[2023] Corepunk Gameplay Video #4: Professions

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24s	Hello, everyone! Today we are going to tell you about the resource gathering
27s	and item crafting systems in Corepunk. That means, we’re talking professions.
36s	So, Corepunk has 4 crafting professions and 4 resource-gathering professions.
41s	First let’s talk about the basic principles of how professions work
45s	and then a little bit about each of them individually.
57s	When practicing any type of profession, the player receives experience not only to develop their skill in that profession
64s	but also to level up the hero
66s	Each profession in the game has 3 mastery levels.
69s	By increasing the mastery level, the player receives a new title:
73s	at level 1 you’re a Beginner, at Level 2, you are Advanced,
78s	and finally at level 3 you become a Master.
311s	In terms of game design, we’re not always advocates of rigid distinctions.
316s	More often than not, we favor mechanics where there is a choice
319s	and that choice has both positive and negative consequences.
322s	The player can practice all kinds of gathering and crafting professions
327s	by gathering and crafting most of the items in the game
330s	but players can only gather the rarest resources
333s	and craft the best items if they focus on one gathering profession
337s	and one crafting profession.
340s	To do this, in addition to the mastery levels mechanic,
343s	every profession in the game also has its own efficiency.
347s	What’s efficiency?
349s	Well, profession efficiency increases as you practice that profession,
354s	but your efficiency in the other professions decreases.
363s	Simply put, the more you practice the same profession,
366s	the more effective you are at it.
368s	Just as the 4 gathering professions have a shared efficiency
372s	so do the 4 crafting professions as well.
400s	So, when gathering resources, the efficiency only increases
404s	if you gather a resource corresponding to the level of that profession -
408s	– you are thus rewarded for gathering resources that are challenging to your character at that time.
415s	Let’s review a short example.
417s	If you pay attention to the icons of the gathering professions to the left
421s	you will see their efficiency around the icons.
424s	Let’s cut the tree down.
433s	This improved efficiency decreases
435s	if you use another gathering profession so, once again, specializing is key.
443s	As for crafting, its efficiency will only increase if the player crafts
447s	an item whose gear score is high enough relative to their profession level.
463s	Excellent. Please note how the efficiency has changed:
467s	Logging has risen while Herbalism efficiency has dropped.
471s	Efficiency decreases for the profession that has not been used the longest.
476s	It is important to note that the higher the mastery level and efficiency of the profession,
481s	the more difficult it will be for the player to switch professions,
484s	since the player will have to gather rarer resources
487s	and craft higher level items to increase their efficiency,
494s	assuming that the player’s goal is maximum efficiency for the chosen profession.
499s	It will be hardest to do after you reach your hero’s level cap in the end game.
504s	The player receives various bonuses and perks for mastery levels and increasing efficiency.
528s	Let’s talk about the resource gathering professions first:
531s	Mining, Logging, Herbalism, and Butchery.
535s	For example, when it comes to the gathering professions,
538s	as the mastery levels up, opportunities to mine higher-level veins get unlocked,
543s	the overall chance of finding a resource increases,
546s	and there are additional gathering sessions for gathering a resource
550s	Meanwhile, efficiency can affect the chance of receiving a rarer resource,
554s	or can reduce the chance of failure.
566s	The process of gathering in the game is quite simple and intuitive.
571s	The player needs to find something worthy and start gathering a resource.
578s	An interface bar will appear at the bottom of the screen, displaying the process.
583s	While the bar is moving, the player has a chance of receiving one of the resources.
587s	There can be a wide variety of resources in a single spot,
591s	from the most common, to very rare.
594s	When you find a resource, you receive a corresponding pleasant notification.
600s	You never know how lucky you might be... or unlucky.
604s	The player may find nothing. It happens!
606s	But even if you manage to find a resource, don’t relax just yet:
610s	there is always a small chance of failing and losing your loot.
614s	Yes, that happens too…
638s	Mining has 3 tiers of veins: metal, polymetal and ancient.
643s	With an increase in the tier of the vein, the chance of getting more resources increases,
648s	for example, you can get not one ore, but two at once,
652s	and even more from the vein of the third tier.
655s	The rarer the resource, the higher the vein required to mine it.
659s	Epic resources can only be mined from Tier 3 veins.
662s	In Mining, the player can mine ores of various metals,
666s	crystals, nuggets, ancient fossils, just to name a few.
1103s	Logging is about taking advantage of the trees
1106s	that have the strongest and deepest root systems;
1108s	those trees have roots that reach deep enough underground
1111s	to access lakes of precious mana.
1114s	Such trees are rare in the forests of Kwalat.
1117s	These trees also fall into three tiers;
1120s	Magic Tree, Old Magic Tree and Ancient Magic Tree.
1124s	The higher the tier of the magic tree,
1126s	the higher the chance of getting a larger and more precious resources.
1130s	From trees, we can get magic wood, which has unique qualities of hardness,
1135s	and campfires from such wood have special effects,
1138s	like restoring strength and energy reserves to living beings.
1144s	You can also get various types of resins, bark, feathers and even honey.
1182s	If you pursue Herbalism profession,
1184s	you’ll be collecting resources from large and dense Kwalat bushes.
1188s	Such bushes are whole ecosystems that live by their own rules,
1193s	and the older and larger the bush, the more valuable resources it may contain.
1197s	Bushes also come in three tiers - Thick Bush, Old Bush and Ancient Bush.
1203s	The larger the bush, the more complex the life that flows within it
1207s	and, accordingly, the more expensive and rare the resources it can yield.
1211s	A lot of different useful resources can come from these bushes
1215s	- herbs, plants, insects, berries and many more.
1543s	The specialist in Butchery skillfully dissects animal carcasses,
1548s	retrieving organs intact ready for crafting.
1551s	But not all animal carcasses are suitable or of value.
1555s	The creatures of Kwalat lead hard and brutal lives,
1558s	so that often, the organs and body parts retrieved
1561s	have pathologies that render the components extracted unsuitable
1565s	for use in craft machines.
1567s	Animals may sustain injuries in the hunt
1570s	that despoil the resources that they could have yielded.
1572s	Those experienced in Butchery, though,
1574s	can identify those carcasses most suitable for butchering,
1578s	and the most experienced are able to identify the bodies of animals
1582s	that have grown in ideal natural conditions
1584s	and may offer up the highest quality materials for collection.
1588s	Carcasses come in the lower, middle and prime categories.
1593s	In the Butchery profession, you are able to acquire bones, vertebrae,
1597s	living blood, eyes, cartilage and many other grisly resources from these animals…
1612s	Usually the best veins are the hardest to find.
1615s	But once again, you’ll know that the effort has been worthwhile
1619s	when a vein yields up the very rarest of resources,
1622s	allowing you to craft the very best in-slot items.
1625s	And of course, if you are outside the safe zone, in the wasteland,
1629s	don't get too relaxed.
1983s	The world of Kwalat is a tough place,
1986s	especially outside the city walls and safe zones, out in the wastelands.
1990s	Dangerous, yes, but also supremely profitable.
1994s	You never know what will be waiting for you around the next corner:
1997s	rare loot or some terrifying new enemy.
2000s	If you encounter an enemy camp,
2002s	be sure you have what it takes to finish the job before you dive in.
2006s	Maybe alone, picked off one by one, these guys would’ve been easy targets.
2011s	But working in a group as they do, they present a serious threat,
2015s	even to the most seasoned warriors.
2132s	After a tough fight, it's best to rest for a bit and recover.
2136s	Going out into the wastelands,
2138s	roaming and looting means you have to be prepared to fight at any time.
2141s	But anything valuable you find is going to count for nothing
2145s	if you can't bring it back in one piece.
2147s	Therefore, a smart player checks their inventory often.
2151s	A stockpile of painkillers, and plenty of campfire kits:
2155s	these things can make the difference between life and death.
2191s	It is also equally important to note that resources, and items in general,
2196s	are gathered in Corepunk not only from veins, trees, bushes and carcasses.
2205s	You can find resources, artifacts, and consumables,
2209s	including very rare ones, in drops all over the world.
2221s	Try searching corpses, breaking barrels and crates,
2224s	ransacking abandoned houses, exploring points of interest,
2228s	opening secret chests, killing mobs etc.
2232s	With any type of activity,
2234s	you have an opportunity to receive loot and perhaps even skins.
2238s	But of course, if we are talking about resources,
2241s	it’s much more profitable to do it through gathering.
2382s	Let’s talk about the crafting professions.
2384s	Corepunk, as we said before, has 4 crafting professions:
2388s	Construction, Alchemy, Weaponsmithing, and Mysticism.
2393s	The crafting professions in Corepunk have their own unique sets of permanent upgrades
2398s	that don’t overlap with any of the other professions.
2401s	There are minor exceptions in regard to some temporary buffs though;
2405s	for instance Alchemy and Mysticism can both produce temporary buffs and item upgrades.
2415s	The attribute buffs a hero can gain from artifacts are unique to those artifacts;
2420s	you can not get these parameters permanently anywhere else,
2424s	while Weaponsmith characteristics and upgrades
2426s	are only unique to Weaponsmithing, no exceptions.
2433s	In this way, you cannot permanently stack Attack Power or Spell Power in all systems at once.
2440s	Limited-time buffs are not taken into account, though.
2443s	Every crafting profession has its own unique bonus that affects the hero’s gameplay.
2449s	We will tell you about them a little bit later.
2451s	When the hero reaches Level 40,
2453s	all profession bonuses are only active if the player has achieved 100% efficiency in the given profession.
2878s	Next, a little bit about Itemization.
2880s	Most items in the game have 4 grades: Common, Uncommon, Rare, and Epic;
2886s	however, there are also Legendary items out there,
2890s	but they are extremely rare… oh yes, indeed!
2893s	Items are divided into tiers: Tier 1, Tier 2, and so on.
2898s	Items are also divided into two kinds: ‘Bind on pickup’ and ‘Bind on equip’.
2904s	This does not apply to consumables.
2907s	‘Bind on pickup’ items cannot be exchanged between players,
2911s	but ‘Bind on equip’ items, if they have not yet been used,
2915s	can be exchanged without restrictions.
2918s	Items in Corepunk have a gear score calculated depending on that item’s power.
2922s	The scaling and characteristic values,
2925s	as well as the chances of triggering effects on items, randomly roll within their set values.
2931s	Items in the game don’t break and they have no durability rating.
2935s	During crafting, the player always has an opportunity to craft a higher quality item
2940s	(up to Epic).
2941s	As you would expect, items become stronger as their grade increases,
2945s	with different types of items having different kinds of buffs.
2948s	For example, artifacts have an additional characteristic added
2952s	to the secondary basket as their grade increases,
2956s	while weapons have an additional upgrade slot added as their grade increases.
2960s	Chips and runes with a higher grade have their effect scaling increased,
2965s	and Alchemy consumables can be crafted with a quantity exceeding 1.
2969s	As an item tier increases,
2971s	it expands the upper limits within which the effect values can roll too.
3015s	Let’s move on to crafting.
3017s	Crafting items is simple.
3019s	In Corepunk, almost all items are crafted using the same, simple principle.
3023s	A Tier 1 item is crafted first, from looted resources.
3027s	In order to craft Tier 2 or higher items,
3030s	the player needs to use items of the previous Tier as resources,
3034s	plus additional, rarer resources that a Tier 2 recipe requires.
3039s	But items used for crafting must be Uncommon.
3042s	To start crafting, you need to be at the appropriate profession workbench,
3046s	open the crafting menu, have a recipe for the required item,
3050s	and also have the required amount of resources
3053s	As soon as you start crafting an item,
3056s	the crafting bar will appear in the UI window below,
3059s	just as with the gathering professions.
3061s	In the process of crafting, the player always has a chance
3065s	to craft an item of better quality than the recipe generates by default, or,
3069s	in the case of Alchemy,
3070s	a chance to generate more than one of whatever consumable you’re concocting.
3083s	Just like with the gathering professions,
3085s	there are special bonuses in the crafting professions as your mastery levels up.
3090s	iIn contrast to the gathering professions, though,
3092s	where the bonuses are shared between all professions,
3096s	every crafting profession has its own unique set of bonuses that affect the hero’s gameplay.
3102s	That said, there are several ways to craft one and the same item.
3107s	To craft certain items with a higher gear score
3109s	you will require the maximum level of profession efficiency.
3113s	Some items can be crafted without a workbench, such as Campfire or Roll a Joint.
3119s	Special items will require the player to find a specialized rare workbench to craft them.
3219s	Well, it’s about time we looked at the crafting professions themselves...
3223s	Here’s the Construction profession— this is all about crafting artifacts,
3227s	items that are inserted into the active panel on the hero’s screen.
3232s	Artifacts have two baskets of characteristics: Primary and Secondary.
3238s	The primary artifact basket carries basic characteristics in the game, such as Attack Power,
3244s	Spell Power, Health, Mana, Armor, Magic Resist, Physical Crit Chance, and Magical Crit Chance
3252s	The secondary basket carries a set of characteristics
3255s	that includes such parameters as cooldown reduction, buff duration,
3259s	vision radius, increased area effects, increase control duration,
3264s	tenacity, health regeneration, mana regeneration, and many more.
3269s	As the item quality increases,
3272s	characteristics are added to the secondary basket.
3275s	A Tier 1 artifact has one basic characteristic in the primary basket.
3279s	The player can create Tier 2 artifacts,
3282s	combining these characteristics with each other in any variation.
3286s	And when creating a Tier 3 artifact,
3289s	it is possible to combine 3 characteristics with each other in any variation.
3294s	It is important to note
3296s	that if the player uses artifacts of the previous Tier (Rare or higher) when crafting,
3301s	they will receive additional characteristics in the secondary basket.
3310s	As the Construction profession levels up,
3312s	you receive a bonus for using artifacts.
3314s	For example, the player will get +5% for using artifacts at Level 2,
3320s	and +10% at Level 3.
3323s	It’s also worth remembering that the bonus does not affect the crafting of an item,
3327s	but rather the use of the item by the player, i.e. the characteristics of the item itself don’t change.
3390s	Weaponsmithing is where the player crafts weapons
3393s	and bio-organic chips which are essentially weapon upgrades.
3397s	Weapons in the game have fixed stats: Damage Per Second (DPS),
3402s	Weapon Damage, and Attack Speed.
3405s	As the weapon Tier increases,
3407s	it expands the limits within which these characteristics can be rolled.
3412s	Weapons in Corepunk can be upgraded.
3414s	It is through weapon upgrades
3415s	that the most powerful weapons in the game can be acquired.
3420s	As the grade increases, a weapon receives upgrade slots.
3424s	The higher the quality of a weapon is, the more upgrade slots it has.
3429s	Chips can be inserted into these slots.
3431s	Every slot has its own bonuses that are rolled at random when you receive the weapon.
3436s	To receive a slot bonus, the slot and the chip that is inserted must have the same icons.
3442s	Chips can come in two variations: an advanced chip is inserted into an advanced slot,
3447s	and a standard upgrade chip is inserted into a standard slot.
3452s	Advanced chips have effects on weapons that are unique for this system,
3456s	and can be triggered when dealing damage to an enemy.
3459s	Every chip has either magic or physical effects.
3462s	Standard upgrade chips, however, give an increase in stats, such as Attack Speed,
3468s	Haste, Weapon Damage, Spell Power, Physical Crit Power, Magical Crit Power,
3474s	Armor Penetration, and Magic Penetration.
3477s	As mentioned previously, stats like these are unique for this system
3481s	and cannot be permanently stacked anywhere else.
3484s	Crafting weapons and their upgrades follows the same logic
3487s	as with the Construction profession,
3489s	and the other crafting professions in fact.
3492s	So once again, to create a higher Tier item,
3495s	you must have two Uncommon items of the previous Tier.
3499s	If the player uses higher quality items (Rare or Epic items) for crafting,
3503s	the weapon they will receive will have extra slots,
3507s	and the advanced chip will have extra effects too.
3510s	It’s time to look at an advanced chip and its effect.
3513s	The Execute advanced chip will be used as an example.
3517s	So here we took the best quality item
3519s	that was crafted from two epic chips of the previous Tier 1.
3523s	Here you can see all the possible effects.
3526s	There is a mark on the chip that defines the effect of the chip.
3530s	An advanced chip can be inserted into a slot with any mark and it will work,
3534s	but you won’t get any slot bonus.
3537s	In order to receive a slot bonus,
3539s	it is important that the slot has the same mark as the chip.
3543s	So, as you can see, this advanced chip has a proc chance and a proc condition.
3549s	So let’s look at what the effects could be on this particular chip.
3553s	Its main effect is that it gives you a chance to execute an enemy.
3556s	The first additional effect “If the target dies, you will heal for 50% of the killing damage”
3563s	appears if the chip has been crafted from two Rare Tier 1 chips.
3567s	The second additional effect is “executes at 25%” improves the proc condition
3573s	and appears if the chip has been crafted from two Epic Tier 1 advanced chips.
3579s	Advanced chips have a limited number of charges; each time the effect is triggered,
3583s	one charge is removed.
3585s	The player can recharge an advanced chip in the inlay window.
3589s	it’s a good idea to carry extra charges with you
3592s	before an important foray into the world, and… just in general.
3602s	Time to consider Profession Bonuses — in Weaponsmithing,
3605s	as you move up the three mastery levels, you’ll see improvements in weapon efficiency.
3611s	Time to give you the lowdown on The Synthesis Machine.
3614s	This impressive device is needed to craft items beyond standard recipes,
3618s	or to craft without a recipe.
3620s	If the items used as ingredients are of a higher quality
3623s	than those specified in a given recipe,
3626s	The Synthesis Machine will produce for you an item that has additional bonuses.
3686s	the synthesis machine can also improve the quality of items you already have change their
3691s	characteristics re-roll their stats and even alter an item's visuals to name just a few of
3697s	its other functions the synthesis machine has two disadvantages though the first one is that
3703s	it's expensive to use for some operations requires consumables that may be very rare
3709s	and the second one is that it's not fully implemented yet so we can't show you how it
3714s	works right now you will see it in the beta and we'll be able to try it out yourself
3723s	skins play a big part in how your hero looks though they are purely cosmetic and don't
3728s	change your hero's stats the synthesis machine can be used to upgrade the Skins
3732s	you've got to do that you need upgrade kits another rare resource in the game
3738s	first you put your lower grade skin item into the synthesis machine before adding some upgrade kits
3744s	at this point if you want you have the option to throw some valuable resources into the mix
3750s	and if you're lucky and get the combination of resources as well as their respective
3755s	quantities right not only will you get a higher grade skin but you will also end up
3759s	with a skin made of different materials giving it a distinctive visual appearance usually you
3765s	can wear up to six skin items at once bodysuit or underwear lower body upper body gloves and shoes
3774s	some skin items may take two or more slots at once depending on their structure and Design
3780s	you can combine skin items from different skin sets too to achieve exactly the look you're
3785s	going for there's literally millions of different combinations you're free to express yourself and
3791s	this is just one of the many possibilities that the synthesis machine opens up to you
3947s	how are you I'm kind of busy here with my job okay keeping all those
3951s	leaf and me and the officials happy with my reports and new outworlders
3959s	what is this place yeah I think that too real nice place just keep your distance all right
3972s	who are you sorry what what I can't hear you in this suit the toilet is over there
3980s	yes
3983s	uh another virus spreader from the outside needs a medical certificate well I couldn't care less
3989s	about what blues or plagues you brought here from your world but others do you want to stay
3994s	here you have to get the shot but I'm not gonna make the vaccine anytime soon so you'll have
3999s	to craft it yourself here's the recipe craft the vaccine you can use my crafting table the
4005s	ingredients are outside of town inject yourself and speak to me if you're still able good luck
4014s	you know where to find me
4028s	going for a Mosey yes yeah found the plants no
4035s	you out worlders are the worst all right take the ingredients from my stash they're in the
4041s	chest right there speak to me when you've made the vaccine and taken the shot thank you
4048s	lovely
4059s	yes yeah found the plants no listen stop bothering me I saw you opening my chest
4068s	stop fooling around just make the vaccine and take the damn shot I don't have time for this
4082s	Steve ahead foreign
4106s	everything is both simple and interesting you'll get to craft
4111s	all kinds of consumables that give temporary Buffs you'll be making
4115s	medicines vaccines and ointments as well as rolling joints and doing a whole lot else
4122s	during crafting the Alchemy Master doesn't have to contend with quality procs and worry about their
4127s	impact because these are consumable items and so don't have different quality crates when crafting
4134s	Alchemy consumables though the player can get a proc that might enable them to make two or three
4139s	consumables at once instead of one also every consumable has a limited duration on its buff
4148s	and the player will have to use a lot more consumables in the next tier of
4152s	crafting to increase this duration the reward will be a long lasting buff that
4158s	will come in handy when traveling through the wildlands of kavalot
4162s	in core Punk the player can have several Alchemy Buffs at the same time and the number of Buffs
4167s	that can take effect simultaneously depends on the profession level with each new Mastery level the
4174s	number of alchemy Buffs used simultaneously will increase a player who is focused on Alchemy will
4180s	feel more comfortable when exploring the most difficult and harsh locations of the wildlands
4188s	foreign
4198s	let me look at you red eyeballs dry lips swelling limbs yep worked
4204s	perfectly here's your certificate now get the hell out of here already
4210s	yeah bye bye
4219s	full steam ahead
4230s	foreign
4239s	this profession is all about crafting runes runes are upgrades for artifacts runes enable the player
4246s	to upgrade artifacts by placing Steals on them seals add special mechanics to player gameplay
4252s	and in some cases can be a great addition to a certain build or play style runes are
4258s	thus another important layer of progression and hero building gameplay in the overall system the
4265s	player can upgrade items without restrictions but the number of artifacts with Rune effects
4269s	that they can carry at the same time is limited the principle of Rune effect is mechanically in
4275s	many respects similar to how advanced chips work on weapons but unlike Advanced chips
4281s	runes have very different prop conditions they are more permanent and more predictable
4287s	let's look at the Hedgehog Rune as an example the main effect of this Rune is when struck by an
4293s	attack deal physical damage to the attacker as the Rune grade increases so does the effect scaling
4301s	and as the tier increases it expands as with chips the limits within which the effect values can be
4308s	rolled just as in the example with the advanced chip we have two additional effects slows Enemy
4315s	by ten percent for one second appears on a rune if it was made from rare Runes of the previous
4320s	tier and the second additional effect reduces enemy attack speed by 15 for three seconds is
4328s	added if epic Tier 1 ruins were used during Rune crafting the bonus of the mysticism profession is
4335s	that the higher the Mastery level is the more equipped Rune artifacts the player can use
4342s	thank you for watching
4349s	sign up for beta at corepunk.com

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