Reviewed 30 October 2026. Forever is in its pre-launch edition. Later-level advice is identified as planning where beta coverage is limited; check the current client before committing materials or a long journey.
Why these profession pairings?
- Mining supplies bars and stone.
- Coordinate rods with an Enchanter rather than assuming every crafted item will sell.
START AT YOUR CURRENT SKILL
Your Blacksmithing route
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Turn stone into a foundation
Rough Sharpening Stone and Rough Grinding Stone are reviewed starting crafts. Coarse Grinding Stone and Runed Copper Gauntlets follow in the beta route; the gauntlets use Copper Bar and Rough Grinding Stone. Keep a Blacksmith Hammer available. Separate stones needed for another craft from finished weapon enhancements, so an early vendor sale does not force you to remake ingredients.
- Rough Stone
- Coarse Stone
- Copper Bar
- Rough Grinding Stone
Before the next stageJourneyman: skill 50 and level 10. Keep your hammer for equipment crafts.
Make bronze purchases deliberately
Reviewed checkpoints include Rough Bronze Leggings, Patterned Bronze Bracers and Bronze Shortsword. Their ingredient chains use Bronze Bar, grinding stones, and, for the sword, Weak Flux and Medium Leather. This is a good moment to compare your available leather with your metal stock. An apparently abundant bar pile is not a complete production plan if every craft needs a missing secondary reagent.
- Bronze Bar
- Coarse Grinding Stone
- Weak Flux
- Medium Leather
Before the next stageExpert: skill 125 and character level 20; cap 225.
Move into iron and steel chains
Green Iron Bracers use Iron Bar and Green Dye; Golden Scale Bracers use Steel Bar and Heavy Grinding Stone. Later reviewed checkpoints are Mithril Plate Pants at 185 and Heavy Mithril Breastplate at 215. Choose a small batch before converting all your ore, and reserve ingredients for the actual equipment you intend to finish.
- Iron Bar
- Green Dye
- Steel Bar
- Heavy Grinding Stone
- Mithril Bar
Before the next stageArtisan: skill 200 and character level 35; cap 300.
Confirm Artisan recipes before stockpiling
The reviewed higher route is a beta planning draft, not a live-tested shopping list. Check your current learned recipes and their station requirements, then select a useful output that still gives skill. Master Forge is a listed skill-300 camping milestone. Its presence in a reference does not prove that the final blueprint or all required ingredients are accessible on your launch-day route.
- Only the materials for a verified learned recipe
- Gold reserved for training and recipe access
Before the next stageRecheck the post-225 sequence and Master Forge access after launch.
Build around an actual equipment need
Before crafting a weapon, compare it with the item the intended player already owns. Level requirements, weapon compatibility and the next likely quest reward matter more than the color of its name. Our recommendation is to arrange a buyer or recipient for expensive equipment first. A rod order or useful upgrade gives the batch a purpose even when the auction market is unstable.
Schedule the workshop visit
Sharpening Wheel is the skill-20 camp contribution, and Anvil is listed at 140. Keep workshop availability beside your material checklist. If a recipe requires a forge, an anvil alone should not be assumed sufficient. Combining training, vendor reagents and the actual craft into one planned stop is usually more comfortable than discovering each missing dependency separately.
READY FOR THE NEXT SESSION
Your preparation checklist
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BEFORE YOU SET OUT
Quick questions
Should I smelt every ore immediately?+
Choose based on the recipes and buyers you have. Keep enough flexibility to avoid converting a useful raw material into an unwanted intermediate.
Is a specialization required for this route?+
This is a general leveling plan. Confirm the current specialization rewards and quest conditions before committing to a later equipment branch.
THE RESEARCH DESK
Sources behind the route
Original Cobalt Games writing and editorial recommendations. These links show the evidence, version and limits behind the guide.
Current profession purpose, ranks, trainer conditions and camp checkpoints.
Reviewed 2026-10-30 · Open reference ↗Reviewed stone, copper, bronze, iron and steel recipe checkpoints and trainer conditions. Higher skill planning remains beta-scoped.
Reviewed 2026-10-30 · Open reference ↗Official primary/secondary profession roster and shared Camping system.
Reviewed 2026-10-30 · Open reference ↗
