Soulframe Craftwork, Temper Slots & Dismantling

Craftwork is the hidden quality roll on every Soulframe weapon — it decides how many Temper slots a weapon has, how much flat damage it carries, and what materials you get back when you break one down. Here's the six-tier system and the dismantle payout table, sourced from the community-maintained Weapons wiki.

P16 current rule: Tuvalkane now learns Tempers from dismantles after The Steelsinger. Each needs 10 points (single 1, doubled 2). To Strike, use a Level 30 compatible weapon and Tuvalkane Rank 3; Legendary is not required. Each change costs 1 Glow + 1 Amber + 1 Faer Lampyrite, cannot fail, and is permanent unless you pay to Strike a learned effect back. Type, Origin and Craftwork slot limits still apply. See Temper Striking.

Source: P16 patch transcription, reviewed 2026-10-08; published rules, not in-game verification.

Quick Answer

• What is Craftwork? A hidden 1–6 quality roll on every weapon copy — shown as stars under its inventory tile — that caps how many Tempers it can hold and adds flat bonus damage.
• Six tiers, low to high: Stock → Military → Officer → Noble → Sovereign → Legendary.
• Temper slots by tier: Stock 0–1 · Military 1–3 · Officer 2–4 · Noble 3–5 · Sovereign 4–6 · Legendary 5–8 (Refining to Legendary always guarantees all 8).
• Damage bonus: +4 flat damage per Craftwork rank, up to +20 at Legendary (Dual Blades get half that bonus).
• Dismantle decision: the community table lists Lampyrite from Noble and above, but lower-quality donors can still teach an unlearned Temper. Compare learning progress, the weapon base and resource needs before using bag space.

The six Craftwork tiers

P16 renames Refine to Enhance Craftwork. The quality and resource tables below retain community sourcing; they have not been remeasured in-game for this revision.

Craftwork is rolled randomly the moment a weapon is dropped, purchased, or crafted. Higher-level foes have a better chance of dropping higher-Craftwork weapons, and you can also raise a favored weapon's Craftwork by Refining it with Chordstones at Tuvalkane.

• Refining a weapon always grants at least 2 Tempers per step, as long as it doesn't exceed the new tier's cap.
• Refining all the way to Legendary guarantees 8 Tempers — one way to fill the cap; P16 Strike can also fill empty slots. A Legendary weapon that simply drops on the ground may only carry 5.
• Dual Blades receive half the flat damage bonus at every tier — factor that in before spending Chordstones on one.
• Craftwork is shown two ways in your client: as a word in the weapon tooltip, and as 1–6 stars beneath the inventory tile. Don't confuse this with a weapon's separate 1–3 star Tier (shown above the Mastery orb), which is a fixed rarity/acquisition rating, not a rerollable quality.

Dismantling — what each tier and Origin returns

Breaking down a weapon (from a ground drop, the Arsenal, or recently picked-up Inventory before Nightfold; arbitrary older inventory everywhere remains unconfirmed) frees Storage Capacity and returns Crafting/Refining resources. The payout depends on both the weapon's Craftwork tier and its Origin — Dendrit, Feykin, and Cassid weapons share one resource table; Ode'n and Mendicant weapons share a different one.

Reading the table: this community resource table is separate from learning value. Noble+ donors can supply Lampyrites, but a low-Craftwork donor may teach an unlearned target Temper. Check the dismantle preview; you do not need to carry every donor home. P16 also makes Rare Chest weapons Military at minimum.

Source and quantity limits: P15 HF8 explicitly added Scrap Brass as a possible Stock-weapon dismantle return, superseding older “never yields brass” advice. The resource names above do not establish guaranteed bundles or quantities. This historical Origin table is not a client-verified P16 payout table; check the dismantle preview for your copy. Source: P15 community patch transcription, not an official direct read or client test. The P16 transcription's Silisyst spelling remains unresolved against the catalog's Silistyt; do not infer a new item or rename from it.

Craftwork vs. Tempers vs. Tier — don't mix these up

Three different weapon stats get confused constantly in the community. This site keeps them strictly separate:

Should I dismantle or keep a ground drop?

Inspect specific Tempers → learning progress and doubles → base/type/Origin → Craftwork cap → materials → capacity.

• A Military donor with unlearned doubled Swift Strike gives 2 points after The Steelsinger; do not dismiss it merely for having fewer slots.
• A Sovereign duplicate whose Tempers are already learned is not automatically worth keeping. Compare its base and six-slot cap, upgrade costs and dismantle resources.
• Before Tuvalkane is present, dismantles do not teach retroactively; save a valuable donor if learning is the priority.

Strike requires Tuvalkane Rank 3 and a Level 30 target, not Legendary. Learned effects still require type/Origin compatibility and room. Every Strike costs one each of Glow, Amber and Faer Lampyrite.

FAQ

Next Steps

• Tempers overview — the full catalog of Temper effects by Origin and weapon type, so you know what you're rolling for.
• Chordstone Refining guide — how to actually raise a weapon's Craftwork, tier by tier.
• Lampyrite item page — where else to farm it besides dismantling.
• Oden Tempering guide — the separate Nightfold metal-upgrade queue, not to be confused with Craftwork Refining.