Leisure Journey of Refinements

More items have been sold, including my previous thief shoes which went for 90 Prestigious Coins.



The only item of significant value left is these 13 TMA Yellow Work Gloves.

Wealth Status (/ goal):
1,046 mil meso (/ 2,000 mil) - 52.3%
284 Prestigious Coins (/ 1,000 pc) - 28.4%
68 Common Gachapon (/ 250 gach) - 27.2%
11 Rare Gachapon

With almost all valuable items sold, it’s now up to me to earn the remaining meso and coins. However, I still have my future 250 gacha pulls, which I hope will yield decent results. Some players estimate that one common gacha typically yields around 1.5 mil meso’s worth of items on average. So, with 250 commons, I should be able to acquire about 375 mil meso.



I've been trying to fit in as much grinding as possible into my busy schedule, to the extent that I became a zombie and didn't notice when my Bishop leveled up. Unfortunately, I missed the moment and had to edit something similar.

Just a little bit of sleep chipped off here and there, who needs those right? To the point my eyes buttonised and can never go back.

Here’s my Bishop’s stats in case you’re interested. It’s my first-ever character, and I only started MP washing after lv140 when I learned about it. Nevertheless, I still continued playing until now.



My gears have an average of 20 TMA, with a 176 TMA Wand 6, which costs around 150-250 mil mesos each in the current market. I don’t feel the need to upgrade further because the cost increases exponentially for small stat improvements, which can be achieved more efficiently by leveling up.

For instance, with 20 TMA average gears, I could one-hit a mob at lv155, while with 30 TMA gears, costing about 5x more, could achieve the same 10 levels earlier at lv145. However, during these 10 levels, it’s highly unlikely that I would earn an amount close to the difference in cost.



With less than 12 hours of grinding left to reach level 160, I’m very excited. I should be able to achieve this by the end of next week.

 

Heyyy Konichiwa, my adorable peeps! (*≧ω≦) It's me, your cutesy-itsy update fairy, back with another dose of cuteness! Luv luv, of course! ✨



I won't bore you with all the nitty-gritty deets 'cause let's be real, who has time for that when there's grinding to be done, owo~? I'm sitting pretty at 92% right now, and you best believe that level-up is just around the kewwwwwwl corner! Oh ma gosh, it's gonna be epic!

Kyaa~ching Kyaa~ching! (/ goal):
1,035 mil meso (/ 2,000 mil) - 51.75%
284 Prestigious Coins (/ 1,000 pc) - 28.4%
72 Common Gachapon (/ 250 gach) - 28.8%
11 Rare Gachapon

You might've noticed my meso stash took a teensy dip , oppsie! But don't worry, I've been snagging some super cheap scrolls and items. Gotta be ready for those epic future projects, babyyyy! Can't wait to make some kawaii magic happen!



Aww, yass, I'm with you on that, cutie! (*＾▽＾) Level 160 before the Halloween event sounds like a dreamy plan. A little R&R is always a good idea before diving back into the grind, am I right? ✨



Hope to see you, onii-chans and onee-chans, like, real soon, kawaii fam!

Byebeeee! (*˘3˘*) smooooochu~!

 

Got to lv159, just one more to go!



Also, my cash equipment from the last Halloween event expired. So, later on, I got myself a new hat for my Shadower to match the cash equipment I got from the Anniversary event.



I managed to sell the last valuable piece of equipment for 20 Prestigious Coins, and I'm grateful for the sale.

Wealth Status (/ goal):
1,045 mil meso (/ 2,000 mil) - 52.25%
304 Prestigious Coins (/ 1,000 pc) - 30.4%
83 Common Gachapon (/ 250 gach) - 33.2%
12 Rare Gachapon



Today, I tried installing MapleLegends on my Linux work machine, and it ran smoothly. During my lunch break, I decided to grind Thanatos to try my luck with the rare accuracy variant of Bottomwear for DEX 30% scrolls.



Surprisingly, I managed to get two in under 10 min. Encouraged, I continued for another 25 min or so, until the Echo buff I received in the Free Market expired. However, there were no more scroll drops for the next 100 kills or so. I must have been very lucky initially.



There was a player who wanted to buy the scrolls at 5 mil mesos each, claiming they had been buying them at that price for the last 3 days. While the speed variant indeed sells for about 5 mil, I believe the accuracy variant has the potential to sell for more due to its higher rarity.

The negotiation felt familiar, typical NPC behavior, and it was something I've encountered several times before, when a player tries to attach their price tag onto my items.



I decided to make another attempt during my last hour of work, hoping for more scroll drops, but unfortunately, I didn't get any.



However, I did manage to acquire a good 10% exp boost and some equipment drops, so it wasn't bad at all.



I did a bit more leeching later in the evening, bringing my Shadower's exp up to 30%.



Just 6 and a half more hours of leech to lv160, I'm certainly excited!

 

After giving it some thought, I've decided to attempt crafting 50 Dragon Kanzir daggers and see how it goes from there.

My Shadower is now less than 1 level away from my goal of reaching lv160. I've mostly been self-leeching at Skele, where I can conveniently farm Dragon Spirits, Dragon Scales, and some Gold Double Knives. Once I hit lv160, I plan to change my farming location and purchase the remaining Skele-drop materials from the FM.

I've been selling 99wa Gold Double Knives that drop from Skele for 1 mil meso each, which allows me to buy about two crafting daggers. Unfortunately, I haven't obtained any 100wa daggers after many hours of grinding, nor a single perfect King Cent. However, I did acquire a couple of perfect bowman overalls and warrior gloves, both of which I sold for 1 mil meso each.



Materials Collected (/ goal):
37 Double Gold Knives (/ 50) - 74%
982 Dragon Spirits (/ 1,000) - 98.2%
826 Dragon Scales (/ 1,250) - 66.08%
60 Power Crystal Ores (/ 2,500) - 2.4%
17 DEX Crystal Ores (/ 1,500) - 1.13%
25 Dagger Forging Stimulators (/ 50) - 50%

I'm almost finished collecting Dragon Spirits. I've been purchasing them whenever they appear in the FM for prices below 10k meso each. The same goes for Dragon Scales; I buy them if they are available for 50k meso or less. As for GDKs, my target price is below 600k meso each.

DEX Crystal Ores, I intend to buy them at 10k meso or less each. For Power Crystal Ores, I'll farm those at Dual Ghost Pirates which I initially had intended to farm them for the Green Pirate Blouses and Skirts anyway.

Lastly, I'll be looking to purchase Stimulators at 100k meso or less each.

Certainly, everything remains open to change until the very last moment. If there's an unexpected high demand for these materials with the potential for significant profit, I might opt to sell them instead of using them for crafting.

 

After three years, my Shadower has finally reached lv160!

I'm glad I reached my level goal before the Halloween event, so I can take a break. Didn't have much going on during the last Summer event. Hopefully, I can earn a good amount this coming Halloween event.

Now, it's time to reset my INT.



Before doing so, I did a DPM test on a dummy target.



Another test after resetting my INT.

In both tests, I had Echo, MW20, and Cider buffs, using non-charged Assassinate without the last strike.

An increase of about 1.1 mil damage per minute. With some remaining Echo buff, I decided to test on Ravana as well.



With an increased DPM of 1.4 mil on Ravana, I can now defeat it in about 7 minutes, compared to the previous 9 minutes.


Wealth Status (/ goal):
1,079 mil meso (/ 2,000 mil) - 53.95%
304 Prestigious Coins (/ 1,000 pc) - 30.4%
102 Common Gachapon (/ 250 gach) - 40.8%
15 Rare Gachapon



I am certainly looking forward to mass pulling those gachas. They are accumulating slower than I anticipated, ughhh... but it's definitely worth the wait... right?



Got a clean range improvement of about 550 ~ 1,000. With this, I can definitely one-hit Dual Ghost Pirates now. The plan is probably to farm DGP until I collect enough Power Crystal Ores for my crafting, another exciting moment to look forward to. I'll likely be having some sessions of Nightghosts as well to farm some Dagger for Att 30% scrolls.



Lastly, thanks LeonardoJF for your kind gesture.

 

I was curious to know how my stats compare to other Shadowers. I gathered the data from two other Shadowers and adjusted mine and theirs to lv200 by adding the extra LUK each would have gained.

The red-highlighted boxes represents my stats. The left boxes show the stats I found, and the right boxes display the adjusted stats for lv200.



There are certainly many opportunities for upgrades:

• 131wa Dagger
• 14wa Gloves
• 32wa Dragon Khanjar
• 10wa Cape

 

I ran out of Monkey Dolls and Banana Peels for Ravana, so I decided to spend an hour total, 30 minutes for each, farming to restock.



Did 2 Bishops + Shadower farming in each map.



Although Monkey Dolls may seem harder to get as they require 2 hits, the large number of spawns almost evens it out, making their drops comparable to Banana Peels.



~30 min: 1,270 Monkey Dolls
~30 min: 1,353 Banana Peels

I saw Monkey Dolls and Banana Peels selling for 15k and 7.5k each.
If these items do sell, wouldn't I be making ~29 mil meso/hr?

 

Hi guys! Please show your support for my original business idea. Thanks!

 

It seems like people are only interested in buying Monkey Dolls, and I was advised that selling them for 10k meso each was too cheap and would not be a wise decision.

I was considering raising the price to 12k and did two more 30-minute farming sessions to determine the exact rate I'm obtaining Monkey Dolls. The amount I farmed yesterday might have been mixed with some Monkey Dolls I already had on hand.





After two more 30-minute farming sessions focused on Monkey Dolls, I'm getting somewhere around 1.1k to 1.2k of them per 30 minutes.

If I do manage to sell them at 10k meso each, I'll earn at least 10.725 mil meso after tax. During this time, I would use 100 Elixirs or less, which usually cost around 400k. So, overall, I would be earning 10.3 mil meso per 30 minutes, which translates to 20.6 mil/hr.

Considering this amount, I'm actually content with selling them at 10k meso each.

 

Sales have been better than expected. Up to this point, I've sold 200 Banana Peels and 3,300 Monkey Dolls, earning me 34.125 mil meso after tax.

I'm almost out of Monkey Dolls, so I farmed for an hour to restock.



I'm planning to farm based on the sales, as doing this for long hours isn't exactly fun.



Gotten another 2,474 Monkey Dolls from an hour of farming. If each were to be sold for 10k meso, that would be 24 mil/hr.



As I'm taking a break, I won't be doing anything fancy.

 

There's GM buffs so I decided to do Ravana runs.



Stats with Echo and GM buffs.



Both runs dropped Pouch 1, lucky!



Here's one with the timer as it goes down, just under 7 minutes.



Pouches opened to 2 coins each, pretty happy about that.



Also got the Ravana Helmet, although the STR is on the low side. I could still try scrolling this for 34 DEX and switch my Spectrum Goggles to a higher STR one if that happens.



I also had a bunch of extra Sunbursts, which I decided to put up for sale since I always exchange for helmet.
If my Monkey Dolls continue to sell, I'll use a portion of those sales to purchase materials for crafting daggers.

 

While I did say I would farm Monkey Dolls based on the sales and mentioned that it's not exactly fun to do long hours of farming, I was motivated to refine my rotation.

Mainly, I aimed to reduce the mental load during the farm to make it easier to handle the cycles and hopefully still yield similar results.



After some tests, I managed to find one, which even increased my yield to 1,300 Monkey Dolls for my first 30-minutes test run as compared to the previous average of 1,100 to 1,200.

Spell Coverage (Previous):


Loot Coverage (Previous):


I was looting two lanes with both of my Bishops, and because they were the main farmers, it resulted in some reduced efficiencies.

Spell Coverage (Revised):


Loot Coverage (Revised):


I repositioned them slightly, with my Shadower now looting three lanes, while the bottom Bishop quickly loots the right side. This minimizes disruption in the Bishops' spell casting.

I did consider deploying two more characters to loot two lanes, but I felt it wouldn't make too much of a difference.

 

Didn't expect the store to get cleared today, even with the Banana Peels gone as well. That means it's time to restock the peels.

Ravana ETCs Sold:
800 Banana Peels
5,900 Monkey Dolls
Meso Earned: 65,325,000



Got about 1.4k peels from the last recorded 30-minute session, and also some sessions of doll farming.





Didn't exactly record the time I spent on dolls. They were an accumulation of short 10-20 minute sessions, but I guess it's around 1.2k to 1.3k dolls per 30 minutes.



Got an Echo buff, so I went for Ravana runs.



Didn't get any pouch this time, but that's fine. Every run, I would exchange for 2 Sunbursts, and I can sell 1 for around 800k meso.

I suppose I'll continue to restock dolls and peels every time they get sold. Getting ~25 mil meso from an hour of farming is pretty darn good, after all.

 

A quick update on my dolls and peels sales.

Ravana ETCs Sold:
1,390 Banana Peels
7,028 Monkey Dolls
Meso Earned: 82,075,500

I still have about 6k dolls, so there's no need to farm for more at the moment.



We're paying a visit to our old friends, the Dual Ghost Pirates, farming for Power Crystal Ores and, at the same time, looking for Green Pirate Blouse and Skirt drops.

Based on my past farming experiences with the Bishop and Shadower, I was averaging one equip drop every 2 minutes.

I farmed for 80 minutes today and got a pretty decent result. This might be due to my Shadower being able to one-hit DGPs 99% of the time now, increasing the overall killing efficiency.



80 mins with Bishop + Shadower at DGP:
7 mil raw meso
7.9 mil meso from drops
53 Power Crystal Ores ~1.5 mil

Total Meso: 16.4 mil -> 12.3 mil/hr
47 equip drops in 80 mins -> one drop every 1 min 42 sec

My Shadower is able to clear the bottom lane every spawn cycle, so I'm clearing four lanes of DGPs every 10 seconds. Pickpocket also contributed quite a bit to the meso drops.

Even though I had a Gun ATT 30% scroll and two Cape for INT 60% scrolls drop, I didn't include them due to their lower drop rate, so they are rather random. Regardless, the earnings are actually quite good, consistently at around 10-12 mil/hr.

With the rate at which Power Crystal Ores are dropping, it's going to take more than 50 hours of farming to collect 2.5k of them.



I also got a 4/3 Red Pirate Boots, which I usually sell for 6 mil meso.

I was itching to scroll something, so I decided to scroll my poorly-rolled STR Ravana Helmet...



Definitely wasn't expecting to successfully scroll it to 34 DEX, although it's a bit of a pity with the low 16 STR. Still, it's a pleasant surprise.

Previously:


I guess it's time to find a higher STR goggles.

My current plan is to casually farm DGP, do occasional Ravana runs, and maybe some Nightghost farming for Dagger ATT 30% scrolls as a change of environment from DGP. The current goal is to craft 50 Dragon Kanzirs.

 

Another session of Dual Ghost Pirates farming, with decent amount of drops. Unfortunately, no perfect Green Pirate Blouse or Skirt.



90 mins with Bishop + Shadower at DGP:
5.7 mil raw meso
10.7 mil meso from drops
84 Power Crystal Ores ~2.5 mil

Total Meso: 18.9 mil -> 12.6 mil/hr
56 equip drops in 90 mins -> 1 drop every 1 min 37 sec

Also, here’s an update on the dagger crafting materials I’ve collected.



Materials Collected (/ goal):
41 Double Gold Knives (/ 50) - 82%
1,040 Dragon Spirits (/ 1,000) - 104%
1,151 Dragon Scales (/ 1,250) - 92.08%
218 Power Crystal Ores (/ 2,500) - 8.72%
760 DEX Crystal Ores (/ 1,500) - 50.66%
50 Dagger Forging Stimulators (/ 50) - 100%

Wealth Status (/ goal):
1,078 mil meso (/ 2,000 mil) - 53.9%
308 Prestigious Coins (/ 1,000 pc) - 30.8%
110 Common Gachapon (/ 250 gach) - 44%
22 Rare Gachapon

I also placed a bid for a 5/5 Spectrum Goggles. If I win the bid, I'll likely spend all my Prestigious Coins.

 

Ravana runs, 2 Pouches, 3 coins each.