Well, here is my 2 coppers on cheap and each smithing...
Thanks to those who have presented previous routes of cheap smithing!!! I mean it, thank YOU!
My mains are a 54 enchanter and 53 druid, on separate accounts. My enchanter is a human but is KOS in Freeport...I have a human monk born in Freeport who has written this guide.
I am a spreadsheet geek...I love EQTraders, but I like doing things for myself...that is why I am doing this, as another alternative.
I used EVERY rusty weapon to make into tarnished & into ore. Every ore was made into something useful, usually into small bricks which would make sheet metal. <comment> I eventually made every combine of Forged weapons, not trivial on any of them, and got my skill up to about 66.
Again, this was done for my self indulgence, to make my spreadsheet complete. After I made every forged weapon, I used up my metal bits to make some cheap spoons and knives. No biggy.
Here is where the 53 druid comes in...
He is my money maker, he farms HG in RM for plat, junk, and FS weapons... When he gets overweight, he ports to PoK, trades up plat, and shares bank the FS weapons and junk...
Now, the junk is sold by my monk, and the FS weapons are converted into HQ ores. When all ores are made, they are converted into Large bricks of HQ ore. If I have a spare small brick, I check to see how many small pieces of HQ ore I have and make enough to change into Large Bricks. I then trade all Large bricks of HQ ore to the enchanter to make Enchanted, and trade them back. Each Enchanted Large Brick makes 3 enchanted small bricks; so take 2 small bricks and make into enchanted sheet metal. So Far, VERY CHEAP.
To make Silvered Weapons, just get the enchanter to buy a stack of silver bars for about 10.5 pp and have him enchant them...before/after mass enchant doesnt matter, still the same cost.
So, you basically buy a silver bar for 5.25 gold (have it enchanted), buy water, buy molds...
Now, here is my tip...
Since I have made every piece of Silvered weapon from my monk, I can tell you what will get you the best return. Remember, you are only paying for the silver bars, and molds and water. All the HQ ore is free because you got it from FS weapons.
If anyone from Sony is reading this, PLEASE hide your eyes NOW!:
Silvered Pick resells for 83 pp, and only costs 1 silver to buy the mold, so you can spend about 2 pp for ingredients and get a return of about 80 pp.
A very nice return that is listed at trivial less than 102. Now who wants to do the math? If it trivials at 102 and you can make about 80 pp per success from 70 to 100, that would be approximately 2400 assuming you got a skill up every success. For what it's worth, I plan on skilling up with Silvered Picks with my druid farming FS weapons in Rathe Mountains.
BTW, with this plan, I will try to include trivial levels for Silvered Weapons as I attain them...
Windru Peacekeaper, 53 Karana Druid on Cazic-Thule
Bofor Shinystone, 54 enchanter on Cazic (kos in freeport)
Rethemon, 13 human monk on Cazic
Thanks to those who have presented previous routes of cheap smithing!!! I mean it, thank YOU!
My mains are a 54 enchanter and 53 druid, on separate accounts. My enchanter is a human but is KOS in Freeport...I have a human monk born in Freeport who has written this guide.
I am a spreadsheet geek...I love EQTraders, but I like doing things for myself...that is why I am doing this, as another alternative.
I used EVERY rusty weapon to make into tarnished & into ore. Every ore was made into something useful, usually into small bricks which would make sheet metal. <comment> I eventually made every combine of Forged weapons, not trivial on any of them, and got my skill up to about 66.
Again, this was done for my self indulgence, to make my spreadsheet complete. After I made every forged weapon, I used up my metal bits to make some cheap spoons and knives. No biggy.
Here is where the 53 druid comes in...
He is my money maker, he farms HG in RM for plat, junk, and FS weapons... When he gets overweight, he ports to PoK, trades up plat, and shares bank the FS weapons and junk...
Now, the junk is sold by my monk, and the FS weapons are converted into HQ ores. When all ores are made, they are converted into Large bricks of HQ ore. If I have a spare small brick, I check to see how many small pieces of HQ ore I have and make enough to change into Large Bricks. I then trade all Large bricks of HQ ore to the enchanter to make Enchanted, and trade them back. Each Enchanted Large Brick makes 3 enchanted small bricks; so take 2 small bricks and make into enchanted sheet metal. So Far, VERY CHEAP.
To make Silvered Weapons, just get the enchanter to buy a stack of silver bars for about 10.5 pp and have him enchant them...before/after mass enchant doesnt matter, still the same cost.
So, you basically buy a silver bar for 5.25 gold (have it enchanted), buy water, buy molds...
Now, here is my tip...
Since I have made every piece of Silvered weapon from my monk, I can tell you what will get you the best return. Remember, you are only paying for the silver bars, and molds and water. All the HQ ore is free because you got it from FS weapons.
If anyone from Sony is reading this, PLEASE hide your eyes NOW!:
Silvered Pick resells for 83 pp, and only costs 1 silver to buy the mold, so you can spend about 2 pp for ingredients and get a return of about 80 pp.
A very nice return that is listed at trivial less than 102. Now who wants to do the math? If it trivials at 102 and you can make about 80 pp per success from 70 to 100, that would be approximately 2400 assuming you got a skill up every success. For what it's worth, I plan on skilling up with Silvered Picks with my druid farming FS weapons in Rathe Mountains.
BTW, with this plan, I will try to include trivial levels for Silvered Weapons as I attain them...
Windru Peacekeaper, 53 Karana Druid on Cazic-Thule
Bofor Shinystone, 54 enchanter on Cazic (kos in freeport)
Rethemon, 13 human monk on Cazic
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