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Endwalker tier COMPLETELY UPDATED. At older parts of guide? OPEN THIS
Finally, the L80 to L90 portion of the BTN/MIN Leveling Guides are 100% complete and current. The older parts, however… (GEAR UPDATES per tier are most important)
While I will update these ASAP (promise, hehe).
Here’s the important banger notes:
GEAR UPDATES? Any time I mention gear updates in the lower tiers, (except 0 to 60), IGNORE IT AND BUY SCRIP TIER GEAR INSTEAD.
A Realm Reborn Gear Scrip gear? NO SCRIP, my notes are still pretty valid.
Heavensward L50 Scrip gear? NO SCRIP, my notes are still pretty valid.
Stormblood L60 Scrip gear: Augmented Keep tier IL200
Shadowbringers L70 Scrip gear: Landking tier IL350 (Offhand from L330)
Endwalker L50 Scrip gear: Landsaint – Guide already reflects this.
All of these upgrades are “good” until the end of their tier.
Get scrip by: Custom Deliveries and Collectables.
COLLECTABLES? Not only did the rotation / skill names change TWICE since SHB into EW, the entire System was overhauled pre-EW. Instead of rotating nodes with normal names, it’s SET NON-ROTATING RAREFIED materials. The rotation is also different, but somehow simpler. I’ll update a universal DoL Collectable / Rotation guide for this, instead of repeating myself 100 times.
TLDR: The old “everyday it changes” is OUT. Rarefied “set-in-stone” is in! Ignore mentions of OLD ROTATIONS AND SKILLS. I’ll remedy this ASAP
Endwalker tier is, of course, updated in this regard.
BEAST TRIBES? Each tier has a beast tribe you can use to level up, which I didn’t seem to note as I always blast through DoL super early… These are decent sources of EXP while also giving you some neat items.
A Realm Reborn: Ixal (DoL and DoH)
Heavensward: Moogle (DoL and DoH)
Stormblood: Namazu (DoL and DoH)
Shadowbringers: Qitari (DoL only)
Endwalker: Omicron (DoL only) – Guide already reflects this.
Please click on and read the above clicky box if you're leveling 01 to 79.
I split the Stormblood mining leveling into 2 chunks. This part assumes you followed the previous chunk.
From this point on, “Waiting for Collectibles” is your main activity! The space in between can be (Grinding) > (levequests if impatient) > (AFK).
In this tier: 60-65 | 65-70
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Miner Level: Level 0-50 | 50-60 | 60-70 | 70-80
80-90 | 90-100
Before we get into it, a quick review…
GEAR CHECK: Rising from Scrubhood
Your gear should look something like this (check below this table for the “optional” info). With the exception of the Off-hand – EVERYTHING SHOULD BE HQ!
Melding? You can technically downgrade all your Guerdons to III’s (but suffer a lower success chance). You can also downgrade SOME GUILES TO III’s – BUT I DO NOT KNOW THE MINIMUM THRESHOLD FOR EXACTLY 451 COLLECTABILITY! I experimented with these melds, and they’re slightly above the required power level. I cannot concretely tell you how many you can downgrade.
Open and force melds? As long as you can hit 450+ with Single Mind, go for gathering. Perception has its uses too, but falls off considerably unless you can get enough to “double single mind”.
L64 and under: Optional upgrades
Optional – Gyuki Leather tier: If you’re leveling ALL THREE CLASSES (including fisher) then I would MAYBE invest in the HQ Gyuki Leather Jacket. I found it completely unnecessary. The non-chest pieces were also too negligible of an upgrade.
Optional – HQ High Steel Sledgehammer: I thrived without it. The NQ from the MIN 63 Class Quest was enough. Obtaining this simply increases your gather chance. If you’re the type to grind (and can easily offset its costs) go for it.
Mining Leveling 64 to 66
Welp, back to business!
MIN Collectibles @ 64 – 66
| Mining Collectibles 64~ |
| Lvl | Item | Slot | Time | Map | Area (or Aetheryte) | Unlock |
| MIN | 62 | Raw Star Spinel | Slot 8 | 12AM/PM | Ruby Sea | Onokoro | 61 |
| MIN | 60 | Raw Triphane | Slot 6 | 2AM/PM | The Fringes | Castrum Oriens | 60 |
| MIN Practice & Farm Nodes |
| Practice Node | 62 | Koppranickel Ore | – | Any | Ruby Sea | Sakazuki | 61 |
| Practice Node | 60 | Gyr Albanian Alumen | – | Any | The Fringes | East End | 60 |
A new one unlocks AT 66, but that belongs in the next tier’s table.
What to grind? MIN 64 to 66
Pick any of the previously mentioned grindables. Here’s a rundown of the “old” ones:
- Koppranickel Sand: Crafters use this by the truckload. Also spammed in a low tier BSM repeatable leve.
- Doman Iron Ore: You should have a decent gather chance on it now. Integral to one of the only viable ARM levequests.
- Koppranickel Ore: Heavily used in a popular GSM Levequest.
Notable events in this tier
Miner L65 Class Quest
Feather Iron Ore is in Ruby Sea, Onokoro (same node as Koppranickel Ore). As for rewards, take the Kudzu Coat of Gathering, and a new main-hand Doman Iron Pickaxe.
The Chest Piece (NQ Kudzu Coat of Gathering) is a welcome, albeit small, upgrade. I melded these with III’s, as they were too marginal an upgrade without even the cheapest of melds.
The NQ Doman Iron Pickaxe is only a hair’s breadth better than your current one (If you meld it) – Sell or use, doesn’t really matter.
If you are leveling the other DoH classes simultaneously, then get the Cap or Gloves next once you hit 65 quest on those.
Completing the quest gives you Endless Toil of the Pioneer, which instantly reveals all hidden items in older nodes! Interestingly, RAW TRIPHANE COLLECTIBLE is part of this! So you get an extra gather for it!
Again, the quests are in Idyllshire.
Should I upgrade my gear? Kudzu & Tigerskin Tier?
I got to 70 just using the NQ shirt from the class quest. But, getting an HQ Kudzu Coat of Gathering is obviously welcome. Needless to say the same applies leveling BTN.
HOWEVER IF YOU ARE LEVELING FISHER, this becomes more relevant as MISSED FISH are much more painful than MISSED MIN/BTN NODES.
If you’re leveling all 3, you may consider an investment for HQ:
The other HQ pieces are COMPLETELY OPTIONAL.
MIN 65 Main hand: Doman Iron Pickaxe?
As I typed above: “The NQ Doman Iron Pickaxe is only a hair’s breadth better than your current one (If you meld it) – Sell or use, doesn’t really matter.”
If you can afford the HQ, the only upside is higher % gathers. Luxury.
MIN 66 Off-hand: Doman Iron Sledgehammer?
Same old story. NQ Doman Iron Sledgehammer loses to HQ High Steel Sledgehammer – HQ is purely luxury. Didn’t feel like I needed it at all.
Level 64 Mining Levequests
The only reason to use levequests at this point onwards is if you’re not leveling crafters…
| Class | Level | Levequest | Plate | Type | Location | Note? |
| Miner | 64 | No Stone Unturned | Flower Girl | 4 Node Eval | Yanxia | Best |
| Miner | 64 | Simply Marble Us | Miqote Fishing | 8 Node Eval | Yanxia | Great |
| Miner | 64 | Scraptacular | Lala Merchant | Collect 40 | Yanxia | OK |
Miner Leveling 66 to 68
MIN Collectibles @ 66 – 68
I THINK RAW AZURITE TURN-INS UNLOCK RIGHT AT 66.
| Mining Collectibles 66~ |
| Lvl | Item | Slot | Time | Map | Area (or Aetheryte) | Unlock |
| MIN | 66 | Raw Azurite | Slot 7 | 4AM/PM | Azim Steppe | Dawn Throne | 66 |
| MIN | 62 | Raw Star Spinel | Slot 8 | 12AM/PM | Ruby Sea | Onokoro | 61 |
| MIN | 60 | Raw Triphane | Slot 6 | 2AM/PM | The Fringes | Castrum Oriens | 60 |
| Ephemeral Nodes |
| Ephemeral | 66 | Schorl | – | 12A | Azim Steppe | (@Durium Sand) | 66 |
| Ephemeral | 68 | Perlite | – | 4P | Yanxia | (@Durium Ore) | 66 |
| Practice & Farm Nodes |
| Practice Node | 66 | Durium Sand | – | Any | Azim Steppe | Onsal Hakair | 66 |
| Practice Node | 62 | Koppranickel Ore | – | Any | Ruby Sea | Sakazuki | 61 |
| Practice Node | 60 | Gyr Albanian Alumen | – | Any | The Fringes | East End | 60 |
Ephemeral Nodes? WTF?
Ephemeral Nodes are a pseudo unspoiled node that “recharge” as you farm nearby nodes. They are prime suspects for “Aetherial Reduction” items.
As to how they’re relevant to leveling, they are only good as supplemental “grinding” sections.
Treat them as you would any collectible – but instead of getting MORE of them, the goal is to get THE HIGHEST COLLECTABILITY.
Once harvested, right click on it and press “Aetherial Reduction”, to reap sweet rewards. High powered reductions result in much sought after Aethersands.
To be safe use a TRIPLE CYCLE OF: Discerning Eye > Methodical Appraisal. Then gather once.
If you CANNOT get “Level 5 Aetheric Reduction Power” with that, it devalues this method quite a bit, as the chances for Aethersand is much lower at 4.
MIN Unspoiled Nodes: Farming Only
Purely for making money along the way. Optional.
| Mining Unspoiled unlocked: Gil making |
| MIN | 70 | Raw Imperial Jade | Slot 6 | 6AM/PM | Yanxia | House of the Fierce | 66 |
| MIN | 69 | Ala Mhigan Salt Crystal | Slot 1 | 12AM/PM | The Lochs | Porta Praetoria | 66 |
What to grind? MIN 66 to 68
In this tier, there is a special way to grind, which yields some good profit on the side. And that’s Ephemerals and Aetherial Reduction!
The cycle goes something like this:
Raw Triphane (2AM) – Raw Star Spinel – (12PM) – Schorl (12pm)
Raw Triphane (2PM) – Raw Star Spinel 12AM – (Repeat).
Schorl comes up every OTHER cycle.
This may get tricky, but you can get a solid attempt at Schorl AT LEAST every window. Buy Cordials.
The “recharge” node is also value from the high heavens: It contains 3 useful materials – Durium Sand, Doman Iron Sand and Palladium Sand.
The main reason for doing this is, again, profit. Speaking of profit… I placed a clicky box of new unspoiled nodes to farm up there. In the grinding notes of the L68 to 70 tier, there is another ephemeral node to farm, but with a little higher difficulty… (not so recommended for now).
If you don’t want to farm Ephemerals, you can grind:
Durium Ore (which has a L68 Ephemeral, lol), or any of the sands mentioned in the ephemeral method above (… which have an ethereal node…)
Or of course, the highest costing material right now… or whatever you personally need.
Notable events in this tier
L67 Main Hand: Plumed Doman Pickaxe
Okay, I’m going to have to bite the bullet here. HIGH QUALITY L67 Plumed Doman Steel Pickaxe is MANDATORY.
Yes, I know some of you are itching to say “I got to 70 without it!”, but of course! I can get to 70, too, even if I had a 1% node success rate gather! It will simply take 99 times longer.
Now, just so you don’t feel so bad, cheap meld it with Guerdon III, and then OVERMELD it with ANY (even non gathering) materia. So by the time you hit 70 you can convert it to materia.
MIN L68 Class Quest
Serpentine!? Where can I gather Serpentine!?!? Serpentine is located in the same node as Durium Ore (Yanxia – Unseen Spirits Laughing). I suspect they will edit the quest marker in the coming patches because it’s very unintuitive.
Rewards: You get Bountiful Yield II, and a choice of Gathering Materia V. I chose Perception, but choose whichever you like, and an NQ Doman Steel Sledgehammer.
HQ Doman Steel Sledgehammer?
HQ Doman Steel Sledgehammer is entirely optional. If you can muscle through 80%+~ success rates, it’s fine.
Either way, it’s time to finally retire your HQ High Steel Sledgehammer (it was the only “mandatory” off-hand upgrade in this entire guide). The NQ Doman Steel Sledgehammer free from your class quest completely smashes the stats on your previous HQ.
Level 66 Mining Levequests
The only reason to use levequests at this point onwards is if you’re not leveling crafters…
| Class | Level | Levequest | Plate | Type | Location | Note? |
| Miner | 66 | Dunes of Our Lives | Flower Girl | 4 Node Eval | Azim Steppe | Best |
| Miner | 66 | O Say Can You Rock? | Lala Merchant | Collect 40 | Azim Steppe | OK |
| Miner | 66 | Bead Em Up | King | 32 or Fail | Azim Steppe | OK |
Miner Leveling 68 to 70
MIN Collectibles @ 68 – 70
| Mining Collectibles 66~ |
| | Lvl | Item | Slot | Time | Map | Area (or Aetheryte) | Unlock |
| MIN | 66 | Raw Azurite | Slot 7 | 4AM/PM | Azim Steppe | Dawn Throne | 66 |
| MIN | 62 | Raw Star Spinel | Slot 8 | 12AM/PM | Ruby Sea | Onokoro | 61 |
| MIN | 60 | Raw Triphane | Slot 6 | 2AM/PM | The Fringes | Castrum Oriens | 60 |
| Ephemeral Nodes |
| Ephemeral | 66 | Schorl | – | 12A | Azim Steppe | (@Durium Sand) | 66 |
| Ephemeral | 68 | Perlite | – | 4P | Yanxia | (@Durium Ore) | 66 |
| Practice & Farm Nodes |
| Practice Node | 66 | Durium Sand | – | Any | Azim Steppe | Onsal Hakair | 66 |
| Practice Node | 62 | Koppranickel Ore | – | Any | Ruby Sea | Sakazuki | 61 |
| Practice Node | 60 | Gyr Albanian Alumen | – | Any | The Fringes | East End | 60 |
Ephemeral Nodes? WTF?
Ephemeral Nodes are a pseudo unspoiled node that “recharge” as you farm nearby nodes. They are prime suspects for “Aetherial Reduction” items.
As to how they’re relevant to leveling, they are only good as supplemental “grinding” sections.
Treat them as you would any collectible – but instead of getting MORE of them, the goal is to get THE HIGHEST COLLECTABILITY.
Once harvested, right click on it and press “Aetherial Reduction”, to reap sweet rewards. High powered reductions result in much sought after Aethersands.
To be safe, use a TRIPLE CYCLE OF: Discerning Eye > Methodical Appraisal. Then gather once.
If you CANNOT get “Level 5 Aetheric Reduction Power” with that, it devalues this method quite a bit, as the chances for Aethersand is much lower at 4.
MIN Unspoiled Nodes: Farming Only
Purely for making money along the way. Optional.
| Mining Unspoiled unlocked: Gil making |
| MIN | 70 | Raw Imperial Jade | Slot 6 | 6AM/PM | Yanxia | House of the Fierce | 66 |
| MIN | 69 | Ala Mhigan Salt Crystal | Slot 1 | 12AM/PM | The Lochs | Porta Praetoria | 66 |
What to grind? MIN 68 to 70
There’s another ephemeral node in this tier (it’s unlocked in previous tier, but the level difference may make it less than optimal).
The Perlite node spawns in the same cluster as Durium Ores in Yanxia – Unseen Spirits. I mean, if yer gonna grind anyway, might as well make the most out of it.
| Order | Time | Open Node | |
| 1 | 12:00 AM | Raw Star Spinel | Unspoiled |
| 2 | 2:00 AM | Raw Triphane | Unspoiled |
| 3 | 4:00 AM | Raw Azurite | Unspoiled |
| 4 | 12:00 PM | Raw Star Spinel | Unspoiled |
| 5 | 12:00 PM | Schorl | Ephemeral |
| 6 | 2:00 PM | Raw Triphane | Unspoiled |
| 7 | 4:00 PM | Raw Azurite | Unspoiled |
| 8 | 4:00 PM | Perlite | Ephemeral |
Again, the Ephemerals are mostly FOR PROFIT, and for me to incentivize teaching newer players on what exactly ephemeral nodes are.
- Get the highest power you can, at least once, per ephemeral using Triple Discerning Eye-Methodical Appraisal cycle.
- 5 or 6 Aetherial power is value, avoid 4 and below. I would rather have 1 6 power and farm a bunch of 2/3 power reductions, than a smattering of 3/4/5’s.
Notable events in this tier
L68 Class Quest Review
I put the info in the previous tiers notes, but it bears repeating here. Summary is:
Serpentine!? Where can I gather Serpentine!?!? Serpentine is located in the same node as Durium Ore (Yanxia – Unseen Spirits Laughing)
HQ Doman Steel Sledgehamer is entirely optional.
L68 Marid Leather Tier?
I know you’ve heard the story before, but yeah, again, completely optional. I’ll say it again “These upgrades are more value if you are leveling FISHER as well since a missed node from MIN or BTN is much less painful than a missed fish”
Even then only the Shirt > Helm > Gloves are truly valuable. For reference, here are the names:
L70 Class Quest: Pummelite
Farm Pummelite – the same node as Raw Rhodonite. It’s an unspoiled node that spawns in THE PEAKS 8AM or 8PM (nearest aetheryte is !!!)
The NQ pile is no problem. Ensure it by using Toil of the Pioneer and Solid Reason to get it in a single spawn of the node.
Apparently I’m crazy and only NQ is needed?
5 HQ Pummelite? Eh, this can be annoying.
The sure way is to bait out Deep Vigor on the node. For this to be consistent, you need to have as many gathering attempts as possible, AND a high success rate (you can’t break the chain).
Something like:
Hit to Reveal
Sharp Vision (Level depending on how sure you want to be)
Gather until chain 4 (using Ageless Words to ensure and/or extend it)
Brunt Force then Gather as much as you can.
I do not recommend “Unearth + Nald’Thal’s Counsel + Dredge” type rotations as they’re prone to RNG. While you MAY save time by 1 trip, you may also extend your trips by 10.
The rewards are a bunch of good materia, plus enhanced GP Regeneration trait. SO DON’T SKIP OUT ON THIS QUEST.
Level 68 Mining Levequests
The only reason to use levequests at this point onwards is if you’re not leveling crafters…
| Class | Level | Levequest | Plate | Type | Location | Note? |
| Miner | 68 | The Ores Have it | Flower Girl | 4 Node Eval | Peaks | Best |
| Miner | 68 | Mine All Mine | Miqote Fishing | 8 Node Eval | Peaks | Great |
| Miner | 68 | Adios, Ala Mhigo | King | 32 or Fail | Peaks | OK |
Stormblood Tier DONE!
Congratulations, now onwards to Shadowbringers tier, 70 to 80!
In this tier: 60-65 | 65-70
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80-90 | 90-100
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I’m getting a permission denied error while trying to visit certain links, do i need an account to view this guide?
You don’t need an account – and I’ve gotten other people saying the 403 is affecting them. I’ll look into it… very strange error…
I’m also getting the 403 Forbidden error on certain pages as well. Notably page 2 of this guide, the Crafting General Guide and FAQ, and a handful of others. If you have shell access to your WordPress install, make sure all folder permissions are set to 755 and file permissions set to 644.
Love this site, by the way!
Super annoying. I actually really hate WP. FFXIVGuild being on WP is one of the main reasons I’m having such a difficult time keeping it up to date. Sheesh… thanks for the advice, I’ll recheck my file permissions!
Love it or hate it, WP is still one of the best CMS platforms out there. Troubleshooting for any platform just sucks, unfortunately!
But it looks like the permissions thing worked and I can access those pages now! Yay!
If it didn’t, I had other tricks up my sleeve for you to try.
I did notice that the site has some sort of IP verification plugin (the name of which I forgot) when I tried visiting the general leveling guide. After verifying I wasn’t a robot, it wouldn’t advance, but refreshing the page worked. Just something for you to keep in mind in case the plugin might need an update or something.
Annoyingly, in the years since I made this site (I initially made this site to “practice” wordpress which was new technology at the time), the custom made VPS servers I’ve made throughout the years with my own “cms” just totally blows WP away since I can program exactly what I need… sigh.. perhaps it’s time to migrate.
As for security plugins I’ve tried disabling them completely – and since it’s so difficult for me to replicate the problem I cannot verify if that’s the problem. I’m actually guessing it’s not because I’ve used them for quite some time.
Apparently, my server provider installed some kind of server level security (Imunify 360). I feel the settings may be a bit off.
What a hassle!
Apparently yeah, it’s the server providers issue… Been working with them… but this third party security seems to be incredibly aggressive.
The file permissions, thank you for the suggestions! Annoyingly, the permissions were AOK but thank you very much for the suggestions… I have so few people to talk to regarding these kind of things haha. Would you like to PM me?
I don’t see a mention of where to turn in the level 71 collectibles. Been looking around for about an hour now.
L71 Collectables? In the Crystarium? Yeah, they’re nearby the Facet guys…
As many mentioned already, word of advice from someone who just wasted about a 1mil gil: don’t buy expensive HQ gear, especially at 70+, to upgrade your old stuff. Use the yellow scrips to acquire the gatherer gear from the vendors.
Yellow Scrip upgrades are mentioned at L80+, it is viable at 60+ as well but the older segments do not reflect this (the SHB part does)
Oi would you kindly suggest people gettin the script gear at 60-70 rather than sinking their hard earned gil into buying overprised gear off the market ?
Why is this guide missing so many random things that require you to make an extra google search? It’d be faster to just use google from the get-go then try and piece together what you need to be doing across multiple guides here ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Such as? The earlier parts of this guide are old, and are slated to be upgraded in this major expac release – would be open to suggestions…
your macro
/ac “Discerning Eye”
/ac “Methodical Appraisal”
/ac “Discerning Eye”
/ac “Methodical Appraisal”
/ac “Single Mind”
/ac “Methodical Appraisal”
doesn’t account for the 300gp needed to use toil of the mountaineer. at 700gp minus toil = 400gp left, minus dis 200 dis 200 puts you at zero gp left and therefore unable to use single mind….or am i missing something here?
You don’t do toil… you memorize the slot that it’s in and smack it to reveal. In essence you sacrifice 1 gathering attempt to retain GP
Just as a heads up to you, and anyone trying to copy/paste the macro: There is a difference between the “Angled” quotation marks in the macro above, and the type of quotation marks that the macros require. The following should work when pasted, or you can simply backspace and type in your own quotes in the macro screen:
/macroicon “Discerning Eye”
/ac “Discerning Eye”
/ac “Methodical Appraisal”
/ac “Discerning Eye”
/ac “Methodical Appraisal”
/ac “Single Mind”
/ac “Methodical Appraisal”
Ah, nevermind, the website automatically changed my quotes. You’ll need to backspace and replace each of them.
How do I go about getting the HQ gear if I fell behind in gathering from SB to ShB? All the HQ gathering gear is pretty pricey on the marketboard.
This comment is referencing leveling from 70 to 80***
You do NOT need crafted HQ gear for mining collectibles at 70-80. The yellow scrip II gear (Landking set) can easily take you all the way to 80, you just need to add sharp vision II to the collectible skill rotation.
Just saw this myself after I spent over 1.5 million Gil upgrading to the recommended gear. Pretty frustrating actually.
Not sure if it’s been mentioned somewhere in the comments (or maybe even in the guide and I missed it), but FYI…
Minekeep/Landmaster gear bought from the Idyllshire Splendors Vendor, augmented through Grinmox (Idyllshire npc) gives you iLVL 200 gear that will let you ride all the way to 70.
well i have been following this guide all the way up to now, so im just gonna write down what i have done so far for ym other miner friends that are leveling :D
the mining levequest from 64-66 is No Stone Unturned. very fast, and easy to grab bonus exp on
Same goes for level 66-68, you wanna grab the Dunes of Our Lives Levequest as that is exuially fast and gives a sweet 144k more if you get a 25% bonus.
haven’t gotten further than this yet, but i hope this will help :3
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Don’t forget Custom Deliveries in Idyllshire @ 4.6 x 6.7. I haven’t seen those mentioned in this guide yet. These grant a ton of red gathering scripts and EXP. You can turn in 6 per week. Always turn in the highest collectible rating possible. Same goes for Disciplines of the Hand as well.
noted. Thanks! :)
Hey, I believe you have the rotation for mining HQ adamantite wrong.
Reveal with Toil (300GP)> Chain 4 > Ageless Words (Deep Vigor?)> Deep Vigor (Solid Reason? 300GP)> Gather > Deep Vigor (Solid Reason? 300GP)> Gather.
With this rotation you would end up using 900GP!!!
Level 40 mining quest requires 20 HQ Jade from Haldrath’s March in CCH, south of Camp Dragonhead.
Just a quick question. You don’t mention anything regarding the Gyuki upgrades for the left side. The 63 quest offers Gyuki Hat, chest, hands and legs. Given that you talk about upgrading the accessories at 63, is it worthwhile doing the same for the left side or just hold out till 65.
63 upgrade is completely optional (left-side). It WILL help you, but not by much. I personally held till 65 but either way works
Was able to gather darksteel ore at lvl 46 south of camp dragonhead. May need to be updated ^_^
i do this when i need the HQ materials for botany/mining quests, but i don’t bother with the other materials on that node. go for the shards. they have 100% chance. spend the 300gp for the extra hit. then deep vigor. then i use the +1 yield and i get guaranteed 2 HQ from those nodes.
In the 25-30 part you said “You can grind Silver Ore as well for maximum profit. Don’t forget to use Deep Vigor to guarantee an HQ hit” How a lvl 25-30 miner can use deep vigor if the max chain they can do is 4 on a +1 node? Am I missing something? Spending 300 GP for an extra attempt sounds like a terrible strategy.
If you have at least 500 gp, and a +1 gathering node, and at _least_ an 85% gather rate, you can:
Move 1) Unearth if you have 100% gather chance, Sharp Vision II if you have at least 85% chance. Less than that, this strategy is a bit too unreliable to use. If you only have at least 400gp, skip this step.
Move 2) dig once.
Move 3) Solid Reason (restores +1 gathering chances, but you have to have spent at least one dig first. (costs 300gp)
Move 4-7) dig four times, you should have one gather chance left at this point.
Move 8) Deep Vigor will light up at this point. Use it for 100% HQ chance on the next dig.
Move 9) Bountiful Yield (costs 100gp) will +1 the yield from the next dig.
Move 10) Dig and receive a guaranteed 2 HQ minerals. This technique works well in botany, too.
I’ve been using Single Mind + Meth x2, Meth, Utmost Caution + Meth; usually brings around 450-460, uses 600 GP, and only knocks 2 off the gathering bar instead of 3.
Just a quick update for the Yellow Copper Ore i’m currently leveling mining and was keeping an eye out for this but it wasn’t appearing at the listed time of 12ET so i did a bit of looking and since Stormblood the time has been changed to 4am/pm ET.
A little suggestion,
At the 60+ part of the guide, I think you should mention the gathering/perception you should have after obtaining and melding the gaganaskin etc gear. I’m having a hard time figuring out at what point I should replace the itemlvl 200 mining gear you could get at the end of HW.
good suggestion… but if your gear is this high, you can replace your gear at around lvl 65
Nearest aetheryte for the lv 70 miner class quest is Ala Gannha, fyi.
Thanks for the detailed guides! I got botanist and miner both to 70 over the past three weeks thanks to this. About to start working on fisher tomorrow.
Thanks! wow.. that’s exactly what I’m gonna post!
Just confirming since I just hit 66 at the collectable appraiser– Raw Azurite does show up right at 66.
great thanks
Your quip little comments are cute. :)
Just to let you know, you also get Marble in the same nodes as Electrium Sand in Upper La Noscea
so…no help for brand new gatherers? You’re sorry?
ok
Please explain… What do you mean brand new. I’m open to suggestions, but I literally know not how to help your case.
“Field Mastery” is Botanist only, and not available as an option to miners. Do you mean to refer to a different skill in your guide for 60+ leveling?
Wow, I never noticed that it had a different name between BTN and MIN. It is indeed “Sharp VIsion” for miner – changing and thank you
No problem! I threw me off for a bit when looking so I thought I’d leave a comment. (This guide has been super helpful for getting past that initial 60-62 hump by the way, thank you for that! :)
Yellow Quartz is at 2:00 ET not 12 ET
Limestone now comes from Aleport in the 4th slot
Hey, just a head’s up, you don’t have to use Deep Vigor/Brunt Force twice in order to keep the effect of it. Use it once at Chain #4 and it applies to all gathers afterward, so those +2 Gathering Attempt nodes can really really help you out.
For lvl 50+ you say I need to have Gathering 600+. Please, can you inform how do I get the gear for that amount?
old comment, but I was puzzled by this as well. This guide assumes you were capped at lvl 50 in reborn, and got yourself the best set. For anyone coming after, there’s no way you’ll have 600, just completely ignore that part of the guide until you get to around 55.
Evenstar jade, dravania forelands, random like the fossilized, level 60 item, havent gotten it as turn-in yet.
That’s odd – is there another similar one?
On that last part for the lvl 60 Mining Quest help fro getting the Adamantite Ore, you need to change “Ageless Words” (BTN) to “Solid Reason” (MIN). I got kinda confused what you were talking about and was looking everywhere through all my actions and the node ran out on me :(
Kinda nit-picky comment, but I actually checked in my Actions list to see if I needed to drag Toil of the Pioneer onto my hotbar for MIN… then I realized it was a non-crossclass skill and what I needed was Toil of the Mountaineer, which was already on my hotbar.
Otherwise, I love your site! It’s been very helpful!
Um… Nothing big, I’m just OCD and I noticed it says the 46-50 node locations are in “Bluefrog” but it’s actually called “Bluefog” lolol Just thought I should say something ^.^
Oh also I was able to mine Darksteel Ore and I’m only level 47 .-.
That’s odd, I don’t remember being able to do it that early – but the success chance seems low at that time! But if you can try – why not!
Odd thing to note. At level 45 for whatever reason if you head to Bluefog right at that point you only can find the level 40 outcrops. At level 46 you can find the level 50 nodes. Not sure why but I noticed that one myself.
Haha, right. I always thought it was bluefrog – to be quite honest i’m sad it’s not :)
Just anted to say thanks sooo much for making this guide! It is so so so helpful. And I also thought it was camp Bluefrog for the longest time lol. We should just unofficially rename it. *nods*
Explain to me the purpose of the stockpile lists. Are they just to sell? For potentially crafting later on?
They are if you want to craft for yourself (for the purposes of leveling up), It’s not a huge deal but if you’re passing by… why not?
Hey, you have not one, not two, but three different values here for the lvl 15 miner’s quest. In the list at the beginning, you say 15 HQ Cinnabars. In the actual 11-15 section, you say 10 HQ Cinnabars at the beginning in bold type, but then when going through what to stockpile for grinding in that level range, you imply that it’s 20: “40 Cinnabar (20 for the quest)”
I just did the quest and I know it’s 10, but maybe make it not so ambiguous.
Wow, thanks! At least I got one of them right (in the actual section where the quest is discussed). Thankfully you reached out and the other 2 typos were fixed! Thanks!
can anyone tell me where wide gully is plz for lvl 30 class quest cant find him
Man, I dont know what else to suggest but follow the quest log!
In the mining guild, lower area across from the guild master.
Cuprite is in slot 2, not 3.
Hi I started to follow this guide and went of on a tangent when I discovered otherwise to make profit while grinding out my levels.
What I did simply was from 50-52 I leve quested taking the Quality quests (The merits of Upcycling and Taken for Granite) then from 52 onwards I proceeded to hard grind Mythrite Sand in CWH while collecting Yellow Copper Ore at each 12 interval. Originally I used the safety Toil of the Mountain > 3 Methodical with gaining 3 Then moved to Toil of the Mountain > 1 Methodical with 1 Utmost Caution Instinctual at 55 until until 57.
At 57 I kept collecting Mythrite during the off time from Yellow Copper but moved to doing toil of the Mountain > 1 Instinctual and depending on my I RNG (As Methodical rolls 115 with HQ 52 Pickaxe, 53 Quest sledge and full NQ 55 from moghome!) would depend what I do. If I rolled well on Instinctual I would Single Mind Methodical and have over my 240 and get 5 whole rocks! (That’s 300k every 35 minutes boys and girls!) otherwise I would have to utmost Caution followed by two Methdoicals and take 4 home. At 58 Mythrite sand really dips its exp gain so I set CWH as Home as Return was up every time I needed it and farmed Titanium from The Forelands.
This is baring in mind not having materia melded, not really buying HQ gear (I was using mining to make some money!!!) and having definitely less than 600gp. (I have 572 gosh HQ accs are expensive post 50)
I love you!
“…toil of the Mountain > 1 Instinctual and depending on my I RNG (As Methodical rolls 115 with HQ 52 Pickaxe, 53 Quest sledge and full NQ 55 from moghome!) would depend what I do. If I rolled well on Instinctual I would Single Mind Methodical and have over my 240 and get 5 whole rocks!…”
works perfect ^^
Just a heads up, you don’t get Unearth until level 15, so you cannot use it to get cinnabar
For a bit more info; The mining-dravania bluescrip book unlocks Aurum Regis Ore (mainhand) and Blue Quartz (offhand)
Right, I should update these as I have unlocked them as well.
(54): Green Quartz |The Churning Mists ~ (X Y) | 12:00 Eorzea time
It’s 2:00 not 12:00 :)
noted! thanks
Cuprite is Slot 2, not 3. Adamantite is Slot 6 in Azys Lla at 11 ET AM/PM with a min collectability of 470.
Need to add Limonite Lv. 54 400+ 10 ET Slot 4(Dravnavian Forelands) – Same as Node as Pyrite
You have cuprite and light kidney ore listed for slot 3 it’s light kidney ore
Also list has cuprite in hinter lands n 58-60 says forelands
Cuprite slot 2
fixed!
fixed!
fixed!
Hi, I am new here and recently started mining following this awesome guide. Currently level 16 and I am wondering if it is faster to grind or just to do the levequest for each 5 level?
A mix of both, but keep in mind you have to preserve leves if you’re going for DOH, or other DOL classes
Right! Sorry for the typo!
I think Dragonproofing is a better leve, don’t you? Its still a good chunk of exp with less than half the work Sticking it out has.
Or is there something I’m missing ; ;
Thanks for the helpful guide tho ; v ; Sad I’ve only just found it.
They take the 4 node evaluation over the 8 node because its the same exp for completion but takes less time and gp to complete.
Dragonproofing is the 4 node
Sticking it out is the 8 node
:)
the mining rotations need to be fixed. It says “Toil of the pioneer” but that’s for botany and since this is a mining class, it should read “Toil of the mountaineer” just in case someone thinks “Oh… i need to lvl up my botanist to 50 in order to use these rotations.”
I’m sorry, but thankfully the context gets across. I’ll fix this in the next round of edits.
Couple things I think you should add:
The LVL55 gear update section should say that all 6 left side pieces can be purchased at moghome.
The LVL59 offhands can be purchased inside Matoya’s Cave in the Hinterlands.
Another possible level 56 collectible turn in is Abalathian Rock Salt (http://xivdb.com/?item/12901/Abalathian-Rock-Salt).
Minimum requirement 450, top left corner of Sea of Clouds (same node as red quartz). Slot 1, 12 o’clock spawn and does reward scrips.
I’ve never gotten that in my daily! thanks!
The 58 quest (yep, skips to 58, but rewards a 57 pickaxe,) is 10 HQ Hardsilver.
thank you for the updated guide for 50-60! great start, and I appreciate the work!
Might i make a suggestion? a few changes in your steps for slow learners like me :) – on the last step (where you say, “Once you reached a collectability you desire, press on collect to mine them”) if you added “the minimum collectability level is 240 for turnins, the NPC will not accept lower levels of quality”, I think it would save people a few unspoiled nodes…still not sure what to do with those odd 10 collectables i have with quality under 240…can i craft with them?
You can downgrade them to their non-collectable item (thus allowing them to stack and be sold/used for crafting). At later levels, you get a skill called “Aetherial Reduction” that reduces some collectable items to their base aetherial form, also giving you a chance to get rare item in the process.
Ah, cool! Never noticed that downgrade option!
MORE CLARIFICATION! You can not aetherically reduce some collectibles. Just press “lower quality” and they become the regular gathered versions.
!!!!COMMENTS BELOW THIS ARE PRE HEAVENSWARD!!!!
Why does it say stockpile why do ya stockpile that ?
It’s merely a suggestion… if you wish to level up DOH, these are probably all you’re gonna need to hit all 50’s
Great help for leveling, but my 40 quest was raw amethyst hq not raw jade. Dunno if it was changed or what but figured I’d share.
Funny I just did it for my 40 quest and it was HQ jade.
Love your site, just a nitpicky little comment, because I’m already in a snarky mood… All the node location charts say that they’re level 46-50.
Miner 15: Cinnabar (HQ) 15
Changed to 10 Cinnabar HQ
Level 25 Mining Levequests: East Shroud, Quarrymill. <<< This should be South Shroud.
Fixed!
Great guide, where are the unspoiled nodes and end game gear guides? The links weren’t working.
odd.. end-game gear guide… and for unspoiled, while I made a guide here.. ffxivclock.com would serve you much better :)
Just to let people know if it hasnt already been said.. you can mine darksteel before you level past 48 i have done it twice now.
Thanks! It might be difficult, but it is indeed doable!
The level 20 nodes aren’t showing up for me. I just completed the level 15 job quest. I checked to make sure prospect was on and even updated my gear, just in case, but nothing shows up on my minimap or in game. Any ideas on what’s happening?
20 nodes show at 16 if i remember correctly!
Lv. 35 node in Sorrel Haven also has Granite.
The gathering guides aren’t updated to include farming some of the “housing only” mats, since not everyone might be able to use them. Thoughts on this?
More suggestions on the rocks please.
So, For the Level 35 Levequests, who are we supposed to speak to ?
I see a guy that does guildheists and another guy that does Grand company quests, but nobody that does Levequests @ the Observatorium.
Lil help, anyone? :)
Same Question. I went to Coerthas and looked everywhere but there’s no one in or around the Observatorium that hands out Leve quests.
you may have to “unlock” them first by doing the trial leve.
Actually, unless you already have a DoL class at or past level 35, you can’t accept or even see level 35 fieldcraft levequests
A correction to my previous reply, even if your BTN or FSH are level 35, your MIN must be level 35 in order to do the level 35 levequests
Thanks for all your help really great man
thx for this guide!!!!! i love you e.e
one question: “Level 20/25 Mining Levequests: East Shroud, Quarrymill.” e.e??
quarrymill is on south e.e
ah good catch! fixing
lvl 26/30 also say “Level 25 Mining Levequests: East Shroud, Quarrymill.” ; a ;
25 does indeed mean 25-30.. tho ill look at overall formatting for clarity
So do you advise getting 50 then go back and get achievements for ilvl 55 gear?
I’m a level 20 miner and I cannot find any mining above level 10 near blackbrush. I have scoured the area in and around the clutch, royal allegan sunway, and beyond. do i need to do the level 20 quest in la nocsea to unlock it? or is this a glitch on the games end?
If you are referring to the level 20 locations listed as being at “Royal Allagan Sunway”, be aware that this is a location in Eastern Thanalan, and it is different from the “Royal Allagan Starway” near Black Brush Station (Central Thanalan).
If you are referring to the level 15 locations listed under Node ID 15c, the location for these should really say “Exit to Western Thanalan”. (They should also include “Fine Sand” as one of the items, too.)
Haha yes we were also thinking of putting “EXIT TO..” like you suggested, haha. To be honest, there is an in-game node list, but we hoped by guiding the player with map text, it may be easier for them.
The housing “rocks”, and gardening soil have yet to be added to the nodes…
In the 41-45 table you stated that Electrum Ore is found at Camp Drybone when its actually located at camp bronze lake. Amazing guide it really helped me level my mining i really appreciate it :D
Nice catch. Fixed thanks!
You CAN actually mine darksteel ore WITHOUT being level 50. You’ll have a low rate of success unless you use your + gathering chance skills at below 50, however. Darksteel ore is ALWAYS the 3rd node from the top, you DO NOT need toil of the mountaineer to reveal the node. Simply hit the 3rd node to clear it, then proceed to mine as normal.
Was just about to write the same thing. It is possible, I mined the Ore myself at lvl 46 with decent main, chest and gloves. The given exp for this node is also pretty decent.
Excellent guide so far! Looking forward to updates, I know it can’t be easy to compile all the information.
You didn’t say where to find Effervescent Water
will fix! It’s west of quarrymill, near buscarrons druthers
any Mining Macros?
As far as I can see, I don’t think there are many practical mining macros.
Is this going to be updated all the way to 50 at some point? Just wondering if I should bookmark because I love the layout. Thanks so far!
Yes it will be as soon as possible :)
Awesome man – bookmarked. Thanks.
Hey, thanks for the great work so far! I started following your suggestions tonight. Question: are the suggested stockpiles meant to help with leveling DoH classes, or are those used for levequests, or something else?
Looking forward to more updates!
Grand company supply missions, and the eventual link to our gathering guides into crafting guides :D. so much information to compile…