Frostbound

While my stats were looking good and my skill choice was finalized, there was one last thing I needed to do before remaking my hammer. I had spent much of my recovery time working on the Wards and the Formation lining the Outer Walls and I had gotten a few levels in my Profession.

With the addition, it pushed me over level 60 and I now had yet another skill to choose. This one was less impactful than the Legendary ones I had to choose from through my Class, but it was still something I needed to get done.

So far, I had everything I needed for my craft. [Sense Metal] had upgraded to [Sense Frequency], bumping the rarity up to rare I wasn't able to get the upgrade I wanted right away, forcing me to push past Uncommon and go straight to Rare. [Create Weapon] and [Create Armor] were both well on their way to Rare as well, with only a small push away from being there.

Vincent had once again beaten me to the next rarity for our craft. His newly expanded affinity and body worked wonders and pushed him over the edge to creating Rare equipment while I hadn't dedicated enough time to raise my abilities there yet.

He could make Rare gear before, but it required me, or another enchanter, to enchant it to push it over the edge.

I was intent on catching up and was intent on dedicating some quality time to do so. I had even gotten some practice smithing with my makeshift arm, even if I wasn't as good.

[Metallurgy] had naturally upgraded to Uncommon through use. It hadn't really felt like an upgrade at the time and was a rather lackluster event over my years of smithing. As more metal came out of the Dungeon, and various metals and alloys were distributed, my knowledge of the metals grew and my skill upgraded.

My [Forging Proficiency] was still stuck at Apprentice, sadly, but I could feel that it was on the cusp of Journeyman. [Warding] was in the same boat, as I felt it nearing the edge of Rare as I laid down more of the Formation. [Mana Engraving] was already at rare from all the use and had only minimally gone any further.

The jump from rare to epic was a large one and I hadn't even done it with any of my Class skills yet.

[Mana Infusion] was my only skill stuck at Common for my Profession, and I wasn't in a hurry to increase it. It would help create better gear, but not many needed my affinity for equipment, making the gains I could get from a higher rarity infusion skill minimal.

[Basic Runecrafting] was at Rare still but that was in the same boat as [Runesmithing]. Both applied a bonus to any Runes I created but they did different things. [Basic Runecrafting] helped me gain knowledge about the Runes making them easier to read while [Runesmithing] helped in implementing that knowledge.

They had grown by leaps and bounds with my constant study of Formations and Wards, even if they didn't receive an upgrade to show it. I felt the difference every time I worked.