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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.
Woodcrafting, best rate first
Show all disciplines| Makes | Discipline | Craft lv | EXP | Fee | EXP / meso | Sells for | Net | Wants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardwood Wand | Woodcrafting | 3 | 60 | 1,500 | 0.040 | 2,500 | +1,000 | 5× Processed Wood, 30× Orange Mushroom Cap |
| Processed Wood | Woodcrafting | 1 | 3 | 100 | 0.030 | 10 | -90 | 10× Tree Branch |
| Processed Wood | Woodcrafting | 2 | 6 | 200 | 0.030 | 10 | -190 | 5× Firewood |
| Wooden Wand | Woodcrafting | 2 | 40 | 1,500 | 0.027 | 1,500 | 0 | 4× Processed Wood |
| Wooden Staff | Woodcrafting | 2 | 40 | 1,500 | 0.027 | 1,500 | 0 | 4× Processed Wood |
| Old Wooden Staff | Woodcrafting | 4 | 80 | 3,500 | 0.023 | 3,500 | 0 | 6× Processed Wood, 1× Silver Ingot +1 |
| Plunger | Woodcrafting | 5 | 100 | 4,500 | 0.022 | 4,500 | 0 | 7× Processed Wood, 3× Processed Leather +1 |
| Ryden | Woodcrafting | 6 | 120 | 6,500 | 0.018 | 6,500 | 0 | 8× Processed Wood, 1× Gold Ingot +3 |
| Eagle Crow | Woodcrafting | 6 | 120 | 6,500 | 0.018 | 6,500 | 0 | 8× Processed Wood, 2× Orihalcon Ingot +2 |
| Battle Bow | Woodcrafting | 5 | 100 | 5,500 | 0.018 | 5,500 | 0 | 7× Processed Wood, 2× Iron Ingot +2 |
| Mountain Crossbow | Woodcrafting | 5 | 100 | 5,500 | 0.018 | 5,500 | 0 | 7× Processed Wood, 2× Iron Ingot +3 |
| Hunter's Bow | Woodcrafting | 4 | 80 | 4,500 | 0.018 | 4,500 | 0 | 6× Processed Wood, 12× Screw +1 |
| Balanche | Woodcrafting | 4 | 80 | 4,500 | 0.018 | 4,500 | 0 | 6× Processed Wood, 12× Screw |
| Wooden Baseball Bat | Woodcrafting | 3 | 60 | 3,500 | 0.017 | 3,500 | 0 | 5× Processed Wood |
| Composite Bow | Woodcrafting | 3 | 60 | 3,500 | 0.017 | 3,500 | 0 | 5× Processed Wood, 1× Iron Ingot +1 |
| Battle Crossbow | Woodcrafting | 3 | 60 | 3,500 | 0.017 | 3,500 | 0 | 5× Processed Wood, 9× Screw |
| Wooden Sword | Woodcrafting | 2 | 40 | 2,500 | 0.016 | 2,500 | 0 | 4× Processed Wood |
| War Bow | Woodcrafting | 2 | 40 | 2,500 | 0.016 | 2,500 | 0 | 4× Processed Wood, 30× Blue Snail Shell +1 |
| Crossbow | Woodcrafting | 2 | 40 | 2,500 | 0.016 | 2,500 | 0 | 4× Processed Wood, 6× Screw |
| Red Viper | Woodcrafting | 7 | 140 | 9,000 | 0.016 | 9,000 | 0 | 9× Processed Wood, 1× Silver Ingot +3 |
| Vaulter 2000 | Woodcrafting | 8 | 160 | 11,500 | 0.014 | 11,500 | 0 | 10× Processed Wood, 2× Iron Ingot +3 |
| Heckler | Woodcrafting | 8 | 160 | 11,500 | 0.014 | 11,500 | 0 | 10× Processed Wood, 2× Iron Ingot +2 |
| The Yellow Relaxer | Woodcrafting | 2 | 40 | 3,000 | 0.013 | 1 | -2,999 | 10× Processed Wood, 5× Processed Cloth +3 |
| Silver Crow | Woodcrafting | 9 | 180 | 14,000 | 0.013 | 14,000 | 0 | 11× Processed Wood, 2× Silver Ingot +2 |
| Olympus | Woodcrafting | 10 | 200 | 16,500 | 0.012 | 16,500 | 0 | 12× Processed Wood, 3× Mithril Ingot +2 |
| Rower | Woodcrafting | 10 | 200 | 16,500 | 0.012 | 16,500 | 0 | 12× Processed Wood, 3× Gold Ingot +2 |
| The Red Relaxer | Woodcrafting | 5 | 30 | 3,000 | 0.010 | 1 | -2,999 | 10× Processed Wood, 5× Processed Cloth +3 |
| Arrows for Bows | Woodcrafting | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.000 | - | 0 | 1× Processed Wood, 1× Stiff Feather |
| Arrows for Bows | Woodcrafting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | - | 0 | 10× Arrows for Crossbows |
| Arrows for Crossbows | Woodcrafting | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.000 | - | 0 | 1× Processed Wood, 1× Stiff Feather |
| Arrows for Crossbows | Woodcrafting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | - | 0 | 10× Arrows for Bows |
| Bronze Arrows for Bows | Woodcrafting | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0.000 | 500 | +500 | 1× Processed Wood, 1× Bronze Ingot +1 |
| Bronze Arrows for Bows | Woodcrafting | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 5 | +5 | 10× Bronze Arrows for Crossbows |
| Bronze Arrows for Crossbows | Woodcrafting | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0.000 | 500 | +500 | 1× Processed Wood, 1× Bronze Ingot +1 |
| Bronze Arrows for Crossbows | Woodcrafting | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 5 | +5 | 10× Bronze Arrows for Bows |
| Iron Arrows for Bows | Woodcrafting | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0.000 | 1,000 | +1,000 | 1× Processed Wood, 1× Iron Ingot +1 |
| Iron Arrows for Bows | Woodcrafting | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 10 | +10 | 10× Iron Arrows for Crossbows |
| Iron Arrows for Crossbows | Woodcrafting | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0.000 | 1,000 | +1,000 | 1× Processed Wood, 1× Iron Ingot +1 |
| Iron Arrows for Crossbows | Woodcrafting | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 10 | +10 | 10× Iron Arrows for Bows |
| Adamantium Arrows for Bows | Woodcrafting | 10 | 30 | 0 | 0.000 | 1,500 | +1,500 | 1× Processed Wood, 1× Adamantium Ingot +1 |
| Adamantium Arrows for Bows | Woodcrafting | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 15 | +15 | 10× Mithril Arrows for Crossbows |
| Mithril Arrows for Crossbows | Woodcrafting | 10 | 30 | 0 | 0.000 | 1,500 | +1,500 | 1× Processed Wood, 1× Mithril Ingot +1 |
| Mithril Arrows for Crossbows | Woodcrafting | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 15 | +15 | 10× Adamantium Arrows for Bows |
“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.
