Artisans

An **artisan** is a special character who can craft equipment for you, from tough armor and powerful weapons to magic jewelry and scrolls. Every artisan you meet will ask you for a favor. As soon as you fulfill the request, a workshop blueprint will appear in the settlement. An artisan with a workshop receives payment from the treasury and crafts weapons or armor for you either at your request or of their own accord.

You will find one in certain regions of the Stolen Lands. Some of them arrive to you on their own, and others can be found in settlements. Each artisan you hire will eventually request your help in creating a special item. Complete their special quest to unlock a masterpiece, an extraordinary piece of gear. The artisan will inform you that they're prepared to start working on a masterpiece and ask you to stop placing specific orders in the meantime.

The Kingmaker community has compiled a complete overview of artisan rewards and their stats.

## Gameplay

After an Artisan's building has been built in their respective region, artisans will appear in the throne room regularly to begin the production of a random item. Artisans won't work if their building has not been built, or they have an unsolved kingdom event. The quality of an item an artisan produces is linked to the tier level that as been unlocked, with artisans randomly producing items from the current tier level, and up to two tiers lower. The tier levels range from 0 to 5, there are several artisan-specific actions that can rise one's tier, but you start on tier 0 if you only have an Artisan Shop. Even though some artisans have more than five actions to rise their Tier, the 5 is a maximum.

If you request an item of a specific type, the chances of receiving an item from each tier is:

 Current Tier - 1
 Current Tier - 2

If you don't request an item of a specific type, the chances of receiving an item from each tier is:

 Current Tier - 1
 Current Tier - 2

Note that if you request a specific item type, you will only get one of a predetermined set of items, listed in the below tables, not any item of that type made by that artisan. For example, if you ask Dragn to make you a warhammer, there is no chance of you getting the Preacher's Warhammer, even though it is a warhammer that Dragn can make. You can only get the Preacher's Warhammer if you ask for a Dwarven style item or if you do not request a specific item type.

There is a chance for artisans to ignore specific requests. After the dialogue involving the request, the production queue (hidden/not visible in-game) may be empty. In these situations, it will automatically fill-up the next day and the production queue will generate any random item within the scope on unlocked tiers.

Item production times range from between 63 and 112 days, except for the first item an artisan ever produces, which ranges from 22 to 45 days.

Masterpiece items must be unlocked before there is a chance Artisans will start working on them. To unlock masterpiece items, you must:

* Successfully complete the Artisan's associated quests.
* Have built their Artisan Shop in their associated settlement (Upgrading is not required).
* Rise artisan Tier to 5 or above, by performing associated Tier rising actions.

Once a masterpiece has been unlocked to work on, there is a 33% \* (1 + TurnsWithoutMasterpieces) chance that an artisan will start working on their masterpiece. If a specific item type is requested, the artisan will not attempt to create a masterpiece or increase the masterpiece chance for that attempt. Masterpiece items take 180 days to produce.

In addition, at certain kingdom stat benchmarks, some artisans will offer a gift. This is typically chosen from their tier 3 list the first time and their tier 5 list the second.

## Alchemist

Artisan: Bokken

Region: Outskirts

Unlock: Complete the quest The Court Alchemist, which Jhod Kavken gives after annexing the Outskirts.

Quest: An Ancient Formula

Masterpiece: Elixir of Inconceivable Transmutations of Body, and Soul, and Also Mind

### Tier Unlock Actions

* Complete An Ancient Formula
* Complete Coronation
* Upgrade Bokken's Alchemical Shop to Bokken's Alchemical Workshop
* Rank Loyalty up to 3
* Rank Loyalty up to 6 and Rank Arcane up to 4
* Complete any Outskirts Region Upgrade

### Artisan items

* Potion of Eagle's Splendor (Bokken)
* Potion of Protection from Arrows (Bokken)
 1
* Potion of Shield of Dawn
 2

## Armorsmith

Artisan: Dragn

Region: South Narlmarches

Unlock: Claim South Narlmarches

Quest: Onslaught (Quest)

Masterpiece: Onslaught (Armor)

Gift Benchmarks: Military 4 and Military 8 + Stability 6

### Tier Unlock Actions

* Complete Onslaught (Quest)
* Complete Coronation
* Upgrade Shop to Dragn's Armor Workshop
* Rank Military up to 8
* Rank Stability up to 5
* Rank Stability up to 6
* Rank Stability up to 7
* Any South Narlmarches Region Upgrade

## Enforcer

Artisan: Varrask the Wildfist

Region: Kamelands

Unlock: Complete Varrask's Tools

Errand: Varrask's Tools

Quest: Obliteration (Quest)

Masterpiece: Obliteration

Gift Benchmark: Military 6 and Military 9 + Espionage 5

### Tier Unlock Actions

* Complete Obliteration (Quest)
* Complete Coronation
* Upgrade Shop to Varrask's Weapon Workshop
* Rank Espionage up to 5
* Rank Military up to 6
* Rank Military up to 9
* Any Kamelands Region Upgrade

## Exotic Smith

Artisan: Shaynih'a

Region: South Narlmarches

Unlock: Complete Author Wanted

Errand: Author Wanted

Quest: One Thousand and One Questionable Stories

Masterpiece: Mastery

Gift Benchmark: Relation 4 and Relation 8 + Economy 8

### Tier Unlock Actions

* Complete One Thousand and One Questionable Stories
* Complete Coronation
* Upgrade Shop to Shaynih'a's Workshop of Exotic Curiosities
* Rank Economy up to 8
* Rank Relations up to 4
* Rank Relations up to 8
* Any South Narlmarches Region Upgrade

## Jewelcrafter

Artisan: Mim Wobblegander

Region: Silverstep

Unlock: Claim Silverstep

Errand: Green Stone

Quests: Three Wishes

Masterpiece: Great Dreamer's Smile

Gift Benchmarks: Economy 5 and Economy 8 + Culture 6

### Tier Unlock Actions

* Complete Coronation
* Upgrade Shop to Mim's Jewelry Workshop
* Rank Culture up to 6
* Rank Economy up to 5
* Rank Economy up to 8
* Any Silverstep Region Upgrade

## Leatherworker

Artisan: Tirval

Region: Varnhold

Unlock: Claim Varnhold, have no "Ghost Town" kingdom buff

Quest: The Varnhold Militia

Masterpiece: Royal Guardian

Gift Benchmarks: Espionage 3 and Espionage 8

### Tier Unlock Actions

* Complete The Varnhold Militia
* Complete Coronation
* Upgrade Shop to Tirval's Leatherwork Workshop
* Rank Espionage up to 3
* Rank Espionage up to 8
* Any Varnhold Region Upgrade

## Shady Dealer

Artisan: Irlene

Region: Shrike Hills

Unlock: Magister Asks for an Audience I

Quest: A Simple Favor

Masterpiece: Grandmaster's Rod

Gift Benchmarks: Relation 3 and Arcane 6 + Relation 6

### Tier Unlock Actions

* Complete A Simple Favor
* Complete Coronation
* Upgrade Shop to Irlene's Magical Rarities Workshop
* Upgrade Workshop to Irlene's Magical Rarities Studio
* Rank Arcane up to 6
* Rank Relations up to 3
* Rank Relations up to 6
* any Shrike Hills Region Upgrade

## Tailor

Artisan: Sharel

Region: North Narlmarches

Unlock: Complete Confirmation of Innocence

Errand: Confirmation of Innocence

Quest: A Bloody Craft

Masterpiece: Ambrosial Attire of Arcane Annihilation

Gift Benchmarks: Divine 3 and Divine 6 + Arcane 5

### Tier Unlock Actions

* Complete A Bloody Craft
* Complete Coronation
* Upgrade Shop to Sharel's Sewing Workshop
* Rank Arcane up to 5
* Rank Divine up to 3
* Rank Divine up to 6
* Any North Narlmarches Region Upgrade

## Weaponsmith

Artisan: Nazrielle / Sartayne

Region: Kamelands

Unlock: Complete Patronage

Errand: Patronage

Quest: Nazrielle's Greatest Creation

Masterpiece: Perfection (only Nazrielle)

Gift Benchmarks: Community 5 and Community 9 + Relation 6

### Tier Unlock Actions

* Complete Nazrielle's Greatest Creation
* Complete Coronation
* Upgrade Shop to Nazrielle's Weapon Workshop
* Rank Community up to 5
* Rank Community up to 9
* Rank Relations up to 6
* Any Kamelands Region Upgrade

## Woodmaster

Artisan: Kimo Tavon

Region: North Narlmarches

Unlock: Complete A Flower in the Swamp and hire Kimo

Errand: A Flower in the Swamp

Quest: A Trail of Misfortune

Quest: Affairs of the Heart

Masterpiece: Mirror Bow

Gift Benchmarks: Loyalty 4 and Loyalty 8 + Culture 5

### Tier Unlock Actions

* Complete Affairs of the Heart
* Complete Coronation
* Upgrade Shop to Kimiel's Workshop
* Rank Culture up 5
* Rank Loyalty up 4
* Rank Loyalty up 8
* Any North Narlmarches Region Upgrade