Guide · Mechanics
Crafting in MapleStory Classic World is a separate progression system with 6 disciplines, 348 recipes and crafting levels 1–10:
This guide focuses on what actually matters: which professions to level, how to avoid wasting mesos, what materials to keep, what may be profitable at launch, and where to farm useful ingredients.
Important: Recipe requirements, crafting EXP, fees and map spawns below come from the current COT2/Beta 2 client data. Monster drop tables are server-side and are not confirmed for launch, so farming recommendations use known spawn locations plus older drop data as a guide rather than pretending the old drop rates are final.
| Goal / Class | Recommended priority | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Warrior | Smithing → Weaponcrafting | Armor, ingots and warrior weapons |
| Magician | Arcforge → Tailoring | Scrolls, gems, magical weapons and mage equipment |
| Bowman | Woodcrafting → Leatherworking | Bows/crossbows and Bowman equipment |
| Thief | Weaponcrafting → Leatherworking | Daggers/claws and Thief equipment |
| Making mesos | Smithing early → Arcforge later | Universal materials early; scroll economy later |
| Supporting a guild | Split all 6 between players | Avoid everyone paying to level every profession |
Smithing is the most efficient profession based purely on crafting EXP versus bench fees.
Across the current recipe set:
| Discipline | EXP per meso |
|---|---|
| Smithing | 0.051 |
| Tailoring | 0.030 |
| Leatherworking | 0.029 |
| Weaponcrafting | 0.021 |
| Woodcrafting | 0.016 |
| Arcforge | 0.009 |
Arcforge costs roughly five times as much per crafting EXP as Smithing when looking only at bench fees.
That does not mean Smithing automatically makes the most money. Leveling efficiency and market profitability are different things.
Early-game mesos are extremely valuable for potions, travel and equipment.
Crafting has mandatory bench fees, so dumping all your money into six professions immediately can slow your character progression badly.
During COT2, players specifically reported that some low-level crafted weapons were not economical compared with simply purchasing the equipment from an NPC.
Early game
Around crafting level 5
Later
This is probably the most important crafting rule.
One of the safest materials to keep or sell to other players.
Screws are currently used by 142 crafting recipes and 4 quests, more than any other component in the recipe set.
They can be produced through Weaponcrafting from:
They are required across several professions, not just Weaponcrafting.
Launch prediction: Very high demand.
Tailoring level 1 converts an Animal Fur Bundle into a Spool of Thread.
Thread is used in 82 recipes and is also required by a crafting quest.
Leatherworking and Tailoring consume large amounts of it.
Launch prediction: Very high demand, especially while players are leveling Tailoring and Leatherworking.
Processed Leather is currently required by 101 recipes.
It can be produced from:
That gives Leatherworkers several different farming routes as they progress.
Launch prediction: Excellent bulk-selling material.
Do not casually NPC ores or ingots.
Smithing feeds several other professions, which makes metal supply one of the most important parts of the crafting economy.
Particularly useful materials include:
Bronze, Iron, Mithril, Silver, Gold and Orihalcon Ingots.
Mithril becomes especially important because many higher-level weapons and armor pieces consume it.
Arcforge converts ores into crafting gems.
Keep:
Garnet, Topaz, Emerald, Sapphire, Aquamarine, Amethyst, Diamond and Black Crystal.
Black Crystal becomes especially interesting later because current Arcforge recipes use it for several stat scrolls and the Gloves Crit. Rate Scroll: Lesser.
These are good recipe paths when focusing on bench-fee efficiency. Ingredient prices can completely change which recipe is actually cheapest on the live server.
Bronze Ingot → Steel Helmet → Yellow Metal Gear → Steel Football Helmet → Mithril Sharp Helm → Steel Pride → Great Red Helmet → Mithril Nordic Helm → Silver Crusader Helm
Best profession for cheap crafting EXP.
Steel Pipe → Saw → Mithril Titans → Steel Igor → Monkey Wrench → Mithril Guards → Silver Guardian → Gephart → Blood Avarice → Blood Slain
The later upgrade recipes become dramatically more efficient than many of the early weapons.
Red Bandana → Brown Apprentice Hat → Lemona → Ice Jeans → Red Starry Bandana → Red Magic Shoes → Red Salt Shoes → Red Moon Shoes → Processed Cloth → Pink Goldwind Shoes
Brown Skullcap → Brown Winter Hat → Basic Archer Gloves → Blue Diros → Red Lappy Boots → Black Hunter Boots → Blue White-Lined Boots → Black Red-Lined Shoes → Processed Leather → Red Goni Shoes
Processed Wood → Hardwood Wand → Old Wooden Staff → Plunger → Ryden → Red Viper → Vaulter 2000 → Silver Crow → Olympus
Garnet → Processed Parchment → Sapphire Staff → Metal Wand → Ice Wand → Mithril Wand → Wizard Wand → Fairy Wand → Arc Staff → Cromi
Do not level Arcforge by blindly producing scrolls. Most current Arcforge scroll recipes charge a 10,000 meso bench fee, making them poor EXP training recipes unless the finished scroll itself has market value.
At character level 25 and crafting level 5, each profession has an important progression quest.
| Profession | Important requirement | Reward |
|---|---|---|
| Smithing | Craft Orihalcon + Gold Ingot | Armor Crafting Catalyst |
| Weaponcrafting | Craft Monkey Wrench + defeat Iron Hogs | One-Handed Weapon Crafting Catalyst |
| Tailoring | Craft Red Starry Bandana + defeat Wild Boars | Armor Crafting Catalyst |
| Woodcrafting | Craft The Red Relaxer + defeat Dark Axe Stumps | Two-Handed Weapon Crafting Catalyst |
| Leatherworking | Craft Red Chair + defeat Wild Boars | Armor Crafting Catalyst |
| Arcforge | Arcforge Lv.5 quest | Scroll Crafting Catalyst |
Catalysts can alter crafted equipment stats, while the Scroll Crafting Catalyst can produce a stronger scroll result.
When large numbers of players approach crafting level 5, don't only sell the finished quest item.
Sell the ingredients required to craft it.
For example, Weaponcrafters working toward their milestone need materials for a Monkey Wrench. Players still need to perform the craft themselves, so supplying the ingredients is safer than betting on finished quest items.
These are predictions, not guaranteed prices.
Probably one of the safest launch commodities because so many recipes consume them.
Massive Tailoring + Leatherworking demand.
Used in 101 recipes and scalable through several monster materials.
Especially Iron, Mithril, Silver, Gold and Orihalcon.
Bow, crossbow, staff and other Woodcrafting demand makes this a useful bulk component.
At launch, thousands of players will be trying to increase crafting levels simultaneously.
Instead of guessing which individual helmet or weapon will sell, selling the common material used by multiple recipes lets you profit from everyone else's crafting grind.
COT2 players already discussed selling crafting materials rather than investing heavily into every profession themselves.
This is where crafted weapons become much more interesting.
Low-level gear is often easy to buy from NPCs. As players progress, specific weapons become harder to find and more expensive.
That creates an opportunity to craft weapons below NPC price but above your material cost.
For example, players in COT2 specifically reported that crafting became more useful around level 30+ when NPC weapon prices increased or a particular weapon was difficult to obtain.
Watch especially:
Do not mass-produce them. Craft according to actual demand.
Arcforge is expensive to level, but it has something the other professions don't:
repeatable demand from scrolling equipment.
Current recipes include:
Most cost 10,000 mesos to craft before ingredients.
Arcforge may be mediocre for early-game EXP but one of the best professions for late-market profit.
Players eventually stop buying low-level armor.
They do not necessarily stop scrolling new or replacement equipment.
This creates repeat customers.
Black Crystal in particular should be watched closely.
These locations use the current client spawn tables. The listed drops are based on older MapleStory data until Classic World's server-side drops are confirmed.
Target: Stump
Good maps:
Older data lists Tree Branch as a common Stump drop.
Good for: early Woodcrafting and Vicious' crafting progression.
Target: Stirge
Best current maps:
Stirge Wings appear in multiple Leatherworking recipes. Older data also associates Stirges with Stiff Feather and Garnet Ore.
Excellent combined farming target.
Target: Jr. Necki
Best current maps:
Processed Leather can directly use 10 Jr. Necki Skins at Leatherworking Lv.4. Older drop data also associates Jr. Necki with Mithril Ore and Topaz Ore.
This may become one of the better crafting farms around the early 20s.
Target: Blue Mushroom
Best current maps:
Blue Mushroom Caps are directly used in recipes such as Basic Archer Gloves and Metal Wand. Older data also lists Gold Ore and Sapphire Ore from Blue Mushrooms.
This gives the farm potential value across multiple professions.
Target: Iron Hog
Pig Park II has 22 Iron Hog spawns.
Iron Hog's Metal Hoof can be converted into Screws at Weaponcrafting Lv.5, and Weaponcrafters also have to defeat Iron Hogs for their Lv.5 profession milestone.
Expect this area to be competitive around launch.
Target: Curse Eye
Best current maps:
Curse Eye Tails are useful for crafting and quests. Older data also associates Curse Eyes with Orihalcon Ore and Topaz Ore.
This makes Curse Eyes a potentially efficient later multi-purpose farm.
Sell materials.
Players racing crafting levels will pay for convenience.
Prioritize:
Screws → Thread → Leather → Ingots → Wood → Gems.
Shift toward:
Shift toward:
Do not calculate:
NPC sale price − crafting fee
That ignores the value of every ingredient.
MapleStory Quest's current “profitable” crafting table intentionally treats ingredients as having zero market value, so it should not be interpreted as guaranteed player-market profit.
Use:
Expected profit = Player sale price − bench fee − value of all ingredients
Even materials you farm yourself have value because you could have sold them to another player.
If a weapon sells for 25,000 mesos:
Your real cost is approximately:
18,500 mesos
Real profit:
6,500 mesos
Not 18,500.
This one calculation will prevent most crafting losses.
Best early profession: Smithing Best generic materials to sell: Screws, Thread, Processed Leather and Ingots Best profession for long-term market potential: Arcforge Best strategy for most players: level the profession that supports your class and buy services/materials from other crafters Worst strategy: spending all your launch mesos trying to max every crafting profession immediately Best launch money strategy: sell materials to the players doing exactly that
The crafting economy will change quickly after launch. Early demand should heavily favor progression materials; later demand should move toward rarer equipment, scrolls and catalyst-enhanced crafting.
