Quality

Overview

Metal items shaped on an Anvil, and glass items shaped in a Glory Hole, are individually crafted. Once completed, each item is unique and bears a quality rating from 1 to 9999, reflecting how closely the item was worked to an "ideal" shape for that type. Quality is listed as part of the description for an item.

For some items, a higher quality improves their performance, output and/or longevity. In other cases, a building may require a minimum quality for the items used in its construction.

Metal Items

Every item finished on an Anvil has a quality rating based on how closely it conforms to the goal template. See the Blacksmithing Guide for tips on maximizing the quality of your anvil products.

• Carpentry Blade: A minimum quality of 3000 is needed to be usable in a Carpentry Shop; higher quality blades can cut more boards (on average) before wearing out. A Raeli Mosaic requires a blade of quality 3500 or better.
• Shovel: Better quality shovels increase the amount of dirt gathered, and at digs are better at bringing cuttable stones, medium stones, bauxite and gypsum to the surface.
• Hatchet: Better quality hatchets are more likely to increase the yield of wood from a tree.
• Resin Wedge: The quality of the wedge governs how quickly a tree produces resin after being nicked.
• Sharp Edged Knife Blade: This item must be quality 8500 or better to be usable.
• Spring: The speed increase of an upgraded machine is based on the quality of spring used in the springbox.

Glass Items

Items formed in a Glory Hole have a quality rating based on how closely they conform to the goal template. For strategies, see the Glassblowing Guide.

• Wine Glass: A higher quality glass increases the maximum tier of wine flavor that can be tasted in that glass. See the Detecting Flavors section for more details.
• Thermometer: Finished thermometers have no quality rating. However, while working the project, quality must be at least 3500 to successfully complete.
• Distillation Coil: A Mutagenics Lab requires a coil of quality 6000 or better. Coils used to build a Chemical Bath must be at least 7500. Better quality coils also improve the functionality of an upgraded Chemistry Laboratory.
• Hookah Bowl: The higher the quality of the bowl, the more puffs can be taken from the Hookah before the herb runs out. This is especially helpful when a large number of smokers are sharing the hookah.
• Barometric Sphere: See below.

A barometer has a quality rating which derives from the relative quality of the 3 barometric spheres used to assemble it. For maximum barometer quality, each sphere must individually be of high quality, and all three spheres must be similar in quality to one another.