Architect Archive

although not required it is recommended for a few reaons

1. some items that you need to make high end harvestors are made by masters

2. Survey 4 is very useful for finding resources

3. Biz 4 is required for going on to Apprentice Merchant (allowing you 2 NPC vendors...more if you move up Merchant)

...plus you can make vehicles which are good sellers and the best powerups

Not necessary, no. I have never bothered to Master Artisan and I am not doing badly as a Master Architect. I can make High end harvesters as well no problem, and have been doing so for a long time, not sure what items you think I am missing for these Hugo, a birdcage? but maybe you meant for crafting stations ?

Power Core units, streetlights, and torches all need items from a master artisan. If you don't have easy access to a friend who is a master artisan, you will want to become one yourself. An NPC vendor is a really nice thing to have, so Novice Merchant makes sense. An architect without survey skills, again is quite crippled, so here's more artisan you need.

At the end of the day, there isn't much of artisan that doesn't come in very, very handy for an architect.

Jedel, is it just Master Artisan you are interested in knowing about, or rather the various branches on the way to Master ? I believe it would be tough to make it as a successful Architect without most of the Artisan tree, I suspect you could get away without filling all 4 survey for example, but most of the rest you will most likely need at some time or another. I said I didn't bother to Master Artisan, but i am 4-4-4-4, so it is simply the last step I haven't bothered with, although I may do later if I have the Apprentice Points to spare, I just couldn't see that Master Artisan gave me that much extra that I needed and so used them elsewhere. But that was before Master Artisan got vehicles....