smithing subcraft

[falseliberty]

hey guys im taking to smithing to 60 for a sub but it seems like all the guides i find online are from like '05

I found steel bullets which took me from 24-30 really easy

i have GS WW cooking @ 60 and alchemy at 100 if that gives me any free room

thx in advance for any help

[nitsuj]

Personally, I like CTownWoody's stuff

Smithing Guide by Ctownwoody - FFXIclopedia, the Final Fantasy XI wiki - Characters, items, jobs, and more

[Baelorn]

Personally, I like CTownWoody's stuff

Smithing Guide by Ctownwoody - FFXIclopedia, the Final Fantasy XI wiki - Characters, items, jobs, and more

His guides are great. I've used them to level all of my subs so far and I've been pretty successful(I think so anyways).

[cdgreg]

My best advice for smithing sub is to be patient and utilize the alzhabi guild. You can not only ge quite a fee ores from the npc but he'll by your crap for a bit more. Also, when it came to needing a large quantity of non-npc ores don't fall into a trap of buying the price jacked ones. It may take you an extra week but it will save you quite a bit in the long run. Obviously you're also working on other subs so that will help you not dwell just on smithing. I recently did most subs from0-60 and smithing was my favorite

[Vesper84]

Ctown does have great guides and I use them when possible.

At times though the skill up guides have to many little gaps to craft in. The more of a gap more chances are with .2s.
For awhile I stopped on my smithing sub because I saw it as to costly. I recently picked it back up and zoomed through it breaking even. This is what I did.

Iron Cuisses
Smithing 35
Leathercraft 5

Earth
Cotton Thread
Iron scales x2
Leather Trousers

I had a lot of scales I made so I just used what I had on hand, buy the trousers from an NPC and then NPC the product to the GUILDS, you will get more back there than just NPCing. You should break even.

Iron Greaves
Smithing 36
Leathercraft ?
Earth
Cotton Thread
Iron Scales x2
Leather Highboots

Same thing here, just pushes you up higher. Remember its best to get the Cotton Thread from Desynth or from the guild, NEVER THE AH. You do not need to cap on these because of the next item coming up, they will only build you up so you can get higher. So don't worry about the scales and capping a lot.

War Pick
Smithing 38
Woodworking 6
Fire
Ash Lumber
Steel Ingot

Get the Ash lumber as cheap as possible, you will be getting the Steel off the AH. Once again, NPC to the guild and keep one for yourself, this is your rank up item.

Iron Mittens
Smithing 41
Leathercraft 10

Earth
Iron Sheet
Lizard Skin

You can farm up the lizzy skins in Davoi. Just run around killing the Too Weak ones with any kind of TH and they drop. Also camping the AH is good. Once again, good old guild NPC to help break even.

Mythril Pick
Smithing 47
Woodworking 8
Fire
Elm Lumber
Mythril Ingot

Gonna be camping the AH again, make sure you use Synth Support. Choices to make with this one: 1 NPC to guild, 2 Sell on AH. These are used in the quest to get the Mount Zhayolm map and ave about 9-10k on AH, where as NPCing is about 7.7k breaking even. Also this is your rank up item.

Gorget
Smithing 53
Fire
Iron Sheet
Sheep Leather

Easy synth to get items for, and sheep leather you can nab from the guild. These will sell fairly ok on the AH because they are needed for Sea Gorgets. Any HQ though will not work for those though. Also you can NPC to guild.

I personally stopped at about 50 because I am mining like a mad man in Mount Zhayolm on my mule trying to get Khroma. At the same time I taking the Iron sand and Bomb Ash I am making to make steel ingots which caps at 55. So anything past thing point use the guides people have set out and made. After the first two synthing items on this list make sure you cap out. Good luck to you, hope this helps, I know I flew through it will little lose, maybe little gain.

[Kongolo]

look for (in order):

1- Cheap synt.
2- Simple synt.
3- Available.
4- stack-able results.
5- Profitable.

that guides is very nice, but most items prices r different from server to server.

aaand use ffxiah.com recipes section for easier view 8)

[Theraven]

look for (in order):

1- Cheap receipts.
2- Simple receipts.

recipes?

[Kongolo]

recipes?

fixed

[Windfoxster]

look for (in order):

1- Cheap synt.
2- Simple synt.
3- Available.
4- stack-able results.
5- Profitable.

that guides is very nice, but most items prices r different from server to server.

aaand use ffxiah.com receipts section for easier view 8)

Partial fix.

[warrior2582]

You can also get to 56 with steel ingots using Dijin ash.

[Kongolo]

Partial fix.

fix double hamster!!