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AT one point I was using the Snakeskin Method to level up all my armors, now I'm working on a secondary strategy. First, I'll get four silver star armors (30 min Smith x 4 = 2 hours).

In my case I have 3 Armor smiths so let's say an hour to complete all 4.

I then use basic armor to get the silver stars to level 19 (a total of 64 basic armors). For me that's 3 basic every 5 mins or 54 in 90 mins. Add 12 more basic while the 4th silver star is being smithed and Voila!

Silver star armor can match whatever you need and Armor XP = 10 plus 1 for each lvl above 1. Grand total XP for each = 28. 4 X 28 = 112.

That's 112 XP in approx 2 hours! Compared to 96 XP when using Snakeskin which depending on your number of armor smiths could take much longer.

I know this requires a lot of attention, so its just an alternative.