Crystalline Ore; Crystalline ingots
Sometimes arenanet starts to do something and then stop…. like precursor quest or these mats
Most likely there for when jewel crafting goes to 500.
The ingots are refined from silver, gold, platinum and mithril.
My guess would be that the mithril is used to make the ore and the three other ingots for refining it.
You are thinking of Xunlai Electrum, which will almost certainly work the way you suggest.
OP, anyone who answers this question for you will be guessing. My guess is that it will be used to craft infusions for ascended jewel crafting and will use various levels of dust. I could be wrong though, they might have cooking in mind and it might be made of something else entirely.
It makes better sense to me that this will be used in Cooking. You pointed out that the Electrum item uses jeweling mats and every craft so far has some basic time gated ascended mats to the slow the process down.
But we won’t know for sure until Anet says something, anything and they aren’t talking much lately.
My posts are facts as I know them, or my own opinion, and do not represent any guild.
It makes better sense to me that this will be used in Cooking. You pointed out that the Electrum item uses jeweling mats and every craft so far has some basic time gated ascended mats to the slow the process down.
But we won’t know for sure until Anet says something, anything and they aren’t talking much lately.
I definitely agree that electrum will be used for ascended jewellery the way that ori is used for t6 jewellery. The question is if the devs have more than just crafting ascended trinkets in mind for jewel crafting. If they don’t have something new in mind then jewel crafting to 500 will be a relatively unrewarding field. That is why I am leaning towards the idea that it will be used for infusions.
It’s very much “toss a coin” for me as to whether they will be used in cooking or crafting though. I am more confident with my prediction of t2-5 dust being used as the ingredients.
Obviously we are getting a lot of crystals at the festival for some reason….
… That’s a darn good point, Aerinndis! Maybe I should be wary about splurging on my accumulated Charged Quartz Crystals (and normal Crystals) until I see what r500 Jeweler will bring.