Talk:Refining

Does hunger affect refining success rate? I read somewhere that the greater your hunger, the lower your refining success rate, but I'm not sure if it's true, though the writer seemed sure of him/herself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Azurebalmung (talk • contribs) . Please always sign your comments with the button or by typing ~~~~!

That shouldnt have a damn thing to do with it. Purity464

All hunger will do is decrease your stamina pool, which is crucial for the higher refining ranks --Lt. Jessie 22:06, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

skill image/video?

maybe add a skill image or video to fill up that huge black space? -- ladywinter ~{talk page}~ 09:33, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Who Transcended Death

Could we take out the tip of using that title? Because to get "transcended death", you must first get "experienced death", which lowers dex by 10 more points, and people might as well use "experienced", therefore making the reference to "transcended death" useless. Anybody agree? o.o; —Preceding unsigned comment added by Th3Evil5Ponge (talk • contribs) . Please always sign your comments with the button or by typing ~~~~!

It still gives the same amount of -dex as butterfinger, too. Just because it reduces less dex doesn't mean it's irrelevant- people might want less pronounced negative side effects while refining- and to deprive them of that knowledge simply because it gives less dex is foolish. IHarryl 04:05, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

My point is that to get transcended, you must first get experienced, and why on earth would people want to lose out on the extra 10 dex loss? if they are going to fail, they should do the best they can.Th3Evil5Ponge 05:59, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Doesn't seem to be a good suggestion (Finest Firewood)

This page suggests the Finest firewood be used for old furnace, but I don't think it is a good idea. According to Japanese wiki, the success rate decreased is : 5, 7, 8 and 9 for ordinary, Average, Fine and Finest firewood, respectively. I don't know if the values are the same in NA server, but even in case they differ, the Finest firewood doesn't seem to be a good choice, because at least 27 ordinary firewoods are needed to make a piece of Finest firewood. Considering the refining can be attempted up to roughly 8~9 times per minute, I would rather buy the ores with money earned by selling Finest firewoods.. -- Rightangle 12:25, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Thats like saying getting all the -dex enchants/titles isn't recommended either. --Marthian 14:02, 1 January 2011 (PST)

Fixed the page Tellos 14:16, 1 January 2011 (PST)

What parts of the skill training were changed in the G14 update?

I added that to the tips section. If it doesn't suit that section, anyone can remove it.

I've noticed while refining using the furnace on my homestead that, when I switch between ores, the displayed success rate randomly decides to jump up some percentage (at my current rank, Iron jumps up 7% and Copper/Silver jump up 5%), and I'm not entirely sure what's causing it. Even with my character completely naked (save for the default underwear), I'm still seeing those bonuses, and I'm not entirely sure what's causing them.

At some point, I did have a Japanese Cedar Tree up, but I've since removed that from the homestead completely. The only other things I have that affect anything other than daily Kons are an asinine amount of Fir Trees, and I don't even have a chopping block available. (...what? I got them for the aesthetic appeal.)

Do you happen to leave between attempts too? This may be caused be Homestead Hidden Weather Effects.

Yeah, I leave whenever I run out of ores. Wasn't aware there were hidden weather effects in homesteads. Thanks for the info. ^^

• goes off to get refining to r8*

The wiki says it has 'Iron Ore' where it should say 'Iron Plate'. I don't remember it being wrong when I was Rank 5, but I can't check anymore. Does anyone else know if it's still wrong? Also, for Rank 2 it previously said in the wiki that it said gold pan instead of gold plate (at least for the G14S2 ranks, not for where it had the current ones), but I can confirm that it is still correct in-game after the update, so I removed that.

Well last time I checked, in game there was typo's in game, although I am pretty sure we made a note of that. They might have changed it then. If I ever get the time, I'll make sure to verify they have the correct wordage in game. You can change it if you want to.