how to start crafting..

[Laevatein]

Hey people..=]
I'm starting out the the game now..but I've read articles and guides about crafting skills..
but all of the guides just state how to raise the level of the crafting guild you're in..

so my questions are..
1. how exactly do you join a crafting guild??
2. is it possible to be part of two guilds at once?? i.e. blacksmith and fishing..

thanks in advance..=]

[Lunaryn]

You can level any craft to 10 without joining the corresponding guild. To be able to advance past 10 or get advanced image support, you need to join the guild. There is an NPC at each guild who will allow you to sign up. You can join more than one guild, I'm not sure if there is an issue of what order you do things, though.

To advance beyond any level that's a multiple of 10, you need to pass a guild test by turning a particular item in to a guild NPC. You can take this test up to 2 levels in advance of your rank's cap.

Unless you plan to take a craft beyond 10 or need image support, there's no need to join the guild (I've got Fishing at 2 already but haven't joined the guild).

[tdh]

You can join any guild in any order. Just need to travel to the actual guild head quarter to sign up.

I would suggest you start leveling a craft pretty much at the same time you start leveling a job. You will find it handy in making gil, armor, weapons, or food for your leveling. I wish I started leveling a craft right off the bat. If I did, I might have all of them near Lv.60 already, instead of 3 in the 20's, and one at Lv.60.

[Laevatein]

So all I have to do is talk to a NPC to sign up??no Gil or items required??..
sorry if I'm being a bother..but I'm just very very new to all of this..xD;;

another question..would Alchemy and Cooking be good crafts if I'm starting off as a WAR??

thanks for your responses also..=D

[tdh]

No gill needed, and actually most of them will actually give you a crystal when you "sign up" at the guild.

[Jei]

the first 10 level of all guild is actually pretty handy ^^ it might not give you profit on their own, but it will give you a pretty good idea what items are in demand of the market. For example rabbit skins or bat wings. You'd think they're cheap junk until you found out they go for 8-9k per stack on auction house.

[Laevatein]

ahh..I see..
thanks for all your help guys..=D

[ultimaknight]

Its also a good way to make a few friends too.
Even with low level clothcraft, you can create Vagabond boots and gloves; which is cool because I have made a few friends by making them a pair of boots or gloves. Or you could just sell them at the AH, but I don't know if would be too profitable (I usually just make stuff for other folks or myself. Though I can say the occasional waxsword seems to fetch a good price).

Anyway, just have fun with it. Its a good way to pass time in between leveling, quests, and missions.

[Laevatein]

haha..making new friends is always a plus..xD