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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).

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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 190395 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
PrecursorPrice to MFIngredient 1Ingredient 2Ingredient 3Ingredient 4

The Legend
Exotic Weapon Staff 80
6.18- / day
372015

494867

The cheapest
11 Rares
used in the calculation
4 bought
Rares
2962853
(-86%) profit

781 attempts = 2,342 initial rares
Soldier's Aureate Staff
Rare 80, buy for 1265
4.01-+ / day
Soldier's Aureate Staff
Rare 80, buy for 1265
4.01-+ / day
Soldier's Aureate Staff
Rare 80, buy for 1265
4.01-+ / day
Soldier's Aureate Staff
Rare 80, buy for 1265
4.01-+ / day
3 bought + 1 crafted
Rares
3550153
(-88%) profit

781 attempts = 2,342 initial rares
Soldier's Aureate Staff
Rare 80, buy for 1265
4.01-+ / day
Soldier's Aureate Staff
Rare 80, buy for 1265
4.01-+ / day
Soldier's Aureate Staff
Rare 80, buy for 1265
4.01-+ / day
Rabid Beaded Warstaff
Rare 60, craft for 2268
Expand Recipe
2 bought + 2 crafted
Rares
4272715
(-90%) profit

781 attempts = 2,342 initial rares
Soldier's Aureate Staff
Rare 80, buy for 1265
4.01-+ / day
Soldier's Aureate Staff
Rare 80, buy for 1265
4.01-+ / day
Rabid Beaded Warstaff
Rare 60, craft for 2268
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Carrion Krait Crook
Rare 80, craft for 2499
Expand Recipe
1 bought + 3 crafted
Rares
4995276
(-92%) profit

781 attempts = 2,342 initial rares
Soldier's Aureate Staff
Rare 80, buy for 1265
4.01-+ / day
Rabid Beaded Warstaff
Rare 60, craft for 2268
Expand Recipe
Carrion Krait Crook
Rare 80, craft for 2499
Expand Recipe
Carrion Krait Crook
Rare 80, craft for 2499
Expand Recipe
4 crafted
Rares
5717838
(-93%) profit

781 attempts = 2,342 initial rares
Rabid Beaded Warstaff
Rare 60, craft for 2268
Expand Recipe
Carrion Krait Crook
Rare 80, craft for 2499
Expand Recipe
Carrion Krait Crook
Rare 80, craft for 2499
Expand Recipe
Carrion Krait Crook
Rare 80, craft for 2499
Expand Recipe
Exotic Ingredients
PrecursorPrice to MFIngredient 1Ingredient 2Ingredient 3Ingredient 4

The Legend
Exotic Weapon Staff 80
6.18- / day
372015

494867

The cheapest
7 Exotics
used in the calculation
4 bought
Exotics
846947
(-50%) profit

139 attempts = 416 initial exotics
Dire Ceremonial Stave of Accuracy
Exotic 78, buy for 2035
1.86-+ / day
Dire Ceremonial Stave of Accuracy
Exotic 78, buy for 2035
1.86-+ / day
Dire Ceremonial Stave of Accuracy
Exotic 78, buy for 2035
1.86-+ / day
Dire Ceremonial Stave of Accuracy
Exotic 78, buy for 2035
1.86-+ / day
3 bought + 1 crafted
Exotics
2306526
(-82%) profit

139 attempts = 416 initial exotics
Dire Ceremonial Stave of Accuracy
Exotic 78, buy for 2035
1.86-+ / day
Dire Ceremonial Stave of Accuracy
Exotic 78, buy for 2035
1.86-+ / day
Dire Ceremonial Stave of Accuracy
Exotic 78, buy for 2035
1.86-+ / day
Knight's Pearl Quarterstaff
Exotic 80, craft for 16063
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2 bought + 2 crafted
Exotics
3766106
(-89%) profit

139 attempts = 416 initial exotics
Dire Ceremonial Stave of Accuracy
Exotic 78, buy for 2035
1.86-+ / day
Dire Ceremonial Stave of Accuracy
Exotic 78, buy for 2035
1.86-+ / day
Knight's Pearl Quarterstaff
Exotic 80, craft for 16063
Expand Recipe
Knight's Pearl Quarterstaff
Exotic 80, craft for 16063
Expand Recipe
1 bought + 3 crafted
Exotics
5225685
(-92%) profit

139 attempts = 416 initial exotics
Dire Ceremonial Stave of Accuracy
Exotic 78, buy for 2035
1.86-+ / day
Knight's Pearl Quarterstaff
Exotic 80, craft for 16063
Expand Recipe
Knight's Pearl Quarterstaff
Exotic 80, craft for 16063
Expand Recipe
Knight's Pearl Quarterstaff
Exotic 80, craft for 16063
Expand Recipe
4 crafted
Exotics
6685264
(-94%) profit

139 attempts = 416 initial exotics
Knight's Pearl Quarterstaff
Exotic 80, craft for 16063
Expand Recipe
Knight's Pearl Quarterstaff
Exotic 80, craft for 16063
Expand Recipe
Knight's Pearl Quarterstaff
Exotic 80, craft for 16063
Expand Recipe
Knight's Pearl Quarterstaff
Exotic 80, craft for 16063
Expand Recipe


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)