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There are certainly lots of different ways that people choose to pursue mastering any particular tradeskill. It will depend upon many factors: the amount of time you have to farm materials, the amount of platinum you have at your disposal, how much you care about recovering your costs, whether you like to mine vendors, etc. If you're an independent sort, then simply using the quick trivial list and figuring out what you want to make might work for you. If you want to leverage the expertise of those who have come before you, then there has been much collaboration over in the forums and collectively we've put together several possible paths that you could possibly follow.
Two points that lead off pursuing mastery in any skill: take advantage of the freebie quests that will take you to 54 and get your tradeskill trophy immediately after completing those freebie tasks. The Beginner Trophies typically require fewer rare/uncommon components which makes them easy to complete. As long as you equip the trophy while you're doing combines to skill up, the trophy will evolve with you. You don't have to repeat the quest every time you reach a new skill level.
There are two places where one can take advantage of "freebie" quests. They were originally offered in Abysmal Sea, but new ones were introduced with Crescent Reach. I personally recommend that you pursue the freebie quests in Crescent Reach. They have a better mechanism in place than the versions in place in Abysmal Sea. The only exception is if you expect to be doing any smithing with materials from the Gates of Discord expansion (Aligned Ore and Shimmering Aligned Ore). If you do the "collect" version of the Absymal Sea task, you'll be able to turn the raw ore into bars on your own, if you don't, you'll always have to go to Abysmal Sea to have the NPC do the conversion for you.
Step ONE: do the Crescent Reach Smithing Freebie tasks. This will take you to 54 for free.
Step TWO: do the Beginner Smith Trophy Task
Step THREE: Pick your poison from the options below
Option 1: Hunt through the Quick Trivial List and decide for yourself what you might want to do.
Option 2: Ore barbs can get you to 282.
| Trivial | Finished Name |
| 62 | Thalium Barbs |
| 112 | Fulginate Barbs |
| 184 | Rhenium Barbs |
| 222 | Cobalt Barbs |
| 242 | Titanium Barbs |
| 255 | Tantalum Barbs |
| 268 | Vanadium Barbs |
| 282 | Osmium Barbs |
Option 3: Chain glove templates (gloves only use one ore, have a higher trivial than bracers and chain stacks higher than plate)
Option 4: Cultural Armor (these require the completion of a task to get the pattern book)
| Trivial | Finished Name | Ore Type |
| 92 | Simple | Thalium |
| 160 | Ornate | Fulginate |
| 280 | Intricate | Rhenium |
| 360 | Elaborate | Cobalt |
| 440 | Elegant | Tantalum |
Option 5: Cultural Augments (these require the completion of quests in order to get the pattern books)
| Trivial | Finished Name | Ore Type |
| 100 | Blessed | Thalium |
| 170 | Revered | Fulginate |
| 290 | Sacred | Rhenium |
| 370 | Eminent | Cobalt |
| 410 | Exalted | Titanium |
| 450 | Sublime | Tantalum |