Blacksmithings best concentration build. (Patreon)

Today we will look at a build that is great right now and quite easy to set up that will scale well into the entire expansion.

Premium materials

Getting q3 materials will be a necessity for the entire expansion. WIth the general ability to reach guaranteed max quality with a full build and all max quality reagents this is a big thing. Alloys are needed for a wide variety of crafts that players want including crafted plate armor, profession tools, crafted weapons and weapon stones. All of these items will have demand for a long time as players get new alts and more sparks.

The build

The build is extremely straightforward. You will be slamming points into the Means of Production tree, focusing on the alloy nodes. Currently the price of rank 1 and rank 2 materials is very close, which means the scope for cost optimization is a little small. You can reach skill levels where you can use a good chunk of rank 1 materials and concentrate up to max quality still, but the difference is not huge. Once you can reach quality 3 alloys with concentration and full materials you have a choice between focusing on more skill or adding more other stats.

Everburning forge

Sadly the everburning forge buff for blacksmiths is less valuable than some other specs as the main benefit is only available for 10 minutes at the time. You will get more concentration back through ingenuity, but the multicraft and resourcefulness buffs are less valuable when you can’t spam craft.

Extension

Personally I think the long term potential is very good. You want to grab the skill nodes until you have them all. Then you want to go into everburning forge to massively increase your profit potential when mass crafting.

Best stats

Multicraft is generally the best stat for any craft that can multicraft. Ingenuity only refunds 50% of the concentration when it procs, which makes it significantly worse than multicraft which gives you on average 1.5 times the base yield extra when it procs. Multicraft is currently strictly better for every craft, so you want multicraft on your tool. For the enchant ingenuity is probably better than resourcefulness, but the difference is smaller.