Crafting Guides

[Guest Kurai Kage]

I think the BiS high Tier Gathering melds are not quite right on the guide, they show to use Gatherer's Grasp Materia VI however those cannot be affixed in the slots it suggests?

[Shikhu 12]

On 4/6/2024 at 1:10 AM, Guest Kurai Kage said:

I think the BiS high Tier Gathering melds are not quite right on the guide, they show to use Gatherer's Grasp Materia VI however those cannot be affixed in the slots it suggests?

The High Tier Gathering melds do not use any Gatherer's Grasp Materia VI. 

You may be confusing it with grade 9 materia which also provides +8 GP and can be overmelded.

[Guest Kits]

How do you already know what to exactly meld for the High tier crafting set while the books aren't out yet? You can't know the breaking points yet?

[Shikhu 12]

On 7/20/2024 at 9:22 AM, Guest Kits said:

How do you already know what to exactly meld for the High tier crafting set while the books aren't out yet? You can't know the breaking points yet?

Bit of a late reply but still applies with the current meldsets. 

We generally do a range of predictions and calculations including simulating future crafts, looking at rotational breakpoints and looking at craftsmanship breakpoints. 

[Guest Beldr]

Why is the meld for the lvl 100 black star ring of crafting marked as a CP+9 when the ring is capped at CP+7?
 

[Shikhu 12]

On 12/4/2024 at 10:59 AM, Guest Beldr said:

Why is the meld for the lvl 100 black star ring of crafting marked as a CP+9 when the ring is capped at CP+7?
 

In our budget meld set, the aim is to focus on price. 

A Craftsman's Cunning Materia VIII, grade 8, is a hell of a lot cheaper than anything else available the vast majority of the time.

[Guest High tier craft meld]

Hi, just looking at the high tier 7.1 crafter melds, the feet say +6cp, but when I look I can only meld +4, am I doing something wrong? Thanks

[Guest Arranova]

For the high-tier ear/neck/wrist you can't meld CP+8 in slot#4. You have to go CP+7 in both #4 and #5 to cap CP

[Shikhu 12]

On 12/30/2024 at 5:45 PM, Guest Arranova said:

For the high-tier ear/neck/wrist you can't meld CP+8 in slot#4. You have to go CP+7 in both #4 and #5 to cap CP

Theres more than 1 materia that provides CP +8, these grades are from different expansions and because CP doesnt scale as quickly as CMS/CTRL causing there to be materia from older expansions that cannot be melded beyond their first overmeld slot while there are others that can that released in expansions afterwards.

In this case Cunning IX provides +8 that can be fully overmelded as shown in the etro embedded meldset while Cunning VI cannot. 

CP +7's can work too but whats best generally depends on whats cheapest for you.