Darkness Dealer Plate Mail 0.o

So, I was finally able to get my hands on this item, and let me tell you, for all that is said about it being not such a great item, I love it. The stats and method of Creation are as follows:

Stats:

• Ac: -15
• Weight: 170
• Dex +1
• HP Regen +2
• Knight Only (LineageTimes, LineageDB)
• Black Mithril
• Enchantable (Safe to +0)

To compare it to APM... APM weighs 280, offers 16 AC and +50hp (I heard the +50hp was originally an LoA thing, that has not been removed)

So we have 90 less weight, and other bonuses that I think make it a lot better than APM overall, and it is enchantable!!! Even though it is safe to +0 only, I can tell you, I have made a +1 so I am not even losing any AC to APM :)

Darkness Dealer Plate Mail

So Zag, how does it actually work though? To be honest, I love it. I haven't figured out a way to quantify what I have noticed yet with hard numbers, but after switching from APM to +1 Darkness Dealer Plate Mail, i seem to be able to stay significantly longer in a given area with the same amount of potions. I don't know if this is just my perception, or maybe I am carrying more pots because of the lighter weight of the armor, I never really thought about it, but less weight is always good.

So, how do you acquire this item?

Get used to hunting places you probably wouldn't normally hunt, because you need Cimaera Skins. A LOT of Cimaera Skins. Here is the list of what you need to get this armor

1. Ancient Plate Mail (APM): (1)
   
2. Cimaera Skin (Dragon): (1000)
3. Cimaera Skin (Goat): (1000)
4. Cimaera Skin (Lion): (1000)
5. Cimaera Skin (Snake): (1000)
6. Pure Black Mithril: (5)
7. Potion of Wisdom: (100)
8. The Chinese Language Lineage Client or a friend that uses the Chinese Client

Collecting the Skins is probably the most tedious thing about getting this item, it takes FOREVER. TOI 3-10 and Giran Caves seem to be good places to hunt for skins, but I would recommend TOI as they seem to drop more there.

What about Pure Black Mithril? Where the heck do you get that? Some Monsters drop it, OR you can use Rough Black and refine it into pure black mithril. You can accomplish the refining by visiting "Frim" in Diad. He will require the following to make 1 pure black mithril:

• Rough Black Mithril (5)
• Volcanic Ash (1)
• Blob Gastric Juice (1)
• Dark Spirit Stone (1)

So, what is the total cost on this item just to make it?

APM: 10m
Chimera Skins (4k total, 1k of each type): 4-8m depending on how long it takes you to get them
Volcanic Ash (5): You need 5 of these, so figure 500k minimum if you don't already have some
Blob Gastric Juice (5): go hunt blobs, maybe 5k if you buy
Dark Spirit Stone(5): From Hunting Diad, cheap, very cheap, maybe maximum 500a each
Rough Black Mithril (25): around 125k I guess, maybe as much as 250k

So we are looking at 14,630,000a - 18,630,000a just to have all of the ingredients to make it.
After that, you will need to either acquire the Chinese Language client or find a chinese friend to make it for you.. There was a post on boards.lineage.com offering 5m adena for someone to make it for another person, so let's add 5m to our total for a grand total of:

19-23m plus however long it took you to collect all the needed materials. I figure that at around a week or so if you are lucky, so what is our time worth? someone thought 500k/hr in Lineage at leastWell, I doubt that anyone is gonna pull this off in 10 hours of hunting, or even 20 hours, but let's just use those figures, bringing our total to between 24m - 28m just for +0.

It took me FAR FAR longer than 10 or 20 hours to get the skins, probably more like 40, so I think that 20m of my time is a more reasonable guess, so that would put the cost at around 39-43m In my opinion, and I have seen a few of these for sale at gtz for 35-90m for +0, so I think that my estimate is probably more accurate.