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Once more back into the frying pan… into the fire of Shadowbringers Culinarian Leveling! Let’s go!
L70 to L80 DoH Beast Tribe quests: Dwarf
5.3 introduced the Dwarf Beast Tribe, which is a very welcome form of “free and easy” EXP, while getting some cool cosmetic items to boot.
I place this Beast Tribe reminder very far up this guide not only because it’s a mid-patch addition, but also because it’s such a help to push past the dreaded “Dead Zone”. It remains a great source of EXP at any point until you that to hit L80!
Culinarian L70 to L71 – The Deadzone
The first level of any new tier is a little brutal – and hard for me to account for since everyone has different stats coming in. The deadzone is caused by having subpar gear, and how it affects your possible activities to get past it. Fixing up your gear – getting Scrip gear – should be your highest priority at L70, as it will help ALL YOUR CRAFTERS push past the deadzone, and this gear is GOOD UNTIL LEVEL 80!
TLDR: Updating your gear is key to getting out of the deadzone, and when you do – you can use this rotation to help push out of it.
Beating the Deadzone: Sources of EXP
Here we outline the practical (or hopefully practical) sources of EXP to help muscle through this tough stretch. While many of these do not require the scrip gear mentioned above (Custom Deliveries, and easier tier GC Submissions), they will certainly help with some other activities (IE Grinding, making your own levequest items).
And finally one more source of EXP worth mentioning in its own segment…
Unlock Crystarium Deliveries “Class Quests”
This is a new thing (not to be confused with custom deliveries), that acts like a shared class quest between certain classes. In the case of Culinarian, shares with Alchemist in the Facet of Nourishing.
It’s a 2 quest process to unlock this.
- 1st Quest: The Crystalline Mean (L70) – Area: The Crystarium
- Requires: MSQ “The Crystarium’s Resolve (L72)”.
- 2nd Quest: Friends of a Feather (L70) – Area: The Crystarium
- Requires: The Crystalline Mean (the 1st quest listed above)
You can submit SIX ITEMS PER TIER PER FACET – shared between your facetmates. So try to save them up to burst through shitty tiers.
After six submissions your esteem goes up, and they’re gonna ask for a new set of six items at L73, 75, and 78.
In the case of CUL 70, I’d suggest simply splitting it up between CUL and ALC – to help get out of the deadzone faster.
Culinarian L70 Levequests
I’ll put the levequest table here, but I’ll repeat it in the next segment with complete discussion (I’ll put a basic recommendation here) – since not all L70 crafters will be able to reliably make it themselves…
Hopefully the Deadzone wont stress you out too much. There’s quite a few ways to push past it, but it definitely is one of the more difficult parts of leveling in a new tier, Shadowbringers to L80 is no exception.
Collectables: Be on the lookout!
You should always be looking to submit “value” collectables if you’re looking to preserve leves and/or farm scrip. CULINARIAN is one of those classes that seemingly always have a viable option for collectables – so be vigilant! Seriously, CUL AND COLLECTABLES GO HAND IN HAND, and if you find a “value” one, feel free to override my advice to chase it!
Culinarian L71 to 72
A lot goes on in this level so bear with me even if it’s a bit lengthy. A majority of your setup ALL THE WAY UNTIL L80 CUL happens here so it’s worth it. Most noteworthy are a stat-check or gear update and a new rotation that works very well until L80!
CUL L71 GEAR UPDATE
This gear update is similar to the L70 one. You need to get all the L70 Scrip armor, and as many accessories as you need to reach the CP requirements (370~).
CUL L71 ROTATION UPDATE: 80 DURABILITY
The “L71 Mahiko San Synthesis: God’s Touch ™ – 80 Durability” is a ONE BUTTON macro (so it’s thankfully short), while being ABSOLUTE TRUE 100% (baits poor procs with Tricks of the Trade) while also being BUFFLESS.
Macro P1: “MSan 365C/L71/80D” /ac Reflect <wait.3> Even if you somehow could make L76+ recipes – this still 100%’s it. This rotation works from L71, crafting the most difficult possible recipe you can craft at this point (L75). You unlock more recipes at 75 but that’s a different story. Again, being a ONE BUTTON, TRUE 100%, and BUFFLESS macro is something I’m proud of, and great news for you.
/ac Manipulation <wait.2>
/ac “Basic Touch” <wait.3>
/ac “Preparatory Touch” <wait.3>
/ac Innovation <wait.2>
/ac “Preparatory Touch” <wait.3>
/ac “Tricks of the Trade” <wait.3>
/ac “Great Strides” <wait.2>
/ac “Byregot’s Blessing” <wait.3>
/ac Veneration <wait.2>
/ac “Careful Synthesis” <wait.3>
/ac “Careful Synthesis” <wait.3>
/ac “Careful Synthesis” <wait.3>
/ac “Careful Synthesis” <wait.3>
/ac “Careful Synthesis” <wait.3>Mahiko Sans “God’s Touch” ™ 80 Durability Success Rate Recipe L71 Recipe L72 Recipe L73 Recipe L74 Recipe L75 DoH L71 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ DoH L72 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ DoH L73 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ DoH L74 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ DoH L75 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ
CUL L71 ROTATION UPDATE: 40 DURABILITY
The “Mahiko San Synthesis: God’s Touch ™ – 40 Durability” Shares many similarities to its 80 Durability counterpart. True 100% success, while being another One Button Macro, and also BUFFLESS. It’s a 364CP rotation – so it’s quite light still.
Macro Name: MSan L71/364C/40D /ac Reflect <wait.3> Even if you somehow could make L78 recipes – this still 100%’s it. Again, being a ONE BUTTON, TRUE 100%, and BUFFLESS and works up to the maximum level of recipe you can craft for now. What’s not to like!?
/ac Manipulation <wait.2>
/ac “Preparatory Touch” <wait.3>
/ac “Prudent Touch” <wait.3>
/ac “Prudent Touch” <wait.3>
/ac Innovation <wait.2>
/ac “Basic Touch” <wait.3>
/ac “Tricks of the Trade” <wait.3>
/ac “Great Strides” <wait.2>
/ac “Byregot’s Blessing” <wait.3>
/ac Veneration <wait.2>
/ac Observe <wait.3>
/ac “Focused Synthesis” <wait.3>
/ac Observe <wait.3>
/ac “Focused Synthesis” <wait.3>Mahiko Sans “God’s Touch” ™ 40 Durability Success Rate Recipe L71 Recipe L72 Recipe L73 Recipe L74 Recipe L75 DoH L71 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ DoH L72 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ DoH L73 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ DoH L74 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ DoH L75 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ
Culinarian L70 Levequests
| Level 70 Culinarian Levequests Comparison | ||||||
| Levequest | Slippery Service | Meet for Meat | Cure for What Ails | |||
| Item | 3 | Frantoio Oil | 3 | Grilled Rail | 3 | Purple Carrot Juice |
| RECIPE | RECIPE | RECIPE | ||||
| Components | 5 | Frantoio | 1 | Rail Tenderloin | 3 | Purple Carrot |
| 2 | Frantoio Oil | 6 | Pixie Apple | |||
| 1 | Abalathian Rock Salt | |||||
| 1 | Solstice Garlic | |||||
| EXP | 508122 | 1778427 | 1016244 | |||
| Leve Type | Single | Single | Triple | |||
| Triple EXP? | – | – | 3048732 | |||
| Gil | 1600 | 2400 | 2400 | |||
What to do in this tier?
All of the levequests have a purpose, but I would think Purple Carrot Juice should be the “default leve choice”. If you’re tight on budget, you can opt for the Frantoio Oil if you’re flat broke, or the Grilled Rail.
Grinding is not bad either, as you can easily make the next tier’s levequest items, Frantoio Oils or Garden Beet Sugars – supported by engineering manuals.
Also, CUL is always a great class to scout collectables on. So always be on the lookout for some efficient ones.
Lots of options for CUL here and there’s no bad choice.
Culinarian L72 to 74
There’s a rotation upgrade at 73, which I talk about below the levequest discussion.
CUL L72 Levequests
| Level 72 Culinarian Levequests Comparison | ||||||
| Levequest | Soup for the Soldier | His Dark Utensils | Sweet Tooth | |||
| Item | 3 | Broad Bean Soup | 3 | Spaghetti al Nero | 3 | Caramels |
| RECIPE | RECIPE | RECIPE | ||||
| Components | 1 | Rail Tenderloin | 2 | Squid Ink | 3 | Garden Beet Sugar |
| 4 | Broad Beans | 1 | Frantoio Oil | 1 | Fermented Butter | |
| 2 | Buffalo Beans | 3 | Vermicelli | 3 | Sour Cream | |
| 1 | Highland Spring Water | 3 | Blood Tomato | |||
| 1 | Ala Mhigan Salt Crystal | |||||
| EXP | 1944498 | 2222284 | 833356 | |||
| Leve Type | Single | Single | Triple | |||
| Triple EXP? | – | – | 2500068 | |||
| Gil | 2556 | 3408 | 2556 | |||
L73 Rotation Upgrade (40 & 80 DUR)
These rotations are TECHNICALLY optional. But they are SHORTER – saves time. More importantly completes virtually any item 100% HQ until leveling to 80 (read notes for specifics). There’s no point to hold off upgrading rotation now… It’s also rated for higher L76 / L78 items.
L73 80 Durability Rotation Update
Macro Name: MSan L73/367C/80D /ac Reflect <wait.3> For 80 Durability, this rotation is what you’ll be using until L80. Well, this is the end of the road. True 100% success rate, only 13 Steps, and will cover your butt for EVERYTHING EXCEPT LEVEL 80 CRAFTS – of which are largely irrelevant for leveling.
/ac Manipulation <wait.2>
/ac “Preparatory Touch” <wait.3>
/ac “Standard Touch” <wait.3>
/ac Innovation <wait.2>
/ac “Preparatory Touch” <wait.3>
/ac “Tricks of the Trade” <wait.3>
/ac “Great Strides” <wait.2>
/ac “Byregot’s Blessing” <wait.3>
/ac Veneration <wait.2>
/ac Groundwork <wait.3>
/ac Groundwork <wait.3>
/ac “Careful Synthesis” <wait.3>
/echo DONE! 13 Steps? Why thanks, Mahiko San <se.2>Mahiko Sans “L73 Divine Creation” ™ 40 Durability Success Rate DoH L73 DoH L74 DoH L75 DoH L76 Recipe L73 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ Recipe L74 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ Recipe L75 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ Recipe L76 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ Recipe L77 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ Recipe L78 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ Recipe L79 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ
L73 40 Durability Rotation Update
Macro Name: MSan L73/352C/40D /ac Reflect <wait.3> This rotation obliterates any 40 durability item you will encounter during your leveling process while being only 13 steps, having true 100% success rate. Not bad.
/ac Manipulation <wait.2>
/ac “Prudent Touch” <wait.3>
/ac “Prudent Touch” <wait.3>
/ac “Prudent Touch” <wait.3>
/ac Innovation <wait.2>
/ac “Preparatory Touch” <wait.3>
/ac “Tricks of the Trade” <wait.3>
/ac “Great Strides” <wait.2>
/ac “Byregot’s Blessing” <wait.3>
/ac Veneration <wait.2>
/ac Groundwork <wait.3>
/ac “Careful Synthesis” <wait.3>
/echo DONE! Thanks Mahiko San, 13 Steps only! <se.2>Mahiko Sans “L73 Divine Creation” ™ 40 Durability Success Rate DoH L73 DoH L74 DoH L75 DoH L76 Recipe L73 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ Recipe L74 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ Recipe L75 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ Recipe L76 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ Recipe L77 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ Recipe L78 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ 100% HQ
If you need more CP, remember to just buy as many Scrip accessories as you need, or craft as many L71 right-sides and meld as you need. It’s very easy to reach these CP values, and you can easily choose your path to obtain it.
What to do in this tier?
Its either you go for triple Caramels from this tier’s leves (a possible cheaper option) or a previous tier leve (Purple Carrot Juice triple or Grilled Rail single). If you’re PDO – there’s the good ‘ol Frantoio Oil.
As always, when leveling CUL – check out how good the collectables are.
Culinarian L74 to 76
Culinarian L74 Levequests
| Level 74 Culinarian Levequests Comparison | ||||||
| Levequest | Can’t Eat Just One | One Last Meal | Mixology | |||
| Item | 3 | Night Vinegar | 3 | Mushroom Saute | 3 | Blood Tomato Juice |
| RECIPE | RECIPE | RECIPE | ||||
| Components | 5 | Royal Grapes | 1 | Creamtop Mushroom | 1 | Golden Honey |
| 1 | Frantoio Oil | 3 | Blood Tomato | |||
| 1 | Abalathian Rock Salt | 1 | Heavens Lemon | |||
| 1 | Fermented Butter | |||||
| EXP | 940476 | 2821428 | 1880952 | |||
| Leve Type | Single | Single | Triple | |||
| Triple EXP? | – | – | 5642856 | |||
| Gil | 2712 | 1808 | 2712 | |||
What to do in this tier?
Every triple mentioned so far is VIABLE. You can choose whichever you like. Caramels is probably cheapest, Blood Tomato Juice gives the most exp. If you want singles, this tier’s Mushroom Saute is great. Personally, I used Blood Tomato Juice triple here.
I feel like you have to TRY HARD TO MESS UP leveling CUL in SHB. The only terrible leves are some of the singles.
As usual – be on the lookout for collectables with CUL! If you need to save leves for other classes.
Culinarian L76 to 78
Start it off with a truly optional rotation update…
L76 Rotation Update *40 DUR Only*
I have a very minor rotation update for L76 40 DUR that simply reduces it to 12 steps. It’s not the end of the world if you don’t switch, but i’ll throw it out there anyway
Culinarian L76 Levequests
| Level 76 Culinarian Levequests Comparison | ||||||
| Levequest | On a Full Stomach | A Good Omen | Teetotally | |||
| Item | 3 | Sausage Links | 3 | Peppered Popotoes | 3 | Masala Chai |
| RECIPE | RECIPE | RECIPE | ||||
| Components | 1 | Ovim Meat | 1 | Sausage Links | 1 | Amber Cloves |
| 1 | Sheep Casings | 2 | Russet Popoto | 1 | Underground Spring Water | |
| 1 | Garden Beet Sugar | 1 | Curly Parsley | 1 | Coerthan Tea Leaves | |
| 1 | Table Salt | 1 | Abalathian Rock Salt | 1 | Steppe Milk | |
| 1 | Night Pepper | 1 | Night Pepper | 1 | Cinnamon | |
| EXP | 3620000 | 4344000 | 3620000 | |||
| Leve Type | Single | Single | Triple | |||
| Triple EXP? | – | – | 10860000 | |||
| Gil | 2868 | 2868 | 2868 | |||
What to do in this tier?
If you can afford Masala Chai triple leves – do it. The EXP is massive and the cost isn’t so bad. I wouldn’t consider the low level triples at this point.
If you wanna do single leves… I guess Sausage Links ain’t so bad if you want maximum GOLD/EXP ratio.
Collectables if you need to save leves for other classes. CUL has some great ones. I hate to say it again, haha.
Culinarian L78 to 80
You’re at the last stretch! Keep going!
Culinarian L78 Levequests
| Level 78 Culinarian Levequests Comparison | ||||||
| Levequest | Super Dark Times | A Happy End | A Cookie for Your Troubles | |||
| Item | 3 | Risotto al Nero | 3 | Paella | 3 | Coffee Biscuit |
| RECIPE | RECIPE | RECIPE | ||||
| Components | 1 | Squid Ink | 2 | Bomba Rice | 1 | Upland Wheat Flour |
| 1 | Bomba Rice | 1 | Rose Shrimp | 1 | Coffee Beans | |
| 1 | Curly Parsley | 1 | Frantoio Oil | 1 | Garden Beet Sugar | |
| 1 | Blood Tomato | 2 | Maneater Clam | |||
| 1 | Frantoio Oil | 1 | Paprika | |||
| 1 | Ala Mhigan Salt Crystal | 1 | Heavens Lemon | |||
| EXP | 4678568 | 5263389 | 2339284 | |||
| Leve Type | Single | Single | Triple | |||
| Triple EXP? | – | – | 7017852 | |||
| Gil | 4032 | 4032 | 3024 | |||
What to do in this tier?
Any of the previous three triples (Blood Tomato Juice, Masala Chai, Coffee Biscuits) are all viable. Masala Chai is chunkiest and Coffee Biscuits are cheap – so it’s up to you.
If you want mega EXP per ITEM, any of this tiers singles are fine, too, if you aren’t too strapped on leves.
If you ARE strapped on leves – it’s time for me to remind you, yet AGAIN, of CUL and it’s amazing collectables.
You got many options, and it’s hard to choose wrongly.
See you at L80 soon!
L80+ Culinarian, What next?
Congratulations! Well, that’s it for the Shadowbringers‘ tier. I have yet to decide if I will revive the end-game guides, lets see. But for now enjoy your L80 Culinarian and go level your other classes!!!
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tried to make salt but it says i dont have a fire shard?
:-(
Shards are like “super RAW materials” that often get overlooked. They’re the crystal looking things in the upper part of your recipe. They’re not normally considered “part” of a recipe when talking about ’em, haha.
great,but this needs updating since they have just removed some of the skills that are in your macro
Love the guide, but I have to say you should include doing the collectible Pixie Apple Pie at 74 if you have no leve allowances left. Mats are easy to obtain except for the yak milk for the butter, which I broke down and bought, but you could always use retainers to get enough. From 74-80 you only need roughly 100 collectibles using your 100% rotation.
you can buy yak milk from vendor in crystarium way cheaper then market board
For the leg of 40 to 50, I have found the Rolanberry cheese to be the best option, simply because other players sells stacks of 99 for very reasonable price.
If not on your own server, shop around.
This tip is valid for those with limited leve allowances.
Night Milk can be purchased from the Sahagin vendor for 84 gil each and if you gather your own rolanberries, that may make it the best for grinding from 40-45 and makes the leve even more attractable.
It being Rolanbarry Lassi
Here to point out that with Shadowbringers, Yak Milk is now buyable in Crystarium for 617 gil. This makes Ishgardian Muffin *buyable*
Unfortunately it’s true as of June 23, 2019. The Levequest is now called Gegeruju Gets Down with the objective of 3 pieces of cornbread to Ririphon.
If you have botany, dried plums is about the easiest thing there is for grinding up to level 25.
For the Lv 40 Leves, I would definitely reconsider doing the rolanberry cheese leves. You only need two resources, requires only 5 for a turn-in and one of the highest XP at 55,774 (NQ). Pastry fish need six resources, requires 9 pastry fish for a turn-in, and its XP is the lowest at 32,049 (NQ).
For people lazy like me, for levels 45-50. You can buy mulled tea from a vendor in the Kugane markets. I got a stack or 99 for about 25k gil, which was about enough to get from 45-50. Only downside is that this costs more leves.
i used this leve to 65 haha cheap and easy!
I don’t understand why you would use hasty touch 2 over hasty touch 1, it’s only 10% more success for a whole 7cp i haven’t personally really found it worth the cp
The lvl 25 Culinarian Guild Quest item: Aldgoat Steak doesn’t require HQ.
noted! Thanks
Should change lvl 20 Culinarian Guild Quest item name be Dried Prunes/Plums for some people who doesn’t know English or doesn’t read the dialogues.
changing this, too! :)
Did the triple walnut bread leve get nerfed? It only gives 5000 exp for me. Seems very wasteful when it’s asking for so much.
The 50-60 page should just be a picture of an Ishgardian Muffin.
Muffin is life.
When the muffin is the collectable it requires 1900 points to qualify. Using HQ Yak Milk starts you at 2040, so it is prime for using a macro to mass produce them while saving leves for other craft skills.
For 1-15, you need 99 rye.
So a quick Question: The 0-15 set only gets me to lv 12. That is with making half of everything by hand then quick synthing the rest. Also lacking the Company-issue Engineering Scroll.
Recommend adding that if you fall short, buying some Tiger Cod off the market (can also be bought in Limsa for 36gil but market for me has always been far cheaper) and making salt cod helps close the gap, can also go for lavender oil and cider if you’re also BTN or if the lavender and apples are cheep on the markets.
The math doesn’t add up for 0-15. You need 130,580 EXP for 0-15. The list calls for the creation of 260 items. That’s just over 500 EXP each as a reward. Half of these will not give 200, even boosted with the CG Scroll (Salt, Syrup, Sugar). You will be to level 5 before finishing the salt.
I did this, exactly as described above, with the CG Scroll. I also completed each of the guild missions when they became available (crafting the additional Grilled Trout and Grilled Dodo…as well as a stack of Olive Oil. Still level 12.
It’s not meant to get you there 100% of the time. RESTED + MANUALS + some good exp on manual crafts should get you up there (I cannot account for RNG). Also, it provides mats that weren’t buyable (I think you can buy table salt now) which you should have a stock of. It’s more of a value move.
For scrips at Lv 58-60, if you’ve got botanist levelled up, and ESPECIALLY if you’ve been muffin spamming and so have way more yakmilk than you started with: Frozen Spirits actually is lower level than Marron Glace, and yields more scrips.
So for the 20-25 tier, you suggest the walnut bread triple turnin. This will give about 15.5k exp nq. However, this also requires 9 walnut breads per turnin, making this option not at all material efficient. I found it best to continue to use the walnut bread courier from the 15-20 tier, as this option onky uses 1 walnut bread for turnin, and still gives 13k exp.
Loce your guides! This is probably the 4th or 5th I’ve used for crafting/gathering. Keep up the good work!
The cornmeal leve doesn’t seem to exist anymore, for the record. I am a sad panda now…
hmmm… this cannot be true… ?
Cornmeal exists. It’s in Limsa. I liked Cornbread better though…
During the 20-25 tier, the walnut bread turn-in [H] works really well in conjunction with Grape Juice [H] since they’re picked up from the same NPC and turned in to the same NPC. It nearly doubled my speed. Not to mention grape juice is very cheap to craft, making the material to EXP cost fairly low. The bread, as you mentioned, is not though. I turned in left-overs for dat easy exp.
!!!!!!!! ALL PRE COMMENTS BELOW ARE PRE 3.0 !!!!!!!!!
I’m going to assume you were able to HQ Ishgardian Muffins at 52? I’m finding it a bit hard ;( (I have the old 2.0 gear) 359 Craftsmanship/344Control 340CP
It’s definitely doable! If you’re having problems simply find HQ yak milks in the meantime.
For levels 15-20 the Leve called Rustic Repast in Aleport is by far the best way to go. You can buy the Chicken and Mushrooms from an NPC for 37 gil. The leve gives 12218 exp and 185 gil and is a quick run from the leve giver to the receiver.
Not bad! If you’re going the NPC buying route, this is okay.
ok so from what im noticing, courier leves are the best EXP of any tier, meaning if you were to have someone helping you level rather than doing it alone, would you consider purely sticking to couirer leves as they give the most bang:buck ratio in terms of leves:exp?
For the most part, yes. If cost is not an issue, courier leves are great. One thing courier sucks at? TIME. At level 35 onward, courier leves are slow as hell since they are NOT NEAR ANY AETHERYTE, and can increase “time spent” to level by up to 10 times.
I tried cornmeal but I find dark vinegar to be better. It uses the same grapes I was making juice out of and pays over 90k for hq
Minor correction: The level 25 quest doesn’t require the aldgoat steak to be high quality.
Thanks!
In the level 1-15 guide you need 99 rye to make 33 rye flour not 33
awesome guide man really helped me out keep up the good work
With Night Milk purchasable from the Reputation Vendor (Sahuagin) now, it makes Rolanberry Cheese for level 40-45 and the Rolanberry Lassi for 45-50 great choices. Highly recommend doing those now.
thank you for that!
ABSOLUTELY!!!! I was going to comment this, I have been using this guide and I was looking at Pastry fish and I cannot see how that is going to be easy whatsoever. Good guide but I really didn’t have to follow it exactly as I had lvled botany and had kept many things handy with retainer space especially HQ items.
Pastry fish isn’t that bad IMO, what seems to be the problem?
Haven’t made any comparision with the others, but the Gridanian Walnut’s has severely jumped up in price (at least on my server), especially since they long back ago (10/15/2013) removed them from the Shopkeep in Drybone. Is it still the best, and most valid choice to skill up on (lvl 15-20)?
Lavender Oil is the best way to pass this floor. Walnut are too expansive now
First off sorry for the super late comment! I also noticed the oddly high price of the walnut, making walnut bread a less ideal choice for those without (or too lazy to fetch with) botanist.
The Lv. 15 leves are in Swiftperch, not aleport. Great guide though!
I was wrong.
Salt Cod Puffs aren’t as bad as the guide makes it seem, since NQ salt cod can be bought from either the potwatch or independent culinarian npc near each town’s market board for 15g.
Other than that, great guide!
So you say to buy all those ingredients ,but dont mention that you need an equivalent in HQ… am i wrong?
I’m not sure what/when it changed, but the levemete in St. Coinach’s Find for level 45 leves asks for “cups of Rolanberry Lassi” instead of Tomato Pie. The description still sounds like Tomato Pie, but the objective itself states otherwise.
Also! Thank you for the awesome guide =) With it’s help, and 99 leve allowances, I got from 1-50 in about 3 days and a total of ~12 hours.
On my server, I was actually able to MAKE money buying leve items off the market boards and just running leves from 25-50. I literally did not have to craft a single thing during that time and I made ~15,000g profit. Crazy.
It could possibly have changed in a recent patch due to the difficulty of tomato pies craft. I will investigate!
It seems they fixed the description in the update last night:
“An issue wherein the journal’s listed objective for the tradecraft levequest “Red Letter Day” was listed as “Tomato Pie” when it should have been “Rolanberry Lassi.”
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/71744-NA-FINAL-FANTASY-XIV-A-Realm-Reborn-Hotfixes-%28Mar.-10%29?p=1935634&viewfull=1#post1935634
Nice! Guide updated to reflect.
Where do you submit Pea Soup for extra EXP?
Quarrymill!
Through the leve or is it external? Because through leve you can only submit 1 pea soup each leve.
Yes submit Pea Soup through leves.
Even while using a scroll and manually crafting every single thing I still only made it to the very start of level 12. (Second to last pie made me level) I think they may have changed some stuff around in the latest patches.
Crafting the same item won’t yield the same EXP each time! The more quality you manage to get, the higher exp you will receive! In the case of not reaching 15, you may want to use the Courier leve of your tier, and the “reverse courier”
I was lvl 11 and just got on my pie dough grind. I bought enough material’s to make 99 of them (less then 2000 gil). I’m now lvl 14 about to run it back.also I’m not using scroll’s
Good guide until the end. You cannot achieve the 255 control easily for tomato pie making.
Tomato Pie was recently raised to higher level with 2.1, pretty sure this guide was written before.
fixed!
Single leves have become far more efficient than triples.. i wouldnt suggest anyone do triples anymore.. courier leves in particular can be very rewarding.
Yes… our other crafting guides will be reflecting this, as well as the ones already posted (CUL WVR)
This is superb, thank you for spending the time to compile and write this up. Very much looking forward to the guides for other trades. Just hope that it’s not too affected by the Leve XP changes in 2.1 (some singles bumped up, triples bumped down?).
Kind words, Gannon. Thank you!