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Tips and tricks are those nifty little things that take just "getting
something done" and turns it into getting it done quickly and efficiently. 
None of us want to spend countless hours trying to craft through a tier or days
hunting for the right materials (like I did) so we are going to share with you
some of the tricks of the trade that will make life so much easier. 

These
are arranged by class so you can quickly get the info as it relates to the
crafting class that you have chosen.

Alchemist:  Since the reduction of materials needed to craft in Alchemy,
it hasn't been nearly as difficult to find what you need but it still can be a
challenge.  Your best bet to gather most items is to kill human mages and
healers, who can be found usually in enemy camps within the tier you need. 
These guys drop a decent amount of caches that can be used from your inventory
providing a plethora of much needed items including the occasional rare items. 

For humans, hit up the villas in The Noble District.  For other ingredients
you'll need maneating plants, crawlers, and demons all of which can be found in
the resource zones or out in the adventuring world.  Focusing on gather the caches
rather than specific ingredients allows for you to gather more in a shorter
amount of time.

Architect:  This class is not meant to be the average crafter class of
choice.  Don't even attempt at taking it on unless you are either supported
by a guild (who is willing to give you coin for supplies) or independently
wealthy as the higher tier supplies are in excess of 1 gold each.

Armorsmith:  The sheer volume of craftable items here is staggering. 
The best thing you can do for yourself is to train in mining, prospecting,
stonecutting, and weaving and progress these as soon as
possible.  Once you have the ability to gather whatever you could possibly
need, crafting will be a breeze.  The biggest problem you might run into is
the gathering of silks and leathers.  The silks drop from humans and the
leather obviously drops from animals, both can be elusive! 

Rough leather will drop off of "prey" animals.  This was the biggest
help in the early days of crafting armor!  Prey runs away if you get too
close so you will need ranged combat of any kind to kill these guys but they are
very weak and drop in one hit for most players.  I used my barbarian and a bow and
ran around the prey areas (marked
on our maps) and gathered leather pretty fast using this technique.

My favorite spot for calloused leather was in the Eiglophian Mountains up the
path from the settlement.  You'll find groups of apes up here that drop the
leather at a good rate.

Gemcutter:  Gemcutting will be

undergoing changes soon, though we aren't sure what exactly this will mean
yet.  Currently, crafting gems is largely a guessing game.  When
you cut any one gem, you will randomly get any one of several effects on the
finished gem.  This can be quite frustrating if you are trying to craft for
a specific effect and only have a handful of preciously rare flawless gems.  Gems
drop off of any level appropriate human, so farm as much as you can and whenever
you can to keep a stockpile.

Weaponsmith:  This is the easiest and most straight forward
of the crafting
classes.  You'll want to take on the harvesting skills: mining, prospecting,
and woodcutting then save your rares because you will need those to make the
higher quality blue weapons and they drop sparsely at best.

This completes our series on crafting in Age of Conan!  We hope that
this guide eases you into the start of your career and continues to be of use
throughout your progression.  Feel free to use
our forums for any
questions you might have or share your own tips to help along your fellow
crafters!