OK guys, I managed to finally get to leveling making lures skill about a week ago so I could now craft lures. I got my skill to 85% because I only needed it to be able to make balsa minnow lures.
I'm making this video because there is a lot of misconception and mystery regarding how much time it takes to get from 0 to 85% - some say hours, weeks or god forbid even months. And then of course there is a lot of discussion on how much money you need - I personally thought I will need tens of thousands of silver to do it.
So what I did is recording my screen right from the time I started to the moment I reached 85%. It took me 1 hour and 19 minutes total and I spent 2,669 silver on the lures.
I bought materials from the Volkov store but I also needed to go to the Winding from some of them. Based on availability at the time you do it, you might have to move around from map to map until you find everything needed. Just bear in mind some stores like the ones on Kuori, Ladoga Lake and Amber have higher prices at the Hardware store than the rest. For hooks stay away from Old Burg, Belaya River, Kuori, Ladoga Lake, Amber and Archipelago. Everything else will be fine.
I made 946 lures total to reach 85% lure making skill from which:
608 = For Zander #2
187 = Lower Volga for Perch
100 = Novgorod #2
51 = Foam-rubber fish
Now your numbers may differ a bit because you will get some errors from time to time as well as I did. I would say you will fail making lures somewhere between 10 to 20 times - I just don't think I got more than 10 but just in case.
I spent:
Fiskarna Tin bar x 895 = 600 silver
Fiskarna Sandpaper x 895 = 342 silver
Hook x 895 = 1,074 silver
Fiskarna Foam rubber x 51 = 68 silver
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Lower Volga spoon mold - 113.80 silver
Novgorod spoon mold - 78.90 silver
Serdobsk spoon mold - 153.40 silver
Zander spoon mold - 238.90 silver
Total: 2,669 silver
I only used happy hour when I started with zander at 55%. In between 1% and 40% I pretty much got 0.2% lure making for every lure I crafted but after 40% I started getting sometimes only 0.1% and sometimes or I should say a lot of times 0% so yes it took some time and effort but is no where near what I thought it will be.
So again guys, it took me 1 hour and 19 minutes total and I spent 2,669 silver on the lures. Totally doable for anyone who's into trolling and who thinks will be using balsa minnow lures - they are fire on Kuori, Volkov and Ladoga Archipelago so if you are fishing these maps then you should totally go for it.
Enjoy and feel free to reach out with comments here or on Twitch where you can find me using the same name, ShootCute:
/ shootcute
Cheers and happy lure leveling!
7 апр 2022
