DAWNTRAIL Guides! Dawntrail L90-100 Miner Leveling, Botanist Leveling
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Culinarian Leveling Guide L90 to 100 – Dawntrail Tier
Welcome to my Culinarian 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 Culinarian with ONLY SCRIP (Artful Afflatus) GEAR, while NOT NEEDING FANCY FOOD BUFFS.
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Culinarian Leveling Dawntrail Tier
Reference, Gear, Prep, Notes
Culinarian L90 to 98 Levequests Reference
| Job | L | Levequest Name | # | Item Needed | # nHQ next tier | XP HQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUL | 90 | Friends Are Food | 3 | Boiled Alpaca Steak | 7.86 | 3427140 |
| CUL | 90 | More Mezcal | 9 | Cooking Mezcal | 9.35 | 2881320 |
| CUL | 92 | Not-so-secret Ingredient | 9 | Royal Maple Syrup | 9.39 | 3330500 |
| CUL | 92 | Don't Knock It Till You've Tried It | 3 | Mezcal-marinated Swampmonk | 7.01 | 4461800 |
| CUL | 94 | Creative Chocolate | 3 | Gateaux Au Chocolat | 7.51 | 4765900 |
| CUL | 94 | Simple is Hardest | 3 | Spagheeti Al Olio E Peperoncino | 8.77 | 4083800 |
| CUL | 96 | Najoothie | 3 | Wild Banana Blend | 6.99 | 5904600 |
| CUL | 96 | Bring Me Your Tacos | 3 | Tacos al Pastor | 7.45 | 5542920 |
| CUL | 98 | Ocean Explosion | 3 | Acqua Pazza | 7.29 | 6412400 |
| CUL | 98 | Sweet, Sweet Bean Juice | 3 | Mesquite Juice | 8.05 | 5807980 |
CUL 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 Culinarian, 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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Culinarian 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.
CUL L90 Levequests & Collectable Note
| CUL Level 90 Levequest Item Comparison | |||||
| Levequest | Friends Are Food | – | More Mezcal | ||
| Item | 3 | Boiled Alpaca Steak | 9 | Cooking Mezcal | |
| EXP | 1713570 | 1440660 | |||
| # Leves to L92 (HQ) | 7.86 | 9.35 | |||
| Ingredients | 1 | Cooking Mezcal | 15 | Megamaguey Pineapple | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Alpaca Fillet | |||
| Ingredients | 1 | Lemonette | |||
| Ingredients | 2 | Northern Sea Salt | |||
| Ingredients | 1 | Galago Mint | |||
| CUL L91 Collectable Info | ||
| Item: | Rarefied Boiled Alpaca Steak | |
| EXP (Max): | 2335689 | |
| Ingredients | 2 | Cooking Mezcal |
| Ingredients | 2 | Alpaca Fillet |
| Ingredients | 1 | Lemonette |
| Ingredients | 2 | Galago Mint |
Boiled Alpaca Steak (Friends Are Food) is the “better levequest”, it needs only 7.86 Leves (HQ submission) to reach the next tier, CUL L92. As Compared to Cooking Mezcal (More Mezcal) which needs 9.35 Leves (HQ submission). 3427140 XP vs. 2881320 XP (HQ submission).
While the steak is obviously better, the Mezcal is dirt cheap and gives a decent amount of EXP – both are valid choices.
The CUL L91 Collectable is Rarefied Boiled Alpaca Steak, you need 11.53 max collectability submissions to reach the next tier, L92. Each one gives 2335689 EXP at max collectability.
As always, CUL collectables will ALWAYS be a valid choice since there’s a chance they’re dirt cheap. Be on the lookout.
CUL 90-92, what to do this tier?
If not lazy, check out if the collectable is worth it. It’s a great way to preserve your levequests. Otherwise, either levequest is fine. Both are comparable in EXP, but the Cooking Mezcal is likely much much cheaper.
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Culinarian Leveling 92 to 94
No rotation update or anything – keep goin!
CUL L92 Levequests & Collectable Note
| CUL Level 92 Levequest Item Comparison | |||||
| Levequest | Not-so-secret Ingredient | – | Don’t Knock It Till You’ve Tried It | ||
| Item | 9 | Royal Maple Syrup | 3 | Mezcal-marinated Swampmonk | |
| EXP | 1665250 | 2230900 | |||
| # Leves to L94 (HQ) | 9.39 | 7.01 | |||
| Ingredients | 18 | Royal Maple Sap | 1 | Cooking Mezcal | |
| Ingredients | 2 | Swampmonk Thigh | |||
| Ingredients | 1 | Mountain Salt | |||
| Ingredients | 2 | Perilla Oil | |||
| CUL L93 Collectable Info | ||
| Item: | Rarefied Banana Ponzecake | |
| EXP (Max): | 2720952 | |
| Ingredients | 2 | Royal Maple Syrup |
| Ingredients | 3 | Wild Ja Tiika Bananas |
| Ingredients | 1 | Upland Wheat Flour |
| Ingredients | 1 | Egg of Elpis |
Mezcal-marinated Swampmonk (Don’t Knock It Till You’ve Tried It) is the “better levequest”, it needs only 7.01 Leves (HQ submission) to reach the next tier, CUL L94. As Compared to Royal Maple Syrup (Not-so-secret Ingredient) which needs 9.39 Leves (HQ submission). 4461800 XP vs. 3330500 XP (HQ submission).
Kind of the same story as the previous tier. A 40 durability cheap leve, and a regular one. Of course, the Swampmonk is preferable since it gives a little more EXP!
The CUL L93 Collectable is Rarefied Banana Ponzecake, you need 11.49 max collectability submissions to reach the next tier, L94. Each one gives 2720952 EXP at max collectability.
As always, CUL collectables will ALWAYS be a valid choice since there’s a chance they’re dirt cheap. Be on the lookout. This one in particular is notable. With only Egg of Elpis as an “animal part”, it has a particular chance to be really cheap.
CUL 92-94, what to do this tier?
As always, check the collectables if you’re low on leves. Otherwise, do any of the levequests thus far prioritizing the L92 ones. There’s a normal and budget option in BOTH tiers.
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Culinarian 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
CUL L94 Levequests & Collectable Note
| CUL Level 94 Levequest Item Comparison | |||||
| Levequest | Creative Chocolate | – | Simple is Hardest | ||
| Item | 3 | Gateau Au Chocolat | 3 | Spagheeti al Olio e Peperoncino | |
| EXP | 2382950 | 2041900 | |||
| # Leves to L96 (HQ) | 7.51 | 8.77 | |||
| Ingredients | 1 | Whipped Cream | 1 | Turali Corn Oil | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Sweet Kukuru Bean | 2 | Dragon Pepper | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Upland Wheat Flour | 1 | Frantoio Oil | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Egg of Elpis | 1 | Ambrosial Water | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Fermented Butter | 1 | Upland Wheat Flour | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Palm Sugar | |||
| CUL L95 Collectable Info | ||
| Item: | Rarefied Turali Pineapple Ponzecake | |
| EXP (Max): | 3122973 | |
| Ingredients | 2 | Turali Pineapple |
| Ingredients | 2 | Whipped Cream |
| Ingredients | 2 | Garlean Cheese |
| Ingredients | 1 | Lemonette |
Gateau Au Chocolat (Creative Chocolate) is the “better levequest”, it needs only 7.51 Leves (HQ submission) to reach the next tier, CUL L96. As Compared to Spagheeti al Olio e Peperoncino (Simple is Hardest) which needs 8.77 Leves (HQ submission). 4765900 XP vs. 4083800 XP (HQ submission).
The Chocolat is the first leve that kind of pulls “ahead” of its peers. No budget options here, but they’re similar enough that I wouldn’t feel bad doing either if you’re strapped for cash.
The CUL L95 Collectable is Rarefied Turali Pineapple Ponzecake, you need 11.46 max collectability submissions to reach the next tier, L96. Each one gives 3122973 EXP at max collectability.
As always, CUL collectables will ALWAYS be a valid choice since there’s a chance they’re dirt cheap. Be on the lookout. Another great one, with Garlean Cheese being the only thing derived from “animal parts”.
CUL 94-96, what to do this tier?
As always, check the collectables pricing. Otherwise, Gateau Au Chocolat is a really great levequest – do it if you can. If you’re on a budget, the L90 Cooking Mezcal or L92 Royal Maple Syrup are there to save you.
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Culinarian Leveling 96 to 98
No rotation update here…. the 96/97 rotation is the same as the 95 mentioned in previous tier.
CUL L96 Levequests & Collectable Note
| CUL Level 96 Levequest Item Comparison | |||||
| Levequest | Najoothie | – | Bring Me Your Tacos | ||
| Item | 3 | Wild Banana Blend | 3 | Tacos Al Pastor | |
| EXP | 2952300 | 2771460 | |||
| # Leves to L98 (HQ) | 6.99 | 7.45 | |||
| Ingredients | 2 | Wild Ja Tiika Bananas | 1 | Turali Pineapple | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Branchbearer Fruit | 1 | Ut’ohmu Chili Sauce | |
| Ingredients | 2 | Ovibos Milk | 1 | Dark Rye Flour | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Yak T’el Spring Water | 2 | Alien Onion | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Palm Sugar | 1 | Alpaca Fillet | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Lemonette | |||
| CUL L97 Collectable Info | ||
| Item: | Rarefied Salmon Jerky | |
| EXP (Max): | 3583647 | |
| Ingredients | 2 | Cooking Mezcal |
| Ingredients | 1 | Shaaloani Salmon |
| Ingredients | 2 | Mountain Salt |
| Ingredients | 2 | Yak T’el Spring Water |
Wild Banana Blend (Najoothie) is the “better levequest”, it needs only 6.99 Leves (HQ submission) to reach the next tier, CUL L98. As Compared to Tacos Al Pastor (Bring Me Your Tacos) which needs 7.45 Leves (HQ submission). 5904600 XP vs. 5542920 XP (HQ submission).
These are very close in EXP, so don’t feel bad choosing either.
The CUL L97 Collectable is Rarefied Salmon Jerky, you need 11.52 max collectability submissions to reach the next tier, L98. Each one gives 3583647 EXP at max collectability.
This collectable is very likely a bust. It needs FISH – which can drive the price up sky high. Unless you luck out and the fish it cheap, I’d almost always certainly look elsewhere for EXP… (even the lower tier collecs)
CUL 96-98, what to do this tier?
Check the collectables, but don’t hold your hopes for this tier (Shaaloani Salmon is your price chokepoint). Either of these L96 leves are decent, so choose whichever is best for you. Chocolat from previous tier is still OK.
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Warning: There’s a tiny bit of a roadbump ahead.
Culinarian 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 Culinarian 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.
CUL L98 Levequests & Collectable Note
| CUL Level 98 Levequest Item Comparison | |||||
| Levequest | Ocean Explosion | – | Sweet, Sweet Bean Juice | ||
| Item | 3 | Acqua Pazza | 3 | Mesquite Juice | |
| EXP | 3206200 | 2903990 | |||
| # Leves to L100 (HQ) | 7.29 | 8.05 | |||
| Ingredients | 1 | Cooking Mezcal | 2 | Mesquite Beans | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Devotion Clam | 1 | Wild Ja Tiika Bananas | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Bianaq Bream | 1 | Turali Pineapple | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Wind Parsley | 1 | Nopalitender Tuna | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Ut’ohmu Tomato | 1 | Yak T’el Spring Water | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Frantoio Oil | 1 | Palm Sugar | |
| CUL L99 Collectable Info | ||
| Item: | Rarefied Stuffed Peppers | |
| EXP (Max): | 4067919 | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Turali Corn Oil |
| Ingredients | 2 | Ut’ohmu Chili Sauce |
| Ingredients | 1 | Alpaca Fillet |
| Ingredients | 3 | Bell Pepper |
Acqua Pazza (Ocean Explosion) is the “better levequest”, it needs only 7.29 Leves (HQ submission) to reach the next tier, CUL L100. As Compared to Mesquite Juice (Sweet, Sweet Bean Juice) which needs 8.05 Leves (HQ submission). 6412400 XP vs. 5807980 XP (HQ submission).
Yet again, these are very close in EXP so if you’re worried about budget don’t sweat choosing either. While Acque Pazza is more powerful, Bianaq Bream stocks aren’t exactly stable…
The CUL L99 Collectable is Rarefied Stuffed Peppers, you need 11.50 max collectability submissions to reach the next tier, L100. Each one gives 4067919 EXP at max collectability.
With Alpaca Fillet being the only animal component, this has potential to be real cheap. As always, CUL collectables will ALWAYS be a valid choice since there’s a chance they’re dirt cheap. Be on the lookout.
CUL 98-100, what to do this tier?
Check the collectables pricing if you need to save leves! Otherwise, do either of these L98 levequests. As mentioned above, Bianaq Bream (being a fish) is your main budget concern when making Acqua Pazza. Mesquite Juice is almost always going to be more economical! GL to 100!
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Summary, Outro, Related Info
Well well well, another tier in the (saw)dust! Hopefully my Culinarian 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!
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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!