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× Knight's Chainmail

Armoursmithing

Shopping list

Base materials to gather or buy

Material	Qty
Bark	45
Beeswax	6
Bucket of Water	72
Calcareous Rock	135
Coal	958
Elite Quilted Canvas	2
Fibula	10
Flax Fibres	76
Log	198
Raw Bear Hide	9
Steel Bar	144
Suet	49
Wood	9

Craft order

Intermediate crafts, in sequence

1135×QuicklimeMining and Metallurgy
29×CharcoalForestry and Farming
39×Fleshed Bear HideTailoring and Leatherworking
427×Slaked LimeTailoring and Leatherworking
59×TanninTailoring and Leatherworking
69×Thick Shaved HideTailoring and Leatherworking
7198×Wood BilletsForestry and Farming
89×Thick Tanned LeatherTailoring and Leatherworking
970×Flax ThreadsForestry and Farming
10144×Thick Steel WireEngineering
116×Thick Hardened LeatherTailoring and Leatherworking
126×Flax CanvasTailoring and Leatherworking
1312×BuckleEngineering
146×Leather StrapTailoring and Leatherworking
1596×Thin Steel WireEngineering
165×Decatized Flax CanvasTailoring and Leatherworking
176×Flax TwineForestry and Farming
186×Strap With BuckleTailoring and Leatherworking
1936×Steel RivetsEngineering
2096×Small Steel RingsArmoursmithing
211×Quilted Flax CanvasTailoring and Leatherworking
221×Servant's ShirtTailoring and Leatherworking
231×Leather SackTailoring and Leatherworking
2412×Dense Maille 4in1 RivetedArmoursmithing
251×Knight'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 Leather Sack, use

In Knight's Gambeson, use

In Flax Canvas, use

In Decatized Flax Canvas, use

In Quilted Flax Canvas, use

Make Small Steel Rings via

In Thin Steel Wire, use

In Dense Maille 4in1 Riveted, use