Similar to the Armor templates, there are books and scrolls that are available from the different historians in the Plane of Knowledge, Crescent Reach and Abysmal Sea. There are three sets of books for these recipes: tailoring and smithing and tinkering. The tinkering books are only available for gnomes. If your race doesn't have a silk/leather wearer, then you won't see a tailoring book and likewise lack of a chain/plate class, then you won't see a smithing book. These books and scrolls contain all the recipes for the different levels of cultural armor. The difference is that you must scribe these books in order to perform the combine. Visbility to these books depends on your skill level.
Scribing these are REQUIRED in order to perform the combine
Vendor | Book | Zones |
a cultural smithing historian | Simple ... Cultural Smithing
Ornate ... Cultural Smithing Intricate ... Cultural Smithing Elaborate ... Cultural Smithing |
PoK, CR, AS |
a cultural tailoring historian | Simple ... Cultural Tailoring
Ornate ... Cultural Tailoring Intricate ... Cultural Tailoring Elaborate ... Cultural Tailoring |
PoK, CR, AS |
a cultural discoveries historian | Elegant ... Cultural Smithing
Elegant ... Cultural Tailoring Stalwart ... Cultural Smithing Stalwart ... Cultural Tailoring |
PoK, CR, AS | a cultural tinkering historian | Extravagant ... Cultural Smithing
Extravagant ... Cultural Tailoring |
PoK |
Cultural Armor Summary
Cultural Book | Armor Level | Skill Range | Tailoring Templates | Smithing Templates |
Simple | 15 - 20 | 84 - 115 | Sullied | Thalium |
Ornate | 35 - 40 | 155 - 186 | Crude Silk/Rough Leather | Fulginate |
Intricate | 55 - 60 | 275 - 306 | Fine | Rhemnium |
Elaborate | 65 - 69 | 355 - 386 | Superb | Cobalt |
Elegant | 75 - 79 | 435 - 466 | Equisite | Tantalum |
Stalwart | 81 - 85 | 435 - 466 | Immaculate | Vanadium |
Extravagant | 86 - 90 | 498 - 528 | Fantastic | Osmium |