Category:Synergy

Synergy is a new form of Synthesis involving up to six crafters and a special apparatus called a Synergy Furnace. In order to trade materials and initiate a Synergy recipe, you must complete the quest Synergistic Pursuits. It is possible to take part in Synergy without a crucible of your own, but you cannot initiate a recipe so things like Tatter and Scrap Augments are off limits to you.

Contents 1 Synergy Furnace Overview 1.1 Feed fewell 1.2 Operate furnace. 2 Synergy Training 3 Skilling Up 4 References

Synergy Furnace Overview

Synergy is a far more complicated and involved process than regular crafting, even an overview of the process is complex. Unlike normal crafting which has a minimum of involvement after the ingredients are obtained, Synergy is essentially a large menu system that requires careful balancing to obtain the optimal result. Once a player has a Synergy crucible Key Item, he or she may begin a synergy session. A player may examine a Synergy Furnace to claim it to initiate a session and install his or her synergy crucible, then trade ingredients to the Furnace to begin the Synergy process. Once the process has begun, examining the Synergy Furnace will show the following options.

• Select an action.
• Feed fewell.
  • Consumes a fewell to alter the elemental balance of the Synergy process.
• Operate furnace.
  • Performs special actions upon the furnace. You cannot perform these actions if you have a status effect from an overload.
• View furnace readings.
  • Tells you the elemental energy, internal pressure, impurity level, and synergy status of the furnace.
• End synergy.
  • Allows you to stop the process and retrieve the finished product.
• Review objective.
• Toggle command confirmation [off/on].
• Close menu.

Feed fewell

• Feed which fewell?
• fewell.
• fewell.
• fewell.
• fewell.
• fewell.
• fewell.
• fewell.
• fewell.
• Cancel.

Feeding a fewell will consume one of the fewells from the active synergy crucible in order to increase the energy of that element in the furnace. Fewells can be replenished in one of three ways. First, you may speak to a Synergy Engineer and have the fewell completely restocked for a less-than-nominal gil fee. Secondly, you may trade crystals of that element to a claimed Synergy Furnace to increase that element's fewell supply by one. Thirdly, you may craft elemental fewell items and trade them to a claimed Synergy Furnace to increase that element's fewell supply by fifty. When trading crystals or fewell items, the fewell supply of the active synergy crucible will be refilled regardless of which player trades the item.

Operate furnace.

Option Name	Description	Fewell Cost	Armor Required
Thwack furnace.	Apply a measured thwack to the furnace to prevent explosion. (Used to prevent overloads. About a 10%~ chance of success at level 0.)	*	Native
Operate pressure handle.	Operate the pressure handle to lower internal pressure and reduce the likelihood of an explosion.	3	Native
Operate safety lever.	Operate the safety lever to purge impurities from inside the furnace and reduce the likelihood of an explosion.	6	Native
Repair furnace.	Restore the furnace's durability.	6	Native
Recycle strewn fewell.	Gather and feed explosion-strewn fewell fragments to the furnace. Increases the quantity of cinder obtained as a by-product.	None	Native
Fishing: Lunar Smarts.	Temporarily increase the likelihood of an elemental surge. Effect varies depending on the moon phase.	5	Fisherman's Smock
Fishing: Precision Thwack.	Apply a precisely aimed blow to the furnace to prevent an explosion, with results superior to the standard thwack.	*	Fisherman's Cuffs
Woodworking: Cyclical Smarts.	Deftly manipulate the furnace's internal elemental balance to temporarily mitigate the rate of wear.	10	Carpenter's Smock
Woodworking: Earth Affinity.	Keenly observe the flow of elements to prevent -based explosions.	5	Carpenter's Cuffs
Smithing: Combustive Smarts.	Temporarily improve fewell combustion rate.	10	Blacksmith's Smock
Smithing: Fire Affinity.	Keenly observe the flow of elements to prevent -based explosions.	5	Blacksmith's Cuffs
Goldsmithing: Engraver's Touch.	Evenly disperse the furnace's internal stress to delay a looming explosion.	10	Goldsmith's Smock
Goldsmithing: Wind Affinity.	Keenly observe the flow of elements to prevent -based explosions.	5	Goldsmith's Cuffs
Clothcraft: Restorer's Touch.	Restore furnace durability by a significant amount.	10	Weaver's Smock
Clothcraft: Lightning Affinity.	Keenly observe the flow of elements to prevent -based explosions.	5	Weaver's Cuffs
Leathercraft: Pressurization Smarts.	Temporarily suppress fluctuations in internal pressure.	10	Tanner's Smock
Leathercraft: Ice Affinity.	Keenly observe the flow of elements to prevent -based explosions.	5	Tanner's Cuffs
Bonecraft: Carbonization Smarts.	Temporarily increase the likelihood of an elemental surge.	10	Boneworker's Smock
Bonecraft: Dark Affinity.	Keenly observe the flow of elements to prevent -based explosions.	5	Boneworker's Cuffs
Alchemy: Alchemical Smarts.	Temporarily suppress the force of explosions.	10	Alchemist's Smock
Alchemy: Light Affinity.	Keenly observe the flow of elements to prevent -based explosions.	5	Alchemist's Cuffs
Cooking: Heating Smarts.	Gradually purge the furnace of impurities.	10	Culinarian's Smock
Cooking: Water Affinity.	Keenly observe the flow of elements to prevent -based explosions.	5	Culinarian's Cuffs

Note: Actions marked with a * reduce furnace durability (or HP), with Precision Thwack reducing less than a normal Thwack.

These actions are meant to improve the chances of a successful synergy by staving off explosions by clearing out impurities and lowering the damage of explosions by reducing pressure. The craft-specific abilities apparently are accessed by wearing the cuffs or smocks for that craft.

Synergy Training

Every 5 Synergy Skill levels, you are given the option to raise your proficiency at one of the base 6 Synergy skills by one level to a cap of level 5, similar to merit points. It is expected that by level 100 Synergy we will be level 5 in five of the six skills. If you do not use these points when they become available, they will accumulate until you choose to spend them.

Serious testing as to the effects of these skill points has not been done, but they have been eyeballed as follows:

• Fewell Feeding : Each level increases the average elemental yield per fewell fed.
• Thwacking : Each level increases the success rate of "Thwack" by about 10%.
• Pressure Handle : Each level increases the efficacy of Pressure Handle by .
• Safety Lever : Each level increases the efficacy of Safety Lever by .
• Repair Furnace : Each level increases the average HP restored with "Repair Furnace"
• Recycle strewn fewell : Each level yields more fewell recovered on average

Skilling Up

Currently, it seems the best way to skill up Synergy is simply to take a maximum level recipe and spam a fewell it requires until you cap. If you spam an element that the recipe does not require, you will never get a skill up. The best fewell to spam is Earth Fewell, because you can cast Haste on yourself and suffer no negative side effects from the furnace explosions. Do not select "Complete Synergy" until you have capped your skill.

Interesting/Relevant Stats:

• It takes approximately 80 "Feed Fewell"s on average to gain one skill level between level 1 and 60.
• It takes approximately 180 "Feed Fewell"s on average to gain one skill level between level 60 and 80.
• This totals about 8600 "Feed Fewell"s to get from level 1 to level 80, or ~15 stacks of Fewell.

There is still much more to do here!

References

• Synergy Skillup Stats (Byrth, BG)