Guild Wars 2

I’ve searched web for hours can’t find anything good. I don’t want to spend a lot at TP. I don’t want to use recipes from npc’s that no longer exist in the game or will not be back until Christmas. Can anyone direct me to a really good Leather Crafting Guide for the 400-500 range?

Thx.

I use GW2Crafts for crafting guides in general, and now it has levelling from 400-500. No matter what you do, this process will be expensive, but make sure to minimize the damage to your wallet and buy components at the listed prices or lower (refresh the page to update the prices). Keep in mind this guide doesn’t incorporate the use of crafting boosters etc.

Personally, I just popped a crafting booster and discovered a ton of armors, starting with the raw materials. I’m unsure of how much you have to make, but as long as you discover, the level will go by fast.

Yeah that guide was very pretty and easy to follow I just started screaming about the point I realized I would need $48 in Intricate Gossamer Insignia’s. I’m now following no guide and trying to do this on my own some CHEAPER way.

That would be impossible, gw2 crafts always shows the cheapest possible way to level crafting.

I am feeling really screwed over by those who joined this game a long time ago. All these forgotten recipes and items that cost so kitten much and “that was an event that is gone from the game now.” So what difference does it make if I level up crafting? In the end only the players that have been here for f*ing forever and jumped thru kitten event hoops get to craft anything that makes real bank.

This game is bs I’m ready to quit. I liked the crafting until this point. Now it’s just an expensive grind. There’s no point. Omg I’ll have to SW or WvW for two months to do this. F* this sh*.

I have leveled all 8 professions to 500 without buying a thing. You can do it too. I have never crafted anything that “makes real bank”. I earned and worked for everything I have, including my Legendary weapons.
Start by discovering all versions (zerk, assassin, etc etc) of every armor piece, and move up through the ranks. If you have to spend any Gold at all, you are doing it wrong IMHO.

http://gw2crafts.net/

randomguy.1283:

That would be impossible, gw2 crafts always shows the cheapest possible way to level crafting.

I love gw2crafts. However, let’s be clear: GW2 Crafts is cheaper than any other method if your only worry is the cost of the materials. Its algorithm ignores any other potential value, including that you might use the results yourself (either as gear or for later crafting), especially when it comes to ascended mats/components.

Even ignoring these caveats, gw2crafts is still by far the most convenient, quick, and accurate tool for leveling crafts that is out there and will probably remain that for a long time.

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Details on the Caveats
These are the primary blind spots for GW2 Crafts:

1. You are comparing prices for mats that you can buy right now
2. The TP value of the items you craft tracks pretty well with the material costs.
3. The results of the crafting have no other use for you except to sell on the TP or delete.
4. You do not plan on refining any Ascended materials (dragonite, empyreals, bloodstone).

The first two are reasonable assumptions for chef, jeweler, and r1-400 for five of the other six disciplines. The second fails to take into account refining +1 agony infusions, since you can frequently come close to breaking even by discovering +8 AI or so and selling these. The last two are unreasonable assumptions for anyone interested in crafting Ascended gear, which is about the only reason it’s worth the expense of reaching r500.

Mitigating the Caveats

• If you run fractals, it’s worth refining the +1 agony infusions. If you don’t, it’s not worth investing in them for learning artificing unless you are a TP maven and enjoying hunting for bargain prices and precision sale prices.
• If you plan on creating ascended gear, then save stacks of each of the ascended mats, to refine when you are able (r450) and do that to reach the next tier.
• Unlock recipes and craft things that you might want for alts or for alt weapon/armor sets from r400-r425, and r450-500.

Again, even if you ignore these gaps in gw2craft’s system, it’s still better than any other system out there. I mention these for those who are willing to spend a bit more time to save a bit more coin than even gw2crafts can.