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I am not sure of these numbers. I am 100% sure the listed ingredients are the cheapest to make the desired precursor, but I am not 100% on the average number of tries to get the precursor (the current estimate is from other people publishing their results - mostly from reddit's Nugkill).

Spirit Shard and Karma Items excluded (Allow SS and Karma items)

The Bard
Carcharias
Chaos Gun
The Chosen
The Colossus
Dawn + Dusk
The Energizer
Howl
The Hunter
Leaf of Kudzu
The Legend
The Lover
Rage
Rodgort's Flame
Spark
Storm
Tooth of Frostfang
Venom
Zap
Random Precursor from weapons
Random Precursor from any rare item

1 Mystic Forge Stone currently costs 17

to buy (It's only recommended to use it to take the place of an item worth more than that, or you get them for free)

		Rare Ingredients
Precursor	Price to MF	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3	Ingredient 4
Chaos Gun Exotic Weapon Pistol 80 1.51+ / day 489424 649996 The cheapest 14 Rares used in the calculation	4 bought Rares 2684134 (-79%) profit 781 attempts = 2,342 initial rares	Berserker's Iron Pistol of Restoration Rare 70, buy for 1041 5.08-+ / day	Berserker's Iron Pistol of Restoration Rare 70, buy for 1041 5.08-+ / day	Berserker's Krait Handgun Rare 80, buy for 1251 1.36-+ / day	Berserker's Krait Handgun Rare 80, buy for 1251 1.36-+ / day
	3 bought + 1 crafted Rares 4319558 (-87%) profit 781 attempts = 2,342 initial rares	Berserker's Krait Handgun Rare 80, buy for 1251 1.36-+ / day	Berserker's Krait Handgun Rare 80, buy for 1251 1.36-+ / day	Berserker's Krait Handgun Rare 80, buy for 1251 1.36-+ / day	Assassin's Godskull Flintlock Rare 65, craft for 3624 Expand Recipe Hard Pistol Frame x 1 for 322 each, Instant Buy Darksteel Pistol Barrel x 1 for 896 each, Instant Buy Large Skull x 3 for 802 each, Buy
	2 bought + 2 crafted Rares 6214965 (-91%) profit 781 attempts = 2,342 initial rares	Berserker's Krait Handgun Rare 80, buy for 1251 1.36-+ / day	Berserker's Krait Handgun Rare 80, buy for 1251 1.36-+ / day	Assassin's Godskull Flintlock Rare 65, craft for 3624 Expand Recipe Hard Pistol Frame x 1 for 322 each, Instant Buy Darksteel Pistol Barrel x 1 for 896 each, Instant Buy Large Skull x 3 for 802 each, Buy	Valkyrie Krait Handgun Rare 80, craft for 4488 Expand Recipe Valkyrie Mithril Imbued Inscription x 1 for 3402 each, Craft: Mithril Plated Dowel x 2 for 1086 each, Craft: Elder Wood Plank x 2 for 402 each, Craft: Elder Wood Log x 3 for 134 each, Buy Mithril Ingot x 3 for 94 each, Craft: Mithril Ore x 2 for 47 each, Buy Large Fang x 15 for 82 each, Buy Mithril Pistol Barrel x 1 for 282 each, Craft: Mithril Ingot x 3 for 94 each, Craft: Mithril Ore x 2 for 47 each, Buy Elder Pistol Frame x 1 for 804 each, Craft: Elder Wood Plank x 2 for 402 each, Craft: Elder Wood Log x 3 for 134 each, Buy
	1 bought + 3 crafted Rares 8110371 (-93%) profit 781 attempts = 2,342 initial rares	Berserker's Krait Handgun Rare 80, buy for 1251 1.36-+ / day	Assassin's Godskull Flintlock Rare 65, craft for 3624 Expand Recipe Hard Pistol Frame x 1 for 322 each, Instant Buy Darksteel Pistol Barrel x 1 for 896 each, Instant Buy Large Skull x 3 for 802 each, Buy	Valkyrie Krait Handgun Rare 80, craft for 4488 Expand Recipe Valkyrie Mithril Imbued Inscription x 1 for 3402 each, Craft: Mithril Plated Dowel x 2 for 1086 each, Craft: Elder Wood Plank x 2 for 402 each, Craft: Elder Wood Log x 3 for 134 each, Buy Mithril Ingot x 3 for 94 each, Craft: Mithril Ore x 2 for 47 each, Buy Large Fang x 15 for 82 each, Buy Mithril Pistol Barrel x 1 for 282 each, Craft: Mithril Ingot x 3 for 94 each, Craft: Mithril Ore x 2 for 47 each, Buy Elder Pistol Frame x 1 for 804 each, Craft: Elder Wood Plank x 2 for 402 each, Craft: Elder Wood Log x 3 for 134 each, Buy	Valkyrie Krait Handgun Rare 80, craft for 4488 Expand Recipe Valkyrie Mithril Imbued Inscription x 1 for 3402 each, Craft: Mithril Plated Dowel x 2 for 1086 each, Craft: Elder Wood Plank x 2 for 402 each, Craft: Elder Wood Log x 3 for 134 each, Buy Mithril Ingot x 3 for 94 each, Craft: Mithril Ore x 2 for 47 each, Buy Large Fang x 15 for 82 each, Buy Mithril Pistol Barrel x 1 for 282 each, Craft: Mithril Ingot x 3 for 94 each, Craft: Mithril Ore x 2 for 47 each, Buy Elder Pistol Frame x 1 for 804 each, Craft: Elder Wood Plank x 2 for 402 each, Craft: Elder Wood Log x 3 for 134 each, Buy
	4 crafted Rares 1,0005777 (-94%) profit 781 attempts = 2,342 initial rares	Assassin's Godskull Flintlock Rare 65, craft for 3624 Expand Recipe Hard Pistol Frame x 1 for 322 each, Instant Buy Darksteel Pistol Barrel x 1 for 896 each, Instant Buy Large Skull x 3 for 802 each, Buy	Valkyrie Krait Handgun Rare 80, craft for 4488 Expand Recipe Valkyrie Mithril Imbued Inscription x 1 for 3402 each, Craft: Mithril Plated Dowel x 2 for 1086 each, Craft: Elder Wood Plank x 2 for 402 each, Craft: Elder Wood Log x 3 for 134 each, Buy Mithril Ingot x 3 for 94 each, Craft: Mithril Ore x 2 for 47 each, Buy Large Fang x 15 for 82 each, Buy Mithril Pistol Barrel x 1 for 282 each, Craft: Mithril Ingot x 3 for 94 each, Craft: Mithril Ore x 2 for 47 each, Buy Elder Pistol Frame x 1 for 804 each, Craft: Elder Wood Plank x 2 for 402 each, Craft: Elder Wood Log x 3 for 134 each, Buy	Valkyrie Krait Handgun Rare 80, craft for 4488 Expand Recipe Valkyrie Mithril Imbued Inscription x 1 for 3402 each, Craft: Mithril Plated Dowel x 2 for 1086 each, Craft: Elder Wood Plank x 2 for 402 each, Craft: Elder Wood Log x 3 for 134 each, Buy Mithril Ingot x 3 for 94 each, Craft: Mithril Ore x 2 for 47 each, Buy Large Fang x 15 for 82 each, Buy Mithril Pistol Barrel x 1 for 282 each, Craft: Mithril Ingot x 3 for 94 each, Craft: Mithril Ore x 2 for 47 each, Buy Elder Pistol Frame x 1 for 804 each, Craft: Elder Wood Plank x 2 for 402 each, Craft: Elder Wood Log x 3 for 134 each, Buy	Valkyrie Krait Handgun Rare 80, craft for 4488 Expand Recipe Valkyrie Mithril Imbued Inscription x 1 for 3402 each, Craft: Mithril Plated Dowel x 2 for 1086 each, Craft: Elder Wood Plank x 2 for 402 each, Craft: Elder Wood Log x 3 for 134 each, Buy Mithril Ingot x 3 for 94 each, Craft: Mithril Ore x 2 for 47 each, Buy Large Fang x 15 for 82 each, Buy Mithril Pistol Barrel x 1 for 282 each, Craft: Mithril Ingot x 3 for 94 each, Craft: Mithril Ore x 2 for 47 each, Buy Elder Pistol Frame x 1 for 804 each, Craft: Elder Wood Plank x 2 for 402 each, Craft: Elder Wood Log x 3 for 134 each, Buy
		Exotic Ingredients
Precursor	Price to MF	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3	Ingredient 4
Chaos Gun Exotic Weapon Pistol 80 1.51+ / day 489424 649996 The cheapest 10 Exotics used in the calculation	4 bought Exotics 1480805 (-63%) profit 139 attempts = 416 initial exotics	Berserker's Iron Pistol of Hobbling Exotic 70, buy for 3546 2.08+ / day	Berserker's Iron Pistol of Hobbling Exotic 70, buy for 3546 2.08+ / day	Soldier's Pearl Handcannon Exotic 80, buy for 3570 2.77+ / day	Soldier's Pearl Handcannon Exotic 80, buy for 3570 2.77+ / day
	3 bought + 1 crafted Exotics 3158988 (-83%) profit 139 attempts = 416 initial exotics	Berserker's Iron Pistol of Hobbling Exotic 70, buy for 3546 2.08+ / day	Berserker's Iron Pistol of Hobbling Exotic 70, buy for 3546 2.08+ / day	Soldier's Pearl Handcannon Exotic 80, buy for 3570 2.77+ / day	Bringer's Pearl Handcannon Exotic 80, craft for 19699 Expand Recipe Bringer's Orichalcum-Imbued Inscription x 1 for 18805 each, Craft: Orichalcum Plated Dowel x 5 for 894 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Plank x 2 for 288 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Log x 3 for 96 each, Buy Orichalcum Ingot x 3 for 106 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ore x 2 for 53 each, Buy Snowflake x 100 for 65 each, Double Click: Pristine Snowflake x 1 for 460 each, Buy Glob of Ectoplasm x 5 for 1947 each, Buy Orichalcum Pistol Barrel x 1 for 324 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ingot x 3 for 108 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ore x 2 for 54 each, Buy Ancient Pistol Frame x 1 for 570 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Plank x 2 for 285 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Log x 3 for 95 each, Buy
	2 bought + 2 crafted Exotics 4837171 (-89%) profit 139 attempts = 416 initial exotics	Berserker's Iron Pistol of Hobbling Exotic 70, buy for 3546 2.08+ / day	Berserker's Iron Pistol of Hobbling Exotic 70, buy for 3546 2.08+ / day	Bringer's Pearl Handcannon Exotic 80, craft for 19699 Expand Recipe Bringer's Orichalcum-Imbued Inscription x 1 for 18805 each, Craft: Orichalcum Plated Dowel x 5 for 894 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Plank x 2 for 288 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Log x 3 for 96 each, Buy Orichalcum Ingot x 3 for 106 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ore x 2 for 53 each, Buy Snowflake x 100 for 65 each, Double Click: Pristine Snowflake x 1 for 460 each, Buy Glob of Ectoplasm x 5 for 1947 each, Buy Orichalcum Pistol Barrel x 1 for 324 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ingot x 3 for 108 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ore x 2 for 54 each, Buy Ancient Pistol Frame x 1 for 570 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Plank x 2 for 285 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Log x 3 for 95 each, Buy	Bringer's Pearl Handcannon Exotic 80, craft for 19699 Expand Recipe Bringer's Orichalcum-Imbued Inscription x 1 for 18805 each, Craft: Orichalcum Plated Dowel x 5 for 894 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Plank x 2 for 288 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Log x 3 for 96 each, Buy Orichalcum Ingot x 3 for 106 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ore x 2 for 53 each, Buy Snowflake x 100 for 65 each, Double Click: Pristine Snowflake x 1 for 460 each, Buy Glob of Ectoplasm x 5 for 1947 each, Buy Orichalcum Pistol Barrel x 1 for 324 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ingot x 3 for 108 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ore x 2 for 54 each, Buy Ancient Pistol Frame x 1 for 570 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Plank x 2 for 285 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Log x 3 for 95 each, Buy
	1 bought + 3 crafted Exotics 6517852 (-92%) profit 139 attempts = 416 initial exotics	Berserker's Iron Pistol of Hobbling Exotic 70, buy for 3546 2.08+ / day	Bringer's Pearl Handcannon Exotic 80, craft for 19699 Expand Recipe Bringer's Orichalcum-Imbued Inscription x 1 for 18805 each, Craft: Orichalcum Plated Dowel x 5 for 894 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Plank x 2 for 288 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Log x 3 for 96 each, Buy Orichalcum Ingot x 3 for 106 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ore x 2 for 53 each, Buy Snowflake x 100 for 65 each, Double Click: Pristine Snowflake x 1 for 460 each, Buy Glob of Ectoplasm x 5 for 1947 each, Buy Orichalcum Pistol Barrel x 1 for 324 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ingot x 3 for 108 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ore x 2 for 54 each, Buy Ancient Pistol Frame x 1 for 570 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Plank x 2 for 285 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Log x 3 for 95 each, Buy	Bringer's Pearl Handcannon Exotic 80, craft for 19699 Expand Recipe Bringer's Orichalcum-Imbued Inscription x 1 for 18805 each, Craft: Orichalcum Plated Dowel x 5 for 894 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Plank x 2 for 288 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Log x 3 for 96 each, Buy Orichalcum Ingot x 3 for 106 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ore x 2 for 53 each, Buy Snowflake x 100 for 65 each, Double Click: Pristine Snowflake x 1 for 460 each, Buy Glob of Ectoplasm x 5 for 1947 each, Buy Orichalcum Pistol Barrel x 1 for 324 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ingot x 3 for 108 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ore x 2 for 54 each, Buy Ancient Pistol Frame x 1 for 570 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Plank x 2 for 285 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Log x 3 for 95 each, Buy	Bringer's Pearl Handcannon Exotic 80, craft for 19699 Expand Recipe Bringer's Orichalcum-Imbued Inscription x 1 for 18805 each, Craft: Orichalcum Plated Dowel x 5 for 894 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Plank x 2 for 288 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Log x 3 for 96 each, Buy Orichalcum Ingot x 3 for 106 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ore x 2 for 53 each, Buy Snowflake x 100 for 65 each, Double Click: Pristine Snowflake x 1 for 460 each, Buy Glob of Ectoplasm x 5 for 1947 each, Buy Orichalcum Pistol Barrel x 1 for 324 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ingot x 3 for 108 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ore x 2 for 54 each, Buy Ancient Pistol Frame x 1 for 570 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Plank x 2 for 285 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Log x 3 for 95 each, Buy
	4 crafted Exotics 8198532 (-93%) profit 139 attempts = 416 initial exotics	Bringer's Pearl Handcannon Exotic 80, craft for 19699 Expand Recipe Bringer's Orichalcum-Imbued Inscription x 1 for 18805 each, Craft: Orichalcum Plated Dowel x 5 for 894 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Plank x 2 for 288 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Log x 3 for 96 each, Buy Orichalcum Ingot x 3 for 106 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ore x 2 for 53 each, Buy Snowflake x 100 for 65 each, Double Click: Pristine Snowflake x 1 for 460 each, Buy Glob of Ectoplasm x 5 for 1947 each, Buy Orichalcum Pistol Barrel x 1 for 324 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ingot x 3 for 108 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ore x 2 for 54 each, Buy Ancient Pistol Frame x 1 for 570 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Plank x 2 for 285 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Log x 3 for 95 each, Buy	Bringer's Pearl Handcannon Exotic 80, craft for 19699 Expand Recipe Bringer's Orichalcum-Imbued Inscription x 1 for 18805 each, Craft: Orichalcum Plated Dowel x 5 for 894 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Plank x 2 for 288 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Log x 3 for 96 each, Buy Orichalcum Ingot x 3 for 106 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ore x 2 for 53 each, Buy Snowflake x 100 for 65 each, Double Click: Pristine Snowflake x 1 for 460 each, Buy Glob of Ectoplasm x 5 for 1947 each, Buy Orichalcum Pistol Barrel x 1 for 324 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ingot x 3 for 108 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ore x 2 for 54 each, Buy Ancient Pistol Frame x 1 for 570 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Plank x 2 for 285 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Log x 3 for 95 each, Buy	Bringer's Pearl Handcannon Exotic 80, craft for 19699 Expand Recipe Bringer's Orichalcum-Imbued Inscription x 1 for 18805 each, Craft: Orichalcum Plated Dowel x 5 for 894 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Plank x 2 for 288 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Log x 3 for 96 each, Buy Orichalcum Ingot x 3 for 106 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ore x 2 for 53 each, Buy Snowflake x 100 for 65 each, Double Click: Pristine Snowflake x 1 for 460 each, Buy Glob of Ectoplasm x 5 for 1947 each, Buy Orichalcum Pistol Barrel x 1 for 324 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ingot x 3 for 108 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ore x 2 for 54 each, Buy Ancient Pistol Frame x 1 for 570 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Plank x 2 for 285 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Log x 3 for 95 each, Buy	Bringer's Pearl Handcannon Exotic 80, craft for 19699 Expand Recipe Bringer's Orichalcum-Imbued Inscription x 1 for 18805 each, Craft: Orichalcum Plated Dowel x 5 for 894 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Plank x 2 for 288 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Log x 3 for 96 each, Buy Orichalcum Ingot x 3 for 106 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ore x 2 for 53 each, Buy Snowflake x 100 for 65 each, Double Click: Pristine Snowflake x 1 for 460 each, Buy Glob of Ectoplasm x 5 for 1947 each, Buy Orichalcum Pistol Barrel x 1 for 324 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ingot x 3 for 108 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ore x 2 for 54 each, Buy Ancient Pistol Frame x 1 for 570 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Plank x 2 for 285 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Log x 3 for 95 each, Buy

Help and Info:
● Gives a list of all precursors for you to select, then tells you the cheapest ways to make the precursor you selected by throwing them into the Mystic Forge.
● The top combination will have all purchased ingredients. The second combination will have 1 crafted and 3 purchased ingredients. The third combination will have 2 crafted and 2 purchased ingredients. The fourth combination will have 3 crafted and 1 purchased ingredients. The last combination will have all crafted ingredients. You can pick which you want to use.
● 'Precursor' is which precursor is being made, and the buy order and sell listing prices for that precursor.
● 'Price to MF' is how much it costs to buy all the ingredients that will give you 1 precursor (on average). % profit is if you're selling it. The price and number of items assumes you re-MF any products of failed attempts.
● 'Ingredient 1,2,3,4' is which are the cheapest ingredients to throw into the forge and how much to buy or craft them.
● These are all averages. That means there will be times when no precursor comes out for 1000 attempts, and times when you get 2 in a row, for example. The strategy is that with a statistically significant amount of tries, you will observe the average return.

Precursor Drop Rates:
Drop rates is from research posted on reddit from the production of 289 precursors.
1 in 5 promotes rare to exotic, but appears to have less chance of getting a precursor
Average level of ingredients needs to be at least 75 to guarantee a level 80 (and thus, a precursor)
1 in 139 attempts produces a precursor from exotic (start with 416 exotics, including throwing failures back in)
1 in 781 attempts produces a precursor from rares (start with 2,342 rares, including throwing failures back in)