Are you allowed to say b***h on Gaia? I forget. gaia_kittenstar
ANYWAYS, I started leveling my alchemy up, and I was not prepared for how costly it would be. It's been challenging finding items to craft that aren't too expensive. If the resulting items had some selling value it wouldn't be such a big deal, but when the majority of formulas are asking for 500k-1mil in ingredients while the resulting items are worth less then 100k I can't help but feel the developers didn't thoroughly think this system through.
I tried looking at some guides, and suggestions by others in the forums, but I feel like many were made when items were cheaper. I should also point out that many of the items needed are older cash items, and you have to hope that people still are hanging onto some they wouldn't mind parting with. Alot of things I just couldn't find enough of in the marketplace (if at all).
Another annoyance has been formulas that ask for 20 or 50 of an item. Most of the times such amounts of said item don't exist in the market, and if it happens to be a gold shop item have fun buying the same item over and over again 50 times to craft one formula. </3
When I got to level 4 I tried about 100+ times to craft my lvl 4 angelic formula, and it kept failing. I'm not sure if you have to be a level higher for the quest formulas, or if it was just horrible a luck, but I wasn't able to complete the level 4 formula until level 5, where it passed on just my second try.
The completion of the lvl 4 formula rewards Gabriel wings, as well as the lvl 5 formula to continue the quest. I'm going to stop here until I'm level 10 alchemy so I can go straight through and get micheals wings. I think the level 5 formula consumes my small wings, and I'd rather keep wearing them until I can make the bigger ones at lvl 9. yum_puddi
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I wonder if I should've warned you about this dark side of Gaia alchemy in your previous journal entry. I guess it's a little too late, I'm sorry! redface
Yes, that's pretty much the second reason why I didn't level up my alchemy in Gaia Online. I realized it's asking for too many expensive items (especially some you have to BUY from Cash Shop, those greedy admins!). And as if Cash-related stuff wasn't bad enough, the low success rate also added insult to the injury. But for me, being devout and view gambling as a sin, thankfully I did not go for those recipes.
I only crafted one item: a Golden Magical GiftBox. But that's because the recipe I bought was a Limited Edition one. And I think you'd probably want to buy that one if you want to go for a little business investment. I think the ordinary Golden Box recipe requires expensive stuff. whereas the Limited Edition one only only requires junk. And that's where all those stuff I have accumulated for years: flowers, beetles, butterflies (from Gaia Towns), fishes (from Gaia fishing), tickets (Gold Mountain/Casino) and a few purchases from NPC stores, I was able to craft my first item. But since I could not find any information on what a Golden Magical Box would give, I sold it in the market for a pretty good profit.
I hope that helps! ^.~ Hmnm, let me check my inventory to see if I've got a spare Limited Golden Magical Box recipe left, I don't mind giving it to you as I won't bother crafting anything for a while. I think it may help you make a bit of profit, especially when you want to get rid of some Gaia gaming junk for easy alchemy. 3nodding