Using the info at http://www.valendor.org/gumkak/jewelcraft.asp
I created the following for a friend of mine who was looking for help on deciphering the cheapest path in JC. What is below is my original post on the Morell-Thule boards. If anyone has vendor sell-back prices for the items, I'll be happy to add another column to my spreadsheets and work them in - but from what I've seen, variances to this path will come from selling to players, not to vendors.
email me at [email protected] if you want the spreadsheet... warning though, I used a lot of cross-book formulae and in some cases took the results of a set of formulae then hard-coded them into another tab so that I could remove lines, etc. (the art behind the science).
edits: just found the "How to raise skill" drop-down. Turn out that his path is only different from mine in 2 places.
120-122 I have Electrum + Black pearl, then switch to Gold + Malachite
120-146 Gamkuk has Gold + Malachite
Gold + Malachite is cheaper per combine, but you will succeed more with the Electrum + Black Pearl - depends on roll of the dice as to which way is cheaper.
192-195 I have Gold + Black pearl (cost 36p)
192-196 Gumkak has Gold + Fire Opal (costs 63p)
Not sure why he has Fire Opal in this one... unlike switching to Gold, this is definitely less expensive
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The spreadsheet mentioned above does not present an intuitive way to see a decent “trivial map by cost” path. So, I took the data and created a series of spreadsheet tabs and plotted out the trivial skill, combination of items, cost of components, and resulting item.
A question of overall cost arises when you try to figure out how much stuff between Silver + Amber (trivial 38, cost 3150cp) and Silver + Topaz (trivial 44, cost 5775 cp) you would sell back versus jumping straight up to Electrum + Malachite (trivial 74, cost 2677)
The path below is basically:
Cheap metal and cheap gem until the next gem costs more than the next metal. IMHO, this gives a nice balance to actually creating items and selling them vs the overall cost per attempt. If you do not care at all about cash and only want to raise skill, then simply go the "low cost per attempt" route which is much easier to figure out.
16: Silver + Lapis Lazuli Costs: 619cp and Yields: 2 svd necklace
18: Silver + Turquoise Costs: 640cp and Yields: 2 svc bracer
21: Silver + Malachite Costs: 577cp and Yields: 2 svp ring
22: Silver + Hematite Costs: 682cp and Yields: 2 svf ring
24: Silver + Cat's Eye Agate Costs: 735cp and Yields: 3 cha necklace
26: Silver + Bloodstone Costs: 1050cp and Yields: 2 sta earring
28: Silver + Onyx Costs: 1207cp and Yields: 2 dex bracer
30: Silver + Jasper Costs: 1312cp and Yields: 2 wis ring
32: Silver + Carnelian Costs: 1417cp and Yields: 2 agi ring
34: Silver + Star Rose Quartz Costs: 1575cp and Yields: 2 int ring
36: Silver + Amber Costs: 3150cp and Yields: 2 str ring
38: Silver + Wolf's Eye Agate Costs: 3885cp and Yields: 4 svm necklace
40: Silver + Jade Costs: 4200cp and Yields: 1 ac 5 hp 5 mana ring
42: Silver + Pearl Costs: 5250cp and Yields: 2 ac 4 svp ring
44: Silver + Topaz Costs: 5775cp and Yields: 3 ac 5 svd necklace
74: Electrum + Malachite Costs: 2677cp and Yields: 3 svp bracer
76: Electrum + Lapis Lazuli Costs: 2719cp and Yields: 3 svd earring
79: Electrum + Turquoise Costs: 2740cp and Yields: 3 svc ring
82: Electrum + Hematite Costs: 2782cp and Yields: 4 svf necklace
84: Electrum + Cat's Eye Agate Costs: 2835cp and Yields: 4 cha bracer
87: Electrum + Bloodstone Costs: 3150cp and Yields: 3 sta necklace
90: Electrum + Onyx Costs: 3307cp and Yields: 3 dex necklace
92: Electrum + Jasper Costs: 3412cp and Yields: 2 wis earring
95: Electrum + Carnelian Costs: 3517cp and Yields: 3 agi ring
98: Electrum + Star Rose Quartz Costs: 3675cp and Yields: 2 int necklace
100: Electrum + Amber Costs: 5250cp and Yields: 1 str earring
103: Electrum + Wolf's Eye Agate Costs: 5985cp and Yields: 4 svm bracer
106: Electrum + Jade Costs: 6300cp and Yields: 2 ac 10 hp 10 mana bracer
108: Electrum + Pearl Costs: 7350cp and Yields: 3 ac 6 svp necklace
111: Electrum + Topaz Costs: 7875cp and Yields: 2 ac 5 svd earring
114: Electrum + Peridot Costs: 13125cp and Yields: 3 ac 4 svc bracer
116: Electrum + Emerald Costs: 16275cp and Yields: 3 ac 4 svf bracer
119: Electrum + Opal Costs: 20475cp and Yields: 4 sta 3 agi necklace
122: Electrum + Black Pearl Costs: 28625cp and Yields: 4 dex 4 agi necklace
146: Gold + Malachite Costs: 10552cp and Yields: 5 svp bracer
148: Gold + Lapis Lazuli Costs: 10594cp and Yields: 5 svd earring
151: Gold + Turquoise Costs: 10615cp and Yields: 5 svc ring
154: Gold + Hematite Costs: 10657cp and Yields: 7 svf necklace
156: Gold + Cat's Eye Agate Costs: 10710cp and Yields: 7 cha bracer
159: Gold + Bloodstone Costs: 11025cp and Yields: 5 sta necklace
162: Gold + Onyx Costs: 11182cp and Yields: 5 dex necklace
164: Gold + Jasper Costs: 11287cp and Yields: 3 wis earring
167: Gold + Carnelian Costs: 11392cp and Yields: 5 agi ring
170: Gold + Star Rose Quartz Costs: 11550cp and Yields: 4 int necklace
172: Gold + Amber Costs: 13125cp and Yields: 3 str earring
175: Gold + Wolf's Eye Agate Costs: 13860cp and Yields: 7 svm bracer
178: Gold + Jade Costs: 14175cp and Yields: 2 ac 15 hp 15 mana bracer
180: Gold + Pearl Costs: 15225cp and Yields: 5 ac 9 svp necklace
183: Gold + Topaz Costs: 15750cp and Yields: 3 ac 8 svd earring
186: Gold + Peridot Costs: 21000cp and Yields: 4 ac 6 svc bracer
188: Gold + Emerald Costs: 24150cp and Yields: 4 ac 6 svf bracer
191: Gold + Opal Costs: 28350cp and Yields: 9 sta 6 agi necklace
195: Gold + Black Pearl Costs: 36500cp and Yields: 7 dex 7 agi necklace
I created the following for a friend of mine who was looking for help on deciphering the cheapest path in JC. What is below is my original post on the Morell-Thule boards. If anyone has vendor sell-back prices for the items, I'll be happy to add another column to my spreadsheets and work them in - but from what I've seen, variances to this path will come from selling to players, not to vendors.
email me at [email protected] if you want the spreadsheet... warning though, I used a lot of cross-book formulae and in some cases took the results of a set of formulae then hard-coded them into another tab so that I could remove lines, etc. (the art behind the science).
edits: just found the "How to raise skill" drop-down. Turn out that his path is only different from mine in 2 places.
120-122 I have Electrum + Black pearl, then switch to Gold + Malachite
120-146 Gamkuk has Gold + Malachite
Gold + Malachite is cheaper per combine, but you will succeed more with the Electrum + Black Pearl - depends on roll of the dice as to which way is cheaper.
192-195 I have Gold + Black pearl (cost 36p)
192-196 Gumkak has Gold + Fire Opal (costs 63p)
Not sure why he has Fire Opal in this one... unlike switching to Gold, this is definitely less expensive
--------------
The spreadsheet mentioned above does not present an intuitive way to see a decent “trivial map by cost” path. So, I took the data and created a series of spreadsheet tabs and plotted out the trivial skill, combination of items, cost of components, and resulting item.
A question of overall cost arises when you try to figure out how much stuff between Silver + Amber (trivial 38, cost 3150cp) and Silver + Topaz (trivial 44, cost 5775 cp) you would sell back versus jumping straight up to Electrum + Malachite (trivial 74, cost 2677)
The path below is basically:
Cheap metal and cheap gem until the next gem costs more than the next metal. IMHO, this gives a nice balance to actually creating items and selling them vs the overall cost per attempt. If you do not care at all about cash and only want to raise skill, then simply go the "low cost per attempt" route which is much easier to figure out.
16: Silver + Lapis Lazuli Costs: 619cp and Yields: 2 svd necklace
18: Silver + Turquoise Costs: 640cp and Yields: 2 svc bracer
21: Silver + Malachite Costs: 577cp and Yields: 2 svp ring
22: Silver + Hematite Costs: 682cp and Yields: 2 svf ring
24: Silver + Cat's Eye Agate Costs: 735cp and Yields: 3 cha necklace
26: Silver + Bloodstone Costs: 1050cp and Yields: 2 sta earring
28: Silver + Onyx Costs: 1207cp and Yields: 2 dex bracer
30: Silver + Jasper Costs: 1312cp and Yields: 2 wis ring
32: Silver + Carnelian Costs: 1417cp and Yields: 2 agi ring
34: Silver + Star Rose Quartz Costs: 1575cp and Yields: 2 int ring
36: Silver + Amber Costs: 3150cp and Yields: 2 str ring
38: Silver + Wolf's Eye Agate Costs: 3885cp and Yields: 4 svm necklace
40: Silver + Jade Costs: 4200cp and Yields: 1 ac 5 hp 5 mana ring
42: Silver + Pearl Costs: 5250cp and Yields: 2 ac 4 svp ring
44: Silver + Topaz Costs: 5775cp and Yields: 3 ac 5 svd necklace
74: Electrum + Malachite Costs: 2677cp and Yields: 3 svp bracer
76: Electrum + Lapis Lazuli Costs: 2719cp and Yields: 3 svd earring
79: Electrum + Turquoise Costs: 2740cp and Yields: 3 svc ring
82: Electrum + Hematite Costs: 2782cp and Yields: 4 svf necklace
84: Electrum + Cat's Eye Agate Costs: 2835cp and Yields: 4 cha bracer
87: Electrum + Bloodstone Costs: 3150cp and Yields: 3 sta necklace
90: Electrum + Onyx Costs: 3307cp and Yields: 3 dex necklace
92: Electrum + Jasper Costs: 3412cp and Yields: 2 wis earring
95: Electrum + Carnelian Costs: 3517cp and Yields: 3 agi ring
98: Electrum + Star Rose Quartz Costs: 3675cp and Yields: 2 int necklace
100: Electrum + Amber Costs: 5250cp and Yields: 1 str earring
103: Electrum + Wolf's Eye Agate Costs: 5985cp and Yields: 4 svm bracer
106: Electrum + Jade Costs: 6300cp and Yields: 2 ac 10 hp 10 mana bracer
108: Electrum + Pearl Costs: 7350cp and Yields: 3 ac 6 svp necklace
111: Electrum + Topaz Costs: 7875cp and Yields: 2 ac 5 svd earring
114: Electrum + Peridot Costs: 13125cp and Yields: 3 ac 4 svc bracer
116: Electrum + Emerald Costs: 16275cp and Yields: 3 ac 4 svf bracer
119: Electrum + Opal Costs: 20475cp and Yields: 4 sta 3 agi necklace
122: Electrum + Black Pearl Costs: 28625cp and Yields: 4 dex 4 agi necklace
146: Gold + Malachite Costs: 10552cp and Yields: 5 svp bracer
148: Gold + Lapis Lazuli Costs: 10594cp and Yields: 5 svd earring
151: Gold + Turquoise Costs: 10615cp and Yields: 5 svc ring
154: Gold + Hematite Costs: 10657cp and Yields: 7 svf necklace
156: Gold + Cat's Eye Agate Costs: 10710cp and Yields: 7 cha bracer
159: Gold + Bloodstone Costs: 11025cp and Yields: 5 sta necklace
162: Gold + Onyx Costs: 11182cp and Yields: 5 dex necklace
164: Gold + Jasper Costs: 11287cp and Yields: 3 wis earring
167: Gold + Carnelian Costs: 11392cp and Yields: 5 agi ring
170: Gold + Star Rose Quartz Costs: 11550cp and Yields: 4 int necklace
172: Gold + Amber Costs: 13125cp and Yields: 3 str earring
175: Gold + Wolf's Eye Agate Costs: 13860cp and Yields: 7 svm bracer
178: Gold + Jade Costs: 14175cp and Yields: 2 ac 15 hp 15 mana bracer
180: Gold + Pearl Costs: 15225cp and Yields: 5 ac 9 svp necklace
183: Gold + Topaz Costs: 15750cp and Yields: 3 ac 8 svd earring
186: Gold + Peridot Costs: 21000cp and Yields: 4 ac 6 svc bracer
188: Gold + Emerald Costs: 24150cp and Yields: 4 ac 6 svf bracer
191: Gold + Opal Costs: 28350cp and Yields: 9 sta 6 agi necklace
195: Gold + Black Pearl Costs: 36500cp and Yields: 7 dex 7 agi necklace
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