These are the quick and easy skill ups for different trade skills. Note that skill ups are fastest when within 20 points of the trivial, bourne out by several tradeskillers, but this can be overridden by price or convenience of a higher trivial item.<\/p>\n
\nFirst: you can take all tradeskills to 54 for free by the Abysmal Sea vendor quests. Do this.<\/p>\n
\nBrewing<\/b>:
\nFetid Essence (122): flask water, fishing grubs (no bottle\/cask!)
\nThe best place for this is PoK – brew barrel and water in the merchant centre by the bank; grubs from a nearby vendor south of the library
\nSkull Ale (151): cyclops skull, vinegar, short beer, spices
\nFaydwer Shaker (188): mead, elven wine, gnomish spirits, dwarven ale, cask
\nMinotaur Hero’s Brew (248): 3 malt, yeast, 2 flask water, 2 short beer, cask<\/p>\n
\nBaking<\/b>:
\nYou can train to 21 first if you wish
\nBatwing crunchies (46) batwing, frosting
\nBeer braised meat (68) meat, short beer, spices
\nFilet of bear\/wolf (143) meat, fileting knife (smithing triv 76, 3 metal bits, scaler mold, water)
\nShadowhaven, meat sold from a couple of vendors
\nPatty Melt (191): (wolf\/bear\/lion) meat, loaf of bread, cheese, non-stick frying pan (mold sold only in Jaggedpine\/Abysmal, recipe is mold, bits, water, ceramic lining)
\nMeat in Shadowhaven or Thurgadin, Mordin’s Meats – he also sells bread. Cheese from gnolls\/rangers in Jaggedpine; or from adjacent vendors in Abysmal.<\/p>\n
\nPottery<\/b>:
\nTrain to 21 first; these skillups are slow
\nMedium jar (36): block of clay, medium jar sketch, water flask
\nMedium bowl (122): block of clay, medium bowl sketch, water flask
\nPoison vial (148): small block clay, vial sketch, water flask, skin (not ruined, zombie skins included – or Crow’s Special Brew, if that still works) or<\/i>
\nLarge bowl (148): large block clay, water flask, large bowl sketch, glass shards
\nCasserole dish (199): casserole dish sketch, ceramic lining, large block of clay, water flask<\/p>\n
\nTailoring<\/b>: \nSmithing<\/b>: \nMetal bits (15): 2 small pieces ore, water flask – can never have too many metal bits \nJewelry<\/b>: \nFletching<\/b>:
\nSilk thread (15): 2 spiderling\/shadeling silks (no fail)
\nPatchwork Armor (26): ruined pelt, pattern or<\/i>
\nLeather Padding (31): silk thread, LQ pelt
\nRaw silk armor (36): silk swatch (2 spider silks), pattern
\nCured silk mask (82): silk swatch, heady kiola, mask pattern (skip this and save your kiolas for Wu’s)
\nGreyhopper boots (95): greyhopper hide, boots pattern
\nQuiver (115): HQ cat pelt, pattern
\nOwlbear Tunic (135): 2 owlbear pelts, 2 shadeling threads (Vah Shir tailoring quest only); plain owlbear pelts are too rare, so skip this
\nWu’s fighting armor (128 – 158): …
\nLoY ribbons: see Zeralenn’s Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nLook for Zeralenn’s Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nTrain to 21 if you like
\nSkewers (38): metal bits, skewer mold, flask water or<\/i>
\nScaler (41): metal bits, scaler mold, flask water
\nDairy spoon (74): 2 metal bits, scaler mold, flask water
\nBanded bracer (95): sheet of metal, flask water, bracer mold
\nBanded mail (115): 3 sheets of metal, flask water, mail mold
\nCan do all of these in Shadowhaven, the smithing location near the library entrance. The trader quest may be required to trade with these merchants.
\ncultural needles (132) this stage used to be profitable
\nOrnate Chain (116 – 142): …
\nFine Plate (188) need leather padding for this<\/p>\n
\nSee Gumkak’s Guide<\/a><\/p>\n
\nSee Aoenla’s Fletching Guide<\/a>. Table for skilling up taken from there:<\/p>\n