I tried search the forum but can't seem to find the answer. Is blacksmith level is limit by difficult mode or by material? What I mean is that if I have the money and mat, can I level him to max level or my character have to be in nightmare, hell or inferno mode?
The farthest you can train to on the beta is 1 'train' before level 5. This last 'train' requires 5x 'Page of Blacksmith' and 15k gold. The pages once dropped in the beta, but they have been moved to a later part of the game. It used to state that they were attained in nightmare, but I do not see that tooltip anymore meaning that they could be acquired still in normal.
It is limited by material, but you can also think that since there are 20 levels, you're expected to do ~5 levels per difficulty.
I tend to think that you will have the capability of capping your artisans no later than you hitting level 60, and most likely before (at least a little) - so its probably at least 7 levels per.
If you held a gun to my head and made me pick I would probably guess that you can cap your artisans by the end of nightmare but that the eq you could make will still be level restricted to 55+ so you're looking at some progress in Hell before you can use the stuff. Some recipes (on the other hand) may only drop in inferno - in other words you've capped your blacksmith 2 difficulties ago but you cant make the Boots of Awesome Moonwalk and Mosterslaying until you get that lucky drop in inferno.
Ha. Bagstone.
I tend to think that you will have the capability of capping your artisans no later than you hitting level 60, and most likely before (at least a little) - so its probably at least 7 levels per.
If you held a gun to my head and made me pick I would probably guess that you can cap your artisans by the end of nightmare but that the eq you could make will still be level restricted to 55+ so you're looking at some progress in Hell before you can use the stuff. Some recipes (on the other hand) may only drop in inferno - in other words you've capped your blacksmith 2 difficulties ago but you cant make the Boots of Awesome Moonwalk and Mosterslaying until you get that lucky drop in inferno.
Ha. Bagstone.