Precursor Forging Tool
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 16 83 90 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 |
|---|
The Bard
Exotic Weapon Focus 80
4.83- / day
670511
898991
The cheapest
8 Rares
used in the calculation | 4 bought
Rares
2819980
(-73%) profit
781 attempts = 2,342 initial rares | Carrion Verdant Focus of Air
Rare 80, buy for 1204
27.21-+ / day | Carrion Verdant Focus of Air
Rare 80, buy for 1204
27.21-+ / day | Carrion Verdant Focus of Air
Rare 80, buy for 1204
27.21-+ / day | Carrion Verdant Focus of Air
Rare 80, buy for 1204
27.21-+ / day | 3 bought + 1 crafted
Rares
4170830
(-82%) profit
781 attempts = 2,342 initial rares | Carrion Verdant Focus of Air
Rare 80, buy for 1204
27.21-+ / day | Carrion Verdant Focus of Air
Rare 80, buy for 1204
27.21-+ / day | Carrion Verdant Focus of Air
Rare 80, buy for 1204
27.21-+ / day | Assassin's Godskull Effigy
Rare 65, craft for 3511
Expand Recipe Hard Focus Casing x 1 for 5 31 each, Craft: Hard Wood Plank x 3 for 1 77 each, Craft: Hard Wood Log x 3 for 59 each, Buy Hard Focus Core x 1 for 2 47 each, Instant Buy Large Skull x 3 for 9 11 each, Buy | 2 bought + 2 crafted
Rares
6323290
(-88%) profit
781 attempts = 2,342 initial rares | Carrion Verdant Focus of Air
Rare 80, buy for 1204
27.21-+ / day | Carrion Verdant Focus of Air
Rare 80, buy for 1204
27.21-+ / day | Assassin's Godskull Effigy
Rare 65, craft for 3511
Expand Recipe Hard Focus Casing x 1 for 5 31 each, Craft: Hard Wood Plank x 3 for 1 77 each, Craft: Hard Wood Log x 3 for 59 each, Buy Hard Focus Core x 1 for 2 47 each, Instant Buy Large Skull x 3 for 9 11 each, Buy | Assassin's Krait Star
Rare 80, craft for 4880
Expand Recipe Assassin's Mithril Imbued Inscription x 1 for 29 45 each, Craft: Mithril Plated Dowel x 2 for 8 20 each, Buy Large Claw x 15 for 87 each, Buy Elder Focus Core x 1 for 7 74 each, Craft: Elder Wood Plank x 2 for 3 87 each, Craft: Elder Wood Log x 3 for 1 29 each, Buy Elder Focus Casing x 1 for 11 61 each, Craft: Elder Wood Plank x 3 for 3 87 each, Craft: Elder Wood Log x 3 for 1 29 each, Buy | 1 bought + 3 crafted
Rares
8475751
(-91%) profit
781 attempts = 2,342 initial rares | Carrion Verdant Focus of Air
Rare 80, buy for 1204
27.21-+ / day | Assassin's Godskull Effigy
Rare 65, craft for 3511
Expand Recipe Hard Focus Casing x 1 for 5 31 each, Craft: Hard Wood Plank x 3 for 1 77 each, Craft: Hard Wood Log x 3 for 59 each, Buy Hard Focus Core x 1 for 2 47 each, Instant Buy Large Skull x 3 for 9 11 each, Buy | Assassin's Krait Star
Rare 80, craft for 4880
Expand Recipe Assassin's Mithril Imbued Inscription x 1 for 29 45 each, Craft: Mithril Plated Dowel x 2 for 8 20 each, Buy Large Claw x 15 for 87 each, Buy Elder Focus Core x 1 for 7 74 each, Craft: Elder Wood Plank x 2 for 3 87 each, Craft: Elder Wood Log x 3 for 1 29 each, Buy Elder Focus Casing x 1 for 11 61 each, Craft: Elder Wood Plank x 3 for 3 87 each, Craft: Elder Wood Log x 3 for 1 29 each, Buy | Assassin's Krait Star
Rare 80, craft for 4880
Expand Recipe Assassin's Mithril Imbued Inscription x 1 for 29 45 each, Craft: Mithril Plated Dowel x 2 for 8 20 each, Buy Large Claw x 15 for 87 each, Buy Elder Focus Core x 1 for 7 74 each, Craft: Elder Wood Plank x 2 for 3 87 each, Craft: Elder Wood Log x 3 for 1 29 each, Buy Elder Focus Casing x 1 for 11 61 each, Craft: Elder Wood Plank x 3 for 3 87 each, Craft: Elder Wood Log x 3 for 1 29 each, Buy | 4 crafted
Rares
1,0628211
(-93%) profit
781 attempts = 2,342 initial rares | Assassin's Godskull Effigy
Rare 65, craft for 3511
Expand Recipe Hard Focus Casing x 1 for 5 31 each, Craft: Hard Wood Plank x 3 for 1 77 each, Craft: Hard Wood Log x 3 for 59 each, Buy Hard Focus Core x 1 for 2 47 each, Instant Buy Large Skull x 3 for 9 11 each, Buy | Assassin's Krait Star
Rare 80, craft for 4880
Expand Recipe Assassin's Mithril Imbued Inscription x 1 for 29 45 each, Craft: Mithril Plated Dowel x 2 for 8 20 each, Buy Large Claw x 15 for 87 each, Buy Elder Focus Core x 1 for 7 74 each, Craft: Elder Wood Plank x 2 for 3 87 each, Craft: Elder Wood Log x 3 for 1 29 each, Buy Elder Focus Casing x 1 for 11 61 each, Craft: Elder Wood Plank x 3 for 3 87 each, Craft: Elder Wood Log x 3 for 1 29 each, Buy | Assassin's Krait Star
Rare 80, craft for 4880
Expand Recipe Assassin's Mithril Imbued Inscription x 1 for 29 45 each, Craft: Mithril Plated Dowel x 2 for 8 20 each, Buy Large Claw x 15 for 87 each, Buy Elder Focus Core x 1 for 7 74 each, Craft: Elder Wood Plank x 2 for 3 87 each, Craft: Elder Wood Log x 3 for 1 29 each, Buy Elder Focus Casing x 1 for 11 61 each, Craft: Elder Wood Plank x 3 for 3 87 each, Craft: Elder Wood Log x 3 for 1 29 each, Buy | Assassin's Krait Star
Rare 80, craft for 4880
Expand Recipe Assassin's Mithril Imbued Inscription x 1 for 29 45 each, Craft: Mithril Plated Dowel x 2 for 8 20 each, Buy Large Claw x 15 for 87 each, Buy Elder Focus Core x 1 for 7 74 each, Craft: Elder Wood Plank x 2 for 3 87 each, Craft: Elder Wood Log x 3 for 1 29 each, Buy Elder Focus Casing x 1 for 11 61 each, Craft: Elder Wood Plank x 3 for 3 87 each, Craft: Elder Wood Log x 3 for 1 29 each, Buy | | Exotic Ingredients |
|---|
| Precursor | Price to MF | Ingredient 1 | Ingredient 2 | Ingredient 3 | Ingredient 4 |
|---|
The Bard
Exotic Weapon Focus 80
4.83- / day
670511
898991
The cheapest
7 Exotics
used in the calculation | 4 bought
Exotics
975966
(-22%) profit
139 attempts = 416 initial exotics | Rampager's Soft Wood Focus of Grawl Slaying
Exotic 71, buy for 1248
1.66-+ / day | Rampager's Soft Wood Focus of Grawl Slaying
Exotic 71, buy for 1248
1.66-+ / day | Magi's Pearl Conch
Exotic 80, buy for 3442
6.59-+ / day | Magi's Pearl Conch
Exotic 80, buy for 3442
6.59-+ / day | 3 bought + 1 crafted
Exotics
2013528
(-62%) profit
139 attempts = 416 initial exotics | Rampager's Soft Wood Focus of Grawl Slaying
Exotic 71, buy for 1248
1.66-+ / day | Rampager's Soft Wood Focus of Grawl Slaying
Exotic 71, buy for 1248
1.66-+ / day | Magi's Pearl Conch
Exotic 80, buy for 3442
6.59-+ / day | Diviner's Pearl Conch
Exotic 80, craft for 13414
Expand Recipe Diviner's Orichalcum-Imbued Inscription x 1 for 1 31 85 each, Craft: Orichalcum Plated Dowel x 5 for 7 26 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Plank x 2 for 2 04 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Log x 3 for 68 each, Buy Orichalcum Ingot x 3 for 1 06 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ore x 2 for 53 each, Buy Branded Mass x 50, Collect Glob of Ectoplasm x 5 for 19 11 each, Buy Exquisite Serpentite Jewel x 3, Collect Ancient Focus Core x 1 for 1 04 each, Instant Buy Ancient Focus Casing x 1 for 1 25 each, Instant Buy | 2 bought + 2 crafted
Exotics
3051091
(-75%) profit
139 attempts = 416 initial exotics | Rampager's Soft Wood Focus of Grawl Slaying
Exotic 71, buy for 1248
1.66-+ / day | Rampager's Soft Wood Focus of Grawl Slaying
Exotic 71, buy for 1248
1.66-+ / day | Diviner's Pearl Conch
Exotic 80, craft for 13414
Expand Recipe Diviner's Orichalcum-Imbued Inscription x 1 for 1 31 85 each, Craft: Orichalcum Plated Dowel x 5 for 7 26 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Plank x 2 for 2 04 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Log x 3 for 68 each, Buy Orichalcum Ingot x 3 for 1 06 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ore x 2 for 53 each, Buy Branded Mass x 50, Collect Glob of Ectoplasm x 5 for 19 11 each, Buy Exquisite Serpentite Jewel x 3, Collect Ancient Focus Core x 1 for 1 04 each, Instant Buy Ancient Focus Casing x 1 for 1 25 each, Instant Buy | Diviner's Pearl Conch
Exotic 80, craft for 13414
Expand Recipe Diviner's Orichalcum-Imbued Inscription x 1 for 1 31 85 each, Craft: Orichalcum Plated Dowel x 5 for 7 26 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Plank x 2 for 2 04 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Log x 3 for 68 each, Buy Orichalcum Ingot x 3 for 1 06 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ore x 2 for 53 each, Buy Branded Mass x 50, Collect Glob of Ectoplasm x 5 for 19 11 each, Buy Exquisite Serpentite Jewel x 3, Collect Ancient Focus Core x 1 for 1 04 each, Instant Buy Ancient Focus Casing x 1 for 1 25 each, Instant Buy | 1 bought + 3 crafted
Exotics
4316934
(-82%) profit
139 attempts = 416 initial exotics | Rampager's Soft Wood Focus of Grawl Slaying
Exotic 71, buy for 1248
1.66-+ / day | Diviner's Pearl Conch
Exotic 80, craft for 13414
Expand Recipe Diviner's Orichalcum-Imbued Inscription x 1 for 1 31 85 each, Craft: Orichalcum Plated Dowel x 5 for 7 26 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Plank x 2 for 2 04 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Log x 3 for 68 each, Buy Orichalcum Ingot x 3 for 1 06 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ore x 2 for 53 each, Buy Branded Mass x 50, Collect Glob of Ectoplasm x 5 for 19 11 each, Buy Exquisite Serpentite Jewel x 3, Collect Ancient Focus Core x 1 for 1 04 each, Instant Buy Ancient Focus Casing x 1 for 1 25 each, Instant Buy | Diviner's Pearl Conch
Exotic 80, craft for 13414
Expand Recipe Diviner's Orichalcum-Imbued Inscription x 1 for 1 31 85 each, Craft: Orichalcum Plated Dowel x 5 for 7 26 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Plank x 2 for 2 04 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Log x 3 for 68 each, Buy Orichalcum Ingot x 3 for 1 06 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ore x 2 for 53 each, Buy Branded Mass x 50, Collect Glob of Ectoplasm x 5 for 19 11 each, Buy Exquisite Serpentite Jewel x 3, Collect Ancient Focus Core x 1 for 1 04 each, Instant Buy Ancient Focus Casing x 1 for 1 25 each, Instant Buy | Diviner's Pearl Conch
Exotic 80, craft for 13414
Expand Recipe Diviner's Orichalcum-Imbued Inscription x 1 for 1 31 85 each, Craft: Orichalcum Plated Dowel x 5 for 7 26 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Plank x 2 for 2 04 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Log x 3 for 68 each, Buy Orichalcum Ingot x 3 for 1 06 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ore x 2 for 53 each, Buy Branded Mass x 50, Collect Glob of Ectoplasm x 5 for 19 11 each, Buy Exquisite Serpentite Jewel x 3, Collect Ancient Focus Core x 1 for 1 04 each, Instant Buy Ancient Focus Casing x 1 for 1 25 each, Instant Buy | 4 crafted
Exotics
5582776
(-86%) profit
139 attempts = 416 initial exotics | Diviner's Pearl Conch
Exotic 80, craft for 13414
Expand Recipe Diviner's Orichalcum-Imbued Inscription x 1 for 1 31 85 each, Craft: Orichalcum Plated Dowel x 5 for 7 26 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Plank x 2 for 2 04 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Log x 3 for 68 each, Buy Orichalcum Ingot x 3 for 1 06 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ore x 2 for 53 each, Buy Branded Mass x 50, Collect Glob of Ectoplasm x 5 for 19 11 each, Buy Exquisite Serpentite Jewel x 3, Collect Ancient Focus Core x 1 for 1 04 each, Instant Buy Ancient Focus Casing x 1 for 1 25 each, Instant Buy | Diviner's Pearl Conch
Exotic 80, craft for 13414
Expand Recipe Diviner's Orichalcum-Imbued Inscription x 1 for 1 31 85 each, Craft: Orichalcum Plated Dowel x 5 for 7 26 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Plank x 2 for 2 04 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Log x 3 for 68 each, Buy Orichalcum Ingot x 3 for 1 06 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ore x 2 for 53 each, Buy Branded Mass x 50, Collect Glob of Ectoplasm x 5 for 19 11 each, Buy Exquisite Serpentite Jewel x 3, Collect Ancient Focus Core x 1 for 1 04 each, Instant Buy Ancient Focus Casing x 1 for 1 25 each, Instant Buy | Diviner's Pearl Conch
Exotic 80, craft for 13414
Expand Recipe Diviner's Orichalcum-Imbued Inscription x 1 for 1 31 85 each, Craft: Orichalcum Plated Dowel x 5 for 7 26 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Plank x 2 for 2 04 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Log x 3 for 68 each, Buy Orichalcum Ingot x 3 for 1 06 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ore x 2 for 53 each, Buy Branded Mass x 50, Collect Glob of Ectoplasm x 5 for 19 11 each, Buy Exquisite Serpentite Jewel x 3, Collect Ancient Focus Core x 1 for 1 04 each, Instant Buy Ancient Focus Casing x 1 for 1 25 each, Instant Buy | Diviner's Pearl Conch
Exotic 80, craft for 13414
Expand Recipe Diviner's Orichalcum-Imbued Inscription x 1 for 1 31 85 each, Craft: Orichalcum Plated Dowel x 5 for 7 26 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Plank x 2 for 2 04 each, Craft: Ancient Wood Log x 3 for 68 each, Buy Orichalcum Ingot x 3 for 1 06 each, Craft: Orichalcum Ore x 2 for 53 each, Buy Branded Mass x 50, Collect Glob of Ectoplasm x 5 for 19 11 each, Buy Exquisite Serpentite Jewel x 3, Collect Ancient Focus Core x 1 for 1 04 each, Instant Buy Ancient Focus Casing x 1 for 1 25 each, Instant 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) |