Unicorn Cap - Smithing / Leather Sub levels.

[Scorp]

Hey, crappy topic but couldn't find it listed anywhere or discussed previously

I am sure that both subs lie around the 50-60 mark but would like to clarify how far I need to take smithing to limit chances of breakage. Any help welcome

[Doc]

I'm wondering the same thing, I've looked around and haven't found any exact numbers either. The first and only time I ever attempted this synth I failed it twice in a row, losing the behe leather the second time. I have 60 leather and smithing.

[Nighteagle]

I am sure that both subs lie around the 50-60 mark but would like to clarify how far I need to take smithing to limit chances of breakage. Any help welcome

60. As soon as all level of a synth are met, the chance to break will always be 5% by default (i think its 5%). Depending on if subs are 11 levels above cap, 31, or 51, determines if the HQ rate goes up. If the smithing cap on this is say... 55. 55-60 smithing wouldnt help you at all. As long as you have 55, your good. But not knowing the cap... just take it to 60.

[Everlasting]

%5 break chance per craft so in this case main + 2 sub = 15% break chance.

If you were at 55 Smithing I would pay that 100g to get Advanced Support to be safe. 5 off is too far for me personally.

[Scorp]

Thanks :D

on a side note, don't powerlevel smithing ....

[Doc]

I only did 4 subs for bone (Leather, Alchemy, Woodworking, Smithing) and smithing was by the far the shittiest trying to powerlevel... owned myself on the darksteel levels...

[Scorp]

Biggest cost for me was the waste of steel, did sheets then scales then used the scales to make scale finger gauntlets, justified it because i was re-using but at the end of the day it cost me a lot more than it should of. 51 now so its looking fun for darksteel and impatience.

[Thistle]

Ugh, smithing. I had a fine time of it on Thistle (years ago), but when I had to level it a bit on my goldsmithing mule, fire crystals were 4-5K/stack. (No clue why, but Midgar keeps running out of fire crystals. There have been weekends where the starter cities have 0 stacks up and Jeuno has single digit stacks...) I got her up to smithing 40-something on as many non-fire synths as I could. THAT was a horrible, money-losing challenge to do.