I’m here to answer a specific question as best as I can. That is “what is the best setup / combination of animals for your pasture in the island sanctuary”. While this focuses more on a 20 slot pasture – there’s advice for 10/5 slots. If you’re here, you might want some guidance on the pasture in general, feeding your animals, and a general rank by rank overall guide to your Island Sanctuary.
To remind you, there are nine types of animal leavings:
Carapace, Claw, Egg, Fang, Feather, Fleece, Fur, Horn, Milk.
Updated Jan 18 ’23: Patch 6.3 Added 3 rare animals, which ultimately changed (erased) the “20 slot, all rare + balance” consideran “ultra rare + balance” soon. Made a quick list of the possible setups, and added some clarifications in the 10/5 slot segment.
“Do you like rare animals?”
– Mahiko ‘100 traps broken on a Dodo of Paradise’ San
Pasture Setup Rundown
– 20 Slots
— Balanced Leavings Output
— I want all RARE ANIMALS!
— Ultra Rares only + Balance (coming soon TM)
– 10 Slots
— All leavings types, for stockpiling into the future
You’ll be at 10 slots for a while, so I highly suggest checking that one out so you can build up a diverse stockpile of leavings (Except horn).
Best 20 Animal Pasture Setup
There’s IMO only two main setups here, “all rares”, and “attempted balance of leavings”, everything else like “fueling my workshop rotation” and everything in between cannot really be categorized. .
20 Slot: “Try my best to balance leavings” setup
While this isn’t an exact science, here we try to get the most equal possible resource output. Amazingly, the “balance” can be achieved with only 19 animals – leaving the 20th as a pure bonus.
| Name | Rarity | Tier | Basic Leaving | Rare Leaving |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apkallu | Basic | Small(1) | Fleece | Egg |
| Apkallu | Basic | Small(1) | Fleece | Egg |
| Aurochs | Basic | Large(3) | Milk | Horn |
| Aurochs | Basic | Large(3) | Milk | Horn |
| Coblyn | Basic | Small(1) | Fang | Carapace |
| Coblyn | Basic | Small(1) | Fang | Carapace |
| Coblyn | Basic | Small(1) | Fang | Carapace |
| Glyptodon Pup | Basic | Medium(2) | Carapace | Claw |
| Glyptodon Pup | Basic | Medium(2) | Carapace | Claw |
| Ground Squirrel | Basic | Small(1) | Claw | Fur |
| Ground Squirrel | Basic | Small(1) | Claw | Fur |
| Island Doe | Basic | Medium(2) | Fur | Milk |
| Island Doe | Basic | Medium(2) | Fur | Milk |
| Wild Dodo | Basic | Medium(2) | Egg | Feather |
| Wild Dodo | Basic | Medium(2) | Egg | Feather |
| Black Chocobo | Rare | Medium(2) | Feather | Fur |
| Dodo of Paradise | Rare | Medium(2) | Feather | Egg |
| Island Billy | Rare | Large(3) | Horn | Fleece |
| Island Billy | Rare | Large(3) | Horn | Fleece |
| BONUS | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? |
For clarity, that’s triple Coblyns, and assuming you can have 2x of a rare (Island Billy), plus a single bonus animal of your choice.
| Leavings | Basic | Rare | “Total” |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carapace | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Claw | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Egg | 2 | 3 | 3.5 |
| Fang | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Feather | 2 | 2 | 3.5 |
| Fleece | 2 | 2 | 3.5 |
| Fur | 2 | 3 | 3.5 |
| Horn | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Milk | 2 | 2 | 3 |
True, there might be a giga true balance out there, but this 19 animal, 4 easy to catch rares setup that gives this even of a spread is something most people won’t complain about – at the very least a starting point!
20 Slot: “I want all rare animals”
Once 6.3 was patched, the number of rare animals is now 20 (and may even increase in the future). So instead of having open slots like before, having all rare animals means having your pasture full of ’em too.
But if you wanna flex, not all animals are as rare as the others, so I will be placing a “ultra rare + balanced output” pasture setup in the very near future. Since you can comfortably rule out guys like Ornery Karakul for the purposes of rare collecting.
Ultimately, these suggestions can never truly be concrete. Adjust to your needs, or use as-is. I guess this serves more of a “get you started and prevent being paralyzed by choice” kinda thing.
Best 10/5 Animal Pasture Setups?
Again, since this isn’t permanent, so it’s hard to tell you what to go for. For 5 animal setups, seriously – it doesn’t matter. The amount of time you spend on a 5 slot pasture is irrelevant to any thoughts min maxing it.
As for 10 slot pasture, since you’ll be here a little longer…
If you care about rare animals, then… Just straight up gather as many as you can, while filling up the rest of your slots with fillers. Then just try to balance out the best as you can after that.
10 Animal Balanced Leavings, some rares used
Since you’ll be here a while, here’s a setup that uses a few easy to catch rares, and gives you EVERY TYPE OF LEAVING, with the exception of Horns (you can get them more easily once you get large creatures coming)
| Name | Rarity | Tier | Basic Leaving | Rare Leaving |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coblyn | Basic | Small(1) | Fang | Carapace |
| Lost Lamb | Basic | Small(1) | Fleece | Milk |
| Opo-Opo | Basic | Small(1) | Claw | Fur |
| Glyptodon Pup | Basic | Medium(2) | Carapace | Claw |
| Wild Dodo | Basic | Medium(2) | Egg | Feather |
| Ornery Karakul | Rare | Small(1) | Milk | Fleece |
| Dodo of Paradise | Rare | Medium(2) | Feather | Egg |
| Island Stag | Rare | Medium(2) | Fur | Horn |
This isn’t a bad setup, and it at least gives you a lot of options when crafting in the workshop. Better than just a wild jumble if you’re confused about what animal setup to use at 10. There are many setups to get a similar result – but you get the idea.
5 Animal Setups?
As mentioned earlier, you’ll be spending so little time here that this doesn’t matter. Your best bet is to look a little up there at the 10 setup, and try to get as many animals from that list as you can.
Summary and Outro
Well, I hope I helped you figure out which animals to fill up your Island Sanctuary pasture with. Again, there’s a lot of flexibility here – but if you’re confused just following the tables is a good idea. If I were to suggest the most relevant reading after this:
- Island Sanctuary Pasture and Animal Basics
- Island Sanctuary Animal Feed Guide – What feed to use?
- Island Sanctuary Rank by Rank ‘Walkthrough’, Unlocks, etc.
- All related links – learn more about FFXIV Island Sanctuary!
Good luck out there!