Though there are many paths to mastering any skill and you are always free to choose whichever recipes make the most sense for you and the ingredients you can obtain or afford, many of the tradeskillers over the years have collaborated to provide a suggested path to mastery for those who seek guidance.
Skill Level | Suggested Recipe | Cost per attempt | Comments |
0 - 54 | Freebie Quest | 0 pp | Crescent Reach or Absymal Sea |
55 - 106 | Distillate of Skinspikes IV | 1.832 pp | Usable or sellable in bazaar |
107 - 142 | Distillate of Skinspikes V | 2.619 pp | Usable or sellable in bazaar |
143 - 178 | Distillate of Skinspikes VI | 4.457 pp | Usable or sellable in bazaar |
179 - 210 | Philter of the Wolf V | 6.819 pp | Usable or sellable in bazaar |
211 - 228 | Basic Suspension of Slime VII | 2.108 pp | Requires Pottery Subcombines |
229 - 231 | Formed Suspension of Slime VII | 2.955 pp | Requires Pottery Subcombines |
232 - 300 | Distillate of Celestial Healing XVIII | 79.112 pp | All the XVIII Distillates will work |
If you have completed The New Tanaan Merchant’s Alliance quest (requirements: level 85 and all seven (7) basic tradeskills already at 300), you can also use Alliance Elixir to raise your skill to 300 or evolve your trophy to 7/7. Medicinal Herbs are now sold in unlimited quantities on Olwen in the Western Wastes (CoV version)
Below are ingredients that can either be farmed in a fairly localized zone or are common drops across many zones and/or can be found on vendors if you're into vendor diving.
Skill Level | Ingredient | Comments |
250 | Hearty Goblin Blood | Temple of Droga/Mines of Nurga |
255 | Red Cups | DoN Zones: dropped and forage |
302 | Deepwater Ink | Siren's Grotto, Kedge Keep and Plane of Water |
348 | Nodding Blue Lily | Old Sebilis and Crypt of Decay |
386 | Versluierd Fungus | Common drop across many zones and commonly on vendors |
388 | Lucidem | Common drop across many zones and commonly on vendors |
426 | Sunshard Powder | Common drop across many zones and commonly on vendors |
428 | Curzon | Common drop across many zones and commonly on vendors |
466 | Aderirse Bur | Common drop across many zones and commonly on vendors |
468 | Urticaceae | Common drop across many zones and commonly on vendors |
500+ | Chronal Resonance Dust | Seeds of Destruction Zones: Dropped and Foraged and ocassionally found on vendors |
500+ | Dream Dust | House of Thule Zones: Dropped and Foraged |