Masonry

Masonry is a crafting skill. You shape stone from Quarrying into blocks and mortar, and cut gems. Each block also needs a plank from Carpentry. Construction builds frames and arches from blocks, and some places need blocks to be rebuilt.

How to train

Start with Cut fieldstone block at level 1. New activities open as you level up: see the table below.
1 of the 17 activities can only be done at Collapsed quarry, once it is rebuilt.
Tool: Mason's chisel (+10% speed, made with Smithing). Better ones: Iron chisel (+15%), Cobalt chisel (+25%).
Potion: Mason's potion (+10 points high-quality chance, made with Medicine).

Activities

Materials and parts

Level	Activity	Makes	Materials	Sells for
1	Cut fieldstone block	Fieldstone block	2 × Fieldstone, 1 × Pine plank	14
6	Cut sandstone block	Sandstone block	2 × Sandstone, 1 × Birch plank	13
8	Mix mortar	Mortar	1 × Limestone, 2 × Clay	12
12	Cut limestone block	Limestone block	2 × Limestone, 1 × Willow plank	21
20	Cut slate block	Slate block	2 × Slate, 1 × Oak plank	29
26	Cut a garnet	Cut garnet	1 × Rough gemstone	70
30	Cut granite block	Granite block	2 × Granite, 1 × Maple plank	37
40	Cut a beryl	Cut beryl	2 × Rough gemstone	110
42	Cut marble block	Marble block	2 × Marble, 1 × Ash plank	45
55	Cut a sapphire	Cut sapphire	3 × Rough gemstone	180
55	Cut basalt block	Basalt block	2 × Basalt, 1 × Yew plank	53
68	Cut porphyry block	Porphyry block	2 × Porphyry, 1 × Elder plank	61
82	Cut onyx block	Onyx block	2 × Onyx, 1 × Ironwood plank	69
95	Cut moonstone block	Moonstone block	2 × Moonstone, 1 × Whitebeam plank	77

Tools

Level	Activity	Makes	Materials	Sells for
5	Cut a mortar and pestle	Mortar and pestle	2 × Fieldstone	20
20	Cut a millstone	Millstone	2 × Granite, 1 × Iron bar	90

Skill gear

Level	Activity	Makes	Materials	Sells for
14	Grind miner's lens	Miner's lens	6 × Fieldstone, 2 × Copper bar	90

"Sells for" is what one action's items sell for, at the level the activity opens, before bonuses. Every skill uses the same XP table: see Levels and XP.

Mastery

Each of the 17 Masonry activities has its own mastery level, from 1 to 99. Every completed action gives that activity mastery XP, and higher mastery makes the activity better (table below).

A quarter of that mastery XP (half once Masonry is level 99) also goes into the Masonry mastery pool, which holds up to 15,725,000 XP. You can spend pool XP on any Masonry activity: 1 pool XP gives 1 mastery XP. See Mastery for the exact numbers.

Each activity's own mastery

Activity mastery	Adds to that activity
10	+5% chance to spare materials (or arrows)
20	+5 points high-quality chance
30	+5% chance to spare materials (or arrows)
40	+5 points high-quality chance
50	+5% chance to spare materials (or arrows)
60	+5 points high-quality chance
70	+5% chance to spare materials (or arrows)
80	+5 points high-quality chance
90	+5% chance to spare materials (or arrows)
99	+10% sell price on the items it makes, +10% chance to spare materials (or arrows)

Pool checkpoints

While the pool is filled to a checkpoint or above, its bonus counts for every Masonry activity. If you spend the pool below a checkpoint, that bonus stops until the pool fills up again.

Pool filled	Pool XP	Adds to every activity of the skill
10%	1,572,500	+5% mastery XP
25%	3,931,250	+10% XP
50%	7,862,500	+5% speed
95%	14,938,750	+10% chance to spare materials (or arrows)

Gear for this skill

Mason's chisel — +10% speed
Forge gauntlets — +8 points high-quality chance, 10% chance to spare materials
Counting charm — +10% XP
Iron chisel — +15% speed
Cobalt chisel — +25% speed
Beryl clasp — +5 points high-quality chance
Mason's book — +15% XP
The king's measure — +5 points high-quality chance

Gear only helps while it is equipped. A high-quality piece gives 1.5 times the bonus, rounded down. See also every boost for Masonry.

Faster from rebuilt places

The high stoneworks — +10% speed everywhere, once it is rebuilt
The high stoneworks — +20% speed while you are there, once it is rebuilt

Places that need this skill

You need this level to find and rebuild the place. Some places accept another skill instead.

The broken watchtower — level 10 (or Scouting 12)
The flooded locks — level 35 (or Carpentry 40)
The high beacon — level 45 (or Construction 30)
The high stoneworks — level 60 (or Construction 40)
The kings' tomb — level 65 (or Construction 45)

Story

Shape stone into blocks and mix mortar. Blocks go into arches, walls and many of the places you rebuild.