I've made a crafting guide with some maps with herb & rock gathering locations (I've marked locations on all field maps), and maps showing easy monsters to skin for Artisan materials (one map for each tier of material):
http://gamelytic.com...guide-with-maps
I was looking for one when I started out in the SEA version and there didn't seem to be any guide with these kind of maps, so I thought this could be helpful for anyone wanting to get a headstart on crafting when the servers open up here.
Examples of the maps I've made (sorry they're so big, I couldn't figure out how to resize them);
It's been pointed out to me that there's a small mistake under the herb maps titles - one just says "South Plain" instead of "Tier 2 - Aloe - South Plain", but that was something that happened when it was uploaded to the website & I can't edit it.
Hope it helps out.
A bit more info below from Synesthetic:
Off the top of my head, I know the herb maps aren't complete, since there's a spot around Crabits near the Crusader Post that has three herb spawns very near each other.
Blacksmiths make rune hole punchers and alchemists can refine oridecon and elunium. On that note, some ingredients come from disassembling Lv.25+ equipment.
Edited by Repthy, 05 June 2013 - 01:28 PM.