Skills · Crafting
Puppetry
Making and mending puppets with puppeteer's tools (taught only in Sunagakure): joints, frames and ten kinds of fighting puppets (Karasu, Kuroari, Sanshōuo, the scorpion, the mantis, the spider, the crane, the snake, the archer, the cannon). Plating (iron or steel) nailed on a puppet raises its durability above a new one's; modules (blades, springs, plates, a stronger frame, a chakra conduit) change how it fights. Person-shaped puppets wear clothes, armour and weapons — drag them onto the folded puppet; a dye colours any puppet. Hiruko is a shell its puppeteer climbs into. Also the power of Kugutsu techniques: your puppets come stronger with Kugutsu and Puppetry together.
What you can make from day one
Everyone knows these products — all you need is the tool, the materials and a little practice. The chance grows from zero at the first number to certainty at the second; while a product is a challenge, the skill grows.
| Product | Materials | Puppetry | Time | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Components | ||||
 Puppet Joint ×4
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 Board ×1
 Nails ×2
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0–30 | 3.8 s | A material for further work. |
 Puppet Frame
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Board ×6
Puppet Joint ×8
 Thread ×3
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0–45 | 7.3 s | A jointed wooden body without its weapons: the base of every fighting puppet. |
 Puppet Plating ×2
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 Iron Ingot ×2
 Tanned Leather ×1
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10–55 | 3.8 s | Puppet plating: a puppeteer with puppeteer's tools nails it on a puppet (double-click and choose one) — +4 durability, even above a new puppet's. |