Maker - Alchemy Skill FAQ and Walkthrough

[Stereo]

So... with Garnets you can add 10-15 acc to any average class equips stats?

Very very nice for warriors :| A 30 acc clean lv.100 set could easily match most current overalls.

Not so pleased with needing 3x as many etc. slots for refined jewels though..


Any chance you know what stats Black Crystal / Dark Crystal can randomly add? At first glance they look like they're pretty useless. (which I am sad about - I have nearly 200 refined BC due to hunting Dual Pirates :x)

[Greg22]

NEED MOAR DIAMONDS.
And I feel like an idiot for not saving all of the ores I collect, like a certain Manda does.

[IsaacGS]

NEED MOAR DIAMONDS.
And I feel like an idiot for not saving all of the ores I collect, like a certain Manda does.

The best advice someone could give is to hoard diamonds like hell, and then grade them all when this comes out. High grade diamonds will be worth a fortune, especially on day one.

[Mark]

Thanks for the info.

This is exactly what I needed.

[Jones]

great
but it's too long i think

em
does all the 120 weapons and eqps only can be made by this skill?

time debris
necessities to make 120 weapons and eqps
every temple of time's monster drops it

[Wani]

The best advice someone could give is to hoard diamonds like hell, and then grade them all when this comes out. High grade diamonds will be worth a fortune, especially on day one.

This'll be easy on GMS, seeing as we have refined diamonds dropping like mad from APQ.


Nice guide! Looking forward to this :D

[Viper]

Time to start farming ores.

[PieM4ster]

Edit: Ignore That, I misread speed as attack speed.

I CANNOT wait for this to come out. Awesome post Isaac.

[Roxas]

What if you're like, level 150 (example) and you forge a weapon, what level would it be? The closest to your current level or just any random weapon above level 50?

[kleptophobia]

It looks like a good thing that I collect ores, on a large scale! 130+ dark crystal ores (from FoG level 72-91 on a CB without 2x)... Over 300 refined black crystals (I may have given some away)...

But interesting is the Secret Crystal, imagine being able to use a weapon or something at an earlier level! UNLIMITED POWER (well...you know)! But Dark Crystals look interesting, the possibility for it to be 15 w.attack above average clean? Sounds unfair for classes with insanely high modifiers and low weapon attack (Ahem, NightLords)...

[JezzaRules]

Interesting.... I always wondered what I should do with my STACK of refined gems and crystals...
Also, can you slot more than one gem into the weapon/armor?

[Russt]

For a Maker Skill at level 1, you can only use 1 jewel per formula. I believe the number of jewels you can use goes up as you level the skill, meaning that at 105 you could use a total of 3 jewels on one forged equip. They don't all have to be the same jewels, either. Since a high grade Diamond will add 3 weapon attack. According to Blitzkrieg (Shrapnel of KMS), you may only use one of a jewel type per equip. One diamond, be it high grade or low grade. Now you see why this skill is useful, no? pineappleing godly.

^ that.

Looking at the picture though, there seem to be 4 possible slots for jewels (1 is available, 3 are crossed out). Maybe it goes 1, 2, 4, or maybe there's a level 4 in the future?

[IsaacGS]

^ that.

Looking at the picture though, there seem to be 4 possible slots for jewels (1 is available, 3 are crossed out). Maybe it goes 1, 2, 4, or maybe there's a level 4 in the future?

I think it's just a place holder for there being 4 in the future. The skill's max for the moment is 3. Since you can only use 1 diamond, the most useful thing to do would be 1 high grade diamond and 1 high grade Stat crystal (STR/DEX/LUK). With that it doesn't really matter what you put on your 3rd slot. I guess you could put your secondary stat, but since most people only use the secondary stat to equip a weapon, it's not gonna do you much good.

[Crovis]

Nice work, just one question.

Do diamonds get their grade when refined? Or is grading a totally different thing?

Simply, can i stock on a bunch of diamonds and later grade them?

[Russt]

By the looks of it, grading jewels uses the Maker window, which would make it separate from refining. But even if they're tied together, you could stock on ores and later grade and refine them.

[IsaacGS]

here's how grading works:
You get 10 ores. You go to the NPC and make a refined gem, for our example let's use Diamond. So, you now have this refined Diamond. You use your Maker skill to open up the UI, then select Jewels from the leftmost dropdown list. You then move to the rightmost dropdown, and pick out your specific jewel, in this case Diamond.
You then pay 100,000 mesos and use the skill. It will run the little progress bar, and when it's finished, your jewel will be graded.

[Blankout]

It seems like Opal and Emerald ores are pretty useless.

[»-Chris->]

Hey, thanks for the guide... Very useful.

[Worthyness]

I'm still confused as to what the Stimulators do... Do they make the chance of getting higher stats higher?

And as for a clarification, I could Hypothetically make a White Nisrock with +3 speed on it by way of this forging? Or an overall with +5 accuracy? both would be clean and have all the slots on them still (i.e. 7 slots for Nisrock and 10 slots for overall).

Thanks in advance =)

Nice guide too =P

[IsaacGS]

I'm still confused as to what the Stimulators do... Do they make the chance of getting higher stats higher?

And as for a clarification, I could Hypothetically make a White Nisrock with +3 speed on it by way of this forging? Or an overall with +5 accuracy? both would be clean and have all the clots on them still (i.e. 7 slots for Nisrock and 10 slots for overall).

Thanks in advance =)

Nice guide too =P

yes to all of those.