Question Ch.22 Main Quest - collect elixir?

[SkyRider99]

Why am I asked to collect elixir now?

It says I can "collect Standard, Sentient or Ascended Goods from any building". But when I collect from my normal Standard, Sentient or Ascended goods nothing registers.

Does this mean I have to build an elixir manufactory now, and upgrade it to some ridiculous level?

P.S.
My boosted standard goods are planks, scrolls, dust.

 

[Romilly]

...yes - you have to collect from an Elixir Manufactory - it doesn't matter if you collect Elixir, Soap or Spicy Spread, but it has to be from an Elixir Manufactory (maybe event buildings count too - I don't know - but if dust is your boosted you should already have Elixir to produce Spreads)...

 

[Jake65]

The flyout wording really doesn't fit the quest "elixir manufactory" wording.
Maybe it was a copy&paste from another quest.

 

[SkyRider99]

if dust is your boosted you should already have Elixir to produce Spreads

Actually I don't have any Elixir manufactory. I trade for those goods that I don't produce.

The flyout wording really doesn't fit the quest "elixir manufactory" wording.

Yeah. I went with that @Jake65. So, trading for the elixir worked too. A strange and perverted quest it seems.

 

[MinervaOz]

Actually I don't have any Elixir manufactory. I trade for those goods that I don't produce.

Now I'm curious - where do you get ascended goods to trade if you don't produce any?

 

[SkyRider99]

Now I'm curious - where do you get ascended goods to trade if you don't produce any?

Ignited Ingots from the Dwarven Steel manufactory,

and Ethereal Aerosols from the Dune Crystal manufactory:

But no Elixir manufactory. I have to cross-trade if I want Spicy Spread, or Genius Granules, or Marvelous Marbles.

An Elixir manufactory would be nice, so I could produce quantities of Spicy Spread though. Maybe Ch.22 will force me to build one, if I can make city space available.

 

[Romilly]

...I play with a culture bonus higher than 1.000 % and buy my standard goods at the wholesaler (around 70x per day) - you've all the wonders you need for that too - just teleport some old manufactories and you'll have a lot of space...

 

[SkyRider99]

Good idea @Romilly. I get nowhere near your 1,000% bonus though. Very occasionally I get around 300%. Usually it's around 200 - 250% if I'm lucky.

I wonder what my boosted production for Spicy Spread would be at Level 35? I could sacrifice one of my Planks manufactories. Food for thought.

 

[Romilly]

...I spied on Elvenstats and saw you're still missing one important wonder - the crystal lighthouse - mine at lvl 33 increases the time of the polish effect to 26 hours, so I can profit the whole day and sometimes I can get two helps from the same neighbor - beside that you need a lot of culture buildings and around 140 Ensorcelled Endowment-Spells (2x 70) per week, but it is worth it - your goods will grow day by day..

...look - my result in one year...

...I get

T1 with every trade and with the red begonias (spire reward) you can get even more...(NBH-Lighthouse at lvl 35)...

 

[Jake65]

my result in one year...

holy moly, struggling to get my head around those quantities

 

[Romilly]

..the funny thing is: as a fighter I don't need it...but it's nice to know that I'll never have gold or supplies issues again - and the culture bonus works on community work and canned goods too...

 

[SkyRider99]

the crystal lighthouse

I used to have one, but sold it to make way for another AW that I needed more.

Thanks for the advice @Romilly but I think it's too late for me to build it again. The new AW regime is too hard, and I have more important AWs that I'm struggling to upgrade.

 

[SkyRider99]

holy moly, struggling to get my head around those quantities

@Romilly has some amazing goods quantities. I use the wholesaler whenever I can, but that alone doesn't replace what the tournament and spire take away each week. I still need manufactories at high upgrade levels, with MM spells and a fed Storm Phoenix just to keep up.

I'm trying to upgrade Needles of the Tempest and Dragon Abbey so I can fight more encounters. But that will take a long time.

 

[Romilly]

...no hurry - it's something you can think about when chapter 22 is done (it's never too late) - with less manufactories you need less working people and therefore less magic residences - less residences need less blueprints to level up and so you have more royal restorations for wonder building...

...but the most important you need is patience...

 

[Pauly7]

with less manufactories you need less working people and therefore less magic residences

I can attest to that, as someone with no residences. And that's because I have 2 manufactories total for the first 3 tiers.

Can't imagine your kind of numbers @Romilly. Is that 1,000% culture bonus? I keep mine at around the 400-450% mark and usually people don't say they have higher. If we're talking lighthouses I very much like my Lighthouse of Good Neighbourhood. Very good for boosting culture.

With goods I have 20m of the standard tiers' goods. Nothing like your kind of level. That's eye-opening. That being said, I don't need the goods that I do have and it has been a long time since I got deeply into any maths as there's no need for it. I know that I'd get a load more if I built the big bumblebee, but I don't like it. I don't want a big bumblebee in my city haha.

 

[Romilly]

Is that 1,000% culture bonus?

...sometimes it gets even higher - near to 1300 % - the highest was

....at the moment I have and that is how it effects on residences and workshops...




...I actually don't need such big amount of goods, but it was very boring waiting for chapter 22 - I needed something to do ...

 

[Valedoress]

No matter what style of play you prefer you should plan to have at least 1 manufacturing building for each of the 9 goods on offer. Common sense told me that much. It's also a great way to get through those 'Upgrade to Buildings above Level 5' quests as you are not wasting those resources.

Loving those numbers... and I thought I was a hoarder....

 

[Pauly7]

No matter what style of play you prefer you should plan to have at least 1 manufacturing building for each of the 9 goods on offer

If those goods are increasing without them then there's no need to waste all that population, culture and space.

It's also a great way to get through those 'Upgrade to Buildings above Level 5

For me, at least 99 out of 100 of those quests involve building a new marble manu which then gets deleted after if hits level 8.

 

[Pauly7]

sometimes it gets even higher - near to 1300 % - the highest was

Well.. hat's off. still don't really know where the +1,212 comes from. Presumably you are not enchanting 170 culture buildings at the same time. So one of those AWs I don't own must also be spiking that number.

 

[Romilly]

Presumably you are not enchanting 170 culture buildings

...with NBH Lighthouse lvl 31+ you have +12 % for every EE - so I just needed 101 enchanted polished buildings (and I have a few more to select in my city) - but it was an exception of course - it usually stays between 900 and 1100 % (it fluctuates hour to hour)...

...this morning I had a really bad culture bonus - it was down to 600 %, because I was pretty lazy the last few days and my neighbors were lazy too - so I visited them all and now it's up to 1178 % again...