Alchemy Mastery training suggestion

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Yogurticecream wrote on 2010-04-13 05:34

This suggested sequence is for people who are more interested in the life skills like components and are not interested in ranking up mana crystallization at the early stages of Alchemy Mastery.

Alchemy Mastery Wiki Link: Alchemy Mastery - Mabinogi World Wiki

Practice to Rank D alchemy
Learn Barrier Spikes and rank it along the way, preferably to rank 5+. Do all the crystal making requirements.

Rank C and B alchemy
Water cannon to Rank F. Do the crystal requirements and the attack requirements.

Rank A alchemy
Along with crystal requirements, go through all the attack requirements by using Water Cannon for about 800-900 times.

Rank 9 alchemy
Call a golem or barrier, with the same-enemy attack requirements.
Some synthesis is also needed.

Rank 8 alchemy
Defeat same-level enemy for 800 times along with calling a golem or barrier for the rest of the requirements.

Rank 7 alchemy onwards
This is probably where the hard part starts. Bulk of it might have to come from attacking. Rank 2 is also dependent on mana crystallization.
Shanghai wrote on 2010-04-13 05:37

Quote from Yogurticecream;635:

Rank C and B alchemy
Water cannon to Rank F. Do the crystal requirements and the attack requirements.

I think you put a typo there. Shouldn't it be rank 5 or something?
Yogurticecream wrote on 2010-04-13 06:12

Quote from Shanghai;638:
I think you put a typo there. Shouldn't it be rank 5 or something?

Nope. I do mean it when I said rank F. You can just do the requirements with brown foxes, one water cannon at Rank F should be able to finish it.
My water cannon is rank F and I'm rank B alchemy mastery.
Flonne wrote on 2010-04-13 07:33

Hmm....isn't the synthesis requirements easily done on a basic lvl Dorren's Request when you can oneshot wm everything? Just asking for r9 AM.
Yogurticecream wrote on 2010-04-13 08:33

I haven't reached AM 9 yet but I'll definitely test it out when I'm there.
Phunkie wrote on 2010-04-13 08:41

I want to put up Synthesis so I can spam Dorren's request. (If it's spammable, that is.)

I need to get my AM to Rank 9, however. One more rank! But I've been sooooo lazy. ._.

I got my Barrier Spikes to 1 tho. :) Thanks to you, Yogurt!
Flonne wrote on 2010-04-13 08:49

Where's the edit button for this forum? x.x

Anyway, I would like to add it's best to do Dorren's Request on a Saturday too. Although, you might want to get enough str to one-shot the enemies for efficiency or bring a friend or two to help.

My main's AM is already r9. Just has to do some synthesis requirements and then wait until AM uncaps.

Meanwhile, my elf doesn't have it that easy since I'm limiting her level as I stated from Guru. She needs to mine instead of chop wood. Although that's ok, because the stone golems made are actually useful in combat.
Phunkie wrote on 2010-04-13 08:53

Quote from Flonne;768:
Where's the edit button for this forum? x.x

Below your post. You'll see "Edit Post," "Reply" and "Reply With Quote."

Also, how common are the materials for Synthesis in that mission?
Zid wrote on 2010-04-13 15:16

Quote from Phunkie;777:
Below your post. You'll see "Edit Post," "Reply" and "Reply With Quote."

Also, how common are the materials for Synthesis in that mission?

Not... common enough so that it'd be a walk-in-the-park easy to get.

Usually 0-2 will drop per spawn.
Trigger wrote on 2010-04-14 04:22

I know you said this isn't for people interested in Mana Crystallization, but still...

Personally, I found that Alchemy Mastery virtually ranked itself as I ranked Mana Crystallization (first Alchemy skill I ranked). All I had to do was spam Water Cannon on foxes/raccoons to make up the remaining required points for the last couple ranks to 9, and capped Alchemy Mastery around Rank 7 Crystallization I believe. If you're not concerned with directly ranking Alchemy Mastery as fast as possible, Mana Crystallization will do it for you.

For that matter, don't even bother focusing on Alchemy Mastery itself at all, and just go make crystals for the rest of your skills. It's the same thing. Just don't think about ranking Mastery, and it'll cap itself.
Flonne wrote on 2010-04-14 04:31

Quote from Trigger;2073:
I know you said this isn't for people interested in Mana Crystallization, but still...

Personally, I found that Alchemy Mastery virtually ranked itself as I ranked Mana Crystallization (first Alchemy skill I ranked). All I had to do was spam Water Cannon on foxes/raccoons to make up the remaining required points for the last couple ranks to 9, and capped Alchemy Mastery around Rank 7 Crystallization I believe. If you're not concerned with directly ranking Alchemy Mastery as fast as possible, Mana Crystallization will do it for you.

For that matter, don't even bother focusing on Alchemy Mastery itself at all, and just go make crystals for the rest of your skills. It's the same thing. Just don't think about ranking Mastery, and it'll cap itself.

I was planning to rank mana crystalisation after I'm done with the synthesis requirements at r9. However, what rank adv magics do you suggest to get it done? Currently, I have rC IS and r5 FB and TH.
Trigger wrote on 2010-04-14 04:49

Quote from Flonne;2089:
I was planning to rank mana crystalisation after I'm done with the synthesis requirements at r9. However, what rank adv magics do you suggest to get it done? Currently, I have rC IS and r5 FB and TH.

Ice Spear is definitely the best one to use, especially if yours is a low rank. If you can get someone with Rank F or even Novice to entrust spell charges to you, that's even better. The MP cost is virtually nothing. The ranks of Thunder and Fireball are of no significance except as they apply to crystal rank, which isn't of any consequence until Rank A.
Archibald wrote on 2010-04-15 20:58

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Also for mana crystalization use heavy pot poisening to save mp pots. I also used mana crystaliation ranking to get capped alchemy mastery. My friend substituted Golem ranking and his is capped from that.