Doman Steel Greaves of Fending

Taken all the way down to base materials, one Doman Steel Greaves of Fending is 3 crafting steps deep and needs 5 intermediates — Tama-hagane Ingot ×2, Grade 1 Reisui of Vitality ×1, Marid Leather ×1 and 2 others — which resolve to 10 distinct raw materials totalling 38 units, plus 45 crystals.

That bill outweighs 11,698 of the 13,602 recipes tracked here and 1,239 of the 1,441 Armorer ones, and 337 recipes nest deeper.

Only 9 of those crystals go into the final step; the other 36 are burned by the intermediates, so the real crystal cost is 22 Fire Crystal, 9 Earth Crystal, 9 Water Crystal and 1 other kind.

The chain crosses four disciplines — Armorer to Lv 66, Alchemist to Lv 66, Blacksmith to Lv 66 and Leatherworker to Lv 66 — so no single class can finish it unaided.

9 of the 10 raw materials match a gathering node, none of them timed; the other 1 comes from vendors, drops or content this site does not track.

Of the intermediates, Oroshigane Ingot has the widest use: 114 recipes call for it, spanning six of the eight crafting classes.