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What's your favorite craft?
 Siren.Vonn
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By Siren.Vonn 2010-02-05 04:28:24
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I am trying to get an idea on what craft to bring up. I have cooking on a mule, but am looking to find a second and maybe more substantial craft to bring in some gil, while not spending a mint to level. Any ideas?
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By Cerberus.Mindi 2010-02-05 04:40:16
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Most crafts are kinda death, atleast on Cerb. You can only make money with spending lots of money and much luck.

Gold is maybe the best to make money even when you NQ, but you first need lots of money to get there.

Cooking is annoying (since not much + with each Synthesis and sucky to collect all materials) but stable income, especially when you combine it with fishing.

I liked BC the most, while i know i cant get super rich with it, i liked it the most out of the crafts i took to 60 so far, so this was the main factor why i choosed BC past 60. Can easy farm most stuff and even make money while Skilling it, but as i said, cause i farmed.

Dont think you should choose your craft where you can get rich with. Just pick what you like the most.

You can search through the function here on AH to get a idea what synthesis you can make with each craft and what it chances are to make money with the recipe function
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By Bismarck.Nevill 2010-02-05 04:41:57
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For any craft (save fishing) be prepared to spend a lot to level. Bonecraft was fairly cheap for me, but I farm a lot. Leathercraft was also cheap for me to take to 60, beyond that I can't say.

You can make money with any craft, just figure out which you wanna spend gil on to level.
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By Siren.Vonn 2010-02-05 05:12:27
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Yeah the farming factor definitely (for me) makes bone and leather a little funner than the rest. I am not looking to really bring in the millions. just looking for something to provide a decent income. I had thought about goldsmithing but i doubt i'll ever have the extra gil laying around to get that to money-making range lol.
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By Asura.Malekith 2010-02-05 05:15:07
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I wouldn't recommend Clothcraft. It was easy getting it to 60, then up to the 80's. Rainbow thread was a goldmine, since I have thf and farmed webs. Starting at 92 it's hell.

I'm at 99.9 right now having done 44 synths: 31 Blessed Briaults (.6 skill gained), 5 Cursed Dalmaticas (.1 skill gained), 5 Ebon Frocks (.1 skill gained) and 3 Argent Coats (0 skill gained). Going from 99> 100 I've spent maybe ~17M.

So ya... clothcraft sucks but then I remember it's not goldsmithing and really just .1 more and I can finally stop skilling. Should only take me 1M or 2M more, especially with the way Galateia is being jacked up. ;>.>