Weapon and armor component specialisities and gather guide abilities

[Alryeth]

So if I happen to be a wood specialist, it says if I only use wood I get 2 bonus days.

What if I spend my all my days gathering basic components (as a crafter not a gather)? Do I still get bonus days?

What if I use them to go gather with a guide?

What if I use 1 day to gather basic wood and the rest to go with a guide? Do I get bonus days then?

Can bonus days be used to go with a guide?

[Brit]

Nope, this has already been answered elsewhere, you only get the days if you are making things with wood.

If you are not making 10 days worth of stuff with wood, you only get the 2 day bonus if you spend xp to get 2 extra days.

[VoodooSpecter]

Also alan you should note that rares a) don’t count as any of the base component types and b) don’t count against that. So if you make a weapon with 8 wood and 3 rares none of the rares count as wood, but they also don’t cause you to lose your 2 day bonus. They’re just additional things you can add. So any rare smithing component will do (you can’t use rare alchemy for crafting)

[Brit]

Math wise, you can make two master items a session if you are making them with only wood, and buy the extra 2 days:

Make 1 master item: 6 days (if you take the day bonus in lieu of the component bonus)

(4 days left) (buy 2 bonus days, then get two bonus days for using only wood) (equals 8 days left)

Build one more master wood item!

So I think paul is right about us all doing a gathering cycle, then a building cycle. (In my case, an alchemy cycle, then a smith cycle)