SKILLS
Aside from the combat-focused ones, most of the skills were frivolous. I ended up spending the last few levels of training in Gnoll, solely because there wasn't anything left to spend them on.
Baking: I had to train this for the Shark Rolls, which would have been Fish Rolls if I hadn't studied beforehand. However, I did end up using this to get the Severed Paw, even if it was only a trophy. As for training, there are a bunch of wolves and bears about, and the baking shop sells bread. After that, it was many, many bats killed to use up the ten-or-so stacks of shark meat I wound up with. Other than those, there's not much I could make, since they either require blacksmithing items I don't have, or supplies the stores don't sell.
Blacksmithing: For raw materials, all I have access to is Sheet Metal and Blocks of MQ Ore, the latter of which is useless for me. This meant lots of forged weapons, and then lots of banded bracers until I was high enough skill to go for the rest of the armor. I am grateful that autorun exists, since I could watch videos in between each run from Qeynos into the Hills and back to Qeynos. Drinking lots of alcohol also helped for the level-ups.
Brewing: The only reason I trained this at all was to get the Heady Kiolas for training Tailoring. This would be a semi-nightmare grind for someone who has to get max-trivial in all tradeskills, though, since Minotaur Hero's Brew exists.
Fishing: This was the backup plan if killing sharks didn't pan out. I did fish up a bunch of Pine Cichlids as trophies, though. Not much use otherwise in this circumstance, though I know of at least one other region that would have this be a life-saver,
Fletching: The only other tradeskill than blacksmithing that actually increased my combat abilities. The vast majority of arrows were spent pulling mobs that I couldn't be bothered approaching. But, if a fletching kit didn't exist, my best option would be forged throwing weapons, so I'm grateful for it existing.
Jewelry Making: I would sooner try to solo Varsoon at level 28. Completely pointless.
Pottery: Does not exist here.
Swimming: By far the most useful non-combat skill. I spent hours swimming through the sewers, so finally moving at running speed is so very nice.
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