Skilling Up 301 to 350

Hitting 300 in a tradeskill is the old finish line. The real grind starts after — pushing to 350 uses a completely different system that rewards breadth of knowledge over repeated combines. This was introduced with the Empires of Kunark expansion (2016) alongside The Artisan's Prize quest.

Here's how it works.

The Two Requirements

Getting past 300 requires two things happening in parallel:

1. Tradeskill Mastery AAs — these raise your hard cap above 300
2. Learning recipes — your effective skill tracks how many qualifying recipes you've successfully completed

You need both. AAs without recipes won't move the needle, and learned recipes without AAs will hit a wall.

Tradeskill Mastery AAs

Extended ranks of the Tradeskill Mastery AA line unlock the 300–350 range. These are level-gated:

• First rank available at level 60
• One additional rank every 5 levels thereafter
• Maximum ranks available at level 105

Each tradeskill has its own AA line. You'll find these under the Tradeskill tab in the AA window — Alchemy, Baking, Blacksmithing, Brewing, Fishing, Fletching, Jewelcraft, Make Poison, Pottery, Research, Tailoring, and Tinkering each have separate progressions.

How Recipe Learning Works

Your skill above 300 is determined by what percentage of qualifying recipes you've learned relative to the total available. The system doesn't care about trivials or skill-ups in the traditional sense — it cares about recipe breadth.

A recipe counts as "learned" when it appears in your recipe search window after a successful combine.

What Qualifies (and What Doesn't)

Not every recipe in the game counts toward your 301–350 progression. The qualifying criteria are strict:

A recipe qualifies if it:

• Has a trivial of 16 or higher
• Is not a "no fail" recipe
• Is not auto-learned (auto-searchable without completing it)
• Uses a standard tradeskill container
• Is not a cultural/racial recipe

A recipe does NOT qualify if it:

• Requires a specialty container (Reinforced Jewelers Kit, glaze mortar, jars, quest-specific containers)
• Requires mandatory book scribing to learn (optional scribing is fine)
• Is a cultural or racial recipe
• Has a trivial under 16

Recipes Required per Tradeskill

These numbers reflect currently available recipes through recent expansions. The "Required" column is how many you need to learn to reach 350. The "Available" column shows total qualifying recipes in the game — you have some margin, but not a lot for every tradeskill.

Tracking Your Progress

Use the in-game command to dump your known recipes:

/outputfile recipes [Tradeskill Name]

This creates a file in your EverQuest directory listing every recipe you've learned for that tradeskill. Cross-reference it against the full recipe list to find what you're missing.

Practical Tips

• Start learning recipes before buying AAs. Recipes learned count retroactively — you don't need the AA cap raised first. Get ahead of the curve.
• Work expansion by expansion. Each expansion adds a batch of new recipes. Systematically clearing them is more efficient than cherry-picking.
• Pottery, Tailoring, and Smithing are the biggest grinds. 2,000+ recipes is a lot of combines. Budget your time and platinum accordingly.
• Spell Research has the most headroom. With 4,129 available recipes and only 2,570 required, you can skip the annoying ones.

Community Tools

Several community-maintained tools help track which recipes you're missing:

• Drewie's EQRecipes — recipe checklist tracker
• Adetia's EQ Tradeskills — detailed per-expansion breakdowns
• Soulbanshee's Recipe Parser — parses your output file and identifies gaps
• Bonzz's Tradeskill Guides — walkthrough-style guides per tradeskill

The 301–350 grind is a marathon, not a sprint. Plan your recipe acquisition across expansions and chip away at it over time.