DAWNTRAIL Guides! Dawntrail L90-100 Miner Leveling, Botanist Leveling
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Carpenter Leveling Guide L90 to 100 – Dawntrail Tier
Welcome to my Carpenter Leveling Guide L90 to 100 – Dawntrail tier. This tier is more exciting than most compared to recent ones! Contrary to popular belief, you can easily reach L100 Carpenter with ONLY SCRIP (Artful Afflatus) GEAR, while NOT NEEDING FANCY FOOD BUFFS.
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[90-92] [92-94] [94-96] [96-98] [98-100]
Carpenter Leveling Guide - LEVEL: [0-15] [15-35] [35-50] | [50-60]
[60-64] [64-70] | [70-80] | [80-90] | [90-100]
Carpenter Leveling Dawntrail Tier
Reference, Gear, Prep, Notes
Carpenter L90 to 98 Dawntrail Levequests Reference
| Job | L | Levequest Name | # | Item Needed | # nHQ next tier | XP HQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRP | 90 | Yimepi's Country Charms | 1 | Ginseng Earrings | 9.35 | 2881320 |
| CRP | 90 | Hull Lotta Damage | 3 | Ginseng Lumber | 9.35 | 2881320 |
| CRP | 92 | The Wing's Wings | 1 | Ceiba Wings | 5.02 | 6231280 |
| CRP | 92 | Wood You Be Quiet | 3 | Ceiba Lumber | 9.39 | 3330500 |
| CRP | 94 | Lament of the Lazylump | 1 | Dark Mahogany Fishing Rod | 7.29 | 4909520 |
| CRP | 94 | Turali Quality | 3 | Dark Mahogany Lumber | 9.41 | 3804860 |
| CRP | 96 | Weaving a Path | 1 | Acacia Spinning Wheel | 7.25 | 5690160 |
| CRP | 96 | Bow Out | 1 | Acacia Longbow | 5.00 | 8250720 |
| CRP | 98 | Spear Pressure | 1 | Claro Walnut Spear | 5.01 | 9329460 |
| CRP | 98 | No Greater Treasure | 1 | Claro Walnut Necklace of Gathering | 7.27 | 6434120 |
CRP Leveling Dawntrail Tier – Gear Update
You want Natural Afflatus tier gear, available for purchase using Scrips at Old Sharlayan (near the Aetheryte), Crafter >
Pay close attention to the melding – it is CRITICAL. The stats you’re after at the end are 584 CP, 3958 Craftsmanship, and 3447 Control.
| Slot | Item | Meld 1 | Meld 2 |
| Weapon | Afflatus Mainhand | Cunning VII | NA |
| Offhand | Afflatus Offhand | Cunning VII | NA |
The above is only for Carpenter, the below is shared between all DoH.
| Slot | Item | Meld 1 | Meld 2 |
| Head | Artful Afflatus Work Cap | Competence X | Competence X |
| Body | Artful Afflatus Work Shirt | Competence X | Competence X |
| Hands | Artful Afflatus Halfgloves | Competence X | Competence X |
| Legs | Artful Afflatus Hose | Cunning X | Cunning I |
| Boots | Artful Afflatus Workboots | Cunning X | Cunning I |
| Earring | Artful Afflatus Earrings | Cunning X | NA |
| Necklace | Artful Afflatus Necklace | Cunning X | NA |
| Wrist | Artful Afflatus Bracelet | Cunning X | NA |
| Ring | Artful Afflatus Ring | Cunning VII | NA |
| Ring | Artful Afflatus Ring | Cunning VII | NA |
DoH Dawntrail Tier General Notes / Strategy
GC Submissions are, as usual, godly. These are vastly more powerful than the average levequest, and they don’t even use up an allowance. The bonus ones are especially juicy.
Custom Deliveries are also great, and even give you meaningful rewards. This of course only resets weekly, so use them wisely.
Levequests are your main source of EXP. Use them up before you consider doing anything else.
Collectables are always viable, and sometimes there are amazing ones which are on average “cheaper” than a levequest item. The EXP though is usually less than half of a levequest so this can hurt your wallet.
Grinding is OK, as long as you’re making stuff you can sell. “Ingots”, and other levequest items will always have demand! Get paid to level up! haha.
Food Buff / Manuals: 3% is 3%, and manuals are a welcome boost. These aren’t mandatory but by all means use them if you have ’em.
NO DAWNTRAIL BEAST TRIBE YET.
Wachumeqimeqi Quests? Kind of suck, EXP wise. While there’s a story, and that can be cool, the actual EXP PER ITEM is strangely BAD. It’s generally worse than a Collectable, even.
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Carpenter Leveling 90 to 92
All set? Get these rotations and let’s get it on.
Initial L90+ Crafting Rotations
Thankfully these are all one button for now. You’ll have all you need for a while here. 100% on 80 DUR until 95, 100% on 40DUR until 96, and a fast NQ 40 DUR up to 98.
CRP L90 Levequests & Collectable Note
| CRP Level 90 Levequest Item Comparison | |||||
| Levequest | Yimepi’s Country Charms | – | Hull Lotta Damage | ||
| Item | 1 | Ginseng Earrings | 3 | Ginseng Lumber | |
| EXP | 1440660 | 1440660 | |||
| # Leves to L92 (HQ) | 9.35 | 9.35 | |||
| Ingredients | 2 | Ginseng Lumber | 15 | Ginseng Log | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Lar Ingot | |||
| CRP L91 Collectable Info | ||
| Item: | Rarefied Ginseng Earrings | |
| EXP (Max): | 2335689 | |
| Ingredients | 2 | Ginseng Lumber |
| Ingredients | 2 | Snow Cotton Cloth |
In this tier, both levequests give the EXACT SAME EXP, needing only 9.35 HQ Levequest Submissions (1440660 base XP) to reach the next tier, L92. So pick whichever is CHEAPER for you between (Yimepi’s Country Charms) Ginseng Earrings, or (Hull Lotta Damage) Ginseng Lumber.
Not much to say here, choose what’s cheapest or easiest.
The CRP L91 Collectable is Rarefied Ginseng Earring, you need 11.53 max collectability submissions to reach the next tier, L92. Each one gives 2335689 EXP at max collectability.
A basic collectable, nothing special to say here. Do if saving leves.
CRP 90-92, what to do this tier?
Well, not much options right? Choose whichever levequest is easier on the wallet since they give the same EXP. The Lumber will almost always be cheaper I think, but it takes three times the effort if you craft it yourself (3x crafts for one submission).
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Carpenter Leveling 92 to 94
No rotation update or anything – keep goin!
CRP L92 Levequests & Collectable Note
| CRP Level 92 Levequest Item Comparison | |||||
| Levequest | The Wing’s Wings | – | Wood You Be Quiet | ||
| Item | 1 | Ceiba Wings | 3 | Ceiba Lumber | |
| EXP | 3115640 | 1665250 | |||
| # Leves to L94 (HQ) | 5.02 | 9.39 | |||
| Ingredients | 3 | Ceiba Lumber | 15 | Ceiba Log | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Ihuykanite | |||
| Ingredients | 1 | Ginseng Lumber | |||
| Ingredients | 1 | Star Quartz | |||
| CRP L93 Collectable Info | ||
| Item: | Rarefied Ceiba Spear | |
| EXP (Max): | 2720952 | |
| Ingredients | 2 | Ceiba Lumber |
| Ingredients | 1 | Ihuykanite |
| Ingredients | 1 | Annite Whetstone |
Ceiba Wings (The Wing’s Wings) is the “better levequest”, it needs only 5.02 Leves (HQ submission) to reach the next tier, CRP L94. As Compared to Ceiba Lumber (Wood You Be Quiet) which needs 9.39 Leves (HQ submission). 6231280 XP vs. 3330500 XP (HQ submission).
A godly leve appears! Ceiba wings is 6 components, but it gives a huge amount of EXP. The other is another “budget” option.
The CRP L93 Collectable is Rarefied Ceiba Spear, you need 11.49 max collectability submissions to reach the next tier, L94. Each one gives 2720952 EXP at max collectability.
A basic collectable, nothing special to say here. Do if saving leves.
CRP 92-94, what to do this tier?
It’s either you can afford (or SHOULD try your best to) do Ceiba Wings levequest, or do ‘anything else’, as the other three are budget options which are very similar.
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Carpenter Leveling 94 to 96
L95, 96, and 97 80 Durability recipes have a new 2-step rotation!
Rotation Update 80 DUR L95/96/97 Recipes
CRP L94 Levequests & Collectable Note
| CRP Level 94 Levequest Item Comparison | |||||
| Levequest | Lament of the Lazylump | – | Turali Quality | ||
| Item | 1 | Dark Mahogany Fishing Rod | 3 | Dark Mahogany Lumber | |
| EXP | 2454760 | 1902430 | |||
| # Leves to L96 (HQ) | 7.29 | 9.41 | |||
| Ingredients | 2 | Dark Mahogany Lumber | 15 | Dark Mahogany Log | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Cobalt Tungsten Ingot | |||
| Ingredients | 1 | Ceiba Lumber | |||
| CRP L95 Collectable Info | ||
| Item: | Rarefied Dark Mahogany Necklace | |
| EXP (Max): | 3122973 | |
| Ingredients | 2 | Dark Mahogany Lumber |
| Ingredients | 1 | Br’aax Leather |
| Ingredients | 1 | Ihuykanite |
Dark Mahogany Fishing Rod (Lament of the Lazylump) is the “better levequest”, it needs only 7.29 Leves (HQ submission) to reach the next tier, CRP L96. As Compared to Dark Mahogany Lumber (Turali Quality) which needs 9.41 Leves (HQ submission). 4909520 XP vs. 3804860 XP (HQ submission).
One normal levequest, and the other is a budget option. Notably, the previous tiers Ceiba Wings levequest gives more EXP than these.
The CRP L95 Collectable is Rarefied Dark Mahogany Necklace, you need 11.46 max collectability submissions to reach the next tier, L96. Each one gives 3122973 EXP at max collectability.
A basic collectable, nothing special to say here. Do if saving leves.
CRP 94-96, what to do this tier?
Continue with Ceiba Wings from L92, or this tiers Dark Mahogany Fishing Rod. Otherwise, the Dark Mahogany Lumber “budget leve” of this tier is your next best option.
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Carpenter Leveling 96 to 98
No rotation update here…. the 96/97 rotation is the same as the 95 mentioned in previous tier.
CRP L96 Levequests & Collectable Note
| CRP Level 96 Levequest Item Comparison | |||||
| Levequest | Weaving a Path | – | Bow Out | ||
| Item | 1 | Acacia Spinning Wheel | 1 | Acacia Longbow | |
| EXP | 2845080 | 4125360 | |||
| # Leves to L98 (HQ) | 7.25 | 5 | |||
| Ingredients | 2 | Acacia Lumber | 2 | Acacia Lumber | |
| Ingredients | 1 | White Gold Ingot | 2 | Titanium Gold Nugget | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Cobalt Tungsten Ingot | 1 | Dark Mahogany Lumber | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Cobalt Tungsten Ingot | |||
| CRP L97 Collectable Info | ||
| Item: | Rarefied Acacia Rod | |
| EXP (Max): | 3583647 | |
| Ingredients | 2 | Acacia Lumber |
| Ingredients | 1 | White Gold Ingot |
| Ingredients | 1 | Pink Beryl |
Acacia Longbow (Bow Out) is the “better levequest”, it needs only 5.00 Leves (HQ submission) to reach the next tier, CRP L98. As Compared to Acacia Spinning Wheel (Weaving a Path) which needs 7.25 Leves (HQ submission). 8250720 XP vs. 5690160 XP (HQ submission).
Acacia Longbow gives a whole 8.2m exp. Wow!
The CRP L97 Collectable is Rarefied Acacia Rod, you need 11.52 max collectability submissions to reach the next tier, L98. Each one gives 3583647 EXP at max collectability.
A basic collectable, nothing special to say here. Do if saving leves.
CRP 96-98, what to do this tier?
I highly recommend the Acacia Longbow levequest. It’s very cost effective even compared to Acacia Spinning Wheel. Otherwise, you got some budget options down there, most notably Dark Mahogany Lumber.
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Warning: There’s a tiny bit of a roadbump ahead.
Carpenter Leveling 98 to 100
Before proceeding: If you plan on crafting L99 Recipes you need to do EITHER one of these two things:
Recommended: Craft a SINGLE non-ring Acacia DoH accessory, and Meld it with at least 11 CP. (ONE OF: Acacia Earrings, Acacia Necklace, or Acacia Bracelet, and any melds that total to +11 CP).
Other solution: Buy “Stone Soup” food buff from the Gold Saucer Tapkeep. It gives 17 CP. It only costs like 37 gil each. I don’t like this since you might forget the food buff.
If you only plan to craft L98 recipes, you don’t need to use the above,
the macros still work for L98 Recipes.
Rotation Update L98/99 Carpenter Recipes
Two new rotations here, L98/99 recipes which (if using on 99) needs the preparation above. There’s an HQ for 40 DUR as well, but it’s only 99% HQ, lol. Close enough right? But I doubt you’ll ever NEED it.
CRP L98 Levequests & Collectable Note
| CRP Level 98 Levequest Item Comparison | |||||
| Levequest | Spear Pressure | – | No Greater Treasure | ||
| Item | 1 | Claro Walnut Spear | 1 | Claro Walnut Necklace of Gathering | |
| EXP | 4664730 | 3217060 | |||
| # Leves to L100 (HQ) | 5.01 | 7.27 | |||
| Ingredients | 2 | Claro Walnut Lumber | 1 | Claro Walnut Lumber | |
| Ingredients | 2 | Ra’Kaznar Ingot | 1 | Thunderyards Silk | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Titanium Gold Nugget | 1 | Gargantua Leather | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Magnesia Whetstone | |||
| CRP L99 Collectable Info | ||
| Item: | Rarefied Claro Walnut Grinding Wheel | |
| EXP (Max): | 4067919 | |
| Ingredients | 2 | Claro Walnut Lumber |
| Ingredients | 1 | Black Star |
| Ingredients | 1 | Magnesia Whetstone |
Claro Walnut Spear (Spear Pressure) is the “better levequest”, it needs only 5.01 Leves (HQ submission) to reach the next tier, CRP L100. As Compared to Claro Walnut Necklace of Gathering (No Greater Treasure) which needs 7.27 Leves (HQ submission). 9329460 XP vs. 6434120 XP (HQ submission).
Claro Walnut Spear is great, but not too far ahead of previous tiers Acacia Longbow. The necklace gives solid EXP for a 3 component craft.
The CRP L99 Collectable is Rarefied Claro Walknut Grinding Wheel, you need 11.50 max collectability submissions to reach the next tier, L100. Each one gives 4067919 EXP at max collectability.
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A basic collectable, nothing special to say here. Do if saving leves.
CRP 98-100, what to do this tier?
In my mind there’s only three options here. Claro Walnut Spear, or good old Acacia Longbow are your primary options. They’re close enough in EXP to justify either one depending on your budget. If you find them expensive, go for Claro Walnut Necklace of Gathering, which is great for a budget option.
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Summary, Outro, Related Info
Well well well, another tier in the (saw) dust! Hopefully my Carpenter Leveling Guide (Dawntrail edition L90 to 100) helped you out. Can’t really say “onwards to the next tier” yet, right? Get some rest till the next tier!
Carpenter Leveling Guide - LEVEL: [0-15] [15-35] [35-50] | [50-60]
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Hey, thanks so much for the guides. Even the older, slightly outdated portions on the crafting guides have helped me speed level tremendously after I followed the MIN and BTN ones.
On this one, I noticed that you were stating a minor update to your 78 – 80 macro but I don’t see the adjustment noted. Was there an error in creating the box?
i’ll check it out but alas, the new update invalidates these… :(
Hey, thanks for the great guide! Quick thing I noticed while leveling Carpenter, the Link to 64-70 is wrong and links to page 7 (70-80) instead of page 6 (64-70). Both at the top and bottom navigation. Might want to look into that :)
fixed! Thanks!
Continue to do the SINGLE Lv. 30 Walnut Macuahuitl leve even after Lv. 35 instead of the TRIPLE leve.
It makes no sense to submit 3x for 20,000 exp instead of 49k for each one, and double that for HQ.
Yeah you’ll have to TP back and forth but that only takes a minute each time.
Went from 30-40 in about a half hour this way.
I just want to point out that from 50-60 some of the best exp you can get is from the moogle daily quests. It cost zero mats as they are provided with the quests and the quests are extremely quick and super easy to complete.
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…i just grind all crafts 1-50 (again lol) and i noticed that all the leves in them set lvls only
offer 3 types now not 5 , i did all 3 types to see if i would get a new leve and nope same 3
may be something to look into ,i did buy some stuff on MB (HQ) just to see i could not get the leve for that item to come about
hmmmm… There should be 3 from the local levemete (area depends on level and class), and another 3 from the hometown (Limsa, Grid or Uldah – depending on class). lemme know if this still confuses you
Dragonstone Grinding Wheel should be Dragonscale Grinding Wheel.
fixed! thanks!
most of this stuff atleast since 4.0 u can buy from vendors and hand in for still very good xp if your struggling to gather or cant hq anyways or just dont have the time :)
For 30-35, Costa del Sol is in La Noscea, not Gridania.
If you paid attention to the guide, you’d notice that the way the list works is that it shows you where to deliver, and where to pick the leve up. It’s listed as Costa del Sol | Gridania because the leve is picked up in Gridania and delivered in Costa del Sol. It would have been pointed out and corrected already if it was a mistake considering how long that’s been relevant, the old content guides weren’t written in 2017.
For the quest turn-ins, you should indicate that you need 3 lengths of birch lumber, otherwise great guide.
I just noticed for the level 50 levequests it says the cedar lumber one takes 5, but it actually takes 3.
when patches get released, sometimes the mats required comes down too
These guides are awesome! Thanks for all the hard work.
You’re very welcome.
The shopping list for 1-15 still isn’t active yet…
after finishing with ARM 50 to 60 (tonight) my next goal is to update all 01-50 DOH and DOL guides.
The shopping list is something I’m really iffy about. I’ll think and look into it as to how it can be made better or if there’s something else I can do about it.
There are many things to consider, but mainly formatting. I’ll try my best.
Rosewood Lumber should be the “grinding” for LVL40+.
25-30 silver spear is now silver battle fork.
wow i never caught wind of this rename! fixing
um for the walnut Macuahuitl, if you hand in the triple exchange leve you only get under 20k exp, where if u hand them in one at a time in costa del sol u get 49k exp for each one you hand in…….
Except that if you’re turning in HQ items, which should be priority when doing leves the Courier caps at 98k(49k x 2 for HQ) per leve while the triple maxes at 117.6k per leve(19.6k x 2 for HQ + option to turn in twice more for a total of ((19.6k x 2) x 3)).
Triple is the better option between the two if you’re mainly concerned about exp per leve. Less travel time as well.
Actually no, the triple really isn’t. In the time it takes to craft NINE items to gain a measly 20k, barely 20% bonus of the ONE item) You could turn in ALL 9 singles. Just set one as favored, one as free. Cost of crystals, effort of mats, everything.. not worth it. I’m low on Leves and I STILL won’t touch triples. I prefer making a quick HQ macro and doing all 9 turn ins within 5min.
Exp per leve, maybe. But 20% more exp for up to 9x the cost. (3×3 items Vs 1 Item)
This guide (and most on this site) are horribly outdated since the nerfing of triple turn-ins and the buffing of single/couriers.
I have to agree with this. The level 30 leve for the Walnut Macuahuitl is the way to go. 98000 xp for 1 HQ item beats 117600 for 9 of the same HQ item. It may cost you leves, but it’s well worth for time and money you’ll save from having to craft less.
Also, to make the trip easier, go ahead and make Costa del Sol and New Gridania favored destinations. It’ll cut down on the teleporting costs, which comes out to over 1000 gil per round trip without favored destination.
Depends if you are trying to power level several crafts in a short amount of time, without factoring in grinding which takes forever. You will burn through roughly 60 Leves using HQ items. Triples saves you several days of waiting for allowances.
Having tried this last night, the level 30 single turn in will carry you all the way to 50. It is nuts!
The triple, on the other hand, requires vastly more effort and resources for marginal benefit.
That’s certainly one way, albeit less leve efficient. lol.
it says “updating your cooking gear” i think it should say carpenter there.
you forgot about the list