Because normally you'd use a general guide from live, but we have some custom recipes to make training a lot easier.
Why rank handicraft? Other than the fact that it gives dex, you can use handicraft to make gem powder, solar glory instruments, and unique pets exclusive to mabipro.
Tip 1: Immediately start Ascon's PTJ in Port Cobh to help you get free training materials. His intermediate and advanced PTJs can help you skip a lot of headaches, and he'll give you wood boards as a reward. For the purpose of ranking handicrafting, prioritize rewards wood board > average firewood > florins. If you plan on uncapping handicraft, switch to prioritizing florins over firewood.
Tip 2: When you want to tackle life skills, try to do it in merchant destiny when you rebirth to cut your material consumption in half.
Tip 3: If you can get your hands on it, a full body set of Scarecrow enchant can really help you fail recipes for training. It is actually unlikely you will finish success training before fail training, so if fails are necessary to finish the rank I recommend trying to fail as much as possible first before switching to a production party for success.
Tip 4: Try cross-training carpentry as you'll need lots of firewood and some average firewoods to train handicraft. Running Math Adv can be a change of pace if you want firewood as well, but it can get boring really fast. Beekeeping can also help you get some wax for alternative training options, or you can buy the wax from other players. Edit: As of the rank 5 uncap, fine wax is a valuable and mandatory material you should avoid wasting on training up to that point.
Rank F: Basically a free pass
Make lots of paper cranes. You do not need to make any rank D items.
Rank E: Still a free pass
Make more paper cranes. You still do not need to make rank D items.
Rank D: Not free anymore
Get all the paper cranes out of the way for the F items. For the E/D/C items, use handmade bandages. For rank B items, prioritize success. Ascon's part time job of Cross-Shaped Spars are free. Otherwise, Wyvern Ballista Bolts or Handicraft Kits are your best bet.
Rank C: Custom recipes to the rescue
For rank E and below, paper cranes continue to be your best friend. For rank D/C/B items, Magic Powder is the easiest, but Potion Concoction Kit is also fairly cheap. Remember that the type of gem you use for magic powder influences your success rate, so work accordingly. For rank A, Ascon will give you materials to make glue. I recommend making Campfire Kits. which are made with 3 branches and a torch stick (made with 2 branches and a bandage).
Rank B: Those campfire kits carry hard
For rank D and below, paper cranes! For rank C/B/A items, make Fine Handmade Bandages. For rank 9, campfire kits will continue to work. Ascon's Light Paper PTJ works as well.
Rank A: Let's go camping
For rank C or below, paper cranes! For rank B/A/9 items, make Fine Handmade Bandages. For rank 8, you will either have the choice of making Nao Costume Kits or a Camp Kit (5 average firewood, 9 common frabrics, 5 common leather straps, and 6 nails). Although Camp Kits are expensive to make, they are probably your best choice unless you have lots of wood boards saved up. Ascon may give you a break as well with his Light Thread PTJ.
Rank 9: I'm sick of camping
For rank B or below, paper cranes! For rank A/9/8 items, make Fine Handmade Bandages. For rank 7, you can either continue to make camp kits, or make Thicket Costume Kits. Ascon's Light Silk PTJ will give you training as well, but this is the last rank you'll get the big ticket exp training from Ascon.
Rank 8: Return of the campfire kit
For rank A or lower, paper cranes! For rank 9/8/7 items, its time to revisit the campfire kits. Don't worry about failing anymore as you can rank purely on success at this point, and failing is simply a bonus to avoid crafting higher tier items. For rank 6, make Poison Tip Wyvern Ballista Bolts. If you think you have the spare wood board (next and final rank requires about 15 to 20) and don't want to bother getting Wyvern claws, you can make Tree Costume Kits instead.
Rank 7: The unavoidable wood board use
For rank 9 or lower, paper cranes! For rank 8/7/6 items, the Finest Handmade Bolt is your cheapest option. Ascon should be able to help you skip making some of these. For your rank 5 item, you'll be making Sun Costume Kits.
Rank 6: You're done
You're done with vanilla handicraft content from classic Mabinogi. To continue, you'll be doing some custom content. Read the post below for more information.
The key to an easy rank 6 path is to carefully balance your use of firewood and wood boards. Be diligent with Ascon's PTJ for some free training and get as many wood boards from him as a reward.
