Crafting and the gilsink of Leatherworker...

[Marael]

Honestly, I think the most time conuming / expensive / friend-required Craft is Leatherworker. Once you hit Aldgoat Leather (Level 20) you start needing Mining. You also need Weaving and either Armor or Blacksmith for ingots. And let's not forget the overall shards count...

Really? Because I lvled Leatherworker virtually free of charge. How? I made all of my own gear, I made all of my own materia to meld to it, I farmed all my skins by murdering masses of aldgoats, gigantoads, boars, and Peistes, and mined all my own alumin/black alumin. Then I did triple turn-in leves for aldgoat leather, then toad leather, then boar leather, then took Peiste leather to 50, and then I sold off any leftover leathers I had and actually made about 500k overall. I probably used about 25-ish leve allowances total going 20-50. Sure, it might have been a tad bit slower than just buying all the mats off the market, but I MADE money lvling it,and a pretty good chunk too. There's no reason you shouldn't either other than your own laziness. Just sayin. No one forced you to pay boatloads of cash. You could have easily done it absolutely for free too. You just have to be a little smart, and put a little more effort into getting your own materials. There isn't a craft in the game that can't be leveled for free if you put in the effort to gather your own materials. 1-50 took about a week total.