Professions

Aion has various professions you can take with your character to help with different tasks such as creating potions, weapons, or armor. Choosing which profession to take is somewhat important because it can be the difference between being forced to rely on other players and being able to take care of yourself gear-wise.

In this section we will go over the various professions in an attempt to help you decide which one you wish to go with. Keep in mind that there is no "right" profession for any class, or for any player. The best one is the one you choose!

Weapon Smithing

Being a weapon smith allows you to create various weapons such as Daggers, Swords, Maces, Greatswords, and Polearms. Being able to create these means you can always get better gear without having to keep buying (or having others give to you) from other players.

To create items you will need to obtain various materials, such as Steel Ingots, Steel Nails, Steel Rods, Titanium Nails, Titanium Rods, Adamantium Nails, Adamantium Rods, Orihalcum Nails, Orihalcum Rods, and Siege Weapon Struts. To get these you must obtain the lower materials and craft them using those.

Once you have the materials you need you will need to craft using a recipe for the item you wish to make. To obtain these, you must get them from leveling up your profession or from the NPC shop, which is semi-expensive. Some items are "normal" and some are rare. This reflects the amount of materials it takes to craft the item, being that rarer items cost much more.

To do some recipes you will need to level up your weapon smithing profession. To do so you are required to do a quest that has you create certain items and turn them in to a NPC. The levels of the quests are 1, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60. This can be very expensive to complete, but the benefit is well worth it.

Also, when you complete one of the quests and boost up a level, you will obtain a random profession-specific item. These can include things like recipes.