Hi all, As I see more and more folks that are getting into doing cultural smithing for various races, it occurs to me that a lot of potentially valuable drops are likely rotting or going to vendors to eventually disappear, simply because people don't realize they've got something others want to buy. To help stimulate the economy, I thought I would compile a list of all the temper ingredients and where they drop, so that lowbies can make more plat by selling these drops, and cultural smiths can spend less time camping greens, and more time smithing. I hope that this will come in handy, and help us do more trades, get more plat, and wear more sick gear! Dark Elf Cultural (wearable by half elves): Elven Blood - Comes from bandits in GFAY, Elven Slaves in CB, and Sisters of Elrosi and a few named mobs in OOT. The OOT named spawns seem to be the best bet. http://www.takproject.net/allaclone/item.php?id=22515 Essence of Shadow: Comes from Shadowed men in all kinds of places, though in my experience Lavastorm has a cruddy drop rate. Camps in LFAY and WC seem to be decent. http://www.takproject.net/allaclone/item.php?id=22518 High Elf cultural (wearable by wood elves and half elves): Essence of Moonlight - Seems to be a pretty common drop in Castle Mistmoore, though there are a few mobs that drop it in Kithicor Forest http://www.takproject.net/allaclone/item.php?id=22520 Swirling mist - comes from various mist/water/ steam elementals. UPDATE: While this drop can be found on Najena's mist elementals (Which are invisible and won't aggro if they are green to you), it seems that Steamfont mountains might be a slightly better choice if you have a tracker and a way to clear a lot of green PH's. I have found a decent number of steam and earth elementals near the windmills. http://www.takproject.net/allaclone/item.php?id=22523 Morning Dew - this one is a pain. It can be found on various mobs in LFAY and GFAY, and can be foraged in both places. If you are a foraging class leveling in either zone, definitely hang on to these for a little extra plat. These are also supposed to have a ground spawn in LFAY, though it does not appear to be working. I'll make a bug report when time allows. UPDATE: So far, the best I have been able to do with these is camp all the faerie maidens at Princess Joleena. The faeries stay "kindly" even after quite a few kills, and will not assist the slain maidens as long as you 1 shot them with a nuke. If you don't kill them instantly, you can expect a swarm. Between the maidens and foraging, you should be able to get 1 morning dew every 20 mins or so. That's about 4 hours for enough to make 12 tempers, which is about what you'd need to make a full set of armor assuming no fails. FURTHER UPDATE: Robregen has responded to my bug report, and says that ground spawns will most likely be fixed in the next update. I would advise holding off on farming these until the next update, as they should be much more easy to obtain. http://www.takproject.net/allaclone/item.php?id=16594 Dwarf Cultural (Wearable by halflings and gnomes): Drop of Mercury - these bad boys are a pain too, but they will fetch a price on /auction. They can be found on Earth elementals in Najena and Steamfont mountains, but they are frustratingly rare. http://www.takproject.net/allaclone/item.php?id=22517 Lava Rock - Another Najena find, these bad boys can be found on fire elementals, and more commonly than Drop of Mercury (though they are slightly less valuable as a result of their commonness). They are also found on some high level mobs in Sol B. http://www.takproject.net/allaclone/item.php?id=22521 Ogre Cultural (Wearable by Trolls, and in some cases other races): Elven Blood - Comes from bandits in GFAY, Elven Slaves in CB, and Sisters of Elrosi and a few named mobs in OOT. The OOT named spawns seem to be the best bet. http://www.takproject.net/allaclone/item.php?id=22515 Dwarven Blood: - Comes from Dwarfie slaves in CB, and all kinds of dwarves in Butcherblock. See link for details, and please submit tips on obtaining this if you have them, as I have never farmed it. http://www.takproject.net/allaclone/item.php?id=22516 Human Blood: From the looks of it, this stuff drops all kinds of places. I have seen plenty of it dropping from necro neophytes in Befallen. See link for a full list of locations. http://www.takproject.net/allaclone/item.php?id=22514 Najena seems to be a hot zone as it is home to all of the drops needed for Dwarf tempers, and one of the drops needed for High elf tempers. I realize that there are a lot more tempers to cover, but my lunch break is almost over. I highly encourage others to provide info and links that I can use to update this list to cover all of those pesky temper recipes. I am also able to brew tempers myself, so if you need tempers made in game, you can contact Hailey to work something out. Edits/updates to come. Happy hunting!
Unfortunately, human smithing temper components aren't so easy to come by as the others. Rather than dropping from level 5-10 mobs, they drop off mobs like Sand Giants. Human Cultural (Qeynos) - Wearable by Humans, Barbarians, Half Elves, and Erudites Essence of Sunlight - Drops off Sand Giants in North and South Ro, as well as Sand Giants and Cazel in the Oasis of Marr. They also supposedly drop off Fire Drakes in Lavastorm, but I've yet to see one drop, and given the number of Drakes I've slaughtered, they must be impossibly rare. Griffenne Blood - Drops off Griffons and Griffennes in North Karana, and off Griffins in East Commons. Rain Water - This drops (pardon the pun) like rain off Gnolls throughout Antonica, but most commonly of all off gnoll reavers in East Karana. It's unlikely anyone will pay much for this part. Human Cultural (Freeport) - Wearable by a wide range of races, restricted primarily by deity. Several flavours available. Mug of Sea Foam - Drops off Isle Goblins and assorted Cyclops in Ocean of Tears. Saltwater Seaweed - Fished in Ocean of Tears. Note that I'm not currently doing combines for others due to the extreme time involved in gathering the mats for the tempers. I may be convinced to make some attempts if someone were to provide the mats, including the temper ingredients, and imbued gems where necessary - I can do any necessary enchanting myself. Contact me for more info if you wish. As noted in my thread in the Bazaar, I'm currently paying 50pp apiece for Essence of Sunlight, 25pp for Griffenne Blood, and 10pp for Saltwater Seaweed. Feel free to contact me here or in game.
Thanks so much for the additional notes! I highly encourage people to add more, and we can assemble a master list. Also the lesson to be learned here is: Roll a half elf, they get to wear everything.
Barbarian Cultural - Some can be worn by Half Elf if they worship tribunal Ice Goblin Blood - Drops from goblins in Permafrost and Everfrost Essence of Winter - Drops off ice giants again in permafrost and Everfrost, also from Yetis in dreamlands once Kunark is up and running.
Awesome list but where is a good place to check out the cultural armor that can be crafted on this server?
