives & choices

Some inputs have alternatives, or can be made several ways. Pick which the plan should assume.

In Leather Strap, use

Make Slaked Lime via

Make Quicklime via

In Quicklime, use

In Thick Shaved Hide, use

In Tannin, use

In Thick Steel Wire, use

In Decatized Flax Canvas, use

In Flax Canvas, use

In Quilted Flax Canvas, use

In Guardsman's Gambeson, use

In Dense Maille 4in1 Welded, use

Make Small Steel Rings via

In Thin Steel Wire, use