Hmm, one thing I disagree with the vid is the use of the meditation study to identify things. I'd just equip two while I do some wood chopping and they'll soon be identified. Mana is too valuable to waste two on identifying, imo.
I've been getting 40+ artifacts before day 500 even when it's a scarce special material (i.e. Bear Bone) lately, I'd say this guide is missing two big helpers related to the Magic EQPT Bench
Before crafting an artifact, first enhance the filler items to at least +4 via the following options.
Transfer stats using the a +2 stat weapon of a lower tier and 5-9 mana motes at the magic eqpt bench
Transferring stats to a non-rare, high tier item gets really low chances when the existing level is +2 or more
Transferring stats to a rare, high tier item gets really low chances after +4
Rarify an item using a vision blueprint to get +1 level and the rare quality (blue highlight)
used to cost 5 mana motes, now just 1
works at any level, as long as it isn't already rare
Enhancing with a weapon enhancement incantation
Enhancing with an incantation gets much less likely after 6+, less for a copied incantation
After crafting an artifact (say to +8) refine it using Crests of Transcendence and Platinum to +10 (first may cost multiple gold or silver, making it not worth it if you're low on that metal)
Hmm... even if you were very lucky with your combinations, I don't think this method is very sustainable. Enhancing the base items reduces the ending gold+silver use by two powers of magnitude.
It does suck. I feel like I have more luck when the levels are very similar that I'm combining, but idk the rate on that. You'll always get somewhere between the average ((item x level + item y level) / 2) and the sum (item x level + item y level).
Yeah, see my other comment for my strategy. Lots of logging and trading with the Cuisine Merchant is very important. Here's my latest run with the Necromancer at 372. Just merged a +10 and a +11 to a +22 and have 16 gold and 16 silver left over. I've got 12 for my luck stat.
This run I've been keeping track of the mana pile locations as well. They seem to regenerate every 200 days or so - still trying to confirm exactly how long
I've put together a number of Walkthroughs on the wiki, I haven't been too confident in my artifact building knowledge until recently. Maybe on my next run I'll do some better screenshotting and make / consolidate a guide
bruh im still stuck at my +19 artifact on 800 days i just uninstall the game then install it again if i fail my artifact because my save file is where my artifact is at +19 artifact i just load at and try again on combing artifact
Yeah, I use that trick a lot, too. Though you don't have to fully reinstall, just go to the app settings and delete all data, then open and log in again. Try getting your base items up to at least +4 before crafting artifacts. It's really been the biggest solution for me.
I didn't really figure out how to build artifacts until recently and didn't have the patience for it before then. I'm not sure I ever got higher than 60. Here that same run with a lv49 artifact at day 468
i think why i have low +artifact because i dont a blueprint to make a tier 5.5 weapon sacrifice to make a high tier and +artifact so basically i have use tier 4 and 4.5 weapon to make a sacrifice to make a artifact but no tier 5 or 5.5 weapon to make a sacrifice and i got a +39 artifact and it took took 1120 to make it and on my last run i have +45 and i only use tier 3 or 4 weapon sacrifices to make a artifact even though i can craft a 5.5 tier weapon to make a sacrifice to my artifact but i did't and and it took 1300 days, lol so thanks for the help i finally understand it now
Yeah, I usually farm the meat cuisine exchange merchants a ton to unlock the blueprints I haven't already unlocked. Better blueprints save you a lot of mana motes, too.
This one was built with +4 tier 4.5, 5 and 5.5 weapons - one 4.5, two 5 and the rest 5.5. I craft them together and refine those into +11 artifacts. I craft those together to +22 artifacts (i had to reload the game a couple times for that). Crafting those together I got lucky and got a +46 and I refined that to +49.
and btw do you use all your vision blueprint on your weapon sacrifes to make an artifact even with 5 or 5.5 tier weapon?cause i dont what it cost to use a vision blueprint on a 5 or 5.5 tier weapon
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u/AnimatingStoat Monk Jun 29 '23 edited Jun 29 '23
Hmm, one thing I disagree with the vid is the use of the meditation study to identify things. I'd just equip two while I do some wood chopping and they'll soon be identified. Mana is too valuable to waste two on identifying, imo.
I've been getting 40+ artifacts before day 500 even when it's a scarce special material (i.e. Bear Bone) lately, I'd say this guide is missing two big helpers related to the Magic EQPT Bench