Quality

Quality is a stat: An item's quality is how well-made it is.

Quality	Beauty Factor	Market Value Factor	Deterioration Rate Factor
Awful	-0.1	0.4	2
Shoddy	0.1	0.6	1.5
Poor	0.5	0.8	1.25
Normal	1	1	1
Good	1.5	1.2	0.85
Superior	2	1.5	0.75
Excellent	3	2	0.63
Masterwork	5	3	0.51
Legendary	10	6	0.4

Some crafted items have a quality level, which affects their stats and is determined by the crafter's relevant skill.

When an item requiring a quality is finished, the quality is randomly determined using a standard distribution with a standard deviation of 1.25 quality levels and a mean of approximately one quality level per three skill levels. (Note that while every skill level typically increases the mean by one-third of a quality level, the jumps from levels 16 to 17 and 19 to 20 are twice as large as all others.) Template:Clr

The following table shows the probabilities per skill level. You can read the blocks in each row as the answer to the question "if I make ten items at that skill level, what assortment of quality levels will I typically get?"

= 10% chance;

= 5% – 9% chance;

= 1% – 4% chance;

= <1% chance

		Awful	Shoddy	Poor	Normal	Good	Superior	Excellent	Masterwork	Legendary
3	Basic Familiarity
4	Amateur
5	Strong Amateur
6	Practitioner
7	Skilled Practitioner
8	Professional
9	Skilled Professional
10	Expert
11	Strong Expert
12	Very Strong Expert
13	Master
14	Strong Master
15	Planet-Class Master
16	System-Class Master
17	Revered Master
18	Visionary
19	Legendary
20	Godlike