There are three Artisans, the [[Jeweler]], [[Blacksmith]], and [[Mystic]], all of whom travel with the [[Caravan]], and all of whom are available to the player in each act of the game. Artisans were introduced in August 2010, and are succinctly explained in the [[Artisan Video]], narrated by Jay Wilson.

Artisans are basically super-vendors, they provide buying and selling items, as well as providing all of the same function crafting services. They have other vendors provide but with unique abilities and a possibility to special features as well; they can be upgraded over time , which will have a visual effect on improves their skills, adds to the Artisan crafting [[recipes]] they offer, and his shop, check even improves the gallery at the bottom appearance of the page to see the transitiontheir wagons.

They can Buy and Sell Equipment, however, there are different types [[Crafting]] is their biggest special skill. This form of Artisansitem creation requires a recipe, and each one has its own unique set of abilities. All Artisans can [[Crafting|Craftmaterials]] items for the player, provided they provide supplies and [[gold. Crafted items are standard]], which the Artisan will craft into a new item with some are magic pre-set and some are rare magic items, But every crafted item has 1 or more [[random properties attached to it, that are finalized upon being crafted]]. Artisans will have recipes for This is essentially an upgrade over how craftingworked in Diablo II, but Unique recipes and it varies from crafting in most RPGs since the outcome is not entirely predictable; the random properties can be found in Sanctuaryroll as a wide variety of [[modifer]]s, potentially yielding a fantastic item, or a piece of junk, from monsters and other sourcesthe same recipe. Numerous attempts at most recipes are to be expected before a great item is fashioned.

When first encountered, the Artisans are found throughout seem like any other [[SanctuaryNPCs]] and are inaccessible to the player until he earns their trust by completing a quest or some other currently unknown way. Only then will an Artisan become accessible. After an Artisan is fully trained, he can They have problems that must be specialized in different areas of Expertisesolved as [[quests]]. For example if you love to use Axes, you can specialize Only once the Blacksmith Artisan into Axes, meaning they will Artisans have more Axes for Selling and Crafting. The playerbeen impressed by the hero's commitment to a specialization on an Artisan is not permanentskill will they join the [[Caravan]] and travel with you, every specialization requires its own time offering quest and crafting material required story information, as well as their talents and do not cancel each other outabilities, for a price.

==Types Specializing doesn't take away from the Artisan's other recipe skills though. They can still make all types of items, and can learn to specialize in multiple types of items. Presumably this would just require a lot of crafting, as the Artisans==learn through experience.

==The Three Artisans== There are three Artisans in Diablo III. Each of these NPCs will be encountered during the course of the gameplay, and once their quest is completed they will join up with the [[MysticCaravan]]and travel with the player for the rest of the game. See their individual pages for many more details.  ===The Blacksmith===[[Haedrig Eamon]], the [[Blacksmith]] is the only Artisan yet named. He is the first one encountered, early in Act One, and he gives the player the [[Salvage Cube]], which is used throughout the game to break down items into [[materials]] for crafting.*Special Abilities: Shop[[Repair]]s, Craft[[Socket]]ing.*Crafting Specialties: [[Weapons]], Training[[Armor]].  ===The Mystic===The [[Mystic]] has not yet been named, but it's widely rumored that she might be [[Adria]], returned in Diablo III. Her talents involve creating magical objects.*Special Abilities: Enchanting Items, Identifying [[Enchant]]ing Items.*SpecialityCrafting Specialties: Magic EquipmentMagical Weapons, Runes/[[Runestones]], [[Charms/]], [[Potions/]], [[Scrolls]].  ===Jeweler===The [[Jeweler]] is also unnamed, so far. He is said to be a greedy, avaricious fellow, who accompanies the player out of a desire for riches. He deals in [[gems]] and crafting jewelry.*Special Abilities: Un-socketing Gems, Gem Upgrades*Crafting Specialties: [[Rings]], [[Amulets]], and Gems.

Training is not free; it costs increasing amounts of gold and materials, but players will always want to train up their Artisans, since this enables them to create higher level quality items from better recipes.