Most profitable crafting skill?

[MiaFLSurf]

So lets here it fellas....

What do you all think is the best way to make money via cafting.

Besides getting luck and craft a +3 sword, what STANDARD item can you sell for more than the mats it costs to make it?

To tell you the truth... as painful as it sounds, selling Beg Mana and HP Pots make money for me.

Make 1k at a time... sell and make a 50 profit per batch.

It takes a while, but it makes cash.

Any other suggestions?

[Demon]

Crafting is hardly profitable at all...
i'd say pants are the best :/

[aphrodite]

i'd say gauntlets/boots b/c
u know how every1's like eww.... boots or ewww gauntlets but like
#1 they're the cheapest to craft of all gears
#2 b/c no1 crafts em, they sell for just as much or more in market :O
abt other crafts, i've never tried so idk

[SparkGun]

I think almost every skill you lose cash on unless you get high enchantments from crafting, the chance of this isn't very likely. I'm trying to lvl orb and make higher lvl orbs but I kind of regret it since I lose alot more than I gain.

[MiaFLSurf]

Maybe Ill give boots a shot, I heard that was pretty good...

I meant to say 50k a batch of potions.... and thats simple enough to make right now.

[ziv]

I make a profit just by buying and selling certain stuff on the market. I've made about 5 mil in the last week.

[Axiom]

Pretty much any armor. Stay away from weapon and misc. crafts like stationary >_< My personal suggestion would be armor. You lose money at lower levels but you start making it back at higher levels. However the other armors (boots/gauntlets/pants/helm) are equally suitable.

Just remember that at lower levels there is NO craft which is very profitable.

[Flexor]

food is profitable once u reach around 20,and u dun lose much money on it,because you consume it :D

[Kiena]

Licenses can make you a lot of money at higher levels, but you need stationary and medicine to get up there. Most armor/weapons aren't profitable, though I do usually come out even with shoes. Helmets, too. I've actually had good luck with arrows and bullets, as long as I sell them at the right time - I've had to wait for the market to go back up in price before selling my stuff.

[nem4z17esis]

I think axe and melee related item..
They usually sold really quick and sometime you can get a tremedous profit if you get a lucky enchant.

[Jimsta]

Well some crafts go in pairs or groups, like if you want to train books you're going to have to get stationary too since a lot of book materials come from stationary.

Crystal, Action, and Machine go together too...

But, book is a really good money maker once you get into the adv books, from 1-38 (making int books) it isn't that good money/money sink.
If that isn't your thing you can make Auto-crafts, you'll need to make crystals/machine parts though. But you can make killer profit from making auto-craft adv if you can make the mats needed for it instead of buying from market.

[Macko]

I would say every craft if u have luck to craft high +ed items (yesterday got 15 rakshasa boots +6 xD)
Most prfitable are armor parts, coz they are cheaper to craft than weapon...

[A13x]

I make money with fishing and dont need luck for any +crafts :D . Have just wait for the right times and then sell rods for 15k, to craft i pay the half of this.

[twixter]

swords are good way too but need put some money in buisness at start

[Aryela]

I've heard armor is the way to go, perhaps weapons.

Medicine seems to be a bust. Rings... I think you lose money or maybe break even. However, I've been having more luck in overenchanting rings when I craft them than with anything else I've crafted thus far.

[Arietta]

i thought armor would be good too, cause the mats were relatively cheap... I was initially going to rush my armor so I could craft gilgamesh. I kinda gave up halfway through after I figured out that Gilgamesh armor is 44...

[danicrai]

my main craft is Sword right now .. but damn its a black hole for money unless i get a +2 or more .. recently i had a +3 batch of 15 destroyer sw and i though i was lucky .. but all those +3s made the market crash from 120k to 60k .. not very nice

my oppinion is that weapons arent profitable at all since you can get most of them from boxes a lot more than armor ..

i got some many anu axes, spears and bows from babylon boxes that i enchanted for my mercs a +3,+2 axe, +2 spear, +3 bow .. and i didnt receive not even one gauntlet of any type !!!

[Ebile]

I had suggest crystals though. At level 1 crystal craft, you can already craft Multi Hued Crystal Shards which costs a lot. Although the materials needed to craft these are expensive in the beginning, just do some treasure hunting and you will get crystal boxes which holds the materials needed for them.

[D4NY0]

to me it seems that (at least in helmet) crafting isnt really an income - okay.. when you are lucky and craft +4 items you make money, or even with +2/+3 - but it doesnt happen that often.

[Indian]

Friend of mine is leveling up his armor and he says is most profitable. I'm leveling up medicine and food, its just for personal and guild use, no profits in it so far.

[MiaFLSurf]

I dont think actualy armor is profitable, but I heard Boots, Gaunts, etc...and other peripheral armors are the way to go.

[synd]

a logical way of going through this is: whatever craft has the lowest amount of crafters will be the most profitable, coz there will be few suppliers.

As a general thought -
1. weapon and armor crafts are the "riskier" crafts, coz you profit by lucking out on high + equips.
2. other crafts for consumables and mats earning rate will be highly dependent on how much supply you can give to the market at a particular time.

[Teesa]

It cant be amour, WHy ? since everyone crafts it why would it be profitable ? try glove or shoes :)

[Zinrae]

Yes, there are a ton of armor crafters, but that piece also gives the most defense and people are willing to spend more money on armor than any other piece. Many people neglect their other pieces of equipment because they get less def for their money. So you could still do armor crafting and make money.
Imo, the best one to start right now if you're on Sikyon would be Shoes, with Gauntlets being 2nd best. Just be smart and check market conditions for different armor levels, compare them to mat costs, and check the artisan list too.

[methane]

Yes crafting armor is not profitable at all since if you got 15+0 you probably would have lost close to 80% of crafting cost. Also for example gilgamesh robe and gilgamesh gloves the level needed to craft these 2 are not the same. Armor needs a crafting level of 42 while gaunlet only need crafting level of 40. Walch armor + 0 sells barely over 10k while walch gaunlet sells for over 50k now? not sure the current price. If you want profit definetely do not go for armor.

[Tuanie]

not really "profitable" at a high lvl each craft mostly cost around 700k -150mil just for the mat. or more.

but if you ask me. i have to say armor,pants,axe

[crazynjay]

if you want armors dont craft just hunt the box.....:femalehero:

[sayw]

need to ask.... i craft 1000 octopus soup how much i can sell it? thanks

[Kelnari]

I take it there aren't any on the market?

You can hit the "rates" key on market window to see what others are selling for.

[Kelnari]

need to ask.... i craft 1000 octopus soup how much i can sell it? thanks

There are quite a bit on Thebes for 2-300 gold each... not sure on Sikyon though.

[Kelnari]

if you want armors dont craft just hunt the box.....:femalehero:

I have to disagree about hunting boxes. If you manage to get the one piece that you happened to need, it's still gonna be +0. It takes 16 items just to make one +4 item. If you craft, you have a chance of creating multiple +'d items and it's always the one you need most. ^_^

[Wraythe]

i Agree with shoes. it has the fewest amount of crafters. and unlike pants does not exclude the casters. I am leveling Sewing/Shoes and we will see how it goes

[Newell]

From what I can tell, gauntlet seem to not come out of boxes like the others. A little shy it seems. I can never find the damn things on market when I need them.

[Kiena]

From what I can tell, gauntlet seem to not come out of boxes like the others. A little shy it seems. I can never find the damn things on market when I need them.

Quoted for truth - freakin' gauntlets are always the last thing I get. My guildie that's crafting them is a set behind where I am level-wise, so I usually get gauntlets right after I move to the next level of gear. :p

[Macko]

It is hard to say what crafting skill is most profitable, it the one with less crafters most of time. It also depands on economy on server...

[Mersey]

Quoted for truth - freakin' gauntlets are always the last thing I get. My guildie that's crafting them is a set behind where I am level-wise, so I usually get gauntlets right after I move to the next level of gear. :p

I guess there is no harm in revealing this as only an absurdly small fraction of a games total populations that read the official forums, and even smaller fraction that read forums like this, but gauntlets are a fricking cashcow on Mycanae. If you don't get any pluses you can still chant them up to like +2 or +3 and still turn a small profit, but if you luck out and get some +3s or better you can make a hefty profit, especially if you buy out the market and set your own damn price, it's fantastic. :D I really only bother with the heavy armor ones though, because they sell the quickest and have the highest price potential.

[Kiena]

I guess there is no harm in revealing this as only an absurdly small fraction of a games total populations that read the official forums, and even smaller fraction that read forums like this, but gauntlets are a fricking cashcow on Mycanae. If you don't get any pluses you can still chant them up to like +2 or +3 and still turn a small profit, but if you luck out and get some +3s or better you can make a hefty profit, especially if you buy out the market and set your own damn price, it's fantastic. :D I really only bother with the heavy armor ones though, because they sell the quickest and have the highest price potential.

High level shoes are the same way - now that I'm up to Anu shoes, I'm actually making a profit (*gasp*!) - when I don't get pluses, or just +1, I can sell to Columbus and I usually get a bit more than break even, and when I get +2 or higher I make a nice tidy sum. Walachia actually sell the best, though - I put some warrior shoes on the market and they're gone in a few minutes. Seriously, shoes, gauntlets, and (according to two guildies) helms are the best money-makers for crafting armor - at least on Mycanae. :)

[Mersey]

High level shoes are the same way - now that I'm up to Anu shoes, I'm actually making a profit (*gasp*!) - when I don't get pluses, or just +1, I can sell to Columbus and I usually get a bit more than break even, and when I get +2 or higher I make a nice tidy sum. Walachia actually sell the best, though - I put some warrior shoes on the market and they're gone in a few minutes. Seriously, shoes, gauntlets, and (according to two guildies) helms are the best money-makers for crafting armor - at least on Mycanae. :)

Very true, I doubt we are the only ones that have caught on that you can still turn a pretty mint while crafting. I can get armor, pants, and weapons on the cheap but if I pay for shoes and helms I pay out the damn nose and then some. I've seen +3 destroyer helms going for about 200k+ and I usually see 10-15 of them at a clip...wonder who was responsible for that. I picked up +3 level 35 armor for pretty much my entire squad for less than that. :p I'm guessing whoever made those helms paid something like 50-75k on the mats and turned it around for a mill while they were making money on top of that farming or doing whatever.

So if there is anything to be learned from this if you are seriously thinking about crafting for profit do a little research, depending on what you craft you can make a sexy sum if you craft the right thing.

[Aura]

i think it is hard to say that too >_>...
every server is just different....and needs are kind of different too...
sometimes the market is exploded with same items..and sometimes just can't even find these items...

[cfk]

So I was leveling my bow today, took a look at the top artisans. Highest one is just short of making Ghost Gunner. Did a quick plugin of market values and...figures. Costs 4.5x more to make one than buy one on market.

Think it's a lot safer to craft things that can't be obtained from dropped boxes :/

[Newell]

-Gauntlet
-High level Shoes
-Helmets

People pay less attention to these items. My helmets on Argos are turning into million dollar profits. Gauntlets are a gold mine let spoken above. And apparently high level shoes are nowhere to be found.

[Krullthor]

Having picked weapons craft i must say its hardly profitable at all hehe, best options are the ones described by newell for sure at least for the Argos market, each server might have its own niche though.

[leawen]

not sure if this has been posted but atm anyway multi hue shards hve been profitable ... cost me 1mill to buy 5 of each crystal ( minus ashen ) and can sell the 25 multi hue for 1.5 mill .. not a huge profit but the best one I have seen for my self

[Ferishi]

I'm too busy using up all my multi-hues for myself, lol

Sadly, multi-hue crystal profit is only temporary. That supply of dragon crystals from the giveaways will get used up eventually... well, at least until they giveaway more. .....which they ALWAYS seem to do, admittingly. :O

[kaiser99]

tsk tsk, after those complains from player... they would at least have second thoughts about those giveaway

[Spydermage]

i craft fishing gear for profit. in fact any consumables should be profitable. :)

[Samwise93]

Crafting most med crafts is the strangest and most profitable craft I've done. :)

[MiaFLSurf]

I hvaent tried fishing...is it proftiable? Fun?

[Arietta]

I hvaent tried fishing...is it proftiable? Fun?

no. and no.

its just like autocrafting, except it costs you stuff :)

[Jimsta]

Once mat prices go up it might be; as of now, no.

[Keats]

Shoes and gauntlet can cost more than pants so i would say they're the best moneymakers

[AtsushiHayami]

Crystal Craft is quite profitable but you need patience and and some money for a head start

[Shizi]

all crafts are profitable if ur the highest level :P
otherwise charms by far~

[Marisa the Rainmaker]

On Thebes, where Mandragora prices fluctuate between 100-200k, I've found that Medicine is a very good source of profit starting at level 50. Namely, Vials of Valor cost around 1.5 million to make (items selling at market price; it's only 1 million if you buy the growth vials from an NPC), and on thebes, a batch of 10 sells for around 1.9-2.3 million, essentially netting 400-800k per batch.

Vials of Wisdom are even better - they cost about 1.8 million to make (1.4 max if you buy the growth vials from NPC), though a batch of 10 of those sells for 3 million, netting a sizable 1.2 million profit per batch along with massive corresponding EXP in both medicine and crystal crafting.