Jewelry making
 

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An enchanter must enchant the metal before you combine it to get the stats.

Thanks, I saw that just before I came back here. I wish the recipes would say that, they only show "silver bar" and the picture with the stats. There is only a sentence above that mentions that.

While we are in topic enchanted combines selling for too little to merchants

some really exceptional dudes were using this to 'make' money over long periods with high skill

some other really exceptional dudes complained

i believe the current prices are an intentional result of this