Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold vs Recipe: Alchemist's Stone

Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold
Use: Learning
Use: Transmute a bar of Iron into a bar of Gold. This lesser transmutation may only be performed once per hour.
"Teaches you how to transmute Iron into Gold."
Sells for 20 Silver to vendors
Item Level 45

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Recipe: Alchemist's Stone
Binds when picked up
Use: Learning
Use: Alchemist's Stone
"Teaches you how to make an Alchemist's Stone."
Item Level 50
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Stat Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold Recipe: Alchemist's Stone Δ
Item Level 45 50 +5
Sell Price 20s −20s
Binding Binds when picked up

Δ is Recipe: Alchemist's Stone minus Recipe: Transmute Iron to Gold: green where Recipe: Alchemist's Stone is better, red where it is worse (a lower required level is better; speed and sell price have no better side). Total Stats adds up Str, Agi, Sta, Int and Spi.

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