Here is a typical scenario of how a Dwarf Artisan will create Soulshots/attempt to sell them via a private store.
1. Dwarf buys 1 pair of Excellence Leather Gloves from Local Store at full retail price (approximately 25,100 in Dion Weapon Shop).
2. Dwarf crystallizes this item, and receives 38 Grade D Crystals.
3. Dwarf purchases 38 "Soul Ore" from local magic shop to combine with a single crystal to create 100 D Grade Soulshots at a cost of 310 Adena per Soul Ore.
Now let's take a look at the profit this dwarf would make going the standard soulshot crafting route using all 38 D crystals:
Costs:
1 Pair Excellence Gloves: 25,100 adena
38 Soul Ore: 11400 adena
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Total: 36500 adena
Yield:
3800 D Grade Soulshots
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Selling Price Total (11a each): 41800 adena
(Yield - Costs) = Profit
(41800-36500) = 5300 adena profit
Not too shabby, but by actually crafting your OWN gloves you'll be able to increase your profit to the following:
(41800-11400) = 30,400 adena profit
In addition if you make a trip to the town of Oren you'll be able to purchase the Soul Ore for only 270 adena a piece, further increasing your profit:
(41800-10260) = 31,540 adena profit
Also keep in mind, if you sell your wares near the town of Oren, you can typically sell your D grade soulshots at 14-15a a piece. It is worth the expense to players in these areas, as the walk back to Dion/Giran is quite a distance. So taking advantage of all the tips above, and combined with the higher selling price it is quite easy to make a 46740 adena profit off of EACH batch of soulshots you sell (57000-10260)! That's over 900% more than the average dwarf makes creating soulshots.
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