Quick question related to my addiction to speed-learning.
Does anybody know if the buffs from Essence of Yellow Crumb and Pungent Sunrise stack? Does it totally quadruple my learning speed or would I be wasting my drinks?
It is very simple to test this yourself.
See, they don't actually "speed up" learning (that is just how it is described), it just removes a specific amount of time from the skill you are learning. So, you wouldn't be "learning at quadruple speed", you would just have 10 minutes removed from your time, followed by whatever the length of time the Sunrise Buff gives you.
The best way to figure out if it works or not is by having the learning box open while you consume the second buffer, and closely watch the time BEFORE and WHILE you consume it (don't look away, it is instant and easy to miss!). If it lowers, then it works. If it doesn't, it doesn't. Keep in mind that learning buffs should be done before speeding up by favor, as favor often maxes out the amount you can speed learning.
Make sure you test with the less-valuable buffer, so that if it is wasted you do not lose as much. Perhaps try with a yellow crumb essence and then flower, instead of the drink which is worth more.
shhexy corin wrote: would also be worth checking if the time it takes off is greater than donating the same item to a shrine and spending that favor
I'm not sure if Pungent Sunrises are meant to work like this or it is a bug. But .....you are not supposed to be able to reduce the learning time by more than half. Even if you have maxed out on speeding by spending favour Pungent Sunrises, and quoins in Ancestral Lands, will still speed up learning by reducing the time left. I haven't tried this with Essence of Yellow Crumb though