Optimal AP Reset Table for MP Washes + INT Resets

For your reference, the following table is what I've worked out to use the least amount of AP Resets to get X amount of extra MP through adding a certain amount base INT and MP washing.



The MP gained includes the Lv.up bonus after the amount of stated base INT has been added and ignores the Lv.up gained before.

Example for extra 1,000 MP goal:

• Add base INT to 110

MP wash for 18 Lvs and you will get:

• 11 MP x 18 Lvs = 198 MP from 18 Lv.up
• 9 MP x 5 AP x 18 Lvs = 810 MP from 90 MP Washes
• 198 MP + 810 MP = 1008 MP total gain

You would have gained extra MP as well while adding INT along the way when you Lv.up with base INT at 100, 90, 80, 70... but those are ignored for simplicity.

90 MP washes + 106 INT resets = 196 total AP Resets

Assuming you need 25 (archer/thief) stats for first job, earliest Lv you can have 110 base INT is Lv.25. Lv.24 if it's 20 (pirate) stats and Lv.27 if it's 35 (warrior) stats.

And here's how we get all the numbers in the table... but how did we get 110 base INT?

From a GoogleSheet that I've made to plot out the table with the MP goal as input:

Spoiler: MP Goal 1,000

The criteria is the least amount of AP Resets that gives more MP, in this case the 110 INT with 1,008 MP over the 100 INT with 1,000 MP.

Another example:

Spoiler: MP Goal 12,000

Basically I picked all of them at 1,000 MP intervals and consolidated into another table above.

And lastly, job advancement AP is not included as you will struggle to do second job advancement if your base INT is too high.

Hope this helps you with your washing journey and saves you some AP Resets

Spoiler: EDITS

08 OCT 2022 - version 1.0
30 SEP 2023 - updated image links from Discord to forum upload

 

yeah, no int gear. since there is nothing to ap resets for int gears.

we can always calculate them separately. like example if my goal is 3.5k mp and i can get 500 mp from int gears, then i need the other 3k from base int and mp washing.

 

Not sure if there's already a term for it but I call it progressive MP wash. It can be calculated separately as well.

Every 10 base INT gives you additional 6 MP per Lv (1 from Lv.up, 5 from MP wash), which happens every 2 Lv.

Using the Sum of Arithmetic Sequence Formula:

Code:

S = n / 2 (a + L)

where:

S  is the sum of the arithmetic sequence
a  is the first term
n  is the total number of terms in the sequence
L  is the last term of the sequence

If we start MP washing with 140 base INT and stops at 220 base INT for example:

Code:

(220 - 140) / 5 INT per Lv = Add INT over 16 Lvs

additional MP for every 2 Lvs: (16 Lvs / 2) - 1 = 7
(extra MP gained at 150, 160, 170, 180, 190, 200, 210 - so 7 times not counting 220 as our last wash brought us to this value)

S = 7 / 2 (1 + 7)
S = 28

So, 28 x (2 x 6 MP) = 336 extra MP gained over 16 Lvs with progressive MP wash,

on top of the starting 140 base INT:

[ 14 + (12 x 5) ] x 16 Lvs = 1,184 MP

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Progressive MP washing from 140 base INT to 220 base INT over 16 Lvs:

1,184 MP + 336 MP = 1,520 MP total

EDIT: added beautifully made illustration

Spoiler: Progressive Wash 140-220 INT Diagram

Why S = 28

 

If in terms of AP Resets usage, the theoretical least amount is to hit 30k MP with the last MP wash at Lv.200.

In practice, it's more of a choice, usually for pot reasons. Generally people recommend to start MP washing around Lv.90 onwards for the gain to be more worthwhile. Once you hit close to 30k MP, you'd want to stale HP wash to not waste the gains beyond the maximum.

Looking at stale HP wash for magicians which is -30 MP for +6 HP, and fresh HP wash giving 6-10 HP, averaging 8 HP. If stale wash is 5 MP : 1 HP, then we can say fresh wash of average 8 HP is equivalent to 40 MP.

So before your base INT hits 420 (when 1 MP wash nets 40 MP), it is on average more worth to use the fresh AP on HP than on MP for better overall gains.

If you want to hit 30k MP ASAP and NX is not an issue, start MP washing as soon as you have maxed the Max MP passive and you should be very close to 30k MP at Lv.120 with a couple of INT gears and MW20 buff every time you Lv.up. I started MP washing my F/P at around Lv.75 and now it's about 25k MP at Lv.122 for your reference.