Duncmac's guide to crafting [in progress. early feedback?]

[duncmac]

IN PROGRESS

 

 

 

Hey there everyone, my name is duncmac. I achieved the level of 99 crafting on 8.24.08 after

 

months of crafting, and have no regrets, and have obtained a huge sense of accomplishment.

 

 

 

I'm assuming if you're reading this guide, you too are looking to level craft, and possibly even

 

enough to also obtain the most beautiful crafting cape =D> . Therefore, I now find myself writing

 

a guide, that answers questions I'm asked probably 20 or 30 times a day, which also happens to

 

be my first guide, and i hope you may find it useful.

 

 

 

the guide is constructed as follows:

 

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   [*:1sv4yoxi] basics, getting started. (1-10)
    
   [*:1sv4yoxi] powerleveling (10+)
    
   
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      [*:1sv4yoxi] lvl 30+ (cheapest)
       
      [*:1sv4yoxi] lvl 33-46+ (second cheapest)
       
      [*:1sv4yoxi] lvl 63+

(priciest)

 

[*:1sv4yoxi] free players

 

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   [hide=Getting started][*:1sv4yoxi] Getting started (lvl 1-10)
    
   

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   [hide=Continuing on with PowerLeveling][*:1sv4yoxi]continuing on (lvls 10-63+)

    

   once you have reached level 10 crafting you can begin to turn quite a profit on your

    

   experience gains. I, as well as many other crafters, would HIGHLY recommend the making

    

   of bowstrings. These are members only. With bowstrings you may collect and pick your

    

   own flax, the raw material needed to make a bowstring, however I find because this takes

    

   so much extra time, you can still double your money by buying your flax off of other players

    

   or on the grand exchange. Once you have your flax, I recommend you spin it in the Lumbridge

    

   castle. Banking on the top floor, get a full load of flax, go down the staircase one room.

    

   in the Duke's bedroom is a spinning wheel. Spin your flax here. Bank on the top floor, and

    

   repeat. this is good all the way up to either 30, 33, 46, or even 63. from there it will tie into

    

   the following list.

    

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      [*:1sv4yoxi]At 30, it becomes a good idea to take the path i did to 99. Emerald bracelets. From
       
      here it's only about 200,000 bracelets to 99. Buy emeralds, precut, on the grand exchange.
       
      Often you will need to offer max offer. Also buy your gold bars. You will also need a bracelet
       
      mould, something you can buy from teh crafting shop in al kharid or from the G.E.
       
       
       
      To make bracelets, or any other piece of jewelery, you will need to carry in your inventory
       
      your mould, the gold bars, and any gems you may wish to put into the jewelery. This
       
      requires one gold bar per gemstone. Use your gold bar on a furnace, then click the piece of
       
      jewelery you wish to make. There IS a right click "make all" option that comes in handy.
       
      I would reccommend the furnace in edgeville after receiving varrock armour, or the port
       
      phasmatys furnace. At the time of writing this guide, selling emerald bracelets unenchanted
       
      on the grand exchange, the estimated cost to make bracelets from lvl 30 to 99 was just
       
      under 6 million coins. (jan 1, 2009)
       
      [*:1sv4yoxi] at 33 and 46 glass items become a focus. 33 being glass vials, and 46 being unpowered
       
      orbs which are used for battle staffs. to make glass items you need a glassblowing pipe and
       
      molten glass which is either obtained through purchase or by using a bucket of sand on soda
       
      ash which is from burning seaweed. Use your molten glass on the glassblowing pipe, and once
       
      again, a "make all" option IS available. making this quite fast. This is substantially higher in
       
      loss than emerald bracelets would be, however at 46, blowing the unpowered orbs, it is also
       
      a little bit faster.
       
      [*:1sv4yoxi]At 63 crafting you can begin to make green dragonhide bodies, often considered the best
       
      way to level. It finds a balance between cost and speed that for many is ideal. you can count
       
      on going 63 to 99 on this method costing upwards of 30 or 40 million coins, but the speed
       
      pushes 200k xp an hour when you're in your groove. To do this you will either buy green hides
       
      or green d-leathers on the GE or from other players. If you buy green dragonhides it IS a little
       
      cheaper than green d-leathers, but is also slower because you will need to tan them yourself
       
      at Aubry or the crafting guild. Just like cowhide leathers, with dragon leathers you use a needle
       
      and thread to make whatever items you must make. Green is always the most cost efficient
       
      but blue, red, and black will be faster, yet more expensive respectively.

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   [hide=Free Player Tips][*:1sv4yoxi] Free Players Tips

    

   Being a free player makes crafting a bit more difficult. Follow the starting out tips that are listed above, both of which must be continued past level 10. Continue making leather and Clay items, with the best combo of xp being making clay until you can make hardleather bodies at level 28.

    

    

    

   once you are a bit higher in level you can continue making hardleather bodies for more experience, or for better experience rates consider cutting gems. This method is VERY fast but extremely expensive as well. Generally you will need to buy uncut gems near max, and sell them cut at mid or below. I will list the levels to cut each nonmember gem below.

    

    

    

   sapphire - 20

    

   emerald - 27

    

   ruby - 34

    

   diamond - 43

    

    

    

   another method I would consider as a free member is that of making AND enchanting amulets. Given enchanting is V E R Y slow you would gain both decent craft and mage xp. Don't bother with this method until level 50 for ruby amulets (strength) and diamond amulets (power) as the other two are difficult to sell.

    

    

    

   I believe the most effective nonmember crafting method is that of making unstrung holy symbols. Granted these are difficult to sell (took me over a week to sell 10 thousand at minimum) they yield good experience rates, for relatively low loss. These sell best if you look on the official runescape forums for people buying unstrung amulets and symbols, as these are strung using a spell in a members only lunar spellbook. Of course, you can always try to sell for minimum on the GE ;)

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   Best of luck on crafting to whatever level you may desire, and for those of you who seek the highly revered crafting skill cape, trust me, it's well worth it \

 
[*:1sv4yoxi]Clay items are you best option up until level 10 crafting. Start by gathering clay. If
 
you are to buy it yourself, look for "clay" as opposed to soft clay. By buying regular
 
clay, you will save yourself a little bit of money. Convert your clays into soft clays
 
by using them on a bucket, jug, or bowl of water. Once you have done this, your
 
clay is ready to be used to create pottery. Truly, the best place to do this for any
 
player is in barbarian village, banking in Edgeville. See below.
 

 
of course you can always choose to mine your own clay. always make the highest
 
level item you can, as that's always the most efficient manner. Make pots 1-7,
 
pie dishes at 7-8, and then bowls at 8-10. To make pottery use your soft clay
 
on the pottery wheel, then fire it in the nearby kiln. completed pottery may be put
 
in your bank, or sold to a general store, as it will not sell on the grand exchange in
 
the majority of cases.
 
[*:1sv4yoxi]Another possible route is that of leather items. This is not only more expensive
 
per item if you gather all the materials yourself, it also takes more items to achieve
 
the same amount of experience. As this is the case, I will leave it at this. Leather
 
is NOT effective up to level 10 crafting. If you choose to do so, you may tan your
 
cowhides into leather or hardleather with Aubry in AlKharid at a small price. To make
 
leather items you need a needle and thread.

[Sid Icarus]

How fast can you sell the bracelets and why would anyone buy them? I personally got levels 59-72 by crafting and enchanting emerald rings, since you make a small profit and they are easy to sell. Although enchanting is a huge clickfest if you're going for 99 crafting. :P

 

 

 

You should also mention the furnace in Neititznot. I find it a lot nicer than Phasmatys because there is no closing door and you can place the camera for easy clicking.

[duncmac]

the bracelets sell near instantly near max

 

 

 

here's the math i figure for current bracelet prices. math.

 

 

 

725 per emerald

 

182 per gold bar

 

costs 902 ea to make.

 

sells around 830-840 ea.

 

 

 

so prices have gone up since i last heard, but that's less than 1 coin per xp still.

 

 

 

ok now wh y would people buy them?

 

 

 

they alch 915 ea. that makes it pretty decent to alch with natures around 225 ea.

 

 

 

i'll be sure to mention it nez furnace. i never used it so i wouldnt be able to say much about it but i hear its nice.