New Player Series - Guild Wars 2 - Crafting Basics

I hope this helps you understand the mechanics and flow of crafting. Once you learn the basics you can start crafting any discipline you like!

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[Inaeth]

I bought this game in 2016, and finally got around to playing it during the Shelter-In-Place order. I've been missing out on great content all these years! Great video to get a late-comer like me up to speed.

[michaelcoffey]

Solid video as usual, and really glad you have the passion for Gw2 and the mmo genre as this is a huge huge help for anyone crafting. An in GW2 crafting = the best weapons and armor in game unlike many mmo's. Thank you as always Common Tate for the time these quality videos take to edit, script and upload. All the best.

[bappo]

Wow. As a new player. You’re sooo helpful. Definitely subbed! Thanks man!

[Walican]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. As soon as I finish the story (and I just got to the last living story section) Crafting is my next goal.

[gscgold]

great video, exactly what I needed after not logging into GW2 in a few years and had a bunch of stuff in my bank and no idea how to craft anymore.

[craigslitzer]

No disrespect intended against other video makers, but this was the first crafting guide that actually helped me as a beginner.

[shedyemai]

There are also crafting stations in all the starter zones, as well as Ebonhawke :)

[kingcrookies]

Man a returning player since season 2 and man... How easy it was to brush over the discovery function.
Somehow made it thru with decent exotics and a couple dungon and pvp loot and now, just started trying to craft
gear and damn did I drive myself mad trying to figure out how to get these recipes!
Wondering wtf was I gonna do with my world bosses materials.

[jadesmith]

I don't make extra newly discovered items and try to only make new discoveries. Also I salvage everything I make for the lower tiers. It grants me extra materials and luck essences. You can use the essences for artificer craft to make higher great essences. As for refinement don't make more than you need as some of them are also used for other craft leveling. At higher crafts you might want to use the magic forge or auction it at trading post. The pact mastery gives you a bonus in crafting. And it might be useful to buy a storage expander as 250 materials are easily filled up. Everything above 500 you can always auction. And you need to max out crafting to be able to make legendary armor and weapons.

[foxhunter]

Love this new player series. I started playing this game a couple weeks ago and this helps a lot. Seriously though I can’t believe I never gave this game a chance before and I am loving it

[Kwashior]

Awesome, informative video. As a new player I now feel confident in how the crafting mechanics work. Thanks dude.

[mikfhan]

A late reminder that Discovery will give you a good deal of crafting XP so like refinements you may wish to prioritize this - it means you'll be discovering all the different armor or weapon types instead of just recrafting the same one over and over, so make sure you keep salvaging the gear you create - also don't rush to the Trading Post for the final components, the intermediate or unrefined base components are a LOT cheaper on the Trading Post if you can keep track of how many you need. You can right-click any component directly from the crafting recipe window to Buy at Trading Post, but you still need to visit the Trading Post to pick up the components you bought. Keep a notepad handy :) and raise crafting 25 ranks every 5 character levels above 10

[valkyrie-randgris]

I haven't played guild wars 2 for 8 years! Getting back into it with End of Dragons, and I watched this video to remind myself what in the HELL I was doing with my level 368 Tailor back in the day! =P

[safiyyahraedellinger]

Just wanted to say you sound so much like Hiccup from How to Train Your Dragon and this made me subscribe and enjoy the video all that more. Plus, VERY informative, which was awesome and much needed. Thank you~ XD

[cynistar]

Extremely helpful guide for a new comer like me. Thank you!

[rabijamali]

I absolutely love this video. I have been playing for a while and have had trouble with crafting but this right here helped me a ton

[Avery.]

Thanks for the video!
Even if it is not the newest one, it helped me a lot to get into crafting.
I started with GW2 a few days ago and I kinda like it. :)

[JMS]

Thanks! I just started playing a week ago and getting a feel for the game.(lvl32) so vids like this are awesome!

[flibbernodgets]

I had no idea you could discover in bulk! That would have made it so easy

[MerakiGrace]

nice guide! helped me as a new player to understand how it works
but I still don't know which 2 crafting professions to learn hahaha