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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 182520 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
Random Precursor
Exotic Weapon Random 80
7.48+ / day
529326

666996

The cheapest
19 Rares
used in the calculation
4 bought
Rares
2486805
(-77%) profit

1,561 attempts = 4,684 initial rares
Berserker's Iron Spear of Chilling
Rare 60, buy for 1001
7.66-+ / day
Carrion Noble Mask
Rare 80, buy for 1082
2.61-+ / day
Carrion Noble Mask
Rare 80, buy for 1082
2.61-+ / day
Carrion Noble Mask
Rare 80, buy for 1082
2.61-+ / day
3 bought + 1 crafted
Rares
2550630
(-78%) profit

1,561 attempts = 4,684 initial rares
Carrion Noble Mask
Rare 80, buy for 1082
2.61-+ / day
Carrion Noble Mask
Rare 80, buy for 1082
2.61-+ / day
Carrion Noble Mask
Rare 80, buy for 1082
2.61-+ / day
Snowflake Platinum Earring
Rare 65, craft for 1110
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2 bought + 2 crafted
Rares
3028434
(-81%) profit

1,561 attempts = 4,684 initial rares
Carrion Noble Mask
Rare 80, buy for 1082
2.61-+ / day
Carrion Noble Mask
Rare 80, buy for 1082
2.61-+ / day
Snowflake Platinum Earring
Rare 65, craft for 1110
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Carrion Krait Whelk
Rare 80, craft for 1898
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1 bought + 3 crafted
Rares
3506238
(-84%) profit

1,561 attempts = 4,684 initial rares
Carrion Noble Mask
Rare 80, buy for 1082
2.61-+ / day
Snowflake Platinum Earring
Rare 65, craft for 1110
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Carrion Krait Whelk
Rare 80, craft for 1898
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Carrion Krait Whelk
Rare 80, craft for 1898
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4 crafted
Rares
3984042
(-86%) profit

1,561 attempts = 4,684 initial rares
Snowflake Platinum Earring
Rare 65, craft for 1110
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Carrion Krait Whelk
Rare 80, craft for 1898
Expand Recipe
Carrion Krait Whelk
Rare 80, craft for 1898
Expand Recipe
Carrion Krait Whelk
Rare 80, craft for 1898
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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)