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Master's Tools
May 23, 2026 at 08:27 PM
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Master's Tools is an advanced crafting material used primarily in Rare-tier firearm recipes in Windrose. It is a required ingredient for weapons such as the Reliable Pistol and Buccaneer's Friend, making it a gate on any ranged-focused build.
Image | Weapon | Recipe Portion |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Hardwood + 5 Foothills Iron Ingot + 3 Master's Tools | |
| 10 Hardwood + 7 Foothills Iron Ingot + 3 Master's Tools | |
| Uses 3 Master's Tools alongside metal ingots, Ingot Arborum, and Hardwood (exact totals to verify in-game recipe panel) |
All three recipes craft at the Weaponsmith Workshop with both the Anvil and Bellows attachments placed inside the same Bonfire build radius. Without the Bellows in particular, these Rare-tier firearm recipes will not appear in the crafting panel.
Master's Tools is sold by the Rogue Buccaneers Provisioner at Tortuga for 10 Piastre each. It is a Rare resource, not crafted at any player station and not a random enemy drop. Reaching a Buccaneers Provisioner and stocking up before starting any Rare firearm craft is the standard pattern.
Master's Tools is the bottleneck on most Rare firearms. The Reliable Pistol and Buccaneer's Friend are two of the most popular ranged weapons in the launch meta (the Reliable Pistol for its 3-shots-before-reload and the Buccaneer's Friend for its +15% damage against animals). Both require Master's Tools, so any Precision or Agility ranged build will eventually lean on this material.
Property | Value |
|---|---|
Category | Resource |
Rarity | Rare |
Weight | 0.1 |
Stack Size | 100 |
Master's Tools is an ingredient in the following recipes.
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Required to unlock higher-quality crafting recipes. Keep at least a few on hand when upgrading gear.
Weight 0.1 per unit; factor it into inventory capacity when gathering.
Reliable Pistol 3-shot pistol that requires Master's Tools
Buccaneer's Friend anti-wildlife musket
Plague Pistol corruption-themed firearm
Weaponsmith Workshop the parent station
Bellows the attachment that unlocks Rare firearm recipes
Because Master's Tools is a Rare-tier resource sold rather than crafted, the practical bottleneck is Piastres rather than materials. Each firearm or armor recipe consumes several Master's Tools at a time, so budget for the vendor trip the same way you would for a weapon blueprint.
Reach a Buccaneers Provisioner; availability depends on faction reputation rank.
Confirm your Piastre balance before traveling. Running out mid-purchase means another round trip.
Buy enough Master's Tools to cover at least one full recipe stack rather than a single unit, because most firearm builds require three or more per craft.
Store the tools in a base Chest near the Weaponsmith Workshop so they are on hand the moment you finish the other inputs.
Master's Tools sits at the Rare rarity tier, which is one step above the Uncommon tier of baseline crafting materials like Foothills Iron Ingot and Tanned Leather. That tier placement is the game's cue that the tools gate Rare-tier weapon recipes specifically, not ordinary blueprints. If a recipe asks for Master's Tools, assume the output weapon or armor piece is Rare and plan accordingly.
Property | Value |
|---|---|
Weight | 0.1 |
Stack | 100 |
Vendor | |
Price | 10 Piastre each |