Originally Posted by
Bejaymac
Junk pile leather doesn't have a visible power level, pulled some fresh just to make sure, and it shows as being white quality.
Does seem strange, that the crappiest leather in game can create leather items with the power level of full grown adult male animals, at the most I would have thought Power 0.20 which is the lowest Power you can get from animal leather.
I already said the Power level is hidden on scavenged leather ( It use to show, now it doesnt)
OK
Here is the full listing for Found leather.
Found Leather 0.25 Fort Stat - Power 1.0
And here is the listing for a max hp mutant deer
Dear Leather 1.00 Fort stat - Power 1.0
Can you see the difference.
The way crafting works is this..
Stat x Power = stat on item
So for the Found leather its Fort stat 0.25 x power 1.0 = 0.25 fort stat on the item
ie 0.25 x 1.0 = 0.25
For the mutant deer its this
Deer Leather fort stat 1.0 x power 1.0 = 1.0 fort stat
ie 1.0 x 1.0 = 1.0
You see the difference
The crappiest leather in the game is still crap because even though its power is 1.0 multiplied by the 0.25 fort stat, still makes it crap.
the crafting is more complicated then ive shown, theres modifiers on top of that calculation that reduce the stat (your skill and stat levels etc)