I would like to get the Forest Hearth Boots in Avalon, but before I can get those, I need to finish the Zafaria Crafting Quest. Looking at the requirements for it though, I see that it's going to be very annoying and very time consuming to get everything I need. So I ask, are finishing the quest and going for the boots really worth it, or can I get by with my Waterworks set or an alternative? Thanks.
Currently, the Professor's boots are better than the Avalon crafted boots. (That is not the case with the Avalon robe, just with the boots.) If you have crowns, then you might prefer to buy the Professor boots instead of crafting.
There are a few alternatives, depending on what resources you have and what you want in your gear.
Crafted Wintertusk (56) Waterworks (60) House of Scales - Sistrum set (60) Poseidon (70) Crown shop Professor's Hoard (60/70/80, etc) Crown shop Ghulture's Hoard (60/70/80, etc) Crafted Avalon Crafted Azteca Crafted Khrysalis Hades (90) Crown shop school gear set (95) Darkmoor (100) ___ KingsIsle is promising crafting for Polaris & Mirage that may give you good alternatives to farming Tartarus/Hades and Darkmoor. Even if you don't finish the Zafaria quest now, working on it on the side may see you prepared to finish it quickly should future gear options appeal to you. ___ If you're hesitant about crafting because of Sunstones & Aether, start gardening!
Evil Magma Peas (Crowns) give sunstone, pearls of all types, black lotus, scrap iron & aether Fickle Pickle (gold, Golem court) give sunstone, fossil, diamonds, grendelweed, and much more. Pink Dandelions (drops in krokotopia; Crowns) give ancient scrolls, springs, blood moss and more. Maelstrom Snap Dragons (gold, Celestia; drops in Mooshu & beyond) give gem reagents of all types, plus aether, fossil, diamonds, nightshade and more.
You can plant Dandelions right away, but start out with no more than 3 plants until you level up in gardening rank to rank 4, and you can afford to train larger area gardening spells.
I would like to get the Forest Hearth Boots in Avalon, but before I can get those, I need to finish the Zafaria Crafting Quest. Looking at the requirements for it though, I see that it's going to be very annoying and very time consuming to get everything I need. So I ask, are finishing the quest and going for the boots really worth it, or can I get by with my Waterworks set or an alternative? Thanks.
Thomas Wildstaff, 73
Yes, crafting is very much worth it. Especially since there will be Polaris and Mirage crafted gear coming in the Fall Update, so you could maybe even avoid doing Darkmoor.
It is most definitely worth it. The Zafaria crafting quest is one of the most crucial crafting quests because it's the rank you need to craft spells. I don't know if you want to craft any spells but deer knight could be helpful if you don't already have it. (I assumed you were death because of your signature) Also you will not be able to do the Promethean crafting quests without having done the Zafaria one and Khrysalis crafted gear is very good especially to make Darkmoor a little easier. (Now I think that you could probably get by with your boots from waterworks if you wanted. I know that my storm crafted the Avalon hat to replace her one but I don't think isn't strictly speaking necessary).
An extra tip I would give is if your gonna do Darkmoor SKIP HADES!! There is no point in farming for gear you probably are going to get rid of in 5-10 Days!! I skipped Hades' and going to do DM when Lv 100
Thomas Wildstaff, 73
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