| Aion has various professions you can take with | | | | these to create the higher items like Steel Ingots, |
| your character to help with different tasks such | | | | Steel Wires, Steel Chains, Small Steel Plates, |
| as creating potions, weapons, or armor. Choosing | | | | Medium Steel Plates, Large Steel Plates, Titanium |
| which profession to take is somewhat important | | | | Ingots, Titanium Wires, Titanium Chains, Small |
| because it can be the difference between being | | | | Titanium Plates, Medium Titanium Plates, and |
| forced to rely on other players and being able to | | | | Large Titanium Plates. |
| take care of yourself gear-wise. | | | | Just like with weapon smithing you will need a |
| In this section we will go over the various | | | | recipe for the items you wish to craft, as well as |
| professions in an attempt to help you decide | | | | the various materials that are needed for the |
| which one you wish to go with. Keep in mind that | | | | item. The level of the item and the rareness |
| there is no "right" profession for any class, or for | | | | determines your profession level requirement in |
| any player. The best one is the one you choose! | | | | order to create it, and you level it up by a NPC |
| Weapon Smithing | | | | as well. You do the quests which require you to |
| Being a weapon smith allows you to create | | | | create items and then you turn them in to boost |
| various weapons such as Daggers, Swords, | | | | your profession level. For this profession, there |
| Maces, Greatswords, and Polearms. Being able to | | | | are levels 1, 10, 20, 30, and 40. |
| create these means you can always get better | | | | Handicrafting |
| gear without having to keep buying (or having | | | | Handicrafting is for players who wish to create |
| others give to you) from other players. | | | | bows, staves, rings, earrings, necklaces, and hats. |
| To create items you will need to obtain various | | | | This profession is pretty important solely because |
| materials, such as Steel Ingots, Steel Nails, Steel | | | | of the ability to create jewelry and hats. These |
| Rods, Titanium Nails, Titanium Rods, Adamantium | | | | two types of items are used among every class |
| Nails, Adamantium Rods, Orihalcum Nails, Orihalcum | | | | in the game, making them beneficial to not only |
| Rods, and Siege Weapon Struts. To get these | | | | one class of player but everyone! |
| you must obtain the lower materials and craft | | | | An example of some of the materials that |
| them using those. | | | | Handicrafters use are Birch Logs, Silver Ores, and |
| Once you have the materials you need you will | | | | Lesser Precious Metal Dissolving Agents. This |
| need to craft using a recipe for the item you | | | | choice probably will not be able to earn as much |
| wish to make. To obtain these, you must get | | | | Kinah as some of the others (such as the |
| them from leveling up your profession or from | | | | weaponsmith) but it is very beneficial in terms of |
| the NPC shop, which is semi-expensive. Some | | | | helping others. |
| items are "normal" and some are rare. This | | | | Alchemy |
| reflects the amount of materials it takes to craft | | | | Alchemy is an interesting profession because of |
| the item, being that rarer items cost much more. | | | | what it is centered around. Generally one would |
| To do some recipes you will need to level up your | | | | guess that alchemists deal with nothing but |
| weapon smithing profession. To do so you are | | | | potions and things like that, but in Aion the |
| required to do a quest that has you create | | | | alchemists also deal with spellbooks and orbs. |
| certain items and turn them in to a NPC. The | | | | First of all it is important to note that although |
| levels of the quests are 1, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and | | | | any class is able to choose alchemy, it is highly |
| 60. This can be very expensive to complete, but | | | | recommended for players of a Mage type to do |
| the benefit is well worth it. | | | | so. Others will just not obtain the same benefit |
| Also, when you complete one of the quests and | | | | (due to Mages needing the weapons that |
| boost up a level, you will obtain a random | | | | alchemists can create). |
| profession-specific item. These can include things | | | | Now the type of potions alchemists are able to |
| like recipes. | | | | create range from healing potions to mana |
| Armor Smithing | | | | potions to statistic boosters. These are kind of |
| Armor Smithing is the profession to take if you | | | | like a buff but they do other things such as boost |
| wish to create heavy armor. Note that the | | | | magical attack and things like that. |
| armors you will be able to create are heavy | | | | An example of some of the various materials |
| (plate and chain) and shields. This profession can | | | | that alchemists deal with are Angelica, Lesser |
| sometimes be as expensive or more expensive | | | | Elemental Water, Glass Bottles, Tarragons, and |
| than weapon smithing, but you are limited to only | | | | Lesser Elemental Stone Powders. You will |
| items for heavy armored users. | | | | undoubtedly remember Angelica from the |
| For this profession you must obtain low materials | | | | beginning of our leveling section, so this should |
| such as Iron Ore, Charcoal Briquette, Iron | | | | already be a little familiar. |
| Dissolving Agents, and others and you will use | | | | |