Is there any money to be made from purchasing (or hoarding) low-end components like timber or twine, crafting them into better items, then selling?
Or is crafting just an inherently lossy/expensive way to obtain the best gear for yourself?
What about for potions/oils/bombs via alchemy (which at least incurs no labor charges) ?
Best Answer
Crafting price of an item is about 1/10 of the purchasing price (assuming the crafting components were looted or picked up), so, it is clearly profitable to craft.
But again, selling prices are also very low compared to purchasing prices of the same item, so it really does not bring too much money. All in all, you gain something by crafting and selling, but it just does not compensate for the time and effort put into collecting of the material.