Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Colab Notebook link: colab.research.google.com/drive/1Eb6Av4jwWawMREHYEhCmnobjQu_BZqDV
the thumbnail's supposed to be a hunter fighting the python logo but i am far better at python than i am in illustrator
0:00 Introduction
2:28 Step 1: Ask the right questions!
4:37 Step 2: Break your question down!
5:01 Step 3: Get down to coding!
6:32 Step 3a: Implementing Attack Boost
12:55 Step 3b: Implementing Critical Boost
15:30 Step 3c: Implementing Affinity and Critical Chance
19:29 Step 3d: Overall Damage Calculation and Comparison
26:55 Step 3e: Comparing Attack Boost and Critical Boost
28:53 Step 4: Plotting!
33:45 Final Results
38:49 Step 5: Practice!
40:45 Summary and Conclusions
Colab Notebook link: colab.research.google.com/drive/1Eb6Av4jwWawMREHYEhCmnobjQu_BZqDV
the thumbnail's supposed to be a hunter fighting the python logo but i am far better at python than i am in illustrator
0:00 Introduction
2:28 Step 1: Ask the right questions!
4:37 Step 2: Break your question down!
5:01 Step 3: Get down to coding!
6:32 Step 3a: Implementing Attack Boost
12:55 Step 3b: Implementing Critical Boost
15:30 Step 3c: Implementing Affinity and Critical Chance
19:29 Step 3d: Overall Damage Calculation and Comparison
26:55 Step 3e: Comparing Attack Boost and Critical Boost
28:53 Step 4: Plotting!
33:45 Final Results
38:49 Step 5: Practice!
40:45 Summary and Conclusions
![[RF4S] A Guide to Materials and Upgrading (By a Materials Physicist)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/igO_rRP5idY/mqdefault.jpg "[RF4S] A Guide to Materials and Upgrading (By a Materials Physicist)
Second part of my crafting series, this time about the materials youll use when crafting equipment! Special thanks to Omnigamer for helping me with some of the stuff about 4-Leaf Clovers!
Next video will be about weapons! I miiiight split that one up though, depends on how long itll get (these videos are all way longer than I anticipate).
0:00 Introduction
1:09 Quick Refresher on Upgrading and Crafting
2:55 4-Leaf Clovers and Great 4-Leaf Glovers
4:59 Double Steel and 10-Fold Steel
9:52 Object X
12:09 Mealy Apple (Elem Res)
20:23 Left Rock Shard (Status Res)
23:30 Big Birds Comb (Faint Res)
24:39 All about Crit, Knock, and Dizzy
26:53 Right Rock Shard
[Area Spoilers from here on]
27:38 Chest Hair
29:22 Ancient Orc Cloth
30:42 Crit, Knock, and Dizzy Revisited
31:14 Red, Blue, Yellow, and Green Cores (No Res)
35:34 Tablet of Truth (Crit)
36:53 Postgame Stat Boosting
38:27 Shield Effects
43:39 Chimera Tail and Moving Branch (Stats)
45:04 Holy Spore (Drain Res)
47:00 Broken Box (Status Res)
48:32 Broken Ice Wall (Stun)
49:18 Final Boss (Knock)
49:38 Giant Crystal Flowers (Elem Res)
50:21 Oil (Fire Res?)
51:13 Disastrous Dish (Light Res?)
51:36 Summary and My Thoughts
52:15 Example Equipment
RF4S Datamining Compendium (with Rarity Values): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UPdNZGUyHLMOTYWqz5KJYCnR0ZnsMENifPi4UAVZeV8/
HELL Mode without Crafting: https://youtu.be/mPRIPCQJYW0")
![[RF4S] Examining Every Staff Attack in Rune Factory 4 Special - Teachers Guide to Crafting](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ikDiaVUwZy0/mqdefault.jpg "[RF4S] Examining Every Staff Attack in Rune Factory 4 Special - Teachers Guide to Crafting
In which I finally, actually fill a hole in the literature.
Summary Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CMqH1y5LAjUVFWH-BEqIM1PYhmaZC40aHrspRIiVWe0
0:00 Introduction
1:37 Basic Attacks and Projectiles
5:16 Staff Charge Attack Mechanics
9:42 Misc Mechanics
11:09 Staff Charge Attacks - Intro
13:07 Elemental Staves
21:52 Special Staves
37:27 Material Charge Attacks
1:09:47 Summary and Conclusions
Crafting Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzcYp4bo2JIQfMXHo9uyoITIca7ew34En
RF4S Datamining Compendium (with Rarity Values): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UPdNZGUyHLMOTYWqz5KJYCnR0ZnsMENifPi4UAVZeV8/
HELL Mode without Crafting: https://youtu.be/mPRIPCQJYW0")
