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Look, there is one and one recipe only that stands high above all the rest as the cheapest route to trivial 187
Shar Vahl Essence.
The consituants are 1 Payala Fruit and 1 Water Flask. Total cost per attempt just 5c.
Payala Fruit is probably the most plentiful and predicatable ground spawn I've come across. In a 3 to 4 hours period I have managed to harvest 100 Payala Fruit.
To find them you go to the easy side of Shadeweavers thicket and look for the smaller pale barked trees with bright blue leaves. At the base of each of them spawn a fruit looking just like a small bright blue toadstool on the ground and a bunch of purple grapes in you inventory. Just keep going round and round the 30 or so trees in this area dn you will soon gather up enough supplies for a mondo brewing session.
While there it's a good idea to waste any Hoppers and Silkworms you see as they provide good supplies for basic tailoring. The PoK book, a banker and two merchants all in the same area make this a very good tradeskill hunting area for starting out on brewing and tailoring.
OK, so you've spent a while in Shadeweavers Thicket gathering fuit and no your standing in front of the brew barrel in PoK. What now?
Well, given Shar Vahl Essence trivials at 187 there is only a slim to near non-existent chance you will be successful. But, WHO CARES. The exercise isn't to make Shar Vahl Essence, it's to skillup brewing and so long as you get the skillups at the lowest cost it doesn't matter that you won't be succesfull for a while.
So long as you max out your dominant stat before training you will skill-up and rapidly. Over a 100 fruit batch with a INT of 137 my chanter averaged adding 15 to 20 skill points to brewing. That means at 5c per water you should get to the trivial at 187 for around 5 to 6 pp even if you never succeed once in making the essence. Tell that to a smith and watch them go green with envy.
Shar Vahl Essence.
The consituants are 1 Payala Fruit and 1 Water Flask. Total cost per attempt just 5c.
Payala Fruit is probably the most plentiful and predicatable ground spawn I've come across. In a 3 to 4 hours period I have managed to harvest 100 Payala Fruit.
To find them you go to the easy side of Shadeweavers thicket and look for the smaller pale barked trees with bright blue leaves. At the base of each of them spawn a fruit looking just like a small bright blue toadstool on the ground and a bunch of purple grapes in you inventory. Just keep going round and round the 30 or so trees in this area dn you will soon gather up enough supplies for a mondo brewing session.
While there it's a good idea to waste any Hoppers and Silkworms you see as they provide good supplies for basic tailoring. The PoK book, a banker and two merchants all in the same area make this a very good tradeskill hunting area for starting out on brewing and tailoring.
OK, so you've spent a while in Shadeweavers Thicket gathering fuit and no your standing in front of the brew barrel in PoK. What now?
Well, given Shar Vahl Essence trivials at 187 there is only a slim to near non-existent chance you will be successful. But, WHO CARES. The exercise isn't to make Shar Vahl Essence, it's to skillup brewing and so long as you get the skillups at the lowest cost it doesn't matter that you won't be succesfull for a while.
So long as you max out your dominant stat before training you will skill-up and rapidly. Over a 100 fruit batch with a INT of 137 my chanter averaged adding 15 to 20 skill points to brewing. That means at 5c per water you should get to the trivial at 187 for around 5 to 6 pp even if you never succeed once in making the essence. Tell that to a smith and watch them go green with envy.
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