Right now its cheaper to buy the mats for making the chests and throwing them into the mystic forge. Much cheaper than buying gems for gold or cash and buying the chests from the Trading Post
There are a total of 8 known recipes:
1 Light + 1 Med + 1 Heavy Consortium Breathing Mask Skins + 1 Karka Shell
1 Light + 1 Med + 1 Heavy Island Shoulder Skins + 1 Karka Shell
Or
1 Karka Shell + 1 Passion Fruit + 1 Passion Flower + 3 of any one Island Shoulder Skin or Breathing Mask Skins.
Chests are 1800 gems for 10, or 250 gems each.
250 gems will get you 1g98s 180 gems will get you 1g42s
250 gems costs 2g77s 180 gems costs 1g99s
Any previously mentioned Skins right now cost about 25s each. Even if they were ~68s each, it would still be cheaper to buy gems for gold, and get your chests by forging them.
There are a total of 8 known recipes:
1 Light + 1 Med + 1 Heavy Consortium Breathing Mask Skins + 1 Karka Shell
1 Light + 1 Med + 1 Heavy Island Shoulder Skins + 1 Karka Shell
Or
1 Karka Shell + 1 Passion Fruit + 1 Passion Flower + 3 of any one Island Shoulder Skin or Breathing Mask Skins.
Chests are 1800 gems for 10, or 250 gems each.
250 gems will get you 1g98s 180 gems will get you 1g42s
250 gems costs 2g77s 180 gems costs 1g99s
Any previously mentioned Skins right now cost about 25s each. Even if they were ~68s each, it would still be cheaper to buy gems for gold, and get your chests by forging them.