Crafting and Gathering

Gathering Skills

Mining

Buy a mining pick from the provisioners and stand next to a mountain. Press u to use, select the pick, then press the arrow key in the direction of the mountain. Then tape down the F9 key (thesedays you only have to press shift-F9 to repeat-use: bluetak no longer required) to mine your way to victory (however if you are AFK too long you will get booted). Don't catch black lung.

If you're really lucky you might dig up a gold nugget, otherwise you'll just dig up ore, the colour of which will depend on your skill. If you're unlucky, you may unearth an angry zorn.

More on Mining here.

Woodcrafting

Woodcrafting is the combined skills of lumberjacking and of making wooden items, such as staves, torches, and bows. To aquire the raw materials (i.e. logs), use a woodsman's axe in the forest and you might, depending on your skill, chop a log. Careful, however, as you may disturb a wisp.

Crafting Skills

Blacksmithery

Blacksmithery consists of two separate skills:Weaponsmith and Armourer. Both boil down to creating the items of war: metal weapons and armour.

To smelt iron ore, press u to use, select a pair of tongs and press an arrow key in the direction of a brazier.

To make metal weapons and armour, use a either smith's hammer or an armourer's hammer on an anvil whilst having ingots in your inventory. A list of items will then appear that you can make, once again according to your skill, and how many ingots you have.

More on Weaponsmith. More on Armourer.

Woodcrafting

As mentioned previously, Woodcrafting is the combined skill of logging and creating wooden items. To do the actual item creation, get yourself a pocket knife and use it to carve wooden things. You will need to have logs in your inventory to make anything.

More on Woodcrafting here.

Alchemy

Alchemy is all about making potions & converting materials. Alchemy has its own page here.

Tinkering

Tinkers specialize in the creation of nit nacks. From studs for studded leather to lockpicks. There ability to make certain items that almsot everyone uses makes them important.

More on Tinkering here.

Tailoring

Tailoring is the art of making cloth and leather items. To get started, buy a sewing kit from the provisioner, get yourself some cloth (or leather) and get sewing! More on Tailoring here.

Inscription

Inscription is the ability to create scrolls. Scrolls of identify, uncurse, town portal and a few of the spell scrolls are included.

More info on Inscription here.

Enchanting

Enchanting gives the ability to increase an items quality by using various gems.