what do you think?

[Gorantir]

hello, i have been lurking on your boards forever and read how everyone hits a wall around 220 skill, im at 218 and need aas b4 i blow all my plat.i just found a recipe poxysmit's hole punch http://eqtraders.com/items/show_item...r=080100770000

would this be a cheap way to get to 252?

[Lillanu]

This wouldn't be a cheap way to skill up to 252. One of the Subcombines is Celestial Temper which requires a Blue Diamond (Barters for 350+ on luclin I think). You also need to do this quest for each combine I think.. http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/q...tml?quest=3275

[Gorantir]

i see people saying the cleansed breastplate is easy or cheap but it requires raw diamonds for the black diamonds of nightmare and imbuing doesnt it?

[Lillanu]

Actually, you only make the Cleansed breastplate, not the Imbued one. The cleansed breastplate (227 triv) is made with acid wash (triv 151) (around 5 plat per and brewed with storebought components) and filthy breastplate. The filthy breastplate I think is just a hail, or phrase to an NPC in PoK, and he give you one. You combine it, destroy cleansed breastplate, go back, get another, combine, destroy, etc.

The only problem with cleansed BP is that you need (i think) bertox flag from PoP.

[Teledriel]

The only problem with cleansed BP is that you need (i think) bertox flag from PoP.

This quest originates in the top of the Plane of Knowledge Library, with Aid Grimel. {Boy do I hate that Elevator}

Smithing Part 1: Need 220 Smithing.
Flags needed - Grummus, Carprin and Bertox Completed.
Zones must visit (or have visited) - Plane of Disease, Crypt of Decay

[KyrosKrane]

I'm 90% sure that you don't need Carprin -- Carprin was never a flag, merely a key to get into the lower part of Crypt of Decay. In the original version of PoP, there was no way to get to Bertox unless you had your Carprin kill completed. However, that was changed later. There's an alternate flagging quest now that lets you bypass the Carprin kill, if I remember right, and you can piggy in (using the 83% rule) to kill Bertox without ever having done Carprin.

[Teledriel]

I'm 90% sure that you don't need Carprin -- Carprin was never a flag, merely a key to get into the lower part of Crypt of Decay. In the original version of PoP, there was no way to get to Bertox unless you had your Carprin kill completed. However, that was changed later. There's an alternate flagging quest now that lets you bypass the Carprin kill, if I remember right, and you can piggy in (using the 83% rule) to kill Bertox without ever having done Carprin.

Ahh true, but think the orignal write up just included it was the route that had to be done. Hmm see a request from someone who only has Bert & Grum (knowing that the never did Cap) to verify this fer ya.

[Diani]

if I remember right, and you can piggy in (using the 83% rule) to kill Bertox without ever having done Carprin.

This was only true for a very brief period when the backflagging quest went life. It was changed back to the state where everyone wanting to enter the Bertox area needs to be keyed from the carprin cycle.

So unless you did bertox in the brief time the 83% rule applied you cannot do Bertox without Carprin

[Queletan]

You do have to do the quest for the Scribbles, but they're returned after the combine, so you only have to do it once.

*edit whups - saw the pottery thing not smithing, nm on the trivial

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[Stephen51]

I think enchanted velium rings are good up until 222, Just run through Crystal Caverns, slaughter everything. The velium weapons now break down into pieces, and bricks etc, so 1 run through should be enough. Head to Thurgadin. You will need a copy of enchant velium and a coldain temper, both sold in Thurgadin.

[Lillanu]

You're right >< I guess I goof'd up... either way.. I'd rather do sickles.

[KyrosKrane]

I think enchanted velium rings are good up until 222

Enchanted velium bits. =)

[Teledriel]

Runs into CC ~ Gathers a ton of mobs ~ AE the heck out of them ~ Loot ~ repeat till full ~ go to the lil Dorf town there ~ Sell ~ Break down weapons & blocks ~ bank ~ rinse and repeat. No never spent a day in CC