New Crafter (Ismir) looking for tips?

[Augoeides]

So, for a few days I roamed about, doing quests, but then I decided to dive deep into crafting. I've put in insane amount of hours into gathering/crafting the past week four days or so, and managed to get all my crafts to lv30, but it was really exhausting, so for now I've decided to focus on Weapon Forge, and have that at lv40, but now I need a ton of Pyrite.

Where's a good place to find Pyrite, and what are some good recipes or things to look out for? Also, eventually want to level the other crafts, so tips there would be appreciated.

[oi__io]

This crafting guide on Reddit is very good for beginner. But seeing you already hit level 30 on all craft, you're probably already beyond that but it's still very good guide for all interested in crafting.


I'm sure there's better strategy to leveling up crafting out there but this is what I do:

In the beginning I level up Tailoring & Leatherworking by turning bundle of flax into threads and then into flax canvas. I farm a lot of flax early on so there's synergy there. After that I use the canvas to make light armor for myself. I keep +5 and +6 but either sell or dismantle the rest for more xp.

For Weaponsmithing I crafted bows. I only keep few of them and dismantle the rest. For Armorsmithing I crafted shield. Same as bow, only keep some, dismantle the rest for more xp. Why bows and shield? They require very little resource to craft. Just make sure to craft the highest level bows and shield you can. The ones that give more than 100 xp per item. Use +4 crafting bench if you can.

Eventually I started doing quest so I got a lot of mobdrops; weapons and armors of different kinds. I sell expensive ones on market, keep very few of them and dismantle the rest. My second non-crafting character leveled up Weaponsmithing all the way to level 50+ just by dismantling weapons.

I happen to get a lot of steel bars from killing npcs and looting chests so I never needed to craft them. Sometimes it's better to just buy the materials in bulk from market. Find something that you can easily sell on market and use that money to buy other materials. For me, herbs are very easy to gather. They're everywhere. Easy 20-30s per 1k just from harvesting them as you go.

[Augoeides]

Originally posted by oi__io:

This crafting guide on Reddit is very good for beginner. But seeing you already hit level 30 on all craft, you're probably already beyond that but it's still very good guide for all interested in crafting.


I'm sure there's better strategy to leveling up crafting out there but this is what I do:

In the beginning I level up Tailoring & Leatherworking by turning bundle of flax into threads and then into flax canvas. I farm a lot of flax early on so there's synergy there. After that I use the canvas to make light armor for myself. I keep +5 and +6 but either sell or dismantle the rest for more xp.

For Weaponsmithing I crafted bows. I only keep few of them and dismantle the rest. For Armorsmithing I crafted shield. Same as bow, only keep some, dismantle the rest for more xp. Why bows and shield? They require very little resource to craft. Just make sure to craft the highest level bows and shield you can. The ones that give more than 100 xp per item. Use +4 crafting bench if you can.

Eventually I started doing quest so I got a lot of mobdrops; weapons and armors of different kinds. I sell expensive ones on market, keep very few of them and dismantle the rest. My second non-crafting character leveled up Weaponsmithing all the way to level 50+ just by dismantling weapons.

I happen to get a lot of steel bars from killing npcs and looting chests so I never needed to craft them. Sometimes it's better to just buy the materials in bulk from market. Find something that you can easily sell on market and use that money to buy other materials. For me, herbs are very easy to gather. They're everywhere. Easy 20-30s per 1k just from harvesting them as you go.

Thanks! I'll take a look at the guide. I recently started selling my Flax, that has been very profitable, as getting thousands of that is pretty easy with 100% soil. So I could probably just buy what I need. I generally try to break down everything, but also keep the +5 and +6 for myself, although those seem to have a higher chance of getting Critical Disassembly.

I did happen to find a nice place to farm Pyrite about an hour ago, going well so far, but probably not after daytime comes and more enemy players are active.

[angriff]

Why not go to one of your Economic Guild castles mines? The rumor is they are left open for friendlies in Ismirland. You can also get some at the Abbey when you own it.

The basics are that front line castles have all the good mines and good farms as an attractant to make you fodder for PVP though.

[Yurtin]

If you see me around (Yurtin) - I most likely have recipes I am willing to donate to any up and coming crafter.

The dig pit is a great source of materials and shoddy armor and weapons to destroy, that will give you scraps you can smelt down into Iron / Steel.

[Yurtin]

Originally posted by angriff:

Why not go to one of your Economic Guild castles mines? The rumor is they are left open for friendlies in Ismirland. You can also get some at the Abbey when you own it.

The basics are that front line castles have all the good mines and good farms as an attractant to make you fodder for PVP though.

Castle Audenstede is open to the nation.

It is on the front lines and we do get attacked daily but it's as safe as somewhere less productive such as Ulfguard Mine.

[Augoeides]

Well, the big problem I'm having right now, is that I'm at Weapon Forging Lv69, and can't really advance without making Dziwer Bars or Bolat Bars, both of which seem daunting to even try. The recipes just seem to be too elaborate to really try to go any higher than that.

I'm going to try working on my other Crafts, but I'm not expecting much better out of them.

[Ranker]

Craft a ton of low end items and disassemble them all, the xp really adds up

[primalredemption]

? I got weapon forging to lvl 100 already and have been playing for like a week. Just make peasants studded club all the way til 100

[Augoeides]

Originally posted by primalredemption:

? I got weapon forging to lvl 100 already and have been playing for like a week. Just make peasants studded club all the way til 100

Haha I'll have to look into that. I actually started doing something like that, but with my other crafts. Spamming Flour and Bread right now for Cooking, etc.

It's cost effective, but very time consuming and slow. And I don't really get to leave a farmland, so not exactly exciting gameplay.