Sheath making

Sheath Making is a skill available to Warriors who have mastered the Warrior Guild skill Warrior Tricks. The sheaths made by such warriors are among the most useful sheaths in the game. For detailed instructions, visit your local warrior guild's workshop and ask the shop master about sheaths.

Mechanics

Weight and Capacity

All warrior-made sheaths, regardless of size, weigh a half a pound. A weapon held in a warrior sheath counts as weighing 2 pounds less than it actually does for encumbrance purposes. For every 10 skins used in a sheath, it can hold 1 item. For every 2 skins used in a sheath, it can hold 1 pound. Because of the fixed weight, there is no mechanical disadvantage to making a sheath out of the maximum number of skins possible for that worn location. The largest possible sheaths are made of 50 skins, holding 5 weapons to a maximum of 25 pounds.

Quivers

Arrows are considered weapons, and thus warrior-made quivers reduce the weight of arrows. Because of the way Gemstone calculates weight, for maximal weight reduction, arrows should be bundled into packs of 24.

Sheath Creation

Creating a sheath takes a number of steps. A few are required, but most are optional choices of decoration. Warriors can only make and decorate the sheaths in a Workshop in the Warrior Guild. There, the shop master only accepts silvers.

Measuring (Optional)

Before making a sheath, the warrior can measure a weapon, to determine the minimum size of the sheath that can hold it. This was a more important task before sheaths were updated to all weigh a half-pound, and can be safely skipped if making a 50-skin sheath. If one intends to make a sheath with ankle, thigh, wrist, or arm straps, measuring the weapon to ensure it fits might be useful.

Cutting (Required)

The first step in making a sheath is to cut a bundle of hides into a pattern. The warrior can choose the number of skins to cut into the pattern; extras are not wasted, and can be used later or sold. While it is possible to bundle the patterns that you've cut before curing, it is not recommended, as it increases curing time significantly. The pattern choices are:

Warrior Sheath Patterns

Noun	Name	Max Skins	Worn Location
sheath	sheath	50	various†
scabbard	scabbard	50	various†
sling	weapon sling	50	shoulder
harness	weapon harness	50	shoulder
baldric	baldric	50	shoulder
swordbelt	swordbelt	50	waist (as a belt)
dagger sheath	dagger sheath	4	various†
dagger scabbard	dagger scabbard	4	various†
frog	axe frog	50	belt
bow sling	bow sling	50	shoulder
quiver	quiver	50	various†

^†Straps can be added to these sheaths, allowing them to be worn in a number of different locations. Some inventory locations are limited to fewer than 50 skins. See Straps for more detailed information.

Note: Even if you are making a leather sheath, all skins must be the same. If you cut and cure a bundle of troll hides and a bundle of orc scalps, even if they are both cured strong for leather, and cut into the same pattern, they will not bundle. You'll get the message, "You can't bundle two different types of animal hide in the same pattern."

Curing (Required)

The hides must then be cured. Only the mild curative keeps the name of the skin in the sheath.

Curative	Effect	Example	Time (per skin)	Price (per skin)	Price for 50 skins
Mild	Preserves skin name	a lion skin baldric	42 minutes	50	2500
Strong	Makes leather	a leather baldric	42 minutes	100	5000
Laquer	Makes a lacquered item	a lacquered baldric	42 minutes	500	25,000

It is highly recommended to cure in smaller bundles to cut down on prep time. For a strong curative, one package of 50 skins would take 35 hours to cure, for example, while 5 packages of 10 would take 7 hours. The smallest bundle you can make is 4 skins, which will take 2 hours and 48 minutes to cure. That said, since 50 isn't divisible by 4, if you're making a 50 skin sheath, its best to use 10 packages of 5 for the shortest cure time (3.5 hours).

Note: Due to character limits, a mild curative will only preserve the name of the skin from the adjective and noun fields of the base description. Any additional descriptors stored in the article field will be dropped. For example, "a white puma hide" will result in "a puma hide sheath".

Also to be clear, "leather" or "lacquered" will remove any reference to the original skin, so it is prudent to collect skins of readily available creatures. Forest trolls, lesser orcs, gaks (though be sure to note that striped/spotted gak pelts cannot be mixed), and phosphorescent worms are some examples of skins that can can be found and skinned easily.

Sewing (Required)

Sewing turns cured hides into the actual sheath. If you have cured your hides in small patterns, be sure to bundle them before sewing. (Patterns can only be bundled in the workshop.) The cost for the thread is 1.25 silvers per skin, and thus 60 silvers for a 50-skin sheath.

Straps (Usually Required)

Some patterns, such as slings, harnesses, and baldrics, come with straps built in. These patterns can therefore only be worn in one place on the body, usually across a shoulder. Sheaths and scabbards do not come with a strap, and can be worn in multiple locations. Dagger sheaths and dagger scabbards can have straps added, but are limited in size and location. A sheath without a strap is belt-worn. Adding a belt strap makes it waist-worn (i.e., as your belt).

Strap Location	Price	Max skins	Sheath	Scabbard	Dagger Sheath	Dagger Scabbard	Baldric	Swordbelt	Axe Frog	Weapon Sling	Weapon Harness	Bow Sling	Quiver
Belt	included	50	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Waist (as a belt)	50	50	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
Shoulder	100	50	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Back	100	50	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Thigh	100	16	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Arm	100	8	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Ankle	25	8	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Wrist	25	4	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes

Special Notes

Myklian Scales are an interesting exception to normal sheath making. Myklians come in different colors and their scales are tagged with these colors. The tricky part here is that you can bundle different colors together as long as you start with 2 of the same color. For example, if you take an orange myklian scale and try to bundle it with a red myklian scale you will not be able to, but once you bundle 2 of the same color myklian scales together, you can then bundle any color scale with your existing bundle. The trouble comes when, after you've cured your bundles, you try to bundle them together. It turns out that a color is applied to the bundle and that color data is held through the curing process. Unfortunately there's no way to tell what color a bundle or a cured pattern is other than trial and error. While further testing is required, the color of the bundle is EITHER the 2 original seed scales for the bundle OR the last scale that goes into the bundle. To ensure you can make a sheath using the 5 skins per cure time saving trick is, make a bundle that starts and ends with the same color. For example, bundle 2 red myklian scales together, then add any 2 myklian scales to that bundle, and then make the 5th scale a red one again. This will absolutely ensure your bundle will be red, and if all your bundles are red, after the curing process is done you can bundle them all together. Substitute red for any other color. The bundle color does not show up in the description of the sheath at all, this info is here simply to ensure that you don't end up with a bunch of cured patterns that won't bundle together because they are all different colors that you can't see.

Skins MUST BUNDLE for them to work, which means troll king hides and grifflet pelts will NOT work for warrior sheaths! Your mileage may vary with other, newer skins, so please test before you commit to any projects (for example, Hinterwilds warg pelts can be used, but NOT undandsormr scales. More testing needs to be done with griffin pelts, as they do bundle but do NOT seem to work, though it may be a similar situation to the above myklian scale issue.

Sheath Decoration

Once the straps have been added, the sheath is ready to use. It is not particularly decorative, however. At any point, a warrior can add decorations to the sheath to personalize it for the wearer.

Decoration Slots

There are two decoration slots, one before the noun, one after the noun. Therefore, a sheath can have two noticeable decorations. If you made a baldric out of lion skins, you could make a <decoration> lion skin baldric <decoration>. Mechanically, you can put a longer description in the second slot. Dyes can only go in the first slot; if you want to put any decorations on before dyeing, use HOLD.

Holding Slots

WTRICK SHEATHM HOLD tells the system, "Hold the slot before the noun, I want to fill the second slot first." The most important use for this command is putting on a decoration before dyeing the sheath. This will save a trip back to the guild to add a second decoration to the sheath.

Initial (Decoration)

A warrior can affix his or her initials to the sheath. This does not affect any other decorations, and adds, to the end of the show description, the phrase, "You see <Creator's First Name>'s initials stamped upon it."

Binding or Trimming (Decoration)

Your sheath can be bound or trimmed with a metal foil. If you want to bind or trim your sheath with two metals, it must be in the second slot, after the noun.

Metal	Price (per skin)	Price for 50 skins	Town Sold
copper	2	100	all
brass	10	500	all
bronze	25	1250	all
iron	30	1500	all
steel	40	2000	all
silver	50	2500	all
gold	100	5000	all
mithril	140	7000	all
ora	160	8000	all
alum	200	10,000	all
imflass	200	10,000	all
vultite	300	15,000	all
glaes	250	12,500	Teras Isle
laje	1000	50,000	Solhaven
invar	1000	50,000	Zul Logoth
mithglin	1000	50,000	Ta'Illistim
rhimar	1000	50,000	Icemule Trace
vaalorn	1000	50,000	Ta'Vaalor
vaalin	1000	50,000	River's Rest
platinum	1000	50,000	Isle of Four Winds
veniom	1800	90,000	Wehnimer's Landing

Fringe (Decoration)

A sheath can be fringed with one or two animal parts. These can be claws, teeth, talons, feathers, horns, fangs, stingers, plumes, manes, mandibles, pincers, whiskers, incisors, canines, jawbones, or bones. If a sheath is fringed with just one item in the second slot, the whole name shows up, such as a brown leather sheath fringed with martial eagle talons. Otherwise, only the noun shows up: a talon-fringed leather sheath, or a brown leather sheath fringed with talons and claws. You need 6 of any fringe item to put them on the sheath. 300 silvers.

Note that some newer skins do not fringe, such as Hinterwilds valravn plumes.

Inlaid Gems (Decoration)

To decorate a sheath, gems can be inlaid. One gem can be put in the first slot, or one to two in the second. In the second slot, using 6, say, pale green moonstones will result in a sheath inlaid with pale green moonstones, while mixing types of the same base gem (e.g. other moonstones) will result only in a sheath inlaid with moonstones. You may inlay 1 to 6 of a type of gem, but 6 are required to be part of the description. 50 coins per gem, 300 for all 6.

Be aware that many of the newer gems (from Ascension areas primarily) do NOT work with warrior sheaths for whatever reason, so please test before you promise something to someone! For example, snowdrops, firedrops, stygian lichstones, nightstones (and more, this is not exhaustive) do NOT work as an inlay.

On the bright side, gems modified with lapidary boxes (and presumably other gem cutting items that modify the 15/15/15) WILL work.

Dyes (Decoration)

Dyeing costs 50 silvers per skin, and appears to take 50 minutes per skin. If you would like a color not listed here, you can request one for 5000 silver (non-refundable).

Colors Available

Red	Orange	Yellow	Green	Blue	Purple	Pink	Black	White	Brown	Grey	Misc
auburn	apricot	almond	apple green	aquamarine*	amethyst	amaranth pink	black	alabaster	ale brown	ash grey	bright golden
berry red	carrot orange	amber	aquamarine*	azure	amethyst purple	blush pink	blood-hued black	bleached white	auburn	ashen	caramel-hued
black-flecked carnelian	coppery gold*	banana yellow	bile green	baby blue	dark purple	bright pink	blue-black	bone white	brown	charcoal	chrome
blood red	fiery orange	bright golden	blue-green*	blue	deep purple	cerise	charcoal	brilliant white	brown camouflage	cinereous	coppery gold*
blood-hued black	orange	champagne	celadon	blue-green*	deep violet	coral pink	charcoal black	chalk white	burnt umber	dapple grey	deep chrome
brick red	peach-colored	chartreuse	chartreuse	celestial blue	grape	dusky rose	coal black	creamy white	caramel-hued	dappled	golden
burgundy	persimmon	flaxen	cucumber green	cerulean	lavender	dusty rose	dark	ghostly white	chestnut brown	dark grey	iridescent
cardinal red	pumpkin orange	golden	cypress green	cerulean blue	lilac	fuchsia	dark ebony	glacial white	chocolate	dingy grey	moonlight silver
carnelian red	red-orange	honey gold	dark green	cobalt blue	mauve	magenta	deep black	gleaming white	chocolate-hued	dove-colored	multicolored
cherry red	sunset orange	honey-colored	emerald green	cyan	nightshade purple	pale pink	deep ebony	ivory	coppery brown	drab grey	opalescent
coral red	tangerine	lemon yellow	forest green	dark azure	pale violet	pink	dingy black	ivory white	dark brown	dull grey	opaline
cranberry-hued		light yellow	grass green	dark blue	periwinkle	pink-layered camouflage	dull black	lily white	dark russet	dun	pale golden
crimson		ocher	green	dark cerulean	plum-colored	raspberry	dusky black	pale white	deep brown	grey	peach-colored
dark crimson		ochre	green camouflage	dark cyan	purple	rose-colored	ebon	pearlescent	deep cordovan	grey-blue	pearlescent
dark red		pale golden	green-layered camouflage	deep blue	royal purple	rosy pink	ebon black	pearly white	dirt brown	grey-green	rainbow
dark russet		rich cream	grey-green	dusky blue	violet	salmon pink	ebony	pristine white	earthen brown	greyish blue	sand-colored
deep crimson		sallow	hemlock green	glacial blue	wisteria		faded black	pure white	ecru	iron grey	silvery
deep red		sand-colored	hunter green	glossy blue			flat black	radiant white	hazel	light grey	silvery white
fiery red		tawny yellow	ivy green	ice blue			glossy black	rich cream	hazel-brown	misty grey
flame red		yellow	jade green	icy blue			inky black	silvery	henna	mushroom grey
lava red			leaf green	indigo			iridescent black	silvery white	light brown	pallid grey
magma red			light green	light blue			jet black	snow white	maroon	pewter grey
red			malachite green	midnight blue			matte black	stark white	nut brown	platinum grey
red-orange			moss green	murky indigo			midnight black	white	oak brown	slate grey
red-speckled black			mottled green	navy blue			midnight ebon		puce	slate-colored
red-tinged			olive green	ocean blue			moonshade black		roan	smoky grey
rosy red			pale jade	pale blue			mottled black		russet	steel grey
ruby red			pea green	powder blue			murky black		rust-colored	stone grey
ruddy crimson			pine green	royal blue			obsidian black		sorrel	storm grey
russet			sea green	sapphire blue			onyx		tan	twilight grey
rust-colored			seaweed green	sea blue			onyx black		tawny
sanguine			silvery green	silvery blue			pitch black		tawny sable
scarlet			verdant	sky blue			raven black
vermilion			verdant green	slate blue			red-speckled black
			viridian	smalt blue			sable
			woodland camouflage	steel blue			scorched black
				teal			shadowy black
				turquoise			sooty black
				twilight blue			twilight black

* denotes entries appearing on multiple lists

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Resources

• List of skins
• List of gems
• No longer available: Sheath Designer Tool
• Tykus Teaches Warrior Made Sheaths (Apr 2018)