Like A Dragon: Ishintakes a modern approach to the 2014 classic, with a new crafting system that will require some time and effort to fully understand. Luckily, this system can be broken down into a few key parts that should simplify the somewhat intimidating facade it puts up.

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The most important factor to keep in mind is that crafting is a progressive system. You cannot simply skip to the end and craft the best gear immediately; you must first craft the lower-tier weapons. Once you have those, you can follow the Smithing Diagram lines to see which powerful katanas need a particular prerequisite sword.

How To Gather Crafting Resources

Crafting is an expensive process, butgathering the raw materials needed is far more difficult than acquiring money. Nevertheless, money is key if you want to craft the Best-quality gear.

Enchanted weaponsdo not require a huge amount of money to create, as the 400-500 Ryo costs are merely estimates.Non-enchanted weaponsdisplay accurate Ryo costs.

The prerequisites listed on the crafting Diagram for Muramasa.

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To start with, you need to amass some capital to ensure you have the means to buy any raw materials needed to craft weapons. you’re able to turn toAnother Life’s farming section to grind out some moneyby growing crops and fulfilling orders.

Alternatively, you can insteadgamble on Chicken Racing events in Rakugaito make some quick cash.

Sanada Nobuyasu gives an arrogant sneer as Ryoma approaches.

However,the best method for farming both Ryo and crafting materials is by defeating the Battle Dungeon areas and completing the substory.

Defeating Sanada Nobuyasuat the end of the Battle Dungeon quest will net you20 Ryo and a handful of crafting items or prerequisite weapons.

Ryoma Sakamoto stands across from the blacksmith.

Each mission in the Battle Dungeon has a set list of drops and an associated monetary reward, but thefinal mission in the Sanada Stronghold is easily the best place to gather the rarest crafting materials, including enchanted items of varying quality.

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Crafting Item (Determines Quality)

You can challenge Sanada Nobuyasu as many times as you would like to farm all the needed money and materials to craft your desired items.

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Which Vendors To Use For Crafting

Now that you have the means required to craft some gear, it’s time tofamiliarize yourself with two key vendors:

Buy as many items as possible from the Rakugai Arms Dealer toincrease your reputation, which will unlock rare prerequisite weapons.

The Dead-Eyed Man sits beside the Jizo prayer shrine with Ryoma looking on from a few feet away.

These two vendors will be essential in crafting all regular items. Enchanted items require a separate special process.

Firstly, you need to level up your Blacksmith level to gain access to the highest tier of crafting items. You will also need to level up your bond with the Rakugai Arms Dealer.

You can also buy weapons from the arms dealer in Mukurogai to donate to the Blacksmith, but it is a much further journey from place to place.

Luckily, you’re able to level up both vendors at once using a simple method.

Now that your vendors are leveled up, and you have plenty of necessary materials, you can begin crafting and enhancing items at the Blacksmith.

Add seals to your weapons by enhancing them. Seals will offer helpful effects like improved Heat recharge, or improved Attack rating.

However, you will notice that some weapons cannot be crafted at the Blacksmith when you click on them.

These enchanted weapons must be brought to theDead-Eyed Man in Mukurogai, who will unlock their full potential for you.

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How To Craft Enchanted Gear

If you have your eye on an enchanted weapon, then you canstart by crafting the prerequisite weapon at the Blacksmith.

Once you have that, then make your way to theriverside area in Mukurogai and locate the Dead-Eyed Man sitting beside the Jizo shrine.

If you want a “Best” quality weapon, then you must bring the Dead-Eyed man one to start with as he will not upgrade its quality for you.

The Dead-Eyed Mandoes not need money to craft weapons, he only needs the materialslisted in the Smithing Diagram.

Talk to him and he will let you know when you have a prerequisite item on you and the choices will be listed in a dialogue box for you.

Select the item you want to upgrade to its enchanted formand watch as the Dead-Eyed Man transforms it.

For example, if you bring the Dead-Eyed Mana Yaksha Blade, he can transform it into the Skink Lizard. Then from that, he canproduce the Muramasa, the final tier.

Each enchanted weapon will need to be acquired from the Dead-Eyed Man in this manner.

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While he doesn’t have the power to create these enchanted items, you willneed to head back to the Blacksmith to fully upgrade these items with new seals.

Regardless of the weapon or accessory,filling each open slot with a seal will improve the item, and enhancing a seal will improve its effectiveness.

The full process for crafting and upgrading an enchanted item is:

While it’scommon to struggle with the Ishin crafting system, you should be able to master this complex mechanic by patiently taking the process one step at a time.

Remember tocarefully follow the Smithing Diagram linesto locate which prerequisite item is required for each enchanted item before you begin.

Some enchanted items have identical root prerequisite items, so be sure to transform that first item into its next form to set the path in stone.

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