what am i doing wrong? i followed your guide exactly on the ribbon. for steps 1-4 it worked perfectly, but once i started the optional i get a pixie card thrown in. im guessing it came from the creepy eye. did i miss anything? like to do something before the optional step?

1) I'm so happy this game is still being played. I've never met anyone who knew about this game. I bought it and the player's guide on a whim when it was my 13th birthday in 1999.

Shout out to the one guy who understands this system. This game was made for you bro. Nice video

Damn! I've been waiting for a guide like this for 20yrs! Great job man!

The fact that the game gives you nothing to go on for the items is what makes it special. There's always a feeling that you can find something new. Its a mysterious feeling that i love. This game is a unique masterpiece.

Dude, all I can say is thanks so much for this. I've read and watched other FAQs and videos on this topic... you really helped me out. I'm really enjoying playing through this game again with some actual knowledge of the smithing system.

This is a great guide! I am so happy I already went through all this when I replayed Legend of Mana back in 2019. It's fun, but it's a giant time sink. I give all credit to helping me in all this to "A German Spy". Fabulous Legend of Mana scholar. Oh! It's not "Luke-ray", it's just "Luker".

Including the links in description was the cherry on top of this beautiful video

Step by Step processes are so very nice, Thank you for the basic and intermediate examples given! I hope you're also willing/able to make a pet guide too. All the views for you!

Yesssssssss, what a blast to the past! I remember having so much fun making these convoluted weapons back in the day, getting insane-o damage and wiping the floor with every boss I found!

Easily one of the best intro videos to tempering

I am going to try with Dragon Spear atk 713!!! My strongest was now 113atk. Amazing guide.

Thank you for this, used your recipe to make Dior Wood Spear, same recipe, 811 power. Thanks for the basics.

@15:09 If I'm remembering right, it was MystErikEry who came up with the Wind Cap + Clear Feather recipe.

You don't need to keep using spiny seeds after putting yggdrassil on a weapon, you can just do anything that doesn't use a card. I usually use random meats till it hits 10. It's only if you have a demon and need to make it climb even faster to offset the demon penalty.

Man, I remember spending ages with my trust GameFAQs guide grinding materials and trying to understand this ridiculously convoluted system.

I can't find it anymore but I remember reading a guise that said you can max out the element levels of any equipment by using just gold or silver coins and chaos crystals in the correct order.

Years ago, I managed to obtain about 280 atk and super proud about it. this man got 711, dayyymmm

Wow thank you so much for making this!!! I appreciate your patience in making this for the people! ;_:

Thanks for the receipts. Even watching the instructions multiple times I’m still confused, so at least I can make some OP gear without really getting it.

this game's systems are insane...

It's extremely worth mentioning NONE OF THAT INFORMATION MATTERS if your goal is to complete this game. This is SPECIFICALLY if you are planning to grind New Game+ on increased optional difficulties like Nightmare and No Future. That hikes the stats and hp of enemies in ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE. This game, if you don't go for NG+ is trivially easy and you will be more than capable to complete it without ever touching Crafting at all with what is provided from general shops. Videos like this make this game look like some Japanese grind fest, while it's the most comfortable and relaxed experience you can find out there. Would hate to see people being turned away from this game if they decide to look for some advanced videos. Otherwise - great guide.

I listened to the entire video and I still don't get tempering beyond it seems to be a card game where you smash fruit into a sword.

Большое спасибо за отличное видео, 20 лет назад, когда играл на PS1 - то радовался оружию с уроном в 70+, а тут такое 0_о

1 million strikes is about how many it will take to make something of worth...

i tried making the sword elazul gave to you if you picked pearl in the quest teardrop crystal and the end result was a sun/moonlight sword with 284(from the basic 40), having 202 / 2 / 40 / 40 stats and +3 luck and +1 to all. its also a 6 element across the board.

This is the best one I've seen yet. Thanks.

Tyvm for this guide, i just crafted blind when i played the game way back XD

I feel like I just learned the mystery of the whole cosmos listening to how improving weapons works in this game. Why did they have to make upgrading so convoluted?

Quick tip: A seed is a seed, unless it's a spiny seed. Then it's Yggdrasil. Otherwise, all seeds act the same.

There's so many steps!

This was amazing

Can get the Dragon Scale Spear or another Spear reach 999 atk? If Yes, can you tell me or show in a video? Please

I was looking at your notes link, and I think you copied the translated guide, which gets the Magic Shot plunge attack wrong for bows. It actually requires the Raven, Wolf, and Witch cards. (Peach puppy will add the wolf card.) Not the sorceror card. I just tested this to be sure. The plunge attacks also don't mention which ones upgrade the damage a lot on their own, which can be handy to know. Treefeller on a 2H axe does 'major' damage instead of 'medium' even when you're not fighting plants. Same with the Magic Shot. While the default is medium and Medusa Shot does weak damage, Magic Shot does major damage. Since it's the double shot plunge, the two arrows can hit different enemies and one-shot them both, which is fun. Otherwise, thank you for this! It's really hard to get into crafting. I love how the community not only has guides on how to make the ultimate 900+ weapons using metals, aerolites, wood, dragonscales, or even just felt cloth, but I like that there are a lot of recipes for people on their first playthrough. I know there are a lot of recipes out there for an improved Forbidden Ring. Do you happen to know what the strongest possible ring with exp share on it would be? If you do another set of recipes, I'd love to know. I have fun levelling pets, so I hate leaving behind the experience share quite yet.

Second comment from me. You're sleeping on Dior Wood my dude! That has some of the highest advanced tempering values in the game. More 999atk weapons come from Dior then dragon scales.

I greatly appreciate the time and effort it took to make this but I'm following to a T and my shit ain't working lol 😭

Anything like this but for Golem making?

Thank you for this! I use gameshark on PS1, so I don't know the right way to create ultimate weapon. 😅 One question, is it possible to create another type of weapon with that dragon scale recipe and get the same atk?

This is insane... wow thabkyou.. gods work

Can we have pet raising and natures too?

I need to know how to craft a strong Armor with great Hp regen

Eeeeeeyyy! You did it! Good on you!

Thank you for this guide!

thank you

Do you know all the other Master Moves??? I want the whole list if you know where to get them

Still makes zero sense. Wtf is this system lol

Dude, you are a god. Thank you

nice guide bro! but what are gold elemental coins for? you used silver ones only on the advanced spear recipe so i kinda got lost there

There's something wrong about Lapis Lazuli ingredient i did it correctly but the optional Tempering when i add first the glow crystal it becomes pixie card

Thank you so much for your work

What does material shop level 3 mean, and how to change it, help me :'(

Thank you so much!

For the 2Hsword, should I use the slash varnish or the cleric varnish?

now, pet minmax

Can I replace the Dragon Scale for Dior Wood or Althena Felt?

I have no idea how I did this when I was a kid lol I had an insanely strong weapon. All these years later I have no idea wtf I was doing 😂

Is this applicable in pc? It seems the pc version got nerf

A better trick with dragon eggs is selling off the eggs with less than 68 health points. Walk around until your 5 68 health eggs are hatched. The result is land dragons that sell for 5000 each and you needed to go by the orchard anyway

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holy shit i played this gaem most of my chidlhood and i never knew smithing was so insanely complicated!! why the FUCK didnt they explain it correctly? why can't we see the energy stuff, the costs, the cards and stuff, holy shit. the game literally explains nothing lol just "yeah keep hammering things in and pray"

Man is anyone else having trouble fullmetal? From the beach crabs?

epic

i just threw in anything until it's 999

Your pendant was kinda good till you decided to put the thorns into it. 😣 As hope people realize you can't have your character HP regain with Bed of Thorns in any equipment equiped. As regain or HP heal to walking effect wont trigger. Could be better with + 20 base stats.

Holy fuck this is so confusing. How did you get the list of what to use? What if I use different items. Will it mess it up?

I appreciate an immersive experience but this game fucking failed hard when it came to smithing. You will literally go 80% the game before you're able to do anything significant to your weapon. Even then, it is a hot mess.

this is the worst forging system of all time

Ahh I don't know what I'm doing wrong but using the same steps with a 1h sword the attack only goes up to 484 🥲 I tried both the bumpkins and holy water varnish and I'm getting the same result