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× Man-at-arms Chainmail

Armoursmithing

Shopping list

Base materials to gather or buy

Material	Qty
Bark	60
Beeswax	7
Bucket of Water	85
Calcareous Rock	195
Coal	841
Fibula	8
Flax Fibres	119
Log	91
Raw Bear Hide	13
Steel Bar	74
Suet	56
Wood	13

Craft order

Intermediate crafts, in sequence

1195×QuicklimeMining and Metallurgy
213×CharcoalForestry and Farming
313×Fleshed Bear HideTailoring and Leatherworking
439×Slaked LimeTailoring and Leatherworking
513×TanninTailoring and Leatherworking
613×Thick Shaved HideTailoring and Leatherworking
791×Wood BilletsForestry and Farming
813×Thick Tanned LeatherTailoring and Leatherworking
974×Thick Steel WireEngineering
107×Thick Hardened LeatherTailoring and Leatherworking
11113×Flax ThreadsForestry and Farming
1214×BuckleEngineering
137×Leather StrapTailoring and Leatherworking
1412×Thin Steel WireEngineering
1511×Flax CanvasTailoring and Leatherworking
166×Flax TwineForestry and Farming
177×Strap With BuckleTailoring and Leatherworking
1812×Small Steel RivetsEngineering
1948×Big Steel RingsArmoursmithing
201×Servant's ShirtTailoring and Leatherworking
212×Decatized Flax CanvasTailoring and Leatherworking
222×Leather SackTailoring and Leatherworking
2312×Maille 4in1 RivetedArmoursmithing
241×Man-at-arms 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 Decatized Flax Canvas, use

In Flax Canvas, use

In Man-at-arms Gambeson, use

Make Big Steel Ring via

In Maille 4in1 Riveted, use

In Thin Steel Wire, use