Grid didn’t leave the smithy for the entirety of last month. From the moment he connected to Satisfy to the time he logged out, he stayed at the smithy the whole time. In the meantime, Grid was able to establish some facts that he knew dimly, or discovered new facts.

First, making the same items repeatedly wasn’t effective in raising the skill experience. Every time he made a different item, the skill experience would rise at a good rate.

Secondly, the better the materials, the higher the possibility that the item would have a higher rating.

For example, when making two iron swords based on the same production method, the iron sword with the poor-quality metal had a close to 100% chance of being a normal rating, whereas the one made with the finest metal had a relatively high probability of receiving a rare rating.

Thirdly, even when he was making items with the same production method and materials, the ones that he spent longer on were the ones that were more likely to have a higher rating.

It was very fortunate that Grid managed to make a...