cut down archer cost

Level 1 arrows tip is good.

Blacksmith, Your weapon is the heart of your equipment, and trying to work at more than one or two occupations here is tough. The armor is easier and more cost effective to just find from loot.

As to apothecary, I wouldn't personally recommend it, especially if you're going for cost saving. You find enough potions from monster drops to get you through the game, and honestly, why waste the materials crafting something that's a one time use? Materials in PW are actually more valuable than the things they make most of the time, and if you don't need those apothecary items, why waste the resources?

You can always go back and learn tailor / craftsman later, but if you want to try either of those now, go ahead. Just don't worry about leveling them too fast.

Also, trying to avoid potion use in general is a good idea. Meditating isn't that bad - just sit and go browse the forums for a few minutes.

And as stated in the guide, avoid the teleports. Sell the Dragon quest items.

Also, investing early in extending your bank is a good idea. Finish the bankers' two quests as soon as you can (around early level 20s for the second one).
More bank spots = more DQ items you can gather and sell for slightly higher prices as a cat shop

I think that any answer we give really depends on you and how you play your character. Personally, I almost never buy potions. I do buy ammo, but that's nothing when compared with my repair costs. But I did buy a mold and that was extremely expensive.

But Apothecary and Blacksmith work well for archers. Jewelry, can also be good, because that will allow you to make your own ammo (but expect to spend lots of time harvesting, if you go this route. You need 100 pieces of iron or wood and 50 of coal to make 5000 pieces of ammo. And you also have to make other things if you want to level up your jewelry skills.

On the other hand, if you ever have to grind for crafting drops you will probably never have to worry about experience (except that you can be shooting up in levels long before you have enough supplies).

If what you're looking for is saving as much money as possible, there's a few things you can do. As has been said, sticking with level 1 ammunition is best. The best way to make money while you play is just to harvest any type of material you find along the way and sell it all. The crafting professions aren't necessary, and they end up being quite expensive to level. The cost may not be direct, as you can farm the materials yourself if you really wish to spend all that time, but the indirect cost will still be very high (time, money you could have made selling, money you could have made farming/leveling, etc).

If you are definitely looking to pick one up however, Blacksmithing is probably the most useful. You need a good weapon. However, you'll use the FB19 Crossbow into your 30s most likely. At this point, you can just buy a cheap weapon or stick it out with your crossbow, and get a quest bow at 45ish from Sumor Camp. That can take you into your 50s, where you can stick it out, or buy another cheap upgrade. That can last you to 60, where your faction should help you with your TT60 weapon. Either that or you can just run TT groups and hope for drops. If you pick up Blacksmithing hoping for good crafts that you can use while leveing, its fairly unlikely without being forced to buy mats for a lot of crafts.

Basically, you can just gather materials if you really want, and ask a faction member or friend to craft for you, and save yourself the expense of leveling tradeskills. If you want them for yourself, its probably better to wait until you are higher level and have money to spare, then just powerlevel through. In the higher levels, you won't be using 3 star equipment anyway.

The cost of leveling EA really isn't that high. If anything, the only major expense you'll find is for buying heiros if you choose to Zhen in yours 60+ levels. Of course this is different if you intend to do a lot of PK/PvP, but since you are on Sanctuary I'm guessing this is not the case.

i guess the main question is now

that is it still possible to kill of stuff before they get to me?

Im a lv 66 archer and all I needed was apocathery to get by. You need life powder and focus powder to cut down on the cost of pots. The quest reward and TT bow are much better than what you can usually craft.