The new DnD tools and 2024 crafting rules, explained

The 2024 Player’s Handbook gives DnD tools and equipment a specific purpose, and that means providing crafting rules to match. These new DnD crafting rules have been teased by Wizards of the Coast multiple times, but few concrete details were revealed in marketing.

However, while Wizards were busy revealing the details for DnD classes and DnD races, they also sent us a copy of the Player’s Handbook, and we recently finished a thorough readthrough. That means we can tell you how One DnD crafting and tools work – and to be honest, it’s not all that complicated.

DnD 2024 crafting rules

The new crafting rules are fairly similar to those found in the fifth edition DnD book, Xanathar’s Guide to Everything. Just as before, crafting an object requires you to have the appropriate tools, as well as raw materials worth half its buying cost (rounded down).

However, the time you need to craft an item is now calculated differently. In the 2024 Player’s Handbook, the number of days you need to craft an item equals its purchase price divided by 10 (round fractions up). These days don’t need to occur one after the other, and multiple characters can work on the project to shorten this crafting time – simply divide the time remaining by the number of people working on the item.

Crafting potions of healing and spell scrolls

Another new addition to the rules is the ability to craft healing potions and spell scrolls. The first of these requires a Herbalism Kit, 25 GP of raw material, and a single day to craft (eight hours of work, technically).

Spell scrolls are a little more complex. The time and money it takes depends on the level of the spell you want to inscribe on the scroll:

DnD tools 2024

Every DnD tool now comes with three features. Firstly, it has an associated ability score that’s applied when making checks with the tool. Secondly, it has a list of specific things you can do if you take the ‘utilize’ action with these tools. And lastly, all tools come with a list of equipment you can craft.

As always, being proficient in a tool means you can add your proficiency bonus to checks made with that tool. Additionally, if you have proficiency in a DnD skill that’s needed for the check, you also get advantage on the roll.

Here are the tools available in the 2024 Player’s Handbook:

Alchemist’s Supplies

Brewer’s Supplies

Calligrapher’s Supplies

Carpenter’s Tools

Cartographer’s Tools

Cobbler’s Tools

Cook’s Utensils

Disguise Kit

Forgery Kit

Gaming set

Dice

Dragonchess

Playing cards

Three-dragon ante

Glassblower’s Tools

Herbalism Kit

Jeweler’s Tools

Leatherworker’s Tools

Mason’s Tools

Musical Instrument

Bagpipes

Drum

Dulcimer

Flute

Horn

Lute

Lyre

Pan Flute

Shawm

Viol

Navigator’s Tools

Painter’s Supplies

Poisoner’s Kit

Potter’s Tools

Smith’s Tools

Tinker’s Tools

Thieves’ Tools

Weaver’s Tools

Woodcarver’s Tools

For more on the new rules, here’s our 2024 Player’s Handbook review. We can also tell you how DnD 2024 backgrounds and DnD 2024 feats differ from those found in the 2014 rulebooks.

Source: Wargamer