Crafting Guide for Beginners

[Velo_Vandore]

Hi Tonkatsu, thanks for the videos. I haven't finished watching them so sorry if this is answered already (from the titles of your videos it looks more focused on crafting skills so far).

I have reached lvl.15 carpenter and am starting to find recipes with ingredients which I can't find from the vendor. I understand that elm logs, for example, can be gathered with the botany class or purchased from other players on the market boards. I noticed the prices on the market boards are quite high for materials. It seems it would be much cheaper to just buy finished equipment on the market boards than to purchase the materials and craft it myself. So I'm considering starting botany to compliment the carpenter class.

Then I notice some carpenter recipes require other non-vendor materials like iron ingot. So it seems I would also have to learn both Miner and Blacksmith to obtain the ingot myself (unless purchased on the player market board)? Is it the case that to be successful in one crafting discipline requires one of two things:

a. Level all disciples of land and hand together
or b. purchase materials from other players.

I'm not keen on option A just now as I want to focus on getting through the main scenario and not get too bogged down in the crafting.
Option B sounds ok, but too be able to afford the materials I would have to start selling stuff myself as well. I'm a little worried about using the market boards and what prices to set when selling. I'd really like to create some of my own staffs and equipment for friends but I'm slightly nervous about going into "business" on the market boards.

Any advice here? I'm guessing the idea of making the crafts interdependent is to nurture an economy, but I'm worried about getting ripped off and what I can sell myself / at what price to make money.

tldr; I want to just level carpenter (maybe also botany) to make some equipment for myself and friends. Will I need to use the market boards to progress after lvl.15? If so, what is the best way to make my money for the ingredients needed. What is a good item to sell and how can I determine a fair price?

Thanks for reading. Would you be interested in making a video to introduce the concept of trading on the market boards and how to generate enough money with your chosen craft to put back into the ingredients required?