Complete Tradeskill Guide

[Secone]

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[Hauklotz]

Fletching
0 - 54 Fletching Freebie: Imildu's Tasks
55 - 68 Class 1 Bone Point Arrow
69 - 82 Class 3 Wood Point Arrow
83 - 102 Class 1 Wood Hooked Arrow
103 - 122 Class 4 Bone Hooked Arrow
123 - 135 Class 1 Ceramic Point Arrow
136 - 162 Class 5 Wood Point Arrow
163 - 182 Class 1 Wood Silver Tip Arrow
183 - 202 Class 6 Wood Point Arrow

203 - 227 Class 1 Serrated or Discord Arrow (GoD-Fletching)

228 - 235 Shaped Darkwood Compound Bow
236 - 250 Flame - Ice - Shadow Tipped Acrylia Arrow

but I would do directly into acrylia arrows after GoD-arrow

Hauklotz
Tailoring Dorf on AB

[Nolrog]

Brewing
0-54 Brewing Freebie: Work for Yitimis
55 -122 Fetid Essence
122-151 Skull Ale
151-187 Shar Vahl Essence (virtually free, if you're willing to pick up/forage the Payala Friut. Also lets you skip lots of Hero's Brew)
188 - 248 Minotaur Hero's Brew
248 - 250 Kaladim Constitutional

[Dunthor Warsmith]

Smithing
228 - 248 Shadowscream Steel Veil (http://www.eqtraders.com/items/show_item.php?item=2838&menustr=080100900000)
Why the Shadowscream Steel Veil, which is 3 shadows 1 orb, rather than Bracer (http://www.eqtraders.com/items/show_item.php?item=2839&menustr=035000000000) to 228 and Boots (http://www.eqtraders.com/items/show_item.php?item=2842&menustr=035000000000) to 248, both of which are 2 shadow 1 orb combines?

I haven't looked at the relative mold prices, but the cost for the extra shadow (either in farming time or bazaar plat) seems highly likely to be much more than any banded mold differences.

[Secone]

woops my bad, that one. will fix it thx.

[SeveralFaces]

Also, for smithing to 188 there's the alternative of Steel Arrowheads for Karana worshippers - way cheaper/easier than Fine Plate. I just finished that and it was so simple.

Mark of Karana, small brick of steel, water, file. Combine to 188. Approx 7 pp (bricks) per attempt.

I carried my money to Surefall, bought the steel there, ran in to the nearby Ranger Guild forge and smithed my heart out. Center vendor in the next room sells water flasks, too.

Thanks for the work on the guide!

[Thorvari]

For Baking from 192-222 I would do Beer-battered Cragbeast Steaks or Beer-battered Hynid Steaks from GoD

They take much less combines than Halas pies, and don't require any foraged ingrediants. If you can find the Cragbeast/Hynid meat from a vendor that a player has sold to, the rest of the ingreds are all store bought.

[Aellas_Vesshan]

Baking
0 - 54 Baking Freebie: Ordin's Tasks
55 - 135 Fish Rolls
135 - 191 Patty Melt
192 - 226 Halas 10lb Meat Pie
227 - 242 Holy Cake
243 - 250 Misty Thicket Picnic - Shoppinglist for 100 MTP tries

you can skill to 143 with Bear Filets (http://www.eqtraders.com/items/show_item.php?item=1116) same with lion they are used in Halas 10lb Meat Pie which are a pain to make.
after patty melt to 207 i recomendBeer Battered Crab Rolls (http://www.eqtraders.com/items/show_item.php?item=10321&menustr=080020160020)

[Astroshak]

Using Aid Grimel for smithing should be listed as an alternative instead of a main route; it is not an option for everyone, as it requires certain flags.

[Koru]

The tinkering is very much a time vs money path. It's a good deal cheaper to jump straight into geerlok making at around 140ish or so if you make brewing geerlok than to mess around with aqualung/rebreather. If you're not adverse to farming it's a very cheap path.

[phleet]

:) thank you for taking the time to create it. i have sent my friends this link to use. i have a character that i want to do all trad skills in that i can. this really helps out.

[slappig]

I'm around 150-178 in most of my trade skills and find the guide a very useful tool! Thanks for putting this all together.

[Quichon]

Baking...

Don't need to do HMPs or Holy Cakes.

if you got GoD, go from patty melts to Beer-Battered Tuna Rolls (http://www.eqtraders.com/items/show_item.php?item=10348&menustr=035000000000) then to Beer-Battered Cragbeast Steaks (http://www.eqtraders.com/items/show_item.php?item=10334&menustr=035000000000). From there, you do the MTPs.

[Obina]

Nice list! Not clear if this is the fastest or cheapest or most cost effective.

I choose skill up routes that were the most cost effective. The difference between cheapest and most cost effective is selling. I choose to do tradeskills in part for the enjoyment of selling my goods to others. Anyway some viable alternatives:

Pottery
Golden Idol of Tunare to 223 to 242
Star Ruby Encrusted Stein to 250

Smithing
Any theme LDON Smithing to 212
Mistletoe Cutting Sickle 220 to 250

[syndellbristle]

another fletching alternative for GoD peeps

Serrated Arrowhead to 188
Discord Arrowhead to 202

then can use said arrowheads to max of 227 or so. that should cut bow cost out a bit.

[Thoryn Truesilver]

For Jewelcrafting, a more cost efficient list would be:

(2pp 5gp - 8pp)
electrum malachite bracelet 74
electrum lapis lazuli earring 76
electrum turquoise engagement ring 79
electrum hematite choker 82
electrum cat eye bracelet 84
electrum bloodstone necklace 87
electrum onyx pendant 90
electrum jasper earring 92
electrum carnelian wedding ring 95
electrum rose necklace 98
electrum amber earring 100
wolf's eye electrum bracelet 103
jaded electrum bracelet 106
electrum pearl choker 108
topaz electrum earring 111

(10pp 5gp - 100pp)
gold malachite bracelet 146
gold lapis lazuli earring 148
gold turquoise engagement ring 151
golden hematite choker 154
golden cat eye bracelet 156
gold bloodstone necklace 159
gold onyx pendant 162
jasper gold earring 164
gold carnelian wedding ring 167
golden star amulet 170
golden amber earring 172
wolf's eye golden bracelet 175
golden jaded bracelet 178
golden pearl choker 180
imbued golden topaz earring 183
golden peridot bracelet 186
golden emerald bracelet 188
golden opal amulet 191
golden fire wedding ring 196
golden star ruby ring 199
fire emerald golden bracelet 202

(105pp - 109pp)
platinum malachite ring 218
platinum lapis lazuli necklace 220
platinum turquoise bracelet 223
platinum hematite ring 226
cat eye platinum necklace 228
platinum bloodstone earring 231
platinum onyx bracelet 234
platinum jasper ring 236
platinum carnelian wedding ring 239
rose platinum engagement ring 242
platinum amber ring 244
wolf's eye platinum necklace 247
jaded platinum ring 250

Prices between brackets indicate estimated price of store bought gems and bars. This (as far as I know) is the most cost efficient way of increasing your jewelcrafting skill that doesn't involve using looted gems.

Cappy aka Thoryn Truesilver

[Thoryn Truesilver]

For those that find the above list too complicated or too long, and don't mind spending a few more gp or pp can use the following list. It's a lot shorter, so there's less recipes to figure out, but it raises the price also.

electrum malachite bracelet 74 (2pp 5gp)
electrum rose necklace 98 (3pp 5gp)
topaz electrum earring 111 (8pp)
gold malachite bracelet 146 (10pp 5gp)
golden star amulet 170 (11pp 5gp)
imbued golden topaz earring 183 (16pp)
golden peridot bracelet 186 (21pp)
golden emerald bracelet 188 (24pp)
golden opal amulet 191 (28pp 5gp)
golden fire wedding ring 196 (63pp)
golden star ruby ring 199 (78pp 8gp)
fire emerald golden bracelet 202 (100pp)
rose platinum engagement ring 242 (106pp)
jaded platinum ring 250 (109pp)

Cappy aka Thoryn Truesilver

Edit: typo

[Hsgames]

After a year of not knowing that this was here. Thanks. I will be hoping to get to 200 in each of the skills by Sat night. Thanks for the lists and input you all had.

[Meryddian]

I would recommend Acrylia Reinforced Gorget (http://www.eqtraders.com/items/show_item.php?item=1593&menustr=035000000000) or Acrylia Reinforced Mask (http://www.eqtraders.com/items/show_item.php?item=1596&menustr=035000000000) over the Acrylia Reinforced Belt - the reason being that the Gorget/Mask share the same trivial as the belt (242) but only require 1 acrylia boning, whereas the belt requires 2.

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Because you listed ribbons in your thread, you probably want to add robes as the alternatives for certain cultures - as you already have all those ribbons nice and handy! :) Robes saved my tailoring sanity from 190-250!

Dark elf: (http://www.eqtraders.com/recipes/recipe_page.php?article=152&rsa=Tailoring&rc=DEF&sb=item&menustr=080040020040)
Robe of the Cyclone 212
Robe of Burnishing 213-222
Robe of Wings 223-232
Robe of Ellipse 233-242
Robe of Argli (252) or Robe of Abrogation (262) 243-250

Erudite: (http://www.eqtraders.com/recipes/recipe_page.php?article=156&rsa=Tailoring&rc=ERU&sb=item&menustr=080040040040)
Robe of the Radiant 212
Robe of the Inverse 213-222
Robe of the Etheral 223-232
Robe of Dew 233-242
Robe of Visage (252) or Robe of Tempest (262) 243-250

Gnome: (http://www.eqtraders.com/recipes/recipe_page.php?article=143&rsa=Tailoring&rc=GNM&sb=item&menustr=080040045080)
Robe of Neglect 212
Robe of Breath 213-222
Robe of the Astral 223-232
Robe of Tashani 233-242
Robe of Expertise (252) or Robe of Intellect (262) 243-250

High Elf: (http://www.eqtraders.com/recipes/recipe_page.php?article=158&rsa=Tailoring&rc=HIE&sb=item&menustr=080040060040)
Robe of Sorcery 212
Robe of Skewn 213-222
Robe of Tears 223-232
Robe of Slant 233-242
Robe of Impulse (252) or Robe of Virtue (262) 243-250

Human: (http://www.eqtraders.com/recipes/recipe_page.php?article=160&rsa=Tailoring&rc=HUM&sb=item&menustr=080040070060)
Robe of Mana 212
Robe of Scent 213-222
Robe of Concussion 223-232
Robe of Lodestone 233-242
Robe of Obliteration (252) or Robe of Capacity (262) 243-250

Iksar: (http://www.eqtraders.com/recipes/recipe_page.php?article=162&rsa=Tailoring&rc=IKS&sb=item&menustr=080040090040)
Robe of Abatement 212
Robe of Obligation 213-222
Robe of Requisition 223-232
Robe of Asylum 233-242
Robe of Tenancy (252) or Robe of Misery (262) 243-250



Meryddian B'Hala
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[mebrhea]

Alchemy for people who have GoD (concoctions sell back to vendor for very close to cost)

0 - 54 Alchemy Freebie: Work for Lita
55 - 82 Concoction of (X) I
83 - 96 Concoction of (X) II
97 - 111 Concoction of (X) III
112 - 127 Concoction of (X) IV
128 - 136 Kilva's Skin Of Flame
137 - 143 Greater Potion Of Stability
144 - 150 Greater Potion Of Power
151 - 156 Greater Null Potion
157 - 163 Greater Potion Of Heat
164 - 176 Gate Potion
177 - 180 Titan Potion
181 - 191 Hawks Eye Tonic
192 - 200 Elixir Of Concentration

[mewkus]

In the fletching section, you list the Steel Guardian Arrows as an option for halflings. Actually, any Karana worshiper can make those. Also, the plural for Wood Elf is Wood Elves.

In tailoring, from 66-76 should make picnic baskets (since you've already made a bunch of the woven mandrakes). You might also want to include the Solstice robe as a option from 188 to 210 since the failure rate should be high enough that it's not as cost prohibitive.

In blacksmithing, you'll want to list the Ethereal Sheet Of Metal as starting at 211 (to match the numbering method you've used elsewhere).

[LadyAnnaAnna]

The problem for expansion challenged folks (like me) is we dont have acess to most (if not all) the freebies, because they begin in zones we cant go to. should also come up with alternate routes to 54 for the expansion challenged. :D

[splunge]

Could anyone give me some feedback to my TS Guide:

Brewing
0-54 Brewing Freebie: Work for Yitimis (http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=2865)
55 -122 Fetid Essence (http://www.eqtraders.com/items/show_item.php?item=2975&menustr=035000000000)

Baking
0 - 54 Baking Freebie: Ordin's Tasks (http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=2879)
55 - 135 Fish Rolls (http://www.eqtraders.com/items/show_item.php?item=2154&menustr=)

Id like to reccommend:

Brewing
0-122 Fetid Essence

Baking
0-135 Fish Rolls

If youve ever done the 'tasks' youll know they take FOR FREEKING EVER to complete. It takes... oh, id say about 3-4 times longer to run to Abysmal sea, and complete a task, then it takes to kill stuff and sell loot to make the plat to buy all the materials you need in PoK *and* actually do the combines all the way till they trivial.

For brewing and baking, the tasks just arent worth the time. As far as the 'plat challeneged'? Have you done fetid essence and fish rolls? You know how cheap they are? Any lvl 1 newbie can make the plat in no time to get these skills maxed compared to just doing the tasks.

[Circaea Lutetiana]

210 - 212 Ethereal Sheet Of Metal - RememberGeerlok Automated Hammer !

for smithing, wouldnt ethereal rings be better, as they only require 1 block of ethereal metal?

[tawney_wf]

from 191 to 196 you can make Champagne Magnum for approximately 27ish plat

Thank you for the great guide

[Neebat]

For brewing and baking, the tasks just arent worth the time. As far as the 'plat challeneged'? Have you done fetid essence and fish rolls? You know how cheap they are? Any lvl 1 newbie can make the plat in no time to get these skills maxed compared to just doing the tasks.

I agree completely about the baking task, because Taelosian Wheat Flour is junk.

There can be disagreement on brewing. Your yield of Taelosian Teas will be lower unless you do the tasks, and those are great stat items, much simpler to make than QATs. (I'm not even an apprentice brewer yet, but I make the Tea for my wife and last night she brewed Taelosian Green Mountain Tea for me, which has replaced the QAT in my tradeskill wisdom gear.)

[Fudorf]

Alternative to Holy Cake and MTP's to 250 (farming required)

Either Anaconda Melt (Anaconda meat, cheese, loaf of bread)
or
Griffon Melt (Griffon meat, cheese, loaf of bread)

Much fewer combines, amount of farming is a lot easier AND safer than farming brownies for lower level ts'ers, and the trivial, while above 250, is much lower that MTP's, meaning more successes, and, in theory, more skill ups.

Fudorf

(edit - The farming is easier/safer if you have the GoD expansion - otherwise, it can still be done, at higher level, in Jagged Pine, which requires no new expansion)

[Vidyne]

For brewing, I used Fetid Essence like the guide til 122

I went for Faydwer Shakers(sp?) after that, as they seemed quite easy, and I did it all in Skyshrine between 2 rooms(can also be done in sanctus, East Freeport, and one other place without zoning, but i cant remember atm)

Shaker got me to 188, from there.

Minotaur like the guide got me to 248.

I dont remember what I combined from 248-250..

[Rydaak]

has anyone noticed a significant skill up change lately? i've done bout 50 combines in smithing on two settings and only got 1 skill up each.. and bout 150 combines in fletching, two different settings and only gotten 3 skill ups between the two. mabey its just me, but i've noticed this trend past few weeks while workin on JC and pottery too....

[Neebat]

I'm CONFUSED. Is there really a way for a non-Karanas halfling to do Steel Guardian Arrows?

As a Karanas follower interested in smithing, I wouldn't mind making the parts for my fletching wife, but she can't get a SUREFALL FLETCHING KIT. :boggled:

Having married her, it's very clear to me why she follows Bristlebane, but it does make fletching harder.

[YurienStonebow]

i lost my glasses so it isn't clear to me. why does she follow Bristlebane? :P

[Neebat]

i lost my glasses so it isn't clear to me. why does she follow Bristlebane? :P

Well, Bristlebane IS the god of mischief, kind of the Norathian version of Loki. In fact, I should probably be a Bristlebane worshiper too, but Rangers don't have that option.

I found the answer, by the way. The Surefall Fletching Kit is NO DROP, but I can convert it to a token and give her that. I expect she'll be able to make the non-karanas steel arrows.

[Sanadila]

Alchemy for people who have GoD (concoctions sell back to vendor for very close to cost)

177 - 180 Titan Potion


FYI: Titan Potions do *not* sell back to the vendor for close to the cost of making them. They cost close to 12 pp to make and the vendor buys them back for a little over 9 gold. Gate potions are better. The vendor buys them for over 190 pp. Their cost to make is almost 252 pp. I haven't tried any of the other potions recommended, so I don't know their resale values.

Gate potions, of course, are even better to sell in the bazaar. You can often get your money back plus some on those.

[elcamino66040]

I think the point that was trying to be made is Titan Potions cost roughly 12pp to make and sell back for 9gp a difference of 11pp and 1 gp. Where as gate potions cost roughly 252pp and sell back to vendor for roughly 190pp a difference of 62pp.

So Titan potions would be more cost effective to make on the basis of selling them back.