The most important skill for a stonemason is a handcraft. Of course, some additional knowledge in negotiation will also help to achieve better prices at the market. And some of the products we manufacture will help ours children to acquire the necessary skills sooner. Without Toy Soldiers, Stone wheel or Blackboards, children will learn almost nothing, until they start the school or theirs first job. So, feel free to produce the important enhancements for the future development of your dynasty in your own plant!
The most valuable item of our industry is the Diamond. Wear it, and no officer at the regional level will remain unimpressed. You should earn your money on the local market, because the products of the Stonemason are not tradable between towns.

About plants and production:

1st level: The first shop you will get is the bricklayer workshop. There, you can manufacture rough bricks, which is the most important intermediate product to go with this trade. As a final products there are the whet-stone and the stone wheel. In comparison to all other occupations, the life as a 1st level stonemason is the worst one offered by the guild. 

A quick look on the profit margins will reveal the stone wheels is the best item to start with, in order to get the money fast for the next stage of development.
This way, you could be compensated for the disadvantage of this trade.

2nd level: Starting from the 3rd advance in master's skill. You receive the title of the Cameo cutter. Finally, because now the rubles should roll in...
The important stone soldier toy and the blackboard will obtain the best prices. If you own several workshops, you should consider to upgrade them as fast as possible in order to be able to manufacture those products.
Who wants to allow some of the stonemason workshops to be handled by a masters, he will be quite satisfied with the results in this stage of development!

3rd level: On the stage of regional level politics,  diamonds and lucky stones are the must! As for a politician, who wants to do well and rise to higher position, this is it!
These can be manufactured only in the stone-cutter barn. So, you have to expand and extend your workshop. An advantage of these goods is, that one needs just a few of the relatively expensive intermediate products.

A shortcoming of the stonemason: there is no chance to sell the products abroad!
I wouldn't like to swear on this, but for many years (in my game time, of course), I never saw evidence of a demand for stonemason products in another town!

Final products of the stonemason and their effect:
Whet Stone: Improves the condition of weapons
Stone wheel: Improves the skill handcraft
Toy Soldier: Improves the skill combat
Blackboard: Improves the skill rhetoric
Diamond: Improves the reputation up to the regional level
Lucky stone: Improves the reputation up to the regional level


Supply of raw materials:
Clay bricks: Quarry, market
Granite blocks: Quarry, market
Slate: Quarry, market
Gold: Mine, market
Jewels: Mine, market
Oak planks: Forest, market
Color: Alchemist, market
Bricks: Own production, market


Even with the standard prices for whet-stones and stone wheels  deterring, for those who reached second stage early, this will not be a problem.
Then the money will pour in without the annoying disappointment from abroad trade!


As always, this is translation from german version of the game. Feel free to post the differences on our forum!