i just failed, too! i used skillpoints to boost my pottery to 17. 8 x velium bar = 2096 1 x blue diamond = 262 1 x diamond = 202 1 x jacinth = 157 4 x ruby = 520
total is 3237pp. this recipe is almost trivial to craft, and yet! this time around i'm going to buy a geerlok pottery whatever
Edit: spent 3200pp again for another try, buy before i did the combine, i went to Abysmal Sea and used the pottery quest to get my skill to 42. from there i made unfired small bowls until i had a skill of 50, and with my second attempt, had success. now i'm going to get the beginner trophy for pottery since it looks easy and cheap!