You used to. You used to need 15 CNJ to take your GLD to PLD. You used to need 15 GLD to take your MRD to WAR. And so on.

You still (kind of) need MIN 20 for your BTN, and BTN 20 for your MIN. At least, if you want to make use of all six elemental wards you do. Not that many people go out and actually gather shards nowadays.

But given that they have been decreasing the inter-class dependencies in the combat realms, it stands to reason they would do the same in the non-combat realms. Maybe this is what they are doing in the DoH/DoL revamp coming up?

Bu[t back on topic : TC, your source of exp sub 46 (when the Ixali open up) is the most elementary source of income of all : actually doing what the class is supposed to be doing. Crafters gonna craft. (And Gatherers gonna gather, not that the original post was about gathering.)

Use all NQ materials, and max out the Quality bar. You’ll get a 300% bonus, that stacks on top of Rested and food and other exp buffs. That’s turning a 650 exp craft into 2600 exp or more. That’s also not including the bonus exp you get for making something for the first time. Doing the Crafting Log (both the leveling and the housing) are slower, but exp-lucrative, means of leveling up.