Project Gorgon Crafting Skills Guide: How to Level Every Trade Skill

Project Gorgon has over 30 trade skills. Not professions with a cap — actual skills that level independently, each with their own abilities, recipes, and synergies. You can learn every single one on the same character. This guide covers every trade skill, where to find the trainer, what the skill does, and how to level it efficiently.

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Gathering Skills (Resource Collection)

Butchering

Trainer: Nishika (Anagoge Island), Noita the Green (Serbule) Requires: Butcher Knife Use: Collect meat and organs from animal corpses. Corpse must be non-sentient (animals only — no goblins, humans, etc.). One of the first skills to unlock. Meat feeds Cooking; organs feed Alchemy.

Skinning

Trainer: Nishika (Anagoge) Requires: Skinning Knife Use: Collect leather, hides, and fur from corpses. Feeds Leatherworking and Tailoring. Skin everything you kill early on.

Mining

Trainers: Jaime Fatholm, Urzab, Dachak the Digger Requires: Pickaxe Use: Extract ore and gems from mineral deposits. Feeds Blacksmithing, Jewelry Crafting, and Toolcrafting. Use Mineral Surveys to locate ore veins. Synergies: Geology skill increases gem discovery rate.

Surveying

Trainers: Same as Mining Requires: None (skill-based) Use: Create Mineral Surveys that reveal ore vein locations. Higher Surveying = more accurate and rarer survey results.

Foraging

Trainers: Jesina (Serbule), Spot, Dunahain Broadarm Requires: None Use: Pick up plants, seeds, wood, and random ground loot. Your general-purpose gathering skill. Levels passively as you travel.

Fishing

Trainers: Ukorga, Rugen, Justin Smoot Requires: Fishing Pole Use: Catch fish from water bodies. Different fish in different zones. Feeds Cooking and Sushi Preparation. Synergies: Angling (orcish fishing variant) unlocked separately.

Gardening

Trainers: Kelim (Serbule), Floxie Requires: Seeds, garden plot Use: Grow crops, flowers, and vegetables. Plant seeds in garden plots and water them. Harvest for Cooking and Flower Arrangement materials.

Mushroom Farming

Trainer: Hemmit Magmagrip Requires: Mushroom grow-boxes Use: Cultivate mushrooms in specialized grow-boxes. Feeds Mycology, Cooking, and Alchemy. An advanced version of Gardening for fungi.

Geology

Trainers: Jaime Fatholm, Fazzi, Drummond Stonecurl Requires: None (passive) Use: Knowledge of minerals. Increases gem discovery rate while Mining. Higher skill = rarer gems found. Synergizes strongly with Jewelry Crafting.

Processing Skills (Refining Raw Materials)

Carpentry

Trainers: Jara (Serbule), The Wombat, Amutasa Requires: Wood Use: Turn raw wood into planks and timber. Create wooden tools, storage containers, and furniture. Most crafting chains need carpentry-processed materials at some point.

Tanning

Trainers: Kleave, Sirine, Felmer Requires: Raw hides, Tanning Rack Use: Turn raw hides into finished leather. Intermediate step between Skinning and Leatherworking. Tanning racks are found in Serbule and other major towns.

Textile Creation

Trainer: George Madler Requires: Cotton, wool, plant fibers Use: Spin raw fibers into cloth and thread. Feeds Tailoring. Cotton can be farmed via Gardening.

Milling

Requires: Grainmill (windmills) Use: Turn grain into flour. Windmills are found in rural zones like Serbule. Flour feeds Cooking and Baking.

Brewing

Trainers: Brianna Willer, Gretchen Salas, Dhakmar, Hiral, Malvol, Dunahain Broadarm Requires: Grains, fruits, water, Brewing Barrel Use: Create alcoholic beverages. Different recipes produce different buffs. Beer, wine, and spirits each have unique effects.

Crafting Skills (Item Production)

Blacksmithing

Trainers: Tadion (Serbule), Kodan, Falkrin Overstrike, Solgribue, Dunahain Broadarm, Winston Veilmoor Requires: Metal bars (from Mining), forge Use: Create metal weapons, repair kits, and metal components for other crafts. Blacksmiths don’t make armor directly but can buttress existing armor. Sub-specializations:

• Bladesmithing (trainer: Inella) — Advanced sword/dagger crafting and maintenance
• Armorsmithing (trainer: Tremmond Blackhammer) — Metal armor production
• Weapon Augmentation (trainer: Malgath) — Apply permanent stat bonuses to weapons

Leatherworking

Trainers: Kleave, Sirine, Ukorga, Felmer, Dunahain Broadarm, Sam Veilmoor Requires: Tanned leather Use: Create leather armor, bags, and accessories. Primary armor craft for non-metal-wearing classes.

Tailoring

Trainers: Thimble Pete, Legs, Shirogin, Eveline Rastin, Felmer Requires: Cloth (from Textile Creation) Use: Create cloth armor, robes, and magical garments. Essential for casters.

Toolcrafting

Trainers: Yogzi, Sie Antry, Amutasa, Felmer Requires: Metal and wood components Use: Craft advanced tools used by other professions. Makes the tools that make the tools.

Jewelry Crafting

Trainers: Solgribue, Dunahain Broadarm, Elune Requires: Gems (from Mining), precious metals Use: Create rings, necklaces, and accessories. Provides stat bonuses and special effects.

Alchemy

Trainer: Azalak (Serbule northern woods) Requires: Herbs, organs, mushrooms, vials Use: Create potions, poisons, and combat chemicals. Healing potions, buff potions, and damage-over-time poisons. Battle Chemistry combat skill builds on Alchemy foundations.

Fletching

Trainers: Elahil (Serbule), Bellema Deftwhisper, Floxie Requires: Wood, feathers, arrowheads Use: Create arrows for Archery and bolts for Crossbow. Faster you shoot, more arrows you need. Self-sufficient archers need Fletching.

Bowyery

Trainer: Denton Razor Requires: Wood, string, advanced components Use: Craft bows and crossbows. Specialization of Carpentry for ranged weapons.

Cooking

Trainers: Fainor (Serbule), Laura Neth, Selaxi, Floxie, Deville Neth Requires: Raw ingredients, cooking fire/pot Use: Prepare meals that grant buffs. Meal duration scales with Gourmand skill. Sub-specializations:

• Cheesemaking (trainer: Fainor, Braigon) — Dairy products, butter, cheese
• Sushi Preparation (trainer: Rugen, Crelpin) — Fish-based meals
• Brewing — Listed above as a processing skill

Augmentation Skills (Enhancing Equipment)

Armor Augmentation

Trainer: Syndra (Serbule), Nightshade Use: Apply permanent stat bonuses to Chest and Leg armor pieces.

Ancillary-Armor Augmentation

Trainer: Gribburn (Serbule), Nightshade Use: Apply permanent stat bonuses to Helm and Shoe armor pieces.

Jewelry Augmentation

Trainer: Poe (Serbule), Nightshade Use: Apply permanent stat bonuses to Necklaces and Rings.

Shamanic Infusion

Trainers: Gershok, Irkima Use: Enhance items with animal spirits. A magic-based alternative to standard augmentation.

Specialty Skills

Dye Making

Trainers: Larsan (Serbule), Gurki, Firaki Use: Produce colored dye for cosmetic customization of gear. Some dyes have minor stat effects.

Flower Arrangement

Trainers: Zhao, Janet Lews, Malvol, Floxie, The Floriculturist Use: Create decorative flower arrangements. Mostly cosmetic but some arrangements provide buffs.

Candle Making

Trainers: Gorvessa, Bendith the Banished, Electra Breakdawn Requires: Wax, wicks Use: Create candles with exotic properties. Some candles provide light in dark dungeons; others have magical effects.

Ice Conjuration

Trainer: Ichin the Ice Master Requires: Ice Magic skill Use: Create delicate items from ice. Items melt in hot environments. A niche but flavorful craft.

Glassblowing

Trainer: Rebeccah the Whisperer Requires: Sand Use: Create glass items from sand. Vials, decorative objects, and some magical glassware.

Calligraphy

Trainers: Sammie Grimspine, Ufkar, Liamu the Watchful Use: Create written works. Warriors can infuse calligraphy with combat effects. Some quests require specific written items.

Gadgeteering

Trainers: Kohan, Ufkar Use: Build elaborate contraptions that automate tasks. High-investment, high-reward engineering skill.

Treasure Cartography

Trainer: Yasinda Use: Create treasure maps. Similar to Surveying but instead of minerals, you find buried treasure chests.

Skill Synergies to Target

Some skills are designed to work together. These combinations are most efficient:

Combo	Why It Works
Skinning → Tanning → Leatherworking	Full leather production chain. Self-sufficient armor crafting.
Mining → Blacksmithing → Weapon Augmentation	Mine ore, craft weapon, augment it. Complete weapon pipeline.
Gardening → Cooking → Gourmand	Grow ingredients, cook meals, extend buffs. Infinite food loop.
Foraging → Alchemy → Battle Chemistry	Find herbs, brew potions, use them in combat.
Fishing → Sushi Preparation → Cooking	Catch fish, make sushi meals. Alternative Cooking path.

Leveling Strategy

• Level gathering skills first. You need raw materials before you can process or craft anything.
• Craft everything once. The first time you craft an item gives bonus XP. Make one of everything before grinding a single recipe.
• Use vendor-bought materials for early levels. Farming 500 oak logs is slow. Buy them from the vendor in Serbule Keep, process them into planks, sell the planks back. You lose money but gain skill fast.
• Synergy skills boost each other. Leveling Geology makes Mining faster. Leveling Gourmand makes Cooking buffs last longer, which makes you want to cook more.

For general beginner advice including combat skills and first-hour priorities, see the Project Gorgon Beginner Guide.

Note: This guide reflects Project Gorgon as of July 2026. New skills and trainers are regularly added in updates.