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    I'm a level 5 Leathercrafter, and I have been for some time. I've been trying to avoid losing incredible amounts of money on Rabbit Mantles and Soleas. So, when I saw that Karakul Leather was a level 10 Synth, I jumped on it.

    The Recipe is Imperial Tea Leaves (45k/stack) + Karakul Skin (30k each) + Distilled Water (~free) + Dark Crystal (5k/stack) = Karakul Leather (500k/stack)

    So, I was adding everything up, and it was looking like I could fail ~3 times and still make profit on the recipe as long as I jumped on it before the market moved. So, I bought 13 Karakul Skins, 13 Imperial Tea Leaves, and a stack of Dark Crystal and took off for San'd Oria. It was Iceday 76% Waxing Gibbous when I arrived.
    I got Advanced Synth Support, faced North, and started synthing. The synths went as follows:
    1 : Success, +.1 skill
    2 : Success
    3 : Failure + Karakul Skin lost
    4 : Failure + Karakul Skin lost
    5 : Failure + Karakul Skin + Imperial Tea Leaves lost
    6 : Failure + Karakul Skin lost
    7 : Failure + Karakul Skin + Imperial Tea Leaves lost

    So, needless to say, after losing over 150k, I was slightly miffed. I was so angry, in fact, that I ran over to the AH, grabbed about 10 stacks of Rabbit Skins, and started making mantles. Once I got level 7, I went back and tried again. By this time, it was Lightningday 79% Waxing Gibbous
    1 : Success, + .2 skill
    2 : Success, + .2 skill
    3 : Success
    4 : Success, + .2 skill
    5 : Failure + Karakul Skin lost
    6 : Success, + .2 skill

    At this point I warped back to Jeuno for more Skins.

    7 : Success, + .1 skill

    And then my support wore, so I headed back to Sandy rather than risk another 120k of synths. The rest of the synths were still completed in the same day/moon phase.

    8 : Success
    9 : Success, + .2 skill (Hit level 8)
    10 : Success
    11 : Success, + .1 skill

    From the skillup pattern, I would guess that this synth is closer to level 12, not a level 10. The high occurance of failures without skillups at the early level indicates that, while I was within 10 levels of the synth, I was not within 5. Also, the 100% loss of Karakul Skin probably means that it's a critical ingredient. I am considering taking this recipe to cap, but I'll need to sell what I have to get money back for more skins if I do.

    So, before you start this recipe, get at least level 7, and ask yourself, "Do you feel lucky, punk?" (because if you don't, you'll lose your shirt!)

    Continued:
    This run was done on Firesday 76% Waning Gibbous.

    1 : Success, +.1 skill
    2 : Failure, Imperial Tea Leaves + Distilled Water lost
    3 : Success
    4 : Failure, +.1 skill, Distilled Water + Karakul Skin lost
    5 : Success, +.1 skill
    6 : Success, +.1 skill
    7 : Success, +.2 skill
    8 : Success, +.2 skill (Level 9)
    9 : Success
    10 : Success
    11 : Success
    12 : Success
    13 : Success
    14 : Success, +.1 skill
    Last edited by Byrthnoth; 05-14-2006, 05:41 AM.
    ZM14: PM5-2: Windy9-1
    74RDM/55BLM/40WHM/40DRK/30NIN/20SMN

    Yay for Jhereg!

  • #2
    Re: Karakul Leather

    Thanks for the heads up Byr... was debating starting leather up soon and was thinking of hitting that at level 5... think I will wait till 7 now based on your findings... No worries bud, by the time I start you should be passed it so we won't be competing

    Thieves Rule!

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    • #3
      Re: Karakul Leather

      Looks like you were caught trying out a new recipe with a fuzzy skillcap. ffrecipe.com lists it as L12 cap so far, but is it final? Anyway, this looks like a good low-level leather recipe.

      --Jinni
      war25 whm40 blm75 rdm41 thf45 nin42

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      • #4
        Re: Karakul Leather

        Well, I know it wasn't 10. 12 sounds about right.

        I am now level 21, so I can no longer test it. Imperial Tea Leaves disappeared from the AH on my server just as I hit 10, and I had 2 stacks of Lizard Skins, so I gave it up. Oh well.
        ZM14: PM5-2: Windy9-1
        74RDM/55BLM/40WHM/40DRK/30NIN/20SMN

        Yay for Jhereg!

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