Tinkering is the Gnome-only tradeskill, building gadgets and gizmos in a Toolbox. Most components come from the Steamfont tinkering merchant, and the useful mid-game items are breathing gear like the Aqualung and Rebreather for underwater zones.
Every combine happens in a Toolbox (Gnomes only), found near the tradeskill merchants in most towns. Your Intelligence or Wisdom (whichever is higher) governs your chance to gain a skill point, and a failed combine keeps the container but loses the ingredients, so buy your materials in bulk and expect some waste on the way up.
| Skill | Make | Trivial | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 to 50 | Basic component combines | 50 | Vendor tinkering parts from the Steamfont merchant (see note) |
| 50 to 68 | Flameless Lantern | 68 | Large Lantern + Metal Twine + Firewater |
| 68 to 102 | Stalking Probe | 102 | 2 Gears + Bottle + Metal Rod + Firewater |
| 102 to 122 | Powered Gloves | 122 | Gears + Firewater + Metal Twine + Sprockets + Steel Lined Gloves |
| 122 to 148 | Aqualung | 148 | Fine Coral Mesh + Fresh Fish + Gnomish Bolts + Metal Rod + Metal Twine + Silk Lined Steel Helm |
| 148 to cap | Rebreather and higher | 175 | Aqualung + Lime Coated Meshing + Metal Fastening + Platemail Helm + Sharkskin Tubing |
Tinkering is Gnome-only. The wiki's path starts around 50; the very early levels come from basic component combines using parts from the Steamfont tinkering merchant.
Only Gnomes. It is a race-locked tradeskill, combined in a Toolbox, with your higher of Intelligence or Wisdom governing skill gains.
After the basic early combines, grind Flameless Lanterns to around 68, Stalking Probes to 102, Powered Gloves to 122, then the Aqualung and Rebreather line past that.
Bom Knotwood in the Steamfont Mountains sells most tinkering components, with bottles, lanterns, and water from general merchants elsewhere.
Recipes run past 300, though the general tradeskill cap of 200 applies until you buy the Crafting Mastery AA.
Recipes and trivial values are community-sourced from the EQL wiki, so confirm exact numbers and vendors in game.
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