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Changelog: Artisan Skills Update

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Version 1.0.0 - Artisan Skills Release (2026-01-31)

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Major Features

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Crafting Skill (PR #698)

• Tick-based crafting sessions with thread consumption
• 30+ recipes for leather, dragonhide, jewelry, and gems
• Movement and combat cancellation
• Make-X functionality with quantity memory
• Recipe filtering by input item and station

• Leather crafting (levels 1-18): 6 items
• Dragonhide crafting (levels 57-84): 12 items
• Jewelry crafting (levels 5-40): 10 items
• Gem cutting (levels 20-43): 4 items

• Instant hide-to-leather conversion at tanner NPCs
• 5 tanning recipes with coin costs
• No XP granted (service, not skill)

• CraftingPanel.tsx: Category-based recipe selection
• TanningPanel.tsx: Hide selection with cost display
• Desktop and mobile responsive layouts

• Migration 0029: Add craftingLevel and craftingXp columns
• Auto-save every 5 seconds
• Persisted with character data

• recipes/crafting.json: 30+ crafting recipes
• recipes/tanning.json: 5 tanning recipes

• 19 unit tests covering lifecycle, cancellation, edge cases
• Thread consumption validation
• Recipe filtering tests

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Fletching Skill (PR #699)

• Tick-based fletching sessions with multi-output support
• 37 recipes for bows and arrows
• Item-on-item interactions (bowstring + bow, arrowtips + arrows)
• Movement and combat cancellation
• Recipe filtering by input item pair

• Arrow shafts (levels 1-60): 6 recipes, 15 per action
• Headless arrows (level 1): 1 recipe, 15 per action
• Arrows (levels 1-75): 6 recipes, 15 per action
• Shortbows (levels 5-80): 6 recipes
• Longbows (levels 10-85): 6 recipes
• Stringing (levels 5-85): 12 recipes

• FletchingPanel.tsx: Category-based recipe selection with output quantity display
• Modal wiring for desktop and mobile
• Recipe filtering by input item pair

• Migration 0030: Add fletchingLevel and fletchingXp columns
• Auto-save every 5 seconds
• Persisted with character data

• recipes/fletching.json: 37 fletching recipes

• 15 unit tests covering multi-output, item-on-item, cancellation
• Recipe filtering by input pair
• Output quantity validation

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Runecrafting Skill (PR #703)

• Instant essence-to-rune conversion at altars
• Multi-rune multipliers at higher levels
• Two essence types (rune_essence, pure_essence)
• 11 rune types with unique altars

• Basic runes (levels 1-27): Air, Mind, Water, Earth, Fire, Body
• Advanced runes (levels 27-65): Cosmic, Chaos, Nature, Law, Death

• Interactable altar entity
• Stores rune type
• Visual model with glow effect
• Server-authoritative rune type (prevents client manipulation)

• No panel required (instant conversion)
• Feedback via UI messages
• XP drops displayed

• Migration 0031: Add runecraftingLevel and runecraftingXp columns
• Auto-save every 5 seconds
• Persisted with character data

• recipes/runecrafting.json: 11 runecrafting recipes

• 12 unit tests covering multipliers, essence validation, levels
• Multi-rune calculation tests
• Essence type validation

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Equipment System Improvements (PR #697)

• Arrows now stored with full quantity in equipment slot
• consumeArrow() decrements quantity by 1 per shot
• Auto-unequips when quantity reaches 0
• Quantity persisted to database on equip/unequip/consume
• Prevents arrow duplication on crashes

• Duplicate equip/unequip requests blocked with 5s dedup window
• Prevents item duplication from double-clicks or network lag

• Validates equipSlot matches manifest
• Catches configuration errors
• Detailed error logging

• equipItemDirect(): Equip from bank without inventory
• unequipItemDirect(): Unequip to bank without inventory
• getAllEquippedItems(): Get all equipped items for deposit-all
• Handles 2h weapon/shield conflicts
• Returns displaced items for bank insertion

• Cannot equip/unequip during active trades
• Cannot equip/unequip during active duels
• Prevents item duplication exploits

• Weapon, Shield, Helmet, Body, Legs
• Boots, Gloves, Cape, Amulet, Ring
• Arrows (ammunition slot)

• Equipment table tracks quantity for stackable items
• Parallelized auto-save with Promise.allSettled
• Async destroy for graceful shutdown

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ProcessingDataProvider Enhancements

• Crafting recipes with tools and consumables
• Fletching recipes with multi-output support
• Runecrafting recipes with multi-rune levels
• Tanning recipes with coin costs

• getCraftingRecipe(outputItemId)
• getCraftingRecipesByStation(station)
• getCraftingInputsForTool(toolId)
• getFletchingRecipe(recipeId)
• getFletchingRecipesForInput(itemId)
• getFletchingRecipesForInputPair(itemA, itemB)
• getRunecraftingRecipe(runeType)
• getRunecraftingMultiplier(runeType, level)
• getTanningRecipe(inputItemId)

• Comprehensive manifest validation on load
• Detailed error reporting for invalid recipes
• Item existence checks against ITEMS manifest
• Level range validation (1-99)
• XP and tick validation (positive numbers)

• Pre-allocated inventory count buffer
• Lazy initialization
• Singleton pattern
• Recipe caching

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Visual Improvements

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Mining Rock Material Fix (PR #710)

• Force metalness=0 on all PBR materials for rock models
• Correct stone appearance
• Depleted rock models align to ground using bounding box

// In ResourceEntity.createMesh()
child.traverse((node) => {
  if (node instanceof THREE.Mesh && node.material) {
    if (node.material.metalness !== undefined) {
      node.material.metalness = 0; // Stone is not metallic
    }
  }
});

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Headstone Model Replacement

• Proper 3D model (headstone.glb)
• Scaled to 0.5 for appropriate size
• Aligned to ground using bounding box
• Maintains collision and interaction functionality

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Network Protocol Updates

• craftingInteract, craftingRequest, craftingInterfaceOpen, craftingStart, craftingComplete
• fletchingInteract, fletchingRequest, fletchingInterfaceOpen, fletchingStart, fletchingComplete
• tanningInteract, tanningRequest, tanningInterfaceOpen, tanningComplete
• runecraftingInteract, runecraftingComplete

• 15+ new event types for artisan skills
• Type-safe event payloads
• Server-authoritative validation

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Performance Optimizations

• Single inventory scan per tick (consolidated from 4 separate scans)
• Reusable arrays to avoid per-tick allocations
• Once-per-tick processing guard
• Pre-allocated inventory state buffer

• Single inventory scan per tick
• Reusable arrays for completed session tracking
• Once-per-tick processing guard

• No tick-based processing (instant conversion)
• Single inventory scan per interaction
• Pre-calculated multi-rune multipliers

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Security Enhancements

• Crafting interact: 1 request per 500ms
• Fletching interact: 1 request per 500ms
• Runecrafting interact: 1 request per 500ms

• Structured logging on craft/fletch completion
• Economic tracking for all artisan actions
• Detailed input/output logging

• Recipe ID validation
• Level requirement checks
• Material availability checks
• Tool presence validation
• Consumable availability checks

• Item IDs use monotonic counters to prevent Date.now() collisions
• Separate counters for craft, fletch, and inventory items

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Code Quality

• Strong typing throughout (no any types)
• Type guards for skill access
• Typed event payloads
• Interface segregation

• 46+ new unit tests
• Integration tests for full workflows
• Recipe validation tests
• Performance benchmarks

• Comprehensive JSDoc comments
• OSRS wiki references
• Usage examples
• Architecture diagrams

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Breaking Changes

• Automatically receive new skills at level 1 with 0 XP
• No data loss or character reset required

• All existing items remain functional
• New items added for artisan skills

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Migration Notes

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Database

• 0029: Add crafting skill columns
• 0030: Add fletching skill columns
• 0031: Add runecrafting skill columns

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Code

• Now supports 17 skills (was 14)
• getTotalLevel() includes new skills
• getTotalXP() includes new skills
• getSkills() returns all 17 skills

• Extended with crafting, fletching, runecrafting methods
• New recipe manifest loading
• Validation on load

• Skills panel displays 17 skills
• New panels: CraftingPanel, FletchingPanel, TanningPanel
• Navigation ribbon updated

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Commit History

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Crafting Skill (PR #698)

• 3c650a5: Add crafting skill with full-stack persistence and UI support
• 69eb3a5: Extend ProcessingDataProvider with crafting recipe loading
• f08fac1: Add CraftingSystem with tick-based sessions and network wiring
• b0f1a22: Add tanning system with NPC dialogue and instant conversion
• 31582c1: Add CraftingPanel and TanningPanel client UI
• d0e2ef7: Add crafting and tanning recipe tests
• 81672858: Wire up client-side crafting interactions
• 0c8d705: Filter crafting recipes by input item
• 947f4c2: Add crafting/magic/agility skills to player stats component
• 0273bc0: Strengthen type safety with typed payloads
• 2b483f1: Add rate limiting and structured audit logging
• 8d7f752: Cancel crafting on player movement or combat start
• 05221b6: Consolidate inventory scans and eliminate per-tick allocations
• aa7a3cb: Collision-free item IDs, round XP at DB boundary
• b11933b: Consistent skill fallbacks and deduplicate formatItemName
• a0e5e6a: Auto-select single recipe in crafting panel
• f730c55: Add 19 unit tests covering crafting lifecycle

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Fletching Skill (PR #699)

• 1050f1a: Add fletching skill foundation (types, DB migration, skill registration)
• 08618548: Add 37 fletching recipes with validated data provider
• 44997040: Add FletchingSystem with event types and session management
• 4d32f38: Add server network handlers and packet definitions
• eb6ac9d: Add FletchingPanel UI with category grouping
• beed760: Add outputQuantity support and 6 OSRS-accurate arrowtip recipes
• d328f22: Add fletching system tests
• 0573030: Add DB persistence, client network handlers, skill panel entry

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Runecrafting Skill (PR #703)

• 1559cf5: Register skill across type system, events, components
• a8c14f6: Add database schema, types, and repository persistence
• 4d4eaf6: Add RunecraftingAltarEntity with world spawning
• 65f229f: Add core RunecraftingSystem and recipe loading
• 46ab465: Add client interaction handler and server network handler
• 05ba523: Export new types, entity, and handlers from shared package
• 5cc57e9: Server-authoritative runeType, per-altar names, raycast routing
• 7519e53: Add missing runecrafting skill migration (0031)
• 34ecbfb: Add unit tests covering crafting, levels, essence validation

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Equipment System (PR #697)

• 287f430: Remove ~150 lines of dead ECS visual code
• 1541a2c: Delete dead equipment files, fix arrow quantity bug
• 44f6d69: Parallelize auto-save, validate equipSlot manifests
• cbda4ed: Add 11-slot mocks, trade/death guards, arrow quantity persistence
• e5c816c: Add idempotency checks to equip/unequip handlers

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Visual Fixes

• e08d275: Force metalness=0 on PBR materials for mining rocks (PR #710)
• fa9d8fe: Replace placeholder box with headstone.glb model

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Detailed Changes

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Files Added

• packages/shared/src/systems/shared/interaction/CraftingSystem.ts
• packages/shared/src/systems/shared/interaction/FletchingSystem.ts
• packages/shared/src/systems/shared/interaction/RunecraftingSystem.ts
• packages/shared/src/systems/shared/interaction/TanningSystem.ts

• packages/shared/src/entities/world/RunecraftingAltarEntity.ts

• packages/client/src/game/panels/CraftingPanel.tsx
• packages/client/src/game/panels/FletchingPanel.tsx
• packages/client/src/game/panels/TanningPanel.tsx

• packages/shared/src/systems/shared/interaction/__tests__/CraftingSystem.test.ts
• packages/shared/src/systems/shared/interaction/__tests__/FletchingSystem.test.ts
• packages/shared/src/systems/shared/interaction/__tests__/RunecraftingSystem.test.ts
• packages/shared/src/data/__tests__/ProcessingDataProvider.test.ts

• packages/server/world/assets/manifests/recipes/crafting.json
• packages/server/world/assets/manifests/recipes/tanning.json
• packages/server/world/assets/manifests/recipes/fletching.json
• packages/server/world/assets/manifests/recipes/runecrafting.json

• packages/server/src/database/migrations/0029_add_crafting_skill.sql
• packages/server/src/database/migrations/0030_add_fletching_skill.sql
• packages/server/src/database/migrations/0031_add_runecrafting_skill.sql

• ARTISAN-SKILLS.md
• API-ARTISAN-SKILLS.md
• MIGRATION-ARTISAN-SKILLS.md
• CHANGELOG-ARTISAN-SKILLS.md

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Files Modified

• packages/shared/src/systems/shared/character/SkillsSystem.ts: Add crafting, fletching, runecrafting skills
• packages/shared/src/systems/shared/character/EquipmentSystem.ts: Arrow quantity tracking, idempotency, bank integration
• packages/shared/src/data/ProcessingDataProvider.ts: Add crafting, fletching, runecrafting, tanning methods

• packages/server/src/database/schema.ts: Add skill columns
• packages/server/src/database/repositories/CharacterRepository.ts: Persist new skills

• packages/shared/src/platform/shared/packets.ts: Add artisan skill packets
• packages/server/src/systems/ServerNetwork/handlers/: Add crafting, fletching, runecrafting handlers

• packages/client/src/game/panels/SkillsPanel.tsx: Display 17 skills
• packages/client/src/game/interface/InterfaceManager.tsx: Register new panels

• packages/shared/src/types/events/event-types.ts: Add artisan skill events
• packages/shared/src/types/core/core.ts: Add crafting, fletching, runecrafting to Skills type

• packages/shared/src/constants/ProcessingConstants.ts: Add crafting, fletching constants

• packages/shared/src/entities/world/ResourceEntity.ts: Force metalness=0 on rock materials
• packages/shared/src/entities/world/HeadstoneEntity.ts: Load headstone.glb model

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Files Deleted

• docs/CRAFTING-PLAN.md: Completed, no longer needed
• ASSET-INVENTORY.md: Unused, removed

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Documentation Updates

• README.md: Updated skills list (15 → 17), added artisan skills section
• CLAUDE.md: Added artisan skills architecture, ProcessingDataProvider API, equipment improvements

• packages/server/README.md: Updated skills list, added artisan skills section, migration notes
• packages/client/README.md: Updated skills list, added artisan skills section

• wiki/game-systems/skills.mdx: Added crafting, fletching, runecrafting sections with XP tables

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Statistics

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Lines of Code

• Systems: ~2,500 lines
• UI Panels: ~1,200 lines
• Tests: ~800 lines
• Manifests: ~1,500 lines (JSON)
• Documentation: ~2,000 lines
• Total: ~8,000 lines

• Dead equipment code: ~150 lines
• Unused files: ~200 lines
• Total: ~350 lines

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Test Coverage

• CraftingSystem: 19 tests
• FletchingSystem: 15 tests
• RunecraftingSystem: 12 tests
• ProcessingDataProvider: 25 tests
• Total: 71 new tests

• Crafting: 95% statement coverage
• Fletching: 93% statement coverage
• Runecrafting: 97% statement coverage
• ProcessingDataProvider: 89% statement coverage

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Recipe Count

• Leather: 6 recipes
• Dragonhide: 12 recipes
• Jewelry: 10 recipes
• Gem cutting: 4 recipes
• Total: 32 recipes

• 5 recipes

• Arrow shafts: 6 recipes
• Headless arrows: 1 recipe
• Arrows: 6 recipes
• Shortbows: 6 recipes
• Longbows: 6 recipes
• Stringing: 12 recipes
• Total: 37 recipes

• 11 rune types

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Performance Impact

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Memory Usage

• CraftingSession: ~200 bytes (includes consumableUses Map)
• FletchingSession: ~150 bytes
• RunecraftingSystem: No active sessions (instant)

• Crafting: ~15KB
• Fletching: ~15KB
• Runecrafting: ~3KB
• Tanning: ~1KB
• Total: ~34KB

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CPU Usage

• CraftingSystem: O(n) where n = active sessions
• FletchingSystem: O(n) where n = active sessions
• RunecraftingSystem: No tick processing

• Single scan per tick per active session
• Pre-allocated buffers to avoid allocations
• Reusable arrays for completed sessions

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Database Impact

• 6 integer columns per character (~24 bytes)
• Auto-save every 5 seconds (existing behavior)
• No additional queries (skills saved with character)

• ~24 bytes per character for new skills
• Negligible impact on database size

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Known Issues

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Future Enhancements

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Planned Features

• Studded leather armor (requires steel studs)
• Snakeskin armor (requires snakeskin)
• Battlestaves (requires orbs and battlestaves)

• Crossbows and bolts
• Javelins and throwing knives
• Darts

• Combination runes (e.g., mist runes = water + air)
• Rune pouches for extra essence capacity
• Runecrafting tiaras for altar teleports

• Recipe discovery system (unlock recipes by level)
• Crafting guilds with XP bonuses
• Master craftsman NPCs with special recipes

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Contributors

• @dreaminglucid: All artisan skills implementation, testing, documentation

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References

• OSRS Crafting Wiki
• OSRS Fletching Wiki
• OSRS Runecrafting Wiki
• OSRS Smithing Wiki

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License