A Face in the Dross

A Face in the Dross
Skill(s) required: Metallurgy Object(s) required: Iron Ore x1 Lime x1 Ore Smelter x1 Weight: unknown Required by: Objects Any Stone Structures None
Proficiencies:
Proficiencie(s) gained: 1200 Cloak & Dagger 1750 Mines & Mountains 2600 Sparks & Embers 980 Natural Philosophy Inspiration Required: 6530 Uses: 1 Inspiration Efficiency: 0.1838 Cloak & Dagger 0.268 Mines & Mountains 0.3982 Sparks & Embers 0.1501 Natural Philosophy
Artifact:
Difficulty: 25 to 10 Proficiency Type: Mines & Mountains Cloak & Dagger When Slotted: 9 Blunt Power 4 Impact Power 4 Piercing Power

Flavor Text

Twisted in a frozen scream, a nightmare of molten metal.

About

Dross is a by-product of the manufacture of a Bar of Pig Iron in an Ore Smelter. Each time a piece of Dross is created there is a small chance for it to be a A Face in the Dross instead.

Caution! A Face in the Dross counts as Any Stone in recipes, when crafting or Paving make sure the correct item is selected.

How to Slot Artifacts

Slotting is the process of taking an Artifact and attaching it to an item of Clothing.

1. Inspect your Artifact. Each Artifact has a range of Difficulty, and next to that, two Proficiencies, and Bonuses below that. Difficulty is how hard the Artifact is to Slot. The first number is the Maximum Difficulty and the second the Minimum Difficulty. The Max Difficulty can be lowered towards the Min Difficulty if your characters Proficiencies are high in same ones listed on the Artifact. Bonuses are how each Artifact benefits you when you wear the Clothing that Artifact is Slotted into. 2. Inspect your item of Clothing. Clothing has Slots and a Difficulty as well. The Higher the Thread & Needle of the pilgrim who made the clothing the lower its Difficulty. Teasel can also be used to lower this Difficulty. The number of Slots is the number of Artifacts which can be added to that Clothing. Some Artifacts like Decorative Lace, add additional Slots. 3. Once ready select your Artifact from your inventory and right-click it on the item of Clothing you wish to Slot. This will show you what % chance you have of a successful Slot. It is determined by a combination of both the Artifact and Clothing's Difficulty. 4. Select Slot to attempt to Slot your Artifact. A successful Slotting will see your Artifact attached to the item of Clothing. An unsuccessful Slotting will destroy the Artifact as well as one of the Clothing's Open Slots. There is a chance to remove an Artifact from an item of clothing by making sure you have a pair of scissors, such as Steel Scissors, equipped, and turning the Clothing into Rags. This will destroy the Clothing. The higher the scissors' Keen, the better chance there is to recover the Artifact.