Summary
- Released on April 15, 2025 for early access, Runescape Dragonwilds features a dynamic crafting system that enables players to create just about everything they need.
- There are different crafting stations that players need to master to create different types of items.
- This Runescape Dragonwilds crafting guide provides help on where and how to craft some of the currently known recipes in the game’s early access.
Crafting sits at the heart of survival in RuneScape Dragonwilds. You’ll need tools, weapons, armor, food, and magical items when you venture into the dangerous continent of Ashenfall. However, to get these items means to master how to create them yourself. Luckily, we have a RuneScape Dragonwilds crafting guide with everything you need to know about the game’s crafting system. This covers info about crafting stations, recipes, and strategies to thrive in this dragon-infested world.
Getting Started with Crafting
When you first spawn in the game, you’ll eventually need to speak with the Wise Old Man NPC. He’ll give you a quest that unlocks the basic crafting system. This quest involves talking to three other NPCs: Doric, Vannaka, and Zanik.
Here’s an overview of each subquest that will introduce you to different crafting stations and recipes:
- Crafting Table: Doric’s quest, requiring 4x Ash Logs
- Campfire: Vannaka’s quest, asking you to hunt for Giant Rats and cook 3x Rat Roast
- Rune Altar: Zanik’s quest, needing 50x Ash Logs
After unlocking each crafting station, you’ll be able to make specific items with the correct recipe. We’ve featured some of the most basic ones here in our Runescape Dragonwilds crafting guide.
Crafting Table
The Crafting Table will help you make all the basic tools you’ll need from the start of the game. These include your first weapons and armor from basic materials like wood and stone.
How to build: 4x Ash Logs (you can gather them by cutting trees or finding them scattered on the ground)
Key NPC: Doric
Beginner Recipes:
- Stone Club: 6x Ash Logs, 8x Stone
- Stone Dagger: 4x Ash Logs, 8x Stone
- Stone Logging Axe: 8x Ash Logs, 6x Stone
- Stone Pickaxe: 6x Ash Logs, 8x Stone
- Torch: 1x Ash Logs, 1x Coarse Animal Fur
- Wooden Shield: 10x Ash Logs
- Adventurer’s Leggings: 6x Coarse Animal Fur
- Adventurer’s Tunic: 9x Coarse Animal Fur
Campfire
Here is where you can cook food and drink from various raw materials. You will also need Ash Logs as fuel for cooking.
How to build: 4x Ash Logs and 4x Stone (stone can also be found scattered around but can be mined as well)
Key NPC: Vannaka
Beginner Recipes:
- Rat Roast: 2x Raw Rat Meat
- Clean Water: 2x Dirty Water
- Baked Potato: 2x Potato
- Dried Dwellberries: 2x Dwellberries
- Dried Redberries: 2x Redberries
- Fillet: 2x Raw Birdmeat
- Flank Steak: 2x Raw Bestial Meat
- Fried Cabbage: 2x Cabbage
- Fried Onions: 2x Onion
- Grilled Mushroom: 2x Bittercap Mushroom
- Haunch: 2x Raw Game Meat
- Steak: 2x Raw Farm Meat
We’ve listed the basic food and drink recipes above in this Runescape Dragonwilds crafting guide. However, as you progress, you’ll eventually be able to build the Cooking Pot and Cooking Range for advanced recipes.
Rune Altar
The rune altar is where you can craft runes, which give power to magic spells for combat, gathering, and utility.
How to build: 12x Stone, 4x Rune Essence
Key NPC: Zanik
All Recipes:
- Air Rune: 1x Rune Essence
- Fire Rune: 1x Rune Essence
- Water Rune: 1x Rune Essence
- Earth Rune: 1x Rune Essence
- Law Rune: 1x Rune Essence
- Nature Rune: 1x Rune Essence
- Astral Rune: 1x Rune Essence
- Small Wardstone: 5x Rune Essence, 1x Stone
- Medium Wardstone: 10x Rune Essence, 1x Sandstone, 2x Anima-Infused Bark
- Large Wardstone: 15x Rune Essence, 1x Granite, 1x Wild Anima
Conclusion
This Runescape Dragonwilds crafting guide should help you establish a solid foundation for survival in Ashenfall. As you play more, you’ll unlock more advanced crafting stations that will require more complex recipes and materials. Recipes to build the Spinning Wheel, Brewing Cauldron, and more stations will be available through quests or by just exploring the world. Keep talking to NPCs and exploring to discover all the crafting recipes available.
