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im still doing platinum ingots is there other fav synths for gold?>?

what best to get it skilled up?

Unfortunately I've found that's pretty much it. Platinum ingots, then sheets, then earring. If you have the materials laying around you could also do the gold/gem earrings, or if you have Gold Purification Vivio Platinum (caps at 64).

I am currently level 66.4. I did Platinum Ingots and Platinum Sheets to 64. I have been farming Moblumin Ingots and turning them into sheets also making Mailbreakers to cap to 69. 69-73 I will be break synthing shrimp laterns. Seems to go well if you have the time to farm the Moblumin Ingots. Gold Ingots have dropped in price a ton on shiva so can actually make some gil back selling Mailbreakers on AH. They are also used for Guild Point items.

I am now level 74. Using the break synth option on Shrimp Lanterns worked really well. I am now doing the break synth option on Gold Gauntlets to hit 77. Once I reach 77 I will move to Phrygian Gold Ingots to 79~80 ish then onto cutting ores to reach 87.

*Edit: Hit 100 a few weeks ago. Went Phrygian Gold Ingots to 79 then moved to cutting ores till cap at 87. After that I moved to making my Phrygian Gold Ingots into Rings which I did from 87 to 92 along with doing Orichalcum Rings. Then capped out to 95 doing the level 72 ele rings. After that I grinded out 95-100 doing the level 74 rings. Cost was terrible lost 100k per synth. Though most anything 95 + is either more expensive or too hard to come by. Needing high level Smithing to make most the stuff you need.