I’m really confused about getting the ascended backpiece available in the most recent LS episode and dulfy, the wiki and what people say have added to my confusion.
Assuming that I start out with the mysterious seed (the very first one), the way I understood it, I should go through these steps:
1. Make the first exotic (mysterious vine) and get a cultivated seed in the process.
2. Use the cultivated seed to make the second exotic (cultivated vine) and get a pet seed in the process.
3. Use the pet seed to craft the Mawdrey.
If that’s correct, then do I need a total of 144 foxfire clusters (48+48+48) to get the Mawdrey? And do I need to consume the exotics in the process or do I end up having 3 backpieces at the end?
Yes, you are right with those steps. Yes, you will need 3x 48 foxfire clusters. No, you don’t need to “consume” backpiece to get another – you will end up having separate ones (at least mysterious vine and cultivated vine when you craft cultivated vine since I haven’t made the ascended one yet, but I guess you will keep all 3 separately).