In New World, the Weaponsmithing crafting profession offers the ability to craft weapons, shields, and honing stones. For weapons, this includes swords, war hammers, great axes, and rapiers. For shields, this includes round shields, kite shields, and tower shields.
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 profession 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.
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 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 Weaponsmithing 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
- Weaving – Wireweave
- Leatherworking – Aged Tannin
- Woodworking – Obsidian Sandpaper
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 is only one leveling guide included below as it’s now the fastest way to level since the changes in Patch 1.1.
Method 1 – Great Axe/War Hammer
Levels 0-50 Raw Materials Required:
| Raw Resources | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Iron Ore | 2,640 |
| Green Wood | 660 |
| Rawhide | 440 |
If you need some assistance with these raw resources, check out these gathering guides for Iron Ore and Raw Hide.
It takes 13,350 experience to level Weaponsmithing from 0-50.
Town Upgrades Required for Crafting Stations:
Forge: Tier 2
Smelter: Tier 2
Woodworking: Tier 2
Tannery: Tier 2
- Go to the Smelter and refine:
- 660x Iron Ingot
- Go to the Woodworking bench and refine:
- 185x Timber
- Go to the Tannery and refine:
- 110x Coarse Leather
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:
66x Iron Great Axe
or
66x Iron War Hammer
Salvaging: approximately 165x Iron Ingot
Levels 50-100 Raw Materials Required:
| Raw Resources | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Iron Ore | 32,604 |
| Green Wood | 13,376 |
| Rawhide | 1,672 |
| Obsidian Flux | 2,717 |
If you need some assistance with these raw resources, check out these gathering guides for Iron Ore and Rawhide.
It takes 168,600 experience to level Weaponsmithing from 50-100.
Town Upgrades Required for Crafting Stations:
Forge: Tier 3
Smelter: Tier 3
Woodworking: Tier 2
Tannery: Tier 2
- Go to the Smelter and refine:
- 8,151x Iron Ingot
- 5,434x Charcoal
- 2,717x Steel Ingot
- Go to the Woodworking bench and refine:
- 627x Timber
- Go to the Tannery and refine:
- 418x Coarse Leather
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 Steel Great Axe
or
209x Steel War Hammer
Salvaging: approximately 522x Steel Ingot
Levels 100-150 Raw Materials Required:
| Raw Resources | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Starmetal Ore | 28,560 |
| Iron Ore | 114,240 |
| Green Wood | 61,200 |
| Rawhide | 2,720 |
| Obsidian Flux | 14,280 |
If you need some assistance with these raw resources, check out these gathering guides for Starmetal Ore, Iron Ore, and Rawhide.
It takes 1,082,850 experience to level Weaponsmithing from 100-150.
Town Upgrades Required for Crafting Stations:
Forge: Tier 4
Smelter: Tier 4
Woodworking: Tier 2
Tannery: Tier 2
- Go to the Smelter and refine:
- 28,560x Iron Ingot
- 28,560x Charcoal
- 9,520x Steel Ingot
- 4,760x Starmetal Ingot
- Go to the Woodworking bench and refine:
- 1,020x Timber
- Go to the Tannery and refine:
- 680x Coarse Leather
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 Starmetal Great Axe
or
340x Starmetal War Hammer
Salvaging: approximately 850x Starmetal Ingot
Levels 150-200 Raw Materials Required:
| Raw Resources | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Orichalcum Ore | 66,840 |
| Starmetal Ore | 100,260 |
| Iron Ore | 401,040 |
| Green Wood | 240,624 |
| Rawhide | 4,456 |
| Obsidian Flux | 58,485 |
If you need some assistance with these raw resources, check out these gathering guides for Orichalcum Ore, Starmetal Ore, Iron Ore, and Rawhide.
It takes 5,607,000 experience to level Weaponsmithing from 150-200.
Town Upgrades Required for Crafting Stations:
Forge: Tier 5
Smelter: Tier 5
Woodworking: Tier 2
Tannery: Tier 2
- Go to the Smelter and refine:
- 100,260x Iron Ingot
- 116,970x Charcoal
- 33,420x Steel Ingot
- 16,710x Starmetal Ingot
- 8,355x Orichalcum Ingot
- Go to the Woodworking bench and refine:
- 1,671x Timber
- Go to the Tannery and refine:
- 1,114x Coarse Leather
Go to the Forge and craft:
557x Orichalcum Great Axe
or
Salvaging: approximately 1,392x Orichalcum Ingot