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FINAL FANTASY 14 MASTERY GUIDE
Final Fantasy 14 Mastery Guide
~ Gil Guide ~
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You may not resell, or copy this guide in any way, shape or form.
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Table of Contents
Short & Hot Lists……………………………………………………………… Pg 3
Introduction…………….…………….…………….…………….……………. Pg 13
Leves…………….…………….…………….…………….……………………. Pg 22
Farming Guide....…………….…………….…………….……………………. Pg 29
Gathering Guide.…………….…………….…………….……………………. Pg 47
Crafting…………………………………………………………………………. Pg 58
Alchemist's Guide……………………………………………...…….. Pg 78
Armorer's Guide………………………………………………………. Pg 82
Blacksmith's Guide…………………………………………………… Pg 87
Carpenter's Guide…………………………………………………….. Pg 92
Culinarian's Guide……………………………………………………. Pg 97
Goldsmith's Guide……………………………………………………. Pg 100
Leatherworker's Guide………………………………………………. Pg 103
Weaver's Guide………………………………………………………... Pg 108
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The Short List
Things you may stumble across in your travels
Before getting into the bulk of the gil and crafting guide, I just wanted to cover some
valuable items that you might stumble across in your travels as you level up and do
quests. Many new players do not even realize what they have is valuable until they
vendor it, so here is a short list of items to watch for:
Note: Prices are my recommendations, but my vary server to server. If you ever have
an item and are unsure of its value, try to /shout and see what you can get for it. With
some of the more odd items, be patient. Sometimes it may take a day to find a buyer do not sell yourself short.
Scale Bugs - Scale Bugs of all types of valuable, as they are used by Alchemists to
create very valuable dyes. The dyes for Hempen cloth are least valuable, but practically
every other bug is worth at least 1,000 gil. I have personally sold bugs for over 5,000 gil
for some of the rarer dyes (like buffalo leather dye). The most valuable types of bugs
are the Red Ochre and Soot Black ones (these 2 types of leather are more valuable).
Obsidian - These drop commonly off of Will-'o-the-Wisp type mobs. These stones are
used to make a Gladiator weapon and are worth about 4,000 gil a piece.
Flax - This item is dropping in value pretty quickly, but can still fetch about 2,000 gil for
each one.
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Cotton Boll - Used to make practically every type of level 15-25 Weaver piece. It is
worth about 500 gil per piece. Many monsters drop this, so you can easily get quite a
few of these.
Buffalo Hide / Leather - A lot of leves reward this, but it is not easily farmed. Players
often pick these up for leves and then fail to charge an appropriate price for this. Make
sure you get at least 5,000 gil per hide or 3,000 gil per leather.
Hippogryph Talon - Updated: Dropping in value pretty quickly, but still worth
something.
Wind Shards - Wind Shards are the rarest shard type and currently fetch 200 + gil per
piece. Crystals of all types should fetch at least 1,000 gil each, no exceptions.
Alchemists can break crystals into 16-32 shards, which makes all crystals inherently
valuable.
Lightning Crystals - Pretty much essential for leveling up a Weaver. As a result, these
crystals are worth 2,000 gil a piece.
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The Hot List
Monsters which you can farm which players will pay a lot of money for right now! Note: if
you are under level 13, start leveling up and do not worry about gear yet!
Skull Eyepatch (black) - Earning potential of 250,000+ gil hourly!
Me and a friend made 1.5 million gil in one afternoon of farming this very lucrative drop.
There are a few conditions that need to be met:
- You need your tank to have at least 1,200 HP and be level 27 or above.
- You need a class that can cast shell (i.e. 16 Conjurer) .
- You need one of the following weaponskills: Concussive Blow II (Pugilist), Skull
Sunder II (Marauder) or Shrieker (Archer).
For this drop to fall, you have to kill Skeleton-type monsters after "incapacitating their
heads". See the level 28-33 farming section for more details, as getting this drop takes a
bit of strategy.
Roselings - Roselings drop Flax; this is a well-known hot item, but it is valuable thing to
farm for a low level player. They also drop Red Landtrap Leaves, which are worth
2,000-5,000 gil a piece. You can farm it off Roselings, which are rich in the following
locations: North of Camp Emerald Moss (recommended levels 13+):
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West of Camp Bloodshore (levels 18+):
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Northwest of Camp Bloodshore (levels 18+):
All of these contain Roseling spawns. Roselings also drop Dodo Leather, Growth
Formula Alpha, and Cotton Bolls, all which are valuable. As a result, farming these
monsters is quite profitable.
Sea Slug (recommended level 22+) - This is, in my opinion, one of the most profitable
and under-the-radar gil-making mobs at the moment. It spawns in various caves around
Camp Bloodshore; here are two notable locations:
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Viscous Secretions - Dropped by the Sea Slugs and used to make a solid Conjurer
weapon among other things. I have been selling these routinely for 5,000 gil and the
drop rate is high. Pro tip: put these in your bazaar near the Carpenter's Guild and they
will sell very quickly.
Hawksbill Shell - Dropped by Sea Slugs and used to make Tortoiseshells. These are a
very high-demand item for crafters. Sell for 10,000 gil until the masses catch on to this
drop.
Important: These monsters have an area of effect attack that does a lot of damage. It
has a very interesting mechanic though - rather than being a traditional TP move, all
Sea Slugs routinely perform this ability every 30 seconds, whether or not they have
been attacked.
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If you are standing in range when it goes off, you will be hit by it - even if you are not
fighting the slug. The solution is to simply to fight your current Sea Slug away from the
others. After attacking it, make sure you have some distance between yourself and the
other Sea Slugs in the cave.
Growth Formula Beta - Made with Red Landtrap Leaves by Alchemists (~Level 17 in
skill, requires 1x Quicksilver 1x Red Landtrap Leaf and 1x Rock Salt). They are used as
a repair material for mid-level Conjurer materials, so you can often sell dozens of these
to the same person.
Cactuars (high level players) - For the players at the top, Cactuars present a monster
with a very, very lucrative farming potential. They drop various Scale Bugs with a very
high drop rate, which is used to make in-demand dye. The drop rate is incredible and
the bugs go for 1,000-5,000 gil a piece. You often get several bugs off a single cactuar you just have to be able to kill it.
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Cactuars spawn all over Ul'dah, but are very concentrated inside these mountains:
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Recommended Resources
Yellow Goblin - http://ffxiv.yg.com/
Yellow Goblin has an up-to-date, searchable, convenient recipe database that you can
use for free. You can also list items you have for sale there, which is a great way to
make extra gil.
Another great feature they have is that if you cannot find the NPC you are looking for
during a quest, you can type the NPC name into Yellow Goblin and it will display the
NPC's location on the map for you.
Our guide is not a recipe database, but rather a walkthrough of the best recipes to craft
along with the best areas to farm for gil. You will want to use this database to browse
through a variety of recipes.
FFXIV Pro - http://www.ffxivpro.com
This site is like an auction house for each server. You can look through what people are
selling and buying to get an idea of how much each item is worth on your server.
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Introduction
The crafting and gil guide is a continual work-in-progress. As more content becomes
available, more recipes are discovered, and players reach higher levels, the economy
will continue to evolve and there will be new ways to level up your craft and make gil.
As a result, we will be posting new versions of this guide regularly in the member's area,
so please do not lose your log in information! You will be able to download updated
versions in the member's area, so you will need to log in to access them!
Right now, the best way to make money is to be at the "edge" of your particular field. It
does not matter if you are adventuring, crafting, or gathering - everything is profitable if
you are a high enough level in your particular field of interest.
Regardless of what you decide to do, there are some gil making principles that you
need to be aware of. Do not make these mistakes that nearly everyone else does.
Bazaaring goes for both your retainer and your own personal bazaar.
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1. Your Bazaar Should have a Minimum Price
You can only list 10 items in your bazaar (or 5 items for repair!). You will find that you
have many more than 10 items which you will want to sell at a given time.
Here is my personal rule: Every slot in my Bazaar is worth 10,000 gil every 24
hours. If I cannot make that much money off the slot, I will not list the item. By sticking
to this rule, you will not clog your bazaar, inventory, and retainer with items that might
be worth a little bit but just are not worth the hassle.
This does not mean you do not sell items worth less than 10,000 gil. It simply means if
an item is worth less than 10,000 gil, it needs to sell very quickly. For example, a stack
of 12 Cotton Bolls will sell for 6,000 gil (500 a piece). This usually sells within an hour or
two. If you constantly had 1 stack of Cotton Bolls taking up 1 bazaar slot, you would
make much more than 10,000 gil per day.
However, if you find a certain rare scale bug which is worth 5,000 gil to the right buyer,
you do not want to list it in your bazaar if it takes 4 days to find "the right buyer". For
specialty items such as this, you need more than just 1 (unless the item is worth more
than 10k).
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For example, Viscous Secretions are an item I like to farm and sell for 5,000 gil a piece.
It usually takes about 2 days for the right buyer, but when someone comes along, they
usually buy the entire stack of 12 (60,000 gil total). This means I earned 30,000 gil a
day off that bazaar slot.
2. Never Leave Your Bazaar Empty
Your bazaar's space is worth money and it goes both ways. While you do not want to
sell items for 300 gil a piece in your bazaar, you also do not want to have empty bazaar
space.
A great way to make your bazaar constantly valuable is to keep a few overpriced
reagents on hand. For example, if you are a leatherworker, you know it only costs about
3,000 gil to make 12 Antelope Sinew Cords. You can then list those cords for 4,000 gil a
piece in your bazaar.
Players will overpay the 4,000 gil for the sinew cords just for convenience sake. They
usually only need 1-3 of the sinews, so they are not afraid to overpay for them. If I ever
have bazaar space, I do this. I have been able to sell a few sinew cords a day for 4,000
gil (above my 10k a day minimum) and have made a few hundred thousand gil with this
strategy.
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It does not have to be antelope sinew, but it can be literally any item needed by various
professions - nails, rivets, buckles, straps, sinew cords, decorations, grips, cloth, and so
on.
If you have nothing else to sell, throw up a few reagents and mark the price up and
someone will buy it eventually.
3. Pick an Appropriate Price for Buying and Selling
When selling an item, you want to never want to under-sell (your bazaar space is worth
money as it) and you never want to pay too much. In order to figure out what a fair price
is for your goods, you can use a price check. There are two websites which work good
for this:
http://ffxiv.yg.com/
http://www.ffxivpro.com/
Both have buyer and seller averages for an item. For example, if you looked up
Obsidian on http://ffxiv.yg.com, you will find that (at the time of this writing), that the
median (best number to look at) sale price is 5,000 gil, and the median buyer's price is
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4,000 gil. Generally, the true market price is somewhere in between these two values.
Here's why:
Generally, buyers are too cheap to buy the items in game, so they are trying to find
people on a website to get the materials from cheaper. Sellers on a website are overcharging in-game and cannot sell the item so they are looking for buyers on a website.
The exception to this is for very rare or unique items.
You can expect your item to sell very quickly if you list it at the buyer's price. You can
still expect it to sell at the seller's price, it will just take longer. It will really depend on
how quickly you need to sell it. If you have 12 Obsidian and are going away from the
keyboard for awhile, list it at the seller's price. If you have only 1 Obsidian and want to
sell it quickly to free up the bazaar slot, list it for the buyer's price.
4. If you have rare and expensive items, list them on YG.
Since it is so hard to find what you are looking for right now, Yellow Goblin has a listing
feature where you can list items for sale. Register an account at:
http://ffxiv.yg.com/bazaar-manager
..and then list your rare items for sale. It is worth doing if you have a lot of an item to
sell. I had about 20 Black Skull Eyepatches I wanted to sell; I listed them on Yellow
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Goblin and put them up on my Retainer. You can even list what ward your retainer is in.
I have sold many eyepatches by listing them on YG.
Listing items on YG has made me a few million gil in sales.
5. Theme your Bazaar and Sell at an Appropriate Location
Right now, since there is no auction house, if you want to sell items you need to find the
right buyers. Here is what I have found:
If you want to sell weapons and armor on your retainer, set yourself up in the Battlecraft
Ward (most travelled for whatever reason) and grab a stand whenever they are
available. Retainers behind stands make much faster sales I have found.
Additionally, try to always sell the same type of thing on your retainer if you are a
crafter. If you always sell crafting tools, players will come to know your retainer as the
place to go for crafting tools and check it first. This is a viable strategy until the search
feature is implemented.
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If you want to sell weapons or armor for adventurers, standing by Aetherytes or
Aetherial Gates of the appropriate level. If you want to sell level 25 armor, stand by the
Aetherial Gate in Cassiopeia Hollow - your armor will sell incredibly quickly. If you want
to sell level 12 armor, hang out by Camp Drybone or Camp Skull Valley.
If you want to sell reagents, hang out by the guild that uses them. Obsidian and Viscous
Secretions sell quickly at the Carpenter's Guild. animal skins and dyes sell quickly at the
Leatherworkers guild, Cotton sells quickly at the Weaver's guild, iron at the blacksmith's
guild, and so on.
Crystals and Crafting/Gathering armor sell quickest by the repair NPC in Ul'dah. This
seems to be the spot with the largest congregation of crafters in the game, so you will
want crafters looking through your bazaar.
As far as Market Wards go, Ul'dah seems to be the most crowded city so the Market
Wards there are best for buying and selling.
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Picking Your Class
By changing weapons, you can change classes. If you desire, you can do both the
Battlecraft and Fieldcraft leves. However, note that you can only do eight total
Regional Leves, and Battlecraft and Fieldcraft Leves share the same timer. As a
result, at some point you should decide on whether you want to level a
Miner/Botanist/Fisherman as your primary class or opt for a Discipline of War/Magic.
It is actually very tough to level up both a Discipline of War or Magic class along with a
Discipline of the Land. Mining and Botany truly do take a lot of work to level up since all
of these types of classes share the same 8 Leve per reset cap.
With that said, leveling up a craft alongside another job (Discipline of War, Magic, or
Land) is not nearly as difficult. If you want to focus on crafting, it is not a bad idea to
level up a Miner or Botanist (whichever compliments your craft).
If you want to focus on fighting, it is not a bad idea to level up whatever profession
repairs your weapon (so you can do your own repairs).
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Next Step
Below, you will find guides for earning gil via Leves, adventuring (fighting monsters),
harvesting (Disciplines of the Land), and crafting (Disciplines of the Hand). The crafting
guide is both a leveling and gil guide.
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Leves
Right now, the easiest method for getting Gil is by completing Leves. Leves are the
quests available in each major starting city. You can pick them up from the person
behind this desk:
In particular, this is the desk in Ul'dah, but every major city has the same graphic (many
drawers behind a desk with the same blue aura. You find this desk in the Adventurer's
Guild in each city.
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The person in the middle of the desk issues Regional Leves, which are what pays out
gil and equipment as rewards. These are the quests you want to always do. There are
two types: Battlecraft and Fieldcraft leves.
Battlecraft Leves involve killing monsters and are best suited to players who are
playing as a Discipline of War or Magic class (Archer, Pugilist, Gladiator, etc). All of
these quests are fairly straight-forward: go out to the Aetheryte crystal in question, open
up your menu, and initiate the quest.
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Even the level 10 Leves pay out 2500+ gil, so it is a good idea to do them early and
often, at least when starting out. Higher level players may find there are better ways to
make gil, but this is a good way to get some gil to get started.
Fieldcraft Leves involve completing gathering objectives and can only be completed by
players currently playing as a Disciplines of the Land class (Miner, Botanist). However,
any player can be a Miner or Botanist. You simply need to buy the required weapon
(only costs about 1,000 gil; easily earned by completing a few level 1 Leves).
Here is a town map demonstrating where you can find the right goods:
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The Red Map indicates shops where you can buy equipment such as weapons (the
Sword and Shield icon depicts stores which sell most if not all of the Discipline of War
and Magic starter weapons). The Necklace icon indicates a place where you can buy
some starting jewelry and get some bonus stat points.
The blue areas indicate NPC shops. These shops should sell all the gathering and
crafting profession starter weapons.
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The Green areas indicate guilds. If some starter weapons are absent from other shops,
you can find them in the guild. For example, to get a Pickaxe (needed for mining), you
need to visit the Miner's guild to buy one.
When picking a Fieldcraft Leve, you can select all the quests for as many different
professions as you like:
Select all that you feel like doing (I recommend picking one at most - it will be tough to
level up more than one Fieldcraft), then go out to the Aetheryte and follow instructions.
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Regional Leves
The level 1 Leves do not pay out much money, but they will give you enough to buy a
gathering piece of equipment. The level 10 Leves, however, start paying out solid gil.
You can get anywhere from 5,000-15,000 gil for each Leve you complete. The thing is
you can only do a set of them once every 36 hours.
As a beginner, you will want to complete all level 10 and above Leves that you can
every 36 hours to earn gil. This way, you can buy good weapon and armor pieces, earn
faction points, and eventually start farming for drops once you hit a higher level.
Trading in Leves
When you get a new set of leves and use the "Exchange" function, the payout from your
new leve increases based on what you exchange it with. It seems to increase 10% for
each "star" rating you received for the quest.
In other words, if you turned in 4 "2 star" quests for a leve, that would increase the
reward by 80%. You can use this to your advantage by only exchanging leves for the
most profitable quests. You can boost your leves with this method to earn over 50,000
gil per leve!
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Here is an example of this in action: One of the level 30 leves offered ~25,000 gil as the
reward; I traded in 2-star quests x4 (stars are the difficulty you choose when completing
the leve the first time around):
If you want to make a lot of gil from leves, be sure you take advantage of this and only
exchange your leves on the most valuable quests.
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Adventuring / Farming Guide
Even if you choose not to seriously pursue a craft, there are some monsters which do
drop valuable things. Here is a list of valuables, though prices will vary server by server:
Levels 1-12:
Really, I would not recommend farming from levels 1-12; you need to focus on leveling
up before you can really start to make any decent gil. However, some of the
recommended leveling monsters to indeed drop these items which are valuable:
Limonite - Drops of Mole-type monsters and 5 Limonite convert into 12x Iron Nugget.
This item is often undervalued - it is not a "trash" item at all and actually can be sold for
5,000+ gil per stack. Moles spawn at literally all 3 cities - check the Leveling guide for
plenty of caves with moles in them.
Marmot Pelt - Drops off of marmots (found Ul'dah and Gridania areas) and sells to the
vendor for 450 gil a piece. These may also become valuable at some point (no known
major crafting recipes currently require these).
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Levels 12-18:
By this level, there are some more attractive options for farming.

Flax: This drops off the Roselets by Camp Emerald Moss. Here are the spawn
points (in red):
With that said, this camp has a lot of competition so I still think you are best on focusing
on leveling up with these two spots:
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Wind Shards / Crystals - These are one of the most in-demand crystal types and
savvy adventurers can sell the shards for 150-200 gil a piece and the crystals for
1,000 gil a piece. These shards are most easily picked up off of Bug Swarm type
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mobs. Level 12+ Syrphid Swarms spawn in abundance just north of Camp
Horizon. Here are some good spawn points:
All the areas boxed in green indicate areas rich in swarms. When leveling up in these
areas, you can easily pick up 300 or so wind shards and then turn around and sell those
for 50,000+ gil (depending how many you get).

Copper Ore, Tin Ore, and Fire Shards. The areas in the maps above are also
very rich in Coblyn-type mobs. These mobs drop Copper Ore and Tin Ore in very
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large amounts in addition to dropping Fire Shards. Copper and Tin Ore can
usually be sold quite easily for 2,000-3,000 gil per stack and Fire Shards are
worth about 100-150 gil a piece.\
Levels 18-22:
At levels 18-22, there still are not any amazing methods of farming gil, but your options
definitely increase:

Wind and Water Shards - Water shards are also fairly valuable shards and drop
in abundance off of Jellyfish-type mobs. Jellyfish mobs also drop wind shards
and occasionally ice crystals (one of the most valuable crystal types), making
them doubly profitable:
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The red areas include places where the easier types of Jellyfish spawn in abundance.
The top-right area also has a few Roseling spawns, which drop Wind Shards & Crystals,
Dodoskin, Flax and Growth Formula Alpha, making them quite profitable. Roselings are
a great monster to kill for earning gil, but they do not spawn in farmable numbers
anywhere.
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Flax, Wind Shards, and Wind Crystals. The bug swarm monsters at this spot in
Cassiopeia Hollow make a great farming spot:
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The spot is marked in blue on the map above. You have to run into the area with the
Aetherial Gate and around, follow the red boxes and the green line across the water,
and will eventually end up in a small room with 3 Bug Swarms.
The bug swarms have a very, very fast respawn rate and drop Wind Crystals, Shards,
and Flax, all which sell for a lot of gil. It is a really great farm spot. You can level up here
from 18-22 and easily walk away with 100,000 gil+ in items the process. Be sure to
dump the garbage items so you can save up all the Flax that might drop.
The red spawn areas are all for higher-level Jellyfish, which do make a good leveling
spot (as noted in the leveling guide.
Dodoskin (levels 16-22):
This island near Camp Bearded Rock has a very high spawn rate of Dodos. You can
easily kill these to mass Wind Shards and Dodoskin in a very short amount of time. The
Dodos respawn at a very fast rate so you never are bored, even at higher levels. Here is
the spawn area:
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The red box marks the best Dodo spawn area, and the black box marks Camp Bearded
Rock for your reference.
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Levels 23-28
Finally, by level 23, you are able to kill some monsters which are actually worth
something. The only downside is that at this point you might actually have to spend
some time finding the right buyer (Ul'dah is usually the best place to sell your wares). At
any rate, here are the items of interest:

Antelope Sinew - This item is currently hot and will be valuable for a few months
surrounding release. You can find this off the Antelope Doe, which spawn around
Camp Tranquil, as you approach the Aetherial Gate Longroot. They also spawn
just Southwest of Gridania, just west of the Aetherial Gate Humblehearth (look at
your map). This item is high in demand among level 15+ Leatherworkers. Also, if
you head just west of Camp Emerald Moss and into Coerthas, there are a lot of
low level Antelopes right by the zoneline for you to farm.
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Viscous Secretions - This little-known item is used to make the Pine Crook, a
great level 18 Conjurer weapon. It is a very easy synth for Carpenters and this is
the only "rare" ingredient. It drops in abundance off the Sea Slug monsters in
these caves by Camp Bloodshore marked in blue:
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If you can find a Carpenter to pair up with, you could make a nice amount of gil selling
Pine Crooks (the weapon which requires the Viscous Secretions).
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Hawkbill Tortoiseshell - Another little-known item used to create Tortoiseshells.
Tortoiseshells are then used to create various valuables, most notably the
Tortoiseshell Hora (great level 26 Pugilist weapon). These also drop off Sea
Slugs, marked on the map above. This makes the Sea Slug a very valuable
enemy!
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Farming level 28-33:
Skull Eyepatch (level 28 with 2 players, level 33+ solo):
The Skull Eyepatch is currently the most lucrative item in game. I have personally
earned over 1,000,000 gil in a single day by farming this item (and getting some good
experience points at the same time).
The Skul Eyepatch drops off of any type of Skeleton (Wight), but only after you knock
its head off. When you use, Concussive Blow II, Skull Sunder II, or Shrieker on a
skeleton, you damage its head.
Once its head is damaged, you will see a message in the chat log: "Skeleton
Swordbreaker's (or Magicked Bones) head is incapacitated". This is an indication that
the Skull Eyepatch can now drop.
However, it is not that simple. First off, you have to use your weaponskill from the
front in order to damage the skull. A Concussive Blow II from the rear does NOT
damage the skull.
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Secondly, one hit usually is not enough to incapacitate the skull. If you are under level
35, you will need to use 2 or 3 weaponskills to actually break the skull.
The final thing you have to watch out for is that when bone-type monsters use Minions
of the Pit, they collapse. When they come back from their collapsed state, their heads
will no longer be incapacitated and the eyepatch can no longer drop. Unless you
are level 50 or using a horde of players (not recommended), it will be very hard to kill a
Skeleton without Minions of the Pit going off.
As a result, I recommend getting the Skeletons to around 50% HP and saving up a full
TP bar. Tank them and wait for them to use Minions of the Pit. Once Minions of the Pit
is cast and they return from their collapse, break the skull. Be sure not to kill the
Skeleton until the skull is incapacitated. This may involve not attacking and simply using
weapon skills until two weaponskills land. Once the skull is broken, quickly kill it.
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It is a lot of work, but the Skeleton Eyepatch sells for 75,000 gil very quickly (server
average is 100,000 gil). Who knows how long the price will stay high - but you might as
well take advantage of this while you can. Most people do not know where to get these
so people are spending a lot of gil on them. I have managed to sell 10 in 8 hours @
75,000 gil a piece.
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A couple of finer points regarding strategy.
- You will make the most money by duoing these; 3 players at most. You do not want to
have to divy up eyepatches between 10 players as there just are not enough skeletons.
The ideal party is one Conjurer + a Discipline of War class - just make sure someone
has the weaponskills needed to break the skull.
- Skeletons are very tough and do a lot of melee damage. You will need a Discipline of
War class to tank - casters generally do not have enough HP.
- Skeletons use Sickle Slash, which does 400+ damage in a cone (600+ to casters).
The tank and healer should stand on opposite sides of the skeleton so that Sickle Slash
only hits one player.
- Skeletons use Minions of the Pit, which is an AoE attack that does 600-900+ damage
and has a very large range. Fortunately, Shell reduces the damage taken to 150-300.
As a result, a Conjurer or someone with Shell is a near necessity.
- Skeletons bunch up in their rooms, so you will need to pull them out. However, if you
pull them out too far, they will reset and bug out. Be careful not to let the knockback on
Sickle Slash push you back so far that the monster bugs out. The best thing to do is
wedge yourself in the wall so that you do not leash the monsters (and make them reset
and heal):
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When getting hit by Sickle Slash, I am pushed into the corner created by the wooden
beam and the rock wall, which prevents me from getting moved very far. I am also just
out of range of the other skeletons inside the room.
The downside is that this is very hard to do solo unless you are a higher-level player.
While skeletons are a pain, they do make up for it in that they pay bonus experience
points (more per hit than normal monsters of similar levels):
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Spawn Locations
Skeletons spawn all over the place. They are lottery pops in many caves (especially
near Camp Horizon) and also spawn at the tops of caves in Limsa Lominsa (south of
Cedarwood at night, they are all over the place). However, I do not consider these to be
reliable or highly profitable as you are hoping they spawn rather than getting guaranteed
spawns.
As a result, my preferred spot for farming these is in Nanawa Mines, where there are
several rooms where you are guaranteed to find Skeletons. The blue boxes on the map
below indicates rooms with skeletons:
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There are 7 rooms in Nanawa Mines (entrance north of Ul'dah), which each have 3
Skeletons a piece. As a result, competition should not be a problem as there can be
several farming parties each at different locations of the mine.
Note that the 3 southern-most rooms are very small and as a result can be difficult to
clear (you may end up fighting several skeletons at once). If you are having trouble, the
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4 northern rooms all are much bigger and you should not have a problem pulling them
one at a time.
Other Locations
There are a few locations in Cassiopeia Hollow which have Skeleton Swordbreakers as
well. The easternmost room is a very large, open room with 6 Skeleton Swordbreakers
and can support a single party. Repops are a bit slow, so it does not hurt to bring some
crafting materials while waiting on respawns (seriously!):
As you head towards the South-westernmost room in Cassiopeia Hollow, you will find 2
Skeleton Swordbringers as well. While there are not as many spawns as in Nanawa, it
can be worth it if you are over that way.
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Hippogryph Talons & Sinew (Level 28-33)
These are a bit overfarmed, but you can still generally ask for
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Gathering Guide
Mining
I believe that Mining is the most profitable and unfortunately most tedious gathering
profession. Here is a brief tutorial:
How to Mine
Mining is quite simple, though not very intuitive. Here is a brief tutorial:
Step 1: Make sure your mining gear is equipped and find a mineral node.
Mining nodes are very easy to fine; they glow brightly from a distance. Use your Lay of
the Land ability to get an idea of where to head for these. This is what they look like:
Step 2: Approach the node and select the "Mine" interaction.
Easy enough, open up your menu and click "Mine":
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Step 3: Pick your location.
You will be asked to pick a spot to strike the node. It does not matter where you pick at
first, just pick anywhere:
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What you should know is the area you strike a node has similar rewards between
mining attempts.
In other words, if you pick a node in the middle of the bar pictured above and it pays out
nothing, you will want to change spots on your next gathering attempt. If you hit the
mother lode, stay in the same spot throughout subsequent attempts.
Step 4: Pick a striking difficulty.
This is like a hot and cold game. You will have to guess where to strike at first and then
adjust your swing strength based on feedback.
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Note the "remainder" bar indicates how many mining attempts you have to hit in the
right spot. If that bar is used up before you hit the right spot, your attempt ends and you
get nothing.
To start out, I pick a hard swing (you don't have to do this, just swing it the first time
around!) and here is my feedback:
Step #5: Adjust based on feedback.
"You feel nothing promising" is my feedback - in other words, I am in striking in way off
base and need to completely change my striking area (i.e. smaller).
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Here is what the feedback means:
- If it says you feel nothing promising, you need to change locations.
- If you change locations and it says you are warmer or colder, you need to change
locations (head further in the same direction if you were warmer, head the other
direction if you were colder). Do not mine the same spot.
- If it says "you feel something promising" or "you are close to extracting something",
mine the exact same spot and you will likely be successful.
Based on my feedback, I hit it much closer to the center next time around, and end up
with the feedback "You are close to something, but cannot yet extract it." This means
that you want to strike again in the same spot, which I do:
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And there I go! A bunch of ore and fire shards. Next time I mine this spot, I will want to
pick my initial starting location (in the middle of the vein, see step #1) to be the same
since it paid out well. Unfortunately, Copper ore is not worth much!
For the good ore, you will need to hit level 10 in mining and start exclusively focusing on
Grade 2+ nodes if you want to earn some cash.
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Valuable Ores:
Zinc Ore - Standard price for this is 4,000 gil a piece. You can find this rarely in Grade 2
and above nodes.
Silver Ore - Standard price for this is 5,000 gil a piece. It is a rare drop in Grade 3 and
above nodes.
Iron Ore - Copper and Tin are very devalued since Coblyn drop so much copper and tin
ore. However, there are not any lower level Coblyn which drop Iron Ore. As a result, this
ore should fetch 6,000+ gil per stack for a long time.
Gold Ore - This has not been found much, but demand will be sky-high soon. I am
guessing Grade 4 and above nodes only for this ore. If you are one of the first people to
get one of these, do not let it go for less than 10,000 gil (maybe 20,000). Once other
miners get to that level, I still assume this will fetch a huge price, given you need 3 Gold
Ore to make Electrum Nuggets.
Other Unusual Valuables
The Scale Bugs (especially ones for Buffalo Leather) that you can get via quarrying tend
to sell for 2,000-5,000 gil a piece. Save these.
Humus also sells for a solid 5,000 gil as it is used for weapons.
Obsidian is also used for weapons and should be sold for 4,000 gil a piece.
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Botany
I feel that Botany works best if you are also leveling up a Carpenter or a Weaver
alongside it. From what I have seen, the prices of logs and fibers are greatly diminished,
because Weavers rarely use logs and Carpenters rarely use fibers.
The end result is that high-level Weavers are also leveling up Botany and selling the
logs, and high-level Carpenters are also leveling up Botany and selling the fibers. Your
best bet is to only pursue Botany if you plan to pursue Carpentry as well.
However, there is some gil to be made for high-level Botanists; here are the valuables:
Valuable Logs

Ash Logs are used to make lumber which goes into nearly every level 12-20
weapon. Check on your server to see what the going rate is, but these should be
worth several thousand gil per log.

Chestnut Logs are used to make the Round Chestnut Shield, which is a highdemand shield. Partner up with a Carpenter (or level it yourself) if you can and
you should be able to sell Chestnut Logs for a few thousand gil a piece.
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Valuable Fibers

Cotton Boll - These are worth about 2,000 gil a piece. Put these in your Bazaar
in the Weaver's guild in Ul'dah and they will disappear very quickly.

Flax - Worth 5,000-6,000 gil a piece, but is only harvestable by very high level
Botanists.
Valuable Dyes

Any Moss generally fetches 4,000 gil plus - check out http://ffxiv.yg.com for a
price check for how much you can sell dyes for. Hang out in the Alchemist's guild
in Ul'dah if you want to sell these quickly.
High Level Logs
These higher-level logs are not used much by the current low-level player base, but will
gain value with time: Pine Log, Oak Log, Spruce Log, Rosewood Log, Teak Log, and
Ebony Log. Hold these for the next few weeks until they gain more value. Pine Logs will
have more uses soon, so keep an eye on the market.
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Fishing
While Fishing probably will not make you rich, there are two valuable items. The first is
Fish Glue. It can be synthed via several recipes by using the following fish:
- Indigo Herring x5 and Sea Pickle x1
- Dark Bass x3 and Sea Cucumber x1
- Wahoo x1 and Razor Clam x1.
Any of these fish are worth 600-1,000 gil a piece to the right level Alchemist. However,
the easiest recipe to complete right now is the Dark Bass and Sea Cucumber. Sea
Cucumbers and Dark Bass can both be caught in the Camp Drybone area.
Sea Cucumbers seem to be easily caught in La Noscea using Lugworms as bait. Dark
Bass are a bit harder to catch, but people report a lot of luck in the lake closest to Camp
Horizon by using Syrphid Baskets and Chocobo Lures as bait.
Fish Glue routinely sells for 2,000 gil a piece, and each of the recipes above produces
12 Fish Glue. It is clear that fishing can be quite profitable. It works best if you take the
middle-man out of the equation and level up Alchemy yourself.
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The valuable fishing item is the Blindfish, which is needed in some alchemy synths.
Blindfish routinely sell for 10,000 gil a piece as they are used to make Illuminating
Salts, which are required for a Guild quest. You can fish these out of Grade 4 Water,
such as that in Cassiopeia Hollow.
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Crafting Guide
Crafters - If you have a lot of time and patience, Crafting professions can turn you into
the richest player on your server. Here is why:
- Players start off with level 1 weapons and armor.
- There are weapon upgrades from NPC-run shops are limited and expensive
- There are no quests which award weapons at level 12, and quests rarely award armor.
- Players can craft level 12 weapons which are upgrades.
- Crafting is somewhat tedious and difficult, chasing away low level players.
If you put this all together, you will know that the only viable way to get upgrades is to
buy it from a crafter.. and that crafter could be you!
Below, you will find leveling guides for each class. I will focus on two things, leveling up
cheaply and making gil. This is not a crafting bank, as that would take up 100s of
pages. I will simply list the most profitable and easiest recipes to level up.
*** If you want a recipe database, I have found
the one at http://ffxiv.yg.com/ to be the best.***
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How to become a Crafter
To become a crafter, you simply equip the weapon of the appropriate class. Here is a
chart detailing where to get weapons:
http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl/topics/detail?id=7a48e3eae8cfe86408678450550
b1bbe7fde1b20
Quick note on the crafting guide:
All of guides are a bit conservative. I am assuming you are wearing below average
crafting tools, do not have a full set of crafting gear, and are not using guild support. If
you are using these things, you can craft recipes several levels higher than
recommended for better experience points.
For example, where I recommend making Copper Fishhooks until level 14 as a
Goldsmith, At level 14, I recommend switching to Copper Rings.
In this instance, I am assuming you still have a level 1 tool. If you have the Ornamental
Hammer (level 12 tool), you could safely start crafting Copper Rings at level 12.
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Which type of synthesis to pick and what the colors
mean:
Many players want to know whether to pick Standard Synthesis, Rapid Synthesis, Bold
Synthesis, and when to wait. Here is a brief description of each type of synthesis:
Standard Synthesis: When it works, you often do not lose durability. It is most effective
for synthing recipes around your current level. For example, if you are level 10 and
attempting to synth a level 11 recipe, you should use Standard Synthesis exclusively.
Rapid Synthesis - Low quality, but finishes the item quickly. Rarely used once you get
above level 15 - standard/bold combos tend to increase quality more, and you can use
Hasty Hand (or similar skill) to instantly finish low level recipes if you are not concerned
about quality.
Bold Synthesis: When it works, you gain a lot of quality and often do not use durability.
However, if you fail, you lose a ton of durability. It is most appropriatewhen you
significantly outlevel your current recipe. For example, if you are a level 11
Goldsmith, Bold Synthesis can be good when trying to get a high-quality level 1 synth.
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Wait: This is best used when the element becomes unstable. Whenever your synthesis
gets an aura around it, you can sometimes use the wait function to get it to go away.
Additionally, wait can often change colors. This generally costs 1-2 durability.
Colors of the Synth
White - Highest chance of success - improving progress with moderate increase in
quality and low durability loss.
Yellow - Moderate chance of success - improves progress high, moderate increase in
quality, low durability loss. Failures cost a lot of durability.
Red - Low chance of success - if successful, often improves progress and quality with
no cost to durability.
Flashing - The more frequent the flashing, the lower the chance of success - if
successful, often improves quality greatly.
If you are just trying to complete a difficult craft, you want to use the "wait" function if the
synth is not white (but do not use it too many times in a row as durability penalty
increases each time you wait). This can make the color change to white, which ensures
the highest chance of success.
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If you want to HQ and item, you never want to use the wait function. Your chance of
failure constantly increases as you synth back-to-back, but successful synths when the
colors are changing is key to producing high-quality items.
Quick Note About Quality
The amount of experience points you earn per craft is influenced by the quality of the
item you produce. Producing a 100+ quality can increase the amount of experience
points earned by 20-25% as opposed to a 30 quality item.
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Crafting Guide Levels 1-8
For Levels 1-8 for every single craft, do the level 1 and level 5 Local Leves. Do not try
to craft prior to level 1, as it is a waste of materials. You will fail too frequently and
honestly nothing good can come of it. Do not waste your time and money.
Here is a local Leve tutorial if you have not done one yet:
Local Leves
When leveling up a craft, the fastest and cheapest way is via Local Leves. These Leves
give you all the items you need to craft with and will allow you to level up very quickly
and cheaply. You definitely do not want to try crafting at level 1; materials are expensive
and you do not want to waste them. The Leve system lets you level up your craft for
free.
You grab them in the Adventurer's Guild in the same location that you would pick up
other Leves. Instead of talking to the person in the center of the desk, talk to the person
to the right of the desk and pick up your Local Leves:
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However, instead of heading to an Aetheryte to active them, you start them right in
town. When asked if you would like to active, select yes:
This actually does not activate right away. Rather, you are tasked to head to one of the
camps out in the world, such as Camp Bearded Rock for some of the level 1 Leves.
Each Local Leve runs one of two courses, regardless of profession.
You are either asked to go to an NPC inside the city or a camp outside of the city, craft
items, and turn them in, or you are tasked to craft items and then deliver them to an
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NPC or a camp. The only difference being in the first type of Leve, you have to craft at
the camp, whereas in the second Leve you can craft in town and turn them in at your
leisure (or not turn them in at all!).
Your quest log will tell you whether or not you have to get the items from camp.
Not Sure Where To Go?
Look on the "Levequest Location" and "Delivers to" sections of your quest journal (open
up your journal and select Local quests then click on your quest title):
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As you can see from the quest description above, this quest is turned in at Camp Skull
Valley (Levequest Location) and the specific NPC I turn it in to is E'ptolmi.
Sometimes, the location will be much larger than "Camp Skull Valley", especially when
turning quest into town. If you cannot find the NPC you are looking for, simply pull up a
database like the one at http://ffxiv.yg.com, and type the "Deliver to" NPC name into it.
For example, a lot of local Leves in Limsa Lominsa will have "Lower Docks" as the
location and "Delivers to" an NPC such as H'rhanbolo. If you type H'rhanbolo into the
database search, you end up with a map that looks like this:
By using the database to find NPCs, you never need to worry about where to go when
doing quests. This PDF file would be incredibly lengthy and hard to navigate if we tried
to put descriptions and maps of each local Leve for all 8 professions. It will be much
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easier for you to find where your Local Leve (or any in game quest) by searching the
NPC's name into one of the many FF14 databases. Again, I prefer ffxiv.yg.com as it
generates a lot of nice maps so you never need to worry about where to go.
NPC First Versus Materials Right Away
Some quests give you the materials right away, whereas others make you pick up the
materials in camp (the same NPC you deliver the item to). Each leve will say in the
quest description whether or not you have to visit the NPC first. You will also get a
message.
You can use this to your advantage when accepting leves. If you do not have a lot of
time to play, you can just accept the leves which give you the materials right away.
Then, you can craft right there in town and actually skip turning the leves in. You will still
get your experience points; you just will not get your reward.
At low levels, Carpenters, Leatherworkers, Alchemists, and Weavers seem to get the
best Leve rewards. Copper ore is so cheap that Blacksmiths, Armorsmiths, and
Goldsmiths can usually make better use of their time and simply buy some copper ore
from another player.
If you are asked to go to the camp first:
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First, go to one of the various camps outside of whatever city you picked up the quest in
(your quest journal tells you the appropriate one). Once you arrive, you will talk to the
head NPC at the camp, such as Didiwa at Camp Bearded Rock:
Once you talk the NPC, select yourLeve (Baderon's New Sword in this case):
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Now, this will start the Leve. However, before you start crafting, be sure to pick up
support from a different NPC at the camp, if it is available:
This is only 200 gil and you will make more from the Leve, so do not worry about the
expense. The experience points you earn will be well worth it. However, this is not
available at every camp, particularly the higher level camps.
Once you get support, it is time to start the leve. Bring up your menu, select
"Synthesize" from the interactions menu. This will allow you to start crafting. From the
next menu that pops up, select the "Requested Items" tab:
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Then, select "Main Hand" to start crafting:
This will bring up the Synthesis menu. For the Leves, you want to select Rapid
Synthesis every time. For some reason it has the highest success rate of completing a
low-quality item.
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Since you do not want to use the item yourself, you just want to complete the quest. If
you fail the item you are trying to create too many times, you will fail the quest. Just
select Rapid Synthesis each time to ensure you complete your craft.
Once you complete the crafting, you will have to turn in your completed goods. Talk to
the head quartermaster of the camp you were assigned to and you will complete the
quest.
If the Leve Lets You Craft in Town
Follow the same crafting procedure as listed above, but know that you can turn in the
items at your leisure. You can craft all your items in town and then turn them in
whenever you feel like it (such as when you do Battlecraft Leves at that particular
camp).
You can pick up synthesis support all over town; the NPC who repairs your gear in
particular offers support for all classes. You can also craft all your items at the first camp
(Black Brush, Bentbranch, or Bearded Rock), as these places all offer crafting support
for 200 gil.
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If you are doing Leves above your recommended level, be sure to pick up support, as
otherwise you are likely to fail.
Crafting Beyond Requirements - Double Your EXP
This is a great tip that will double the experience points your Leves will give you. After
you complete the items you need for you Leve, you can continue to craft. Most Leves
give you the items you need to create 4 items, but only require 2 items for the quest.
You can continue to craft after meeting the quest requirements until you have used up
all of your supplies. You will continue to get good experience points for each quest.
Other Local Leves
You can accept up to 8 Local Leves, but each City only issues 3 Leves per craft. In
order to speed up the rate at which you level your craft, you can travel from town to
town (as recommended in the Level 15 and Beyond) section of the leveling guide.
You can do the same thing for local Leves. So if your goal is to level up Blacksmithing,
pick up 3 Blacksmithing quests in Ul'dah, then teleport to Limsa Lominsa and grab 3
Blacksmithing quests there. Be careful though, as you do not want to spend all your
anima up by teleporting.
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It is best to teleport only when going from city to city, and then run from camp to camp
once you are in each city. Otherwise, you will run out of anima very quickly if you are
teleporting all over to complete these Leves.
Grinding
So if you want to level up beyond local leves, you can do some "grinding", or synthing
things repeatedly. Once you hit level 8, this is perfectly viable, especially if you have a
day to play the game and want to get a few levels of crafting done straight away.
However, if you do want to do this, you will need a lot of shards and crystals. Below, you
will find a list of ways to get crystals and shards.
Crystal and Shard Gathering
If you are a high level crafter with a lot of gil to spend, you can always buy crystals and
shards in town. However, if you are looking to power level your craft, you will need an
ample supply (it costs thousands of shards to move from level 10 to level 20, for
example). Here are some locations to farm Crystals and Shards:
Fire Shards & Crystals - Best earned off the Coblyn monsters, which spawn all over
the north end of Camp Horizon.
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All areas marked in blue are areas rich in Coblyn-type monsters.
Wind Shards / Crystals: These are commonly found off of flying-type monsters. In the
picture above, you can easily get them at the spots marked in green off the Syrphid
Swarms (need to be about level 13-15 Discipline of Magic / War to kill them, though).
The area marked in blue on the map below (Cassiopeia Hollow) also makes a great
farming spot for these (levels 16+). Note: The entrance to Cassiopeia Hollow is by
Camp Bloodshore.
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These shards also drop off jellyfish mobs, which spawn in the red areas on the map
marked below (class level 22+ to farm):
Earth Shards / Crystals: These are the most common type of shards. You can find
these off moles, which literally spawn in every cave in practically every zone. I
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recommend buying these off adventurers, as you can usually grab them for as little as
50 gil a piece.
It is not really worth your time to farm for these. If you level up any Discipline of War or
Magic, you will get plenty of these just moving from levels 1-10.
Water Shards / Crystals: These are easy to grab off the Bloodshore Bells, which
spawn northeast of Camp Bloodshore (levels 18+):
Ice Shards / Crystals: These also drop off jellyfish type mobs. However, the crystals
seem to be a much more common drop off the higher-level Jellyfish (22+) in Cassiopeia
Hollow (map a page above).
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Lightning Shards / Crystals: These drop off the Syrphid / Bug swarms. To get the
crystals regularly, you will have to kill higher level monsters like the ones found in
Cassiopeia Hollow (marked in blue on the map two pages back).
Now that you know how to farm (or buy) crystals, it becomes much easier to grind
levels. Below, you will find the recipes based on each Discipline that allow you to level
up cheaply and effectively.
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General Crafting Blueprint
Each craft will follow roughly the same blueprint, although the recipes change from craft
to craft.
Levels 1-8: Local Leves for EXP.
Levels 8-13: Local Leves for EXP and then grind crafts.
Levels 14+: Once you hit level 14, Leves start no longer can be your main experience
point source. You will have to set aside an hour+ at a time and grind out the cheap
recipes listed in this guide. Mass materials and start crafting the same recipe
repeatedly. it is currently the only way to level up a craft in a decent amount of time.
Levels 20+: Grinding is now your sole source of XP. Do the level 20+ local leves as
they are available to earn Guild Marks (all level 20+ local leves award guild marks).
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Alchemy Guide
As mentioned previously, from levels 1-8, perform Local Leves. You will still regularly
perform local leves to supplement the recipes listed throughout the guide.
Levels 8-14
As usual, you will want to start with all your Local Leves. Let them take you as far as
they can.
Skill Ups
Beyond that, there are a couple of cheap ways to level up. Distilled Water (1x Muddy
Water) is a ridiculously cheap synth and only costs about 250 gil per attempt. You can
then vendor your distilled water or save for later use. You can use this recipe practically
all the way to 10.
From levels 10-14, you can take that Distilled Water you made and turn it into Table
Salt (Distilled Water x1 + Rock Salt x1). This is another very, very cheap synth. Use it
as long as it still gives you skill points.
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Gil
Once you hit about level 10, you are safe to start making Sheep Leather Dye (1x
Linseed Oil, 1x Taupe or Slate-grey Scale bugs). Flax is hard to come by, but you can
farm it off Roselings (see the farming guide back at the beginning of this guide for
locations) and then convert it yourself into Linseed Oil. You can then make the Dye,
which sells for about 12,000 gil for a stack of 12. Hang out in the Leatherworker's Guild
to sell this quickly.
Levels 14-22
Alchemy is very easy to level. For these levels, you can convert crystals (earth crystals
are cheap and easy to come by) into shards via using 1x Fine Sand plus whatever
crystal type you want.
This recipe is practically free, given that you can then turn around and sell the shards to
other crafters or use them yourself.
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Gil
Fish Glue is a very profitable recipe for players level 15+ - you just have to find the fish.
You will find it easiest to complete the 3x Dark Bass + 1x Sea Cucumber version of this
recipe. Try taking up fishing yourself (see Fishers section for details on where to find
these fish) or buy them off other players. Fish Glue generally sells for 2,000 gil a piece,
and 1 synth creates 12 fish glue.
Levels 22-29
For these levels, it is cheapest if you can farm Jellyfish Cnida and Jellyfish Umbrellas.
These drop with a very, very high drop rate off of the Cassiopeia in Cassiopeia Hollow
and the Bloodshore Bells on the North East.
If you do not feel like farming yourself, walk into Cassiopeia Hollow and /shout asking to
buy these items. Since they are of no use to players and players are often leveling up in
this zone, you can often get multiple players who will sell you stacks of Jellyfish
Umbrellas for next to nothing.
6x Jellyfish Cnida -> 4x Paralyzing Powder and 2x Jellyfish Umbrellas -> 12x Jellyfish
Humors.
The other great thing about these recipes is the very, very low shard cost. Alchemy is
very easy to level via these methods.
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Making Gil
The easiest way for an alchemist to make gil at this level is to sell Red Ochre and SootBlack Buffalo Leather Dye along with Horn Glue. Black Dodo Leather Dye also works.
Red Ochre Scale Bugs + Linseed Oil = Red Ochre Buffalo Leather Dye
Soot-Black Scale Bugs +Linseed OIl = Soot-Black Buffalo Leather Dye
Midnight-Black Scale Bugs + Linseed Oil = Midnight-Black Dodo Leather Dye
3x Aldgoat Horn + 1x Hippogryph Talon = 12x Horn Glue
Set up a Retainer with Fish Glue, Horn Glue, Black Dodo Dye, Black Buffalo Leather
Dye, and Red Ochre Buffalo Leather dye. Place this in the Tradescraft Ward and you
will do just fine.
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Armorer's Guide
Levels 8-13
they can.
To start out, you will actually need to change to Goldsmithing (level 1 is plenty) to create
Copper Nuggets.
Next, create Copper Squares (3x Copper Nugget yields 12 Copper Squares). This will
take you all the way to 13 without a problem.
Levels 13-15
You can then synth Copper Toes (2x Copper Squares) from levels 13-15. This is all
from those initial 16 Copper Ore, so it is a pretty efficient way to level. You could make
the initial batch have more Copper Ore to get even more levels.
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Levels 15-23
From here, if you can you want to buy a few stacks of Bronze nuggets (about 400 if you
really want to power level). This should not cost more than 100,000 gil if you shout for a
Blacksmith. If you provide the materials (a few stacks of Copper Ore and a stack of tin
ore), you should only have to pay around 10,000 gil. Given that this is enough materials
to get you 10 levels (combined with locals), it is definitely worth the cost.
Turn all your Bronze Nuggets into Bronze Squares (3x Nuggets per synth). If you get
enough Bronze Nuggets, this can take you up to level 17.
You can then turn all your Bronze Squares into Bronze Sallet Visors (2x Bronze Square
per synth, will need guild support for the first few levels). This recipe can take you all the
way to level 23 if you get enough Bronze nuggets.
Making Money
By Level 18, you can start crafting a few easy recipes which yield a good amount of gil:
Bronze Barbut and Brass Alembic. The Bronze Haubergon is also a great recipe but is a
bit harder to make (in terms of requiring a lot of materials).
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Bronze Barbut (1x Brass Plate, 1x Sheep Leather, 1x Bronze Rivets, 1x Bronze Plate)
- Make the Bronze Plate and Bronze Rivets yourself, buy the Ingots from a Goldsmith.
Sheep Leather can be purchased from the Leatherworking vendors in each city or
bought from a Leatherworker for very cheap.;
Brass Alembic (1x Brass Ingot, 1x Brass Plate, 1x Brass Rivets) - Hook up with a
Goldsmith to get your Brass materials, and then create this Alchemist tool. This should
sell for a solid 30,000-40.000 gil.
Bronze Haubergon (1x Bronze Chainmail Vest, 1x Bronze Chain Sleeves, 1x Bronze
Chain, 1x Sheep Leather Strap, 1x Brass Buckle, 1x Undyed Cotton Cloth). This is
actually a complex recipe, but these things sell like crazy for 100,000 gil a piece.
Everyone seem s to want one.
As a side note, you need to do a few synths in order to make this:
Bronze Chain - 6x Bronze Rings
Bronze Ring - 1x Bronze Wire
Bronze Wire - 2x Bronze Ingots
Brass Square - 3x Brass Nugget
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Bronze Chainmail Vest - 2x Bronze Chain, 1x Bronze Rings (Bronze Rings are made
from 1x Bronze Wire, which is made from 2x Bronze Ingot)
Bronze Chain Sleevs - 1x Bronze Ring and 1x Bronze Chain
Brass Buckle - 1x Brass Nugget and 2x Brass Square
The Sheep Leather Strap should be bought from a Leatherworker (should be able to get
for 1,000 gil or less) and the Cotton Cloth can be bought from a Weaver (should be able
to get for about 5,000 gil a piece).
There are a lot of other recipes you can make (http://ffxiv.yg.com/) but these are
certainly the easiest. If you have a lot of crafter friends, take a look at the more difficult
recipes. Otherwise, craft these easy ones to get some money to fund your next 10
levels, as the higher your craft, the more money you will make.
Levels 23-30
For levels 23-30, you will need to first get quite a few Iron Nuggets. You will have to buy
these off a Blacksmith. You can expect to pay about 700-1000 gil per iron nugget and a
stack of 99 iron nuggets will yield 300 synths. So, to hit level 30, you will need about
800 iron nuggets (perhaps 100 more or less depending on the amount of local leves you
do).
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Your first job is to turn all your iron nuggets into iron squares (3x Iron Nuggets yields 12
Squares). This can take you up to level 25 if you get enough Iron Nuggets.
Now, you can turn your Iron Squares into Iron Toes (2x Iron Squares). This recipe will
take you up to level 30.
Note that you do not have to get all 800 Iron Nuggets and convert them at once, as this
would leave you with 3200 Iron Squares - you are not likely to have inventory space for
this. It is more convenient to get about 100 Iron Nuggets at a time, convert them to
Squares, and then convert the Squares to Iron Toes. You can then vendor the Iron Toes
to make a little bit of your money back.
Levels 31+ Coming Soon
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Blacksmithing Guide
As mentioned previously, I recommend performing Local Leves to go from levels 1-8.
Once you are level 8, you can start crafting for skill ups.
Levels 8-13
they can.
Bronze Nuggets
From levels 8-13, you can earn a lot of skill ups simply by converting Copper Ore and
Tin Ore into Bronze Nuggets (3x Copper Ore and 1x Tin Ore for the recipe). Save the
Bronze Nuggets, you will need them later.
You will want to create a few stacks of 99 Bronze Nuggets. You can get the ore from
buying it from players or farming it from Coblyns. A few hours of Coblyn farming can
turn into 80+ Copper Ore which will power plenty of synths.
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Bronze Ingot
Create a stack of Bronze Ingots (12) for some extra skill ups; you will need these as
well.
Levels 14-19
Skilling Up
First off, you will want to do all your Local Leves straight-away. Once you are done, you
can start grinding.
The best recipe at this level is the Bronze Fishhook (1x Bronze Nugget). This is perfect
because it requires a lot of Water Shards (which you rarely get to use as a Blacksmith)
and it only requires 1x Bronze Nugget (which you should already have from the last
step), so it is practically free to make.
You can vendor the hooks when you are done. This is a level 11 synth, so it can literally
take you all the way to level 19 quite easily.
Making Money
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Once you reach around Blacksmith level 15, you have a lot of profitable recipes
available to you. You can start to make quite a few weapons. For a full crafting
database, I recommend visiting http://ffxiv.yg.com. Here are the easiest recipes:
Bronze Dagger (Bronze Dagger Blade, Maple Dagger Grip, Animal Glue, Brass
Nugget. The Bronze Dagger is easy because the Maple Dagger Grip is available from
the Blacksmithing Guild NPC in Limsa Lominsa, Animal Glue can be picked up off any
Alchemist, and Brass Nuggets are for sale via each city's Goldsmithing NPC (stand or
Guild).
Birdsbeak Hammer (Birdsbeak Hammer Head, Ash Hammer Grip, Bronze Ingot,
Undyed Canvas). This recipe is a little tougher but much more profitable. The Ash
Hammer Grip is an easy pick-up off of a Carpenter, but the Undyed Canvas (Weaver) is
tougher to find. You make the other two ingredients yourself. I have seen this item
routinely priced at 50,000 gil.
Chocobo Tail Saw (1x Brass Square, 1x Bronze Nugget, 1x Iron Rivets, 1x Bronze
Saw Blade, 1x Ash Saw Grip). This is a tough synth, but very profitable. You can buy
the Brass Square and Iron Rivets from an NPC, but you will have to find a Carpenter for
the Ash Saw Grip. Usually you can get a Carpenter to make 5 handles for you in
exchange for 1 saw. This way, you can sell 4 saws and get your 5 handles for free!
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Levels 19-21 or until you gather ~1,000 Iron Nuggets - whichever comes last
From levels 19-21, you need to acquire a large supply of iron. You will have to buy
Limonite, Iron Sand, and Iron Ore from miners and adventurers. You can then convert it
via the following recipes:
6x Iron Sand +1x Fire Crystals -> 12x Iron Nuggets
4x Iron Ore + 2x Fire Crystals -> 12x Iron Nuggets
5x Limonite + 2x Fire Crystals -> 12x Iron Nuggets
You will likely have to buy both the Fire Crystals and the Iron Ore / Iron Sand / Limonite.
You will want ~1,000 iron nuggets in order to proceed to the next level step (even if you
are not level 22 yet).
Levels 22-30
Once you hit 1,000 Iron Nuggets, it is time for the next step. You will convert all your
Iron Nuggets into Iron Needles (1 Iron Nugget). This means you have enough nuggets
for 1,000 synths - the bigger challenge will simply be getting all the shards. You can
vendor the Needles to recover a lot of your lost money.
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Making Gil
Once you hit level 25, you have access to 3 very profitable (and very easy to make)
items. The Iron Awl (Leatherworker level 27 off hand tool) only requires 3x Iron Nuggets
to make. The Iron Pliers only requires 5x Iron Nugget.
Another profitable but harder to make item is the Iron Dagger. It requires 1x Iron Dagger
Blade (5x Iron Nuggets), 1x Horn Glue (easily picked up for 5,000 gil a piece from an
alchemist), 1x Iron Nugget, and 1x Elm Dagger Grip (should only be 4-5k from a
Carpenter).
Levels 31+ Coming Soon!
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Carpentry Guide
Levels 8-13
they can.
When it comes to hitting level 13, there are two simple steps. First, collect Logs of any
type (reward from your local leves) and turn those into Lumber (1x Log yields 4 lumber).
Next, create the following two synths that only require 1 piece of lumber and are a level
5 skill. These are the Lauan Half Mask and Maple Knife Grip.
Save other types of lumber for higher level synths.
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Making Gil
A level 13 Carpenter can start to make gil by selling Shields and Wands.
Square Maple Shield - 2x Maple Plank, 1x Bronze Plate, 1x Sheep Leather Strap, 1x
Bronze Nails, 1x Bronze Rivets. It requires a lot of materials, but most are low level. Buy
the Bronze Rivets from the Armorsmith Guild's vendor in Limsa Lominsa, buy the
Bronze Plates off an Armorsmith, the Bronze Nails off a Blacksmith, and the Sheep
Leather Strap off a Leatherworker. These often sell for 20,000 gil and can be produced
and sold in large quantities.
Alternatively, a Maple Wand simply requires 1x Maple Branch and 1Growth Formula
Alpha and are worth around 7,000 gil.
Levels 13-17
For these levels, we will be working with Elm Lumber:
Elm Lumber (1x Elm Log)
Elm Dagger Grip (1x Elm Lumber)
These synths can take your character efficiently to about level 17.
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Gil Making Recipes
While there are several weapons Carpenters of this level can make, I recommend the
following two recipes for easy gil:
Elm Cane - 1x Elm Log, 1x Growth Formula Alpha. Very easy recipe to make and can
be sold for 15,000 gil when finished.
Ash Macuahuitl - 1x Ash Plank, 4x Obsidian. Obsidian is easily procured by shouting in
town and offering a few thousand gil per piece. You can then sell this sword for 40,00050,000 gil (at least on my server)
Willow Wand - 1x Willow Branch and 1x Growth Formula Alpha and worth 20k a piece;
very easy gil.
Levels 17-24
These levels are very easy. Simply convert 1x Willow Lumber (Willow Lumber is made
from Willow Logs) into 1x Willow Half Mask. The Willow Half Mask is great because it
requires very few shards - this recipe literally pays for itself when you sell the masks to
a vendor.
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Levels 24-29
For this level, you can create Cedar Sword Grips or Cedar Skillet Handles. They both
are a level 24 Carpentry skill and can take you up to level 29.
Making Gil
By level 25, you have access to two profitable recipes:
Walnut Wand - 1x Walnut Branch and 1x Growth Formula Alpha - can sell these for
50,000 gil no problem.
Plumed Willow Shortbow - 1x Willow Shortbow, 1x Yew Lumber, 2x Cock Feather, 1x
Iron Square, 1x Iron Rivets. You can buy the iron reagents off of an Armorsmith. This
recipe is quite profitable and you can usually sell these for 100,000 gil without an issue.
If you have Alchemy leveled up to 15, you can also make the Budding Willow Wand
(Willow Wand, 1x Humus, 1x Growth Formula Beta). These sell for around 75,000 gil
pretty easily as well.
Levels 29-36
The Oak Half Masks are the best synth which require 1x Oak Lumber a piece. You will
need a lot of Oak Logs but you can make most of your money back simply by selling the
Oak Half Masks to the vendor.
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Culinarian Guide
Note: Unfortunately, there is not much interest in food in a new game. As players hit
higher levels and understand the benefits of food, a market will appear for this. For now
however, there is not much gil to be made in cooking.
Levels 8-12
they can.
Sea Sand - Finger Shrimp x1. This is a very easy recipe to use as the jellyfish
mentioned frequently throughout this guide drop Finger Shrimp in large quantities. You
can easily farm several stacks of Finger Shrimp in a few hours and get all the materials
you need to earn several levels of cooking skill.
Boiled Egg - Chicken Egg, Mineral Water. If you want to spend some gil and save
some time, you can create Boiled Eggs. Chicken Eggs and Mineral Water are for sale at
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the various city vendors that line up in the markets. You can cook this for a few hundred
gil per synth.
Levels 12-16
In addition to your Leves, Maple Sugar (1x Maple Syrup) is a very cheap synth for a
Culinarian. You can buy Maple Syrup from the Culinarian's Guild vendor for a low price
and then synth it into Maple Sugar until you hit level 16.
Levels 16-24
For these levels, you get a very easy synth. You can created Dried Prunes (1x Pixie
Plums) and Pixie Plums can be bought for 403 gil a piece from Roderic in Gridania
(North and slightly east of the Carpenter's guild).
Levels 24-30
The easiest synths for these levels all require fishing. You can use one of three recipes:
Bianaq Bream x1 -> Sea Sand, 1x Nautilus -> Sea Sand, 1x Rock Lobster -> Sea Sand,
or 1x Helmet Crab -> River Sand. These are the only simple recipes to use for these
levels.
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There are other more complex recipes, but literally require 5+ ingredients. I recommend
taking up fishing
Levels 30+ coming soon!
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Goldsmithing Guide
Levels 8-15
they can.
Copper Nugget
Create a few stacks of 99 Copper Nuggets by using Yellow Copper Ore x4 or Copper
Ore 4x. You will need a few stacks of Copper Ore to get started.
Copper Fishhook
Now, start converting your Copper Nuggets into Copper Fishhooks (1 Copper Nugget
per synth). This is an easy craft and will take you all the way to level 15.
Levels 15-23
From levels 15-23, you can next start converting your remaining Copper Nuggets into
Copper Rings (2x Copper Nugget per synth). This is a pretty cheap synth and you can
even turn around and quickly sell your rings for 3,000 gil a piece.
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Making Gil
Goldsmiths have quite a few recipes that can be used to make gil. Here are some of the
most profitable ones:
Bone Hora - 2x Bone Chip, 1x Blacklip Oyster, 1x Animal Glue, 1x Antelope Sinew
Cord. Even though it is only a level 6 weapon, it tends to fetch around 30,000 gil. The
Antelope Sinew and the Blacklip Oyster can be bought for a few thousand gil.
Brass Dagger - 1x Brass Dagger Blade, 1x Maple Dagger Grip, 1x Brass Ingot, 1x
Animal Glue. This is a great recipe as this dagger can fetch 50,000 gil and you can
easily get all the materials yourself. Animal Glue and Maple Dagger Grips are available
from vendors (Maple Dagger Grip is on the Blacksmithing Guild's vendor) and animal
glue is sold by any Alchemist or Alchemy vendor (cheaper from players).
Levels 23-26
For these levels, first you will need a few hundred Brass Nuggets (3x Copper Ore, 1x
Zinc Ore yields 12 Brass Nuggets). You can then turn 2 Brass Nuggets into a Brass
Earrings. You can vendor the brass earrings or try to sell them in your Bazaar.
The vendor pays over 1,000 gil per earring which will help you recover some of the
losses.
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Making Gil
A very easy and profitable recipe exists at this level - the Brass Spear, which requires
1x Bronze Spear, 1x Brass Rivets, and 2x Brass Nuggets. You can buy the Bronze
Spear off of many player's bazaars and you should be able to pick up Brass Rivets for
about 1,000 gil a piece. You can then turn around and sell this item for 100,000 gil a
piece!
Levels 26-29
For these levels, you can synth Brass Rings, which also require 2 Brass Nuggets each
attempt. If you have really good gear and are using synthesis support, you can attempt
these at level 23 and do these rings from 23-30. The rings have a better chance of
selling in your Bazaar than the Earrings, and you can easily sell a full set of 10 rings in
an hour by putting them up for 3,000-4,000 gil a piece.
Levels 30-38
For these levels, you will first need to synth around 1,000 (perhaps more) Silver
Nuggets (5x Silver Sand -> 12 Silver Nuggets; 4x Silver Ore -> 12 Silver Nuggets) as
you will start needing very large amounts of experience points to level up.
You can then turn a single Silver Nugget into a Silver Needle, which you can then sell to
a vendor.
Levels 38+ coming soon!
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Leatherworking Guide
Levels 8-19
they can. Leves in this instance also provide generous amounts of Sheepskin (worth
about 1500 experience points a piece) and Dodoskin (used later), so be sure to save
the rewards and do these Leves often.
Skilling Up
The easiest way for you to kill up from levels 8-15 is to convert Sheepskin into Sheep
Leather (Sheepskin + Willow Chips) and then convert Sheep Leather into Sheepskin
Vambraces. These sell for a good amount of gil to the vendor (10,000 gil for a stack of
99!), so you can literally level for free as the vendor price of vambraces will pay for your
shards.
This way, you can get 5-7 synthesis attempts (around 1000-1500 experience points) out
of each Sheepskin. This synth provides great skill ups and can literally take you all the
way to level 19 with no problem.
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Making Gil
The easiest way to make gil at level 10-15 Leatherworking is to create Sheepskin
Subligars and Sheepskin Harnesses. Both of these require little assistance
Sheepskin Subligar - Sheep Leather, Copper Buckle, Hempen Yarn, Mole-Brown or
Lead-grey Hempen Cloth. This is a very easy recipe to make. You can pick up a stack
of 12 Copper Buckles for a few thousand gil off an Armorsmith. You can then buy
Hempen Yarn and dyed Hempen Cloth from the Weaver's Guild in Ul'dah for around
2000 gil. You can craft this and turn around and sell them for an easy 10,000-12,000 gil.
Sheepskin Harness (grey) - Sheep Leather, Slate-grey Sheep Leather, Sheep Leather
Strap (Grey), Mole Sinew Cord, Copper Buckle. This is a little bit more challenging to
make, as you will need to buy some dye for the dyed Sheep Leather off an Alchemist.
You can create the Mole Sinew Cord yourself and pick up the Copper Buckles from an
Armorsmith. These also sell for 15,000 gil quite easily.
Levels 19-27
For these levels, you will be working with Dodo Leather. You should follow a similar
pattern; turn Dodoskins (earned via Leves or farming, but should get plenty via Local
Leves) into Dodo Leather, then turn Dodo Leather into Dodoskin Vambraces (1 dodo
leather per synth).
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Both recipes are around level 18-19 and can take your leatherworking all the way to
level 27. You can then turn around and sell the Vambraces to the vendor for almost
16,000 gil per stack. This is a ridiculous amount and again makes Leatherworking pay
for itself.
You can also make some money with your Dodo Leather, but first you will also need to
make some Antelope Sinew Cords (1x Antelope Sinew + 1x Beeswax yields 12).
Antelope Sinew is currently not easy to get; you will have to pay an adventurer or farm
these yourself (level 23+ or a group required) off Antelope Doe near Gridania.
Fortunately, you will only need 1 or 2 of these cords to make some good coin and make
it to the next tier.
Making Gil
By around level 17, you should not have a problem creating Dodoskin Harness. There
are a lot of other recipes at this level, but this one is the easiest. The other ones require
too many ingredients from other crafts and I have not found them to be very profitable.
Dodoskin Harness - Sheep Leather (grey), Sheep Leather Strap (grey), Dodo Leather,
Copper Buckle, Antelope Sinew. You can make everything yourself except for the
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Copper Buckle, which are cheap. These sell routinely for 20,000-50,000 gil, depending
on how desperate the person you are selling to is.
Antelope Sinew Cord - 1x Antelope Sinew + 1x Beeswax yields 12. You can literally
throw up a stack of 99 of these for 4,000 gil a piece and have a steady revenue stream
for a few weeks. I am able to sell a couple of these per day like this and literally is
350,000 gil profit over the few week's time it takes to sell them.
Levels 28-30
For these levels, you want to focus on turning your Buffalo Hides into Buffalo Leather (1
Buffalo Hide + 1 Walnut Chip -> 4 Buffalo Leather), and then your Buffalo Leather into
Buffalo Leather Spetches (1 Leather -> 6 Spetches and Straps (1 Leather -> 12 Straps).
You can get Buffalo Hides via local leves and buying them off other players.
Making Gil
Leatherworker get some very easy and profitable recipes at this level. Buffalo Leather is
used in practically everything and I find it to be one of the most profitable recipes.
What you want to do is set up a Retainer with the following materials:
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Undyed Buffalo Leather @ 5,000 Gil a Piece
Soot-Black and Ochre-Red Leather (add in a dye along with the Buffalo Hide and
Walnut Chip) @ 25,000 Gil a Piece
Undyed Buffalo Leather Straps @ 3,000 Gil a Piece
Soot-Black & Ochre-Red Leather Straps (1x dyed buffalo leather) @ 6,000 Gil a Piece.
Place these in the Tanner's ward behind a stand. Some Armorsmith or Blacksmith will
come along eventually and buy up a lot of these materials, even at the perceived "high"
price. It is very easy to synth these, they sell surprisingly well, and the profit margin is
excellent.
Levels 31+ Coming Soon!
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Weaving Guide
Leveling Recipes
With that said, Weaver is not nearly as easy as the other classes to level up. Here are
the basics.
To level up quickly, you will want to convert raw materials (Moko Grass, Cotton Bolls)
into yarn (Hempen Yarn, Cotton Yarn) into cloth (Undyed Hempen Cloth, Undyed
Cotton Cloth). This way, you get a lot of synthesis attempts out of just a few materials.
Levels 8-14
they can
First off, you will need a few stacks of Moko Grass (36 is a good start). You can get this
via local leves, from Botany, or from buying it off of other players.
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Turn all of your Moko Grass into Hempen Yarn (2x Moko Grass per synth). When you
have done that, turn all of your Hempen Yarn into Undyed Hempen Cloth (3x Hempen
Yarn per synth).
12x Moko Grass turns into 72 Hempen Yarn (6 synthesis attempts - about 1,500
experience points) and 72 Hempen Yarn turns into 24 Undyed Hempen Cloth (24
synthesis attempts - about 6,000 experience points).
As you can see, each stack of Moko Grass is worth about 7,500 experience points to a
low level player. Three stacks plus Local Leves should take you to about level 14.
Levels 14-19
These levels will take a similar path, but using Cotton. First, get several stacks of Cotton
Bolls (up to a few dozen for these levels if you really want to power-level; you will not
need as much if you do a lot of local Leves and are taking your time).
Turn all of your Cotton Bolls into Cotton Yarn (2x Cotton Bolls yields 12x Cotton Yarn).
Hoard your Cotton Yarn as you will need a lot of this for the upcoming levels. I cannot
emphasize that enough. You can craft nothing but Cotton yarn from levels 14-19 and
still use every bit of it in the upcoming levels. It is that important!
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Levels 18-25
Once you have done that, turn some of your Cotton Yarn into Undyed Cotton Cloth (3x
Cotton Yarn per Cloth). Again, each stack of Cotton Bolls is worth about 7,500
experience points; you just need more experience to move from levels 14-22. Save
some yarn though, because, you can cash in on all that cotton you just made.
Levels 25-30
For levels 25-30, there are two options:
Dodo Fletchings (3x Dodo Feather) - This looks like a cheap recipe on the surface, but
in reality it requires 10x Wind Shard which makes it somewhat expensive. If you have a
bunch of wind shards sitting around, this could be a good way to level up.
Canvas Cloth - 4x Cotton Yarn. This will be the recipe of choice for most players, as
Canvas has a lot of value once it is finished.
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Making Gil
Weavers have a lot of options open to them and can make a lot of armor. For a full
database, visit http://ffxiv.yg.com. Here are the most profitable and easy-to-make
recipes:
Undyed Canvas - 4x Cotton Yarn. This is a very, very easy synth and it is a very
valuable material. Canvas is used to make the Birdsbeak Hammer (Blacksmithing
Weapon) and as a result, it is a very high-demand item. It is used in many other recipes
too, and alone can be sold for 10,000 gil.
Dyed Canvas - While you can sell the Undyed Canvas for 10,000-20,000 gil a piece,
and can also set up a retainer selling each type of dyed canvas (4x Cotton yarn +
Sunset-Auburn dye for example). You could then list these for 20k a piece and sell 12 of
each color variety and charge 20,000 gil a piece. List the items on Yellow Goblin and
you are sure to make some sales from crafters.
Cotton Cowl - 1x Cotton Inner Cowl, 1x Cotton Outer Cowl, 1x Cotton Hood 1x
Hempen Yarn.
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Now, to make all these ingredients, you use cotton. Cotton Inner Cowl is created by 3x
Cotton Cloth and 1x Cotton yarn, Cotton Outer Cowl is created by 4x Cotton Cloth and
1x Cotton yarn, and the Cotton Hood is created by 2x Cotton Cloth and 1x Cotton Yarn.
This is probably the best body and head piece that a level 20-27 caster can get and you
do not have to rely on another profession to make it. You can also do it with all the
materials you used to level up!
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Conclusion
Now that the game has been out a month, there are viable ways to earn gil, whether
you prefer to farm monsters, gather, or craft. This guide covers levels 1-30 and will be
updated weekly until the entire game is covered. Be sure to log back into the Member's
area to grab your updates - they will be posted frequently!
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