Crafting Magic Items

[Xath]

So we all know that magic item creation takes 1 day per 1000gp in the base price. But in that, how many hours of the day are you actually devoting to crafting? Is it possible do a day's worth of crafting and still get other things done, or does crafting imply 16 hours of work (with the 8 hours of recharge rest)?

 

[Rystil Arden]

So we all know that magic item creation takes 1 day per 1000gp in the base price. But in that, how many hours of the day are you actually devoting to crafting? Is it possible do a day's worth of crafting and still get other things done, or does crafting imply 16 hours of work (with the 8 hours of recharge rest)?

Crafting implies 8 hours of work. It used to require no exertion for the rest of the day, but WotC changed that in 3.5 along with the rule about consecutive days to try to make it easier to craft on the go. However, you can't be working on two items simultaneously. Still, you could probably do spell research or something in 8 of the other hours