Craft & refining guide
Thetford, the swamp city, is one of Albion Online's five royal cities. Its dark atmosphere hides major crafting advantages: production bonuses and a refining specialty that attract crafters from across the realm.
In Thetford, every craft or refine gets a base production bonus of +18 %. This stacks with city specialties and focus, directly increasing your resource return rate (RRR).
Thetford's refining specialty is Ore: you get +40 % production bonus when refining this raw resource into its refined form (metal bar, planks, cloth, leather or stone block).
To refine Ore at the best cost, use the Albion Craft Pro refining calculator with Thetford selected — the +40 % bonus and RRR are included automatically in the profit calculation.
Thetford's craft specialties (+15 % bonus on these categories) are: maces, fire staffs, nature staffs, leather armor, cloth helmets. Crafting these items in this city lowers material cost and improves net profit vs a city without the specialty.
Compare Thetford with other royal cities (Fort Sterling, Lymhurst, Bridgewatch, Martlock, Caerleon) based on your pipeline: resource refining, weapon or armor type, and material prices on the royal market.
Simulate crafting and refining profit in Thetford with Albion Craft Pro: live market prices, city bonuses, focus, taxes and a free trial to test all calculators.
