also im breaking this up so as not to run on. but here is a tip i should have known befoe i started crafting
1. get one or two +60 smithy hammers that way you can take the chance on trying to enhance the smithy item with smaller chance of destroying/failure
2. a must is a forged metal of arty tool, unfortunately and it's beyond me why one cannot be a reward; it has to be purchased like at the searchuo.com, sometimes they are for sale in game off of players tho, when they are ; they are usually cheaper than paying with rl money at the website as you can make gold in game thru farming stuff. i mine like 10 hours a day and lumberjack.
3. stock up on smithy runic hammers, i concentrate on dull coppers (should be around 15-40k ea sometimes higher, then i buy what i can afford and what is left in market on the shard with shadow runic hammers they are around 100k ea. be careful when buying tho as you can become overweight easily as i believe ea one weighs 10 stones or so maybe 5, can't remember.
4. stock up on ash fletcher runic kits as well as oak oak is the cheapest then ash; like i mentioned the higher up you get the more intensity but also the more mods that cmoe with it, so as it is more difficult to get what you want without something you dont need thus waste of time and runic uses.
5. stock up on imbueing materials; in my "workshop" i try to keep on hand around 500 of each essence and 40-60k of magical residue; and the same on enchanted essence; then the relic frags i try to keep around 5k
6. gems- large ones mostly from mining; amber comes from lumberjacking; and the white pearl mostly from fishing, i buy what i can but as i said i mine and lumberjack alot, as well as fish alot also, so around 200 ea is sufficient. small gems can be mined but it isnt expensive to go to npcs and bring a packy or blue beetle; beetle works better for me and when server comes up the only npcs that reset to default price are those in termur, thats where i stock up on small gems; bottles and certain regs; as you probably know the regs/bottles/gems are like the produce they also have 500 and you can buy as many as you can carry and can afford and have time to make trips for and collect.
7. of course the talismans i have a great fletching, smithy; tailor;inscription and cooking one; when searching for talismans doesnt matter what the protection or feature of it means as your crafter has no use for that part; i try to find talismans that have at least a 20 bonus and as close to 30 exceptional bonus; 30 being the max number you can get; while im on topic if you ever use a scribe there is a necklesss to put on to increase bonus on inscription essxpecially when making greater conflag pots
8. other imbueing items i try to keep on hand a couple hundred of ea; but reflective wolf eye; and delicate scales as reflective wolf eye is used for reflect phy damage which unless you get one off a monster is a wast in my opinion to put on anything. then delicate scales aquired too by fishing is use best weapon skill; which at times has it's own purpose; but not as common as in the old days.
9. to start your stock at avg prices not including runic hammers/kits/malets and chisels; you should plan on around 50m to get a good stock but you can start out smaller