Artificer Command Center

Guild & Forge

One Forgemaster. Optional apprentice. Jewelers make rings. Blacksmiths make pickaxes. Crew run the caravan. There is no item marketplace — gold buys miners, silver buys crew, and the three ores pay for crafts.

Forgemaster

Appoint one miner. They leave the floor. Player ore base becomes:

playerBase = forgemasterLevel + generation_count

UI generation is 1-indexed (first Forge is Gen 1, generation_count = 0). Direct Forge stats apply to the guild at 100% on top of the 1/10 pool — they contribute twice. Item power budget for the Forge is still their level.

XP sources and the depth curve live on Miners.

Apprentice

Unlock level ramps with generation (using the database generation_count, which is 0 for Gen 1):

level = 30 for i in 1 .. generationCount: level += ceil(i / 2) Gen 1: 30 Gen 2: 31 Gen 3: 32 Gen 4: 34 Gen 5: 36 Gen 6: 39

On appoint:

Current stat ratios are stored as stat_affinities.
Miner is reset to level 1, 0 XP, all stats 1.0.
Equipment is stripped back to inventory.

AffinitiesspeedBonus, powerBonus, yieldBonus, luckBonus = each stat − 1 if total > 0.001: affinity[stat] = round3(statBonus / total) else: each of the four = 0.25

While an apprentice exists they receive all Forge XP at 1.2×. The Forgemaster gets none until succession. There is no max level cap on the apprentice.

Each apprentice level: yield +0.01, one affinity-weighted roll among power / speed / luck (+0.05 / +0.02 / +0.01), plus 1/10 of the current Forgemaster’s bonus stats (all four, rounded to 3 decimals). Yield affinity is stored but not used in the extra roll — yield is already guaranteed.

Succession

When apprentice level ≥ ceil(forgemasterLevel / 2):

Old Forge is recorded in the hall of fame.
1/10 of (stat − 1) is added to Forgemaster moratorium.
Gear returns to inventory.
Apprentice becomes Forge, generation +1, affinities cleared (new Forge uses uniform 1/3 rolls).
The retired miner is deleted.

Jewelers

Cap 15. Tiers 0–5. Assigned jewelers required: 0, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15. They can spend reagents of rarity ≤ jeweler tier. Transmutation unlocks at tier 2+. One jeweler craft at a time, time-gated.

Reagent tier	Craft seconds	Cost (chosen metal)	XP to each jeweler
1	10	10,000	300
2	15	50,000	700
3	20	100,000	1,000
4	25	500,000	3,000
5	30	10,000,000	10,000

Forge gets 10% of the sum of jeweler XP. Ring math is on Crafting.

Blacksmiths

Requires a Forgemaster. They do not feed the 1/10 guild pool. Headcount cap by displayed generation:

Generation	Max blacksmiths
1	1
2	3
3	6
4	10
5+	15

Tiers 0–5 use the same assigned-count ladder and Forgemaster generation ≥ target tier. Auto-upgrade can fire when you assign the first blacksmith or reopen Artificer.

Craft duration: 6 + Σ tierAdditions seconds, where additions are {1:2, 2:5, 3:7, 4:10, 5:15} per reagent. Empty copper pickaxe is 6 seconds. Costs and alloys: Crafting.

Caravan Crew

Hired with silver. crew_hire_count only goes up — moving stations does not refund. Miner is inserted into both crew stations and assigned miners (profession crew), so they do sit in the guild pool.

Hire cost (silver)round(9000 × 4^hireCount / 100) × 100

Hire #	Silver
1st (count 0)	9,000
2nd	36,000
3rd	144,000
4th	576,000

Then × reagent speed × guild speed:

Station	Formula	Cap
Boots	10 + √crew × 8	walk / mine speed
Wings	1 + crew	gather-circle grow rate
Eye	100 + crew × 25	max circle radius, 10 crew

Stations can be moved; the client syncs every 30 seconds. Eye builds a little watchtower on your caravan.

Guild math recap

guildStat = 1 + (Σ (memberEffectiveStat − 1) / 10) + Forge direct (100%) + salvage moratorium + retired-Forge moratorium

Member effective stat = base × (1 + Σ equipped (stat − 1)). Full stack with reagents and room: Yield.