Pottery

Pottery is the kiln-and-clay tradeskill — ceramic bags, jeweler's sharpening wheels, kiln-fired components for other crafts, and the deep Iksar cultural recipe chain. Pottery rarely produces equipped gear directly, but it's the support tradeskill that other tradeskills depend on, and the Iksar cultural chain (race-locked) produces some of the best Iksar-only armor in the era.

The recipe book debuted classic with limited content and was massively expanded with Kunark for the Iksar cultural line, then refined through Velious and PoP. The Iksar sub-tree is the era highlight.

At a glance

Field	Value
Skill cap	251 (PoP-era)
Container	Pottery Wheel + Kiln (two-stage combine)
Container locations	Cabilis (Iksar hub), Skyfire, PoK tradeskill workshop
Class focus	Open to all; jewelcrafters and tailors often pick up as support
Race focus	Iksar cultural pottery — race-locked and deep
Common products	Ceramic bags, sharpening wheels, vases, Iksar cultural armor
Difficulty	Medium — two-stage combines and travel-gated kilns

What it makes

Pottery output splits across three roles. Tradeskill support items are the highest-volume work: sharpening wheels for jewelcraft, ceramic linings for tailoring's ceramic bag, kiln-fired components for smithing pattern molds. Storage — ceramic bottles, ceramic-lined bags, vases — gives you cheap inventory expansion without the cost of leather. Iksar cultural is the race-locked endgame — full Iksar plate and chain pottery armor sets that constitute the canonical Iksar leveling gear chain through Kunark.

The two-stage combine (wheel forms the green item, kiln fires it to ceramic) is unique among tradeskills and means pottery has a slower combine cycle than other skills.

Skill-up path (1 → 251)

1-50 (Trivial newbie tier)

• Small Pottery Container (trivial 14): Block of Clay + Water Flask + Kiln.
• Ceramic Bottle (trivial 38): Block of Clay + Water Flask + Kiln.
• Clay blocks vendor-stocked at any pottery merchant.

50-100 (Apprentice)

• Sharpening Wheel (trivial 60): Pottery Wheel + Block of Clay + Grinding Stone + Water Flask + Kiln.
• Ceramic Pot (trivial ~70): mid-low Iksar pottery line item.
• Sharpening wheels sell consistently to jewelcrafters.

100-150 (Journeyman)

• Ceramic Lined Bag (trivial 89): Ceramic Lining + Burlap × 4 + Sewing Kit + Water Flask + Kiln.
• Iksar Cultural Pottery (trivial 100+): race-locked tier-1 cultural plate.
• Burlap for the bag from tailor merchants.

150-200 (Expert)

• Iksar Cultural Pottery Plate (trivial ~150): mid-tier Iksar cultural armor.
• Skyfire Egg Containers: PoP-era pottery support recipes.
• Iksar cultural chain dominates this tier.

200-251 (Master)

• Master potter Trophy combine.
• Endgame Iksar cultural (race-locked): top-tier Iksar plate set, Kunark-era pinnacle.
• Master-tier ceramic components for late PoP gear.

Signature high-end recipes

• Sharpening Wheel: jewelcraft enabler, sells consistently in any tradeskill economy.
• Ceramic Lined Bag: storage upgrade, durable mid-game inventory expansion.
• Iksar Cultural Pottery Armor: race-locked Iksar plate set — full chain through Kunark, race-of-honor crafted gear.
• Skyfire kiln-fired components: PoP-era component support for raid crafts.

Tools and containers

Pottery uniquely requires two containers: a Pottery Wheel (some recipes) for the wet clay shaping stage, and a Kiln to fire the ceramic. Cabilis is the canonical Iksar pottery hub — wheel and kiln adjacent, with Iksar cultural recipes only purchasable here. Skyfire has a PoP-era kiln for endgame components. The PoK tradeskill workshop has both a wheel and a kiln in one location, which is the recommended setup for non-Iksar potters.

The Last Camp any-race-class note

Pottery is class-agnostic, but cultural recipes are deeply race-locked. Iksar cultural pottery is Iksar-only — The Last Camp's any-race-class character creation does not unlock this gate. If you want full Iksar cultural pottery access, you must roll an Iksar character. Non-cultural pottery (sharpening wheels, ceramic bags, basic ceramics) is open to all races and classes.

Common pitfalls

• Trying to fire wet clay in a kiln without the wheel stage. Two-stage combines fail without the prep stage.
• Grinding sharpening wheels past saturation. Demand is consistent but the market is not infinite — sell in batches of 3-5.
• Skipping Cabilis if grinding Iksar cultural. The Iksar vendor recipes only exist there.
• Forgetting water flasks. Pottery uses water in nearly every combine; bulk-buy.
• Picking pottery as your first tradeskill. Two-stage combines and travel-gated kilns make it slower to grind than baking or fletching.
• Trying to sell sharpening wheels in Qeynos. Jewelcrafter density is higher in Felwithe, Freeport, and PoK.

Vendor sources

Cabilis pottery vendors carry the cheapest clay blocks and grinding stones in the game, plus exclusive Iksar cultural pottery components and recipe purchases. The PoK tradeskill workshop has both wheel and kiln within a short walk of a pottery merchant — convenient but priced at retail. Skyfire is the only PoP-era kiln location for high-tier endgame components. Avoid grinding pottery in cities without both a wheel and a kiln; the back-and-forth travel kills throughput.

Related

• Tradeskill strategy guide
• Jewelcraft — primary buyer of sharpening wheels
• Iksar — cultural pottery race
• Cabilis — Iksar pottery hub
• Skyfire — PoP-era kiln access