Endgame Schematic Farming

[SnakePigeon]

It seems like crafting schematics is rather expensive and it is much easier to simply farm them from Silverlight Hill.

In order to research a random technology at the Athenaeum it costs 100 schematics. Crafting a schematic costs 6 scrolls, one scroll costs 3 paper, 1 paper costs 9 sawdust, and 1 sawdust costs 15 wood. Unless my math is wrong that comes out to 243,000 wood per schematic which would be a long time just farming wood. That doesn't even count the other resources that would be needed like gem dust. I personally have 21 technologies left to unlock at the Athenaeum which would mean I would need just over 5 million wood if I was relying on crafting alone to get schematics.

Are others having a similar experience or have you found a fast way to stockpile all that wood? I haven't tried but perhaps sending servants exclusively to farm wood might work.

[Suzaku]

Trying to farm endgame materials through inefficient upgrading of earlygame materials is not advised. The paper press is meant to be a way to help make useless materials useful once more; not as the main source of creating schematics.

Stick to grinding in Silverlight and sending servants there to gather schematics.

[GreedRecycler]

Just go on a killing spree in the Silverlight docks. If you have a competent build, just steam roll through all the barrels, crates and people. That's the fastest way I have found to farm schematics and glass in my opinion. Best farming spot so far!

[Fox Tail]

IMO the research system in this game needs an overhaul. As far as I see it all T1 recipes should be unlocked once you upgrade your castle heart to lvl 2, all T2 should be unlocked once you upgrade your heart to level 3, an all T3 should unlock once you upgrade your heart to lvl 4. The RNG aids of both low drop rates for these items, plus not being able to unlock what you want makes these mechanic unrewarding an tedious.