New World Crafting, Gathering, and Refining Guide

Spending time in Aeternum, it’s hard not to notice just how much the world revolves around crafting, gathering, and refining. Whether you’re out chopping trees, mining for rare ore, or cooking up a hearty meal at the settlement, these skills shape your journey as much as combat or exploration. Crafting isn’t just a side activity here—it’s woven into nearly everything you do, from upgrading your gear to fueling your faction’s economy. Understanding how these systems connect can make life a lot smoother, and there’s a certain satisfaction to pulling together resources from across the wilds and turning them into something useful, or even profitable. For players looking to make the most out of what Aeternum has to offer, knowing your way around the workbenches and resource nodes is just as important as mastering your weapon.

Gathering Skill Guide

Gathering in New World is more than just the tedious side hustle many MMO veterans might expect. It’s a core part of the game’s progression and economy, feeding right into crafting, player trading, and even certain territory projects. If you want the best gear, powerful food, or just an edge in making gold, it all starts with getting your hands dirty out in the wild.

What Are Gathering Skills?

There are five main gathering skills in New World, each tied to a different type of resource:

• Mining – Ores, stone, saltpeter, gems
• Logging – Wood, primarily from trees and rare plants
• Harvesting – Herbs, fibers, magical plants
• Skinning – Animal hides, meat, special animal drops
• Fishing – Fish (for cooking/alchemy), plus rare treasures

Each skill levels up as you use it, letting you gather better materials, find hidden nodes, and sometimes reduce the time needed per node. Every resource has a recommended skill level, so you’ll want to keep leveling up if you want to collect the rare stuff.

How To Start Gathering

Once you’re off the tutorial beach, you can pick up a basic gathering tool—flint versions of axes, sickles, pickaxes, and skinning knives. Just open your inventory, drag the tool into your tool slot, and you’re set. Tools break down like this:

• Pickaxe (Mining)
• Logging Axe (Logging)
• Sickle (Harvesting)
• Skinning Knife (Skinning)
• Fishing Pole (Fishing; must be crafted or quested for early on)

You can craft higher-tier tools at any camp or settlement workshop. Higher crafting tiers let your character gather faster and sometimes give special perks, like better yield or the chance to find rare items.

Leveling Your Gathering Skills

The best way to level up is to gather everything you see. Progress tends to start easy with plenty of low-level nodes right outside town, but the grind ramps up quickly. Here’s a quick rundown of how leveling works:

• Each successful operation gives experience toward the corresponding skill.
• Higher-tier resources grant more experience.
• Gathering during territory bonuses or while using food buffs can speed things up.

Tip: Some low-level resources, like hemp or iron, are competitive. Server population and time of day can make core resource runs tricky, so be prepared to check remote regions or less traveled paths.

Gathering Skill Breakdowns

Mining

Mining is essential for gear upgrades and making coin. Early on, stick to iron and gather every bit you can carry. As your skill climbs, you’ll spot silver, gold, and eventually, highly contested starmetal and orichalcum. Each ore type also has rare drops like gems. Some boulders and stone nodes are also unlocked as your mining skill improves—don’t overlook them.

Logging

Logging fuels woodworking and is key for base upgrades in settlements. Start by felling young trees; as your logging skill increases, you’ll unlock mature and then wyrdwood/ironwood trees—a must for late-game crafting. Carry a good axe and don’t forget food buffs to chop faster.

Harvesting

Harvesting is about getting fibers for cloth, plus herbs for alchemy and cooking. Hemp is everywhere but hotly contested. Later, you’ll be able to pick up magical plants (like wirefiber or motes), which become crucial for arcana crafting. Upgrading your sickle makes a noticeable difference in speed, so prioritize it if harvesting is your main grind.

Skinning

If you like hunting, skinning levels up quickly. Nearly every wild animal can be skinned for meat and hides, as long as you’re at the right skill level. Advance to creatures like wolves or lynxes for higher-tier hides (and more XP). Your crafting opportunities expand a lot with better hides, so keep your knife sharp.

Fishing

Fishing isn’t required for most gear, but it supplies key ingredients for some of the best buffs. Fishing poles can be leveled up and perked to catch certain fish or treasures. It’s also an occasionally Zen break from combat and competition, and some players use it to farm rare fish for territory standing or cooking profits.

Tools and Perks

Upgrading your tools is a true quality-of-life improvement. Steel or higher-tier tools chunk down on gather times and can roll perks. Some perks worth chasing:

• Yield (Luck) – Chance at rare drops
• Gathering Speed – Gets you in and out faster
• Azoth Extraction – Converts a portion of your time spent gathering into bonus Azoth, a resource used for crafting and fast travel

You can also slot gathering trophies in your home, which boost yields or increase rare find chances.

Gathering Tips And Best Practices

• Territory Standing: Level up reputation in your favorite region for gathering boosts like faster gathering or increased resource output.
• Storage: Only carry what you need. Resources are heavy, and inventory management can bog you down.
• Food Buffs: Some foods increase your mining luck or speed for a short period. Use these during resource runs.
• PVP Mode: Toggling PvP can grant you extra luck; just know you’re at risk from other players.
• Resource Node Tracking: At higher skill levels, your map and compass will show resource nodes. This makes route planning a lot easier.

Conclusion

Building your gathering skills early sets you up for smoother crafting and often means you spend less at the trading post. Whether you’re funding your crafting goals, flipping resources to other players, or just want to prep for late-game gear, spending a bit of time leveling gathering skills pays off. With upgraded tools, proper buffs, and a good eye for node spawns, you’ll find resource runs get a lot more efficient—and rewarding.

Refining Skill Guide

After gathering piles of raw materials—wood, ore, hides, fibers, and more—the next step is refining. Refining skills sit between gathering and crafting, transforming what you pulled from the wild into ready-to-use materials for weapons, armor, housing, potions, and more. Here’s a detailed breakdown to help you get started and efficiently level your refining skills in New World.

What Is Refining?

Refining is the process of turning collected resources into usable crafting materials. For example, you convert iron ore into iron ingots, rawhide into leather, and green wood into lumber. Each type of base resource has its own refining skill and related station in settlements. This step is essential—nearly every crafted item in the game begins with a refined material.

All Refining Skills and Where To Use Them

There are five core refining skills in New World:

1. Smelting (Ore → Ingots, special metals)
   • Station: Smelter
2. Woodworking (Wood → Lumber, planks)
   • Station: Woodshop
3. Leatherworking (Hides → Leather, layered leather)
   • Station: Tannery
4. Weaving (Fibers → Cloth bolts, linens, silks)
   • Station: Loom
5. Stonecutting (Stone → Blocks, gems)
   • Station: Stonecutting Table

Whenever you visit a settlement, look for these stations. Each can be upgraded by the town—which means sometimes you’ll have to travel if your home base's workshops are a low tier and you want to refine high-end materials.

How To Level Refining

Leveling refining skills works like other professions: process materials to earn experience. More advanced recipes and rarer resources give bigger XP chunks. Here are some fast tips:

Smelting

• Iron Ingot is your bread and butter for early levels. Iron veins are everywhere and you'll need loads for weapons, armors, and tools.
• Steel Ingots (from iron + charcoal + flux) are great for mid-levels once you've stockpiled enough secondary materials.
• Using flux (especially at higher tiers) affects the amount of resource needed to create a single ingot. Stronger flux means better output.

Woodworking

• Green Wood → Timber → Lumber → Wood Planks: Keep moving up the chain as your skill increases.
• Prioritize refining simple materials in bulk (like timber from green wood or lumber from timber) for easy leveling.

Leatherworking

• Turn all your rawhide into coarse leather—you’ll need mountains of it for basic gear and furnishing.
• Higher-level leather (like rugged or layered) requires rare hides and tannins (additives available from loot or the trading post).

Weaving

• Fibers → Linen → Satin → Silk: Similar to woodworking—start with cheap, abundant materials and move up as you unlock recipes.
• Magic plants at higher skill levels let you refine special cloths for end-game recipes.

Stonecutting

• Stone → Stone Blocks: Easy XP for the early grind.
• Gems: Once you start finding raw gems, cutting and fusing them is your path to rare jewelry crafting.
• Advanced recipes require special reagents (like Sandpaper), which can be obtained from loot, faction shops, or the market.

Refining Tiers and Stations

Refining outputs are limited by a settlement's station tier. You can't refine advanced materials (like starmetal ingots or wirewood planks) at a low-level smelter or woodshop. Always check the map for which towns have upgraded stations—this may mean hauling heavy resources across regions, so prep your inventory and route.

Rare Materials and Additives

• Flux, Sandpaper, Tannin, Weaving Solvent: These “additives” show up in supply crates, faction reward packages, sometimes chests, and the trading post. They’re required for most high-level refining recipes. Keep your eye out and stockpile them when you can.
• Stronger versions (e.g., Powerful Flux) sometimes reduce the number of raw resources needed or increase your batch sizes for extra efficiency.

Tips for Efficient Refining

• Process as you go: Don’t wait to refine massive stacks—it eats up settlement storage. Regularly refine when you’re in town so you don’t clog your inventory.
• Territory standing rewards: Some perks let you stash more or pay less for refining taxes. Rank up in regions where you refine most often.
• Bulk crafting: If you’re sitting on thousands of ore or hide, shift-click to process in max batches—it levels you faster and saves time.
• Market flip opportunity: If you see a supply gap, you can sometimes profit just by refining cheap resources and reselling at a premium.
• Watch out for taxes: Some towns have higher refining costs—check which region has the lowest fees before refining expensive resources.

Maximizing Refining Output

While refining isn’t flashy, it’s the backbone of every crafting project in New World. A little planning—tracking where tier three or higher stations are, collecting additives, and using efficient recipes—helps you push up levels and keep your crafting pipeline moving. Higher refining skills even let you ‘roll’ for bonus output or rare materials at higher tiers, sometimes turning a batch of ore into unexpected profit.

Whether you craft for yourself, for friends, or to build up cash on the trading post, invest time in these skills. The earlier you start and the more consistently you refine, the smoother your entire crafting and progression path will go.

Crafting Skill Guide

Every crafted item in New World, from swords to meals, comes from one of the crafting professions. Unlike refining, which turns raw items into usable materials, crafting is about taking those materials and assembling them into finished goods—gear, weapons, food, potions, and more. Each crafting skill has its own leveling path, unique recipes, and special perks as you advance.

All Crafting Skills and Their Stations

There are seven main crafting professions in New World, each with its own designated crafting station within settlements:

1. Weaponsmithing

   • Station: Forge
   • Creates: Swords, axes, war hammers, shields.

2. Armoring

   • Station: Outfitting Station and Forge
   • Creates: Heavy and light armor, bags.

3. Engineering

   • Station: Workshop
   • Creates: Ranged weapons, ammo, gathering tools.

4. Jewelcrafting

   • Station: Outfitting Station
   • Creates: Amulets, rings, earrings.

5. Arcana

   • Station: Arcane Repository
   • Creates: Magic weapons (staves, gauntlets), potions.

6. Cooking

   • Station: Kitchen
   • Creates: Food, seasoning, powerful meal buffs.

7. Furnishing

   • Station: Workshop
   • Creates: Furniture, storage chests, trophies for player housing.

When you want to craft something, you need to find the right station at a settlement, and that station must be the correct tier for the recipe you wish to use. Better recipes call for higher-tier stations, so check the map to see which town has the upgraded workshop or kitchen you'll need.

Leveling Crafting Skills

All crafting skills level up by using them: the more you craft, the more experience (XP) you'll gain. Each item gives a set amount of skill XP, but the best way to powerlevel is by making items that balance speed, cheap ingredients, and decent XP yield.

Weaponsmithing and Armoring

• Early Levels: Make basic iron weapons, armor, or shields. These require only iron ingots, coarse leather, and some wood—all easy to gather in big quantities.
• Mid Tiers: Move into steel-tier gear for bigger XP returns as you stockpile additional materials like steel ingots and special animal hides.
• Grinding Tip: Stick to recipes with the lowest resource cost per XP gain—iron gear is often more efficient for fast leveling even beyond level 50.

Engineering

• Tools: Early on, focus on creating iron (then steel) tools. Tools are always in demand, and you'll find buyers if you want to sell extras.
• Ranged Weapons and Ammo: Make bows, muskets, and arrows, especially if you have spare wood and iron.
• High-Tier Gear: Starmetal and orichalcum tools are great for high-level players, but save these for big XP pushes.

Jewelcrafting

• Setting Up: This one gets expensive—requires gems and precious metals. Early on, simple amulets and rings will do, using whatever low-tier gems you have.
• Efficient Leveling: Cut gems into low-tier jewelry, focusing on items with easy-to-source mats.
• Bonus Perks: Higher-level jewelcrafting unlocks better sockets and perks for your gear.

Arcana

• Potions and Tinctures: These require only herbs, water, and other harvestable ingredients—awesome for cheap leveling.
• Magic Weapons: Crafting staves and gauntlets for yourself or friends gives batches of XP but costs more.
• Resource Tip: Collect every herb and magical plant you find to keep a steady flow of crafting mats.

Cooking

• Food Buffs: The whole game needs food for health regen, stat enhancements, and expedition prep.
• Cheap Leveling: Craft basic rations or travel rations out of common ingredients to grind XP. Later, move to hearty meals for more XP per item.
• Pro Chef: Unlock higher-tier recipes by leveling early skills and collecting special cooking items from the wild.

Furnishing

• House Decor: Start with simple furniture or storage chests; these are not only for XP but can be sold for gold.
• Trophies: These grant significant bonuses for crafting, gathering, and combat—and require rarer mats.
• Leveling Tip: Build easy items in bulk and use more complex recipes as you progress.

Recipe Tiers and Crafting Mods

Recipes are split into tiers (1-5). Higher tiers offer stronger gear, perks, and stat bonuses. You'll need a mix of ingredients:

• Primary Materials: Iron, steel, hide, cloth, etc.
• Additives and Mods: Special drops like “Azoth” and crafting mods can alter gear perks, increase chances at legendary attributes, or boost gear score.
• Rarity Ingredients: Some recipes call for rare resources found in chests, from gathering, or off the trading post. Saving these for high-tier crafts helps you roll powerful gear.

How Azoth and Mods Work

• Azoth: Spending Azoth (a blue resource earned through questing and killing) when crafting improves the odds of bonus perks, higher gear attack/defense, and more gem slots.
• Crafting Mods: These special items, found in the wild or bought on the trading post, let you pick a specific perk for your crafted gear. Drop a “Strength Mod” into your hammer recipe, and it’s guaranteed to have a strength bonus.

Tips for Efficient Crafting

• Always refine your own materials: It gives you XP in two skills, refining and crafting.
• Craft in bulk: Whether it's potions or jackets, mass-crafting is way more efficient.
• Target low-cost/high-return recipes: Early on, keep an eye out for items that have cheap mats but solid XP returns—often the basic versions of tools or weapons.
• Use town boards: Turning in crafted gear to settlement town board missions is a solid way to earn both crafting XP and character XP.
• Check trading post prices: If mats are cheaper than the finished item, you can flip a quick profit while leveling your skill.
• Level territory standing: Some regions grant cheaper crafting taxes and larger inventory. Invest in your main crafting hub.

Crafting Perks and Benefits

As you reach higher skill levels, extra perks unlock:

• Chance at extra items: Sometimes you’ll craft two swords from one recipe—free bonus.
• Unlock advanced recipes: Higher levels grant access to exclusive high-gear recipes and legendary crafts.
• Personal Advantage: With enough skill, you'll craft the best-in-slot gear for yourself or your friends, often months ahead of casual players or market prices.
• Trading Post Profits: High demand for great gear, rare potions, and useful tools creates real gold-making opportunities.

Conclusion

Mastering New World's crafting skills isn’t just about making a cool sword or a hearty meal—it’s key to powering up your character and supporting your company. Whether you’re working the forge, brewing up potions, or grilling fish, crafting can be as rewarding as the battles themselves. Keep leveling, watch for new recipes, and soon you'll be outfitted for anything Aeternum throws at you. Before setting up shop or stockpiling materials in New World, it’s smart to get familiar with how Territory Standing works. Every chunk of Aeternum is tied to its own set of perks and bonuses, and your progress in a settlement can shape your entire playstyle—whether you’re grinding crafting XP, gathering bulks of ore, or just chilling in your favorite town.

Territory Standing Guide

What Is Territory Standing?

Territory Standing is a progression system tied to specific zones. Every town (and its connected surroundings) keeps track of your activities: harvesting, crafting, questing, turning in town board missions, you name it. As you complete almost any action, you rack up progress towards your Territory Standing bar for that region.

After filling the bar, you gain a Standing Level and get to pick a bonus from three random choices. The deeper your involvement in a territory, the bigger (and more tailored) your perks get.

How to Earn Territory Standing

Core Activities

You gain Standing by just playing the game:

• Gathering: Mining, logging, harvesting plants, and skinning animals all stack up points.
• Crafting: Every item you craft in a territory’s settlement bumps your Standing there.
• Town Projects: Completing Town Board quests is one of the fastest tracks—they practically hand out Standing perks.
• Killing Enemies: Defeating enemies within a region counts—great if you’re not a crafter.
• Faction Missions: Even PvP-flagged missions, if completed, feed into your Standing total.

Territory Standing is only tracked per individual region. Grinding in Windsward? Those levels won’t help you in Everfall. This makes picking a home base important for anyone serious about min-maxing perks.

Types of Perks

Every time you level up Territory Standing, you’ll be presented with three choices from a set pool. Some options are capped, others can be picked as many times as luck (or patience) allows. Here’s a breakdown of what you’ll see:

Standing Gain Increase

• What it does: Each pick makes future Standing levels in that region fill up faster.
• Why pick it: If you’re in it for the long haul in your main crafting/gathering town, stack these early.

Reduced Trading Tax

• What it does: Cuts down the fees when buying or selling on the Trading Post in that region.
• Why pick it: Great for merchant-types, frequent crafters, and players looking to maximize profits.

Reduced Crafting/Refining Tax

• What it does: Reduces the gold cost of crafting or refining at territory workstations.
• Why pick it: A must for habitual crafters; it can add up to major gold savings if you use one town as your main crafting hub.

Increased Storage

• What it does: Expands your storage capacity in that region’s storage shed.
• Why pick it: Absolutely essential. Materials and gear pile up quick—especially for gatherers and crafters who frequent a central hub.

Increased Gathering Speed

• What it does: Speeds up harvesting, logging, mining, and more while in that territory.
• Why pick it: Great for those parked in a farming-heavy region, especially if you’re after large resource hauls.

Housing Items Limit

• What it does: Lets you place more furniture and trophies in your house in that region.
• Why pick it: Important if you want to tweak your trophy build or make your home look awesome.

Faction Tokens Increase

• What it does: Increases the number of faction tokens earned from missions completed in that region.
• Why pick it: Handy if you plan to grind for faction gear or resources.

Increased Player XP Gain

• What it does: Temporary, smaller boost to experience gain while you’re in this region.
• Why pick it: Not as strong in the long run—better if you’re leveling a new character and plan to stay in one territory for a while.

Perk Picking Strategy

Because each Territory Standing level offers random option sets, you may not always see your favorite pick every time. Still, priorities change based on how you play and where you spend your time.

Early Game

• Go for Standing Gain and Storage Increases as early picks. This sets you up for faster leveling and less “inventory full” headaches.

Mid-Game Crafters

• Crafting/Refining Tax Reductions pay off in the long run. Grab these whenever you can in your crafting HQ to save on gold.

Post Level 60, Endgame

• Max out Storage and Trading Tax Reductions in high-traffic towns. You’ve likely accumulated piles of goods—now, move and sell with fewer fees.
• Seasoned gatherers should also max Gathering Speed in areas rich in the resource they farm most.

The “One-Hub vs. Spread” Dilemma

Many players put all their eggs in one settlement basket. Picking a main crafting/gathering/auction hub and stacking every standing bonus there is usually the most convenient option—bigger storage, lower taxes, and faster standing gains. However, if you enjoy bouncing between towns, spreading out perks a bit can help keep character XP boosts or housing options available in multiple places.

Fastest Ways to Grind Territory Standing

• Burn through Town Board quests: Even cheap, quick crafts add up.
• Gather while exploring: Nodes in a given region fuel that area’s Standing.
• Complete faction missions: This nets Standing plus tokens—efficient for multitaskers.
• Craft and refine in your home town: All that XP doubles as Standing progress.
• Look for events: Occasional game events offer bonus Standing or double XP for specific regions.

What to Avoid

• Ignoring Storage Upgrades: This is the one upgrade you’ll always regret skipping.
• Spreading Too Thin: Stacking perks in several minor towns rarely beats having a monster storage and low taxes in one major hub.
• Heavy XP Upgrades Mid-Game: Once you hit a certain level, these become less efficient—best left for the newbies.

Conclusion

Territory Standing does more than throw some XP at you for being active. The perks you pick shape your entire New World routine, from how much you can store to how cheaply you craft your gear. It’s worth planning out which towns you’ll spend the most time in—and which bonuses fit your playstyle—so you can make every point of Standing count.

Crafting Gear Guide

Crafting in New World goes way beyond making basic tools and armor. If you want to create powerful weapons, top-tier armor, or even gear with just the right perks, you’ll need to understand how the system works—especially if you’re aiming to dominate in PvP or tackle endgame PvE content. This section covers everything you should know about crafting gear: the skills involved, the importance of crafting stations, the role of crafting mods and Azoth, and some tips on squeezing the most out of your mats.

Crafting Professions That Make Gear

There are three main Trade Skills directly tied to creating combat gear:

• Weaponsmithing: Swords, rapiers, axes, war hammers, and shields (for tanking).
• Armoring: All types of armor, both light and heavy, plus bags for extra inventory space.
• Engineering: Muskets, bows, spears, hatchets, and all tools (harvesting, mining, etc.).
• Arcana: Magical weapons such as life staffs, fire staffs, ice gauntlets, and potions.

Each skill has its own gathering and refining chain. For example, Weaponsmithing relies on smelting and mining, while Arcana needs harvesting and woodworking. Leveling these skills unlocks higher-tier recipes, which lead to stronger gear and more perk options.

Gear Tiers and Crafting Station Levels

Not every town’s crafting station can make the best items. Crafting stations—like Forge or Outfitting Station—must be upgraded by players contributing to town projects. These levels go from Tier 2 to Tier 5:

• Tier 2: Common gear
• Tier 3: Uncommon gear
• Tier 4: Rare gear
• Tier 5: Epic and legendary gear, plus named crafted items

If the station is downgraded (from invasions, for example), you’ll lose access to high-end recipes until it’s restored.

Recipe Requirements

Gear recipes always list the resources you need, the station tier required, and the minimum skill level to attempt the craft. Upgrading your skill not only unlocks more recipes but can bump the minimum and maximum Gear Score (GS) your products roll with. A higher GS means better stats.

Understanding Gear Score and Rarity

Gear Score is a big deal in New World. It directly affects how good your crafted weapon or piece of armor is. When crafting, your Trade Skill level, the quality of materials you use, and any bonus items determine the GS range of the item you’re making. The item can roll as:

• Common (Gray)
• Uncommon (Green)
• Rare (Blue)
• Epic (Purple)
• Legendary (Gold), usually only from high-tier recipes or special items

Higher GS items have more perk slots, higher base stats, and may come with extra sockets for gems.

Using Azoth: Forcing Perks and Gear Score

Azoth is a blue resource found from quests, chests, and harvesting. When crafting gear, you can add Azoth to increase the odds of more (and sometimes better) perks, as well as raise the GS ceiling. Here’s what Azoth gets you:

• Spending more Azoth: Grants additional perk chances (up to three, depending on the recipe).
• More Azoth = better stats: If you’re chasing a perfect roll on your axe or piece of heavy armor, save up your Azoth for when you craft.

But there’s a catch: Azoth has a cap. Don’t let it max out—always keep spending it if possible.

Adding Perks with Crafting Mods

If you’re chasing gear with specific traits (like extra strength on armor or a “Chain Lightning” effect on a sword), you’ll need crafting mods. These are special items found as random drops or as loot in chests across Aeternum.

How mods work:

• Each mod matches a specific perk (the “Adored” mod gives extra threat for tanks, for example).
• When you craft, slot the mod into the item—you’ll guarantee that perk appears.
• You can only force one perk; the rest will come from RNG rolls, based on your skill and Azoth spent.

Mods are crucial for high-end crafting. If you want to sell weapons with “Refreshing Move” on the Trading Post, get enough mods and a good recipe.

Using Rare and Legendary Materials

While most recipes let you substitute basic ingredients, using rare variants can boost your GS range and might add special cosmetic effects:

• Starmetal instead of steel (for tools and weapons)
• Infused leather and cloth for high GS armor
• Rare drops (like “Voidmetal” for the Voidbent gear set)

Some legendary recipes require specific unique materials only found in late-game zones or through elite boss drops. If you’re aiming for the game’s best loot, you’ll be chasing these unique mats.

Best Tips for Efficient Gear Crafting

• Level up refining skills: Better refined mats make crafting easier and raise your GS minimum.
• Set up shop in a town with maxed-out stations: Higher tiers mean better craft options.
• Join a company (guild): Group control of a territory can keep those stations upgraded and taxes low.
• Stockpile mods and Azoth: Craft when you have plenty; you don’t want to be halfway through and run out.
• Focus on one or two Trade Skills: You’ll reach high GS and rare recipes much faster than if you split efforts.

The Economy: Crafting for Profit

If you’re making gear to sell, research the Trading Post for demand and avoid flooding the market with junk. Named or perked items sell way faster than random gear. Check for what’s meta (in-demand perks for PvP or PvE) and always factor in crafting, refining, and trading taxes in your home region.

Wrapping Up

Whether you want to suit up with the perfect PvP gear or just create the shiniest tools in Aeternum, learning the ins and outs of gear crafting will save you both gold and time. Plan out your skills, gather the right materials, keep an eye on station upgrades, and use mods and Azoth to tilt the odds in your favor. Good luck crafting your signature masterpiece!