Thread: Bulk processing recipes (For all your Gathering Needs)

So, I gotta say that I like the changes to the Forester's Bulk recipes. Crit chance gives a whopping 75 units as opposed to the 50 previously. That means that processing that stack of 50 hides has a chance of gaining triple the amount that would normally be received, namely 25. This is a match to the 1 normal 3 crit chance for the standard method of processing hides and logs.

However, I don't believe I've seen the same happening for the Prospecting profession.

Farming at Westfold tier has been cleared up as well and the crit amounts as well as the standard amounts look a lot better.

So, here's my question: When are we getting bulk recipes for the Westfold tier gathering professions? Especially since most of the items need to be processed at least twice and some a third time to refine them to the highest quality. At least the high quality ores can process directly to the highest tier ingot, and same for scholar and woodworker's birch. But for leathers they have to process all the way up. (granted hides are one of the easier mats to farm and gather, it's just a longer process. In fact I've taken to using the birchwood sap and using the crit item while processing the hides for the better crit rates to ease the process. Glad for the option, but sad it's so neccessary)

Anyway, back on topic. Westfold bulk recipes please? At least for ores, woods, and hides. Thank you!

Aha! Well I just found out about and retrieved a tier 7 forester recipe for the Finished Leather recipe. It uses one large hide and one birch sapwood branch. This takes care of that issue. However, bulk recipes for all of this would still be nice.

In Farming, when processing crops to usable materials, you can do one at a time to get a yield of 2, with a crit giving 4. If you use the provided "bulk" process, you use 5 at a time to get 10, and the crit give 24. Makes using bulk process and crit items look pretty good.

Now if *that* process were applied to Forestry and Prospecting (and Scholar!), it would be nice.

FYI...there is a related process to Forestry top-tier leather in Prospecting. Two High-grade Skarn Ore gives one High-grade Calenard ingot directly, instead of two low-grade ore giving low-grade ingot, followed by two low-grade plus improved coal to give one medium-grade ingot, followed by two medium-grade ingots plus *another* lump of improved coal to give one high-grade ingot. Saves time and cost.

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