I thought we could start a thread for suggested paths of leveling up.

I am currently only level 40 gsm and having a hard time continuing. Just finding items to craft that are not 5-6k+ losses per synth is getting hard.

Edit: adding in to show people's inputs in one post.

Guide from 40 to 91

1. Use a recipe up until 1 lvl before cap. (I.e.: I would stop at 49 for a 50 lvl cap)
2. Do not bother with a recipe until you are 8 lvls from cap so you can get a skillup from a failed synth. (For a 50 lvl cap, adv. support from 42.0 to 44.0 and reg. support from 44.0 to 45.0)
3. I do not recommend break synthing on Nasomi as it seems like crit fail is pretty high. Would be great if others could confirm/negate this point.

40-46: Gold Dust (Wind Crystal x Brass Ingot x Copper Ingot)
46-50: Gold Ingot (Fire Crystal x 4x Gold Beastcoins)
50-57: Gold Hairpin (Synth/Desynth endlessly) (Wind Crystal x Gold Ingot)
52-59: Gold Arrowheads (wind x gold ingot/copper ingot, no desynth)
57-59: Gold Ring (Synth/Desynth) (Fire Crystal x 2xGold Ingot)
59-66: Hydro Patas (Synth/Desynth) (Fire Crystal x Animal Glue x Bone Patas x Mythril Sheet)
66-68: Mailbreaker (Synth/Desynth) (Fire Crystal x Bilbo x Mercury x Gold Ingot)
68-72: Moonring Blade (Synth/Desynth) - ***Requires Smithing 53*** (Wind Crystal x Gold Ingot x Iron Ingot x Mercury x Tama-Hagane)
72-73: Ashura (Synth/Desynth) (Fire Crystal x Gold Ingot x Gold Thread x Uchigatana)
73-79: Gold Buckler (Synth/Desynth) (Fire Crystal x Gold Ingot x Mercury x Targe)

Once you reach 79, you have plenty of options to level. Some people would tell you to turn elemental ores into beads until 87 but the reality of Nasomi makes it that the market is not deep enough to support the amount of beads you will be producing.

79-82: Rapier (Synth/Desynth) - ***Requires Smithing 28*** (Fire Crystal x Gold Ingot x Mercury x Fluorite x Steel Ingot x2)
82-91: Muscle Belt (Synth/Desynth) -suggested start @ 82 if you have Apron + Spectacles. (Fire Crystal x Brass Ingot x Gold Ingot x Manticore Leather)

That's where I am at now. Others might suggest the best route from 91 to 100.

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PM 3-5, Sandy 6-1, ZM 4-1

Unfortunately, there is no cheap way to level Goldsmithing but here's my guide:

Guide from 40 to 91

1. Use a recipe up until 1 lvl before cap. (I.e.: I would stop at 49 for a 50 lvl cap)
2. Do not bother with a recipe until you are 8 lvls from cap so you can get a skillup from a failed synth. (For a 50 lvl cap, adv. support from 42.0 to 44.0 and reg. support from 44.0 to 45.0)
3. I do not recommend break synthing on Nasomi as it seems like crit fail is pretty high. Would be great if others could confirm/negate this point.

40-46: Gold Dust
46-50: Gold Ingot (4x Gold Beastcoins)
50-57: Gold Hairpin (Synth/Desynth endlessly)
57-59: Gold Ring (Synth/Desynth)
59-66: Hydro Patas (Synth/Desynth)
66-68: Mailbreaker (Synth/Desynth)
68-72: Moonring Blade (Synth/Desynth) - Requires Smithing 53
72-73: Ashura (Synth/Desynth)
73-79: Gold Buckler (Synth/Desynth)

Once you reach 79, you have plenty of options to level. Some people would tell you to turn elemental ores into beads until 87 but the reality of Nasomi makes it that the market is not deep enough to support the amount of beads you will be producing.

79-82: Rapier (Synth/Desynth) - Requires Smithing 28
82-91: Muscle Belt (Synth/Desynth) - I suggest starting at 82 if you have Apron + Spectacles.

That's where I am at now. Others might suggest the best route from 91 to 100.

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Great list Camper!!!!! Man you have gone up those rankings bud!!!

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PM 3-5, Sandy 6-1, ZM 4-1

Just switching to Gold Dust has helped. I had gone 1 level in 2 weeks prior (then again I wasnt putting a huge amount of time into it), however, last night alone I went up 4 levels and it cost me roughly 30k. I can definitely deal with that!

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PM 3-5, Sandy 6-1, ZM 4-1

I just finished up platinum earring/ring. you can synth and desynth both and it'll easily take you to level 68. 2 ingots to synth, 1 ingot from desynth, so you don't have to worry about a bunch of ingredients. Now i'm switching to gold bangles, 3 gold ingots synth and 1 desynth, gold ingots are 100k/stack so 25k/synth. 300k on the right day/moon should get you 2 levels easy

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Pepsi - 75SMN - 88 cooking 12 fishing and rising
Sprite - 75PLD - 99.6ww 60alch 60gs 55bs 25cc 22bc
Coke - Best mule ever

It's getting the money to get to that point lol. I just spent a week mining ores to get 700K to hopefully go from 40-60 in levels... Just hate later it will take me a week of mining just to go 3-4 levels lol

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PM 3-5, Sandy 6-1, ZM 4-1

It's certainly not cheap, probably the most expensive to level that i've seen. I spent a mil easily going from 60-65, but 1-60 I did for about 3mil.

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Pepsi - 75SMN - 88 cooking 12 fishing and rising
Sprite - 75PLD - 99.6ww 60alch 60gs 55bs 25cc 22bc
Coke - Best mule ever

Wow!

Maybe I should level up some others to start selling more items to pay for finishing off GS

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PM 3-5, Sandy 6-1, ZM 4-1

Let me give you some context. I met Camper 2-3 months ago as a 20s BST. He said all his friends he joined/played with were 75 and he was poking along farming and doing crafts. Since then I have watched his empire grow via AH, WTB/WTS posts for expensive gear etc. He is only 92 GS months later. Your wallet is doomed.

HAHA! Yeah I used to mine for Camper. He would buy my stock at a discounted price until I decided to get into the crafting game. Camper is one good dude though, very knowledgeable and just a good guy to talk with too.

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PM 3-5, Sandy 6-1, ZM 4-1