For those who are curious how crafting will work in Runes of Magic, the team has posted a summary of the profession system to give you a taste of what's involved.

Every profession has four ranks: apprentice, craftsman, specialist and master. You can learn as many professions as you wish on the apprentice rank, can become a craftsman in six trades, be a specialist in three and ultimately master one profession. To increase your profession rank, you have to have reached the maximum skill level of your current rank and then talk to a trainer of that profession.

The summary goes on the explain the tools needed for the trades and how to upgrade equipment with runes and jewels. Keep reading below for the full post, or check it out here.

Profession System

If you believe that everything in Taborea revolves around battles and conflicts, you couldn’t be more wrong – every player can take on a multitude of professions to equip themselves or to earn a few extra pieces of gold.

You can take on a profession simply by talking to one of the trainers of that job which can be found in every city or larger village. As soon as you’ve learned a trade, you can start to improve your skills by crafting items or collecting and processing materials respectively.

Every profession has four ranks: apprentice, craftsman, specialist and master. You can learn as many professions as you wish on the apprentice rank, can become a craftsman in six trades, be a specialist in three and ultimately master one profession. To increase your profession rank, you have to have reached the maximum skill level of your current rank and then talk to a trainer of that profession.

Tools

Near every profession trainer, you will find tools matching that profession. In order to craft an item or to refine materials, you’ll have to be within the vicinity of the appropriate tools. Crafting tools can be found in just about any city and village and are highlighted by a large green arrow and a symbol of that profession.
 
Those of you who would rather craft in private can set up a small workshop within their own house or even work in your guild house!
 
Crafting Formulas that will allow you to create a multitude of items can be bought from traders or be found while hunting. If you get lucky, you might even find rare formulas that’ll allow you to craft epic equipment! On top of this, all crafted equipment has a high chance to have more rune slots than normal equipment, so learning a trade is really worthwhile.

Runes

To improve equipment, you can put runes with attributes into any item that has one or more rune slots. Runes can be looted from monsters or gained from disenchanting other equipment.

There are many kinds of runes, all of which carry different sets of attributes. Every type of rune also exists in various ranks (I-X) and is more of less efficient, depending on the rank. You can also use the Arcane Transmutator, which can be reached via your backpack, to combine several runes of the same kind and rank to a higher ranked version of that rune or use several different runes to create an entirely different rune!

On top of this, it will be possible to take the attributes of one item and insert them into another item – so fashion victims can make sure they get the best stats and look great too!

Upgrading Equipment with Jewels

Aside from inserting runes into your equipment, you can also upgrade them by refining them with jewels which can be bought from NPCs. If you successfully refine them, the item will receive higher attributes (e.g. +1% Defense) and behind the name of the item, a „+1“ will be shown.

The lucky ones who will reach the maximum upgrade level of +6 will be able to enjoy significantly better equipment – but be careful, the chance to successfully combine equipment with a jewel is only 30%! If it fails, all jewel upgrades may be lost or the item may even break.