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Somehow I ended up with an absolute ton of Aligned Ore and Pale Nihilite after combining every one I got my hands on hoping for the NPC's claims of being able to refine more with experience would turn true. Well, I still only get 2 max back from a combine, and I ended up with a bank full of worthless junk.
Before I continue, a little about me - I'm a cheapskate, and at the time I had about 20k to my name with plenty more tradeskills to work on, so I try to farm whatever I can. Unfortunately, at the time I was at 200 smithing, out of LDoN temper, and horribly sick of farming velium, so I decided to try out those junk Gates weapons for skillups.
Pale Platinum Short Swords - requires a Reinforced Jewellery Kit, about 162 JC skill, (this is from memory, may not be accurate) 2 pale nihilite, 2 aligned ore, and... about 220-230p in vendor ingredients that must be purchased in Abysmal. A tad expensive, yes, especially with all the subcombines you can fail, but you make back a LOT when sold to a vendor. Including failures, I hardly lost any plat at all from 200-202, where the swords trivial. Unfortunately, don't count on selling them to players - the swords are absolute junk:
MAGIC ITEM
Slot: PRIMARY SECONDARY
Skill: 1H Slashing Atk Delay: 26
DMG: 10 Dmg Bonus: 13
STR: +6 WIS: +6 INT: +6 AGI: +6
SV FIRE: +6 SV COLD: +6 SV MAGIC: +6
Recommended level of 40.
WT: 2.0 Size: MEDIUM
Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG
Race: ALL
Slot 1, Type 4
Slot 2, Type 7
Even without the recommended level they're crap. Fortunately they sell back for about 390p. Not very cost effective if you buy from the bazaar, at least on Vazaelle, people charge outrageous amounts for that garbage. But if you have plenty on hand from hunting Gates, might be a good way to get a few skill points from 188 to 202. I tried some of the next highest trivial (Pale Velium-Hilted Short Sword at 212) but while it still sells back for a small profit (assuming you farm your nihilite/steel) failures are much more costly, and needing to travel between Thurgadin and Abysmal is a pain.
Before I continue, a little about me - I'm a cheapskate, and at the time I had about 20k to my name with plenty more tradeskills to work on, so I try to farm whatever I can. Unfortunately, at the time I was at 200 smithing, out of LDoN temper, and horribly sick of farming velium, so I decided to try out those junk Gates weapons for skillups.
Pale Platinum Short Swords - requires a Reinforced Jewellery Kit, about 162 JC skill, (this is from memory, may not be accurate) 2 pale nihilite, 2 aligned ore, and... about 220-230p in vendor ingredients that must be purchased in Abysmal. A tad expensive, yes, especially with all the subcombines you can fail, but you make back a LOT when sold to a vendor. Including failures, I hardly lost any plat at all from 200-202, where the swords trivial. Unfortunately, don't count on selling them to players - the swords are absolute junk:
MAGIC ITEM
Slot: PRIMARY SECONDARY
Skill: 1H Slashing Atk Delay: 26
DMG: 10 Dmg Bonus: 13
STR: +6 WIS: +6 INT: +6 AGI: +6
SV FIRE: +6 SV COLD: +6 SV MAGIC: +6
Recommended level of 40.
WT: 2.0 Size: MEDIUM
Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG
Race: ALL
Slot 1, Type 4
Slot 2, Type 7
Even without the recommended level they're crap. Fortunately they sell back for about 390p. Not very cost effective if you buy from the bazaar, at least on Vazaelle, people charge outrageous amounts for that garbage. But if you have plenty on hand from hunting Gates, might be a good way to get a few skill points from 188 to 202. I tried some of the next highest trivial (Pale Velium-Hilted Short Sword at 212) but while it still sells back for a small profit (assuming you farm your nihilite/steel) failures are much more costly, and needing to travel between Thurgadin and Abysmal is a pain.
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