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==Smithing guide (2016) by Byrthnoth==
Crafting has changed a lot, what with the changes to how skillups work, introduction of [[RoE]] items, and mat price/availability changes. Most of the old guides aren't relevant anymore.

Similar to the [[Goldsmithing Guide by Byrthnoth|Goldsmithing Guide]], this is a [[Smithing]] guide for 1-110. I do not anticipate writing guides for other crafts, as I won't be leveling mules for them.

A couple of general notes:
* Always use [[Kitron Macaron]]s
* I prefer to start synthing something when I'm 5 levels below it (with advanced support) and then will take it past cap if it's useful or particularly cheap. Sometimes you end up with longer gaps than that, but it's not ideal.
* There are now two guild NPCs. One of them is always open and sells kits and mats, but the materials are typically more expensive than the least expensive normal guild NPC price. Buy from whichever has the item for cheapest. Not all items are available on both.
* Change your job to [[WHM]] or [[RDM]] and set the 30 synths [[RoE]] quest. You eventually want to be level 70 on this character so you can wear a torque. RoE quest won't get you there, but it will get you to 25 or 30 so you can cast Sneak/Invis. BLM to 17 is another good goal.
* The smithing guild has 4 outposts ([[Al Zahbi]], [[Mhaura]], [[Northern San d'Oria]], and the [[Metalworks]]) and you'll want to run between them to get the lowest possible price on [[Iron Ore]] (675gil)
* You can avoid synths with [[Clothcraft]] subcrafts below ([[Hauberk]]/[[Haubergeon]]) but it's better for you to make them on the way up.
* It is probably most efficient to get to level 5 leathercraft before you start. Spam Sheep Leather.

'''Smithing''':<br>
Your major cost with this guide is going to be Crystals. There is somewhere in sky with 4 elementals of a given type close together, and you can just farm them over and over for clusters. You get about 1.5-2 clusters/kill with TH, so it takes about 2 hours of farming a given element to get 10 stacks of clusters and you will probably not need anymore to hit 110.
Fire: The area near [[Faust]] has 4 fire elementals on a ~5 minute repop timer.
Wind: One of the corners on the first floor has wind clusters, iirc.
Earth: One of the corners on the first floor has wind clusters, iirc.

'''Stockpile''':
* [[Iron Ore]] (from the guild NPC at 675gil each)
* [[Lizard Skin]] (AH or mog garden with baby lizard memento)
* [[Darksteel Ore]] (AH)
* [[Damascus Ingot]] (AH)
* [[Adaman Ore]] (AH)
* [[Wootz Ore]] (AH)
* [[Relic Iron]] (AH)
* [[Southern Pearl]] (AH)
* [[Smithing#Guild_Items_.2F_Key_Items|Guild Points]] (Start collecting at level 30+)

'''Path''':<br>
'''1-4''': [[Bronze Sheet]] ([[Bronze Ingot]] + [[Fire Crystal]]) : Buy [[Bronze Ingot]]s from a Guild NPC

'''4-11''': [[Bronze Scales]] ([[Bronze Sheet]] + [[Wind Crystal]]) : When you run out of [[Bronze Sheet]]s, buy more from a Guild NPC

'''11-16''': [[Crossbow Bolt]] ([[Bronze Ingot]] + Ash Lumber + [[Wind Crystal]]) : Buy [[Bronze Ingot]]s and Ash Lumber from the Smithing/[[Woodworking]] Guild NPCs. Don't get advanced support.

'''16-21''': [[Iron Ingot]] ([[Iron Ore]] x4 + [[Fire Crystal]]) : Buy [[Iron Ore]] from a Guild NPC

'''21-26''': [[Iron Sheet]] ([[Iron Ingot]] + [[Fire Crystal]]) : Convert your [[Iron Ingot]]s and make more as necessary.

'''26-31''' : [[Iron Mask]] ([[Iron Sheet]] + [[Brass Sheet]] + [[Earth Crystal]]) : You can buy [[Brass Sheet]]s from the goldsmithing guild. NPC these.

'''31-36''': [[Steel Sheet]] ([[Steel Ingot]] + [[Fire Crystal]]) : Buy ingots from the [[Kamilah]] and store the sheets.

'''36-41''': [[Iron Mittens]] ([[Iron Sheet]] + [[Lizard Skin]] + [[Earth Crystal]]) : Hopefully you stockpiled enough [[Lizard Skin]]s. NPC these.

'''41-50''': [[Mythril Pick]] ([[Mythril Ingot]] + [[Elm Lumber]] + [[Fire Crystal]]) : Buy [[Mythril Ingot]]s from the AH and NPC these. Guild NPCs will buy a few per day. They sell for about 7k each and (on my server) cost about 3k to make, so this is quite a bit of profit. You might consider leveling a woodworking sub to increase your profit margin further.

'''50-53''': [[Darksteel Ingot]] ([[Darksteel Ore]] + [[Iron Ore]] x3 + [[Fire Crystal]]) : Hopefully you stockpiled [[Iron Ore]]!

'''53-55''': [[Darksteel Sheet]] ([[Darksteel Ingot]] + [[Fire Crystal]]) : Convert all the [[Darksteel Ingot]]s you just made.

'''55-57''': Grind [[Darksteel Ingot]]s and convert them to sheets

'''57-63''': [[Darksteel Sollerets]] ([[Darksteel Sheet]] x2 + [[Greaves]] + [[Earth Crystal]]) : Buy [[Greaves]] with [[Sparks]] and store these in your Wardrobe for later.

'''63-67''': [[Darksteel Mufflers]] ([[Darksteel Sheet]] x2 + [[Chain Mittens]] + [[Earth Crystal]]) : Buy [[Chain Mittens]] with [[Sparks]] and store these in your Wardrobe for later

'''67-69''': [[Haubergeon]] ([[Damascus Ingot]] + [[Darksteel Chain]] x3 + [[Darksteel Sheet]] x2 + [[Silk Cloth]] + [[Velvet Cloth]] + [[Earth Crystal]]) : Store these in your wardrobe for later. Requires [[Clothcraft]] 38.

'''68-78''' : [[Darksteel Pick]] ([[Darksteel Ingot]] + [[Elm Lumber]] + [[Fire Crystal]]) : These NPC for about 12k and on my server are break-even or profit.

'''78-83''' : [[Thick Sollerets]] ([[Darksteel Sollerets]] + [[Steel Sheet]] + [[Earth Crystal]]) : Put these back in your wardrobe after you're done.

'''83-85''' : [[Thick Mufflers]] ([[Darksteel Mufflers]] + [[Steel Sheet]] + [[Earth Crystal]]) : Put these back in your wardrobe after you're done.

'''85-87''' : [[Hauberk]] ([[Haubergeon]] + [[Darksteel Chain]] + [[Silk Cloth]] + [[Steel Sheet]] + [[Velvet Cloth]]) : Put these back in your wardrobe after you're done. Requires clothcraft 38.

'''85-93''' : [[Adaman Ingot]] ([[Adaman Ore]] x3 + [[Iron Ore]] + [[Fire Crystal]]) : Hopefully you stockpiled enough ore

At this point, you should take a break, level to 70 and do LBs, level leathercraft and goldsmithing subcrafts, and get GP items. You will want to have the Crafting HQ ring from Adoulin, torque, stall, glasses, and apron before you do the next push. I will assume you have level 70 leathercraft, clothcrafting, goldsmithing, and all the items after this point.

With Skill+12 (including advanced support), you can Tier 1 a synth one level above you. Without [[Kupo Shield]], no one can reach Tier 2 on anything above level 91, so your HQ rate on these synths is the same as a 110+12 crafter. This is ultimately the largest secret to leveling a craft these days. There's no reason to be inferior to a 110+12 crafter above level 91, so everything you do after this point can be profit. If a lower level synth is profit and you have mats for it, feel free to keep doing it for skill as long as it isn't >11 levels below you. The listed level is the lowest level you should start attempting this synth

'''91''' : [[Cursed Breeches]] ([[Adaman Chain]] + [[Darksteel Chain]] + [[Linen Cloth]] + [[Tiger Leather]] x2 + [[Earth Crystal]]) : NPC your NQs?

'''91''' : [[Bewitched Mufflers]] ([[Cursed Mufflers -1]] + [[Eschite Ore]] + [[Earth Crystal]]) : Hope

'''92''' : [[Cursed Sollerets]] ([[Adaman Chain]] + [[Adaman Sheet]] + [[Brass Ingot]] + [[Thick Sollerets]] + [[Earth Crystal]]) : NPC your NQs?

'''92''' : [[Bewitched Breeches]] ([[Cursed Breeches -1]] + [[Eschite Ore]] + [[Earth Crystal]]) : Hope

'''93''' : [[Adaman Chain]] ([[Adaman Ingot]] x2 + [[Earth Crystal]]) : You need these to make the cursed armors.

'''93''' : [[Cursed Mufflers]] ([[Adaman Sheet]] + [[Brass Ingot]] + [[Thick Mufflers]] + [[Earth Crystal]]) : NPC your NQs.

'''93''' : [[Bewitched Celata]] ([[Cursed Celata -1]] + [[Eschite Ore]] + [[Earth Crystal]]) : Hope

'''94''' : [[Cursed Celata]] ([[Adaman Chain]] + [[Adaman Sheet]] + [[Brass Sheet]] + [[Copper Ingot]] + [[Sheep Leather]] + [[Earth Crystal]]) : NPC your NQs?

'''94''' : [[Bewitched Hauberk]] ([[Cursed Hauberk -1]] + [[Eschite Ore]] + [[Earth Crystal]]) : Hope

'''95''' : [[Cursed Hauberk]] ([[Hauberk]] + [[Adaman Chain]] + [[Adaman Sheet]] + [[Brass Ingot]] + [[Gold Thread]] + [[Rainbow Cloth]] + [[Sheep Leather]] + [[Southern Pearl]]) : NPC your NQs?

The only reason to go past this point is for access to the tepid Blurred and [[Hexed Sune-Ate]]/[[Hexed Somen|Somen]]/[[Hexed Domaru|Domaru]] markets, as well as to hit Tier 2 on [[Voodoo Sollerets]]. It's something you certainly can do, but by this point you probably understand the theory here so I'm just going to list skillup synths you can use to push yourself up there. The numbers below are the level where you'll stop skilling up on these synths.

'''104''' : [[Midrium Ingot]] ([[Midrium Ore]] x4 + [[Fire Crystal]]) : I would avoid this unless you have to because the ingots are kind of useless

'''104''' : [[Adaman Chain]] ([[Adaman Ingot]] x2 + [[Earth Crystal]]) : You need these to make the cursed armors.

'''110''' : [[Titanium Ingot]] ([[Titanium Ore]] x4 + [[Fire Crystal]]) : I would avoid this unless you have to because the ingots are kind of useless

'''110''' : [[Bismuth Ingot]] ([[Tin Ore]] + [[Zinc Ore]] + [[Bismuth Ore]] x2 + [[Fire Crystal]]) : I would avoid this unless you have to because the ingots are kind of useless

'''110''' : [[Ra'Kaznar Ingot]] ([[Darksteel Ore]] x3 + [[Ra'Kaznar Ore]] + [[Fire Crystal]]) : I would avoid this unless you have to because the ingots are kind of useless

'''110''' : [[Damascus Ingot]] ([[Relic Iron]] + [[Wootz Ore]] + [[Vanadium Ore]] x2 + [[Fire Crystal]]) : Make [[Haubergeon]]s, Make [[Hauberk]]s, Make [[Cursed Hauberk -1]]s, Make [[Voodoo Hauberk]]s, Make Profit (very very occasionally)

'''110''' : [[Beryllium Ingot]] ([[Iron Ore]] x3 + [[Beryllium Ore]] + [[Fire Crystal]]) : Used for AF upgrade quests, so there's always a market

'''110''' : Blurred items (can start making at 104) and [[Hexed Sune-Ate]]/[[Hexed Somen|Somen]]/[[Hexed Domaru|Domaru]] are also options for skilling up.

==References==
* [https://www.bluegartr.com/threads/128844-Smithing-guide-(2016) Oringinal Thread BG Forums]

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