Somehow casting favor for Spain, England, and Dutch. I'm not saying other nation can't learn casting, but you will have a hard time grinding this skill as another nation beside those 3.
Skills you need:
- Casting
- Mineral Trade
- Wares Trade
- Firearms Trade (Spain favored)
Books you need:
- Shipwright Basic - Casting Book (Antwerp, Groningen, Plymouth, Porto, Barcelona, Genoa, Pisa, Syracuse - Craft shop)
- Metal Smelting Book (Lubeck - item shop)
- Firearms Techniques (Ceuta, Barcelona - item shop)
- Alloy Smelting Book (Dublin, invest 300.000)
- Weapon Manufacturing Techniques (Barcelona, Groningen, invest 500.000)
We will skip R1, I recommend get a shipwright hammer for casting+1.
Rank 2 (Bergen or Beirut)
- Lumber > Spare Rudder (Shipwright Basic - Casting Book)
Rank 3 - 4 (Plymouth)
- Bronze > Bell of Withdrawal (Shipwright Basic - Casting Book)
Rank 5 - 6(Hamburg)
-
Lead Ore > Lead (Metal Smelting Book)
- Iron Ore > Iron (Metal Smelting Book)
- Copper Ore > Copper (Metal Smelting Book)
- Iron + Coal > Cannon Shot (Firearms Techniques)
At rank 6, Spain start make use their Firearms skill and move to Barcelona, while other nation stay in Hamburg.
Spain has another advantage by selling musket to Algiers, this will give fame and profit.
Rank 6 - 7(Barcelona - Algiers)
- Gunpowder + Cannon Shot + Steel > Steel Cannonball (Shipwright Basic - Casting Book)
- Iron Ore > Iron (Metal Smelting Book)
- Copper Ore > Copper (Metal Smelting Book)
- Iron + Steel > Single Handed Sword (Weapon Manufacturing Techniques)
Rank 7 - 10 (Hamburg)
- Coal + Iron > Arquebuses (Firearms Technique)
- Copper Ore + Tin Ore > Bronze (Alloy Smelting Book)
Rank 8 (Barcelona - Algiers)
- Iron + Steel > Shamshirs (Weapon Manufacturing Techniques)
Rank 9 - 10 (Barcelona - Algiers)
- Iron + Steel > Two Handed Sword (Weapon Manufacturing Techniques)
Rank 11 (Hamburg)
- Coal + Iron > Cannon (Firearms Techniques)
Rank 11 (Barcelona - Algiers)
- Brass + Iron + Steel > European Armour (Weapon Manufacturing Techniques)
At rank 12, or 11+1, or 10+2, you may start producing Master Craftsman Carpentry Tools (MCCT / MCT) by collecting white ore in New Founland landing point, follow the right side until you see big white rock, then you can start collecting there. The problem is, you need to register a nearby colony which has iron and lumber in their market to make it efficient.
At rank 13, 12+1, 11+2, or even 10+3, you can start the devils way by making gold from gold dust. You can buy gold dust from Jamaica and Santiago (invest 120.000) and then invest 1.000.000 in Havana and you can use the recipe from craftsman.
You will need Handicrafts R5 and Metal Trade skills to do this, fortunately you can leech this from friend.
Keep in mind, if u have 100 gold dust, it will grow into 110 gold (might more if u have college skills on).
This is the fastest way to grind your Casting Skill.
This might not the best way, but side effect of this way, you will grind your alcohol trade and luxury trade too (alcohol and luxury is good for Nanban trade isn't it).
Skills you need:
- Handicrafts
- Luxury Trade
- Alcohol Trade
- Foodstuff Trade (additional, only good for start)
- Collection
I normally skip rank 1, and use Shipwright Saw for the Handicrafts +1.
Book u need:
- Brewery Secret (Hamburg or Cagliari - item shop)
- Complete Seasoning Booklet (Palma - item shop)
- Brewery Secret V2 (Havana, invest 800.000)
- Shipwright Basic - Crafts Book (Antwerp, Groningen, Plymouth, Porto, Barcelona, Genoa, Pisa, Syracuse - item shop)
- Craftsman Training Book (Candia, invest 300.000)
- Expert Craftsman Training Book (Jaffa, invest 300.000)
- Historical Crafts Guide (Cairo, invest 400.000)
- Jewellery Cut - Red Book (Diu, Ceylon, invest 2.000.000)
- Jewellery Cut - Yellow Book (Riga, Danzig, invest 2.000.000)
Rank 2 (Palma - Valencia)
- Olives > Olives oil (Complete Seasoning Book)
- Wheat > Beer (Brewery Secret)
Rank 3 (Palma - Valencia)
- Wheat > Akvavit (Brewery Secret) u got fame by selling this in Palma or Valencia
- Raisin > Wine (Brewery Secret)
- Almond > Almond Oil (Complete Seasoning Book)
Rank 4 - 6 (Bordeaux)
- Raisin > Wine > Brandy (Brewery Secret)
Rank 7 (Bordeaux)
- Raisin > Wine (Brewery Secret)
- Wine > Wine Vinegar (Complete Seasoning Book)
Rank 8-14 (Bordeaux)
- Wine > Brandy (Brewery Secret)
- Brandy + Raisin > Sherry (Brewery Secret V2)
If you have reached R14, or R13+1, R12+2, or even R11+3, time to move to landing point north of Bergen. Don't forget to bring collection booster with you, you will need R4 collection to start.
Once you reach this landing point, move forward until you see big white rock, start collecting there.
- Grass > Vegetable Oil (Craftsman Training Book)
- Logs > Lumber (Shipwright Basic - Crafts Book)
- Lumber + Vegetable Oil > Fine Furniture (Expert Craftsman Training Book)
- Lumber + Rock > Stone Sculpture (Historical Crafts Guide)
- Red Ore > Ruby, Garnet (Jewellery Cut - Red Book)
- Yellow Ore > Cats Eye, Topaz, Amber (Jewellery Cut - Yellow Book)
Most of us will think buy more will get more skill proficiency. Well its wrong.
This is the math for grinding your trade skills efficiently:
20 x base rank (your rank without booster)
If you buy more than that math allowed, you will waste skill proficiency.
Now how to do it?
Example we want to grind mineral trade. All you have to do first is find city with the most mineral trade goods. I choose hamburg.
What we have in Hamburg are:
- lead ore 100
- iron ore 120
- copper ore 123
- tin ore 78
This numbers are example only.
If you have rank 5 Mineral Trade skill, then based on the math, you should buy 100.
1. Buy 100 lead ore, and then click OK
2. Then buy 100 iron ore and click OK again.
3. Buy 100 copper ore...
Now you will see that hamburg still have 20 iron ore, 23 copper ore, tin ore 78. you can mix it as long as its the same class of trade goods.
4. Buy 20 iron ore, 20 copper ore, and 60 tin ore, then click OK.
5. Buy again 3 copper ore, 18 tin ore, then OK again.
Try it, and you will see the different. ^^
