What INT gear could I upgrade for the next 10-20 extra INT?

Copy pasted from Pirate Forums. Slight changes.

I have accumulated about 1.8 billion thanks to the Item Maker/Relic Patch, but since I've been so miserly/cheap my whole Maple life I am reluctant to spend much money on equipment. I'm so cheap that I was crying on the inside on paying 100m for 10 DEX earrings.

My current INT gear are the following, made some upgrades today:

-7 INT wand
-17 INT robe
-8 INT earrings (Upgrade)
-22 INT Horntail Pendant
-1 INT glasses
-17 INT cape (Recent Upgrade)
-5 INT level 50 pirate gloves (Made with Adv Wisdom crystal. replaced my 4 INT/4 MA yellow gloves which I am now reselling in MTS; upgrade)
-7 INT temporary Agent shoes (Will use Item Maker and go for 8-10 INT pirate shoes later on with a combination Advanced Wisdom Crystal + Intermediate/Advanced Dark Crystal)
-15 INT Zakum Helm
-41 Base INT (AP reset during the AP sale for that extra oomph for double washing)

This totals up to 140 INT whenever I would level. Currently I would gain about 4 APs worth of extra HP per level. Now I need to think about how I should go about further gaining more INT. I already reset some AP from STR to INT. A loss of 37 STR isn't going to impact me much when I am DEXless. I am figuring out how to gain another 20 INT so I can gain my goal of 160 INT. The easy way will be to use another 20 resets of course; I am wondering about the hard way though. Is it possible with 1.8b? Or what's a good combination or AP resetting and INT equipment upgrading to as cheaply as possible obtain this goal? If I only have to AP reset 10 times and buy a cheap extra 10 INT, I'd be happy as a clam. NX wise buying better equipment via MTS is an option for me.

8/7 YWGs cost me about 90m. With 1.8b you can get much higher YWGs, so yeah, that should be an easy 5 extra int if you get 10/9s (or something). You're earrings should be at least 10 int with that kind of money, so that's an extra 2 int. 5/10 maple shield might also help. That's 12 int right there. If you can afford a better maple shield, then that's up to you. I wouldn't be able to tell you prices on that one though.

A better wand should be relatively cheap.

The robe is upgradable if you can get lucky with an intermediate(advanced?) Wisdom and an intermediate(advanced?) Dark Cyrstal and a stim on a low leveled makered pirate overall

How about an INT shield? They're pretty expensive, but a 5 INT one shouldn't be too much. Perhaps a better wand, too, since 7/7 60%s isn't quite up to par with your other stuff, especially considering wands are cheaper than most of the other stuff (that can be used by mages). Glove and shoes too, but I think you're working on those.

Why do you want to wash so bad anyways? Buccaneers have all the HP they need without washing.

How about an INT shield? They're pretty expensive, but a 5 INT one shouldn't be too much. Perhaps a better wand, too, since 7/7 60%s isn't quite up to par with your other stuff, especially considering wands are cheaper than most of the other stuff (that can be used by mages). Glove and shoes too, but I think you're working on those.

Why do you want to wash so bad anyways? Buccaneers have all the HP they need without washing.

Because it's the only reason I am still playing Maple, so I want to go all out on doing things I've never done on my old characters. HP washing (heavy) is one of those things. Getting to 200 is another. A 2ndary stat-less character is a third. Last priority is getting powerful gear, because I never invested much money in my other characters.



So from what I'm reading for easy/cheapest upgrading:
-10+ INT wandn (probably 12 INT)
-5 INT shield
-Makered (level 70) Pirate Overall

Funny thing is I will try to go for a 8-10 INT gloves/shoes via Maker if possible. But if I buy a 10 INT yellow glove that is one less Maker equipment I gotta worry about turning out bad.

Something you might be overlooking is the stat requirements for these. In order to use a wisdom crystal and a dark crystal, you need to do it on level 80 stuff that needs 80 dex.

Another trick to getting a little INT boost is to get someone to give you MW. That's 4 more INT that cost you nothing but the paitence of a friend.

You could buy an INT zhelm, or throw a few INT scrolls on there, assuming you haven't scrolled your current one. Chance a few 30%'s on a wand and see what happens, that could be an easy few points.

Idk how much "with the community" you are, but the best thing to do really is just borrow. I got 8x on my old set [it's higher now with new stuff, but haven't leveled in a couple months] but when I borrowed, it went 14x+

Make friends and stuff, it'll be a lot lot cheaper for you.

Idk how much "with the community" you are, but the best thing to do really is just borrow. I got 8x on my old set [it's higher now with new stuff, but haven't leveled in a couple months] but when I borrowed, it went 14x+

Make friends and stuff, it'll be a lot lot cheaper for you.

^ *seconds that* lol

Um, why not try scrolling the helm if you have regularly access to zak runs? You could easily obtain +10 int from scrolling the helm. Maybe look into upgrading your eye accessory too. I think compared with a shield, you'd get more int for your mesos by upgrading a few int more on eye. The wand should be easily upgradeable (even 12 int wooden wands aren't that expensive).