Sewing needles
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Needles are crafting tools used in the Tailoring discipline of the Outfitting skill
See Crafting Tools for details.
Creation and Repair
Needles are created using forging techniques that fall under the Blacksmithing discipline.
Their repair falls under Tailoring techniques, with standard processes for metal tool repair.
Templates
Needles use hardness and weight to derive their potency (harder is better and lower is better)
| Durability Cap | Steel | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Difficulty | Weight | Durability | Speed | Durability | Speed |
| Store Bought | - | 12 stones | 2 - very delicate | 3 - extremely ineffective | ||
| plain needles | Basic | 3 x density | 8 - marginally vulnerable | 4 - very ineffective | ||
| ribbed needles | Challenging | 3 x density | 2 - very delicate | 5 - not very effective | ||
| knobby needles | Complicated | 3 x density | 9 - average construction | 3 - extremely ineffective | ||
| thin needles | Very Difficult | 3 x density | 4 - rather flimsy | 9 - exceptionally effective | ||
Variations
| Quality | Quality # | Speed | Speed # | Durability | Durability # | Rarity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green muracite sewing needles sharpened to a point | masterfully-crafted | 12 | rather effective | 7 | marginally vulnerable | 8 | festival |
| Icesteel sewing needles tipped with green gold | masterfully-crafted | 12 | rather effective | 7 | marginally vulnerable | 8 | festival |
| Icesteel sewing needles tipped with yellow gold | masterfully-crafted | 12 | rather effective | 7 | marginally vulnerable | 8 | festival |
| Iron sewing needles | well-crafted | 7 | extremely ineffective | 3 | very delicate | 2 | common |
| Lumium sewing needles | masterfully-crafted | 12 | tremendously effective | 11 | marginally vulnerable | 8 | auction |
| Pure white mistglass sewing needles graced by tiny black riftstones | masterfully-crafted | 12 | tremendously effective | 11 | particularly weak | 5 | auction |
| Scrimshaw whale bone sewing needles carved with stylized waves | masterfully-crafted | 12 | rather effective | 7 | marginally vulnerable | 8 | festival |
| Set of petite rose-gold sewing needles etched with blued-steel flowering vines | gift | ||||||
| Sewing needles inlaid with lustrous shell | masterfully-crafted | 12 | exceptionally effective | 9 | somewhat unsound | 6 | incidental |
| Sewing needles with ruby eyes carved to resemble flames | masterfully-crafted | 12 | rather effective | 7 | marginally vulnerable | 8 | festival |
| Shiny sewing needles crafted from palladium | festival | ||||||
| Shiny sewing needles crafted from razaksel | masterfully-crafted | 12 | rather effective | 7 | marginally vulnerable | 8 | festival |
| Slender agonite sewing needles capped with tiny tidal bloodstones | masterfully-crafted | 12 | tremendously effective | 11 | particularly weak | 5 | end loot |
| Slender sewing needles with a tiny blemish in the metal | masterfully-crafted | 12 | very effective | 8 | marginally vulnerable | 8 | festival |
| Steel sewing needles | masterfully-crafted | 12 | rather effective | 7 | marginally vulnerable | 8 | festival |
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Embroidery Needles
While not a formal part of the Outfitting discipline at this time, it is proposed that the Embroidery system will eventually be merged into it. The following needles can be used to apply the decorative designs to many purchased and crafted items.
| Item | Source is | Rare item | Is incomplete |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue gold tapestry needle with a blunted tip | Busy Bee, The (2) | true | |
| Dainty loveglass embroidery needle tinged with glossy pink hues | Stitched by the Sea | true | |
| Embroidery needle | Threads of Color (2), Threads of Color (1), Random creature drop, Quellia's Thread Shop, Neidle's Pattern Shop | false | |
| Frosted seaglass embroidery needle delicately etched with frolicking mermaids | Stitched by the Sea | true | |
| Gold-stippled coralite chenille needle tapered to a sharp point | Stitched by the Sea | true | |
| Ivory scrimshaw tapestry needle intricately carved with a sprawling kraken | Stitched by the Sea | true | |
| Kuwinite embroidery needle tapered to a sharp point | Busy Bee, The (2) | true | |
| Silversteel tapestry needle with a blunted tip | Busy Bee, The (2) | true | |
| Slender blue-white mistglass tapestry needle with a hazy sheen | Stitched by the Sea | true | |
| Windsteel embroidery needle tapered to a sharp point | Busy Bee, The (2) | true |