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FF14 Crafting & Gathering Guide by Sky Reckoner / Bro Jobs on Cactuar v4.2 Last Updated: Patch 4.2 The aim of this guide is to be clear and informative while providing a strong foundation for beginning crafters, while being relevant to any endgame crafter. This guide is aimed towards people who are not approaching crafting casually, and assumes that the end-goal is to be an omnicrafter who is able to develop their own rotations. It will be hard to digest and be dense at times for total beginners, but I promise you that if you fully understand the material contained herein, you’ll be a pro at crafting and gathering and understand the fundamental theory behind the system. There will be some advanced information interspersed throughout the guide. They’ll be marked with a red bolded line warning that the section is not intended for beginners. With that in mind, please skip sections that you do not need. This guide is currently in beta. There may be errors and inaccuracies. Please leave a comment on this post if you have any suggestions or corrections. To quickly get to a section, open the Document Outline via View > Show Document Outline, or click on a section in the Table of Contents (on mobile). Link to PDF file for local viewing: https://mega.nz/#!9tJyhYpI!i3V58EUHnOvcBfvuw9bG4u6p-kjVnjYp1ZWpclASc0

This guide is divided into several parts: PART I - The Basics Covers the basics, including best methods of leveling. PART II - Basic Crafter Guide Covers Lv 1 - 50 crafting, leves, and cross-class skills. PART III - Intermediate Crafter Guide Covers collectables, master books, red crafter scrips, and Lv 50 - 70.

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PART IV - Endgame Crafter Guide Covers gil-making, 4.1 progression (including preparation for 4.2, and advanced crafting rotation tips.

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PART V - Basic Gatherer Guide Covers Lv 1 - 50 gathering, leves. PART VI - Intermediate Gatherer Guide Covers collectables, folklore books, red gatherer scrips, and Lv 50 - 70. PART VII - Endgame Gatherer Guide Covers yellow gatherer scrips, melding priority and breakpoints PART VIII - Crafter and Gatherer Gearing Guide Provides a Lv1 - 70 guide to self-sufficiently / cheaply gear up to be able to craft or gather. Includes rotations and macros for crafting at that level.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Changelog

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Useful Resources

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PART I: The Basics

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The Basics of Crafting & Gathering

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The 8 Crafter Classes

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The 3 Gatherer Classes

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Real Talk

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Macros

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The Basics of Synthesis

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Progress, Quality, and

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Durability

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Condition

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Quick Synthesis

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Crafter Attributes

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Craftsmanship

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Control

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(Crafting Points)

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Food

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What Should I Meld?

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The Basics of MIN/BTN Node Collection Node Collection Gathering, Perception, and GP (Gathering Points) The Basics of Fishing

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Bait

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Fishing Windows

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EXP

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Recipe List

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Crafting and Gathering Manuals

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Daily GC turn-ins

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Levequests

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Collectables

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Ixali and Moogle Quests

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Custom Deliveries

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PART II: Basic Crafter Guide

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Crafter: Lv 1 - 14

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Lv 1 - Basic Synthesis

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Completing the Recipe List

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Lv 5 - Basic Touch

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Lv 7 - Master’s Mend

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Lv 9 - Steady Hand

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Lv 11 - Inner Quiet

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Crafter: Lv 15 Cross-Class Skills

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CRP - Rumination

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BSM - Ingenuity

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ARM - Rapid Synthesis

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GSM - Manipulation

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LTW - Waste Not

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WVR - Careful Synthesis

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ALC - Tricks of the Trade

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CUL - Hasty Touch

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A Note on Leveling Beyond Lv15

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Crafter: Lv 16 - Lv 25 The Market Board

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Retainers

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Gearing Yourself

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Lv 18 - Standard Touch

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Lv 21 - Great Strides

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Lv 25 - Master’s Mend II

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Crafter: Leves Leve Guides Crafter: Lv 26 - 37 Cross-Class Skills

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Lv 31 - Standard Synthesis

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GSM - Flawless Synthesis

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CUL - Steady Hand II

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Lv 37 - Brand of Elements

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Crafter: Lv 38 - Lv 50 Cross-Class Skills

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Lv 43 - Advanced Touch

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CRP - Byregot’s Blessing

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BSM - Ingenuity II

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ARM - Piece by Piece

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GSM - Innovation

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LTW - Waste Not II

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WVR - Careful Synthesis II

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ALC - Comfort Zone

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CUL - Reclaim

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PART III: Intermediate Crafter Guide

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Crafter: Creating a Rotation

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Opener

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Building Inner Quiet

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Finisher

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Crafter: Master Books

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Mastercraft I

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Mastercraft II

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Mastercraft III

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Mastercraft IV

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Mastercraft V

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Crafter: Collectables

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Lv50 - Collectable Synthesis

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Rowena’s House of Splendors

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Red Crafter Scrips

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Yellow Crafter Scrips

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Crafter: Lv 50 - Lv 54

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Bridging the Lv 50 - Lv 51 Gap

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Lv 51 - Byregot’s Brow

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Lv 53 - Precise Touch

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Lv 54 - Name of Elementals

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GSM - Maker’s Mark

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CUL - Muscle Memory

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Crafter: Lv 55 - Lv 60

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Specialization

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Lv 55 - Whistle While You Work

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Lv 55 - Satisfaction

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Lv 56 - Innovative Touch

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Lv 57 - Nymeia’s Wheel

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Lv 58 - Byregot’s Miracle

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Lv 59 - Trained Hand

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Lv 60 - Heart of the Specialist

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Crafter: Lv 60 - Lv 66 Bridging the Lv 60 - Lv 61 Gap

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Lv 61 - Hasty Touch II

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Lv 62 - Careful Synthesis III

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Lv 63 - Rapid Synthesis II

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Lv 63 - Quality Assurance

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Lv 64 - Patient Touch

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Lv 65 - Manipulation II

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Lv 66 - Prudent Touch

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Crafter: Lv 67 - 70

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Lv 13 - Observe

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Lv 67 - Focused Synthesis

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Lv 68 - Focused Touch

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Lv 69 - Initial Preparations

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Lv 70 - Stroke of Genius

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PART IV: Endgame Crafter Guide

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Crafter and Gatherer: 4.2 Progression Guide

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Old 4.1 Progression Guide

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Red and Yellow Scrips

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Crafter Red Scrips: Unlock Mastercraft VI

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Crafter Yellow Scrips: Augment Yellow Scrip Items

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Crafter Yellow Scrips: Items

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Crafter and Gatherer Yellow Scrips: Items

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Gatherer Red Scrips

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Gatherer Yellow Scrips

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Melds

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4.2 Specialists

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Self-Sufficiently Crafting Your Own 4.2 Gear

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4.1 Macros New 2** / 2.5** Macros

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High-Stat Macros

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Medium-Stat Macros

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Low-Stat Macro

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Old 2** Macros

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High-Stat Macro

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Medium-Stat Macro

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Low-Stat Macro

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1* Macros

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Lv 70 Macros

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Lv 68 40 durability Macros

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4.2 Macros 35 DURABILITY SPECIALIST

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Highest Quality Specialist Rotation (Brand of Elementals)

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Highest Quality Specialist Rotation (w/o Brand, requires tea)

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Highest Quality Specialist Rotation (w/o Brand, w/o tea)

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35 DURABILITY NON-SPECIALIST

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70 DURABILITY SPECIALIST

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Highest Quality 70 Durability Macro 70 DURABILITY NON-SPECIALIST Nixillis's Non-Spec 70 Durability Macro Desynthesis

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Basic Desynthesis Guide

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Fieldcraft and Mastercraft Demimateria

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Desynthesis Leveling Post d160

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Crafter: Endgame Theory and Rotations

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Crafter “Level” and Recipe Level

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Ingenuity Modifier

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Initial Preparations Rotation

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MaMa Whistle Rotation (4.18)

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Crafter: Making Profits

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Supply & Demand

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Recognizing Inelastic Demand

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Profit Efficiency

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Spiritbonding

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(Irrelevant) Crafter and Gatherer: Preparing for 4.2

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New 3* Crafts

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Gathering

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i320 right side and belt

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Increase in demand for old recipes

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Desynthesis

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Furniture

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Raiding

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PART V: Basic Gatherer Guide

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MIN/BTN: Lv 1 - Lv 45

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Lv 4 ~ 10 - Field Mastery I - III / Sharp Vision I - III

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Gatherer Traits

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Lv 12 - Preparation

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Lv 15 ~ 35 - Leaf Turn I - II / Unearth I - II

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Lv 20 ~ 25 - Intermediate Skills

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Lv 30 ~ 40 - Blessed Harvest I - II / King’s Yield I - II FSH: Lv 1 - Lv 50

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Lv 25 - Mooch

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Lv 36 - Snagging

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MIN/BTN: Leves

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Cordials

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Evaluation Leves

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FSH: Leves

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Gatherer: Unspoiled Nodes

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Clocks

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PART VI: Intermediate Gathering Guide

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Gatherer: Collectables

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The Basic Guide to Gatherer Collectables

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Lv 50 - Methodical Appraisal

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Lv 50 - Discerning Eye

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Lv 51 - Instinctual Appraisal

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Lv 51 - Utmost Caution

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Lv 53 - Impulsive Appraisal

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Lv 57 - Single Mind

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Lv 60 Collectable Rotation

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Ephemeral Nodes and Aetherial Reduction

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FSH: Patience

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Lv 51 - Patience

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Lv 51 ~ 56 - Powerful & Precision Hookset

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Lv 54 ~ 57 - Chum & Fish Eyes

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Lv 60 - Patience II

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Gatherer: Folklore Books

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Red Gatherer Scrips

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Legendary Nodes

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MIN/BTN: Lv 61 - Lv 70

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Lv 61 - Impulsive Appraisal II

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Lv 63 - Leaf Turn III / Unearth III

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Lv 68 - Bountiful Harvest II / Bountiful Yield II

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FSH: Spearfishing Lv 61 - Gig Heads

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Lv 63 - Veteran Trade

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Lv 64 - Calm Waters

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Lv 66 - Truth of Oceans

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Lv 68 - Bountiful Catch

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Lv 69 - Nature’s Bounty

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PART VII: Endgame Gatherer Guide

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Gatherer: Yellow Gatherer Scrips

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Impulsive Collectable Rotation

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Impulsive Ephemeral Rotation

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Instinctual Ephemeral Rotations

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Gatherer: Endgame Melds and Breakpoints

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Breakpoints

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Yield Rotation

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HQ Yield Rotation

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PART VIII: Crafter & Gatherer Gearing/Rotation Guide Lv 1 - 17 CRAFTER Lv 18 - 28 CRAFTER Lv 29 - 50 CRAFTER Jumping the Lv 50 - Lv 51 Gap

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CRAFTER

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GATHERER

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Lv 51 CRAFTER Lv 52 CRAFTER

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Lv 53 CRAFTER Lv 54 ~ 60

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CRAFTER

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GATHERER

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Jumping the Lv 60 - Lv 61 Gap

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Lv 61

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CRAFTER Lv 62 CRAFTER Lv 63 ~ 65 CRAFTER Lv 66 ~ 67 CRAFTER Lv 68 ~ 69 CRAFTER Lv 70

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GATHERER

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Changelog Beta Version Release | 01/16/2018 v4.18 | 01/26/2018 Changelog Added Added more information about Condition Added Quality Assurance V4.2 | 02/02/2018 Added 4.2 Progression Guide Added 4.2 Macros Changed information on specialists for the most current tier

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Useful Resources Before we get into the actual crafting guide, here are some valuable resources related to crafting that you will find helpful. Be sure to bookmark them if you want to seriously get into crafting as you’ll be using them a lot!

ff14 crafting as a service This site allows you to create a shopping cart of items you want to craft and automatically generates a list of items you need to procure in order to craft everything in your shopping cart. It also has an automatic tool for compiling lists from the in-game recipe lists. http://www.ffxivcrafting.com/

teamcraft This site boasts the ability to generate shareable lists and interfaces with another site, xivdb.com (you can add items into teamcraft from xivdb). Players can work on the same crafting list together. Similar to crafting as a service but provides more functionalities, including area breakdowns. https://ffxivteamcraft.com

garlandtools This site also has a shopping list feature, but the gathering node alarm feature is one of the best there is. It allows you to select items that spawn on timed nodes and ring an alarm when the node is about to or has spawned. It also has a database and a myriad other features, including a gearing tool. https://www.garlandtools.org/

xivdb

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This site similarly has a shopping list feature, but one of its more useful features is the ability to comment on specific items. Players can share special tips on an item, such as where to find a specific ore, when the fishing window for a fish spawns, etc. Furthermore you can sort items by patch to see if there are any patterns in previous patches to predict what the next patch would look like. You can also stalk players here and see if they name-changed and are planning to catfish everyone on your server with a new faux identity ;) https://www.xivdb.com

cat became hungry A site where I am not 100% comfortable sharing because of its… interesting ad policy. However, it remains one of the best fishing resources there is on the net (get it?), featuring many useful information, such as bait requirements, catch percentages, and spawn windows. https://en.ff14angler.com

the Balance discord One of the best discussion platforms for not only speedrunning (and people discussing BiS for the thousandth time), but also DoH/DoL (disciples of hand/disciples of land). To , make sure to type ~rank crafter, and ~rank gatherer in #kupo-bot-spam. https://thebalanceffxiv.com/

fisher’s horizon A discord server made just for fishing. As this guide will not go into the details of rare fishing (known as big fishing), I encourage players to this discord if they want to get their hands dirty in rare fishing. https://discord.gg/pYRUK6D

ermad’s fork of the crafting simulator

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Not originally created by ermad, this github fork of the crafting simulator is currently the most accurate version there is. A must for high-level crafting. https://ermad.github.io/ffxiv-craft-opt-web/app/#/simulator

other guides This is obviously not the only crafting guide there is for FF14...there are many out there, but some of these are good alternatives to this guide if you find this guide lacking. http://ffxivrealm.com/guides/crafting-101.13/ http://ffxivrealm.com/guides/ff14-advanced-crafting-guide-by-caimie-tsukino.39/

other sites https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/ (60% shitposts, 20% fanart, 20% meta discussions) http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/forums/662-Disciples-of-the-Hand (80% useless questions, 20% good macros) For real though, the Balance Discord is superior to these two.

These are the primary resources that every end-game crafter and gatherer should use often. Other resources, such as leve guides, will be linked in appropriate sections of this guide.

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PART I: The Basics The Basics of Crafting & Gathering Let’s cut to the chase, the answer to the question I see all the time in Novice Network and in the Reddit daily questions megathread. “I want to get into crafting, how?” Here’s my honest opinion: if you want to get into crafting, you will need to get all crafters to Lv 50 ~ Lv 54 to be able to efficiently craft in the endgame, and all crafters to Lv 70 to be able to craft profitably (by eliminating the need to buy composite materials from other crafters). The recommended route for leveling your crafters would be as follows: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Get all crafters to Lv 15 Get Culinarian to Lv 37 for Steady Hand II Get Carpenter to Lv 50 for Byregot’s Blessing Get Weaver to Lv 50 for Careful Synthesis II Get Alchemist to Lv 50 for Comfort Zone Get all crafters to Lv 50 Get Culinarian to Lv 54 for Muscle Memory Get Goldsmith to Lv 54 for Maker’s Mark

You’re free to level your crafters in whatever order after this, but if you want to selfsufficiently level them, I recommend leveling them simultaneously. Leveling gatherers simultaneously with crafters is also strongly recommended so that you can procure materials self-sufficiently. On the other hand, if you want to get into gathering, then there is zero need for you to level other classes; however, you’ll not be able to gear yourself to the recommended stat breakpoints without crafting. So you would either have to settle for less-than-ideal gear or buy gathering gear from the market board or commission a crafter.

The 8 Crafter Classes There are currently 8 crafting classes in this game. They are:

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Carpenter (CRP) Carpenters specialize in the processing of lumber and wooden materials. They are sort of a jack-of-all-trades, being able to craft a good amount of furniture, some weapons, some accessories, and some crafter and gatherer tools. Currently, in 4.2, the specialist-locked recipes1 for CRP contains a primal furniture. Important Cross-class Skills (underlined are ones that are used in current endgame): - Rumination (Lv15) - Byregot’s Blessing (Lv50) Current end-game Composite Mats: - Lumbers Current end-game specialty (bolded are ones that are new in 4.2): - Byakko Sideboard - Gatherer BiS for Fishing Rods (for fishers) - Dragoon crafted weapon - Bard crafted weapon - Crafted wrist slot (for all DoW/DoM jobs) - Crafted neck slot (for all DoW/DoM jobs) - Crafter BiS (best-in-slot) for earring, neck, wrist, and rings slots (as of 4.2) - Crafter BiS for off hands of GSM, WVR

1 Each character can have at most three specialists at any one time. Each specialist unlocks specialist-exclusive recipes that can only be crafted by specialists of that type.

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Blacksmith (BSM) Blacksmiths primarily specialize in the crafting of most main-hand weapons for DoW jobs and main-hand and offhand tools for most DoH/DoL classes. Currently, in 4.2, there are no specialistlocked BSM recipes. Important Cross-class Skills: - Ingenuity (Lv15) - Ingenuity II (Lv50) Current end-game Composite Mats: - Metal Ingots Current end-game specialty: - Machinist crafted weapon - Warrior crafted weapon - Ninja crafted weapon - Dark Knight crafted weapon - Monk crafted weapon - Paladin crafted weapon - Samurai crafted weapon - Crafter BiS for main hands of CRP, BSM, ARM, GSM, LTW - Crafter BiS for off hands of CRP, BSM, ARM, LTW, ALC, CUL - Gatherer BiS for main hands of MIN, BTN - Gatherer BiS for off hands of MIN, BTN

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Armorer (ARM) Armorers specialize in crafting the armor for “heavy” jobs, which are usually tanks and dragoon. They are also proficient in handling metals, such as alembics, frypans, and metallic bardings and miniatures. Currently, in 4.2, the specialist-locked recipes for ARM contain two metal aquariums. Important Cross-class Skills: - Rapid Synthesis (Lv15) - Piece by Piece (Lv50) Current End-game Composite Mats: - Metal Ingots Current End-game Specialty: - Metal Aquarium - Paladin crafted shield - Tank left side crafted gear - Dragoon left side crafted gear - Crafter BiS for main hands of ALC, CUL

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Goldsmith (GSM) Goldsmiths are adept at handling metals at a micro-level, which gives rise to their aptitude in creating jewelry and weapons that require the channeling of aether. Their sense of fine control also enables them to craft needles for weavers. Usually, they’ll craft a huge portion of accessories, but in 4.1, the specialist-locked recipes for GSM contains the new primal barding. Important Cross-class Skills: - Manipulation (Lv15) - Flawless Synthesis (Lv37) - Innovation (Lv50) - Maker’s Mark (Lv54) Current End-game Composite Mats: - Metal Ingots Current End-game Specialty: - Byakko Barding - Astrologian crafted weapon - Red Mage crafted weapon - Black Mage crafted weapon - Crafted head slot gear for SAM / MNK - Crafted earring and ring slot (for all DoW/DoM) - Crafter BiS for main hand of WVR

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Leatherworker (LTW) Leatherworkers craft a huge chunk of left side gear throughout the entire game, along with weavers. They usually craft left side armor for “lighter” jobs such as ninjas, bards, and machinists. Some monk weapons are crafted by leatherworkers (but not in this tier). In 4.2, the specialist-locked recipes for LTW contains a primal furniture. Important Cross-class Skills: - Waste Not (Lv15) - Waste Not II (Lv50) Current End-game Composite Mats: - Leathers Current End-game Specialty: - Byakko Throne - Physical Ranged left side crafted gear - Left side crafted gear for DoW / DoM - Crafter BiS for hands and feet slot - Gatherer BiS for hands and feet slot - Gatherer BiS for earring, neck, wrist, and rings slot (as of 4.2)

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Weaver (WVR) Weavers are probably one of the most important crafters out of the eight. They craft most of the current “rich” glamour (for 4.2 that is Adventurer Sweater), a significant portion of left side gear for all jobs, including crafters and gatherers, and in addition to that, craft several indemand minions. In Patch 4.2, there are no specialist WVR recipes. Important Cross-class Skills: - Careful Synthesis (Lv15) - Careful Synthesis II (Lv50) Current End-game Composite Mats: - Cloths Current End-game Specialty: - Crafted left side gear for DoW/DoM - Crafter BiS for head, body, waist, and legs slot - Gatherer BiS for head, body, waist, and legs slot

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Alchemist (ALC) Alchemists don’t usually craft the endproduct. They are akin to a “” class for crafters, crafting many of the core composite materials for each tier’s most relevant recipes. In addition to that, they also craft special furniture related to primals, such as the Sephirot Tree and, in this tier, Shinryu’s Wing. Currently, in 4.2, they provide the composite material for 90% of other crafters’ endgame recipes. Its only specialist-locked recipes are two orchestrion rolls. Important Cross-class Skills: - Tricks of the Trade (Lv15) - Comfort Zone (Lv50) Current End-game Composite Mats: - Grade 3 Reisui Current End-game Specialty: - Grade 2 Infusion - Grade 3 Reisui - New Orchestrion Rolls - Scholar Crafted Weapon - Summoner Crafted Weapon

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Culinarian (CUL) Culinarian as a crafter is nearly completely independent of other crafters, outside of cross-class skills. It requires virtually no composite materials from other classes, and other crafters demand almost zero composite materials from CUL (exceptions include: Distilled Water, Clove Oil, etc.) Unfortunately, in patch 4.2, there are no specialistlocked recipes for CUL. Important Cross-class Skills: - Hasty Touch (Lv15) - Steady Hand II (Lv37) - Reclaim (Lv50) - Muscle Memory (Lv54) Current End-game Composite Mats: (none) Current End-game Specialty: - BiS Food for Crafter - BiS Food for Gatherer - BiS Food for all DoW/DoM

The 3 Gatherer Classes There are 3 gatherer classes in this game at the moment, they are:

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Miner (MIN) Miner primarily supplies the “hard” stuff for crafters, such as ores, gemstones and sand. It also supplies some alchemy materials, especially water.

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Botanist (BTN) Botanists, on the other hand, supply the “softer” stuff for crafters, such as cotton, logs, and alchemical ingredients as flowers.

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Fisher (FSH) Fishers don’t generally supply a lot of materials for crafters except for CULs. They have their own minigame of catching rare big fishes (which are not used in any recipes). In this tier, outside of fishes used in culinarian recipes, their only contribution to crafting are aethersands2 and one fish (snailfish).

2 Aethersands are special reagents that are only obtained via aetherial reduction, which will be expounded upon later in the guide.

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Real Talk I want to talk about this again, because this is very important. You need to level all crafters to Lv 50 / 54 at minimum for the cross-class skills to be able to craft efficiently in the endgame. If you don’t have the time to level all crafters up but still want to make gil, stop right here and consider these options: 1. Gathering: It’s easy to level up and it makes good, albeit not great, gil. 2. Not Crafting: There are actually many ways to make gil without crafting or gathering, such as selling materias from Cracked Clusters. 3. Treasure Maps: This is actually pretty good gil and if you hit a jackpot that’s an instant 4m/5m in 4.1. 4. Selling clears: I’m not kidding. If you don’t have the time to level crafters, this is probably the best method of getting gil (assuming you can find a content selling group). With that out of the way, let’s move on to…

Macros Ironically, learning about macros is more important than anything else in your crafter kit, so let’s start with this. Most endgame crafters use macros to craft their recipes in order to efficiently craft without human error. It also provides the ability to “AFKcraft”, i.e. watch Netflix while pressing a macro every 45 seconds. To access your macros, go to System -> Macros:

Here is a sample edgy combat macro. The first line indicates the picture the macro should use. /micon is short for /macroicon.

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The second line tells the server that Sky Reckoner wants to /say “I don’t need armor… the SHADOW is my wall.” The third line tells the server that Sky Reckoner wants to execute the action called Shadow Wall. /ac is short for /action. Here’s a sample crafting macro that you’d likely use a thousand times in the endgame. The first fourteen lines are various actions the macro is ordered to execute, in sequence. Note that the quotes are necessary. /ac Ingenuity II would not work, for example. After each of the fourteen lines, there is a wait command. <wait.2> orders the macro to pause for 2 seconds before moving on to the next action. This is because each crafter action has an animation delay. Note that non-integer values are not accepted. For example, <wait.1.5> is invalid and will be rounded up to <wait.2>. Some actions have a longer animation than others. Typically, synthesis, touch, Observe, Master’s Mend I/II, Lv69 Specialty actions, and Tricks of the Trade require <wait.3> to follow, while all other actions such as Ingenuity require <wait.2> only. If your connection to the game is bad or you have high ping, you need to change <wait.2> to <wait.3>. In order to use your macro, you simply need to drag the macro from the Macros interface onto a spot on your hotbar, and click / press the corresponding key to execute the macro.

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The Basics of Synthesis In order to craft anything, you need to open your Crafting Log, which can be accessed with [N].

In Square [ 1 ], you can choose to view the recipes of the crafter you wish to look at. The last button opens the recipe search menu. Note that you have to change to a weaver gearset before you can craft weaver recipes, for example. In Square [ 2 ], you can look at the basic parameters of the chosen recipe. Difficulty indicates the amount of progress you need to synthesize before the craft is complete. Durability indicates the amount of actions you can take before the craft breaks apart. Quality indicates the amount of quality increase you need to touch before the craft reaches max quality. At max quality, the chance of the item to become High-Quality is 100%. We will go into each of these in more detail below. In Square [ 3 ], you can select the recipe level of the recipe you wish to view and also switch to the special recipes menu, shown on the left.

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In Square [ 4 ], you can see the materials required in order to craft a specific recipe, as well as the amount of normal quality (NQ), and high quality (HQ) materials available in your inventory. Notice that selecting 2 HQ Raw Rhodonites for crafting a Rhodonite has increased the Quality value from 0 to 3384. This is what is called the initial quality. When beginning a craft with HQ materials, the initial quality will increase by a set amount, making it easier to max out the quality gauge. To begin crafting a specific recipe, simply press [ Synthesize ]

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Progress, Quality, and

Once we begin synthesizing, your crafting screen should look somewhat like this. Notice that the middle of your parameters bar is not MP, but rather, . This is the only important resource for crafters - HP and TP don’t matter. A small window will pop out, showing Durability, Step, Condition, Progress, HQ%, and Quality. We’ll go through each one by one, but let’s first start with [ Quit ]. You can abort a synthesis attempt at any time by pressing Quit. If you’re on Step 1, then using Quit will not destroy any of your materials you’re using to craft. Otherwise, there is a chance that your materials will be destroyed by prematurely aborting the craft. Other than this, your Step count doesn’t really matter. Progress is the amount of Synthesis attempts you need to complete the craft. An action such as Basic Synthesis would increase the progress of the craft like so:

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Your goal for every craft is to max out the progress bar by the end of the synthesis attempt. Because your final action is always a Synthesis action, you must increase as much quality as you can before completing the craft with Synthesis actions. There are many different types of Synthesis actions. We’ll go into more detail of each Synthesis action as we go on. Only Synthesis actions (which include actions such as Muscle Memory) are capable of increasing progress. Max Quality is the amount of Touch attempts that you need plus your initial quality to guarantee 100% HQ on a craft. If you can’t max out the quality gauge, you still have a chance to synthesize a highquality item, based on this chart: The key here is that you need to fill the quality bar by 75% in order to have a roughly 50% shot at HQing the item. Filling the quality bar by 50% will only give you a 15% chance to HQ. Note that this graph is not continuous, but is rather in intervals of 1%. 50.1% of the quality bar filled is exactly as good as 50.9%. In order to increase the quality bar of your craft, you need to use actions like Basic Touch. Similar to progress, there are many different Touch actions, and only Touch actions (including actions like Byregot’s Blessing and Trained Hand) are capable of increasing the quality. Notice that unlike Basic Synthesis, Basic Touch has a (crafting points) cost associated with it. There are ways, later, to restore , but for now, think of it as a fixed amount of mana you have to spend on actions.

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Crucially, you need to plan out your consumption carefully. You should always save enough to execute a finisher in order to complete the craft. A finisher is a series of actions that complete quality and progress.

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Durability Besides , you also need to watch out for durability. If a synthesis attempt is not completed when durability drops to 0 or below, then the craft is

botched. As such you must always ensure that you do not make an action that will reduce the durability of the item to 0 or below without completing the craft. Generally, synthesis and touch actions reduce the durability of the item (there are exceptions), while ive actions that directly increases neither progress nor quality do not. Most synthesis and touch actions reduce the durability of the item by 10 each time. In addition, there are several actions in this game that help you manage durability, by either restoring durability to the item, or halving any durability costs. This creates a caveat: if you complete a craft with a 10 durability cost action successfully from 5 remaining durability, the craft will still complete.

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Condition There are 4 possible conditions in this game: Normal, Good, Excellent, and Poor. These conditions affect the rate at which quality increases on that step. They appear randomly on each valid step, dependent on Recipe Level. Recipe Level

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These percentages exclude invalid steps, meaning any step that has a forced condition, based on these rules: 1. 2. 3. 4.

The condition on Step 1 is always Normal. The condition after a Good is always Normal. The condition after an Excellent is always Poor. The condition after a Poor is always Normal.

In addition, the condition of a synthesis only affects quality increases, and not progress. -

Good Condition modifies any quality increase by an additional 50%, for a total of 150%. Excellent Condition modifies any quality increase by an additional 300%, for a total of 400%. Poor Condition halves any quality increase, for a total of 50%.

Conditions are still relevant even if you’re not manually crafting. A finisher touch action landing on a Poor can ruin your entire macro, possibly causing the craft to NQ. Ways around this include absorbing prior Excellent procs with a “throwaway” conditional action, or breaking the macro before a finisher touch combo and manually checking the condition.

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Quick Synthesis Quick Synthesis is a tool for crafters to mass-produce a particular item without actually manually synthesizing it. Each synthesis within quicksynth has a chance to fail if the recipe’s level is close to your current level and/or you do not have sufficient craftsmanship. In addition, also affects quicksynth success rate, as recently discovered on the Balance Discord.

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Crafter Attributes Crafters only have to concern themselves with 3 attributes, or stats, most of the time: Craftsmanship, Control, and . Your crafter level is also important in very obfuscated ways. To view your crafter stats, press [ C ] or enter the Character menu from Character -> Character.

Craftsmanship We have discussed progress and quality. Now we’ll discuss the relationship between craftsmanship and progress. The amount of progress increase from a given Synthesis action is roughly proportional to the crafter’s Craftsmanship stat3. However, there are modifiers based on crafter and recipe levels that affect progress too, meaning that, for the same amount of craftsmanship, you’ll get different amounts of progress increase while crafting a Lv 53 recipe and a Lv 42 recipe. 3 https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/1n7tlf/indepth_crafting_mechanics_part_deux/

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Generally, the bulk of your craftsmanship comes from the tools and your body piece gear.

Control Control is similarly related to Touch actions and quality increases just as Craftsmanship is to Synthesis and progress increases. Generally, the bulk of your control comes from your tools, and the rest of your left side gear.

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(Crafting Points) If Craftsmanship affects progress strength, Control affects quality strength, then we can say that affects your rotation strength. Because most actions require , the amount of actions you can input into a synthesis attempt is directly correlated with the amount of you have. As such, is an incredibly important attribute for crafters. Reaching higher amounts of will allow you to unlock the ability to access better and stronger rotations. And the stronger the rotation, the more likely you are to HQ the craft.

Food Consuming food will grant a buff that lasts for 30 ~ 45 minutes (depending on any squadron manuals you may have used and your FC buffs (Meat & Mead)). There is also a whole subset of crafter and gatherer food that grants bonus attributes. Of particular note are -focused food. Typically, the BiS food for crafters in a given tier is the food that gives the most increase in . For beginning crafters I would recommend consuming Stone Soup. You can purchase Stone Soup at the following

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Once you reach Lv 35 or so, you can either continue on with Stone Soup, or purchase cheap food on the market board. At Lv 60 and onwards, I would recommend buying Tempura Platter from the Kugane food vendor. Food is invaluable to crafters, so I definitely recommend eating at least Stone Soup when crafting to get the +3% XP boost and some precious . , increasing your allows you to use more potent rotations!

What Should I Meld? This is another question that is asked so often so I’ll get straight to the point: -

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If you are below Lv 70 there is almost never a need to meld anything outside of cheap melds. If you are at Lv 70, then… - Figure out the minimum stats required for the macro or rotation that you intend to use for the highest tier currently in the game. - Meld to those minimum stats, ideally cap , then pour the remaining melds into Control. If you do not know what macro or rotation you are going to use, or you’re melding for the future in preparation, then: - > Craftsmanship > Control

The reasoning for this is that having the highest possible gives you the best chance at being able to utilize the most powerful macros or rotations theorycrafted for that tier. These powerful macros and rotations will also often have a Craftsmanship requirement in order to actually complete the synthesis without botching it. The reason why Control is the least important only when you do not know what macros to anticipate is that you can always choose to use HQ materials

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to increase the initial quality. You can’t do that with low Craftsmanship and low outside of picking another macro. However, if you do know the macro you intend to use, then once you meld to the minimum stats, Control is the only meld you should meld in addition to the minimum stats, in order to lower the initial quality needed to successfully 100% HQ the craft.

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The Basics of MIN/BTN Node Collection Unlike crafting you’ll quickly find that this guide is light on the mechanics of gathering... that’s because there isn’t much to gathering! One of the more frequent questions asked in the Novice Network related to gathering is: where do I find a node? If you are a Miner, simply exit through any of Ul’Dah’s gates. If you’re a Botanist, exit through any of Gridania’s gates. In this example we are a miner and exit through Western Thanalan.

For Miners, Prospect should automatically be turned on when you equip a Miner Main Hand tool. For Botanists, that would be Triangulate:

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Once you exit through the gate though… you’ll see nothing. Don’t freak out, just keep walking. You will eventually see a yellow pickaxe or branch symbol on your minimap. Simply keep walking towards it.

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You’ll see a shiny light on a piece of rock or on a tree. Interact with it by right-clicking on it or pressing whatever button you mapped to interact.

Node Collection

A screen somewhat like this should appear. Simply click on the item you need to collect in order to collect the item.

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As you collect, notice that the “health” of the node has gone down. This means that your strike has consumed 25% of the node’s overall resources, and 75% of the node’s resources remain. Practically this simply means you have 4 gathering attempts in total, and only 3 remain.

On the item itself, you will see four attributes. The Gathering Rate is the success rate of each gathering attempt you make on that item. The HQ Rate is the rate at which you obtain high-quality versions of that item provided a successful attempt at gathering. The Gathering Level difference with your gatherer’s level affects the base Gathering Rate. If you are at the same level as the gathering level, your base chance to gather is capped at 95%.

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Gathering, Perception, and GP (Gathering Points)

Unlike the relationship between craftsmanship and progress, we do not know if Gathering has a linear relationship with Gathering Rate, or if Perception has a linear relationship with HQ Rate. Suffice to say though, Gathering Rate on an item is dependent on your Gathering attribute, and Perception affects the HQ Rate at which you gather the item. Your GP affects the amount of abilities you are able to execute on a node, but we have not obtained any yet. However, reaching crucial GP breakpoints, such as 600 GP at Lv60, and 730 GP at Lv70, is incredibly important as they allow you to use the best rotations to maximize gathering efficiency.

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The Basics of Fishing First, equip your Fishing Rod. Next, obtain bait. The Fisher Lv1 quest will give you some bait to start off, but if you ever need more bait or other types of bait, you can purchase them from vendors. In Limsa Lominsa, that would be from the Fieldcraft Merchant.

Bait In order to catch any fish, you’ll need a bait:

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Once you obtain bait, you can practically fish anywhere where there is water, but your bait may not be suited for that location.

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Different baits catch different fishes, and different locations contain different fishes. To determine where and with what bait to catch a fish, visit the cat became hungry site listed under the Useful Resources section. To fish, simply use the ability Cast. Once you hear and see your fishing rod tug, use the ability Hook. That is all there is to the majority of your fishing experience.

Fishing Windows Certain fishes only spawn during certain times or weathers. Simply look at the Time Zone section for your fish to determine when it is fishable.

For example, here we can see that the fish can not be fished from 10 - 16 Eorzean Time.

And we can see that this fish is better fished during a rain.

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EXP For Lv 1 - 50 crafters, in of XP gain for the amount of effort you put in (these are all personal opinions, not fact-based): Starred Daily GC turn-in > Ixali Quests > Levequest > Daily GC turn-in > Completing the Recipe List For Lv 51 - 60 crafters: Custom Deliveries (Lv55+) > Starred Daily GC turn-in > Moogle Quests > Levequest > Daily GC turn-in > Collectables > Completing the Recipe List For Lv 61 - 70 crafters: Custom Deliveries > Starred Daily GC turn-in > Levequest > Daily GC turn-in > Collectables > Completing the Recipe List For Lv 1 - 50 gatherers: Starred Daily GC turn-in > Levequest > Daily GC turn-in > Manual Grinding For Lv 51 - 60 gatherers: Custom Deliveries (Lv55+) > Starred Daily GC turn-in > Levequest > Daily GC turnin > Collectables > Manual Grinding For Lv 61 - 70 gatherers: Custom Deliveries > Starred Daily GC turn-in > Collectables > Levequest > Daily GC turn-in > Manual Grinding For details of each leveling method, please read below:

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Recipe List

’ Completing the Recipe List involves, basically, crafting every single entry in a given section of the crafting log at least once. When you successfully synthesize an item in the crafting log for the first time, a tick is shown on the recipe to indicate that you have successfully crafted it. Crafting an item for the first time in the crafting log also confers a first-time bonus that correlates with the recipe level. You do not gain first-time bonuses for crafting anything falling under Special Recipes, other than housing items (these do give first-time bonuses). Additionally, the more quality you fill in the quality bar, the more bonus XP you’ll get for the synthesis of an item. This high quality bonus is independent from the first-time bonus. Although slower than all other methods, completing the Recipe List is the only method that isn’t time-gated at all below Lv50. All other methods below Lv50 are partially or fully time-gated. Furthermore, completing the recipe list allows you to make gil while leveling crafters by selling items created on the market board, since you don’t have to turn-in the items you have made.

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Crafting and Gathering Manuals

If you intend to gain XP by completing the recipe list, I recommend grabbing some crafting manuals while you’re at it. There are three types of manuals: +50%, +150%, and +20%. The +20% manual is stackable with the other two, but the +50% and +150% manuals are mutually exclusive. Read the tooltip: it does not boost XP from any source other than synthesis. I recommend grabbing survival manuals no matter what activity you’re doing to level gatherers, whether it be levequests or manual grinding. As with the crafter manuals, there are three types of manuals: +50%, +150%, and +20%, which are stackable for a total of +70%/+170% per strike on a node. The first type of crafting manual, the +50% XP, contains the Company-issue Engineering Manual I (req. GC Private First Class), which grants a maximum of 50,000 points, and the Company-Issue Engineering Manual II (req. GC Sergeant First Class), which grants a maximum of 100,000 points. Similar requirements and maximum XP apply for the Company-Issue Survival Manual I & II. The +50% crafting manual can be purchased with grand company seals immediately as you start crafting. These manuals can be purchased from your GC Quartermaster.

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The second type, the +150% manuals, is bought with red crafter / gatherer scrips from any Scrip Exchange vendor.

Under the Red Crafters’ / Gatherers’ Scrip Exchange (Lv50) menu, you’ll see Commercial Engineering / Survival Manual. These manuals provide a +150% boost to experience from synthesis for a total of 300,000 points for a pretty cheap 30 red scrips. The catch is that you’re unlikely to be able to obtain them until much later when you have crafters or gatherers at Lv 55 or above, as you are otherwise unable to obtain red scrips before then.

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The final type of engineering / survival manual, the +20%s, require significant investment into growing your GC squadron to obtain. These give a +20% boost to EXP earned from crafting (does not include leve or collectible rewards) or gathering, but they do not have a cap, meaning that in the 120m duration that you crafted or gathered, you could gain as much bonus XP as is humanly possible. However, as these manuals are locked behind weekly squadron missions (that you can only do once per week), they are hard to get and are therefore a luxury more than anything. To reiterate, the +50% manuals and the +150% manuals are NOT stackable. However, the +50% manuals can stack with the +20% manuals. The +150% manuals can stack with the +20% manuals too.

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Daily GC turn-ins

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At your GC Personnel Officer, you can undertake Supply and Provisioning Missions to enter this screen, which shows you a list of requested items that the GC wants for that day. In return for turning in the requested items, you gain a significant chunk of experience and grand company seals. If an item is starred on that day, you’ll get double the experience and grand company seals. Turning in HQ items also grant a stackable double XP modifier. This means that turning in an HQ starred item grants you 4 times the XP as usual. This method of leveling is only repeatable once per day. A list of requested items for today can be found under the Timers Menu (Ctrl+U).

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Levequests

In order to unlock levequests, you need to first complete a trial leve for a given levemete, which this guide will not go into.

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Leves are universally recognized as the go-to leveling method for crafters and for pre-60 gatherers. To initiate Levequests, visit any Levemetes like this. Select Fieldcraft Leves if you’re looking for gathering leves, and Tradecraft Leves if you’re looking for crafter leves. Once you enter the levequests screen, you’ll see a selection of leves that you can choose from. Selecting one by clicking Accept will use up 1 Leve Allowance. You only get 6 leve allowances every day, with 3 regenerating every 12 hours, so do use your leve allowances wisely. However, if you, like most players, have been neglecting to check levequests, you’ll see that you start out with 100 allowances, which is the leve allowances cap. This is usually plenty for casual crafter leveling. If you want to powerlevel multiple crafters in quick succession though, you’ll find that you’ll soon run out of levequest allowances. Once you accept a Tradecraft levequest, all you have to do is obtain, through any means (this means you don’t necessarily have to craft it yourself), a copy of the requested item, preferably HQ, and turn it in to the person indicated by the quest text.

Delivery of an HQ item confers a +100% bonus XP, so where possible, it is highly recommended to turn in HQ leve items. This is a basic overview of crafter leves. For more information about crafter leves and gatherer leves, please read the corresponding sections later in this guide.

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Collectables

In order to unlock Collectables, you need to complete the quest Inscrutable Tastes, which this guide will not go in detail. Collectables generally provide less XP than levequests, but they are not time-gated, unlike levequests. You can do as many as you want. Simply look at today’s requested collectibles and craft or gather them. You can also access a list of today’s requested collectibles under the Timers Menu (Ctrl+U). More info about collectables will be discussed in the relevant section later in the guide, including rotations for gathering collectables.

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Ixali and Moogle Quests

To unlock Ixali quests, you have to do the quest A Bad Bladder. Ixali quests are only useful for crafters from Lv 1 to Lv 49. Once you have reached Lv 50, Ixali quests will give severely penalized XP. To unlock Moogle quests, you have to do 19 torture exercises known as Moogle sidequests, the details of which can be found in this thread. Moogle quests are only useful for crafters from Lv 50 to Lv 59. Once you have reached Lv 60, Moogle quests will give severely penalized XP. The beauty of Ixali and Moogle quests is that all materials except shards and crystals are provided to you, meaning you do not need to spend any money procuring materials to do these quests. Furthermore, they grant a huge chunk of XP daily and are incredibly easy to do. These should always be prioritized over other methods of leveling. In many Moogle quests you don’t even do any crafting, but go on silly little adventures like this:

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There’s a catch to it though: Ixali and Moogle quests are time-gated. You could only do a few of these quests every day. You have a daily allowance of 12 quests for all beast tribes. This means that if you do 12 Ixali quests for a day, you will have no more allowances left to do any Moogle quests. You can check your beast tribe allowances left for the day under the Timers Menu (Ctrl+U). The Ixalis also have a separate, daily delivery system, requesting specific items to turn-in for that day. In order to turn-in items, players must accept the daily quest Deliverance from the Ehcatl Nine Manciple, which uses up a beast tribe allowance for that day. The aim of the quest Deliverance is to turn-in enough items such that you get enough quota points, which can be viewed under the Ehactl Nine Delivery Quests menu. Turning in items requested grants quota points and XP; the higher the recipe level of the items turned in, the more quota points and XP are rewarded. To view the items requested for the day, look under the Timers Menu (Ctrl+U). Similar to the GC daily turn-ins, the Ixalis also have starred turn-ins. However, unlike GC turnins, these do not provide double XP, but merely bonus XP, and no bonus quota points. Additionally, turning in HQ items yield double the XP reward, but no bonus quota points. As such, it is in your best interest to turn in HQ items, but don't fret if you can't.

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Besides the delivery quests, the Ixali also have regular beast tribe missions. Initially, at rank 1, you will only have one questgiver providing 3 quests for you to do per day. Once you do those 3 quests, you’ll no longer be able to accept any more quests from that particular questgiver for the day, even if you have extra beast tribe allowances left. Each regular quest and the Deliverance quest will grant beast tribe reputation. You can check your beast tribe reputation under the Character Menu:

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As you gain more reputation with the beast tribe, you will eventually accrue enough reputation points to unlock a beast tribe quest that does not consume an allowance. This special blue-signed quest will allow you to unlock the next rank of the beast tribe. For the Ixali, ranking up will unlock a new questgiver. The new questgiver offers harder, but more rewarding quests than the questgiver of the previous rank. For Moogles, ranking up will grant you reset the questgiver for that day, allowing you to do 3 more quests on the same day. However, unlike the Ixali, ranking up in Moogles will not unlock more questgivers; it will, however, unlock more quest varieties and boost the rewards from each quest permanently. Therefore, it is eventually possible to do 12 Ixali quests every day but you can only do 3 Moogle quests every day unless you rank up on that day. In the later Ixali quests, you’ll sometimes get debuffs that decrease your , or lock cross-class skills, like these:

You’ll need to work with these restrictions to successfully complete the quest but do note that you can right-click off the debuff once you complete the craft, so that your next synthesis attempt does not have two running debuffs, making it hard to complete the craft. You only have to worry about this with Jezul Ahuatan’s quests. Duzal Meyean and Jezul Ahuatan’s quests will also give you debuffs that lock crossclass skills. If you have been following the recommended leveling guide for crafters, then you should be able to use either a high level Culinarian or Weaver to craft these items, as you will have access to Careful Synthesis, or Steady Hand II + Hasty Touch, then turn it in with a lower level crafter, if you so wish. The later quests are sometimes extremely difficult without a high level crafter. You’ll have to constantly attempt to HQ with 15%~20% odds with a Lv30~40 crafter. There is no way around it unfortunately.

Custom Deliveries Custom Deliveries are a weekly-gated turn-in system featuring Zhloe and M’naago. To unlock Zhloe, complete the quest Arms Wide Open. To unlock M’naago, complete the quest Reach Long and Prosper. Custom Deliveries require you to have a Lv60 crafter to unlock, so you’ll not be able to use it for your first class to Lv60. Zhloe turn-ins require a Lv55+, and not a Lv60 class to turn-in, however.

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To access Custom Deliveries, enter your Timers menu (Ctrl+U) and open Custom Deliveries. You’ll be able to select the client and look at what they’re requesting for the week. You can turn in up to a maximum of 6 items per client per week. As you turn in items, you gain satisfaction with the client, eventually ranking up. Each new rank unlocks tougher, but more rewarding turn-ins. These items need to be collectables. For more information on how to craft or gather collectables, please visit the corresponding sections later in the guide. The materials for crafting the collectables requested can be found at the Material Supplier in Mor Dhona for M’naago, and the Scrap Salvager in Idyllshire for Zhloe.

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PART II: Basic Crafter Guide Crafter: Lv 1 - 14 So you just unlocked your first crafter and proceeded to read this guide and sifted through 50 pages of “Basics”. Now let’s actually craft something instead of reading about crafting! First, equip the tool you just got from the unlock quest and create a new gear set for it. Second, open the crafting log. You can press [ N ] or click on Logs -> Crafting Log. You’ll see recipes. Select the first Lv1 recipe for your crafter, and check the materials required for the synthesis of that recipe. Third, purchase the materials required from the guild’s vendor, which should be located near the guild’s front desk (or outside the guild for BSM/ARM). Fourth, open the crafting log again, select the recipe, and hit [ Synthesis ]. The basics of Synthesis, including the meaning of Progress and Quality, have been elaborated already in this guide. Please revisit the appropriate sections if you have no idea what the following section is talking about. A guide on how to gear up as you level is in a separate Part of the guide.

Lv 1 - Basic Synthesis

You should see a window similar to this. Notice that you require 9 Progress to complete the synthesis. Do not worry about the quality for now, as you have no Touch actions unlocked at Lv 1. Your only skill so far is Basic Synthesis.

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You’ll see a tool-tip for Basic Synthesis if you hover over the button for the skill. First, you’ll notice that the skill has 0 Cost. A brief description indicates that the skill increases progress, which is what we need to complete the craft. Its efficiency is 100%. Efficiency is the measure of an action’s strength relative to the basic variant of the skill. The basic variant of Basic Synthesis is itself, so its efficiency being at 100% means that it is the baseline action for progress-increasing skills. All other Synthesis skills with Efficiency will give a progress increase based on a multiplier of this skill. The success rate is 90%. This means that each Basic Synthesis has a 10% chance to fail.

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Now, simply use Basic Synthesis until the progress hits 9 out of 9. If you’re starting out at Lv 1, this should mean that you have to use Basic Synthesis successfully twice before completing the craft, as each should grant 6 Progress. A failed Basic Synthesis action will not increase progress. Once you complete the craft, you’ll obtain the item you have just crafted in your inventory, and gain XP for the synthesis. If this is your first time crafting the item, you will also get a first-time bonus for crafting the item.

Completing the Recipe List The fastest way to level to Lv 15 is by simply completing the recipe list. This also serves as practice for the very fundamentals of crafting. I recommend using the shopping cart tool in one of the sites I linked under Useful Resources to compile a list of materials to purchase from the guild vendor. The crafting as a service site is fantastic for this purpose as it automatically generates a shopping list for you if you input the level range of the recipes you want to craft:

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Lv 5 - Basic Touch The next skill you obtain, at Lv 5, will be Basic Touch.

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Similar to Basic Synthesis, Basic Touch is the baseline for all Touch skills, as its efficiency is 100%. The affinity of a skill indicates whether it is a cross-class skill or otherwise. If it is a cross-class skill, the affinity would be Disciples of the Hand instead of a specific class. From Lv 5 onwards, every synthesis attempt would be a game of balancing Touch actions, Synthesis actions, , and durability. Your goal is to increase the quality as much as possible while ensuring that you can complete the synthesis by completing progress. Let’s take a 60 durability recipe for instance. I would execute the following rotation:

[Basic Touch] -> [Basic Touch] -> [Basic Touch] -> [Basic Synthesis] -> [Basic Synthesis] -> (Basic Synthesis) Square bracketed actions indicate necessary actions. The last round-bracketed Basic Synthesis is an optional failsafe in case one of the previous Basic Synthesis fails. First, we want to figure out how many Synthesis actions I would need to complete the craft. You can either test this by using a Synthesis action at the beginning of the craft attempt, or use a crafting simulator (linked in Useful Resources). In this example, I realize that I need 2 Synthesis actions to complete the craft. Therefore, I decide to be able to perform at least 3 Synthesis actions, in case one of them fails, because the success rate is not 100%. As each Synthesis action consumes 10 durability, this leaves us with 30 out of 60 durability left for other actions.

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Since we only have one other skill at this level, we will use them for Basic Touch in order to increase the quality of the item and have a better chance at HQing the item.

If it isn’t already obvious, note that the above rotation is wrong. This is because once you complete all progress on the craft, you can no longer add any quality to it.

Lv 7 - Master’s Mend

Master’s Mend is the first action you obtain that restores the durability during a craft. Let’s create a sample rotation around it for a 60 durability recipe.

Master’s Mend allows us to perform more actions, as its practical effect is to add an additional 30 durability to the recipe. Note that you cannot use Master’s Mend at 0 durability. Also note that Master’s Mend cannot restore durability more than the maximum durability. So if you use Master’s Mend at 40 / 60 durability, you’ll not get 70 / 60, but rather, 60 / 60 durability. As such, try to always use it before the craft reaches 0 durability. 10, 20, or 30 durability are good places for a 60 durability recipe. Notice that Master’s Mend has a very high cost, however. So do be careful not to reduce to below Master’s Mend’s required , 92, before using it. Otherwise you may get stuck with low durability while being unable to use Master’s Mend, and thus not have enough durability left for Synthesis action to complete the progress.

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Lv 9 - Steady Hand

Steady Hand is the first buffing action we come across. When you activate it, you’ll see a buff on your HUD, indicating the number of steps left that Steady Hand is active for. Steady Hand affects all Synthesis and Touch actions. So for example, while under the buff of Steady Hand, Basic Synthesis will have a success rate of 100% (90% + 20% = 110%). Basic Touch will have a success rate of 90% (70% + 20% = 90%).

Lv 11 - Inner Quiet

Inner Quiet is the second, but most important buffing action we come across. Every time we perform a Touch action successfully ( that not all Touch actions contain the word “Touch” in its skill name), we gain an increase in quality. This increase in quality triggers the Inner Quiet buff, and we gain a stack of it, which grants us a bonus to control. Suppose we normally have 176 Control. When we first activate the Inner Quiet buff, we do not get any increase in our Control attribute. However, once we perform a Touch skill successfully, we gain a stack of Inner Quiet. As we can see from the difference between these two pictures, a few stacks of Inner Quiet can

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make a massive difference. that quality increases are proportional to Control. As such, whenever we gain an increase in Inner Quiet stacks, our next Touch actions will all increase in strength. Every stack of Inner Quiet provides a +20% bonus to Control4. This +20% bonus is based on your base control; in other words, the effect of Inner Quiet is additive, not multiplicative. Now, for a 60-durability recipe, we can create a rotation that looks like this:

Why is the Steady Hand staggered such that it takes place after the first Basic Touch? Is it better to have Inner Quiet and 4 touch actions or 5 touch actions?

4 https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/1moje4/indepth_crafting_mechanics/

The answer to the two questions are: 1. This is so that the last Basic Synthesis is covered by Steady Hand, thus guaranteeing the completion of the craft. 2. It is better to have 4 touch actions and Inner Quiet. Treat each stack of Inner Quiet as a roughly 20% increase in quality increases.

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Crafter: Lv 15 Cross-Class Skills As recommended at the start of the guide, you should level all crafters to Lv 15 initially. This will unlock 8 cross-class skills, some of which are still powerful even in the end-game. The recommended path to level all crafters to Lv 15 is by simply completing the recipe list up to Lv 15. The materials for all recipes under Lv 15 can be bought from the guild vendor. Setting cross-class skills for crafters is the same as setting role actions for combat jobs.

Visit your Actions & Traits screen, and then press “Additional”. You can then select skills from here by ticking the box next to the ability. A sample macro for automatic cross-class skills setup is provided here: /aaction /aaction /aaction /aaction /aaction /aaction /aaction /aaction /aaction /aaction /aaction

"Muscle

Memory"

"Innovation" "Ingenuity" "Ingenuity II" "Piece by Piece" "Byregot's Blessing" "Careful Synthesis II" "Comfort Zone" "Steady Hand II" "Tricks of the Trade"

clear on on on on on on on on on on

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/aaction /echo <se.1><se.2>

"Reclaim"

on

You can use this macro as a model for your own cross-class setup macros. It works for combat jobs too.

CRP - Rumination

A misleading tooltip, because it’s not proportional. The actual it restores is as follows: Current Inner Quiet Stacks

Restored

2

15

3

24

4

32

5

39

6

45

7

50

8

54

9

57

10

59

11

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Before you get stronger actions that consume Inner Quiet stacks, this is your only “finisher”. A finisher is an action or a sequence of actions that follows an Inner Quiet phase, generally circling around a key action (or two) that consumes Inner Quiet stacks.

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Here is a sample rotation utilizing Rumination on a 60-durability recipe.

Suppose we have 220 maximum to spend. In this example, by the end of the Inner Quiet phase, we’ll be left with 90 , and 10 durability. If we need 3 Synthesis actions to complete progress, then it means we would fail the craft. By using Rumination, we’ll lose our Inner Quiet stacks, but gain that will enable us to use Master’s Mend, therefore restoring the item to 40 durability, enough for 3 Synthesis actions. Do note that because the Basic Touch does not have a 100% success rate even under Steady Hand in that rotation, there is a chance that we will have 0 increase in Inner Quiet stacks, meaning that Rumination will restore 0 . Although this possibility is extremely remote, it serves as a warning not to rely on Rumination restoring a huge amount of if we’re relying on non-100% Touch actions. Always leave some room for RNG when using Rumination, unless you plan on using 100% Touch actions. Rumination is not that great once you gain access to better ways of consuming Inner Quiet stacks. However in the early game it is very strong and allows you to squeeze in an extra Touch action or two due to the it restores.

BSM - Ingenuity

A pretty vague and unhelpful tooltip. Feel free to ignore this skill for now, as it is not useful while leveling. Most crafters don’t need to understand how it works either, even in the end-game. Just know that this is the only cross-class skill at Lv15 that is still used in current end-game.

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A detailed analysis and explanation of the theory behind Ingenuity is explained in the Ingenuity II and Ingenuity Modifier section of this guide.

ARM - Rapid Synthesis

Rapid Synthesis is a useful tool as a later substitute, but its low success rate makes it a difficult skill to work with. that, in order to complete a synthesis, you need to max out the progress. Having random chance thrown into progress increasing can make it difficult to figure out how many touches you can do. And you certainly cannot rely on Rapid Synthesis as your final closing action while you’re at 10 durability because there is a good chance that it will fail. So how is Rapid Synthesis useful? As an opener, actually, to quickly increase the progress gauge before moving into an Inner Quiet phase.

Suppose 330% efficiency worth of Synthesis is required to complete the progress, then a Rapid Synthesis (250%) and a Basic Synthesis (100%) is enough to complete the craft.

If the first Rapid Synthesis fails, we simply substitute a Basic Touch for a Rapid Synthesis.

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When initially leveling, when crafts can be completed in two to three Basic Synthesis, Rapid Synthesis isn’t very useful. Later on, however, it can be helpful as a substitute for Piece by Piece (which we’ll discuss more).

GSM - Manipulation

Manipulation is practically a cheaper Master’s Mend that is more versatile… in most situations. Before we jump into its versatility, let’s point out one of its flaws:

Suppose we have a 40 durability recipe. We use Manipulation when the item is at 10 durability, and use another Synthesis or Touch action. This will actually break the synthesis because notice very carefully the wording on Manipulation: “Restores 10 points of durability after each step…” This means that the 10 durability restoration takes place after any durability reduction is calculated. So when using Manipulation, keep this in mind. Manipulation otherwise is a pretty versatile Master’s Mend that can lead to creative uses. Notice that it restores durability after any action, meaning that it will restore 10 durability if you use Steady Hand, for instance. Here’s a 40 durability rotation that still uses Master’s Mend:

Notice that we’re forced to leave the last Basic Touch unbuffed with Steady Hand. There is no way around this without using one more Steady Hand. The last action is WVR’s Careful Synthesis which has a 100% success rate.

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With Manipulation, however, we can do this:

We were able to buff all Basic Touches with Steady Hand because of Manipulation’s versatility!

LTW - Waste Not

Practically, Waste Not causes all actions to cost 5 durability. If an action does not cost durability, then Waste Not does nothing, but you still lose one turn of Waste Not. Here is a sample rotation for a 60 durability recipe utilizing Waste Not:

As we have discussed in a prior section of the guide, if a synthesis that normally costs 10 durability reduces the item’s durability from 5 to -5, it still completes the craft if progress is completed. Waste Not is powerful because it is by far the most -efficient durability restoring skill you have at Level 15. It essentially restores 20 durability for the cost of 56, which is 2.8 per durability. Master’s Mend costs 3.07 per durability, and Manipulation costs 2.93 per durability. Once we talk about Tricks of the Trade we’ll fully compare the differences between Manipulation and Waste Not.

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WVR - Careful Synthesis

The primary benefit of Careful Synthesis is that it has a 100% success rate. Once you get this skill, you should be able to substitute all Basic Synthesis with this, as the efficiency difference is pretty minimal (90% from 100%).

ALC - Tricks of the Trade

Tricks of the Trade is the first conditional action that we meet. As such, we can actually use it in macros as a mini conditional statement. If the material condition is neither Good nor Excellent, then Tricks of the Trade will not execute. This can be used in interesting ways. For example, we want to prevent a Poor condition from appearing when we execute our last Touch action, as the last Touch is the strongest Touch usually. We can create a macro like this:

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If the Condition is not Good or Excellent when Tricks of the Trade comes up, then the macro will not execute it at all. No matter what, a Poor will not land on the last Touch action:

Now, it’s time to compare Waste Not and Manipulation in context of Tricks of the Trade. In the following 40-durability rotation, Manipulation has effectively given us 30 durability each time.

Because Manipulation works on any action, Tricks of the Trade will not prevent Manipulation from reaching its full potential. As such, Manipulation is more versatile in this regard. On the other hand, Waste Not usage is sometimes mutually exclusive with too many Tricks of the Trade procs:

Each Waste Not effectively grants us 20 durability. In the above example, we have only gained 15 durability in each Waste Not window, for a total of 30 durability across 2. We needed 35 or 40 durability to complete the craft. Once again, that it is acceptable to use a ToT proc in a Waste Not window once, and only once, because 5 durability is as good as 10 durability for the last Synthesis action:

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CUL - Hasty Touch

The bread and butter Touch action from Lv 15 all the way to Lv 66; once you get this, you’ll be using this all the time. This ability is also the primary reason why most people recommend you leveling Culinarian to Lv 37 after getting all crafters to Lv 15, because Steady Hand II, which provides a +30% success rate, buffs Hasty Touch to an 80% success rate skill, which is far more reliable than Steady Hand + Hasty Touch. Although it has a low success rate, the fact that it costs 0 often means that, by replacing all Basic Touches you have with Hasty Touches, you get to do one extra Manipulation, or one extra Waste Not. That it costs 0 also allows you to fit in more Hasty Touches within your rotation, thereby increasing your Inner Quiet stacks more than if you stuck with Basic Touch. Together with the other skills, here are some practical rotations you can use at Lv 15, with 180 , so far: 40-durability rotation:

60-durability rotation:

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A Note on Leveling Beyond Lv15 Beyond Lv 15, there are a myriad ways to level. Check out the EXP section of this guide for more information on the ways to level. A leve guide is a few sections away below. As you level all crafting classes to Lv 15, you now possess the skills necessary to level a crafting class all the way to Lv 50 by yourself. Most crafters would recommend getting CUL Lv37 on the way though, as Steady Hand II makes your life easier when dealing with Hasty Touches. A gearing guide on how to get level-relevant gear for yourself, either through crafting or purchasing from vendors, is also in this guide in PART VIII.

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Crafter: Lv 16 - Lv 25 The Market Board Beyond Lv 15, you’ll start to encounter recipes where there are materials no vendors supply. As such, you will have to either trade with a gatherer to obtain those materials, or simply visit the market board to purchase them. There are market boards in each city-state and plenty of them are strewn across the housing areas.

Right-click to interact with the Market Board. It’ll open up a screen like this:

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There are two ways to search for an item. Regular Search and Category Search. You can either type in the name of the item in the Search Bar, press Enter or click Search for the result:

Partial Match simply enables you to search for an item with only part of the item’s name. For example, searching “mythril ore” with Partial Match on will bring up the result “Cloud Mythril Ore”. Searching without Partial Match will not yield that result:

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You can add items to a wishlist by right-clicking on the item and selecting “Add to Wish List”. Think of the Wish List as a list of items you regularly check on the Market Board. No one will actually buy you anything on your wishlist as there is no such implemented function in the game. The Wish List can be accessed through the bottom left of the Market Board screen. You can also use the Wish List function as a very rough gauge of demand.

The numbers on the right of the heart icon indicates how much stock there is of a particular item, NOT the demand of the item. To check the demand of an item, click on the item, which will bring up the trading screen.

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On the top-right corner of the trading screen, you can see how many people have put this item on their wishlist, roughly corresponding to the demand of an item. However this can be misleading, so treat this number with a grain of salt. In order to purchase an item, simply select a listing on the trading screen, and click Yes. Notice that there are city-state taxes at play here. When you access the trading screen from Ul’Dah, and purchase an item from a Limsa Lominsan retainer, for instance, you’ll incur an additional 5% tax on the item. To avoid this tax, simply teleport to the retainer’s city to purchase the item. It is up to you to calculate if the teleportation fees are lower than the additional tax you have to pay. If you click on the History button near the top left of the trading screen, you can look at the transaction history of a particular item. This is useful as a means to gauge the demand and equilibrium price, and to see if current prices are simply a result of a shock to the market.

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The market board is a tool you will use a lot as a crafter. We will go into details on how to actually gauge the market’s demand in a later section.

Retainers Retainers are NPCs that serve three primary purposes: -

They act as extra inventory slots, allowing you to retrieve or deposit items in their inventory. You can list items on the market board for sale through a retainer. You can assign them on ventures. Retainers bring back items ranging from Copper Ore to the prized minion Mameshiba through ventures.

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In order to unlock retainers, progress far enough along the MSQ then talk to a Retainer Vocate. You can hire up to 2 retainers at any given time. To hire more than 2, you need to visit the MogStation. Each additional retainer above 2 costs an extra $2 per month. Select Hire a Retainer in order to hire one. You'll be asked to customize their appearance and name and voila! You have your very own retainer now! In order to unlock retainer ventures, you'll need to complete the quest An Ill-conceived Venture from the Troubled Adventurer, who can be found in each of the three starting cities.

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To access your retainers, visit any Summoning Bell, which can be found in any city and in housing areas. Select a retainer to manage them. To manage and utilize your retainer’s inventory, select Entrust and Withdraw items. To sell items on the market board, select Sell Items in Your Inventory. In order to send your retainers out on ventures you need to Assign A Class for them first.

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Select View your Retainer’s Gear and Attributes in order to gear up your retainer. To gear them, simply right click on a piece of gear in your inventory and select “Equip to Retainer”. Alternatively, drag the gear from your inventory onto the retainer’s gear slots. Gearing is important as your retainer’s attributes affect the quantity and quality of goods they bring back. On DoL retainers, Gathering increases the yield of their venture; Perception increases the likelihood of HQ yields. GP doesn't affect anything. On DoW/DoM retainers, iLvL affects both. The higher your retainer’s stats, the more items they unlock from quick ventures too. Select Assign a Venture to send your retainers on retainer missions.

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As your retainer goes out on venture missions, they gain experience in addition to the items they bring back. As your retainer levels up, they unlock more items that they can bring back. Quick Ventures, unlocked at Lv10, are the best method of leveling retainers while you're playing the game. They bring back a huge variety of items, some trivial and some worth millions. It's a lottery basically. 18-hour missions provide the most XP and are best used when you're about to log off. The rewards they bring are most of the time inconsequential. Retainers are hugely useful for crafter self-sufficiency, especially on materials that cost a fortune on the market board. If you decide to get into hardcore crafting I recommend: 8 Retainers 3x Combat Retainers 2x Miners 2x Botanists 1x Fisher or Miner or Botanist

6 Retainers 2x Combat Retainers 2x Miners 2x Botanists

4 Retainers 2x Combat Retainers 1x Miner 1x Botanist Having only 2 retainers puts you at a serious disadvantage if you decide to get into endgame crafting. I would not recommend it.

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Gearing Yourself A full guide to gearing yourself can be found in Part VIII. I'm going to suggest some basic cheap ways of gearing here first though. Go to the commercial hub of each starting city and find the following vendors: Fieldcraft Supplier (Evrardoux, Syneyhil, Yoyobasa)

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Supplies Main Hand Tools Supplies Off Hand Tools

Independent Jeweler (Ilorie, Sorcha, Lolonu)

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Supplies Accessories

Battlecraft Supplier (Domitien, Iron Thunder, Gwalter)

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Supplies Left Side Body Gear

Purchase the NQ gear for each slot and voila, you have geared yourself! Though HQ gear is better and allows you to HQ crafts more consistently, NQ gear is good enough for leveling.

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Lv 18 - Standard Touch

Two things of note: 1. Standard Touch has a much higher cost but it has 25% more efficiency. If you have to spare, it is typically better to use it as a finisher Touch action. 2. Standard Touch has a success rate of 80%, meaning it will always succeed when under Steady Hands. Here’s a sample 206 rotation on a 70-durability recipe utilizing Standard Touch as a finisher:

Lv 21 - Great Strides

Great Strides basically doubles the quality increase of the next Touch. The tooltip here is also why we very clearly state that not all Touch actions have the word “Touch” in it. Great Strides buff any action that increases quality, including a skill called Byregot’s Blessing. It is typically used to buff the finisher Touch, like so:

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Lv 25 - Master’s Mend II

Master’s Mend I efficiency: 3.07 / durability Manipulation efficiency: 2.93 / durability Waste Not efficiency: 2.8 / durability Master’s Mend II efficiency: 2.67 / durability Once you obtain Master’s Mend II, if you need to restore 60 durability, then this is the skill to use. However this means that you need to be in a situation where you would have used 2 Master’s Mend I / 2 Manipulations / 3 Waste Not’s for Master’s Mend II to reach its full potential. If you only need to restore 50 durability, then Manipulation + Waste Not (144 ) is more efficient. Furthermore, Master's Mend II is not suitable for 40-durability recipes.

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Crafter: Leves The basics were already taught. Let’s jump right to how we can use leves to level up our crafters quickly. Every crafter leve has an origin point and a destination point. Your job is to deliver the requested item from the origin point (the levemete) to the destination (someone requesting the item). You must unlock leves at the destination point to be able to accept leves with a destination point there. There are three different types of leves. The first two are simply leves where you craft an item, and deliver it to the destination. The first is called Constancy:

Ingenuity levequests have an icon as the below but they differ from Constancy levequests in that the delivery destination is often very far from the origin, requiring teleports. But these also yield greater XP rewards.

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Certain leves, starting from Lv 20, are repeatable in that they typically give diminished XP per turn-in, but you can turn in the same request 3 times for triple the XP for the cost of 1 allowance. Typically, you should use these leves only if you’re speed-leveling your crafters and leve allowances is an issue. These are called Charity levequests and they have an icon like so5:

To turn-in leves efficiently, I recommend using crafting as a service’s leve section. You can add the leves you need into a shopping cart and self-sufficiently craft the 5 Thanks to the resource found at: http://avaloncourt.guildwork.com/_ /levequests

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items you need thereon (assuming you have the gatherers). This is the method I recommend if you do not have enough gil to spend. If you do have gil, then I recommend purchasing levekits. It saves you a lot of time and get you to the endgame faster. You need to make sure that the time you save getting to Lv70 crafting will have a bigger output in gil than the levekit’s price. If you’re not going to try to make any profits at Lv70, then why bother buying it? If you do not care about getting to Lv70 crafting quickly, then I recommend only doing starred HQ GC turn-ins and Ixali and Moogle quests. The former grants you an absurd amount of XP with a single turn-in, and the latter does not cost you any gil other than teleportation. To be as efficient as possible, prepare all the turn-ins you need to level to the next tier in advance and then accept the quest, deliver it to the destination, rinse and repeat.

Leve Guides If I put a Leve Guide within this guide, it’ll bloat the already hundreds-page-long document into a black hole of information. Lv 1 - 60 Leves: [link] (Shade’s Leve Guide) Lv 61 - 70 Leves: [link] (Mango7Roll’s Leve Guide) A WORD OF WARNING: It can be tempting to think that buying NQ items from vendors to turn in for leves is a good way to cheaply level up.

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In fact, if we visit crafting as a service’s leve section, we will quickly see that you can actually purchase a lot of the leve items straight from vendors. Let’s say we are aiming to level our crafter from Lv 64 to Lv 66. In order to level from Lv 64 to Lv 66 with NQ leve turn-ins, we will need around 15 turn-ins. Let’s say we use the cheapest turn-in. That would be 21,403 x 15 = 321,045 gil! Now do this all the way from Lv 15 to Lv 70 and for all 8 crafters and you’ll quickly rack up a bill in the tens of

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millions. At this point, you might as well just buy a levekit. A levekit is a collection of pre-crafted leve turn-ins that someone else has crafted, usually sold for gil. You can purchase a levekit directly and turn in the items to level up, but they're usually expensive for a beginner. Spend big or spend nothing at all. If you want to save gil, then you have to craft your own leve turn-ins.

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Crafter: Lv 26 - 37 Cross-Class Skills Lv 31 - Standard Synthesis

A decent skill in the early game. Note the cost. Can be useful if your Steady Hand has one or two turns of buffs remaining after the finisher.

GSM - Flawless Synthesis

This is only useful as a cross-class skill for your low level crafters if you leveled Goldsmith first for some reason. Later on, at Lv54, another skill will make this skill useful. For now you can ignore it.

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CUL - Steady Hand II

For the most part this is better than Steady Hand. Use it in conjunction with Hasty Touch.

Lv 37 - Brand of Elements

Before Level 54, the Brand of Elemental Synthesis actions have very little use outside of crafting elemental recipes, like the one shown below.

An elemental recipe halves all progress increases outside of percentage-based increases or Flawless Synthesis. However, the corresponding Brand of Elemental actions will have double the efficiency and thus double the progress on these

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recipes. Note that it doubles the halved progress meaning that it is basically 100% efficiency overall.

Be sure to save some for Brand of Elementals actions as they do cost 6 and require Steady Hand to have a 100% success rate.

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Crafter: Lv 38 - Lv 50 Cross-Class Skills Lv 43 - Advanced Touch

This is good for HQing easy recipes that are way below your attributes. Otherwise though it's not used much.

CRP - Byregot’s Blessing

Byregot's Blessing is a TOUCH action. Crucially, this means that Great Strides doubles the efficiency of Byregot's. Note that Byregot's Blessing is mutually exclusive with Rumination. Both actions end your Inner Quiet buff.

The ideal use of Byregot's Blessing is to use it in the finisher once sufficient Inner Quiet stacks have been built. Because Byregot's Blessing’s efficiency scales based on your Inner Quiet stacks, it is crucial to raise Inner Quiet as much as possible before

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using Byregot's Blessing. As it is your most potent Touch action, buffs should be used on it where allows. In the sample rotation above, note how we paired Great Strides together with Byregot's Blessing.

BSM - Ingenuity II

This is the Lv50 skill that is the most important and most irreplaceable. Byregot's Blessing can be replaced by Byregot's Brow and Miracle. Careful Synth II can be replaced by Careful III. Piece by Piece can be replaced by Rapid III… There is nothing to replace this immensely strong skill. It along with Ingenuity make current endgame recipe reliably HQ-able. A more in-depth explanation of Ingenuity’s effects is detailed in the Advanced section of this guide, specifically under Ingenuity Modifier. For now, however, treat Ingenuity as a buff that has 2 effects: -

Boosts Quality Boosts Progress

This is achieved by lowering the recipe’s level. We will discuss the effects of a recipe’s level later in this guide under Crafter “Level” and Recipe Level. In short, starred recipes like Lv50 **** recipes are actually dozens of levels above us. When the recipe level is higher than our level, then we get massive reductions in progress and quality increases. Ingenuity partially, but not completely, removes this penalty. The difference between Ingenuity and Ingenuity II can be anywhere from 5% to 20%, dependent on recipe level. More info in the Advanced section. The penalty reduction in quality and progress on starred recipes is so severe that using Ingenuity can be a relative 60% - 100% boost to quality on starred recipes. Notice the difference Ingenuity II has on progress:

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…and on quality:

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As a result of the mechanics surrounding quality and progress penalty on starred recipes, treat Ingenuity II as a second Great Strides for your Byregot's Blessing. You should almost always use Ingenuity II as the last action before Byregot's Blessing so that it will have enough steps left to reduce the penalty to progress on your remaining Synthesis steps.

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Note that Ingenuity’s usefulness is severely diminished for leveling recipes, unless you are crafting recipes that are above your level.

ARM - Piece by Piece

Piece by Piece increases remaining progress. As such it has diminishing returns: Piece by Piece

Total Progress Increase

1

33%

2

55%

3

70%

4

80%

On a recipe with 586 progress, using the 1st PbP will give us 193 (586 x 0.33) progress. The 2nd PbP will give us 129 (0.33 x (586-193)) progress. Note that it is always rounded down to the nearest integer. Piece by Piece is largely useful as an opener to quickly increase the progress in the beginning. As it scales based on remaining progress, it is always best to use any “static” Synthesis actions, such as Careful Synthesis, after Piece by Piece. Using it before PbP will diminish the full potential of it.

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Finally, note that any progress boosting buffs does not affect Piece by Piece. This means that Ingenuity does not affect it. Your craftsmanship also does not affect Piece by Piece.

GSM - Innovation

Innovation boosts your base control by 50%. This means that it's additive on top of Inner Quiet. Therefore you gain the same amount of control from Innovation whether you are at Inner Quiet 3 or Inner Quiet 11. With this in mind it is useful to see Innovation as roughly an additive ~50% boost to quality increase.

It is typically used in the finisher in conjunction with Byregot's Blessing. The trifecta of buffs, Innovation, Great Strides, and Ingenuity II, are typically used in most endgame rotations to buff Byregot's Blessing. While Innovation and Inner Quiet are additive buffs, Great Strides and Ingenuity 2 are multiplicative buffs I would not recommend using it outside of Byregot's Blessing as the boost is fairly weak. For rotations that do not require Ingenuity 2 however (typically when leveling since recipe levels match your crafter level), you can use it to buff both an Advanced Touch and a final Byregot’s Blessing:

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LTW - Waste Not II

Waste Not II is the most potent durability buff at Lv50, yet it comes with high inflexibility. Master’s Mend: 3.07 / dura Manipulation: 2.93 / dura Waste Not: 2.8 / dura Master’s Mend II: 2.67 / dura Waste Not II: 2.45 / dura With its inflexibility, you are forced to only use one action within its 8-step window that is neither a Synthesis or a Touch action. In conjunction with Steady Hand II this can make for a pretty tight requirement that practically disables the usage of Tricks of the Trade within the WN2 window. There are two ways to approach the combination of Waste Not 2 and Steady Hand 2. One is to use a first SH2 before the WN2 and to fit in the next SH2 within the WN2 window. Note that doing so means you can't use any other buffs including Tricks of the Trade within the WN2 window.

The other way is to use the first SH2 within the WN2 window, then use 100% success rate actions for the last two steps within the WN2 buff window.

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In either situation you gain the most efficiency -wise in gaining durability, at the cost of being unable to use Tricks of the Trade.

WVR - Careful Synthesis II

One of the more important Lv 50 cross-class skills. Simply a stronger Careful Synthesis. Note that this renders Basic Synthesis completely useless (outside of as a tool to gauge the progress increase at 100% efficiency) after you obtain this.

ALC - Comfort Zone

Practically, Comfort Zone is a gain of 14 . Note that it restores after the step, meaning that if, for example, you have 20 left while Comfort Zone is active, you are unable to execute Steady Hand II (25 ). Similarly, using a second Comfort Zone on the tenth step of the first Comfort Zone is ill-advised as the second Comfort Zone’s buff will apply before the 8 gain is triggered, meaning you lose a turn of your first Comfort Zone. As Comfort Zone only breaks even on the ninth step, you need to make sure that you always use Comfort Zone as early as possible.

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With these 7 skills, we can finally create a proper-looking rotation! Let’s go through

each step of the rotation and fully dissect it.

1. Comfort Zone - Always use Comfort Zone as early as possible to maximize gain. In this case, there is no reason to not use it before Inner Quiet. 2. Inner Quiet - Next, we use Inner Quiet to begin preparations for the Inner Quiet phase. 3. Waste Not II - Here we decide to employ the second variant of a Waste Not II rotation because we need a total durability of 150 (5 Synthesis, 10 Touches). As the recipe has an innate durability of 80, this means we need a total of 70 durability restored through durability-restoring actions. We decide that Waste Not II (+40) and Manipulation (+30) conserves the most . 4. Steady Hand II - By using the first SH2 after Waste Not II, we fully commit to only using Synthesis and Touch actions after this. that we only get 1 action within a WN2 window to be used for buffs or Tricks of the Trade. 5. Piece by Piece - Piece by Piece is most efficient when there is zero progress. We use two as our initial Synthesis actions, covered by SH2 ( that PbP has a success rate of 90%, not 100%). 6. Piece by Piece - The second Piece by Piece is slightly weaker than the first. 7. Hasty Touch - Here we begin the Inner Quiet phase with Hasty Touch. The aim of the Inner Quiet phase is simply to build as many Inner Quiet stacks as possible. We use Hasty Touch as it costs 0 , which allows us to be able to use more durability-restoring actions. We only ever use Hasty Touch under the SH2 buff. 8. Hasty Touch 9. Hasty Touch 10. Careful Synthesis II - WN2’s buff is still active, and we no longer have SH2 to use more Hasty Touches. Since we have to use Synthesis or Touch actions to fully utilize WN2, the only option left to us is to use CS2. 11. Careful Synthesis II 12. Comfort Zone - The Comfort Zone buff lasted from Step 2 to Step 11. As WN2 has ended, we are free to use buffing actions again. Our first priority is always

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Comfort Zone as it takes many steps for it to break even and we want enough for our finisher. 13. Manipulation - Manipulation works on any action, so using it before Steady Hand II makes sense as it’ll still gain its full effect. 14. Steady Hand II - We begin our next series of Hasty Touches and continue increasing our Inner Quiet stacks. 15. Hasty Touch 16. Hasty Touch 17. Hasty Touch 18. Hasty Touch 19. Hasty Touch 20. Steady Hand II 21. Hasty Touch 22. Innovation - To execute the Trifecta of buffs, we need a minimum of 4 steps of SH2 for our finisher, because that Byregot’s Blessing has a success rate of 90%, not 100%. Therefore, we use Innovation here. 23. Great Strides - The second of the Trifecta. 24.Ingenuity II - The third of the Trifecta, we always use Ingenuity II last so that any remaining Synthesis actions after Byregot’s Blessing can still benefit from Ing2. 25. Byregot’s Blessing - The final touch action, consuming all our Inner Quiet stacks. This is buffed by Inner Quiet, Innovation, Great Strides, and Ingenuity II, for a very high amount of quality increase. 26. Careful Synthesis II - Our final Synthesis action to complete the craft, this is also buffed by Ingenuity II.

CUL - Reclaim

Reclaim should be used before you enter the finisher. If too many Hasty Touches have failed and you think you’re unlikely to HQ the craft, and that the NQ variant is completely useless, feel free to use Reclaim, then fail the craft without quitting. You have a 90% chance to retain the materials you use. Quitting a craft does not trigger Reclaim.

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PART III: Intermediate Crafter Guide Crafter: Creating a Rotation This section is irrelevant for new crafters. Just like DoW/DoM jobs, crafters also have rotations. Now that we have reached Lv 50, we can start to create rotations that have all 3 phases: Opener, IQ-phase, and Finisher. We will be using advanced rotations as examples, so don’t fret out if you do not understand what some skills do. The opener of a rotation typically increases the progress to a level where you can complete synthesis within the last Ingenuity II window. If opener progress + finisher progress is unable to complete progress, then typically one or two additional Synthesis will be used within the Inner Quiet window, though this is not recommended, and we avoid this as much as possible. The opener of a rotation also typically starts setting out the longest buffs, such as Comfort Zone, Manipulation II, Inner Quiet, Maker’s Mark, etc. The Inner Quiet phase of a rotation focuses on increasing the amount of Inner Quiet stacks. Some opener buffs such as Comfort Zone will typically fall off in the middle of the Inner Quiet phase, and it is up to the rotation creator to reapply buffs in a way that ensures maximum efficiency; typically, if things don’t align perfectly, Synthesis steps will be used in order to ensure buffs realign. The finisher of a rotation focuses on converting the vast amount of Inner Quiet stacks generated into a strong series of actions that maximizes quality gain, and lead into a final series of Synthesis actions that complete the synthesis.

Opener Sample Opener 1

We will later quickly encounter actions that are Opening Actions. These actions must be used on the first step, so any rotations utilizing them will start off with them. In this case, it is a 6, 100% success rate PbP called Muscle Memory.

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Notice that immediately after the first action, we use Comfort Zone. This is typical for most rotations: Comfort Zone is usually used as the second action immediately after an Opening Action. After buffs, we’ll use Inner Quiet, as there is no reason not to use it before we start to use temporary buffs. We do not want to use Inner Quiet in the middle of a temporary buff as Inner Quiet does not benefit from them, and thus wasting buffed turns. Sample Opener 2

This is a tad-bit more complicated than the previous opener, but you do not have to know what these skills do for now. Here we have an Opener Action called Maker’s Mark. As usual, we always use the Opener Action on the first turn. Next we have a priority buff called Whistle While You Work. Notice how we used it before Comfort Zone? This is because there is more advantage to be gained by using that skill earlier than Comfort Zone. We then use Comfort Zone, which is also a priority buff. Simply put, priority buffs are buffs that we want to use as much as possible and as early as possible. After Inner Quiet and SH2, we use an Initial Progress Action. We chose Piece by Piece. Initial Progress Actions are progress-increasing that gain the most benefit by being used as close to the start as possible. There are also actions that are considered Initial Quality Actions. Patient Touch is one such skill. As with Piece by Piece, Patient Touch gains the most benefit when it is used early in the rotation. In more complex rotations, we can therefore follow this simple rule to create the opener:

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Opener Action -> Priority Buffs -> Inner Quiet -> SH/SH2 (if needed) -> Initial Progress Actions -> Initial Quality Actions Sample Opener 3

With this opener, we see that the positioning of Initial Progress and Initial Quality are interchangeable. Just make sure that any initial quality actions always take place after Inner Quiet. An opener could be as short as 2 actions or as long as 80 actions. Keep this in mind.

Building Inner Quiet Immediately after the opener, our aim is to increase the amount of Inner Quiet stacks.

In an Inner Quiet phase, typically we will use as many touch actions as possible. Important priority buffs, such as Whistle, or Comfort Zone, are refreshed if we think that we can gain the full benefit of those actions. This means that if you think we will only have 7 actions left, then don’t refresh Comfort Zone.

In this Inner Quiet phase, note how Comfort Zone is refreshed.

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Also don’t be afraid to use buffs or durability restores within SH2. You typically cannot avoid it anyways.

Finisher Unlike openers, there is little variety in finishers. Sample Finisher 1

. Typically you would use the Trifecta, then use a Finisher Touch (which is almost always Byregot’s Blessing), then use Synthesis actions to complete the craft, typically all boosted by Ingenuity 2. Sample Finisher 2

In this sample note that we used two finisher touches. Note that Finisher Touch #2 has a success rate of 100% under certain situations so it does not need Steady Hand II. Always calculate the required for your chosen Finisher, then ensure you conserve enough to execute your finisher.

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Crafter: Master Books I would strongly recommend getting these Master Books as early as it it’s convenient. These master books unlock advanced starred recipes, and most of the time, these starred recipes are the profitable crafts that you can do to make gil. Additionally, plenty of end-game crafts still require materials from “irrelevant”, earlier Mastercraft books. Master V is the current relevant book; all other books can be delayed, but some will have relevant crafts. As we have discussed in a prior section, starred recipes are typically much harder than regular crafts, often necessitating Ingenuity / Ingenuity II. As such, your run-ofthe-mill leveling gear and rotation will not be able to craft these special recipes. Additionally, most recipes within these books have a minimum craftsmanship and control requirement for you to even attempt to craft them. You do not necessarily need to obtain older Mastercraft books as early as they’re available. You can gear up first so that it becomes much easier to obtain them.

Mastercraft I To unlock Mastercraft I, you’ll need to do the quest Just Tooling Around and turn in a special high-quality item.

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Recommended to Obtain at: Lv58 Recommended Attributes: 492 Crafts, 457 Control, 322 For ways to hit the recommended attributes (it’s what you get with all NQ gear, so it shouldn’t be hard), please visit the Gearing Guide. You’ll need to trade in special 2* items to Talan in Mor Dhona in order to trade for a Mastercraft book. To craft the 2* item, use this rotation:

Alternatively use this macro: /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac

"Comfort Zone" <wait.2> "Inner Quiet" <wait.2> "Steady Hand II" <wait.2> "Waste Not" <wait.2> "Hasty Touch" <wait.3> "Hasty Touch" <wait.3> "Hasty Touch" <wait.3> "Hasty Touch" <wait.3> "Manipulation" <wait.2>

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/ac "Steady Hand II" <wait.2> /ac "Basic Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Basic Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Basic Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Great Strides" <wait.2> /echo Macro #1 complete <se.1> /ac "Byregot's Blessing" <wait.3> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3> /echo Macro #2 complete <se.14>

Mastercraft II To unlock Mastercraft II, you’ll need to trade in a special high-quality Lv50 *** item. The recipe for this item is located within Mastercraft I.

Recommended to obtain at: Lv62 Recommended Attributes: 600 Crafts, 600 Control, 360 Fieldcraft Demimateria III can be obtained via desynthesis, which we would talk about in greater detail in later parts of the guide. For now, simply purchase it from the market board. To craft the item, use this rotation/macro:

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/ac "Comfort Zone" <wait.2> /ac "Inner Quiet" <wait.2> /ac "Steady Hand II" <wait.2> /ac "Hasty Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Hasty Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Hasty Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Hasty Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Hasty Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3> /ac "Master's Mend II" <wait.3> /ac "Comfort Zone" <wait.2> /ac "Steady Hand II" <wait.2> /ac "Hasty Touch" <wait.3> /echo Macro #1 complete <se.1> /ac "Hasty Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Hasty Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Hasty Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Hasty Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Steady Hand II" <wait.2> /ac "Waste Not" <wait.2> /ac "Hasty Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Great Strides" <wait.2> /ac "Byregot's Blessing" <wait.3> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3> /echo Macro #2 complete <se.14>

Mastercraft III In order to unlock Mastercraft III, you’ll need to trade 180 red crafters’ scrip with any Scrip Exchange (Ul’Dah, Limsa Lominsa, Gridania, Idyllshire, Mor Dhona, Rhalgr’s Reach). To obtain red crafters’ scrip, you’ll need to trade collectables with the Collectables Appraiser. The master books are under the section “Red Crafters’ Scrip Exchange (Lv58)”.

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Mastercraft IV The method of obtaining Mastercraft IV is exactly the same as Mastercraft III, except it’s doubly expensive (360 red scrips).

Mastercraft V Mastercraft V costs 900 red scrips, and it falls under Red Crafters’ Scrip (Lv 61).

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Crafter: Collectables Lv50 - Collectable Synthesis

A collectable is a special item that is untradeable and market-prohibited, meant strictly for trading with NPCs for special rewards. Once you turn on Collectable Synthesis, when you visit your crafting log, you should see this:

Not all recipes can be crafted into collectables. Check the characteristics below to see if it is indeed a collectable:

Once you enter the actual synthesis, you should see a screen somewhat like this:

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Note that HQ% has been replaced by Collectability. An item’s collectability is the measure of how much an NPC values that collectable. An item with high collectability will usually yield greater rewards when traded in with an NPC. Some NPCs also demand a certain minimum collectability before they are willing to reward you. Collectability is simply quality filled divided by 10. So in order to maximize collectability, we have to increase quality as much as possible.

Rowena’s House of Splendors

Rowena’s House of Splendors is a turn-in system that rewards you with scrips and EXP. To unlock it, you need to do the quest Inscrutable Tastes. To access it, simply visit your Timers menu (Ctrl+U). You’ll see a list of available items that you can turn-in for that day. Turning them in as collectables will provide payment, dependent on the

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collectability. To turn in items, visit any Collectables Appraiser, who can be found in every city-state, Mor Dhona, and Rhalgr’s Reach. Rowena’s House of Splendors is a suboptimal way of leveling, as it provides far less XP than leves. It should only be used as a leveling method if leve allowances are a constraint. However, it is also one of the only ways to obtain crafter scrips, which are necessary for many end-game crafting activities.

Red Crafter Scrips Red crafters’ scrips are a currency used to exchange many goods. To view your current amount of scrips, visit the Currency tab (Ctrl+C), and view it under “Other”. There are a variety of ways to obtain red scrips. You can obtain them from squadron chemistry bonuses, from Rowena’s House of Splendors after Lv 50, and from Custom Deliveries. Red scrips can be traded for a variety of items: -

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I180 scrip gear, and augmentation items for i180 -> i200 (not recommended) Commercial Engineering Manual (+150% boost to

synthesis XP) Soul of the Crafter (used to obtain specialist soul stones) Grade IV and V crafter materia Crafting materials such as Carbon Fiber Mastercraft books III, IV, and V Lv 58 leveling gear (can be purchased from Moogle Vendor) NQ Lv 65 leveling gear (not recommended, can be purchased from vendor)

Yellow Crafter Scrips Yellow scrips can only be obtained through Rowena’s House of Splendors after Lv 66, and Custom Deliveries.

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I300 scrip gear (not recommended) Crafting materials

Good sources of yellow crafter scrips (opinion): CRP: Almandine Grinding Wheel Zelkova Spinning Wheel BSM: Molybdenum Knuckles Molybdenum Longblade (if you have combat retainers) Molybdenum Creasing Knife Molybdenum Pliers ARM: Molybdenum Alembic Molybdenum Frypan GSM: Palladium Planisphere (check Raw Rhodonite prices; if you have Lv70 MIN) Molybdenum Earring of XX Imperial Jade Necklace of XX / Imperial Jade Earrings of XX (check Raw Imperial Jade prices; if you have Lv70 MIN) LTW: (all of the options are pretty bad) WVR: Twinsilk Hood of Healing / Casting (if you have combat retainers) Twinsilk Slops of Healing / Casting (if you have combat retainers) Twinsilk Sash of Casting

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ALC: (all of the options are pretty bad) CUL: (all of the options are pretty bad)

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Crafter: Lv 50 - Lv 54 At Lv50, your options for leveling start to diversify. You gain access to Moogle quests and Rowena’s House of Splendors. At this point, levequests are not the only good method for leveling. Note that Lv50 - 58 leves all start in Ishgard. I recommend unlocking Moogle quests ASAP once you hit Lv50; be sure to do them daily as it is extremely easy XP. Check out the EXP section of this guide for more details on the various methods of leveling.

Bridging the Lv 50 - Lv 51 Gap Hitting Lv51 from Lv50 is a huge undertaking, because many options are blocked out to you as soon as you hit Lv50. Lv45 and under levequests give severely reduced XP when you are at Lv50. Ixali quests give severely reduced XP once you hit Lv50. However, as you have just hit Lv50, you do not possess the gear to craft Lv51 recipes, as they are rLvl 115/120, while you probably still only have ~i45 gear. The bridge is meant for people who have done the Lv50 endgame back in ARR. For the purposes of this guide, we’ll not go into it as it is outdated content, since it is very easy to skip it entirely if you’re patient. My recommendation is to simply wait it out. Do Moogle quests - they are easy even if you have very low level gear. Besides that, you should continue doing your daily GC turn-ins. You should not be attempting to craft Lv 51 recipes while you’re at Lv 50 because you’ll have a severe penalty (we’re talking -50% to progress and quality). Just by doing these dailies you should be able to bridge the Lv50-51 gap within a few days. If you’re impatient, you should either get someone to craft some leve items for you, or purchase leve items from the market board. Alternatively, you can buy some Artisan’s gear (which can be expensive) and with it craft your own leve items. Once you hit Lv51, you’ll be able to purchase new leveling gear for your crafter in Ishgard (The Jeweled Crozier). Note that you cannot purchase crafting accessories anymore, as they’re no longer available post Lv39. You’ll need to either craft it yourself, purchase it from the market board, or be stuck with low (not recommended).

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Lv 51 - Byregot’s Brow

At IQ5 and below, Byregot’s Brow is better than Byregot’s Blessing. At IQ6 and above, Byregot’s Blessing is better outside of the success rate and cost. If you have Byregot’s Blessing already, feel free to leave this ability on the sideburner. It won’t be useful until much later on. Do note that it has a 100% success rate for specialists. We already have discussed a rotation that benefits from this advantage, so this skill is not completely eclipsed by Byregot’s Blessing.

Lv 53 - Precise Touch

Precise Touch is another conditional action, similar to Tricks of the Trade. It has the same efficiency, success rate, and cost as Basic Touch, so only its additional effect is of interest.

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When you land a Precise Touch, two things happen. The Touch action itself increases quality. Therefore, the effect of Inner Quiet kicks in and we gain an Inner Quiet stack. Precise Touch itself has another additional effect, on top of this. This additional effect provides another Inner Quiet stack. Therefore, whenever we land a Precise Touch, our Inner Quiet stack goes up by 2.

Precise Touch should always be used in place of Basic Touch. Therefore, any extra you have that would have been spent on Basic Touch should be replaced by Precise Touch where possible. This does require you to look at condition procs carefully.

Lv 54 - Name of Elementals

Name of Elementals transform the Brand of Elementals action into a powerful Synthesis action. When under this buff, the lower the current progress, the higher the efficiency of Brand of Elementals action is. You can use Name of Elementals + Brand of Elementals on non-elemental crafts.

Current Progress

Name of Elementals + Brand Efficiency

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25%

252%

50%

205%

100%

110%

A typical rotation using this skill would look like so:

Do note that you will still need Steady Hand or Steady Hand II for Brand of Elementals because its success rate is 90%. Furthermore, note that any progressaltering actions, such as Ingenuity II, will affect Brand+Name because it is still an efficiency%-based Synthesis action, whereas Piece by Piece is based purely on progress%.

GSM - Maker’s Mark

Early on, this is not such a powerful action. The effect duration is 1/100 of the recipe’s difficulty, rounded up. For example, a recipe with 1247 difficulty (1247 progress required) will have a Maker’s Mark duration of 13 steps. Furthermore, Maker’s Mark is an Opener Action, meaning that it is mutually exclusive with other opener actions, such as Muscle Memory. It must be used on the first step. THE FOLLOWING SECTION IS IRRELEVANT TO NEW CRAFTERS. Looking at how Maker’s Mark work in practice will help us develop a stronger understanding of the ability. Let’s take a look at a full rotation based on Maker’s Mark

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called Rath’s Rotation (credits to Rath for the rotation, and /u/NahlaKahtehr for the document): The recipe we are using is Luminous Fiber. It is a Lv 60 3*** recipe with a difficulty of 1436. Rath’s Rotation has a total requirement of 437 . Let’s suppose we have 437 currently. Every Tricks of the Trade we take gives us 20 , and we can convert those 20 into a Basic Touch, by replacing a Hasty Touch with Basic Touch. Here’s where Precise Touch comes in. If we have an extra 20 , then we can turn any Hasty Touch that lands on a Good or Excellent into a Precise Touch. If we have an extra 40 , then we can turn two Hasty Touches into Basic/Precise Touch. With that in mind, let’s look at the rotation proper. OPENER

In the opener, our aim is to increase progress as much as possible. There are multiple locations where we can use Tricks of the Trade. INNER QUIET PHASE

In the first part of the Inner Quiet phase, notice how we cannot take any Tricks of the Trade within the Waste Not 2 window, as there is already a SH2 buff within the window, meaning any further buffs/durability restores will render 10 durability gone.

In the second part of the Inner Quiet phase, notice how we only need 7 actions to be buffed by Steady Hand II. We are also locked into using 2 buff/durability restores

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within SH2. So that leaves us with 9 actions that we must use within SH2. This actually leaves us an extra step left that we can use for Tricks of the Trade. Suppose we have an extra 40 from two Tricks of the Trade that we used. The rotation would then look something like this:

FINISHER

The finisher of Rath’s Rotation is incredibly simple: a Great Strides and Byregot’s Blessing, followed by a finisher synthesis. That’s all for Rath’s Rotation! If you’re curious about it and want to learn more, feel free to visit the Google Docs for the rotation. THE ABOVE SECTION IS IRRELEVANT TO NEW CRAFTERS.

CUL - Muscle Memory

In Heavensward, there was a dichotomy between Muscle Memory and Maker’s Mark: the former was for macro crafting, usually reserved for people with high crafter attributes, and the latter was for manual crafting, used by people with low crafter attributes. Currently, there is a trichotomy between the three Starter Actions: Initial Preparations is for specialist high stat macro crafting, Maker’s Mark is for low stat macro crafting, and Muscle Memory is for high stat non-specialist crafting.

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In either case, Muscle Memory has been thought of being the opener action for high stats. This is easy to see why: You lose at least one Comfort Zone by using Muscle Memory over Maker’s Mark. With Maker’s Mark, you have a lot of free actions that you can take that benefits from Comfort Zone’s effects. With Muscle Memory, you don’t have such luxury. The benefit for Muscle Memory is thus usually for speed, as it uses far less actions than Maker’s Mark. Let’s look at a sample Muscle Memory macro (original creator here).

As we can see, we only get to use 2 Comfort Zone actions throughout the macro. An interesting thing about this macro is the placement of PbP in the middle of the Inner Quiet phase. By doing so, we saved 3 as we only need a Steady Hand for PbP.

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Crafter: Lv 55 - Lv 60 The road from Lv55 to Lv60 is roughly the same as it was from Lv50 to Lv55. We gain access to specialization, which alters gameplay by a bit if you dabble in the specialist system. In addition to specialization, from Lv56 onwards, turn-ins will reward you with red crafters’ scrips, which can be traded for important items later on.

Specialization

To unlock the specialist system, you need to do the quest Beloved of the Builder with a Lv55 crafter, starting in Mor Dhona. You will be rewarded with 3 Souls of the Crafter, which can be traded with Alderan in Ishgard to unlock specialization. You can only have 3 specialist crafters at any one time. Additionally, you can change your specialists up to 3 times per week.

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Specialization grants many bonuses, including: -

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WHICH SPECIALIST SHOULD I PICK?

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This changes every patch as each patch changes the specialist-only recipes in the very end-game. For Patch 4.1, -

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Carpenter is a mediocre specialist; it only crafts the fishing rod and furniture, both of which are lower in demand compared to other options. Blacksmith is a good specialist; it crafts most of the BiS crafter primary tools. Armorer is a mediocre specialist; it crafts two tools and a barding. Goldsmith is a mediocre specialist; it only crafts the needle and a furniture. Leatherworker is a good specialist; it crafts four of the BiS crafter and gatherer gear. Weaver is a stellar specialist; it crafts the current tier’s luxury glamour, a minion, and six of the BiS crafter and gatherer gear. Alchemist is a stellar specialist; it crafts the first craftable mount in the game, composite materials that all BiS crafter and gatherer gear need to use, and a furniture piece. Culinarian is a horrible specialist; it crafts food that no one wants.

A lot of the following info will come from this reddit post.

Lv 55 - Whistle While You Work

We’ll quickly come to the realization that none, bar two, of the specialist skills are in use in current endgame macros. This is because they are inherently extremely RNGdependent. Whistle While You Work is one such skill. It is a base for many other specialist skills, and the usage of many specialist skills requiring the consumption of Whistle stacks,

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not unlike Inner Quiet. Your primary goal is to deplete Whistle stacks and use complementary skills on specific amounts of Whistle stacks to yield the greatest result. The catch is that it is gated behind RNG, because material condition automatically depletes it after the end of the step, and not any actions that you can do. However, specialist skills are some of the strongest skills in the game, and barring bad RNG, they allow low attribute crafters to craft the most difficult recipes in the game with 0 initial quality. It is up to the reader to decide if they want to play with these powerful, yet unreliable skills. Note that: -

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Activation of Whistle While You Work on Good/Excellent will immediately deplete one stack, thus starting Whistle stacks at 10. Finishing Touches will consume durability and can accidentally complete your craft early; it cannot be prevented if your stack falls to 0. Note that this is a Synthesis action, despite its name. Synthesis actions gain an additive 50% efficiency when Whistle Stack is at 9/6/3.

Practically, we never want Finishing Touches to trigger, and we will usually not rely on the 50% efficiency boost granted by 9/6/3 Whistle Stacks.

Lv 55 - Satisfaction

Practically, you will always want to use Satisfaction as soon as your Whistle stack size reach 9/6/3, as the condition will always be Normal or Poor when the Whistle stack first hits 9/6/3, and any next steps might have Good/Excellent, thus forcing you to choose between Satisfaction and other conditional actions such as Tricks of the Trade or Precise Touch. When Whistle stacks reach 9/6/3 you also have the option of getting the boost to Synthesis efficiency. My recommendation is to not rely on this

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boost to Synthesis efficiency at all as there is no guarantee that you will even get 9/6/3 Whistle stacks during a phase where you can use Synthesis actions. Note that Whistle goes down by one stack when you use Satisfaction.

Lv 56 - Innovative Touch

Innovative Touch is practically a slightly more unreliable Hasty Touch with a cost, but with the added benefit that it can trigger Innovation. However, Innovation itself is the weakest of the Trifecta buffs. Its effect on anything other than Byregot’s Blessing is minimal at best. Thus, the best location to use an Innovative Touch would be before the finisher to replace a Hasty Touch in a rotation that does not have Innovation in the finisher, like so:

Innovative Touch is actually an incredibly powerful skill if it succeeds, and it is better than Innovation because it potentially: -

Adds an Inner Quiet stack Increases Quality Triggers Innovation

The 70% success rate under SH2, however, means that these potent benefits are wholly unreliable.

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Lv 57 - Nymeia’s Wheel

Nymeia’s Wheel restores durability: -

At 9~11 Whistle stacks, it restores 10 durability At 4~8 Whistle stacks, it restores 20 durability At 1~3 Whistle stacks, it restores 30 durability

This is typically the stack consumption action you should use for Whistle While You Work, and not Finishing Touches. In current end-game, you can typically get Whistle down to 1~3 Whistle stacks extremely consistently, so you will almost always get the 30 durability restore. Just that you should Satisfaction first at 3 Whistle stacks, before considering using Nymeia’s Wheel. When combined with the cost of Whistle While You Work, this action has an extremely low per durability cost, making it the most efficient durability action in this game.

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Inner Quiet stack is halved, rounded up. At 11 Inner Quiet stacks, using Byregot’s Miracle will reduce the stack to 6. Typically, to make full use of this skill, you need to follow it with another Inner Quiet phase, or another Inner Quiet consumption skill, most commonly Byregot’s Brow. A typical finisher involving Byregot’s Miracle would look like so:

This is a better finisher than the typical Trifecta-Byregot’s Blessing finisher. To see why, let’s first compare Efficiency between all 3 Byregot’s skills.

Inner Quiet

Byregot’s Brow

Byregot’s Miracle

Byregot’s Blessing

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150%

100%

100%

2

160%

115%

120%

3

170%

130%

140%

4

180%

145%

160%

5

190%

160%

180%

6

200%

175%

200%

7

210%

190%

220%

8

220%

215%

240%

9

230%

230%

260%

10

240%

245%

280%

11

250%

260%

300%

Now a proper comparison can finally be done for these two finishers: Trifecta + Byregot’s Blessing:

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(Ingenuity’s multiplier is dependent on recipe level; we’ll just use x1.9 for convenience’s sake) Trifecta + Byregot’s Miracle & Great Strides + Byregot’s Brow:

Why don’t we see the second finisher more often then, you may ask. Well, it’s far more than the traditional finisher.

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Lv 59 - Trained Hand

You should always use this skill when possible. Note that it, unlike Satisfaction, does not consume a Whistle stack. Practically, you will want to maintain Inner Quiet at stacks that aren’t multiples of 3, so Trained Hand does not mutually exclude with Satisfaction. The best-case scenario, where Inner Quiet 11 and Whistle Stack 11 meet, is also almost never a reality. You should never start Whistle While You Work at IQ11 just to use Trained Hand, as it is unlikely that you can consume the entire Whistle stack by the time you’re at IQ11 in the rotation.

Lv 60 - Heart of the Specialist

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Delineations cost red crafters’ scrips. This skill can be used in conjunction with Whistle While You Work to speed up the consumption of Whistle stacks. Note that you will get back most of the spent through Tricks of the Trade, as you are guaranteed two to three Goods. so the cost isn’t a huge concern, but the fact that it costs red crafters’ scrips mean that, in a practical rotation you should never rely on it. Do you want to use one of these every time you craft because you developed a rotation that relies on this? Outside of it costing delineation, however, it is actually secretly a very good and underrated skill, massively increasing the chances of depleting two or even three Whistle stacks in a craft attempt at a very low cost, primarily because in higher recipe level crafts, the chances of Good and Excellent conditions appearing is dramatically reduced.

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Crafter: Lv 60 - Lv 66 Bridging the Lv 60 - Lv 61 Gap Bridging the Lv60 -> Lv61 gap is even more daunting than the Lv50 -> Lv51 gap. As usual, I recommend waiting it out: naturally level your crafters from Lv 60 to Lv 61 through GC turn-ins. that Lv 58 levequests and Lv 58/59 collectables give severely reduced XP once you hit Lv 60, as with Moogle quests. You can also buy a few leve items to jump to Lv 61 if you’re impatient, but I would not recommend that if you’re not in a rush to level your crafters to Lv 70. Left side gear can be found in Kugane from Muto:

Once you hit Lv 61 you can buy left side NQ gear:

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You can purchase tools from Shichiho:

However, you do have to reach Lv 62 to use the lowest level vendor main hand tool, and Lv 63 to use the lowest level vendor off hand tool.

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Alternatively, you can buy Ironworks gear, which will last you all the way to Lv 70.

Lv 61 - Hasty Touch II

This is simply a more reliable Hasty Touch with a cost. Not currently used in most endgame rotations.

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Lv 62 - Careful Synthesis III

An absolute replacement for Standard Synthesis. Used in most rotations.

Lv 63 - Rapid Synthesis II

This is a better Rapid Synthesis with a cost. Not currently used in most rotations.

Lv 63 - Quality Assurance The following information is obtained from a botting forum, and so I’ll not link it in this document.

This trait only increases the chances of material condition becoming good, not excellent.

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Recipe Level

Good without QA

Good With QA

1 - 54

25%

27%

55 - 59

15%

17%

60 - 60 ****

10%

11%

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20%

22%

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15%

17%

70 - 70 **

10%

11%

Lv 64 - Patient Touch

Similar to Byregot’s Miracle, when halving stacks upon failure, it is rounded up to the nearest integer. Similar to Precise Touch, each successful Patient Touch adds 2 Inner Quiet stacks in total. This skill is underrated in current endgame, as it can easily increase your IQ stacks to 5 within 2 actions with a fairly high success rate (64%). Used in RNG rotations mostly. I expect this skill to be useful when we get 3.5*** or 4.5**** recipes. As of right now, the RNG is not needed to craft any item in the game with high efficiency. We treat Patient Touch as an Initial Quality Action, meaning it is best used in the opener of a rotation. Using it in the middle of the Inner Quiet phase is ill-advised.

Lv 65 - Manipulation II THIS ACTION IS OBTAINED FROM A CLASS QUEST!

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A straight Waste Not II, this is far more versatile than its predecessor as the durability restore takes place on all steps. Used in nearly all endgame rotations. Its per durability is 2.4.

Lv 66 - Prudent Touch

Prudent Touch is the most powerful Touch action in the end-game. Each Prudent Touch only costs 5 durability, and when paired with Steady Hand II, it has a success rate of 100%. There is no need to use fancy tables to see how powerful this is. The most efficient durability-restoring action in this game, barring Nymeia’s Wheel, is Manipulation II, which is 2.4 per durability. So each Prudent Touch is effectively 21 - 12 = 9 . Recall that Basic Touch is 18 . Thus, practically, Prudent Touch is a halfcost Basic Touch. It is easy to see how this is insanely powerful. However, it is still not a perfect replacement for Hasty Touch in RNG rotations, but it is very close. It takes, on average, 12 ~ 13 Hasty Touches to reach Inner Quiet 11. This means we need 130 durability, that is, 312 . With Prudent Touch, we’ll always only need 10 Prudent Touches to reach Inner Quiet 11 and we will need 210 . We will also need 50 durability, which is equivalent to 120 . This, in total, is 330 , which is still more than Hasty Touch’s cost, but not by much.

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So once you get Prudent Touch, you can basically replace all Hasty Touches with Prudent. With Manipulation II and Prudent Touch, we can finally create an end-game rotation:

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Crafter: Lv 67 - 70 Lv 13 - Observe

Not very useful before Stormblood, this ability finally sees some use in current endgame rotations because it combos into two skills.

Lv 67 - Focused Synthesis

You’ll almost always want to pair this Synthesis with Observe. This skill, when combined with Observe, is less -efficient than Careful Synthesis III, but more durability-efficient than CS3. In the endgame, progress in short non-MaMa rotations becomes a game of juggling between Piece by Piece, CS2, CS3, and Focused Synthesis to find a combination that uses the least durability given a certain amount of .

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Lv 68 - Focused Touch

Unlike its brother, Focused Synthesis, Focused Touch is difficult to utilize because it takes two steps. Compare the two following snippets:

Cost: 128 , 25 durability. Outcome: +3 Inner Quiet stacks, 400% Efficiency Touches

Cost: 141 , 20 durability. Outcome: +4 Inner Quiet stacks, 400% Efficiency Touches The second snippet costs more , but it used less durability and granted more Inner Quiet stacks than the former has. Focused Touch’s advantage doesn’t lie in its efficiency or cost as compared to Advanced Touch. It lies in its success rate.

In this rotation, we reach Inner Quiet 9 with Prudent Touches in the first line. In order to reach Inner Quiet 11, we would need 2 Touches. If we chose to do so with Prudent Touches, we would need 2 turns of Steady Hand II. Using 2 turns of SH2 will exclude Innovation from the finisher because Trifecta + Byregot’s Blessing requires 4 turns

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of SH2. If we used Focused Touch however, we would not require 2 turns of SH2, we would only need 1. Focused Touch’s relatively high cost currently excludes it from many rotations, but once we get more later in Stormblood, I expect to see it in many more macros.

Lv 69 - Initial Preparations

The RNG nature of Initial Preparations means that it is almost never used outside of specialist-only rotations. It combines with powerful Specialty actions that are mutually exclusive with each other.

Note that you can only use these actions when you are a specialist. This action has a per durability efficiency of 2.0, which makes it far superior to many other skills. It can practically give you 30 durability too if you utilize the last 5 durability as if it were 10 durability. In most current Initial Preparations rotations utilizing Prudent Touch, one Manipulation II is enough for all our durability needs. Therefore I suspect this skill would be better suited for Hasty Touch macros as Hasty Touches consume far more durability than Prudent Touch. An example rotation:

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This could be useful later in Stormblood when recipes get increasingly more difficult that we need to rely on RNG, but as of 4.1, it is not needed to use Hasty Touch at all to guarantee 100% HQ, so Reinforce is currently an underutilized skill.

Refurbish practically grants you 15 . Ignoring Steady Hand II slots, it is better than Muscle Memory, because the difference between Piece by Piece and Muscle Memory is 9 . We can think of this as a 6 improvement over Muscle Memory.

Practically, you are trading 50 for 3 stacks of Inner Quiet. This is extremely powerful. Other ways of increasing IQ stack by 3 cost far more than 50 :

Method 1 costs: 3 turns of Steady Hand II (equivalent to 15 ), 15 durability (equivalent to 36 ), and 63 , for a total of 114 .

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Method 2 costs: 3 turns of Steady Hand II (equivalent to 15 ), 30 durability (equivalent to 72 ), for a total of 87 with only a 51.2% guarantee. The only thing that comes close is Patient Touch:

This costs: 2 turns of Steady Hand II (equivalent to 10 ), 20 durability (equivalent to 48 ), for a total of 58 with only a 64% guarantee of increasing IQ by 4. You will always want to use Reflect as early as possible to allow any initial touches to benefit from Inner Quiet’s control boost. Increasing Inner Quiet by 3 is an additive increase to quality increase of around 60%, which is on par with Innovation. As such, Reflect is an Initial Quality Action. A typical rotation featuring Reflect will look like such:

Lv 70 - Stroke of Genius THIS TRAIT IS OBTAINED FROM A CLASS QUEST!

The increase is 15. to do your Lv70 class quest!

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PART IV: Endgame Crafter Guide Crafter and Gatherer: 4.2 Progression Guide Old 4.1 Progression Guide https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/77zhye/crafter_gatherer_endgame_progres sion_guide_41/

Red and Yellow Scrips Crafter Red Scrips: Unlock Mastercraft VI You'll need 1200 red crafter scrips per Mastercraft VI. Purchase them from Scrips Exchange in any of the three Eorzean city-states and Rhalgr's Reach. 8 books are a total of 9600 red scrips. I recommend turning in any starred collectable that does not use any leathers or silk/yarn.

Crafter Yellow Scrips: Augment Yellow Scrip Items You can now augment your yellow scrip i300 gear to i330 by trading with a Scrips Exchange. Augmented Yellow Scrip gear is not BiS and is not recommended due to the lack of melding slots (which precludes ) and is expensive and time-consuming in the first place to acquire (due to it being class-restricted). You'll need: ●

750 yellow scrips to augment your i300 tool

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550 yellow scrips to augment body piece

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300 yellow scrips to augment head and hand pieces

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250 yellow scrips to augment feet pieces

In addition, the cost of yellow scrip i300 items has been reduced.

Crafter Yellow Scrips: Items As usual, Gyr Abanian Alchemic is one of the better mats to acquire with yellow scrips, but an array of other yellow scrip mats are useful this tier as well, depending on your server.

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[Crimson Pepper] synths into [Crimson Cider] (crit primary, dh secondary), which is likely the BiS food for most jobs this tier.

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[Secret Recipe Broth] and [Honeydew Honey] crafts some alternative food that will likely not be as in demand as Crimson Cider.

Crafter and Gatherer Yellow Scrips: Items ●

[Wool Top] is used for Cashmere glamour; Cashmere Poncho is one of the more popular glamours in Heavensward and will likely continue to be so.

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[Flannel] is used for Flannel glamour, [New World Macrame] for New World glamour, both of which aren't as popular.

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[Pellitory] is used for Survival glamour, which can be obtained in PotD; therefore, it isn't worth crafting these.

Gatherer Red Scrips There are no major new uses for gatherer red scrips this tier.

Gatherer Yellow Scrips ●

[Chocobo Raincoat], 1650 yellow scrips, is a barding that can be purchased with yellow scrips.

Melds Minimum Melds: http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/14YS1 [1520 / 1357 / 476] - Enough for most macros this tier. Note that we hit 1520 Craftsmanship because some macros require ~1520, and not 1500 Craftsmanship. ●

Tier Vs on guaranteed slots

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Tier IVs on overmeld slots

Medium Craftsmanship http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/14YSD

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[1560 / 1418 / 476] - Enough for all macros this tier. ●

Tier VIs on guaranteed slots

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Tier Vs and IVs on overmeld slots

Medium Control-Focus http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/14YSI [1522 / 1442 / 476] - Enough for most macros this tier. Slightly improved control to reduce the need of HQ materials. ●

Tier VIs on guaranteed slots

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Tier Vs and IVs on overmeld slots

High Control-Focus http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/14YSQ [1521 / 1476 / 476] - Enough for most macros this tier. High control to reduce the need of HQ materials. ●

Tier VIs on guaranteed slots

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Max Control-Focus http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/14YT8 [1511 / 1591 / 475] - Enough for most macros this tier. Maximized control to sharply reduce the need of HQ materials (1~2 HQ Reisui is enough for all crafts). ●

Tier VIs on guaranteed slots

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Tier VIs on first overmeld slots

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Old Craftsmanship-Focus

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http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/13L5H [1607 / 1536 / 475] - Enough for all macros this tier, and special Ala Mhigan macros in the previous tier. Maximized craftsmanship for special macros (no-tea 2.5**). ●

Tier VIs on guaranteed slots

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Gatherer Max Melds http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/14YTJ [1452 / 1360 / 750] - Enough for all rotations this tier. 1450 is the breakpoint for 95% gathering rate on new nodes. It is impossible to reach 1450 perception or the breakpoint for +3 gathering yield on Bountiful II (expected to be at 1575 gathering) currently.

Cheap Gatherer Melds http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/14YTY [1350 / 1170 / 730] - Cheap and good melds for crafters who only need NQ mats. 730 GP is the breakpoint to use max-yield rotations.

4.2 Specialists Specialist-only recipes CRP ●

BSM None. ARM

Byakko Sideboard

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Tier 1 Metal Aquarium

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Tier 2 Metal Aquarium

GSM ●

Byakko Barding

LTW ●

Byakko Throne

WVR None. ALC ●

Answer on High Orchestrion Roll

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Amatsu Kaze Orchestrion Roll

CUL None.

For this tier, BSM, WVR, and CUL specialists are almost irrelevant. I would recommend CRP, GSM, and ALC solely for access to specialist actions, as CRP and GSM crafts have less potential sources of easy HQ-able items, and having an ALC specialist allows for much easier crafting of HQ Reisuis.

Self-Sufficiently Crafting Your Own 4.2 Gear First of all, think of OPPORTUNITY COST. If Ala Mhigan gear is cheap enough, it can be an INCREASE in profit efficiency by purchasing Ala Mhigan gear and jumping straight into end-game crafting to make gil. The weeks you save by doing so could make you more gil than the cost of Ala Mhigan gear. Gearing Up Gatherers 1.

Meld to the following: http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/14YUY This will enable you to gather HQ materials.

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Gearing Up Crafters to 1320 / 1220 1.

Meld to the following: http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/13O74

2.

Obtain ALC specialist.

3.

Gather materials for enough Snailfish Oil and Ala Mhigan Fiber to craft a full set of Ala Mhigan gear. All of them need to be HQ if there exists an HQ version of the item.

4. Gather enough Gyr Abanian Alembics by trading yellow scrips.

1320 / 1220 / 500 Macro for 2.5** Recipes /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /echo

"Maker's "Comfort "Steady "Piece "Piece "Piece "Flawless "Flawless "Flawless "Flawless "Flawless "Flawless Macro

by by by

#1

Mark" Zone" Hand" Piece" Piece" Piece" Synthesis" Synthesis" Synthesis" Synthesis" Synthesis" Synthesis" complete

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MAKE SURE TO REPEAT THE 2nd MACRO 4 TIMES! /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /echo /echo /ac

"Comfort "Flawless "Flawless "Flawless "Flawless "Flawless "Flawless "Flawless "Flawless "Flawless "Flawless Macro Repeat "Comfort

Zone" Synthesis" Synthesis" Synthesis" Synthesis" Synthesis" Synthesis" Synthesis" Synthesis" Synthesis" Synthesis" #2 complete this 4 Zone"

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/ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /echo /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /echo

"Flawless "Inner "Manipulation "Steady "Prudent "Prudent "Prudent "Prudent "Prudent "Steady "Comfort "Prudent "Prudent Macro

Hand

Hand

#3

Synthesis" Quiet" II" II" Touch" Touch" Touch" Touch" Touch" II" Zone" Touch" Touch" complete

"Prudent Touch" "Prudent Touch" "Steady Hand II" "Ingenuity II" "Innovation" "Prudent Touch" "Great Strides" "Byregot's Blessing" "Careful Synthesis II" "Careful Synthesis II" Macro #4 complete

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Use the above macro to craft your Snailfish Oil and Ala Mhigan Fibers. 1.

Obtain WVR specialist

2.

Craft the Ala Mhigan pieces under WVR. , you need ALL HQ mats. Use the macro above.

3.

Obtain LTW specialist

4. Craft the Ala Mhigan pieces under LTW. 5.

Obtain BSM specialist

6.

Craft the Ala Mhigan pieces under BSM.

7.

Obtain GSM specialist

8.

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9.

Obtain ARM specialist

10. Craft the Ala Mhigan Alembic and Frypan. 11. Obtain CRP specialist (optional) 12. Craft the Ala Mhigan Fishing Rod (optional)

After this, you can meld your Ala Mhigan gear to one of the melds linked above.

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4.1 Macros Originally from: https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/7hyjph/optimized_highstat_41_crafting_ma cros_collection/ (Sky) https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/7b6bpl/crafting_a_collection_of_nonrng_en dgame_macros/ (Whale Lip)

New 2** / 2.5** Macros High-Stat Macros [1] - Food + Tea InPr Requires: 1525+ Craftsmanship, 475 base , Tempura HQ, Cunning Tea HQ SPECIALIST /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /echo /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac

"Initial Preparations" "Comfort Zone" "Inner Quiet" "Specialty: Reflect" "Steady Hand II" "Piece by Piece" "Piece by Piece" "Piece by Piece" "Prudent Touch" "Prudent Touch" "Manipulation II" "Careful Synthesis II" "Comfort Zone" "Steady Hand II" Macro #1 complete "Prudent

Touch" "Ingenuity"

"Prudent "Prudent "Prudent "Steady "Prudent

Touch" Touch" Touch" Hand

II" Touch"

"Innovation" "Great

Strides"

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/echo Check Condition! If it's not 'Excellent', use Macro [3]. If it is, use Macro [4]. /ac "Ingenuity II" /ac "Byregot's Blessing" /ac "Observe" /ac "Focused Synthesis" /ac "Observe" /ac "Focused Synthesis" /ac "Careful Synthesis II" /echo Macro #3 complete <se.14>

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/ac "Byregot's Blessing" /ac "Ingenuity II" /ac "Observe" /ac "Focused Synthesis" /ac "Observe" /ac "Focused Synthesis" /ac "Careful Synthesis II" /echo Macro #4 complete <se.14>

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[5100 initial quality] -- req: 1570 control [6100 initial quality] -- req: 1515 control [7100 initial quality] -- req: 1465 control [8150 initial quality] -- req: 1410 control [11000 initial quality] -- req: 1250 control

[2] - Food InPr Requires: 1650+ Craftsmanship, 475 base , Tempura HQ SPECIALIST /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac

"Initial "Comfort "Inner "Specialty: "Steady "Piece "Piece

Preparations" Zone" Quiet" Reflect" Hand II" by Piece" by Piece"

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/ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /echo

"Piece by Piece" "Prudent Touch" "Prudent Touch" "Manipulation II" "Careful Synthesis II" "Comfort Zone" "Steady Hand II" Macro #1 complete

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/ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Ingenuity" <wait.2> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Steady Hand II" <wait.2> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Innovation" <wait.2> /ac "Great Strides" <wait.2> /echo Check Condition! If it's not 'Excellent', use Macro [3]. If it is, use Macro [4]. /ac "Ingenuity" /ac "Byregot's Blessing" /ac "Observe" /ac "Focused Synthesis" /ac "Careful Synthesis III" /ac "Careful Synthesis II" /echo Macro #3 complete <se.14>

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/ac "Byregot's Blessing" /ac "Ingenuity" /ac "Observe" /ac "Focused Synthesis" /ac "Careful Synthesis III" /ac "Careful Synthesis II" /echo Macro #4 complete <se.14>

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[5100 initial quality] -- req: 1610 control [6100 initial quality] -- req: 1560 control [7100 initial quality] -- req: 1505 control [8150 initial quality] -- req: 1450 control

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[11000 initial quality] -- req: 1285 control

Medium-Stat Macros [3] - MaMa Double Byregot Requires: 1320+ Craftsmanship, 475 base , Tempura HQ SPECIALIST /ac "Maker's Mark" <wait.3> /ac "Comfort Zone" <wait.2> /ac "Flawless Synthesis" <wait.3> /ac "Inner Quiet" <wait.2> /ac "Steady Hand" <wait.2> /ac "Piece by Piece" <wait.3> /ac "Piece by Piece" <wait.3> /ac "Piece by Piece" <wait.3> /ac "Flawless Synthesis" <wait.3> /ac "Flawless Synthesis" <wait.3> /ac "Flawless Synthesis" <wait.3> /ac "Flawless Synthesis" <wait.3> /ac "Comfort Zone" <wait.2> /echo Macro #1 complete <se.1> /ac "Flawless Synthesis" <wait.3> /ac "Flawless Synthesis" <wait.3> /ac "Flawless Synthesis" <wait.3> /ac "Flawless Synthesis" <wait.3> /ac "Flawless Synthesis" <wait.3> /ac "Flawless Synthesis" <wait.3> /ac "Flawless Synthesis" <wait.3> /ac "Flawless Synthesis" <wait.3> /ac "Flawless Synthesis" <wait.3> /ac "Flawless Synthesis" <wait.3> /ac "Comfort Zone" <wait.2> /echo Macro #2 - 1 / 2 / 3 complete <se.14> /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac

"Flawless Synthesis" <wait.3> "Flawless Synthesis" <wait.3> "Flawless Synthesis" <wait.3> "Flawless Synthesis" <wait.3> "Flawless Synthesis" <wait.3> "Flawless Synthesis" <wait.3> "Flawless Synthesis" <wait.3> "Flawless Synthesis" <wait.3> "Flawless Synthesis" <wait.3> "Flawless Synthesis" <wait.3> "Comfort Zone" <wait.2>

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/ac "Flawless Synthesis" <wait.3> /ac "Flawless Synthesis" <wait.3> /ac "Flawless Synthesis" <wait.3> /echo Macro #3 complete <se.14> /ac "Manipulation II" <wait.2> /ac "Steady Hand II" <wait.2> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Comfort Zone" <wait.2> /ac "Steady Hand II" <wait.2> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Ingenuity" <wait.2> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /echo Macro #4 complete <se.14> /ac "Observe" <wait.3> /ac "Focused Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Steady Hand II" <wait.2> /ac "Great Strides" <wait.2> /ac "Ingenuity II" <wait.2> /ac "Innovation" <wait.2> /ac "Byregot's Miracle" <wait.3> /ac "Great Strides" <wait.2> /ac "Byregot's Brow" <wait.3> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3> /echo Macro #5 complete <se.14> [5300 initial quality] -- req: 1295 control [4100 initial quality] -- req: 1350 control [3000 initial quality] -- req: 1400 control [1800 initial quality] -- req: 1450 control [600 initial quality] -- req: 1500 control

[4] - InPr Food Requires: 1390+ Craftsmanship, 1385+ Control, 476 base , Tempura HQ Or

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Requires: 1390+ Craftsmanship, 1385+ Control, 463 base , Tempura HQ, Cunning Tea HQ SPECIALIST /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /echo

"Initial Preparations" "Comfort Zone" "Inner Quiet" "Specialty: Reflect" "Steady Hand II" "Piece by Piece" "Piece by Piece" "Piece by Piece" "Prudent Touch" "Prudent Touch" "Manipulation II" "Careful Synthesis II" "Comfort Zone" "Steady Hand II" Macro #1 complete

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/ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Steady Hand II" <wait.2> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Innovation" <wait.2> /ac "Great Strides" <wait.2> /echo Check Condition! If it's not 'Excellent', use Macro [3]. If it is, use Macro [4]. /ac "Ingenuity II" /ac "Byregot's Blessing" /ac "Observe" /ac "Focused Synthesis" /ac "Observe" /ac "Focused Synthesis" /ac "Observe" /ac "Focused Synthesis" /echo Macro #3 complete <se.14>

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/ac /ac /ac /ac

<wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.3>

"Byregot's Blessing" "Ingenuity II" "Observe" "Focused Synthesis"

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/ac "Observe" /ac "Focused Synthesis" /ac "Observe" /ac "Focused Synthesis" /echo Macro #4 complete <se.14>

<wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3>

[6100 initial quality] -- req: 1670 control [7100 initial quality] -- req: 1615 control [8150 initial quality] -- req: 1555 control [9200 initial quality] -- req: 1490 control [11000 initial quality] -- req: 1385 control

Low-Stat Macro [5] - MaMa Low Requires: 1320+ Craftsmanship, 446 base , Tempura/Seafood HQ SPECIALIST /ac "Maker's /ac "Comfort /ac "Steady /ac "Piece /ac "Piece /ac "Piece /ac "Flawless /ac "Flawless /ac "Flawless /ac "Flawless /ac "Flawless /ac "Flawless /echo Macro #1 complete <se.1> /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac

"Comfort "Flawless "Flawless "Flawless "Flawless "Flawless

by by by

Mark" Zone" Hand" Piece" Piece" Piece" Synthesis" Synthesis" Synthesis" Synthesis" Synthesis" Synthesis"

<wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3>

Zone" Synthesis" Synthesis" Synthesis" Synthesis" Synthesis"

<wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3>

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/ac "Flawless /ac "Flawless /ac "Flawless /ac "Flawless /ac "Flawless /echo Macro /echo Repeat this 4 times! /ac "Comfort /ac "Flawless /ac "Inner /ac "Manipulation /ac "Steady /ac "Prudent /ac "Prudent /ac "Prudent /ac "Prudent /ac "Prudent /ac "Steady /ac "Comfort /ac "Prudent /ac "Prudent /echo Macro #3 complete <se.1>

#2

Hand

Hand

Synthesis" Synthesis" Synthesis" Synthesis" Synthesis" complete

<wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <se.1>

Zone" Synthesis" Quiet" II" II" Touch" Touch" Touch" Touch" Touch" II" Zone" Touch" Touch"

<wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.3>

/ac "Prudent Touch" /ac "Prudent Touch" /ac "Steady Hand II" /ac "Ingenuity II" /ac "Innovation" /ac "Prudent Touch" /ac "Great Strides" /ac "Byregot's Blessing" /ac "Careful Synthesis II" /ac "Careful Synthesis II" /echo Macro #4 complete <se.14>

Requires: 11000+ Initial Quality

<wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3>

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Old 2** Macros High-Stat Macro [6] - MuMe Foodless Requires: 1500+ Craftsmanship, 1540+ Control, 471 base NON-SPECIALIST /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /echo

"Muscle Memory" "Comfort Zone" "Inner Quiet" "Manipulation II" "Steady Hand II" "Piece by Piece" "Prudent Touch" "Prudent Touch" "Prudent Touch" "Prudent Touch" "Observe" "Focused Synthesis" "Comfort Zone" "Steady Hand II" Macro #1 complete

/ac "Prudent Touch" /ac "Prudent Touch" /ac "Prudent Touch" /ac "Prudent Touch" /ac "Steady Hand II" /ac "Ingenuity" /ac "Prudent Touch" /ac "Great Strides" /ac "Byregot's Blessing" /ac "Careful Synthesis II" /ac "Careful Synthesis II" /ac "Careful Synthesis II" /echo Macro #2 complete <se.14>

Medium-Stat Macro [7] - MuMe Foodless

<wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.2> <se.1> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3>

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Requires: 1445+ Craftsmanship, 1520+ Control, 476 base NON-SPECIALIST /ac "Muscle Memory" <wait.3> /ac "Comfort Zone" <wait.2> /ac "Inner Quiet" <wait.2> /ac "Steady Hand II" <wait.2> /ac "Piece by Piece" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Manipulation II" <wait.2> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3> /ac "Steady Hand II" <wait.2> /ac "Comfort Zone" <wait.2> /ac "Ingenuity" <wait.2> /echo Macro #1 complete <se.1> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Observe" <wait.3> /ac "Focused Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Steady Hand" <wait.2> /ac "Great Strides" <wait.2> /ac "Ingenuity II" <wait.2> /ac "Byregot's Blessing" <wait.3> /ac "Observe" <wait.3> /ac "Focused Synthesis" <wait.3> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3> /echo Macro #2 complete <se.14>

Low-Stat Macro [8] - Evian’s MuMe Food Requires: 1320+ Craftsmanship, 1260+ Control, 468 base , Tempura HQ Or Requires: 1320+ Craftsmanship, 1260+ Control, 455 base , Tempura HQ, Cunning Tea HQ NON-SPECIALIST /ac "Muscle Memory" <wait.3> /ac "Comfort Zone" <wait.2> /ac "Inner Quiet" <wait.2>

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/ac "Steady Hand II" <wait.2> /ac "Piece by Piece" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Observe" <wait.3> /ac "Focused Synthesis" <wait.3> /ac "Manipulation II" <wait.2> /ac "Comfort Zone" <wait.2> /ac "Ingenuity" <wait.2> /echo Macro #1 complete <se.1> /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac

"Steady Hand II" <wait.2> "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> "Steady Hand" <wait.2> "Great Strides" <wait.2> "Innovation" <wait.2> "Ingenuity II" <wait.2> "Byregot's Blessing" <wait.3> "Observe" <wait.3> "Focused Synthesis" <wait.3> "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3> "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3>

1* Macros [9] - Nixillis’ MuMe Foodless Requires: 1400+ Craftsmanship, 1425+ Control, 470+ NON-SPECIALIST /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac

"Muscle Memory" <wait.3> "Inner Quiet" <wait.2> "Manipulation II" <wait.2> "Steady Hand II" <wait.2> "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> "Steady Hand II" <wait.2> "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> "Prudent Touch" <wait.3>

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/ac "Basic Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Piece by Piece" <wait.3> /echo Macro #1 complete <se.1> /ac "Steady Hand" <wait.2> /ac "Innovation" <wait.2> /ac "Great Strides" <wait.2> /ac "Ingenuity" <wait.2> /ac "Byregot's Blessing" <wait.3> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3> /echo Macro #2 complete <se.14> [10] - Low Stat MuMe Requires: 1155+ Craftsmanship, 1085+ Control, 472+ Base , Tempura HQ NON-SPECIALIST /ac "Muscle Memory" <wait.3> /ac "Comfort Zone" <wait.2> /ac "Inner Quiet" <wait.2> /ac "Steady Hand II" <wait.2> /ac "Piece by Piece" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Manipulation II" <wait.2> /ac "Observe" <wait.3> /ac "Focused Synthesis" <wait.3> /ac "Comfort Zone" <wait.2> /ac "Steady Hand II" <wait.2> /echo Macro #1 complete <se.1> /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac

"Prudent Touch" <wait.3> "Ingenuity" <wait.2> "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> "Steady Hand II" <wait.2> "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> "Innovation" <wait.2> "Great Strides" <wait.2> "Ingenuity II" <wait.2> "Byregot's Blessing" <wait.3> "Observe" <wait.3> "Focused Synthesis" <wait.3> "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3>

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/ac "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3>

Lv 70 Macros [11] - Kitiara’s One-Step InPr Requires: 1475+ Craftsmanship, 1455+ Control SPECIALIST /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac

"Initial Preparations" <wait.3> "Inner Quiet" <wait.2> "Specialty: Reflect" <wait.3> "Steady Hand II" <wait.2> "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> "Advanced Touch" <wait.3> "Advanced Touch" <wait.3> "Advanced Touch" <wait.3> "Piece by Piece" <wait.3> "Great Strides" <wait.2> "Byregot's Brow" <wait.3> "Ingenuity II" <wait.2> "Careful Synthesis III" <wait.3> "Careful Synthesis III" <wait.3> "Careful Synthesis III" <wait.3>

[12] - MuMe Foodless Requires: 1520+ Craftsmanship, 1360+ Control NON-SPECIALIST /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac

"Muscle "Inner "Steady "Prudent "Prudent "Prudent "Prudent "Prudent "Steady "Piece

Memory" Quiet" Hand

II" Touch" Touch" Touch" Touch" Touch"

Hand II" by Piece" "Innovation" "Advanced Touch" "Great Strides" "Byregot's Blessing"

<wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.3>

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/echo

Macro

#1

complete

/ac "Observe" /ac "Focused Synthesis" /ac "Observe" /ac "Focused Synthesis" /echo Macro #2 complete <se.14>

[13] - Low-Stat MuMe Requires: 956+ Craftsmanship, 925+ Control, 395 base , Tempura HQ NON-SPECIALIST /ac "Muscle Memory" <wait.3> /ac "Comfort Zone" <wait.2> /ac "Inner Quiet" <wait.2> /ac "Steady Hand II" <wait.2> /ac "Piece by Piece" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Manipulation II" <wait.2> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3> /ac "Comfort Zone" <wait.2> /ac "Steady Hand II" <wait.2> /echo Macro #1 complete <se.1> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3> /ac "Steady Hand" <wait.2> /ac "Innovation" <wait.2> /ac "Great Strides" <wait.2> /ac "Byregot's Blessing" <wait.3> /ac "Careful Synthesis III" <wait.3> /echo Macro #2 complete <se.14>

<se.1> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3>

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Lv 68 40 durability Macros [14] - One-Click Macro Requires: 1413+ Craftsmanship, 1404+ Control, 470 base NON-SPECIALIST /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac

"Inner Quiet" <wait.2> "Steady Hand II" <wait.2> "Manipulation II" <wait.2> "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> "Advanced Touch" <wait.3> "Steady Hand" <wait.2> "Advanced Touch" <wait.3> "Advanced Touch" <wait.3> "Great Strides" <wait.2> "Byregot's Blessing" <wait.3> "Ingenuity II" <wait.2> "Careful Synthesis III" <wait.3> "Careful Synthesis III" <wait.3>

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4.2 Macros 35 DURABILITY SPECIALIST

Highest Quality Specialist Rotation (Brand of Elementals)

Minimum (base): 1551 Craftsmanship, 466 Food: Tempura Platter HQ Optional Food: Seafood Stew HQ (at 1605 base Craftsmanship / 470 base ) Medicine: Competent Crafter's Tea HQ (skippable at 1576 Craftsmanship) /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac

"Initial "Comfort "Inner "Specialty: "Steady "Prudent "Prudent "Prudent "Prudent "Prudent "Manipulation

Preparations" Zone" Quiet" Reflect" Hand II" Touch" Touch" Touch" Touch" Touch" II"

<wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.2>

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/ac /ac /ac /echo

"Name "Comfort "Steady Macro

of

/ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /echo

"Ingenuity II" "Brand of Earth" "Brand of Earth" "Prudent Touch" "Steady Hand II" "Prudent Touch" "Innovation" "Great Strides" "Ingenuity II" "Byregot's Blessing" "Observe" "Focused Synthesis" Macro #2 complete

Hand #1

Earth" Zone" II" complete

<wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.2> <se.1> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <se.14>

Synth Code: ["initialPreparations","comfortZone","innerQuiet","specialtyReflect","steadyHand2","pru dentTouch","prudentTouch","prudentTouch","prudentTouch","prudentTouch","manipulat ion2","nameOfEarth","comfortZone","steadyHand2","ingenuity2","brandOfEarth","brand OfEarth","prudentTouch","steadyHand2","prudentTouch","innovation","greatStrides","in genuity2","byregotsBlessing","observe","focusedSynthesis"]

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Highest Quality Specialist Rotation (w/o Brand, requires tea)

Minimum (base): 1500 Craftsmanship, 472 Food: Seafood Stew HQ Optional Food: Tempura Platter HQ (if <1500 Craftsmanship) Medicine: Cunning Tea HQ /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /echo

"Initial Preparations" "Comfort Zone" "Inner Quiet" "Specialty: Reflect" "Steady Hand II" "Manipulation II" "Piece by Piece" "Piece by Piece" "Prudent Touch" "Prudent Touch" "Observe" "Focused Synthesis" "Comfort Zone" "Great Strides" Macro #1 complete

/ac /ac /ac /ac /ac

"Steady "Prudent "Prudent "Prudent

"Ingenuity" Hand

II" Touch" Touch" Touch"

<wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.2> <se.1> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3>

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/ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /echo

"Prudent "Steady

Touch" Hand" "Innovation"

"Great Strides" "Ingenuity II" "Byregot's Blessing" "Observe" "Focused Synthesis" Macro #2 complete

<wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <se.14>

Synth Code: ["initialPreparations","comfortZone","innerQuiet","specialtyReflect","steadyHand2","ma nipulation2","pieceByPiece","pieceByPiece","prudentTouch","prudentTouch","observe","f ocusedSynthesis","comfortZone","greatStrides","ingenuity","steadyHand2","prudentTou ch","prudentTouch","prudentTouch","prudentTouch","steadyHand","innovation","greatSt rides","ingenuity2","byregotsBlessing","observe","focusedSynthesis"]

Highest Quality Specialist Rotation (w/o Brand, w/o tea)

Minimum (base): 1500 Craftsmanship, 476 Food: Seafood Stew HQ Optional Food: Tempura Platter HQ (if <1500 Craftsmanship) Medicine: None

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/ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /echo

"Initial Preparations" "Comfort Zone" "Inner Quiet" "Specialty: Reflect" "Steady Hand II" "Manipulation II" "Piece by Piece" "Piece by Piece" "Prudent Touch" "Prudent Touch" "Observe" "Focused Synthesis" "Comfort Zone" "Ingenuity" Macro #1 complete

<wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.2> <se.1>

/ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /echo

"Steady

<wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <se.14>

Hand "Innovation"

II"

"Prudent Touch" "Prudent Touch" "Prudent Touch" "Steady Hand II" "Prudent Touch" "Ingenuity II" "Innovation" "Great Strides" "Byregot's Blessing" "Observe" "Focused Synthesis" Macro #2 complete

Synth Code: ["initialPreparations","comfortZone","innerQuiet","specialtyReflect","steadyHand2","ma nipulation2","pieceByPiece","pieceByPiece","prudentTouch","prudentTouch","observe","f ocusedSynthesis","comfortZone","ingenuity","steadyHand2","innovation","prudentTouch ","prudentTouch","prudentTouch","steadyHand2","prudentTouch","ingenuity2","innovati on","greatStrides","byregotsBlessing","observe","focusedSynthesis"]

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35 DURABILITY NON-SPECIALIST

S'yahn Tia's 35-durability non-spec Refer to this post for additional information.

Minimum (base): 1500 Craftsmanship, 472 Food: Seafood Stew HQ Optional Food: Tempura Platter HQ (if <1500 Craftsmanship) Medicine: Cunning Tea HQ /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /echo

"Muscle "Comfort "Inner "Manipulation "Steady Hand "Piece by "Prudent "Prudent "Prudent "Prudent "Observe" "Focused "Comfort "Manipulation Macro #1

Memory" Zone" Quiet" II" II" Piece" Touch" Touch" Touch" Touch" Touch" Zone" II" complete

<wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.2> <se.1>

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/ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /echo

"Observe" "Focused

Touch" "Observe"

"Focused "Steady "Basic "Great

Touch" Hand

II" Touch" Strides"

"Innovation" "Ingenuity II" "Byregot's Blessing" "Careful Synthesis II" "Careful Synthesis II" "Careful Synthesis II" Macro #2 complete

<wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <se.14>

Synth Code: ["muscleMemory","comfortZone","innerQuiet","manipulation2","steadyHand2","pieceBy Piece","prudentTouch","prudentTouch","prudentTouch","prudentTouch","observe","focu sedTouch","comfortZone","manipulation2","observe","focusedTouch","observe","focuse dTouch","steadyHand2","basicTouch","greatStrides","innovation","ingenuity2","byregots Blessing","carefulSynthesis2","carefulSynthesis2","carefulSynthesis2"]

70 DURABILITY SPECIALIST

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Highest Quality 70 Durability Macro

Minimum (base): 1500 Craftsmanship, 474 Food: Seafood Stew HQ Optional Food: Tempura Platter HQ (if <1500 Craftsmanship) Medicine: Cunning Tea HQ /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /echo /ac /ac

"Initial Preparations" "Comfort Zone" "Inner Quiet" "Specialty: Reflect" "Steady Hand II" "Piece by Piece" "Piece by Piece" "Prudent Touch" "Prudent Touch" "Prudent Touch" "Careful Synthesis II" "Manipulation II" "Comfort Zone" "Steady Hand II" Macro #1 complete "Prudent

Touch" "Ingenuity"

<wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.2> <se.1> <wait.3> <wait.2>

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/ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /echo

"Prudent "Prudent "Prudent

Touch" Touch" Touch" "Observe"

"Focused "Steady

Touch" Hand" "Innovation"

"Great Check

Strides" Condition!

<wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.2> <se.4>

Use this macro if the condition is NOT EXCELLENT:

/ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /echo

"Ingenuity II" "Byregot's Blessing" "Observe" "Focused Synthesis" "Careful Synthesis II" "Careful Synthesis II" Macro #3 complete

<wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <se.14>

Use this macro if the condition is EXCELLENT:

/ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /echo

"Byregot's Blessing" "Ingenuity II" "Observe" "Focused Synthesis" "Careful Synthesis II" "Careful Synthesis II" Macro #3 complete

<wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <se.14>

Synth Code: ["initialPreparations","comfortZone","innerQuiet","specialtyReflect","steadyHand2","piec eByPiece","pieceByPiece","prudentTouch","prudentTouch","prudentTouch","carefulSynth esis2","manipulation2","comfortZone","steadyHand2","prudentTouch","ingenuity","prud entTouch","prudentTouch","prudentTouch","observe","focusedTouch","steadyHand","inn ovation","greatStrides","ingenuity2","byregotsBlessing","observe","focusedSynthesis","c arefulSynthesis2","carefulSynthesis2"]

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70 DURABILITY NON-SPECIALIST

Nixillis's Non-Spec 70 Durability Macro

Minimum (base): 1511 Craftsmanship, 474 Food: Tempura Platter HQ Optional Food: None. Medicine: Cunning Tea HQ /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /echo

"Muscle "Comfort "Inner "Steady "Prudent "Prudent "Prudent "Prudent "Prudent "Steady "Prudent "Prudent "Prudent Macro

Memory" Zone" Quiet" Hand

II" Touch" Touch" Touch" Touch" Touch"

"Ingenuity" Hand

#1

II" Touch" Touch" Touch" complete

<wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <se.1>

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/ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /echo

"Prudent Touch" "Prudent Touch" "Comfort Zone" "Manipulation II" "Steady Hand" "Piece by Piece" "Innovation" "Great Strides" Check Condition!

<wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.2> <se.4>

Use this macro if the condition is NOT EXCELLENT:

/ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /echo

"Ingenuity" "Byregot's

Blessing" "Observe"

"Focused

Synthesis" "Observe"

"Focused "Careful Macro

Synthesis" Synthesis III" #3 complete

<wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <se.14>

Use this macro if the condition is EXCELLENT:

/ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /echo

"Byregot's

Blessing" "Ingenuity" "Observe"

"Focused

Synthesis" "Observe"

"Focused "Careful Macro

Synthesis" Synthesis III" #3 complete

<wait.3> <wait.2> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <wait.3> <se.14>

Synth Code: ["muscleMemory","comfortZone","innerQuiet","steadyHand2","prudentTouch","prudent Touch","prudentTouch","prudentTouch","prudentTouch","ingenuity","steadyHand2","pru dentTouch","prudentTouch","prudentTouch","prudentTouch","prudentTouch","comfortZ one","manipulation2","steadyHand","pieceByPiece","innovation","greatStrides","ingenuit y","byregotsBlessing","observe","focusedSynthesis","observe","focusedSynthesis","care fulSynthesis3"]

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Desynthesis Many thanks to this guide for starting this section of my guide up. I’ll not go into too many details of the best methods of leveling desynthesis before 160.

Basic Desynthesis Guide Desynthesis is the breaking down of an item into its composite materials. You can unlock desynthesis from this quest, which requires a Lv30 crafter. Each crafter class has its own desynthesis branch. The point of desynthesis is to obtain otherwise hardto-obtain or impossible-to-obtain materials that are necessary for crafting. Frequently, this will be Demimaterias, which only comes from desynthesis. Sometimes, materials such as Glass Fiber (obtained from Moogle Quests) which are locked behind dailies or weeklies can also be obtained from desynthesis, making it useful to level your desynthesis skills. To level desynthesis, simply desynthesize! The rate at which you gain desynthesis skill points correlates with the desynthesis level of the item as compared to your desynthesis skill level. Once your desynthesis skill level is 20 above the desynthesis level of the item, you will not gain greatly reduced desynthesis skill points. As of Stormblood, you can view the desynthesis level of an item.

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Not all items are desynthesizable. If you hover over an item, you’ll be able to see whether it is desynthesizable, along with its desynthesis level. In order to desynthesize an item, simply rightclick on it and select “Desynthesis”. Alternatively, you can use /ac “Desynthesis” to enter the Desynthesis menu. When you actually desynthesize an item, you’ll have a success rate to actually desynthesize the item. The success rate is based on your desynthesis skill level relative to the item’s desynthesis level. Desynthing an HQ item makes zero difference. To check your desynthesis skill level, go to your classes screen, select DoH/DoL, and click on your crafters. A screen will pop up showing your desynthesis skill levels. As of patch 4.18, there is a cap of 980 desynthesis skill level shared across all 8 desynthesis branches.

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Practically, this means you can only max out 3 desynthesis branches of your choosing.

There are three ways to increase your success rate of desynthesizing an item: -

Melding materia (any) onto the item Bacon Broth (food) Tinker’s Calm (medicine)

Note that, when your desynthesis is botched, you will still lose the item you originally intended to desynth. You can reset your desynthesis skill by purchasing or crafting a for Beginners book, found in Master Alchemist II:

Fieldcraft and Mastercraft Demimateria FCs and MCs are valuable items that are commonly used in many endgame recipes. The best ways to obtain them can be found in this post.

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The current recommended way to obtain FC3 and MC is to desynthesize Artisan’s Spectacles. To do so, you’ll need to trade in special items, traded to Talan.

Desynthesis Leveling Post d160 Desynthesis Leveling is either cheap and slow or expensive and fast. There is no in between. Culinarians should buy fishes closest to their desynthesis level. This guide will skip Culinarian leveling. A guide for d1 - d160 leveling can be found in the desynthesis guide. to use Tinker’s Calm and Bacon’s Broth to increase your success rate! d160 - d180 GC seals special items (purchase with GC seals or from market board) for CRP/BSM/ARM:

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Thavnairian glamour (purchase from market board) for LTW/WVR:

i170/i180 green crafting gear (purchase from market board):

Sky Pirate gear (purchase from market board):

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Doman Gear with Yolaine in Ishgard Bar:

Obtain Centurio Seals by hunting. i180 PvP gear in Wolves’ Den Pier:

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Obtain wolf marks through PvP. d180 - d200 Artifact Gear with Yolaine in Ishgard Bar:

i205 PvP gear in Wolves’ Den Pier:

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d190 - d220 Replica Allagan gear (purchase from market board or craft yourself):

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Expeditioner’s glamour for LTW/WVR:

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d220 - d235 Double-melded (use trash materia) i255 gear Poetics gear from Hismena in Idyllshire:

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d235 - d300 From d235 to d260, visit Independent Merchant in Rhalgr’s Reach:

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For d260 to d300, visit Independent Merchant in The Lochs:

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d300 - d320 Expert Roulette drops

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Crafter: Endgame Theory and Rotations THIS SECTION IS IRRELEVANT TO NEW CRAFTERS.

Crafter “Level” and Recipe Level6 And finally, we reach the most exciting and most relevant attribute in the end-game: the crafter level and the recipe level. Yet they are also the most obtuse. So let me reinforce these straightaway: RECIPE LEVEL =/= ITEM LEVEL. CRAFTER “LEVEL” =/= THE LEVEL OF YOUR CRAFTER The Recipe Level of a given recipe is a hidden attribute that you cannot view ingame7. Yet it is also the most important attribute in the end-game, affecting progress and quality far more than any point of craftsmanship and control, or even , can ever hope to achieve.

Sometimes, the Recipe Level is the Item Level of the crafted product. In the picture above, we see that the Hallowed Ramie Sash of Casting has an item level of i139 and its Recipe Level is also r139.

6 https://github.com/Ermad/ffxiv-craft-opt-web/blob/master/app/js/ffxivcraftmodel.js

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/76winm/crafting_efficiency_in_stormblood/ 7 You can view them here: https://github.com/Ermad/ffxiv-craft-optweb/tree/master/app/data/recipedb Or on Garlandtools.

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The majority of the time during both leveling post-50 and in the end-game, this is not the case. We see that this Expeditioner’s Kecks has an item level of i1; however, its Recipe Level is indeed r180. This discrepancy can be confusing, but there is a solid pattern you can follow. In the below table, the apparent recipe level refers to the number (including stars) you see at the bottom of the recipe’s entry on the crafting log:

Apparent Recipe Level

Real Recipe Level (rlvl)

Lv51

115 / 120

Lv52

125

Lv53

130

Lv54

133

Lv55

136

Lv56

139

Lv57

142

Lv58

145

Lv59

148

Lv60

150

Lv60 *

160

213

Lv60 **

180

Lv60 ***

210

Lv60 ****

250

Lv 61

255 / 260

Lv 62

265

Lv 63

270

Lv 64

273

Lv 65

276

Lv 66

279

Lv 67

282

Lv 68

285

Lv 69

288

Lv 70

290

Lv 70 *

300

Lv 70 **

320

The Crafter “Level” of a given crafter you have is not its level. It is the recipe level of any given item at the level of your crafter, and it is independent from gear. This means that, if you’re currently at Lv70, then your Crafter “Level” is 290, and it is impossible for you to get to a higher Crafter “Level” currently. The implication is that you’ll always be at a disadvantage when crafting starred recipes, because your Crafter “Level” will be below the Recipe Level. To calculate your base progress increase, use Basic Synthesis on a Lv 70 0-star recipe. To calculate your base quality increase, use Prudent Touch / Basic Touch / Hasty Touch on a Lv 1 recipe. Let us get right away into dissecting how your Crafter “Level” and the Recipe Level interact. 1. For every Crafter “Level” above the Recipe Level, you gain a boost to progress.

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Crafter “Level”s above Recipe Level

Boost to Progress

1

+5%

2

+10%

3

+15%

4

+20%

5

+25%

10

+36%

15

+46%

20

+50%

80

+54%

100

+55%

EXAMPLES AT LV70 As a Lv 70 Crafter, your effective Crafter "Level" is 290. ●

When crafting a Lv 70 item (Recipe Level = 290), your progress modifier is +0%.

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When crafting a Lv 69 item (Recipe Level = 288), your progress modifier is +10%.

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When crafting a Lv 68 item (Recipe Level = 285), your progress modifier is +25%.

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When crafting a Lv 66 item (Recipe Level = 279), your progress modifier is +38%.

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When crafting a Lv 1 item (Recipe Level = 1), your progress modifier is +55%.

2. For every Crafter “Level” below the Recipe Level, you gain a NEGATIVE MODIFIER to progress.

Crafter “Level”s below Recipe Level

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1

-3%

2

-6%

3

-9%

4

-11%

5

-13%

10

-25%

30

-26%

60

-27%

100

-28%

EXAMPLES AT LV70 As a Lv 70 Crafter, your effective Crafter "Level" is 290. ●

When crafting a Lv 70 item (Recipe Level = 290), your progress modifier is +0%.

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When crafting a Lv 70 * item (Recipe Level = 300), your progress modifier is -25%.

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When crafting a Lv 70 ** item (Recipe Level = 320), your progress modifier is -26%.

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When crafting a Lv 70 *** item (Recipe Level = 350), your progress modifier is -27%.

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When crafting a Lv 70 **** item (Recipe Level = 390), your progress modifier is -28%.

3. For every Crafter “Level” below the Recipe Level, you gain a NEGATIVE MODIFIER to quality increases, which is capped at 50%. You do not gain any boost to quality increases for being above the Recipe Level. Crafter “Level”s Below Recipe Level

Reduction to Quality Increase

1

-5%

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2

-10%

3

-15%

4

-20%

5

-25%

10

-50%

30

-50%

60

-50%

100

-50%

4. In addition to the penalty in [3], higher level recipes have an additional innate penalty to quality increases EVEN IF YOUR CRAFTER “LEVEL” is ABOVE the Recipe Level.

Recipe Level

Innate Quality Increase Penalty

115 - 150

-4%

160

-5%

180

-6%

210

-7%

250

-8%

255 - 290

-8%

300

-9%

320

-10%

These two quality penalties are MULTIPLICATIVE. EXAMPLES AT LV70 As a Lv 70 Crafter, your effective Crafter "Level" is 290.

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When crafting a Lv 70 item (Recipe Level = 290), your quality modifier is -8%.

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When crafting a Lv 70 * item (Recipe Level = 300), your quality modifier is 0.5 x 0.91 = 0.455x

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When crafting a Lv 70 ** item (Recipe Level = 320), your quality modifier is 0.5 x 0.9 = 0.45x

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When crafting a Lv 70 *** item (Recipe Level = 350), your quality modifier is 0.5 x 0.89 = 0.445x

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When crafting a Lv 70 **** item (Recipe Level = 390), your quality modifier is 0.5 x 0.88 = 0.44x

All this seems very frightening: you are getting around a whooping -55% quality penalty when attempting to craft the current r320 recipes… which is why Ingenuity is so important, which we would later discuss. tl;dr ● When you’re above the recipe’s level, you gain bonus to progress. ● When you’re below the recipe’s level, you gain severe negative modifiers to progress and quality. ● Ingenuity is essential in the current end-game.

Ingenuity Modifier Ingenuity I and II reduces the recipe level of the craft temporarily. This reduction does not have a formula but is, rather, based on a lookup table. Based on data from this post, the reduction is as follows (italics are predicted values): Recipe Level

Ingenuity Reduction

Ingenuity II Reduction

50

45

42

55 (50 1*)

50

47

70 (50 2**)

51

48

90 (50 3***)

58

56

110 (50 4****)

59

57

120

100

99

136

112

111

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150

140

139

160 (60 1*)

151

150

180 (60 2**)

152

151

210 (60 3***)

153

152

250 (60 4****)

154

153

260

240

239

276

252

251

290

280

279

300 (70 1*)

291

290

320 (70 2**)

292

291

350 (70 3***)

293

292

390 (70 4****)

294

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Recall that quality increase is affected by recipe level itself, in addition to the quality reductions from the difference between recipe level and crafter level… INGENUITY I & II DOES NOT REDUCE THIS INNATE QUALITY PENALTY IN ANY WAY. Let’s convert that to something more meaningful (italics are predicted values): Recipe Lv

Progress Modifier

Ingen 1 Progress

Ingen2 Progress

Quality Modifier

Ingen 1 Quality

Ingen 2 Quality

Lv 70 0*

100%

136%

138%

92%

92%

92%

Lv 70 1*

75%

97%

100%

45.5%

86.45%

91%

Lv 70 2**

74%

94%

97%

45%

81.0%

85.5%

Lv 70 3***

73%

91%

94%

44.5%

75.65%

80.1%

Lv 70 4****

72%

89%

91%

44%

70.4%

74.8%

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We can then convert this further to determine Ingen’s relative boost to quality (these are rough numbers):

Recipe Lv

Ingen 1 Relative Quality Boost

Ingen 2 Relative Quality Boost

Lv 70 1*

90%

100%

Lv 70 2**

80%

90%

Lv 70 3***

70%

80%

Lv 70 4****

60%

70%

My theory is that quality increases as related to Ingenuity are calculated this way, ignoring rounding: Quality Increase = Difference Modifier * Innate Recipe Level Quality Modifier where Difference Modifier is the quality penalty modifier based on the difference between recipe level (including Ingenuity’s reduction) and crafter level. Ingenuity only affects the first factor and not the second factor. Let’s use current Lv 70 2** recipes as an example, then: Quality increase modifier at Lv 70 2** without Ingenuity = Difference Modifier * Innate Recipe Level Quality Modifier = Modifier of (320 - 290) * Innate Quality Modifier of r320 recipes = 0.5 * 0.9 = 0.45 Quality increase modifier at Lv 70 2** with Ingenuity II = Difference Modifier * Innate Recipe Level Quality Modifier = Modifier of (291 - 290) * Innate Quality Modifier of r320 recipes = 0.95 * 0.9 = 0.855

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Initial Preparations Rotation The new macro in town calling all the shots currently is InPr + Reflect. Its potency has already been discussed prior, so let’s jump into dissecting the current 2.5** macro (it is rather straightforward): OPENER

One interesting thing of note is the use of 3 Piece by Piece’s. Here, we are basically substituting Muscle Memory with Piece by Piece. INNER QUIET PHASE

Note the Comfort Zone consumption actions. We use a Careful Synthesis II here even though it is inefficient, unbuffed by Ingenuity, because we aim to deplete our Comfort Zone. Basically, we are trading 8 for a small hit to progress increase here. As for Manipulation II, due to its flexibility, we were able to fit it in as a CZ consumption action. FINISHER

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Here we have two finishers we can compare. Note that we only have 25 durability to spare after Byregot’s Blessing, so we must only use 3 Synthesis actions in total. The first finisher has higher overall progress efficiency but has a higher cost. The second finisher has lower overall progress efficiency but has a lower cost. The first finisher is used so that you can meld to a lower Craftsmanship to utilize the macro, but the caveat is that you would need to drink Cunning Tea in order to use it. The second finisher requires very high Craftsmanship, but it allows you to utilize it without the use of tea. Both have their pros and cons.

MaMa Whistle Rotation (4.18) This rotation is not developed by a human… I’ll stop here. It is heavily RNG-reliant, but can produce stellar results with low stats. Video demonstration here. CROSS-CLASS:

OPENER:

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If you’re lucky you’ll get IQ5. This is the desired opener. If your first or second Patient Touch fails, do a third Patient Touch. Otherwise, jump straight to Flawless Synthesis.

If you see a ToT proc, always take it no matter when you see it. If two ToTs proc in the opener SH2 phase, then use only one Patient Touch. It’s fine.

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When your Whistle stack decreases to 9, always use Satisfaction. After the opener, if you have Inner Quiet 1 or 2, then proceed to use Steady Hand II + Patient Touch until you reach at least 4, using Master’s Mend II if needed. FLAWLESS SYNTHESIS PHASE Next would be the Flawless Synthesis phase:

During this phase, before Maker’s Mark wears off, prioritize the following: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

If Condition is Good / Excellent -> Tricks of the Trade If Whistle Stack is at 3, 6, or 9 -> Satisfaction Refresh Comfort Zone If durability is at 10 -> Master’s Mend II If Whistle Stack is equal to Inner Quiet Stack -> Trained Hand

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6. If Whistle While you Work is at 2 stacks -> Nymeia’s Wheel 7. If Whistle While you Work depletes before Maker’s Mark is at 10 ~ 20 stacks -> Whistle While you Work If you overflow on , you have two options: 1. Ignore the overflow 2. Use Steady Hand II + Hasty Touches to deplete the at the cost of ~200 progress I recommend the latter. INNER QUIET PHASE: Once we deplete our Maker’s Mark stacks, our focus would be to increase Inner Quiet stacks.

Check your remaining progress first. If you need 2~3 Ingenuity-buffed CS2’s to complete the craft, then be sure to use one to two during this phase. Otherwise, if you only need 1, then you do not need to use any during this phase. We lead on with Steady Hand 2, and proceed to use Hasty Touch.

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Once we hit 11 stacks of Inner Quiet, we proceed to use as many Ingenuity-buffed Hasty Touches as possible, while making sure we use any needed Careful 2 / Careful 3 within the Ingenuity window. Follow this priority list. This priority list is a rough guide and you can change as you see fit, but make sure to always leave enough left for the finisher. 1. Ensure you have enough and durability for the finisher. This is 144 and 20 durability. 2. If Condition is Good, use Tricks of the Trade. If Excellent, use Precise Touch if SH2 is active. 3. Use Nymeia’s Wheel if Whistle reaches 2 stacks. If durability is above 40, then continue using Hasty Touches until durability reaches 40. Use Nymeia’s Wheel immediately if Condition is Good/Excellent and Whistle is at 1 stack unless Finishing Touches will not complete the craft. 4. If Whistle Stack is at 3, 6, or 9 -> Satisfaction 5. If durability is at 10 and is above 320 -> Master’s Mend II 6. If durability is at 30 ~ 50 and is above 300 -> Manipulation II 7. If Inner Quiet is at 11 stacks -> Ingenuity I 8. Use one Careful Synthesis II during the Ingenuity window if you need to.

FINISHER

If you have extra , change Ingenuity to Ingenuity II. If you accidentally used up too much , skip, in order of priority:

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1. Innovation 2. Prudent Touch 3. Byregot’s Blessing (use Byregot’s Miracle)

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Crafter: Making Profits Supply & Demand Let’s go through a very basic Economics 101 lesson. For more, check out this link. Simply put, supply represents how much sellers can put on the market for a particular item, and demand represents how much buyers desire that item. When there is low supply, the price will go up. When there is high demand, the price will go up. Increasing the cost of production will shift the supply curve to the left, increasing the equilibrium price. In a healthy market, the equilibrium price will always correlate with the cost of production. Check an item’s minimum cost of production before entering the market! An item could have a cost of production of 2 ventures because it drops from Quick Ventures, drastically lowering its equilibrium price. As such you do not want to spend 300k crafting the product then realizing that everyone else have been producing them with a low cost of production. Demand and supply naturally lower during a content drought simply because there are less active players. You need to judge which has lowered more. If demand has lowered more than supply, then the price will naturally decrease, and vice versa. However, due to the nature of this game, the theories of basic supply and demand do not work perfectly in this game. Markets can be highly irrational. For example, a crafter could drastically lower the price simply out of spite, causing a shock. Market shocks are common in this game, and it is in your best interest to judge supply and demand carefully to determine where they meet and the “right price” for a product, or rather, its equilibrium price is at. For all the market’s irrationality, most of the time after a shock, it’ll still return to the equilibrium price. What this practically means for the discerning crafter is to seek out a market of high demand and low supply. Easier said than done! Don't be lazy; get to work and research on the market board, or seek out alternative means of making gil, such as commissions. While supply is easy to judge (simply look at the amount of listings on the market board), demand is far harder to determine. Looking at the history of transactions will usually give a general idea of demand, by observing the rate of transactions.

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Recognizing Inelastic Demand

In a market with perfectly inelastic demand, price changes have no effect on demand. In the real world, if for example, oxygen becomes a necessary commodity that has only one supplier, and Earth runs out of oxygen, then oxgyen would very likely become a market with perfectly inelastic demand. The sole supplier of oxygen can raise or lower the price of oxygen as they see fit and people will have no choice but to purchase the oxygen. In the above transaction history we see a market with relatively inelastic demand (but not perfectly). Notice that price changes do not affect the rate of transaction as much. This is because, the product, an Ala Mhigan tool, is a specialist-locked recipe that requires rather high crafter attributes to craft, and is pretty difficult to craft. This creates a high barrier to entry. In order to obtain an Ala Mhigan tool, one would need to go through numerous steps, including using a weekly-gated specialist change to craft it. However, Ala Mhigan tools are also necessary for 4.2, and for utilizing efficient

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macros to craft current tier recipes. Therefore, consumers are left with little choice: they need to either go through a rather difficult and annoying series of steps to craft it themselves, or use gil to skip the process, either through commissioning or through the market board. Because of the difficulty of obtaining the item, the demand is relatively inelastic as consumers have relatively fewer choices, compared to something like Iron Ore. In a market with inelastic demand, the pricing will not affect demand as much. When you figure out that a market has inelastic demand, it is in your best interest to maintain the price as high as is reasonable and maximize supply, as total revenue increases as the price goes up in a market with inelastic demand. Rough ways to gauge whether a market has a relatively inelastic demand: -

See if sudden fluctuations in price do not affect demand as much Consider the amount of alternatives to that good. If there is no alternative then it will be relatively inelastic Consider the barrier to entry to craft that good. If it is difficult to craft that item, it will become less likely to commission crafters to craft that item

Profit Efficiency Profit Efficiency is incredibly important if you want to maximize your profits. You only have a certain amount of hours to play the game each week. Any action you do that increases the amount of gil you generate per hour is an increase in your crafting efficiency. In some cases, NOT crafting or gathering something will be an increase in profit efficiency: -

Purchasing items such as Rubber from vendors instead of crafting them manually Undercutting on the market board and not crafting anything new can be an increase in profit efficiency if competition is fierce Not gathering an item if it is very cheap on the market board can be an increase in profit efficiency

Absolute self-sufficiency will usually lower your profit efficiency. But also watch out: sometimes being lazy will decrease your profit efficiency: -

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Purchasing raw materials during a price shock (solution: regularly check the market board and purchase regular raw materials in bulk when they are cheap) Purchasing materia rather than spiritbonding / transmutation ( that a penny saved is a penny earned)

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Not undercutting

Spiritbonding Currently, spiritbonding can be a good source of gil, dependent on server. Spiritbonding refers to the action of increasing the spiritbond of a binding piece of gear from 0% to 100%. You can convert the gear afterwards, which will transform the gear into a piece of materia. Crafter gear converts into crafter materia, and gatherer gear converts into gatherer materia. Currently, the most efficient approach to spiritbonding crafter gear for crafter materia is to: 1. Purchase a set of NQ left side crafter gear and tools from Kugane vendors 2. Manually craft right side crafter accessories. Crafting HQ is recommended as HQ gear spiritbonds faster. An HQ gear with one meld spiritbonds as fast as NQ gear with two melds. 3. Meld, but do not overmeld, the gear with Cunning IV (). This increases the success rate of quick synthesis and you can retrieve the materia with 100% success rate. 4. Purchase, or use retainers to gather, materials to craft Lv 68 40 dura recipes, such as Zelkova Logs, Twincoon, Molybdenum Ore, Palladium Sand. 5. Consume:

a.

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b.

c. 6. Mass Quick Synthesis the Lv 68 recipe of your choice. 7. When a piece of gear is fully spiritbonded, retrieve the materia and convert it, and replace it with fresh 4-melded gear.

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(Irrelevant) Crafter and Gatherer: Preparing for 4.2 Prepare early! Week 1 gil is not going to be easy if you're unprepared. With the content drought starting to fully sink in and markets slowing to a crawl, now is the best time to make preparations, stop playing the market board and focus on being the first to sell, hopefully, many 20m pieces and rip world prog raiders off :^). (but it's more likely they have their own crafters funding them) This guide is aimed specifically at high-end omnicrafters, so don't complain if none of the tips apply to you (ngl, this guide is purely to help the rich get richer). Special thanks to the Balance discord's doh/dol channels.

New 3* Crafts Meld your Ala Mhigan Gear People are expecting anywhere from 1650/1550 to 1450/1320 as the new 3* requirements. For those estimating the requirements at a higher range, it is expected that the right side crafter gear and any new crafter food be utilized to hit these requirements (which obviously imply that the new right side is 2*). It is possible to hit 1650/1550 currently without the use of i320 right side pieces. Melds here, which I'm using. This confers a significant advantage: you'll be able to target raiders immediately right as 4.2 opens, and being the first to sell in a market of high demand and extremely low supply puts you squarely in the advantage for a precious few hours before other crafters catch up. Of course, if 3* requirements are lower, melding that extremely will not give you too much advantage. Calculate the risks and rewards very carefully (to meld to that level costs ~100m). Regardless of what you're planning, at least meld your Ala Mhigan gear to a level that allows you to craft 3* on day 1. Additionally, the higher stats you hit, the more likely you'll be able to use a short InitPrep/MuMe macro over a MaMa macro on day 1, which is significantly faster and allows you to churn out i350 crafted raid gear much faster than other crafters and corner all corners of the i350 market. Filter new recipes ASAP and pay close attention to datamining threads

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In the first few hours of day 1, none of the websites such as ffxivcrafting.com, garlandtools.org, or xivdb.com will have updated their database to include new recipes. You need to be prepared to manually record down new recipes and figure out what is needed to craft the new i350. Be sure to use the in-game filter button on the recipe menu on day 1, and pay close attention to datamining threads (if you are able to, you can datamine the new patch by yourself too and figure out what mats are used to craft the new recipes before the patch is even online). Stock up on mats It is likely that some current mats will be used in new crafts; stock a healthy amount of them in case any of them would be used. But be clever; don't stock up on 1000 Blue Landtrap Leafs. Instead, Molybdenum Ingots may be a better choice (and you can spiritbond while doing it), so that in case it isn't used, you can use them for older recipes that will fetch a good price on the market board. Personally I don't think current aethersands will be used in Grade 3 Reisui (if it'll even exist), but I do expect current aethersands to be used in new 3* crafts. Stock a healthy amount of aethersands while they're still cheap. You should also be expecting Mastercrafts, FC3s and, maybe, BC3s to be used in new recipes. Finally, the reason why I want you to record down new recipes ASAP is because you might miss out on some mats that will be used in new recipes, and the sooner you find them, the faster you can buy them on the market board before everyone else realizes that it's used in new recipes. Specialists It is unclear if new 3* recipes will be specialist-locked or not. Regardless, be smart and be prepared. To maximize efficiency and gil you WILL be changing specialists on week 1 (most probably on day 2 after you crafted 2 copies of every single new recipe of your day 1 specialists), or have 1~2 alts that are capable of hitting 3* requirements on day 1. So choose 3 good classes to start out in that will confer the biggest advantage, making sure that you are the least limited by cross-class spec-locked materials as possible. I personally recommend taking at least ALCbefore 4.2, with the other two slots being anybody's guess. You can also take a gamble by taking CUL, as it is likely there will be new crafter food / new BiS food for raiding. Cap red and yellow scrips For new mats. It is also advisable to keep an inventory of collectables that you can turn-in in week 1, and good luck having your collectables starred on day 1! There is also a remote possibility that new, weekly-locked scrips will come out.

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Cap creation and verity I know capping creation to 2000/2000 seems like a huge stretch, but based on past patches, there is the chance that new mats will be purchasable with creation (see: Eikon Mythrite, Eikon Fiber etc.). I am also expecting verity to be converted to creation.

Gathering Meld your Ala Mhigan Gear Once again, meld your Ala Mhigan gear, as it is very likely there will be a new tier of stats to hit for the new mats. The higher you meld, the more efficient your day 1 gathering will be. Being able to trigger new node bonuses, having +2 or, unlikely, even +3 gathering yield on Bountiful2, and having 95%/15% on new nodes instantly, can accelerate your gathering. The less time you spend on gathering new mats, the more time you have to craft new recipes. My melds here. Stay tuned on the Balance discord, official forums, and Reddit I am expecting there to be new nodes, and finding the new nodes will be a collective group effort. Most people are nice and won't purposefully withhold information. Be sure to constantly refresh and pay attention to these channels of communication on day 1 to know where to gather new materials for crafting. It is likely that there will be new mats appearing on regular nodes Based on the pattern of patch 3.2, where whitefrost cotton boll, camphorwood branch, and lumythrite sand are added onto regular nodes, it is reasonable to expect that patch 4.2 will be the same.

i320 right side and belt Stock up on materias Materias have been dropping in price recently, and now is an excellent time to stock up on materias. You'll want to pentameld the new crafter / gatherer gear ASAP to unlock shorter macros and accelerate your crafting.

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It might be faster to purchase i320 right side and belt I am personally expecting i320 right side and belt to be 2.5* recipes and will not be specialist-locked to fit the pattern that i320 = 2-star. It is likely that many crafters will be crafting these first if this were the case, as they can't really do 3* recipes yet. As such supply might be high and it is likely that it'll simply be faster to purchase these outright and focus on making 3* (=i350) recipes. ...or if you're stingy, prepare the mats to craft your i320 right side and belt There is no past precedent of something like Ala Mhigan gear being released in a staggered fashion (AFAIK), so it is also hard to say what mats will be used for i320 right side and belt. Regardless, I am expecting that Gyr Abanian Alchemic will still be used with a ~50% certainty. Also stock up on many chromite ingots, zelkova lumbers, torreya lumbers etc., preferrably HQ'd. It is extremely likely that the new right side will be 2.5* recipes, and not 2* recipes, so be prepared to HQ composite mats in advance. You will likely be able to use MuMe macros to craft these as they are unlocked, and because MuMe macros are inherently weaker than InitPrep macros, do be prepared to HQ more composite mats than usual. I would not advise crafting Ala Mhigan Fiber, but I am expecting Snailfish Oil to be used, so HQing some of these will be neat. I am expecting a new core composite mat made from Alchemics for i320 accessories though.

Increase in demand for old recipes Be smart, not everything will be relevant after 4.1 i320 crafted combat gear will be irrelevant a few weeks into patch 4.2. There will be an initial surge in demand as players buy i320 gear to progress in the MSQ, but after that it will quickly be irrelevant. As such, don't keep a backlog of these pieces, cluttering precious inventory space that can be used for more relevant crafts. i290 crafter and gatherer right side will also quickly become irrelevant and the market will slow down. Just like Ao Dai, Thavnairian Wool and Hannish Wool glamour will quickly drop in price as it is no longer the rich show-off glamour in 4.2, so try to sell these as quickly as possible and do not make new ones starting from NOW. Some recipes will still be relevant in 4.2 i320 Ala Mhigan left side is a prime example. As people log back in and some want to get into endgame crafting, these will increase in price and demand and sell much better than in the current content drought. Keeping an inventory of these pieces to

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sell when patch 4.2 drops or a few days before patch 4.2 as returners purchase Ala Mhigan gear to prepare for the next tier of crafting is a good idea. Glamour is always relevant Other than recipes, stuff like materias (Crit, crafter, gatherer) will increase in price It is expected that crit will be better in patch 4.2 as it does not scale linearly, meaning that more people will be buying Crit materias to meld. Expect to see crit materias increase heavily in demand and thus in price. Beyond that, expect at least a 50% increase in price for gatherer and crafter materias as people meld to new 3* stats. That's why you should MELD IN ADVANCE while it's relatively cheaper to do so. Stocking up on these materias then reselling them when the patch drops is also a good idea.

Desynthesis This is inherently a risky venture We might not get new desynthesizable mats at all, or we might get the new Glass Fiber. Either way, do not expect desynthesis to be 100% worth leveling to 320. Stock up on yellow scrip gear Glass Fiber was desynthesizable from i180 blue scrip gear. Stocking up on cheap yellow scrip gear (pants, probably) is not a bad idea. Rabanastre drops may desynth into new mats This is based on the Void Ark parallel. As such, only roll on loot that correspond to your desynthesis class. (it does not actually make sense for us to get a glass fiber equivalent in patch 4.2, as glass fiber came out in 3.3, so treat this with a grain of salt)

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Patch 4.2 will release with new plots added, but in staggered release. Shirogane walls may sell well, as will other weeb furniture. Expect a small uptick in demand for furniture; however I don't think it'll be as big as you think.

Raiding Expect a new tier of infusions I am expecting these to continue using Dusklight Aethersand, and Lv68-70 mats such as Chickweed that are used currently for Grade 2 Reisui. It is probably advisable to skip on stocking up on the Vitality-equivalent mat, Yanxian Parsley, as I don't think anyone really would use a second-tier Infusion of Vitality. Expect new BiS food It is almost certain that new food will use Lv61-70 ingredients, such as Lotus Root, Gyr Abanian Carrots. Stock up on some of these in advance to prepare.

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PART V: Basic Gatherer Guide MIN/BTN: Lv 1 - Lv 45 The best way to level in this level range is to simply pop a gathering manual, and gather. If you’re planning on leveling crafting, then gathering the raw materials for your crafting is the best use of your time - you level gathering and self-sufficiently get raw materials for crafting at the same time. If you’re only planning on leveling gathering, then gather until Lv 15 and complete your gathering log, then do levequests, which we would go into greater details later. Gathering rate is always capped at 100%, and base high quality rate is always capped at 15%, this means that, after a certain amount of perception, any extra perception does not matter much since it won’t increase your base high quality rate (we will, however, later see that this is not 100% true). Each node has a base gathering attempt amount of 4, while unspoiled nodes have a base gathering attempt amount of 6. Once you deplete a node, it will disappear. Gathering two any other nodes will refresh the depleted node. While in the overworld, you will also automatically regenerate 5 GP per tick. Each tick is 3 seconds. Furthermore, hitting the node grants 5 GP every hit. This 5 GP is not increasable. Note that you can only see gathering nodes within your level tier. Each level tier starts at one plus a multiple of 5. Every node in that tier is the maximum level of that level tier. So in order to see Lv 47 materials on Lv 50 nodes, since Lv 47 and Lv 50 belongs in the level tier 46 ~ 50, you’ll need to be at Lv 46 or above to see those materials. Furthermore, after Lv 10, whenever you first gather an item, it will be Unknown and have a capped base gathering rate of 25% before you uncover it. You’ll need to use skills that increase gathering rate in order to unveil it!

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Lv 4 ~ 10 - Field Mastery I - III / Sharp Vision I - III

GP efficiency: 10 GP per 1% gathering rate

GP efficiency: 6.67 GP per 1% gathering rate

GP efficiency: 5 GP per 1% gathering rate These three skills all have their uses: -

Use Sharp Vision I / Field Mastery I if current gathering rate is 90%+ Use Sharp Vision II / Field Mastery II if current gathering rate is 90%Use Sharp Vision III / Field Mastery III if current gathering rate is 62%-

In practice, you will only want to use SV3 / FM3 when you’re unveiling a undiscovered node, or when you’re doing a levequest with a high difficulty.

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Note that these three skills are not stackable.

Once unveiled, the item will revert to its natural gathering rate:

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Gatherer Traits

This non-random bonus is gathering rate +10% on all attempts. Conditions refer to random attributes of your gatherer, including irrelevant attributes such as Intelligence, or Fire Resistance. By non-random, it means that the same node will always give the same bonus.

The bonus is gathering attempts +1.

The bonus is HQ rate +10% on all attempts.

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This only triggers on specific nodes, primarily those with crystals and shards. It increases yield by +1 on every gathering attempt.

This extends the yield bonus to crystals.

Primarily only useful for gathering shards, crystals, and clusters currently. Used to be useful for carbonated matter (irrelevant now).

Extends yield bonus to clusters.

This trait unlocks powerful, but random bonuses, including Gathering Attempts +2, Gathering Fortune (HQ rate) +30%, and Gathering Rate +25%.

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This trait will make sense when we get to unspoiled nodes.

Increases the base GP regeneration per tick to 6 per tick. This does not affect the GP regenerated via hitting the node.

Lv 12 - Preparation

Preparation is a free action that indicates how much perception is needed to have a minimum chance to HQ:

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Lv 15 ~ 35 - Leaf Turn I - II / Unearth I - II

GP efficiency: 10 GP per 0.01 HQ yield

GP efficiency: 10 GP per 0.01 HQ yield Note that both skills have the same GP efficiency. Practically, where GP allows, it is better to use Unearth II on nodes with bonus gathering attempts to maximize HQ yield.

Lv 20 ~ 25 - Intermediate Skills

Useful for gathering shards, but useless elsewhere.

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Clear Vision and Flora Mastery are stackable with Sharp Vision / Field Mastery. Clear Vision and Flora Mastery have lower efficiency on a node with 4 gathering attempts or above; therefore, its only use would be on nodes where your gathering rate is below 50%. This skill is useful for unveiling Unknown materials.

Not GP-efficient as compared to later options.

Not GP-efficient as compared to later options.

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This is a very useful free skill for unspoiled and leve nodes. It requires you to successfully gathering an item 5 times in a row. Therefore, it is virtually impossible to use this skill on a regular node without Gathering Attempts +2. Always use it when it is available since it’s free.

Lv 30 ~ 40 - Blessed Harvest I - II / King’s Yield I - II

On a regular node (4 attempts), using this will increase the number of items obtained by a total of 4, assuming 100% gathering rate. On a node with Gathering Attempts +1, using this will increase the number of items obtained by a total of 5. Therefore, when gathering regular nodes, always use this skill on the node with the gathering attempts bonus.

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more GP-efficient than its Lv30 brother. Always use this skill over the base version if you have enough maximum GP to use this ability.

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FSH: Lv 1 - Lv 50 The best way to level Fisher is to simply fish. Get enough bait, pop a gathering manual, and start fishing! Visit the below thread for good locations to level fishing: https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/1mp5ze/speedrun_fishing_from_150_in_30_ hours/

Lv 25 - Mooch

To mooch, you will need to catch an HQ version of a fish. Once it is caught, you must immediately use the ability Mooch. Doing so will use the HQ fish as the bait, in order to catch rare fishes. Some fishes can only be obtained through mooching, such as the Mazlaya Marlin:

To figure out whether you will need to use Mooch to obtain a fish, use the http://ff14angler.com site as a resource.

Lv 36 - Snagging

Certain fishes and items can only be obtained when Snagging is activated. To figure out whether you will need Snagging to obtain a fish, use either the ff14angler site, or

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xivdb.com site, search for the fish, and read the comments to see if anyone commented that you need to use Snagging to catch the fish. You can also catch treasure maps via snagging.

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MIN/BTN: Leves Leves are the best method of leveling Miner and Botanist, but they aren’t strictly needed. Manually grinding is not too much slower. Therefore, I recommend using leves for Miner and Botanist leveling only when you have extra leve allowances to spare. There are four types of leves:

Munificence levequests require the miner or botanist to gather a set amount of items within the time limit, with infinitely respawnable nodes.

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Candor levequests require the miner or botanist to gather a set amount of items within the time limit, with a crucial difference: a maximum of 8 nodes will spawn, and they will not respawn when depleted. We will discuss the third and fourth types later. To commence a levequest, go to the green destination, click on your journal, and select Initiate on the levequest. You’ll also see a difficulty selection screen:

I recommend selecting the Recommended Level +2 always, if possible. Once you start the levequest, you will see special nodes that have a levequest icon above them. Simply gather from them and complete the mission.

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Completing a levequest quickly yields XP bonuses, so try to gather as fast as possible! For a list of levequest locations, see: https://www.bluegartr.com/threads/117778-DoLDoH-Levequest-Locations

Cordials

You can purchase Cordials from your GC Quartermaster, as rewards from levequests, or from the market board. Cordials aren’t very necessary even in the endgame. Use them when you need a lot of GP, fast. It has a recast time, meaning you can’t use another cordial in that time period. Drag them onto your gatherer hotbar for easy access. There are three types of Cordials: Watered Cordial NQ - 150 GP / 2 min 30s recast Watered Cordial HQ - 200 GP / 2 min 6s recast Cordial NQ - 300 GP / 4 min recast Cordial HQ - 350 GP / 3 min 36s recast Hi-Cordial - 400 GP / 3 min recast

Evaluation Leves The third type of MIN/BTN levequest is Piety:

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These evaluation-style levequests reward bonus experience points based on performance, as does Benevolence levequests. As such, you should ideally always target Piety levequests by checking the icon of the levequest. Piety levequests have 8 nodes you need to gather from for evaluation.

Benevolence levequests have 4 nodes you need to gather from for evaluation. Once you start an evaluation leve, you’ll see the duty requirement showing a scoreboard:

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Successfully gathering each item, no matter NQ or HQ (it doesn’t make a difference) will give you points. Once you hit a node you’ll see two items.

If the difficulty of the levequest is your gatherer level, then the lower level item will give 7 points, while the higher level item will give 9 points. If your level is above the levequest level, then you’ll get 7 points even on the higher level item. If your level is 2 below the difficulty, then you’ll get 9 points on the lower level item. This is why I recommend Recommended Level +2.

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Note that yield skills do not affect the points you get, so don’t bother using them. As such, the optimal rotation is to simply use Field Mastery II / Sharp Vision II at the start of every node, and hit the lower level item for 9 points. Then use Deep Vigor / Brunt Force if you successfully gathered 5 items, so that the 6th gathering attempt can be a free 100% shot on the high level item. Return to collect your reward once you’re finished. You get a bonus for speed of completion and for evaluation:

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FSH: Leves There are 2 types of fisher leves:

Concord leves simply require you to turn-in a specific fish. HQ fishes will give you double the experience points.

Sincerity leves require you to turn-in specific fishes, but are repeatable, as in, the requester will request the same type of fish again without using a leve allowances. HQ fishes will give you double the experience points. For a list of levequest locations, see here:

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https://www.bluegartr.com/threads/117778-DoL-DoH-Levequest-Locations

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Gatherer: Unspoiled Nodes Unspoiled, Ephemeral, and Legendary nodes are nodes that unlock at Lv 46 that only appear during certain Eorzean Hours. Each Eorzean Hour is 3 minutes. These nodes usually despawn after 2~6 Eorzean Hours. End-game recipes usually require materials from these timed nodes. To view Eorzean Time, change your clock type under Character Configuration:

Clocks I recommend using garlandtools.org/bell to manage unspoiled nodes. To search for a node, simply type in the name. Then click on the node, and select Favorites to add it to your Favorites list. Expanding the Favorites tab will show you the locations of where the timed node will spawn:

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When gathering from unspoiled nodes, note that the moment you interact with it and enter the gathering screen, exiting will be treated as abortion, and will despawn the node. As such, make sure you have sufficient GP to execute a desire rotation before interacting. We will discuss these rotations in later sections of the guide.

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PART VI: Intermediate Gathering Guide Gatherer: Collectables The Basic Guide to Gatherer Collectables

Much like crafter collectables, gathering collectables are untradable, marketprohibited items that are meant strictly for turn-in or aetherial reduction. In order to collect gathering collectables, turn on Collector’s Glove. Every gathering collectible has a collectability rating. Under Rowena’s House of Splendors, you’ll see that, in order to receive any rewards at all, you need to have a minimum amount of collectability on your collectables.

Once you turn on your Collector’s Gloves, when you enter a node screen, you’ll see that you’re in Collectables mode. You can turn on your Collector’s Gloves at any time

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while you’re interacting with the node. Some items cannot be gathered as collectables. Typically, these items will be greyed out when under Collectables mode. Furthermore, any node bonuses apply while you’re in collectables mode. For example, if you have Gathering Attempts +1, then you’ll get an extra action available during collectables mode. Now, let’s click on the Molybdenum Ore to enter the Collectability screen.

You’ll see a new interface. Rarity is equivalent to the item’s collectability. The wear can be thought of as the collectable’s durability, in reverse. Once wear exceeds 30/30, the item will have a severely diminished gathering rate (capped at 30% and not increasable with actions).

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Once you have raised the item’s collectability, or rather, rarity to a desired level, click on Collect to collect a collectable. Note that collecting uses one gathering attempt. As such, it is possible to collect multiple collectables from the same node until the node is depleted.

Lv 50 - Methodical Appraisal

The tool-tip is incredibly misleading. Methodical Appraisal’s strength does scale with perception; however, it is not perception x1. Methodical Appraisal’s strength always caps at 115. The required perception to reach 115 is based on the item’s level. For

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example, the perception required to hit MA 115 for Pyrite, a Lv51 item, is far lower than the perception required to hit MA 115 for Molybdenum Ore, a Lv70 item. Gear thus becomes very important for collectables. Your aim is to reach MA 115 and the only way to do so is to increase the perception you have. Methodical Appraisal’s strength also serves as a baseline for other rarity-increasing actions. For now, with sufficient gear, you can treat MA as an action that increases rarity, or rather, collectability, by 115, at the cost of 10 item wear and a gathering attempt.

Lv 50 - Discerning Eye

Discerning Eye, DE, is the first ability we meet that consumes GP, but does not use any gathering attempts or increase item wear. When used, a buff will appear, called Discerning Eye. Using any rarity-increasing actions will consume this buff, and the rarity-increasing action will be buffed by 50%. On MA 115, this is 172. Note that 172 is rounded down from 115 x 1.5. Any modifier to rarity increase is always rounded down.

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Now, with these two skills, we can create a 400 GP collectable rotation that will guarantee 340+ collectability if we have MA 114+:

This is useful for the very first few collectables under Lv 53 which requires a collectability of 240 and gives a second-tier bonus at 340 collectability. Try to always use this rotation on nodes with Gathering Attempts +1/+2 in order to maximize the amount of collectables you get. While out of GP, you can use this rotation for more tier-1 (240 collectability) collectables while waiting for GP to replenish, as it does not consume any GP:

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Lv 51 - Instinctual Appraisal

At MA 115, the increase is 92 ~ 172. On average, Instinctual Appraisal is more efficient than MA; however, because its increase is random, we do not rely on this skill a lot in collectables rotations (there are exceptions).

Lv 51 - Utmost Caution

As stated, this ability basically allows the next rarity-increasing action to be free.

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At MA 115, Impuslive Appraisal’s strength is 103. Discerning Eye + Impulsive Appraisal is 155, and not 154. This is because all modifiers are compiled together before rounding down happens. You’ll start to see collectables requiring 400~450 collectability at this level. Use this 400 GP rotation if you do not have 600 GP yet:

If you have extra GP, you can fit in an increase to gathering rate so that you can guarantee the collect:

Lv 57 - Single Mind

As stated, this buff causes the next appraisal to not use a gathering attempt.

Lv 60 Collectable Rotation Once you hit Lv 60, it is imperative that you get to 600 GP. Most collectable rotations hereon will require a minimum of 600 GP.

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You will also want to start using an alarm to know when to gather collectables, as the most efficient way to gather collectables is through gathering unspoiled/legendary collectables. Look through your Rowena’s House of Splendors, select the top few items, then put them on an alarm:

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You should know the drill, but here’s a step-by-step guide in case you’re confused: 1.

When the alarm for a collectable rings, teleport to the location of the collectable.

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2. At the unspoiled node, ensure you have enough GP to execute your desired rotation. 3. Make sure Collector’s Gloves is on, then click on the item and start executing your rotation. 4. At the end of the rotation, click Collect as much as you can. 5. Once you gather the collectables, optionally use a Cordial so you have enough GP for the next node. 6. Once inventory is about to get full, visit a Collectable Appraiser NPC and trade the collectables to them for XP and scrips.

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Ephemeral Nodes and Aetherial Reduction

Ephemeral Nodes are special, timed nodes, that, unlike their Unspoiled and Legendary brothers, only have a base amount of 4 gathering attempts. Furthermore, within the spawn window of the node, Ephemeral Nodes are respawnable. Once you collect a collectable from an ephemeral node, you’ll need to visit two other nodes. You do not need to collect anything from those two other nodes, you merely need to interact with them, then immediately leave. Doing so will respawn the Ephemeral Node.

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To unlock Aetherial Reduction, complete this quest. Ephemeral Nodes have special collectables that are reducible. This means that you can right-click on it, or enter the Aetherial Reduction screen (/ac “Aetherial Reduction”) to reduce the collectable. You cannot trade in these special collectables; they are useless outside of aetherial reduction.

Purity is correlated to the collectable’s collectability / rarity. The higher the purity, the better the rewards.

Collectability

Purity

Crystals

Clusters

4.0 Aethersands

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No

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301 - 350

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Yes

Yes

No

351 - 400

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Yes

No

401 - 450

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Yes

Yes

No

451 - 500

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Yes

Yes

Yes

501 - 525

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Yes

Yes

Yes

526 - 550

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Yes

Yes

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8

Yes

Yes

Yes

The most important items you can obtain from Aetherial Reduction are Aethersands. These Aethersands are used in most end-game recipes one way or another, and are as such incredibly vital to crafters. For rotations used for Ephemeral Nodes, visit the end-game gathering guide, as Lv 60 and below aethersands are no longer relevant.

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FSH: Patience Lv 51 - Patience

Hook efficiency is the gathering rate for fishers. Patience acts as an ability to increase HQ rate of the fishes you catch. It is also useful for big/rare fish hunting, which is out of the scope of this guide.

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Powerful Hookset is used for strong / medium tugs. This means that “strong” fishes caught while under Patience should be caught using this skill. Precision Hookset is used for light / medium tugs. “Weak” fishes should be caught using this skill when under Patience. These two abilities should be paired with Patience / Patience II. You can use a Cordial after using Patience so you have enough GP for Hooksets. To determine which hookset you should use for a fish, visit xivdb.com or ff14angler.com, and read the comments after you searched for that fish. To differentiate between light, medium, and strong tugs, visit this video.

Lv 54 ~ 57 - Chum & Fish Eyes

Chum is primarily useful to catch NQ fish faster.

Some fishes can only be caught with Fish Eyes. Fish Eyes will 'ping' the fishing hole you're at, and if there's additional fish catchable only with Fish Eyes active, will place a ~2 minute buff on you during which time you'll

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be able to do so. If there aren't Eyes-unlocked fish at the hole, you'll consume GP, but the game will let you know there aren't any relevant fish there8. To determine which fishes require Fish Eyes, visit xivdb.com or ff14angler.com and check the comments.

Lv 60 - Patience II

Patience II is of no use to big fishing. Use this as a replacement to Patience for normal fishing if you have the GP to spare.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/3bneu7/fish_eyes_why_youre_missing_fishing_hole s_in_30/csnzown/

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Gatherer: Folklore Books Red Gatherer Scrips In order to obtain Red Gatherer Scrips, you’ll need to gather collectables, or do Custom Deliveries. Red Scrips can be traded for a variety of items, the most important of which are folklore books. These books cost a tremendous amount of red scrips. For this reason, I recommend leveling your gatherers from Lv 60 to Lv 70 with collectables so you can get red scrips and EXP at the same time. Unlike crafter books, folklore books are traded with red/yellow scrip tokens from the Splendors Vendors in Idyllshire and in Rhalgr’s Reach.

To purchase these tokens, visit the Scrips Exchange anywhere:

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Legendary Nodes Legendary nodes are simply end-game nodes that require high gathering attributes to effectively gather from. Items from legendary nodes are used in end-game recipes, and are, as such, especially important. These nodes have special bonuses, ranging from Gathering Attempts + 2 to Gathering Fortune + 30% in the current endgame. These bonuses require a certain minimum perception or gathering to activate. Crucially, to see legendary nodes, you’ll need to unlock the folklore books for the corresponding region.

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MIN/BTN: Lv 61 - Lv 70 Lv 61 - Impulsive Appraisal II

Pure replacement for Impulsive Appraisal. You can view the exact chance in your combat logs:

Lv 63 - Leaf Turn III / Unearth III

Pure replacement for LT 3 / Unearth 3.

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Lv 68 - Bountiful Harvest II / Bountiful Yield II

Pure replacement for Bountiful 1.

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FSH: Spearfishing To unlock spearfishing, complete this quest. You need to be a Lv 61 fisher. To spearfish, simply visit a spearfishing node. You can find the location of these nodes via Shark Eye, which is obtained once you unlock spearfishing.

Simply interact with the Teeming Waters. When the spearfish node bubbles up, use Gig to catch a fish.

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Lv 61 - Gig Heads

You use different gig heads for different fishes. Visit xivdb.com / ff14angler.com to determine which gig head you need for the fish.

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Veteran Trade is incredibly useful as a means to limit what fish you catch from spearfishing. If you’re aiming for a specific fish, use this skill after you see any irrelevant fish.

Lv 64 - Calm Waters

Not especially useful because of its high GP cost. However it is a decent option if you’re on an Swimming Shadows node.

Lv 66 - Truth of Oceans

Used to uncover Fisher’s version of Unspoiled Nodes. To uncover swimming shadows, you need to catch 10 copies of a specific fish to spawn the swimming shadows. Visit xivdb.com / ff14angler.com to determine which fish this is and what gig head you need to use. You’ll know you’re on the right track if you see such a message:

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Ideally, you will want to save enough GP to execute a high yield rotation before you interact with the Swimming Shadows.

Lv 68 - Bountiful Catch

This is the best skill to use for yield. And yes, it does affect the 10-fish requirement to spawn a Swimming Shadows. In 4.18, the highest yield rotation for spearfishing is to simply spam this skill after using Veteran Trade on irrelevant fishes.

Lv 69 - Nature’s Bounty

This is the best skill to use for HQ yield. However, in practice, I have found that its effect is very minimal.

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PART VII: Endgame Gatherer Guide Gatherer: Yellow Gatherer Scrips Impulsive Collectable Rotation

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Impulsive Ephemeral Rotation

(Credits to: Kiri Kotone)

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Instinctual Ephemeral Rotations

(credits to /u/Vuul)

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(credits to /u/laststandb)

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Gatherer: Endgame Melds and Breakpoints Breakpoints 1250 Gathering - 95% gathering rate on 1* nodes 1250 Perception - 15% HQ% on 1* nodes 1375 Gathering - +3 on Bountiful2 on 1* nodes

Yield Rotation

Breakpoint for +3 on Bountiful2 on current 1* nodes is: 1375 Gathering. Add an extra Bountiful2 if skipping +5% gathering rate and have 780+ GP.

HQ Yield Rotation If gathering >1375: +5% gathering -> +30%~+100% hq -> bountiful II x3~x4 If gathering 1250~1375 and 750+ GP: +5% gathering -> +30%~+100% hq -> yield+1 If gathering <1375 and 750- GP: +x% gathering -> +30%~+100% hq -> bountiful II x3

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PART VIII: Crafter & Gatherer Gearing/Rotation Guide This gearing guide will not go into detail on how to obtain NQ tools and left side gear, as all of them can be purchased from vendors. Here we will briefly go through all vendor gear suppliers though (for both DoH and DoL): NQ Lv 1 - 50 tools: Limsa Lominsa, Syneyhil (or Ul’Dah / Gridania)

NQ Lv 51 - 60 tools: Ishgard, Evrardoux (The Jeweled Crozier)

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NQ Lv 61 - 70 tools: Kugane, Shichiho

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NQ Lv 1 - 50 left side gear: Limsa Lominsa, Iron Thunder (or Ul’Dah / Gridania)

NQ Lv 51 - 60 left side gear: Ishgard, Norlaise (The Jeweled Crozier)

NQ Lv 61 - 70 left side gear: Kugane, Muto

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NQ Lv 1 - 35 accessories: Limsa Lominsa, Sorcha (or Ul’Dah / Gridania)

NQ Lv 45 - 49 accessories: Ishgard, Seghuie (The Jeweled Crozier)

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Lv 1 - 17 CRAFTER Your goal for this level tier is to have: 180+ . You can reach that immediately at Lv 1. The food recommended here is Stone Soup, which you can buy from vendors. This will give you 17 . If you have the Ala Mhigan Earrings, you can equip them for a boost to XP for all synthesis attempts. Rotations you can use for 60-durability recipes with 180 + 17 : If 2 synthesis needed:

If 3 synthesis needed:

Rotations you can use for 40-durability recipes with 180 + 17 :

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Lv 18 - 28 CRAFTER Your goal for this level tier is to have: 230+ . You can reach that at Lv 18, with the following accessories (purchasable from vendors): -

Brass Wristlets of Crafting Copper Choker Brass Ring of Crafting x2 Fang Earrings (optional)

The food recommended here is Stone Soup, which you can buy from vendors. This will give you 17 . Rotations you can use for 70-durability recipes with 230 + 17 : If 3 Synthesis needed:

If 4 Synthesis needed:

Rotations you can use for 40-durability recipes with 230 + 17 : If 2 Synthesis needed:

If 3 Synthesis needed:

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Lv 29 - 50 CRAFTER Your goal for this level tier is to have: 243+ . You can reach that at Lv 28, with the following accessories (purchasable from vendors): -

Silver Wristlets of Crafting Silver Choker Silver Ring of Crafting x2 Horn Earrings (optional)

The food recommended here is Stone Soup, which you can buy from vendors. This will give you 17 . Rotations you can use for 80-durability recipes with 243 + 17 :

(Substitute one Hasty Touch with Careful Synthesis if needed) Rotations you can use for 40-durability recipes with 243 + 17 :

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Jumping the Lv 50 - Lv 51 Gap CRAFTER Your goal is to have: 283+ You can reach that at Lv 49, with the following accessories (purchasable from Ishgard): -

Red Coral Earrings Electrum Choker Electrum Wristlets of Crafting Electrum Ring of Crafting x2

We recommend waiting it out by doing daily GC turn-ins and Moogle quests to hit Lv 51, rather than attempting to jump into crafting Lv 51 items. If you do not want to wait, the best option is to use Lv 50 leves to boost yourself to Lv 51 before attempting any Lv 51 recipes, by either purchasing them on the market board or commissioning a crafter to help you. Once you reach Lv 51, immediately buy new left side gear and tools. At Lv 51, you should have your left side gear ready. At Lv 52, you should be able to purchase your main hand tool. The Lv 53 class quest gives you your NQ off-hand tool, which is otherwise not purchasable from vendors, so be sure to do that!

GATHERER Your goal is to have: 400+ GP You can reach this by existing.

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Lv 51 CRAFTER Your goal is to have: 246 Craftsmanship, 263 Control, 283 . This can be achieved by: -

NQ Lv 51 left side gear (except belt) NQ Lv 48 main hand tool NQ Lv 43 off hand tool NQ Lv 48 belt NQ Lv 45 ~ 49 accessories

The food recommended now will be Tempura Platter, which is purchasable on the market board or from vendors (if it is more than 2k on the market board, purchase Tempura Platter from Kugane vendors instead). Rotations you can use for 80-durability Lv 51 recipes with 283 + 33 :

(You’ll need all HQ mats for this rotation if at minimum recommended stats) Rotations you can use for 40-durability Lv 51 recipes with 283 + 33 :

(You’ll need all HQ mats for this rotation if at minimum recommended stats)

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Lv 52 CRAFTER Your goal is to have: 316 Craftsmanship, 298 Control, 283 . This can be achieved by: -

NQ Lv 51 left side gear (except belt) NQ Lv 52 main hand tool NQ Lv 43 off hand tool NQ Lv 48 belt NQ Lv 45 ~ 49 accessories

The food recommended now will be Tempura Platter, which is purchasable on the market board or from vendors (if it is more than 2k on the market board, purchase Tempura Platter from Kugane vendors instead). Rotations you can use for 80-durability Lv 52 recipes with 283 + 33 :

(You’ll need all HQ mats for this rotation if at minimum recommended stats) Rotations you can use for 40-durability recipes with 283 + 33 :

(You’ll need all HQ mats for this rotation if at minimum recommended stats)

Lv 53 CRAFTER Your goal is to have: 401 Craftsmanship, 341 Control, 283 . This can be achieved by:

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NQ Lv 51/53 left side gear (except belt) NQ Lv 52 main hand tool NQ Lv 53 off hand tool (through market board or class quest) NQ Lv 48 belt NQ Lv 45 ~ 49 accessories

The food recommended now will be Tempura Platter, which is purchasable on the market board or from vendors (if it is more than 2k on the market board, purchase Tempura Platter from Kugane vendors instead). Rotations you can use for 80-durability Lv 53 recipes with 283 + 33 :

(You’ll need mostly HQ mats for this rotation if at minimum recommended stats) Rotations you can use for 40-durability Lv 53 recipes with 283 + 33 :

(You’ll need mostly HQ mats for this rotation if at minimum recommended stats)

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Lv 54 ~ 60 CRAFTER Your goal is to have: 430+ Craftsmanship, 404+ Control, 324 . This can be achieved by: -

NQ Lv 53 left side gear (except belt) NQ Lv 52 main hand tool NQ Lv 53 off hand tool (through market board or class quest) NQ Lv 54 belt HQ Lv 52 ~ 54 accessories (market board or craft it yourself)

The food recommended now will be Tempura Platter, which is purchasable on the market board or from vendors (if it is more than 2k on the market board, purchase Tempura Platter from Kugane vendors instead). Rotations you can use for 80-durability recipes with 324 + 38 :

(You’ll need some HQ mats for this rotation if at minimum recommended stats) Rotations you can use for 70-durability recipes with 324 + 38 :

(You’ll need some HQ mats for this rotation if at minimum recommended stats) Rotations you can use for 40-durability recipes with 324 + 38 :

(You’ll need some HQ mats for this rotation if at minimum recommended stats) Rotations you can use for 35-durability recipes with 324 + 38 :

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(You’ll need all HQ mats for this rotation if at minimum recommended stats)

GATHERER Your goal is to have: 600+ GP You can reach this by purchasing, or crafting, the following accessories: -

HQ Hardsilver Earrings of Gathering HQ Dragonskin Choker HQ Dragonskin Wristbands HQ Dragonskin Ring x2

Then, do the following: -

Meld 1 Gatherer’s Grasp Materia IV onto any accessory (you can retrieve the materia later)

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Jumping the Lv 60 - Lv 61 Gap Your goal is to have: 383+ You can reach that with the following accessories: -

HQ Dragon Fang Earrings + Cunning IV + Cunning IV (overmeld) HQ Hallowed Chestnut Necklace + Cunning IV + Cunning III (overmeld) HQ Hallowed Chestnut Armillae + Cunning IV + Cunning III (overmeld) HQ Hallowed Chestnut Ring + Cunning III x2

And do the following: -

Meld Cunning IV + Cunning II on shoes Meld Cunning IV + Cunning II on pants

We recommend waiting it out by doing daily GC turn-ins to hit Lv 61, rather than attempting to jump into crafting Lv 61 items. If you do not want to wait, the best option is to use Lv 60 leves to boost yourself to Lv 61 before attempting any Lv 61 recipes, by either purchasing them on the market board or commissioning a crafter to help you. Once you reach Lv 61, immediately buy new left side gear and tools. At Lv 61, you should have your left side gear ready. At Lv 62, you should be able to purchase your main hand tool. At Lv 63, you will be able to purchase your off hand tool.

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Lv 61 CRAFTER Your goal is to have: 620+ Craftsmanship, 584+ Control, 383 . This can be achieved by: -

NQ Lv 61 left side gear (except belt) NQ Lv 60 main hand tool NQ Lv 59 off hand tool NQ Lv 54 belt HQ Lv 56 ~ 59 accessories (crafted and melded)

The food recommended now will be Tempura Platter HQ, which is purchasable on the market board. Rotations you can use for 70/80-durability recipes with 383 + 54 : Rath’s Rotation WARNING: You’ll likely have progress overflow; change any unneeded Careful Synthesis II to unbuffed Hasty Touches. Rotations you can use for 40-durability recipes with 383 + 54 :

(You’ll need some HQ mats for this rotation if at minimum recommended stats)

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Lv 62 CRAFTER Your goal is to have: 678+ Craftsmanship, 614+ Control, 383 . This can be achieved by: -

NQ Lv 61 left side gear (except belt) NQ Lv 62 main hand tool NQ Lv 59 off hand tool NQ Lv 54 belt HQ Lv 56 ~ 59 accessories (crafted and melded)

The food recommended now will be Tempura Platter HQ, which is purchasable on the market board. Use Rath’s Rotation for this level.

Lv 63 ~ 65 CRAFTER Your goal is to have: 771+ Craftsmanship, 662+ Control, 383 . This can be achieved by: -

NQ Lv 61 left side gear (except belt) NQ Lv 62 main hand tool NQ Lv 63 off hand tool NQ Lv 54 belt HQ Lv 56 ~ 59 accessories (crafted and melded)

The food recommended now will be Tempura Platter HQ, which is purchasable on the market board. Use Rath’s Rotation for this level.

Lv 66 ~ 67 CRAFTER Your goal is to have: 875+ Craftsmanship, 796+ Control, 397 . This can be achieved by: -

NQ Lv 65 left side gear (except belt)

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- Meld Cunning II on hat - Meld Cunning I on robe - Meld Cunning II on gloves - Meld Cunning IV on waist - Meld Cunning IV + III on legs - Meld Cunning IV + III on feet NQ Lv 65 main hand tool NQ Lv 66 off hand tool NQ Lv 66 belt HQ Lv 63 accessories - HQ Larch Earrings, melded with Cunning IV - HQ Larch Necklace, melded with Cunning IV - HQ Larch Bracelets, melded with Cunning IV - HQ Larch Ring x2, melded with Cunning IV on each

, you can always retrieve the materias later. The food recommended now will be Tempura Platter HQ, which is purchasable on the market board. Use this macro for Lv 66~67 80-durability recipes: /ac "Muscle Memory" <wait.3> /ac "Comfort Zone" <wait.2> /ac "Inner Quiet" <wait.2> /ac "Steady Hand II" <wait.2> /ac "Piece by Piece" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Manipulation II" <wait.2> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3> /ac "Comfort Zone" <wait.2> /ac "Steady Hand II" <wait.2> /echo Macro #1 complete <se.1> /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac /ac

"Prudent Touch" <wait.3> "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3> "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3> "Steady Hand" <wait.2> "Innovation" <wait.2> "Great Strides" <wait.2> "Byregot's Blessing" <wait.3> "Careful Synthesis III" <wait.3>

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/echo Macro #2 complete <se.14> Use this macro for Lv 66 40-durability recipes: /ac "Muscle Memory" <wait.3> /ac "Comfort Zone" <wait.2> /ac "Manipulation II" <wait.2> /ac "Inner Quiet" <wait.2> /ac "Steady Hand II" <wait.2> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Careful Synthesis III" <wait.3> /ac "Careful Synthesis III" <wait.3> /ac "Comfort Zone" <wait.2> /ac "Steady Hand II" <wait.2> /echo Macro #1 complete <se.1> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Innovation" <wait.2> /ac "Great Strides" <wait.2> /ac "Byregot's Blessing" <wait.3> /ac "Careful Synthesis III" <wait.3> /echo Macro #2 complete <se.14>

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Lv 68 ~ 69 CRAFTER Your goal is to have: 953+ Craftsmanship, 867+ Control, 397 . This can be achieved by: -

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NQ Lv 68 left side gear (except belt) - Meld Cunning II on hat - Meld Cunning I on robe - Meld Cunning II on gloves - Meld Cunning IV on waist - Meld Cunning IV + III on legs - Meld Cunning IV + III on feet NQ Lv 67 main hand tool NQ Lv 68 off hand tool NQ Lv 66 belt HQ Lv 63 accessories - HQ Larch Earrings, melded with Cunning IV - HQ Larch Necklace, melded with Cunning IV - HQ Larch Bracelets, melded with Cunning IV - HQ Larch Ring x2, melded with Cunning IV on each

, you can always retrieve the materias later. The food recommended now will be Tempura Platter HQ, which is purchasable on the market board. Use this macro for Lv 68 ~ 69 80-durability recipes: /ac "Muscle Memory" <wait.3> /ac "Comfort Zone" <wait.2> /ac "Inner Quiet" <wait.2> /ac "Steady Hand II" <wait.2> /ac "Piece by Piece" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Manipulation II" <wait.2> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3> /ac "Comfort Zone" <wait.2> /ac "Steady Hand II" <wait.2> /echo Macro #1 complete <se.1> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3>

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/ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3> /ac "Steady Hand" <wait.2> /ac "Innovation" <wait.2> /ac "Great Strides" <wait.2> /ac "Byregot's Blessing" <wait.3> /ac "Careful Synthesis III" <wait.3> /echo Macro #2 complete <se.14> Use this macro for Lv 68 40-durability recipes: /ac "Muscle Memory" <wait.3> /ac "Comfort Zone" <wait.2> /ac "Manipulation II" <wait.2> /ac "Inner Quiet" <wait.2> /ac "Steady Hand II" <wait.2> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Careful Synthesis III" <wait.3> /ac "Careful Synthesis III" <wait.3> /ac "Comfort Zone" <wait.2> /ac "Steady Hand II" <wait.2> /echo Macro #1 complete <se.1> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Innovation" <wait.2> /ac "Great Strides" <wait.2> /ac "Byregot's Blessing" <wait.3> /ac "Careful Synthesis III" <wait.3> /echo Macro #2 complete <se.14>

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Lv 70 CRAFTER Your goal is to have: 1023+ Craftsmanship, 960+ Control, 397 . This can be achieved by: -

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NQ Lv 70 left side gear - Meld Cunning II on hat - Meld Cunning I on robe - Meld Cunning II on gloves - Meld Cunning IV on waist - Meld Cunning IV + III on legs - Meld Cunning IV + III on feet NQ Lv 70 main hand tool NQ Lv 70 off hand tool NQ Lv 70 belt HQ Lv 63 accessories - HQ Larch Earrings, melded with Cunning IV - HQ Larch Necklace, melded with Cunning IV - HQ Larch Bracelets, melded with Cunning IV - HQ Larch Ring x2, melded with Cunning IV on each

, you can always retrieve the materias later. The food recommended now will be Tempura Platter HQ, which is purchasable on the market board. Use this macro for Lv 70 80-durability recipes: /ac "Muscle Memory" <wait.3> /ac "Comfort Zone" <wait.2> /ac "Inner Quiet" <wait.2> /ac "Steady Hand II" <wait.2> /ac "Piece by Piece" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Manipulation II" <wait.2> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3> /ac "Comfort Zone" <wait.2> /ac "Steady Hand II" <wait.2> /echo Macro #1 complete <se.1> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3>

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/ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Prudent Touch" <wait.3> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <wait.3> /ac "Steady Hand" <wait.2> /ac "Innovation" <wait.2> /ac "Great Strides" <wait.2> /ac "Byregot's Blessing" <wait.3> /ac "Careful Synthesis III" <wait.3> /echo Macro #2 complete <se.14>

GATHERER Your goal is to have 1375 Gathering and 730 GP Visit the 4.1 Endgame Progression Guide to find out how you can reach those stats.

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