Sometimes, you just want a good 'ol grind

[TaleraRistain]

Tonight I just sat down and gathered (and hunted) for every crafting material needed for every single craft that it'll take to make all the tools to crystal.
I'm not sure when I'll sit down and DO the crafting, but I'm ready (including, I think, enough materials to get the 7,000 white scrip I'll need).

Of the 8 crafting tools, the weaver tool is the one that was the most pain to gather for.

40 monster drops in the first, 120 monster drops in the second, with the second monster drop being rather rare.

Not that it helps you since you already did it, but you can get things like fur and leathers from bicolor gemstones in the expansions since they were introduced.