In New World, the Engineering crafting profession offers the ability to craft weapons, gathering tools, arrows, and cartridges. For weapons, this includes bows, muskets, spears, and hatchets. For gathering tools, this includes fishing poles, mining pickaxes, logging axes, harvesting sickles, and skinning knives.
The leveling guide has been designed to utilize the lowest level items possible in each Tier of crafting. In many cases, it is possible to substitute lower-level resources with higher-quality ones. This will increase the minimum gear score possible from the items you craft but will not allow you to gain more professional experience.
The leveling guide has been built assuming you will gather all the raw resources yourself, however you’re free to purchase refined materials from the Trading Post to speed up your leveling experience. Just be aware that if you purchase refined materials at lower levels, but choose to gather higher level raw resources, you may not have the required refining profession skill. For example, if you buy all your Iron Ingot and Steel Ingot, you may not have the required smelting skill if you decide to gather Starmetal Ore for smelting into Starmetal Ingot.
The way you choose to level Engineering will largely depend on:
- Your preference for gathering
- Which resources are readily available on your server/town Trading Post
- Town crafting station upgrades
- Scarcity of the items you choose to craft and ultimately sell on the Trading Post
Important Things to Note
I do not recommend trying to sell items you craft, it’s much better to just salvage them to regain some of the primary crafting materials. The exception to this will be if you’re crafting gathering tools from 150-200 as they can often fetch a pretty penny on the Trading Post.
The resources returned from salvaging and bonus procs from refining materials are not accounted for in the resources lists below. It’s much simpler to see the total resources you need and then you can adjust your gathering/purchasing based on what you receive from salvaging and refining bonus procs.
Importantly, you need to make sure the town you are in has the appropriate upgrades for the crafting stations you will need to use. This may mean you need to move to other towns to refine material or to craft Engineering items. It is also useful to pick a location where the town taxes on crafting are low so that you don’t deplete your gold pile unnecessarily.
Always use the highest tier of crafting reagents where possible. The Tier V crafting materials work out to be significantly cheaper because they increase the proc chance for additional materials to be refined:
- Smelting – Obsidian Flux
- Weaveing – Wireweave
- Leatherworking – Aged Tannin
- Woodworking – Obsidian Sandpaper
You may want to refine materials in smaller batches so you can keep track of how many procs you receive. This will prevent you from over-purchasing or gathering raw materials.
Structure
The leveling guide will be split into four sections to simplify gathering materials. It will involve leveling 0-50, 50-100, 100-150, and 150-200. It is best to gather materials for each of the sections separately – you are unlikely to be able to store the resources you need for the 0-200 leveling process in one location anyway.
There are two different leveling guides included below:
- Most Efficient – Arrows (Workshop)
- No Mining Required – Bow/Fishing Pole (Workshop)
Arrows are the most efficient way to level as they require significantly less Tier V crafting materials.
Feel free to mix and match these guides as you need.
Most Efficient – Arrows (Workshop)
Levels 0-50 Raw Materials Required:
| Raw Resources | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Iron Ore | 1,984 |
| Green Wood | 992 |
| Feathers | 372 |
If you need some assistance with these raw resources, check out this gathering guide for Iron Ore.
Town Upgrades Required for Crafting Stations:
Forge: Tier 2
Smelter: Tier 2
Woodworking: Tier 2
Tannery: Tier 2
- Go to the Smelter and refine:
- 496x Iron Ingot
- Go to the Woodworking bench and refine:
- 248x Timber
Note: You may receive bonus items that proc when you refine materials. You can keep these for use in the subsequent sections.
Go to the Workshop and craft:
55x Iron Arrow (x50)
Levels 50-100 Raw Materials Required:
| Raw Resources | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Iron Ore | 16,884 |
| Aged Wood | 3,752 |
| Green Wood | 13,132 |
| Feathers | 1,407 |
| Obsidian Flux | 1,407 |
| Obsidian Sandpaper | 938 |
If you need some assistance with these raw resources, check out this gathering guide for Iron Ore.
Town Upgrades Required for Crafting Stations:
Forge: Tier 3
Smelter: Tier 3
Woodworking: Tier 3
Tannery: Tier 2
- Go to the Smelter and refine:
- 4221x Iron Ingot
- 2,814x Charcoal
- 1,407x Steel Ingot
- Go to the Woodworking bench and refine:
Note: You may receive bonus items that proc when you refine materials. You can keep these for use in the subsequent sections.
Go to the Workshop and craft:
496x Steel Arrow (x50)
Levels 100-150 Raw Materials Required:
| Raw Resources | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Starmetal Ore | 11,052 |
| Iron Ore | 44,208 |
| Wyrdwood | 11,052 |
| Aged Wood | 14,736 |
| Green Wood | 51,576 |
| Feathers | 2,763 |
| Obsidian Flux | 5,526 |
| Obsidian Sandpaper | 5,526 |
If you need some assistance with these raw resources, check out these gathering guides for Starmetal Ore, Iron Ore, and Wyrdwood.
Town Upgrades Required for Crafting Stations:
Forge: Tier 4
Smelter: Tier 4
Woodworking: Tier 4
Tannery: Tier 2
- Go to the Smelter and refine:
- 11,052x Iron Ingot
- 11,052x Charcoal
- 3,684x Steel Ingot
- 1,842x Starmetal Ingot
- Go to the Woodworking bench and refine:
- 1,842x Wyrdwood Planks
Note: You may receive bonus items that proc when you refine materials. You can keep these for use in the next section.
Go to the Workshop and craft:
921x Starmetal Arrow (x50)
Levels 150-200 Raw Materials Required:
| Raw Resources | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Orichalcum Ore | 14,840 |
| Starmetal Ore | 22,260 |
| Iron Ore | 89,040 |
| Ironwood | 29,680 |
| Wyrdwood | 44,520 |
| Aged Wood | 59,360 |
| Green Wood | 170,660 |
| Feathers | 5,565 |
| Obsidian Flux | 12,985 |
| Obsidian Sandpaper | 25,970 |
If you need some assistance with these raw resources, check out these gathering guides for Orichalcum Ore, Starmetal Ore, Iron Ore, Ironwood, and Wyrdwood.
Town Upgrades Required for Crafting Stations:
Forge: Tier 5
Smelter: Tier 5
Woodworking: Tier 5
Tannery: Tier 2
- Go to the Smelter and refine:
- 22,260x Iron Ingot
- 25,970x Charcoal
- 7,420x Steel Ingot
- 3,710x Starmetal Ingot
- 1,855x Orichalcum Ingot
- Go to the Woodworking bench and refine:
- 7,420x Wyrdwood Planks
- 3,710x Ironwood Planks
Go to the Workshop and craft:
1,855x Orichalcum Arrow (x50)
No Mining Required – Bow/Fishing Pole (Workshop)
Levels 0-50 Raw Materials Required:
| Raw Resources | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Green Wood | 3,168 |
| Rawhide | 792 |
| Fibers | 528 |
If you need some assistance with these raw resources, check out these gathering guides for Rawhide and Fibers.
Town Upgrades Required for Crafting Stations:
Workshop: Tier 2
Woodworking: Tier 2
Loom: Tier 2
Tannery: Tier 2
- Go to the Woodworking bench and refine:
- 792x Timber
- Go to the Tannery and refine:
- 198x Coarse Leather
- Go to the Loom and refine:
- 132x Linen
Note: You may receive bonus items that proc when you refine materials. You can keep these for use in the subsequent sections.
Go to the Workshop and craft:
66x Treated Wood Bow
or
Salvaging: approximately 165x Timber
Levels 50-100 Raw Materials Required:
| Raw Resources | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Aged Wood | 10,868 |
| Green Wood | 21,736 |
| Rawhide | 2,508 |
| Fibers | 1,672 |
| Obsidian Sandpaper | 2,717 |
If you need some assistance with these raw resources, check out these gathering guides for Rawhide and Fibers.
Town Upgrades Required for Crafting Stations:
Workshop: Tier 3
Woodworking: Tier 3
Loom: Tier 2
Tannery: Tier 2
- Go to the Woodworking bench and refine:
- Go to the Tannery and refine:
- 627x Coarse Leather
- Go to the Loom and refine:
- 418x Linen
Note: You may receive bonus items that proc when you refine materials. You can keep these for use in the subsequent sections.
Go to the Forge and craft:
209x Lacquered Wood Bow
or
Salvaging: approximately 522x Lumber
Levels 100-150 Raw Materials Required:
| Raw Resources | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Wyrdwood | 28,560 |
| Aged Wood | 38,080 |
| Green Wood | 76,160 |
| Rawhide | 4,080 |
| Fibers | 2,720 |
| Obsidian Sandpaper | 14,280 |
If you need some assistance with these raw resources, check out these gathering guides for Wyrdwood, Rawhide, and Fibers.
Town Upgrades Required for Crafting Stations:
Workshop: Tier 4
Woodworking: Tier 4
Loom: Tier 2
Tannery: Tier 2
- Go to the Woodworking bench and refine:
- 19,040x Timber
- 9,520x Lumber
- 4,760x Wyrdwood Planks
- Go to the Tannery and refine:
- 1,020x Coarse Leather
- Go to the Loom and refine:
- 680x Linen
Note: You may receive bonus items that proc when you refine materials. You can keep these for use in the next section.
Go to the Forge and craft:
340x Wyrdwood Bow
or
Salvaging: approximately 850x Wyrdwood Planks
Levels 150-200 Raw Materials Required:
| Raw Resources | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Ironwood | 66,840 |
| Wyrdwood | 100,260 |
| Aged Wood | 133,680 |
| Green Wood | 267,360 |
| Rawhide | 6,684 |
| Fibers | 4,456 |
| Obsidian Sandpaper | 58,485 |
If you need some assistance with these raw resources, check out these gathering guides for Ironwood, Wyrdwood, Rawhide, and Fibers.
Town Upgrades Required for Crafting Stations:
Workshop: Tier 5
Woodworking: Tier 5
Loom: Tier 2
Tannery: Tier 2
- Go to the Woodworking bench and refine:
- 66,840x Timber
- 33,420x Lumber
- 16,710x Wyrdwood Planks
- 8,355x Ironwood Planks
- Go to the Tannery and refine:
- 1,671x Coarse Leather
- Go to the Loom and refine:
- 1,114x Linen
Go to the Forge and craft:
557x Ironwood Bow
or
Salvaging: approximately 1,392x Ironwood Planks