Gold Smithing 101?

[Kastel]

Im at skill 51 now and when farming Orcmasks i save a bunch up then go to bastok, yes you will fail like normal desynth, and possibly lose them (>_< 26K down the drain, DAMN IT!)

Last time i had 15 and desynthed 12 with support.

Also since you're thf, you can just grab a friend and kill yags in Oz, and steal at the same time. Might save you a little money. I on the other hand went like 0-48 in a weekend. I just synth, desynth, rinse, repeat until I had nothing... but i think I already made all the money back

[Nassa]

Got goldsmithing from 0-27 last weekend, and lost about 150k in the process. Now I'm at a 'crossroads' of sorts; past 27 I can't seem to find any synths that aren't a huge loss.

LOL, welcome to Goldsmithing. Answer is no, there aren't any synths that aren't losses at that level range. The issue is which synth will lose you less money.

Any observations/ideas, especially past 38? Also, I noticed that gold orcmask + lightning is a desynth; is the success rate for that similar to all other desynths (that is, total and utter crap)?

You don't get good skill-ups from de-synths, although it does happen. Masks are exe and can therefore be farmed yourself, not bought from AH.

I'll stick with the earring/ring/ingot formula.

Nassa

[Disturbed]

i've been doing mythril ingots since 30 when they offered the recipe, seemed to fail more at 31, so i just do on light/full/new moon periods, @33 atm

not a fan of making a loss so my guilding is going up very slowly, i steal coins myself or buy for 1k tops at AH/bazaar

[Deodorant]

Got goldsmithing from 0-27 last weekend, and lost about 150k in the process. Now I'm at a 'crossroads' of sorts; past 27 I can't seem to find any synths that aren't a huge loss.

Hiraishin would take me to 31, but it's about 7.5k in materials to make a stack of it that sells for 3k, so a 1.5k loss per synth (assuming no fails). Not too bad I suppose, estimate 80-90k to get to 31.

+1 Stat rings cap at 35, but materials to make one is about 5-7k depending on stone, and the non-HQ selling price varies from 1-1.5k, so this is at least 4k loss per synth, or an expected 50-70k gil per level increase.

I suppose Mythril Ingots from Beastcoins would be OK to make at lvl 31 (skillcap 38), as long as I don't fail too much I can break even or even turn a slight profit by reselling the ingots.

Any observations/ideas, especially past 38? Also, I noticed that gold orcmask + lightning is a desynth; is the success rate for that similar to all other desynths (that is, total and utter crap)?

[PedaTeda]

it hasnt become a fish topic.... just because someone mentioned fish.....think before u type plz

[Rablek]

Wow.. that's odd, this changed from a goldsmithing to fishing conversation... Anyways i think this should be stickied. The Beggining info is useful!

[PedaTeda]

what is the "ledendary" fish <not a big fisher>

[Erasmus]

Rogue rig is similar to sabiki rig, however it can catch ANYTHING. It used to be great for items before 50 skill, but with the rustyed item vendor nerf, its useless before 50. After 50 it can catch any fish anywhere with the exception of maybe the legendary fish.

[PedaTeda]

Price ranges <on gilgamesh> between 2-4k a rig.......there is also a Rouge Rig...... i am yet to find out with it does.....probably 5 fish at once ........


A great combo for Fishing is Glass Fiber Fishing Rod & Sabaki rig......to pole nvr break on small fish or Rusty Subligars u can start this combo at lvl 0 in fishing and still makegood money



i got 3 stacks of Quus and 2 stacks of Bastore Sardine both go for 800 a stack

800 x 5 = 3k and i got my rig for 2k so im already making profit ^^

[Icemage]

What is a Sabaki Rig?

Its a fishing lure. Unique in that it is the only way to catch multiple fish on the same attempt, it's useful for levelling fishing at the early levels, and for a handful of higher level fish up to level 49 Fishing.


Icemage

[Petrifyus]

What is a Sabaki Rig? :sweat:

[Insanity]

Goldsmithing update

Goldsmither's Update #1

Havent been crafting realy in depth, or really going at it too much, but i finally managed to hit lvl 19. Still working with silver, as there's a lack of silver supply in AH/Bazars/ and the guild is sorta expensive. I did try experimenting with sabaki rig however, but got many failures, probalby due to my lack of cloth crafting skill. There wasent a good supply of it in bastok at the the time either, so each spool was 500 gill each. >_< After much deliberation and thought, i think I'll just save the ingots, and skip straight to silver Hairpins afterwards. perhaps, they'll sell for a decent price in AH/bazar, or maybe i'll just save them for desynthing at lvl 27 goldsmithing or so. More updates to come later!

-Insanity

[PedaTeda]

Yea on some things u loss money...including the Jeweled Rings ( i.e. Sardonyx Ring +1 str)

Well if u get ur skills up in i think ummmmmm woodworking or something like that......u can make pickaxes and hatchets and stuff

[Talyen42]

hmm, so you lose money on making non-HQ rings? ; ;

[Kastel]

um.. i think the ring not HQ is like 2000 and cost at least 4000 to make, the HQ was 20K, so say i could HQ even half of 10, that would be 100K easily made from about 20-25K of work.

Much like most crafts, money is in the HQ...