It's 520 point to proficiency and 1,040 points to Grand Master At eight points per combine, that's 65 combines to proficiency and 195 combines total for Grand Master

The Final Totals
So, how many combines will a Scholar make from the beginning to Grand Master? Going by these calculations, the quickest it can be done is 633 combines. If just being proficient is your goal, that number is cut to 235. Another tip to leveling fast is to have a “shopping list”. Gathering all the materials needed first makes the points seem to fly by. Here's my list:

Apprentice
120 Aged Scrap of Text
40 Early Third Age Relic
40 Worn Tablet Fragment

Journeyman
210 Cryptic Text
105 Ruined Second Age Trinket

Expert
360 Faded Sindarin Passages
180 Torn Craftsman's Diary
180 Cracked Dwarf-carving

Artisan
330 Fragments of Dunedain Script
165 Relic of Lothlorien

Master
390 Long-lost Second Age Text
195 Undeciphered Moon-letters

Taking Scholar to Grand Master is a long and arduous task. It is very easy, as I've shown here, to speed up the process significantly, but when you do so the profession lives up to it's reputation as a LOTRO Gold sink.

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