| Now that you've acquired your raw materials, it's time to decide what you should make. First you should look through your current recipe book. You can access it simply by pressing "B". You'll be presented with a list of your current recipes. This list will continue to grow as you progress through your levels and scribe new recipes by finding or purchasing tradeskill books. Each tradeskill book has a volume associate with it. This volume number is the required level you need (in tradeskill experience) in order to learn from the book. If you are at the appropriate tradeskill level then simply right click on the book while it is in your inventory or bank and select scribe. The chat window will show you a list of recipes that have been scribed in your book. In addition to your recipes growing as you level your max skill level for specific tradeskill skills will also advance. |
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| Now on to what you should make. The idea behind tradeskilling simply to level your character is to always be crafting something equal to your level. In the beginning, food is the easiest thing to make to progress the fastest. This is because almost all of the ingredients to craft a finished product can be bought directly from the merchants. You can simply stroll up to the merchant, purchase a stack of two or three items and be ready to gain a level. Once you start crafting in other areas however, you will find that some, if not all, of the materials you need must be found or sub-crafted. Usually these sub-crafted materials are below your level however and so making them from scratch will result in little to no tradeskill experience but a significant amount of lost time. This is the reason all the level 1 - 10 guides out there always have you make food. For speed this is great but you will not have any experience in the specific skills you will want you use later on. Sure you'll be an amazing cook but it's not too much help if you're trying to forge a blade. |
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| I would recommend using all the materials you have at your disposal and spend a good amount of time at each workstation. You should pay attention to your actual skill level for each type of crafting, i.e. watch your Chemistry level if you're tradeskilling at the Alchemy Table. Your chance of succeeding or failing is based on these values, not just your tradeskill level. This is why you hear people yelling about how they can't craft a simple level 6 potion at level 15. They spent all their time cooking! They've got 74 in cooking but only 14 in chemistry. So take they time to visit all the machines crafting different items. The other huge benefit to this is learning what skills each workstation uses. What counter measures you'll have to take and how each one effects the progress and durability of what you are crafting. |
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| So to get started, find an item in your recipe book that is equal to your level and that you have enough resources to make. You will always have to buy fuel. Fuel is 6 copper at the wholesaler or newbie merchant and each machine uses a different type of fuel to operate it. Each time you craft something, one fuel will be used. The below list shows what fuel matches to what station: |
| Forge: Coal |
| Work Bench: Coal |
| Keg: Coal |
| Loom: Filament |
| Chemistry Table: Candle |
| Sawhorse: Sandpaper |
| Engraved Desk: Incense |
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| Next: Crude, Shaped, Pristine? (Choosing the Materials) |
