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MapleStory Classic World crafting: best EXP per meso
Which recipe levels my craft fastest?
iWhat Crafting: best EXP per meso is
A recipe charges a bench fee and pays crafting EXP. Divide one by the other and three hundred and forty-eight rows become one ordered list, with the recipes that make money rather than costing it marked separately - because the fastest way to level a discipline and the cheapest way are not the same recipe.
Recipes
348
across 6 disciplines
Best rate
0.200
Silver Crusader Helm, EXP per meso
Pay for themselves
52
the fee is under what the output sells for
Whole ladder
1,538,820
mesos to craft one of everything
The short answer
Levelling a discipline and making money out of it are two different recipe lists, and the page ranks on both. The rate stays roughly flat as you climb - EXP and fees grow together - so a craft level gets more expensive per craft and no less efficient per meso.
- Smithing
- best EXP per meso
- 0.200
- best single recipe
- 52
- recipes that pay for themselves
The disciplines, against each other
| Discipline | Recipes | EXP on offer | Fees | EXP per meso | Profitable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smithing | 68 | 7,557 | 149,600 | 0.051 | 22 |
| Tailoring | 59 | 6,439 | 213,420 | 0.030 | 0 |
| Leatherworking | 89 | 10,798 | 368,900 | 0.029 | 0 |
| Weaponcrafting | 45 | 5,518 | 256,900 | 0.021 | 16 |
| Woodcrafting | 43 | 2,471 | 148,800 | 0.016 | 13 |
| Arcforge | 44 | 2,866 | 401,200 | 0.007 | 1 |
The rate here is the whole discipline’s EXP over its whole fee bill, not an average of its recipes: a discipline with one wildly efficient row and forty poor ones should not read as efficient. Smithing is the best of the six on that measure and Arcforge the worst, by roughly a factor of five.
Arcforge, best rate first
Show all disciplines| Makes | Discipline | Craft lv | EXP | Fee | EXP / meso | Sells for | Net | Wants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Processed Parchment | Arcforge | 2 | 6 | 200 | 0.030 | 10 | -190 | 3× Leather |
| Sapphire Staff | Arcforge | 3 | 60 | 2,500 | 0.024 | 2,500 | 0 | 3× Silver Ingot, 2× Sapphire +1 |
| Emerald Staff | Arcforge | 3 | 60 | 2,500 | 0.024 | 2,500 | 0 | 3× Silver Ingot, 2× Emerald +1 |
| Metal Wand | Arcforge | 4 | 80 | 3,500 | 0.023 | 3,500 | 0 | 4× Iron Ingot, 30× Blue Mushroom Cap +1 |
| Ice Wand | Arcforge | 5 | 100 | 4,500 | 0.022 | 4,500 | 0 | 5× Mithril Ingot, 1× Piece of Ice +1 |
| Wizard Staff | Arcforge | 5 | 100 | 4,500 | 0.022 | 4,500 | 0 | 5× Silver Ingot, 1× Topaz +2 |
| Mithril Wand | Arcforge | 6 | 120 | 5,500 | 0.022 | 5,500 | 0 | 6× Mithril Ingot, 4× Aquamarine +1 |
| Wizard Wand | Arcforge | 7 | 140 | 7,500 | 0.019 | 7,500 | 0 | 7× Mithril Ingot, 5× Topaz +1 |
| Fairy Wand | Arcforge | 8 | 160 | 9,500 | 0.017 | 9,500 | 0 | 8× Topaz, 3× Sapphire +3 |
| Arc Staff | Arcforge | 9 | 180 | 11,500 | 0.016 | 11,500 | 0 | 9× Silver Ingot, 4× Amethyst +3 |
| Garnet | Arcforge | 1 | 3 | 200 | 0.015 | 200 | 0 | 1× Garnet Ore |
| Aquamarine | Arcforge | 1 | 3 | 200 | 0.015 | 200 | 0 | 1× Aquamarine Ore |
| Emerald | Arcforge | 2 | 6 | 400 | 0.015 | 400 | 0 | 1× Emerald Ore |
| Topaz | Arcforge | 2 | 6 | 400 | 0.015 | 400 | 0 | 1× Topaz Ore |
| Sapphire | Arcforge | 3 | 9 | 600 | 0.015 | 600 | 0 | 1× Sapphire Ore |
| Opal | Arcforge | 4 | 12 | 800 | 0.015 | 800 | 0 | 1× Opal Ore |
| Amethyst | Arcforge | 5 | 15 | 1,000 | 0.015 | 1,000 | 0 | 1× Amethyst Ore |
| Diamond | Arcforge | 6 | 18 | 1,200 | 0.015 | 1,200 | 0 | 1× Diamond Ore |
| Black Crystal | Arcforge | 6 | 18 | 1,200 | 0.015 | 2,500 | +1,300 | 1× Black Crystal Ore |
| Cromi | Arcforge | 10 | 200 | 13,500 | 0.015 | 13,500 | 0 | 10× Mithril Ingot, 4× Topaz +3 |
| Gloves Accuracy Scroll: Lesser | Arcforge | 9 | 90 | 10,000 | 0.009 | - | -10,000 | 1× Processed Parchment, 10× Fragment of Magic +1 |
| Cape Weapon Def. Scroll: Lesser | Arcforge | 7 | 70 | 10,000 | 0.007 | - | -10,000 | 1× Processed Parchment, 10× Fragment of Magic +1 |
| Cape Magic Def. Scroll: Lesser | Arcforge | 7 | 70 | 10,000 | 0.007 | - | -10,000 | 1× Processed Parchment, 10× Fragment of Magic +1 |
| Shoes Jump Scroll: Lesser | Arcforge | 6 | 60 | 10,000 | 0.006 | - | -10,000 | 1× Processed Parchment, 10× Fragment of Magic +1 |
| Shoes Speed Scroll: Lesser | Arcforge | 6 | 60 | 10,000 | 0.006 | - | -10,000 | 1× Processed Parchment, 10× Fragment of Magic +1 |
| Shield DEF Scroll: Lesser | Arcforge | 5 | 50 | 10,000 | 0.005 | - | -10,000 | 1× Processed Parchment, 10× Fragment of Magic +1 |
| Shield Accuracy Scroll: Lesser | Arcforge | 5 | 50 | 10,000 | 0.005 | - | -10,000 | 1× Processed Parchment, 10× Fragment of Magic +1 |
| Overall Armor DEF Scroll: Lesser | Arcforge | 5 | 50 | 10,000 | 0.005 | - | -10,000 | 1× Processed Parchment, 10× Fragment of Magic +1 |
| Cape STR Scroll: Lesser | Arcforge | 10 | 100 | 20,000 | 0.005 | - | -20,000 | 1× Processed Parchment, 10× Fragment of Magic +1 |
| Cape DEX Scroll: Lesser | Arcforge | 10 | 100 | 20,000 | 0.005 | - | -20,000 | 1× Processed Parchment, 10× Fragment of Magic +1 |
| Cape INT Scroll: Lesser | Arcforge | 10 | 100 | 20,000 | 0.005 | - | -20,000 | 1× Processed Parchment, 10× Fragment of Magic +1 |
| Cape LUK Scroll: Lesser | Arcforge | 10 | 100 | 20,000 | 0.005 | - | -20,000 | 1× Processed Parchment, 10× Fragment of Magic +1 |
| Gloves Crit. Rate Scroll: Lesser | Arcforge | 9 | 90 | 20,000 | 0.004 | - | -20,000 | 1× Processed Parchment, 10× Fragment of Magic +1 |
| Hat Accuracy Scroll: Lesser | Arcforge | 2 | 40 | 10,000 | 0.004 | - | -10,000 | 1× Processed Parchment, 10× Fragment of Magic +1 |
| Hat HP Scroll: Lesser | Arcforge | 2 | 40 | 10,000 | 0.004 | - | -10,000 | 1× Processed Parchment, 10× Fragment of Magic +1 |
| Hat MP Scroll: Lesser | Arcforge | 2 | 40 | 10,000 | 0.004 | - | -10,000 | 1× Processed Parchment, 10× Fragment of Magic +1 |
| Bottomwear HP Scroll: Lesser | Arcforge | 4 | 40 | 10,000 | 0.004 | - | -10,000 | 1× Processed Parchment, 10× Fragment of Magic +1 |
| Bottomwear MP Scroll: Lesser | Arcforge | 4 | 40 | 10,000 | 0.004 | - | -10,000 | 1× Processed Parchment, 10× Fragment of Magic +1 |
| Earring STR Scroll: Lesser | Arcforge | 8 | 80 | 20,000 | 0.004 | - | -20,000 | 1× Processed Parchment, 10× Fragment of Magic +1 |
| Earring DEX Scroll: Lesser | Arcforge | 8 | 80 | 20,000 | 0.004 | - | -20,000 | 1× Processed Parchment, 10× Fragment of Magic +1 |
| Earring INT Scroll: Lesser | Arcforge | 8 | 80 | 20,000 | 0.004 | - | -20,000 | 1× Processed Parchment, 10× Fragment of Magic +1 |
| Earring LUK Scroll: Lesser | Arcforge | 8 | 80 | 20,000 | 0.004 | - | -20,000 | 1× Processed Parchment, 10× Fragment of Magic +1 |
| Topwear HP Scroll: Lesser | Arcforge | 3 | 30 | 10,000 | 0.003 | - | -10,000 | 1× Processed Parchment, 10× Fragment of Magic +1 |
| Topwear MP Scroll: Lesser | Arcforge | 3 | 30 | 10,000 | 0.003 | - | -10,000 | 1× Processed Parchment, 10× Fragment of Magic +1 |
“Net” is what an NPC pays for the output less the bench fee, and it counts the ingredients at nothing. That is deliberate and it flatters every row equally: most ingredients are monster drops with no purchase price at all, so pricing them at zero is the only consistent choice - and it means a positive net is a floor rather than a promise.
Recipes that pay for themselves
| Makes | Discipline | Craft lv | Fee | Sells for | Profit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blood Slain | Weaponcrafting | 10 | 1,000 | 17,000 | +16,000 |
| Sapphire Slain | Weaponcrafting | 10 | 1,000 | 17,000 | +16,000 |
| Dark Slain | Weaponcrafting | 10 | 2,000 | 17,500 | +15,500 |
| Mithril Tower Shield | Smithing | 8 | 1,000 | 14,000 | +13,000 |
| Adamantium Tower Shield | Smithing | 8 | 1,000 | 14,000 | +13,000 |
| Mithril Brist | Smithing | 10 | 1,000 | 13,200 | +12,200 |
| Gold Brist | Smithing | 10 | 1,000 | 13,200 | +12,200 |
| Blood Avarice | Weaponcrafting | 9 | 1,000 | 12,000 | +11,000 |
| Adamantium Avarice | Weaponcrafting | 9 | 1,000 | 12,000 | +11,000 |
| Dark Avarice | Weaponcrafting | 9 | 2,000 | 12,500 | +10,500 |
| Silver Guardian | Weaponcrafting | 7 | 1,000 | 9,500 | +8,500 |
| Dark Guardian | Weaponcrafting | 7 | 2,000 | 10,000 | +8,000 |
| Adamantium Knuckle | Smithing | 8 | 1,000 | 8,400 | +7,400 |
| Dark Knuckle | Smithing | 8 | 1,000 | 8,400 | +7,400 |
| Silver Crusader Helm | Smithing | 10 | 1,000 | 6,840 | +5,840 |
| Mithril Guards | Weaponcrafting | 6 | 1,000 | 6,700 | +5,700 |
| Mithril Crusader Helm | Smithing | 10 | 2,000 | 7,080 | +5,080 |
| Yellow Briggon | Smithing | 7 | 1,000 | 6,000 | +5,000 |
| Dark Briggon | Smithing | 7 | 1,000 | 6,000 | +5,000 |
| Adamantium Guards | Weaponcrafting | 6 | 2,000 | 6,900 | +4,900 |
Where the rest of crafting lives
The crafting page has every recipe in full, by discipline and output; the crafting ladder is what opens at each level; and the keep list says which of the ingredients above you should stop selling.
