The crafting & gathering thread.

[Buffy]

Random question:

I haven't done anything with specialists yet. I still have 3 unused souls in my inventory.

I'm going to ding 60 in all crafts some time this weekend. What should I know before I start becoming a specialist, etc?

Related:

I haven't gotten anything related to "whistle" "whistle stacks" or "whistle while you work" in a quest yet for 4 of the crafts. I'm assuming this is a specialist action/ability?

[Raldo]

I haven't gotten anything related to "whistle" "whistle stacks" or "whistle while you work" in a quest yet for 4 of the crafts. I'm assuming this is a specialist action/ability?

All actions learned past Lv54 are specialist actions. They're all functionally identical for every job (that I've looked at anyway); While You Work (Lv55) is one of them.

I've not personally registered any specialists yet, since I'm having no troubles crafting HQs without it so far, but from what I've heard, specializing just gives you access to actions that make it easier to HQ stuff. Personally, I will be waiting to register a specialist until I see if it's required to get the highest-end tools and/or class-specific crafting gear.

[Luthia]

They are roughly equal. Dungeon drops are i160 and current best crafted gear (which will change Tuesday, I'd bet my life) is i160. I think you can get higher total stats from the crafted gear if you overmeld, but I don't think any of it outclasses i180, which is law + upgrade.

I bet all that changes Tuesday though (a week from today). We know Alexander savage, esoteric tomes, and red crafting/gathering scripts all come out that day.

I'm assuming we will have some crafted situational gear that is better than savage gear, like we did with FCOB and strength builds, etc.

I do hope crafting gear is at least marginally competitive. But the best gear should always come from the hardest content.

There is one single item at i160, not a full set. The rest are i150/glamours.

[Gulkeeva]

1star can be pretty rough, having all HQ and melds on right side helps a lot though, and specialist even more so. Speaking of next week semi not looking forward to the horrors of crafting/gathering to be required.

Betting it will be a lot of effort to get red scrips

I think its a high chance the "crap" from legendary nodes with no use currently will become red scrip weekly turn ins for gatherers and the seaborune/leafborne/landbourse aethersands will probably be required for red crafter scrips craft turn ins

[Luthia]

I think its a high chance the "crap" from legendary nodes with no use currently will become red scrip weekly turn ins for gatherers and the seaborune/leafborne/landbourse aethersands will probably be required for red crafter scrips craft turn ins

lol

[Gulkeeva]

lol

too sleepy to spell correctly! I farmed 7 folklore books in less then 2 days

[Aerin]

Which crafts are good for collectables turn in? I have BSM/GSM/WVR/LTW at 59+ and have found GSM to be the easiest for turn ins. Is CUL or CRP any better?

I have all my crafts at 55+ but ALC is definitely the biggest pain to level, at least for me.

[Raldo]

I hear CUL is probably easiest. I haven't personally tried it, but it makes sense. CUL makes consumables, they can't make them too terribly hard to make, otherwise no one would eat food.

[Sigmakan]

I found Goblin Jig (GSM) and Marron Glace (CLN) to be the easiest

[Seravi Edalborez]

There are some decent Adamantite ones for BSM sometimes, and CRP has relatively painless Hallowed Chestnut accs. Anything that avoids dealing with dissolvents, leather, or chimerical felt is basically a winner.

[Buffy]

You guys have hit the high points in my opinion. Alchemy gets a level 56? wand that is pretty good too.

But basically: Cul has some easy stuff, crp hallowed chestnut accessories, gsm (especially the level 57 dragon fang stuff - dragon fangs are wicked cheap on market wards). I skipped wvr entirely. And I grinded some ltw stuff because the exp + blue scripts seems cheaper overall to me than using just leves. Ltw is such ass because of the hides, I'm glad I did it early.

[crystalszero]

I found Goblin Jig (GSM) and Marron Glace (CLN) to be the easiest

This, if you have enough retainer space, just craft 100 of them and save it until you get a bonus turn in, boom! 8 books done.

[Buffy]

Sorta annoyed the crafting part of the patch got pushed back to a separate patch the following day.

[Buffy]

Here is some crafting/craftmanship info for some of you.

With 689 Craftsmanship, on a level 60 1 star recipe (so the turn in items for ltw and weaver):

Rapid Synth (No Ingeniuty I/II) = 203 Progress
Careful Synth II (No Ingeniuty I/II) = 97 Progress
Careful Synth II (Ingeniuty II) = 177 Progress

689 Craftsmanship on a level 59 recipe (Scale Glue):

Name of Water + Brand of Water = 489 progress (459 to complete)

689 Craftsmanship on a level 60 recipe (Chrysolite):

Name of Wind + Brand of Wind = 444 Progress (478 to complete)

[Ratatapa]

they better start accepting Goblin Jig again soon, I have so many ready rest is such a hassle to make

[Raldo]

Does everyone have the same turn-ins daily?

Both Goblin Jig and starred Marron Glace today for me, rollin' in scrips.

[Buffy]

No, but there are only so many variations. So probably 20% of the server has the same turn ins every day.

[Seravi Edalborez]

Random question to pose: which is the fastest route to Morel or Cuprite nodes:

-From Idyllshire
-From Anyx Trine
-From Falcon's Nest

I think Idyllshire>Morel is probably a no-brainer, but say you only catch Cuprite for whatever reason.

[Ratatapa]

Does everyone have the same turn-ins daily?

Both Goblin Jig and starred Marron Glace today for me, rollin' in scrips.

hate you I have like 55 6k collective Goblin Jig waiting

[tenkiki]

I got jigs today after complaining yesterday, but my friend got starred glace and already has 2 books while I'm still crafting the prerequisite materials for jigs. Makes me wish I had cul leveled up.