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Aion Online Mastery Guide

~ Crafting & Gathering Guide ~

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Crafting
In Aion there are 6 Professions you can choose from. Players are able to have as many professions as they want however you are only allowed to master one of them. Aion is quite different then other games when it comes to Professions. Players are able to raise their skill by fulfilling Work Orders. Work Orders are quests that the Profession Master gives players to raise their skill. To learn more about Work Orders please view my work orders section below. In Aion there are different levels for each profession, depending on your skill. A quick list of these levels are below: Lesser: level 1 - 99 Regular: 100 - 199 Greater: 200 - 299 Expert: 300 - 399 Master: 400 - 450 You will be able to level every skill up to level 399, although you can Master 1 skill past 399 to Master up to 450. Asmodians, go to the Temple of Artisans in Pandaemonium and find: Alchemy: Honir Armorsmithing: Kinterun Cooking: Lainita Handicrafting: Lanse Sewing: Zyakia Weaponsmithing: Rogi

Elyos, go to the Artisans Hall in Sanctum and find: Alchemy: Diana Armorsmithing: Vulcanus Cooking: Hestia Handicrafting: Utsida Sewing: Daphnis Weaponsmithing: Anteros

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Aion Work Orders

Each Profession Master starts by giving the player 1 Work Order. It requires a skill of level 1 in order to accept the first Work Order. For the first Work Order the NPC will supply all of the materials required to craft what he asks for. Players will gain skill ups for crafting the items he requires but not for turning in the actual quest. When your Tradeskill reaches level 10 you will be able to accept a new Work Order. The one at level 10 requires you to buy some materials of your own and of course is a little harder to make. However, the chance of getting a skill up from it is much more likely. When you reach level 20, you will be able to accept another Work Order that requires even more of your own materials to make. This process will repeat itself the higher your skill gets. Players can use Work Orders to raise their Profession Skills all the way up to max. However It is not as easy as it sounds. The higher you get, the more expensive the "excess" items you have to buy are making it one long Money/Time sink. (As with every other game). Something new and innovative with Aion is that when you successfully craft you will gain XP. Not XP towards increasing your skill but actual XP that will progress you through your level. Things to Note About Work Orders As you raise your skill in that craft everything will become more and more expensive You will be able to use Work Orders from 1 to Max Skill. You can repeat Work Orders as many times as you want You can NOT request more materials for your Work Order. If you fail too many times you will be required to abandon your Work Order and reaccept it.

Procing
When crafting in Aion you have a chance to "proc" an item. What this means is you will originally be crafting say white(in quality) pants. Then they proc into Green(in quality) pants. When it procs it improves the stats and quality level of the item. You can also proc a Green item into a Blue item and so on and so forth until the item level cannot be improved or you can't use it in a craft. You can tell you proc'd an item because the items name will turn green and the icon of it while crafting it will flash. After this happens you will continue to create the item like normal.

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Overview of Crafts

Handicrafting

Alchemy

Armorsmithing

Sewing

Cooking

Weapon Smith

Alchemy
Alchemy is used for creating Potions, Scrolls, Manastones, Spellbooks and Orbs. Alchemy is a good money maker since people will always be popping potions, scrolls and of course always be needing Manastones. The Spellbooks and Orbs are just "Extra" goodies. Eventhough the last two items seem more driven for Spellcasters, Alchemy is a good profession for anyone since everyone. The main thing that is great about Alchemy is not having to find other players or deal with other players to get Potions and Manastones. The only downside of Alchemy is collecting all the materials for this profession tends to fill up your inventory fast. If you can deal with that, this is a perfect profession for you!

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Armor Smithing
Armorsmithing is used for creating shields, chain helmets, plate helmets, chain armor, and plate armor. Armorsmithing is very useful to have if you are of the Priest or Warrior classes, as you can fill 6 or 7 inventory slots with high quality crafted gear, making a big difference in your characters statistics

Cooking
Cooking is one of the 6 professions available to players in Aion. The Cooking Profession allows players to cook raw materials that they gather from around the world into delicious dishes! When these dishes are eaten they will grant the player buffs. Players can create two types of dishes, Normal dishes and Delicious dishes. Normal dishes will give you a buff for 30minutes, where as Delicious dishes will give you a buff for 45 minutes. Cooking is in demand since players will need the food to maximize their potential. Unlike many other games in Aion players will need to pop consumables like candy. This is both good and bad. Since if you choose a profession like cooking you'll make a decent amount of chump change.

Handcrafting
Handicrafting can create Rings, Staves, Necklaces, Bows and Earrings. Consider Handicrafting the "Misc" profession" that players can choose. Handicrafting is a great profession for Chanters and Rangers since it creates the weapons that they use, Bows and Staves. However since everyone can use Rings, Necklaces and Earrings this profession is really great for anyone. Much like Armor Smithing and Weapon Smithing in order to create anything of real value you will need to "proc" the item that you're making.

Tailoring
Tailoring will allow players to craft cloth armor, leather armor and belts. Tailoring is a common profession for Scouts and Mages since they can use the armor that it crafts. Unless you're a Scout or Mage I don't recommend this profession to you. As with the other Professions that can create gear, in order to make a good piece of gear you will need to "proc" the item that you're making. Weapon Smithing Weapon Smithing will allow players to create *Drum roll* Weapons! Weaponsmithing can create the following types of weapons: Daggers, Swords, Maces, Polarms and Greatswords. They can't craft Bows, Staves or Spellbooks/Orbs. Those items are tied to Handicrafting/Alchemy. Weaponsmithing can create excellent weapons, So if you're a

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Gladiator/Templar/Assassin that wants to get ahead I highly recommend this profession. Weaponsmithing is a very money consuming profession. Expect to invest much time and money into the profession in order to see results. In order to actually make money off this profession you will need to "proc" a craft.

Gathering
Gathering Basics
There are two gathering skills in Aion. Players begin the game with just the general gathering skill ranked 1 of 99. Upon completion of the ascension quest, the player receives the aerial gathering skill. This allows the player to gather any node with a required skill rank of 1, while the maximum achievable rank before obtaining further training is 99. When a skill reaches maximum rank players may purchase additional training in the skill. This system applies to both gathering and crafting. So then lets answer that nagging question, how does a player rank-up skills? The simplest answer is to level a skill by using it, though there is a little more to it. The most basic aspect to understand, is how general gathering from resource nodes works. Whenever a node is activated the player receives a pop-up box that displays the current skill rank, the item received upon success, and two bars representing success or failure.

As the gathering process begins, a series of successes and failures are represented via progression of the two bars. The extent to which a success or failure progresses either bar is determined by your skill rank in relation to the required rank for that node. If the players skill rank is the same as that required to gather a given node, then there is about a 33% chance to fail the entire process.

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The greater the players skill rank becomes in relation to the required rank, the lower the chance of an overall failure. Once the players skill rank surpasses the required rank by more then 20, it becomes impossible to fail. Success provides experience to the character and skill until the players rank surpasses the required rank by 40. At this point the skill can no longer gain rank.

What to gather 1-100 skill points

Elyos Angelica 1 Scallop 1 Carp 5 Apple 10 Ore 15 Kukuru 20 Jute 25 Birch Log 30 Silver 35 Rose Quartz 40 Tarragon 45 Orange 50 Oat 55 Crystal 60 Salmon 65 Potato 75 Amethyst 80 Oyster 85 Tomato 90 Snapper 95 Asmodian Angelica 1 Clam 1 Pujery 5 Fruit Tree 10 Raydam 10 Iron 15 Okra 20 Watered Silk 25 Tecoma Log 30 Silver 35 Rose Quartz 40 Calendula 45 Otombliss 50 Zucchini 55 Crystal 60 Sturgeon 65 Horto 75 Amethyst 80 Blicora 85 Baily 90 Kisaki 95

Having discussed the basics of skill ranks, Ill move on to the types of nodes and methods of gathering materials within the world of Atreia. There are what I categorize as four basic types of nodes; plants, minerals, gems, and woods. Plants are by far the most abundant type of resource. They appear everywhere on the planets surface but do not appear within the Abyss.

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Minerals and Gems are found both on the planets surface as well as in the Abyss. Minerals come in two forms. The first is minable with each new training level, while the other has node specific rank requirements and a different appearance. Gems are the rarest of the nodes found on the ground throughout Atreia and generally appear where several can be found in relative proximity.

Lastly are the woods which contain the least variety and are found scattered throughout Atreia. At this point, its fair to mention, that for most nodes there are two types of material that can be found. The regular version received 95% of the time and a rare version, often of the same material. The exception to this, from what Ive seen, is woods.

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That takes us to the aerial gathering skill and gathering from odes. Yes its odes, not nodes, in order to represent the difference between aerial and ground gathering. Odes differ from regular ground gathering in that there is only one available every 25 skill ranks. Additionally, they can only be found in zones where free flight is available.

The last manner of obtaining materials for crafting is the traditional method of killing mobs throughout the game. Mobs throughout the world drop several materials, although there are a couple key ones that will be found continually across all levels. The two important enough to mention are the leathers and the crystal balls. Leathers drop off of most mobs that you would expect them to, so anything with a hide. Crystal balls drop off everything and appear in three colors; red, blue, and white.

In closing it should be noted that most of the general materials also have different rarities. Two simple examples are gems and crystal balls. For gems, the node may produce a regular version of the material that is any quality. The rare version, when one is available, will always be of a quality a step above the regular version produced. The exception being that there are no unigue quality materials at this time. In the case of crystal balls each ball occurs in different rarities and any color crystal ball may drop in any rarity.

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I hope this provides everyone a little insight into the way gathering in Aion works and gets you excited for the upcoming article on what to do with those newly gathered materials!

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