AR-Caean Velvet Bottoms of Striking

Taken all the way down to base materials, one AR-Caean Velvet Bottoms of Striking is 2 crafting steps deep and needs 5 intermediates — AR-Caean Velvet ×2, Grade 5 Strength Alkahest ×2, Manganese Ingot ×1 and 2 others — which resolve to 9 distinct raw materials totalling 31 units, plus 64 crystals.

That bill outweighs 10,578 of the 13,602 recipes tracked here and 1,468 of the 1,968 Weaver ones, and 4,464 recipes nest deeper.

Only 16 of those crystals go into the final step; the other 48 are burned by the intermediates, so the real crystal cost is 32 Lightning Crystal, 8 Earth Crystal, 8 Fire Crystal and 2 other kinds.

The chain crosses four disciplines — Weaver to Lv 89, Leatherworker to Lv 88, Blacksmith to Lv 86 and Alchemist to Lv 83 — so no single class can finish it unaided.

7 of the 9 raw materials match a gathering node, none of them timed; the other 2 come from vendors, drops or content this site does not track.

Of the intermediates, Ophiotauros Leather has the widest use: 153 recipes call for it, spanning seven of the eight crafting classes.