DAWNTRAIL Guides! Dawntrail L90-100 Miner Leveling, Botanist Leveling
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Goldsmith Leveling Guide L90 to 100 – Dawntrail Tier
Welcome to my Goldsmith 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 Goldsmith with ONLY SCRIP (Artful Afflatus) GEAR, while NOT NEEDING FANCY FOOD BUFFS.
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Goldsmith Leveling Dawntrail Tier
Reference, Gear, Prep, Notes
Goldsmith L90 to 98 Levequests Reference
| Job | L | Levequest Name | # | Item Needed | # nHQ next tier | XP HQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSM | 90 | Pendulums of Our Own | 1 | Lar Pendulums | 5.00 | 5390860 |
| GSM | 90 | On Board for Lar | 3 | Lar Ingot | 9.35 | 2881320 |
| GSM | 92 | Fan of the Foreign | 1 | Ruthenium Folding Fan | 5.02 | 6231280 |
| GSM | 92 | Guaranteed Gem | 3 | Ihuykanite | 9.39 | 3330500 |
| GSM | 94 | Sew Excited | 1 | Cobalt Tungsten Needle | 7.29 | 4909520 |
| GSM | 94 | Shiny and Good | 3 | Pink Beryl | 9.41 | 3804860 |
| GSM | 96 | Ringing Gratitude | 1 | White Gold Ring of Healing | 8.53 | 4838760 |
| GSM | 96 | Orders Anonymous | 1 | White Gold Halfmast of Maiming | 6.75 | 6119040 |
| GSM | 98 | Mask Maker | 1 | Black Star Mask of Casting | 6.76 | 6919080 |
| GSM | 98 | The Right Rod | 1 | Ra'Kaznar Rod | 5.59 | 8366760 |
GSM 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 Goldsmith, 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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Goldsmith 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.
GSM L90 Levequests & Collectable Note
| GSM Level 90 Levequest Item Comparison | |||||
| Levequest | Pendulums of Our Own | – | On Board for Lar | ||
| Item | 1 | Lar Pendulums | 3 | Lar Ingot | |
| EXP | 2695430 | 1440660 | |||
| # Leves to L92 (HQ) | 5 | 9.35 | |||
| Ingredients | 2 | Lar Ingot | 15 | Lar Ore | |
| Ingredients | 2 | Mountain Chromite Ingot | 3 | High Durium Sand | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Star Quartz | |||
| Ingredients | 1 | Moon Gel | |||
| GSM L91 Collectable Info | ||
| Item: | Rarefied Lar Longbow | |
| EXP (Max): | 2335689 | |
| Ingredients | 2 | Lar Ingot |
| Ingredients | 1 | Mountain Chromite Ingot |
| Ingredients | 1 | Moon Gel |
Lar Pendulums (Pendulums of Our Own) is the “better levequest”, it needs only 5.00 Leves (HQ submission) to reach the next tier, GSM L92. As Compared to Lar Ingot (On Board for Lar) which needs 9.35 Leves (HQ submission). 5390860 XP vs. 2881320 XP (HQ submission).
Opposite ends of the spectrum here… a 6-component leve which is the best possible EXP, and an ingot leve – which is a budget option.
The GSM L91 Collectable is Rarefied Lar Longbow, you need 11.53 max collectability submissions to reach the next tier, L92. Each one gives 2335689 EXP at max collectability.
Basic collectable, not much to say here. Do these if saving leves.
GSM 90-92, what to do this tier?
Well, not much options here – and they’re obvious as well. If you want max EXP go for the Pendulums. If you wanna save money, go for the ingots. Saving leves? Collectables.
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Goldsmith Leveling 92 to 94
No rotation update or anything – keep goin!
GSM L92 Levequests & Collectable Note
| GSM Level 92 Levequest Item Comparison | |||||
| Levequest | Fan of the Foreign | – | Guaranteed Gem | ||
| Item | 1 | Ruthenium Folding Fans | 3 | Ihuykanite | |
| EXP | 3115640 | 1665250 | |||
| # Leves to L94 (HQ) | 5.02 | 9.39 | |||
| Ingredients | 1 | Ihuykanite | 9 | Raw Ihuykanite | |
| Ingredients | 3 | Ruthenium Ingot | 3 | Annite Whetstone | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Lar Ingot | |||
| Ingredients | 1 | Star Quartz | |||
| GSM L93 Collectable Info | ||
| Item: | Rarefied Ihuykanite Circlet | |
| EXP (Max): | 2720952 | |
| Ingredients | 2 | Ihuykanite |
| Ingredients | 2 | Ruthenium Ingot |
Ruthenium Folding Fans (Fan of the Foreign) is the “better levequest”, it needs only 5.02 Leves (HQ submission) to reach the next tier, GSM L94. As Compared to Ihuykanite (Guaranteed Gem) which needs 9.39 Leves (HQ submission). 6231280 XP vs. 3330500 XP (HQ submission).
The same exact setup as last tier. A 6-component leve and an ingot leve.
The GSM L93 Collectable is Rarefied Ihuykanite Circlet, you need 11.49 max collectability submissions to reach the next tier, L94. Each one gives 2720952 EXP at max collectability.
Basic collectable, not much to say here. Do these if saving leves.
GSM 92-94, what to do this tier?
Ehhh, it’s pretty much the same as L90. Choose whichever 6-component you like for most EXP (Ideally this tiers Folding Fans). If saving money, choose whichever “ingot” leve you like (L90 Lar Ingot or Ihuykanite).
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Goldsmith 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
GSM L94 Levequests & Collectable Note
| GSM Level 94 Levequest Item Comparison | |||||
| Levequest | Sew Excited | – | Shiny and Good | ||
| Item | 1 | Cobalt Tungsten Needle | 3 | Pink Beryl | |
| EXP | 2454760 | 1902430 | |||
| # Leves to L96 (HQ) | 7.29 | 9.41 | |||
| Ingredients | 1 | Pink Beryl | 9 | Raw Pink Beryl | |
| Ingredients | 2 | Cobalt Tungsten Ingot | 3 | Annite Whetstone | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Mountain Linen | |||
| GSM L95 Collectable Info | ||
| Item: | Rarefied Cobalt Tungsten Tuck | |
| EXP (Max): | 3122973 | |
| Ingredients | 2 | Pink Beryl |
| Ingredients | 1 | Cobalt Tungsten Ingot |
| Ingredients | 1 | Magnesia Whetstone |
Cobalt Tungsten Needle (Sew Excited) is the “better levequest”, it needs only 7.29 Leves (HQ submission) to reach the next tier, GSM L96. As Compared to Pink Beryl (Shiny and Good) which needs 9.41 Leves (HQ submission). 4909520 XP vs. 3804860 XP (HQ submission).
Another “ingot” levequest makes this three tiers in a row… Notably, the previous tiers Folding Fans are better than these leves.
The GSM L95 Collectable is Rarefied Cobalt Tungsten Tuck, you need 11.46 max collectability submissions to reach the next tier, L96. Each one gives 3122973 EXP at max collectability.
Basic collectable, not much to say here. Do these if saving leves.
GSM 92-94, what to do this tier?
Welp, folding Fans from L92 is the best EXP, but it’s gonna be the priciest. You have LOTS of budget options if you’re looking for something else, as the previous three tiers have a 40 durability option. It’s one path or the other, buddy.
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Goldsmith Leveling 96 to 98
No rotation update here…. the 96/97 rotation is the same as the 95 mentioned in previous tier.
GSM L96 Levequests & Collectable Note
| GSM Level 96 Levequest Item Comparison | |||||
| Levequest | Ringing Gratitude | – | Orders Anonymous | ||
| Item | 1 | White Gold Ring of Healing | 1 | White Gold Halfmask of Maiming | |
| EXP | 2419380 | 3059520 | |||
| # Leves to L98 (HQ) | 8.53 | 6.75 | |||
| Ingredients | 1 | White Gold Ingot | 2 | White Gold Ingot | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Titanium Gold Nugget | 1 | Titanium Gold Nugget | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Pink Beryl | 1 | Pink Beryl | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Grade 1 Gemsap of Mind | 1 | Grade 1 Gemsap of Strength | |
White Gold Halfmask of Maiming (Orders Anonymous) is the “better levequest”, it needs only 6.75 Leves (HQ submission) to reach the next tier, GSM L98. As Compared to White Gold Ring of Healing (Ringing Gratitude) which needs 8.53 Leves (HQ submission). 6119040 XP vs. 4838760 XP (HQ submission).
There’s almost no reason to do the Ring, as the Halfmask is “equally” cost-effective EXP per component wise. Annoyingly, the L92 Folding Fans are still better than these, but is cost inefficient at this point.
The GSM L97 Collectable is Rarefied White Gold Choker, you need 11.52 max collectability submissions to reach the next tier, L98. Each one gives 3583647 EXP at max collectability.
Basic collectable, not much to say here. Do these if saving leves.
GSM 96-98, what to do this tier?
You can stop doing the Folding Fans if you want as the EXP diff is negligible at this point. Halfmask from this tier is your new “default” for cost-efficiency. If on a budget, choose any of the previous 40 DUR leves.
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Warning: There’s a tiny bit of a roadbump ahead.
Goldsmith 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 Goldsmith 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.
GSM L98 Levequests & Collectable Note
| GSM Level 98 Levequest Item Comparison | |||||
| Levequest | Mask Maker | – | The Right Rod | ||
| Item | 1 | Black Star Mask of Casting | 1 | Ra’Kaznar Rod | |
| EXP | 3459540 | 4183380 | |||
| # Leves to L100 (HQ) | 6.76 | 5.59 | |||
| Ingredients | 1 | Black Star | 2 | Black Star | |
| Ingredients | 2 | Ra’Kaznar Ingot | 2 | Ra’Kaznar Ingot | |
| Ingredients | 1 | White Gold Ingot | 1 | Acacia Lumber | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Grade 1 Gemsap of Intelligence | 1 | Sanctified Water | |
| GSM L99 Collectable Info | ||
| Item: | Rarefied Ra’Kaznar Orrery | |
| EXP (Max): | 4067919 | |
| Ingredients | 2 | Black Star |
| Ingredients | 1 | Ra’Kaznar Ingot |
| Ingredients | 3 | Sanctified Water |
Ra’Kaznar Rod (The Right Rod) is the “better levequest”, it needs only 5.59 Leves (HQ submission) to reach the next tier, GSM L100. As Compared to Black Star Mask of Casting (Mask Maker) which needs 6.76 Leves (HQ submission). 8366760 XP vs. 6919080 XP (HQ submission).
The rod is only the second 6-component leve for GSM in Dawntrail. There’s no reason to do the Black Star Mask, as the Rod is just as efficient.
The GSM L99 Collectable is Rarefied Ra’Kaznar Orrery, you need 11.50 max collectability submissions to reach the next tier, L100. Each one gives 4067919 EXP at max collectability.
Basic collectable, not much to say here. Do these if saving leves.
GSM 98-100, what to do this tier?
Well, Ra’Kaznar Rod is godly. Do this until you’re close to 100, as they give a whippping 8m+ per submission. When you’re close, just do whatever leve (or other activity) to get you to 100.
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Summary, Outro, Related Info
Well well well, another tier in the (saw)dust! Hopefully my Goldsmith 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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The “L76 Rotation Update *40 DUR Only*” didn’t work out for me. It finish’s progress with quality below 20%.
The “L74 Rotation 40 DUR” works for level 1 and level 80 items.
I’ve tried Trial Synthesis with them.
Hmm you sure it fired off properly? I’ll double check it. Thankfully the L74 works up to 80 in most cases? Thanks for the heads up
Level 35-50 isn’t accessible.. pls help i’ve just come back to my level 35 Gsmth. Guides are awesome
Seems to be working fine, it’s still happening?
working now
I have never said thanks to anyone else in my life (totals combined) as much as I have said thanks to Mahiko-san!
Thank you Mahiko-san!
You’re welcome haha :)
Similar issue in 20 – 25 tier. Says the leve is for Brass Rings but its actually for Brass Ring.
sorry… I just pluralized it… all the same, I edited it for clarity. Thanks!
You mention in the Optional Rotation level 64: 40Durability 1058difficulty that weaver has no name/brand. This is incorrect. Weaver has Name of Lightning and Brand of Lightning. It is Goldsmith (GSM) that does not have a brand/name ability and must cross class into it.
I ended up leveling through leves that required Koppranickel Ingots, as suggested by the guide from 62-66. I went all the way to 70 with it. Reason being was the following:
1. Easy rotation to acquire the mats to make with a level 70 miner
2. Roughly 700K XP per triple turn-in
3. Durium Ingot was roughly 500K XP per turn-in
Yes, I realize making one ingot saves more on material costs than making three of them. However, getting 700K XP per leve was worth it. I’d have more leves to use to push to 70.
One other hint for people. Don’t forget to leverage your challenge log crafts (even the melding challenge!) for some cheap, easy XP once per week. Also, do the Custom Deliveries every week. That’s a ton of XP.
Suggest updating this for Mogek The Marvelous (Churning Mists) Lvl 50-60 Moogle Beast Tribe Quests and Idyllshire – Weekly Custom Deliveries Lvl 60+
Yes, thanks for the reminder. I plan to add moogle to all the crafting guides @ 60.
At level 56 you get a Collectable for Star Ruby, yields 6 scrip, and 103k xp for 2600+ quality. For just 3 raw star ruby and a basilisk whetstone (pre-HW component!) it is fairly quick to mine, dirt cheap to make, and gets you started on scrip farming. Would take around 100 to go from 56 to 60
Oh Star Ruby huh? Never got this during my time but this is a very good suggestion!
The quest giver for 50 – 60 is a guy called Marcel in Ul’dah, not in Mor Dhona.
Ah, yes sorry for the typo. Can’t forget good’ol marcel.
who is the levequest giver?
In U’dah adventurers guild for Hometown leves. “Away” leves are different per tier.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!ALL COMMENTS BELOW ARE PRE-3.0 UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!
Level 50-60 guide coming soon??
like.. now!
Where is scorpions crossing, this site and wiki doesn’t even list such a place…
Scorpions crossing is a non-aetheryte mini town right outside Ul’dah.
No1 seems to want to give me a courier quest i have all leve guys unlocked but i got eustace and he only offers me regualr leve quests?
Courier quests aren’t marked as such. They appear as normal levequests, and they start from the HOMETOWN. You can tell it’s a courier if the little image shows the the place you’re going (In GSM’s case, “NOT ULDAH”)
A better way to tell if it’s a courier leve is to look at the icon in the upper-right of the window. Ingenuity is what they’re called (http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Ingenuity) and it’s the picture of the lady giving bread to a guy. Every single leve with that icon is a courier delivery.
I think for Level 1 Courier leve are now Band Bone (Home to Local) and handfulls of Copper Rings (5) (Local to Home)
For the Flourite Ring in the level 25-30 levequests. It is now flourite earrings instead.
Lemme check this out
The worm fang needles give 31098 exp (62196 for HQ) and the silver chokers give 30282 exp (60564) for the level 30-35 GSM leves. both are the same turn in location and both are easy mats to get a hold of. So you end up getting more exp with the needles.
“GSM 10: 12x Copper Rings”
This needs to be more specific as I just crafted 12 Copper Rings rather than 12 handfuls of copper rings, which are actually needed.
I’m sorry but the in-game description of “Copper Ring” versus “Copper Rings” is quite vague, no? I guess SE should change it to like copper ringlet
Would be helpful to show what to grind on from 0 to15. You advised not to use levequests, but do not provide the alternative method.
Hmm I guess I should edit to be more specific. Courier <-> Reverse courier leves are SUPER VALUE in this tier, but regulars are JUNK
Ah ok, I have been trying to find items to grind on for 1 to 15 as I noticed that some of your guides have them and some do not. I would rather save the leves for the higher level when trying to level up crafting on multiple classes at the same time. Maybe you can add what items to grind on for 1 to 15.
That just happened to me toooooooo