Every weapon, armour and tool you craft rolls a quality from +0 to +7 — and you don't get to pick it. Each quality level nudges the item's stats up a little across the board. What you *can* do is stack the factors that push the roll upward. (Quality is separate from an item's tier.)

What sets an item's quality

You can't choose the quality when crafting; the result is decided by a handful of factors working together:

• Mentor Points — the bigger your pool, the better.
• Crafting chance bonus — from cards, buffs and your nation.
• Your crafting level relative to the item — out-levelling the recipe helps.
• Workshop and [Bastion](/wiki/crafting-guides/crafting-workshops) level — a higher-quality workshop (and a well-supplied bastion) raises results.
• Inspiration Tincture — drink it to boost craft chance.
• Deadly Harvest — the territory-wide crafting buff.

Reading the result — quality triangles

At +5 and above, the item's icon gains a coloured triangle in the top-right corner:

• +5 — blue triangle
• +6 — purple triangle
• +7 — orange triangle