Tsybil's guide to Goldsmithing 1 - 20 in the current economy
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 8:55 pm
I restarted in late November, and am still working on recovering my craft and fishing skills. Loosing Goldsmith 45 was... not good.
This is NOT about doing it fast. This is about doing it with a positive cash flow.
I started with:
Level 0 - 1, Yagudo Necklace + Lightning = Copper ingot.
Free, unless you understand Opportunity cost which is 350 Gil. Sell for 400 +. Did this leveling RDM, WHM, & BLM from 1. Didn't take long.
Level 1 - 4, 4 Copper Ore + Fire = Copper ingot.
Buy the Ore from the Goldsmith or Blacksmith Guilds, 8 - 20 Gil each. Did this before the current Crystal inflation, haven't checked the prices.
Level 1 - 5, Copper Ring + Lightning = Copper Ingot, maybe 2.
A cheap way to get copper. Buy the ring at the Jewelery store next to the Guild in Bastok. Ring ~ 100, cost /synth ~ 250, 12 attempts usualy gave me 8 Ingots.
Level 4 - 7, Copper Ingot + Wind = Copper Hairpin. Copper Hairpin + Lightning = Copper Ingot.
As I made Gil on desynthing the Rings, I felt I could spend it here. No profit, just skillups.
Level 7 - 9, Zinc Ore + 3 Copper Ore + Fire = Brass Ingot. Yep, it still makes Gil, but more if you mine the Zinc.
Cheaper source of Brass Ingots. That jewlery store has Brass Rings too.
Level cap 12? 13? Brass Ring + Lightning = Brass Ingot, maybe 2.
Level 9 - 15, three profitable synths here, just slow sellers.
Brass Ingot + Bronze Dagger + Fire = Brass Dagger
Brass Ingot + Bronze Zaghnal + Fire = Brass Zaghnal
Brass Ingot + Legionnaire's Cap + Fire = Bastokan Cap
You can do Silver Beastcoins, but they are almost always priced high enough to prevent any profit even with no losses in synthises. Theives take note.
Level 13 - 18, 4 Silver Beastcoins + Fire = Silver Ingot
Level 15 - 20, 4 Silver Ore + Fire = Silver Ingot
Buy your Ore at the guild when the price is low, it bottoms out at 315, I buy at 380 and under. Still makes a profit. Also a few good Earth Synths, mostly for armor in this range.
Level 16 - 19, Legionnaire's Leggings + Brass Sheet + Earth = Bastokan Leggings
Level 20 - 23, Legionnaire's Harness + Brass Sheet + Earth = Bastokan Harness
This is NOT about doing it fast. This is about doing it with a positive cash flow.
I started with:
Level 0 - 1, Yagudo Necklace + Lightning = Copper ingot.
Free, unless you understand Opportunity cost which is 350 Gil. Sell for 400 +. Did this leveling RDM, WHM, & BLM from 1. Didn't take long.
Level 1 - 4, 4 Copper Ore + Fire = Copper ingot.
Buy the Ore from the Goldsmith or Blacksmith Guilds, 8 - 20 Gil each. Did this before the current Crystal inflation, haven't checked the prices.
Level 1 - 5, Copper Ring + Lightning = Copper Ingot, maybe 2.
A cheap way to get copper. Buy the ring at the Jewelery store next to the Guild in Bastok. Ring ~ 100, cost /synth ~ 250, 12 attempts usualy gave me 8 Ingots.
Level 4 - 7, Copper Ingot + Wind = Copper Hairpin. Copper Hairpin + Lightning = Copper Ingot.
As I made Gil on desynthing the Rings, I felt I could spend it here. No profit, just skillups.
Level 7 - 9, Zinc Ore + 3 Copper Ore + Fire = Brass Ingot. Yep, it still makes Gil, but more if you mine the Zinc.
Cheaper source of Brass Ingots. That jewlery store has Brass Rings too.
Level cap 12? 13? Brass Ring + Lightning = Brass Ingot, maybe 2.
Level 9 - 15, three profitable synths here, just slow sellers.
Brass Ingot + Bronze Dagger + Fire = Brass Dagger
Brass Ingot + Bronze Zaghnal + Fire = Brass Zaghnal
Brass Ingot + Legionnaire's Cap + Fire = Bastokan Cap
You can do Silver Beastcoins, but they are almost always priced high enough to prevent any profit even with no losses in synthises. Theives take note.
Level 13 - 18, 4 Silver Beastcoins + Fire = Silver Ingot
Level 15 - 20, 4 Silver Ore + Fire = Silver Ingot
Buy your Ore at the guild when the price is low, it bottoms out at 315, I buy at 380 and under. Still makes a profit. Also a few good Earth Synths, mostly for armor in this range.
Level 16 - 19, Legionnaire's Leggings + Brass Sheet + Earth = Bastokan Leggings
Level 20 - 23, Legionnaire's Harness + Brass Sheet + Earth = Bastokan Harness