Stacks of Padding to max Blacksmithing?

[Golaniel]

I've searched around but not finding it...anyone have a rough guess as to how many stacks of leather padding it takes to skill from 175 to 235 or so (60 skill ups) assuming 200 STR?

Trying to gauge when I should buckle down and make my run.

I assume I want to try to get to 255 STR if possible - will it make a huge difference?

Thanks!

[Lemonhead]

I believe wis/int (whichever is higher) will determine your skill up rate. And strength will determine if you succeed or not, which will to a lesser degree affect skill ups. So you want a high wis/int more than str while skilling up.

[Naethyn]

It cost me about 30k in padding as a human to get 236

[Thulack]

Originally Posted by Lemonhead [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I believe wis/int (whichever is higher) will determine your skill up rate. And strength will determine if you succeed or not, which will to a lesser degree affect skill ups. So you want a high wis/int more than str while skilling up.

Incorrect. Str has the same effect as int/wis for blacksmithing. Same for Dex for Fletching. The only thing that changes success rate is your skill level compared to the trivial of the item.

[Golaniel]

30k in padding? that's 150 stacks...3000 combines for 60 skill-ups? 1 skill up in 50 attempts seems pretty low

[snergle]

took me 20combine/1skill up to do from 170ish to 220 op. But that is averaging over all of them sometimes i got 2/20 and sometimes i got 1/40 etc

[Naethyn]

I went fine plate immediately after banded instead of making ornate and the jump from 208 -222 was expensive. Anything over 230 is also rare. But that is better than using HQ ore for ornate in my opinion.

[Swish]

Originally Posted by Naethyn [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It cost me about 30k in padding as a human to get 236

30k is nothing when people have millions of plat hoarded away :/

[Sorn]

Originally Posted by Swish [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

30k is nothing when people have millions of plat hoarded away :/

*checks bank account for millions of plat*

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[TheStinkyTuna]

Damn I've been eyeing up blacksmithing, glad I checked this thread, had no idea STR was a major player in skilling up.

Not to hijack OP's original question/thread, but what items did you smithing pros craft, and in what progression, in order to get to where you're at now?

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