Item Creation at first may seem like a useless part of Star Ocean, but Item Creation can you create some of the greatest, strongest, best items in the entire game. You can start Item Creation when you first arrive in Peterny and talk to Welch Vineyard in the Creator's Guild. Once you get the Telegraph, you'll start receiving updates from Welch and the guild about the progress of Item Creation.

There are eight types of Item Creation. Each different specialty is capable of creating different kinds of items. The eight specialties are:

Cooking : create food items
Alchemy : creates jewels and other miscellaneous magic items
Craft : creates jewelry and accessories
Compounding : creates used items and medicines
Blacksmith : creates weapons and armor
Writing : creates books
Machinery : creates guns and bombs
Synthesis : fuses an item to a weapon to transfer attributes