FFXIV Leatherworker Leveling Guide L1 to 100 (Dawntrail UPDATE)

LTW Leveling Guide 50-60

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Leatherworker Leveling Guide - NAV: [0-15] [15-35] [35-50] | [50-60]
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ISHGARD NOBLE HOUSES HATE HIM! Find out how to level LTW quickly NOW! Seriously though – Welcome to the leatherworker leveling guide 50 to 60 edition! For quick reference I’ll be putting the LTW levequest and class quest items up top.

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– Mahiko “-ach” San.

Leatherworking Levequest Table 50 to 60

You can find a COMPLETE (All eight DoH classes) List of the above and below tables here: Full listing of 3.0 DOH Leve/Class Quest Items.

Leatherworker Class Quest Table 50 to 60

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Before you begin LTW 50+

• Go to the Leatherworker guild in Gridania, and get your quest to point you to your new quest giver.
• It’s now in Ishgard! Elde (Jewelled Crozier) is your quest giver… and client!
• You get 3 Commercial Issue Crafting Manuals: Use them wisely! Read the damn tooltip.
• Reminder: DO YOUR GC TURN-IN EVERYDAY. The EXP is worth the skin off your own back.
• Go to Ishgard and complete the quest “Inscrutable Tastes“. It unlocks the Scrip turn-in system.

Crafting Scrips, turn-ins and your Leatherworker:

So how does this all work? Basically, you craft Collectibles and hand them in for EXP, and later on, Scrips. This acts like a ‘free’ levequest! It’s infinitely repeatable – as long as you can afford to make the items. How do you craft a collectible? Using the skill Collectible Synthesis gives you a status effect wherein anything you craft will end up as a collectible.

UNLIKE NORMAL CRAFTING HQ% doesn’t matter. An items collectability is defined by its quality upon completion. So you don’t need to “HQ” everything you craft – just make sure you reach the minimum collectability! When you’re done, you’re prompted to keep the item as a collectible, or complete the synthesis normally. These items cannot be stacked, sold or traded. You may also “lower” an item from a collectible to a regular item!

Leatherworking Level 50 to 52

Leveling up your retainer (Battle class) is EXTREME value for Leatherworker (and other DoH)

LTW 50 Levequest comparison:

• Archaeoskin Belt of Striking: The clear cut winner in this tier for cost-efficiency.
• Archaeoskin Jackboots of Gathering: No…
• Archaeoskin Gloves of Aiming:(R) Not bad if you’d prefer triples.

What I did in this tier: Before you go any further please note – the difference between 50 and 51 is huge. You get a significant bonus in ease of crafting 3.0 recipes once you hit 51. If you have a retainer who can do ventures, may as well get a few Archaeornis Skin.

In terms of levequests, the Belt of Striking is just hands down the best. While none of them are really stinky, it’s just the belt is so cheap. If you prefer triples, the Gloves of Aiming aren’t so painful.

LTW 52,53 Gear Check: Depending on how solid your DOH gear was coming into 50+, upgrading your Mainhand at L52 to Mythrite LTW Knife, and Offhand at 53 to Mythrite Awl is a significant gain in stats. Just as HQ Rainbow Coatee. These three slots contain the bulk of your stats – don’t bother with the other items just yet.

Leatherworking Level 52 to 54

LTW 52 Levequest comparison:

• Wyvernskin Mane of Fending: Good, closely linked to the next leve.
• Wyvern Leather: May be tough for you to HQ on your own.
• Wyvernskin Belt of Scouting:(R) Cheap, but you may not like triples.

Any leve is good here – read the notes below

What I did in this tier: Just gonna casually remind ya about the 52 and 53 gear upgrades noted above. I started this tier by making a TON of Wyvern Leather. Like seriously make as many as you can afford (Retainers, again…).

Of these Wyvern Leathers you can choose to do ANYTHING with them (just make sure to save a few for yourself)

1. I utilized the NQ leathers to create HQ Mane of Fending or Belt of Scouting
2. Turn in a few of the HQ’s for the straight Wyvern Leather Leve.
3. If you’re having a tough time, use HQ leathers for the Mane/Belt.

I can’t personally advise you what to do since every players stats/situation are quite different at this point. Just use the above data points to help you choose what’s best for you. This tier is quite painless anyway.

Leatherworking Level 54 to 56

LTW 54 Levequest comparison:

• Dhalmelskin Leggings of Aiming: Price factor – Titanium Nugget.
• Dhalmelskin Vest: Price factor – Hardsilver Nugget & Lots of Ramie.
• Dhalmelskin Breeches of Maiming:(R) Price factor: Extra Dhalmel, Wyvern.

What I did in this tier: I’ll say it again… retainers retainers… Dhalmelskin price varies wildly so your personal happiness may vary too.

In this tier all the leves are very similar, with only a few items setting the difference of price between each other. As I noted above, those are the main differences between each leve. I chose the vest since I had a lot of Ramie/Hardsilver at the time (and no Titanium).

As much as I’d like to give a clear answer here, I really can’t. But here’s some small advice:

1. Leggings: have the least components, so least hassle. (Rubber is meh)
2. Vest has the most components, bad if Ramie is expensive.
3. Breeches good if you have leftover Wyvern Leather (but costs +1 Dhalmel)

so go on ahead and to the calculations when you’re about to head into this tier.

LTW Level 56 – Scrip tier collectibles: Once you hit 56 you’ve now entered the scrip tier! Trust me on this, you’re going to need ALOT of these guys. LTW may not be the best scrip class, but the mats are easy to come by via retainers so it’s quite “friction-less”, even if the value isn’t too hot.

Leatherworking Level 56 to 58

LTW 56 Levequest comparison:

• Dragonskin Wristbands: Cheap, value EXP – but may be difficult.
• Dragonskin Gloves of Healing: TOO EXPENSIVE.
• Dragon Leather:(R) Decent baseline type of leve.

What I did in this tier: Just like any tier (or more similarly to the 52 tier) I started with crafting a ton of Dragon Leathers. I used NQ ones to attempt making HQ Wristbands.

The only problem with this strategy is the base difficulty of Wristband. It’s a 58 craft so you may need some luck or all HQ mats for it. If it proves too much, simply spam the Dragon Leathers! Other than that, there isn’t much else to note about this tier.

Technically speaking, the less  I have to write about a tier, the better it is for us…

Leatherworking Level 58 to 60

LTW 58 Levequest comparison:

• Serpentskin Armguards of Maiming: Heh.
• Serpentskin Ringbelt of Aiming: Very slimly the ‘least disgusting’ leve.
• Serpentskin Thighboots of Casting:(R) Heh.

LTW is smooth sailing up to this point. Welcome to hell.

What I did in this tier: Guys, take it easy in this tier. Take your time and you should do fine! Rushing this tier will result in a loss of either happiness or gil. If you’re rich, go and rush it – because happiness ain’t cheap!

What I personally did: was use up all my three (or more) Commercial Issue Engineering Manual here. Simply grind on a bunch of Dragon Leather and Amphiptere Leather. Aside from this you can:

1. Do GC turn-ins for a few days
2. Do older leves
3. Grind on Dragon / Amp Leather (I did a lot of this)
4. Use your Company Issue Engineering Manual
5. Save up for a fresh chunk of crafting logs (Weekly Reset)

Whatever you choose, it’s probably gonna sacrifice either SPEED, EFFICIENCY or GIL (+sanity). It’s times and tiers like these that I have to face that there’s no one real best way to advise everyone all the time. Good luck on the last stretch to 60!

Made it by the skin of your teeth in the Heavensward tier, hyg! Grats on hitting 60 LTW! Always remember what Elde taught you… Tradition should never stop you from trying!  For more awesome FFXIV updates, Like us on Facebook!

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Leatherworker Leveling Guide - NAV: [0-15] [15-35] [35-50] | [50-60]
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