Bismuth Sledgehammer

Taken all the way down to base materials, one Bismuth Sledgehammer is 2 crafting steps deep and needs 3 intermediates — Bismuth Ingot ×2, Red Pine Lumber ×1 and Starch Glue ×1 — which resolve to 5 distinct raw materials totalling 21 units, plus 46 crystals.

That bill outweighs 8,152 of the 13,602 recipes tracked here and 874 of the 1,932 Blacksmith ones, and 4,464 recipes nest deeper.

Only 15 of those crystals go into the final step; the other 31 are burned by the intermediates, so the real crystal cost is 24 Fire Crystal, 8 Wind Crystal, 7 Earth Crystal and 1 other kind.

The chain crosses three disciplines — Blacksmith to Lv 85, Carpenter to Lv 84 and Alchemist to Lv 75 — so no single class can finish it unaided.

3 of the 5 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, Bismuth Ingot has the widest use: 104 recipes call for it, spanning six of the eight crafting classes.