I really don't understand crafting.

[Baobei]

Hey. I tried leveling Weaving previously and ended up just crafting a whole ton of gear. I went down the list of what I can craft and just made one of each item so that way I could get the bonus exp. This took a lot of time and I was able to get to about level 15 or so (I forget). Then I remember hitting a brick wall needing gathering mats and didn't know what to do.

I tried looking up guides on what I'm doing wrong and etc. and all I see are people telling me to do leves. Well, I don't have anymore leves :x. I just did them with my DoW class and other classes and have 0. How am I supposed to level crafting normally? What is the best route? Is there a guide on what to craft out there that is good & updated for 2.2?

Thank you... sorry I'm pretty confused.

[Baobei]

Also, guide for gathering classes would be swell as well...

[Sagittarian]

It sounds like you are doing it correctly. You can level each of the crafting classes to about 15 without leaving the guild. After that you need either stuff that can be gathered or made by the other crafting classes.
Leves are the best way to make quick xp without having to worry about finding too many various materials. You will get back 6 leves per day. You will also want to try to make hq items as they give twice the rewards for leves.
To better your ability to make hq items, you will probably want to level several crafting classes and pick up some of the cross-class skills.
There is likely going to be a demand for more low level gear with the influx of ps4 players, so you can also try just making lots of copies of some low level gear. It won't level you particularly fast but you can hopefully make money off of it.

For the gathering classes, again leves are the best way to go. :/ Without the leves, just go for the highest level stuff you can.
Fishing is pretty easy since you can stockpile the fish and then turn them in when you have the leves.
Botanist works well with weaver, culinarian, and carpenter.
Miner works well with armorer, blacksmith, goldsmith, and alchemist.

[Felis]

If you are in a grand company (around lv20 storyquest, I think) you can also craft stuff for the company. You can find the list what they need in the Timer window UI or with speaking with one in the GC headquarter.
They give good exp, GC seals and points for your GC achievements.
HQ items give you double rewards. The one with a yellow star give you also double reward. If you do one with a star as HQ it give you 4* the rewards (double + double).
But you can only craft 1 item each crafting class, then it vanish from the list after you give it to your GC.
After a specific time (7:00pm GMT in europe) the list get reseted and you have a new list.

[Baobei]

So, in general I should level crafting via making one of every item when I don't have any leves available?

[Urthdigger]

So, in general I should level crafting via making one of every item when I don't have any leves available?

That's probably one of the faster ways to go about it... and hey, achievement progress!

Also, while you wait for leves to pop up, you can look at what items are required for them. Keep in mind you'll get different leves in town (the town where the guild is at) and the appropriate camp for the level range (At least one leve in town will lead you there). Craft the items ahead of time and keep them on hand.

Also, not sure if you've noticed yet, but leves regenerate over time. Your journal displays how many you have.

[Highlanderx]

So, in general I should level crafting via making one of every item when I don't have any leves available?

No, you wait for more leves, then level it with those.

You should be doing them in Bulk, while using food and a xp bonus manual from your GC. Hopefully with an FC buff also.

While waiting go farm the ingredients you will need.

And you should never use leves for DoW/DoM, unless your hitting the cap and don't want to craft/gather. There are plenty of ways to level them. Not so with craft/gather classes.

[KagatoAC]

Me I found it easier to look at the list for an item that I could craft easily that has minimum number on ingredients and then make massive amounts of it. for weaver that was primarily the different base cloths / thread. However it should be noted that I did my gathering jobs to 50 first so I would go out and gather all my own materiels, then craft a huge chunk of items and repeat.

[JeniLinsky]

It pays to go ahead and level a gathering craft to match your crafting class. Carpenter and Weaver level with Botanist items; Goldsmith, Armorsmith, and Blacksmith with Mining items; Alchemist and culinarian don't match up cleanly to any particular gathering class.

Among other things, if you can handle the tedium of it, you can go out and gather, say, 200 copper and 100 zinc, along with 100 crystal shards, and turn them into 100 brass ingots, which will give you several levels worth of experience in both the gathering and the crafting class. You get more exp, by the bye, if you don't quicksynth... do your best to get a HQ result with each ingot.

It's a time-expensive, gil-cheap way to level up your gathering and crafting classes.

[Spawnie]

theres lots of crafting and collecting guides around just gotta google them :3

as for leves its better to wait til u start to unlock the triple leves for DoH classes really useful for fast leveling :3

for me personally i have mine at 99 available but i nvr use more then 20 at a time then i level or hunt tomes while waitin for them to cap again that way i always have stock :P