From another thread:
I think this is a better recipe... but again, I'm not so sure about Cinder Shards.
Okay, if we're going to discuss recipe...
1- It is a totem, and all totems include Hardwood in their recipe. I'd say that having a sunny day is more useful than a rainy day, typically, so probably should have a quantity of 2 or more.
2- I think Solar Essence is basically a given. You're trying to make it sunny, so solar essence seems thematically appropriate, and 5 isn't too much to ask.
After that? So, if we look at all the totems already available, all of the warp totems have ingredients that are thematic to where you are warping to. Cinder Shards fit the theme of Ginger Island more than sunny weather, so I don't like that as an ingredient, but I do think it is about the right value that we're looking for. Going back to the Pufferfish... it better fits the theme, being a yellow ball of a fish found only during sunny weather, but it's only found during 1 season, only when sunny and only for 4 hours/day. That's a tight window, making it a pain to get many of them. I'm not a fan of that being the ingredient, but at least it fits the theme. Honestly, I think a Sunfish is even more thematically appropriate than the Pufferfish, if we're going with a fish. I mean, come on, it has "Sun" right in the name! It doesn't look like a big yellow ball, sure, but I think that should be less of a criterion to select by. It is also more readily available, but you're still not able to just saunter over somewhere and pick up a pile of them. You do have to work for it a little bit.
So, my preferred recipe suggestion?
- 2 Hardwood
- 5 Solar Essence
-1 Sunfish
Comparing to the Rain Totem? You're using 1 more hardwood, the same 5 of a second ingredient and the same 1 of a third ingredient. Needing 1 more hardwood seems appropriate, as sunny weather is more valuable than rainy. The ingredient you need 5 of is not difficult to get in quantity, just like the Pine Tar. The ingredient you need 1 of is not available all year long but for at least half the year, and requires a bit of work. I like this recipe.