MapleStory Classic Crafting Guide: All 6 Crafts, Levels, Best Picks

Quick summary

• Crafting opens at character Lv 10. There are six crafts: Smithing and Weaponcrafting in Perion, Tailoring in Ellinia, Woodcrafting in Henesys, Leatherworking in Kerning City, and Arcforge in Sleepywood. Each one starts with a quick test from its master (planet-helper, Henesys.gg).
• Each craft levels separately. To gain craft EXP, your character level has to be at least 5 times your craft level. Below that, the bar stops at 100% and the extra EXP is lost (planet-helper, wiki).
• Learn Smithing early. Most recipes use ingots, and Mr. Thunder won't teach Weaponcrafting until you've finished Smithing's starter quest (meowdb, wiki).
• The sources disagree on the cap. Meowdb says crafting stops at Lv 8 at launch. Planet-helper and Henesys.gg list recipes up to Lv 10. That matters for gear like The Rising and the Cromi, which need craft Lv 10.
• Pick crafts by what your job wears. A Warrior wants Smithing and Weaponcrafting, a Magician wants Tailoring and Arcforge, a Bowman wants Woodcrafting and Leatherworking, and a Thief wants Weaponcrafting and Leatherworking (planet-helper).

Checked against the Founder's Access build on October 13, 2026. Grand Launch is October 21, 2026; see the end of the guide for what may change.

Unlock each craft at level 10

Craft	Town · master	Starter test (planet-helper)	Makes (Henesys.gg)
Smithing	Perion · Silas Irons	Defeat 20 Stumps and 20 Dark Stumps, bring 5 Bronze Ore	Ingots; warrior helmets, gloves, shoes, shields
Weaponcrafting	Perion · Mr. Thunder	1 Bronze Ingot + 1 Iron Ingot (you smelt them yourself)	Swords, axes, blunt weapons, polearms, daggers, claws, Screws
Tailoring	Ellinia · Francois	30 Dark Stumps, 20 Leaves	Cloth and thread, hats, magician gloves and shoes, jeans, capes
Woodcrafting	Henesys · Vicious	30 Stumps, 20 Tree Branches	Processed Wood, bows, crossbows, arrows, some wands and staffs, chairs
Leatherworking	Kerning City · JM From tha Streetz	30 Pigs, 5 Leather	Leather, thief and bowman gloves and shoes, hats, a chair
Arcforge	Sleepywood · Chrishrama	30 Dark Stumps, 1 Garnet Ore	Gems, Processed Parchment, wands, staffs, Lesser equipment scrolls

Meowdb notes that Mr. Thunder "only takes you under his wing after Silas Irons has." His test asks for ingots, and only Smithing can smelt them. Chrishrama is the only master outside the four job towns, so you can unlock Arcforge only after you reach Sleepywood. The MapleClassic Wiki still lists the Leatherworking and Arcforge masters as unconfirmed. We use the launch-data names from planet-helper and Henesys.gg.

Example: You're a Lv 10 Thief headed to Kerning City. Do Leatherworking's Pig test there. Stop in Perion for Smithing, then Weaponcrafting, before you need a crafted claw.

Learn the EXP table and the level gate

Craft Lv	EXP to next	Total EXP	Character Lv needed
1	50	0	10
2	115	50	10
3	199	165	15
4	308	364	20
5	450	672	25
6	635	1,122	30
7	875	1,757	35
8	1,187	2,632	40
9	1,593	3,819	45
10	—	5,412	50

Values are from planet-helper. Henesys.gg's table matches for levels 1–9. All six crafts use the same table.

The gate trap: if your character level is below the requirement, the EXP bar stops at 100% and the overflow is lost. The wiki and planet-helper both say the craft won't level on its own when your character catches up. You need to make one more craft after leveling. Planet-helper labels that last point a player report. Plan crafting sessions just after you level, not before.

Know the follow-up quests, Kits, and catalysts

Stage	What happens	Source
Character Lv 15, craft Lv 2	A delivery quest that gives the craft's Kit	meowdb, planet-helper
Character Lv 25, craft Lv 5	Craft one specific item; reward is the craft's first Catalyst	meowdb, planet-helper
Quest EXP	171, 705, and 2,587 for the three quests	planet-helper

Henesys.gg describes the Kit quest differently: a weekly quest from your master at craft Lv 2, and the six masters share one weekly slot. A Kit gives +10% craft EXP for 15 minutes. Check your quest log.

Catalysts are optional. Henesys.gg says adding one to a recipe can change the crafted item's bonus stats, or turn a Lesser scroll into an Intermediate, Greater, or Chaos scroll. Meowdb lists the catalyst each Lv 25 quest gives, such as the Armor Crafting Catalyst for Smithing and the One-Handed Weapon Crafting Catalyst for Weaponcrafting. Chaos crafting is covered in our scrolling guide.

Pick two crafts for your job

Job	Main crafts (planet-helper)	Example gear	Source
Warrior	Smithing + Weaponcrafting	Niam (WC 7), Sabretooth (WC 8), The Rising (WC 10)	planet-helper, Henesys.gg
Magician	Tailoring + Arcforge (+ Woodcrafting for the Hardwood Wand)	Wizard Wand (Arcforge 7), Fairy Wand (8), Cromi (10), Hardwood Wand (Woodcrafting 3)	Henesys.gg
Bowman	Woodcrafting + Leatherworking	Battle Bow (WD 5), Eagle Crow (6), Red Viper (7)	Henesys.gg
Thief	Weaponcrafting + Leatherworking	Steel Igor (WC 4), Steel Guards (6), Steel Avarice (8)	Henesys.gg

Planet-helper doesn't yet know whether one character can learn all six crafts. The wiki says "a single character can level all six." Until that's confirmed, start with the two your job needs. Our Fighter guide and Ice/Lightning guide show where crafted weapons fit in a leveling route.

Start with Smithing: the dependency map

Material	Made by	Used by
Ingots (Bronze, Iron, Mithril, Adamantium, Gold, Silver, Orihalcon)	Smithing: 5 ore gives 1 ingot, 100–500 mesos	Weaponcrafting, Arcforge, Leatherworking, Tailoring shoes, Woodcrafting bows
Screws	Weaponcrafting: 1 Bronze + 1 Iron Ingot gives 10. At WC 5, 10 Iron Hog's Metal Hooves give 3	Almost every gear recipe
Processed Wood	Woodcrafting: 10 Tree Branches, or 5 Firewood at Lv 2	Weapons, bows, wands
Processed Leather	Leatherworking: 5 Leather, or Jr. Necki, Ligator, or Croco skins at higher levels	Gloves, shoes, claws
Processed Cloth / Spool of Thread	Tailoring: Leaves or Animal Fur Bundles	Hats, robes, shoes
Gems	Arcforge: 1 gem ore each (Garnet at Lv 1 through Diamond and Black Crystal at Lv 6)	Gear upgrades, scrolls

Values are from Henesys.gg's recipe list. The wiki calls Weaponcrafting "the heaviest consumer of Smithing ingots in the game." It warns that skipping Smithing means "spend[ing] most of their training mesos buying ingots from other crafters." The wiki counts 68 Smithing recipes, 45 Weaponcrafting, 59 Tailoring, 43 Woodcrafting, 89 Leatherworking, and 44 Arcforge, which adds up to the same 348 the launch data shows.

Budget your mesos

Planet-helper calculates the net meso cost of taking each craft from 1 to 10. That's the fee, plus shop materials and the sell value of materials used, minus the sell value of what you make.

Craft	Fewest materials	Fewest mesos
Smithing	Net −438,490	Net −38,220
Weaponcrafting	Net −54,800	Net −54,800
Tailoring	Net −193,028	Net −69,970
Woodcrafting	Net −89,565	Profit +108,510
Leatherworking	Net −73,293	Net −46,320
Arcforge	Net −72,800	Profit +19,760

Planet-helper says only Woodcrafting and Arcforge leave you ahead if you sell what you make. For Tailoring, Woodcrafting, and Leatherworking, most of the work is farming one material: Animal Fur Bundles, Firewood, and Leather. Our mesos guide covers funding these.

Compare crafting with buying

Option	Pros	Cons
Level your own crafts	You keep the gear and the profit crafts (Woodcrafting, Arcforge)	Character-level gate; material farming
Buy from other players	Fast	Prices and supply vary; our sources don't track them
Use quest and drop gear	No craft EXP needed	Some weapons have no drop source (Hardwood Wand, per planet-helper's I/L guide)

Plan crafting for returning, boosted, and alt characters

• Returning from old GMS? Classic World crafting runs through six town masters, each with its own 1–10 track (planet-helper). Start with Smithing.
• Powerleveled character: a boost raises your character level, which lifts the gate, but it doesn't add craft EXP. A Lv 50 with no crafts still starts each craft at Lv 1. A powerleveling service changes the gate, not your craft levels.
• Alts: an alt can farm ores, Leather, and Tree Branches for your main's crafting. Planet-helper lists the starter quests as character-level quests, so each new character takes its own Lv 10 test. See our world-first party plan and our quests guide for the starter-quest timing.

Want a hand with this?

If you would rather skip the grind that goes with this, MapleStory Classic powerleveling services are listed on FullBoosts. Read Nexon's Terms of Service before you buy any service from anyone, FullBoosts included — a marketplace listing isn't publisher permission.

What may change at Grand Launch

This guide describes the Founder's Access build as it was on October 13, 2026. Re-check these against Nexon's Grand Launch notes on October 21: whether crafting still stops at craft level 8, whether Forgotten Hollow, Orbis and third jobs stay closed, KPQ channel limits, NPC shop stock, and any Founder's Access-only events or packages mentioned here. Nothing here assumes a closed area or feature will open.

FAQ

What level does crafting unlock in MapleStory Classic? Character Lv 10, through a starter quest from each craft's master (Nexon, planet-helper).

Which craft should I learn first? Smithing. It makes the ingots most other crafts need, and you need it before you can learn Weaponcrafting (meowdb, wiki).

Why did my crafting EXP stop at 100%? Your character level is below 5 times your craft level. Level up, then make one more craft to move to the next craft level (planet-helper, wiki).

What's the max crafting level? Planet-helper and Henesys.gg list Lv 10. Meowdb says crafting stops at Lv 8 at launch. Check your craft window.

Which crafts make money? Planet-helper's model shows only Woodcrafting (about +108,510) and Arcforge (about +19,760) ending in profit on the fewest-mesos route.

What do catalysts do? They can change a crafted item's bonus stats, or upgrade a crafted Lesser scroll to Intermediate, Greater, or Chaos (Henesys.gg).

Can one character learn all six crafts? The wiki says yes. Planet-helper lists it as unconfirmed.