Carapace Ring  

These are worth 1812 GP. Cap for the day is 5520 GP.

Although this post is over a year after the first posted question concerning the Goldsmithing requirement on this synth, I would like to post this information in the hope that it helps someone out there.

First, to "cauldronborn":

According to cannotlinkto the recipe and level requirements for a Shade Harness is:

Bonecraft (42) Clothcraft (24) Leathercraft (25)
Crystal: Earth
Ingredients: Luminicloth, Velvet Cloth, Tiger Leather, Uragnite Shell x2, Eft Skin x2, Photoanima
Result: Shade Harness

Also according to cannotlinkto the level cap on Velvet Cloth is 45 (at the lowest), and the requirement for Tiger Leather is 61.

I can say for certain that the Velvet Cloth recipe cap is correct, as I have personally leveled up on this synth, and I have several friends that have used the Tiger Leather synth to push their leathercraft to/past lvl 60. I can also say for certain that the caps listed on cannotlinkto for the Shade Harness recipe is correct, for I made a few of these when they first became available, and at the time my clothcraft and my leathercraft were not at these cap levels and I received several skillups during the crafting. This being said, although it is "safe" to assume that the required sub-craft level on a synth is equal to that of the level of its ingredients' main craft level, that is not always the case.

Secondly, to anyone looking for the actual level of Goldsmithing on this item, I'm afraid I can't say. However, this past weekend I synthed 3 Carapace Rings in a row, with no breaks, and no Goldsmithing skillups. My crafting levels at the time were:
Bonecraft: 83
Goldsmithing: 17

So, if there actually IS a goldsmithing cap to this recipe, it's fairly low


Sorry for the long post, and I hope this is helpful!