DAWNTRAIL Guides! Dawntrail L90-100 Miner Leveling, Botanist Leveling
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Leatherworker Leveling Guide L90 to 100 – Dawntrail Tier
Welcome to my Leatherworker 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 Leatherworker 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]
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Leatherworker Leveling Dawntrail Tier
Reference, Gear, Prep, Notes
Leatherworker L90 to 98 Levequests Reference
| Job | L | Levequest Name | # | Item Needed | # nHQ next tier | XP HQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LTW | 90 | The Perfect Accessory | 1 | Loboskin Amulet of Fending | 9.35 | 2881320 |
| LTW | 90 | Tenets of Tanning | 3 | Silver Lobo Leather | 9.35 | 2881320 |
| LTW | 92 | Dreams of Ja | 1 | Crocodileskin Leg Wraps of Scouting | 7.27 | 4297440 |
| LTW | 92 | Freezing Fingers | 1 | Crocodileskin Fingerless Gloves of Striking | 7.27 | 4297440 |
| LTW | 94 | Lending Artisans a Hand | 1 | Br'aaxskin Halfgloves of Crafting | 7.29 | 4909520 |
| LTW | 94 | Respect for Br'aax | 3 | Br'aax Leather | 9.41 | 3804860 |
| LTW | 96 | Giving Gatherers Their Gear | 1 | Gomphotherium Doublet of Gathering | 5.00 | 8250720 |
| LTW | 96 | Freezing Toes | 1 | Gomphotherium Boots of Striking | 6.75 | 6119040 |
| LTW | 98 | Just Generally Freezing | 1 | Gargantuaskin Trousers of Striking | 4.54 | 10299400 |
| LTW | 98 | Worqor Zormor or Bust | 1 | Gargantuaskin Shoes of Healing | 6.76 | 6919080 |
LTW 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 Leatherworker, 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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Leatherworker 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.
LTW L90 Levequests & Collectable Note
| LTW Level 90 Levequest Item Comparison | |||||
| Levequest | The Perfect Accessory | Tenets of Tanning | |||
| Item | 1 | Loboskin Amulet of Fending | 3 | Silver Lobo Leather | |
| EXP | 1440660 | 1440660 | |||
| # Leves to L92 (HQ) | 9.35 | 9.35 | |||
| Ingredients | 1 | Silver Lobo Leather | 12 | Silver Lobo Hide | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Snow Cotton Cloth | 12 | Eblan Alumen | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Star Quartz | |||
| LTW L91 Collectable Info | ||
| Item: | Rarefied Loboskin Fingerless Gloves | |
| EXP (Max): | 2335689 | |
| Ingredients | 2 | Silver Lobo Leather |
| 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 (The Perfect Accessory) Loboskin Amulet of Fending, or (Tenets of Tanning) Silver Lobo Leather.
What else is there to say – they give the same exp. While the leathers are likely cheaper, you need to make ’em thrice. (…or buy)
The LTW L91 Collectable is Rarefied Loboskin Fingerless Gloves, you need 11.53 max collectability submissions to reach the next tier, L92. Each one gives 2335689 EXP at max collectability.
Basic collectable, nothing special to say here. Do these if saving leves.
LTW 90-92, what to do this tier?
There’s not many options now ey? Two equal leves, and a collectable. Just do whichever is cheapest for you – avoid the collectable unless you really need to save leves.
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Leatherworker Leveling 92 to 94
No rotation update or anything – keep goin!
LTW L92 Levequests & Collectable Note
| LTW Level 92 Levequest Item Comparison | |||||
| Levequest | Dreams of Ja | – | Freezing Fingers | ||
| Item | 1 | Crocodileskin Leg Wraps of Scouting | 1 | Crocodileskin Fingerless Gloves of Striking | |
| EXP | 2148720 | 2148720 | |||
| # Leves to L94 (HQ) | 7.27 | 7.27 | |||
| Ingredients | 2 | Hammerhead Crocodile Leather | 2 | Hammerhead Crocodile Leather | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Mountain Linen | 1 | Mountain Linen | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Snow Cotton Cloth | 1 | Snow Cotton Cloth | |
| LTW L93 Collectable Info | ||
| Item: | Rarefied Crocodileskin Leggings | |
| EXP (Max): | 2720952 | |
| Ingredients | 2 | Hammerhead Crocodile Leather |
| Ingredients | 2 | Mountain Linen |
In this tier, both levequests give the EXACT same exp, needing only 7.27 HQ Levequest Submissions (2148720 base XP) to reach the next tier, L94. So pick whichever is CHEAPER for you between (Dreams of Ja) Crocodileskin Leg Wraps of Scouting, or (Freezing Fingers) Crocodileskin Fingerless Gloves of Striking.
Two tiers in a row, we got “equal” levequests…
The LTW L93 Collectable is Rarefied Crocodileskin Leggings, you need 11.49 max collectability submissions to reach the next tier, L94. Each one gives 2720952 EXP at max collectability.
Basic collectable, nothing special to say here. Do these if saving leves.
LTW 92-94, what to do this tier?
So in this tier, it’s two new levequests with the SAME EXACT EXP AND MATERIALS NEEDED, haha. So either you do one of these – or if you’re on a budget the previous tiers leathers are a good choice.
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Leatherworker 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
LTW L94 Levequests & Collectable Note
| LTW Level 94 Levequest Item Comparison | |||||
| Levequest | Lending Artisans a Hand | – | Respect for Br’aax | ||
| Item | 1 | Br’aaxskin Halfgloves of Crafting | 3 | Br’aax Leather | |
| EXP | 2454760 | 1902430 | |||
| # Leves to L96 (HQ) | 7.29 | 9.41 | |||
| Ingredients | 2 | Br’aax Leather | 12 | Br’aax Hide | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Sarcenet Cloth | 3 | Eblan Alumen | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Mountain Linen | |||
| LTW L95 Collectable Info | ||
| Item: | Rarefied Br’aaxskin Armlets | |
| EXP (Max): | 3122973 | |
| Ingredients | 2 | Br’aax Leather |
| Ingredients | 1 | Sarcenet Cloth |
| Ingredients | 1 | Hammerhead Crocodile Leather |
Br’aaxskin Halfgloves of Crafting (Lending Artisans a Hand) is the “better levequest”, it needs only 7.29 Leves (HQ submission) to reach the next tier, LTW L96. As Compared to Br’aax Leather (Respect for Br’aax) which needs 9.41 Leves (HQ submission). 4909520 XP vs. 3804860 XP (HQ submission).
Ah, finally some variety! The gloves are the most powerful leve thus far, and you have another budget option with Br’aax Leathers.
The LTW L95 Collectable is Rarefied Br’aaxskin Armlets, you need 11.46 max collectability submissions to reach the next tier, L96. Each one gives 3122973 EXP at max collectability.
Basic collectable, nothing special to say here. Do these if saving leves.
LTW 94-96, what to do this tier?
The best leve so far is this tiers gloves. The previous tiers leves are still valid if they’re much cheaper, as they’re all four component leves. As for budget levequests, this tiers Br’aaxskin Leathers are a great option.
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Leatherworker Leveling 96 to 98
No rotation update here…. the 96/97 rotation is the same as the 95 mentioned in previous tier.
LTW L96 Levequests & Collectable Note
| LTW Level 96 Levequest Item Comparison | |||||
| Levequest | Giving Gatherers Their Gear | – | Freezing Toes | ||
| Item | 1 | Gomphotherium Doublet of Gathering | 1 | Gomphotherium Boots of Striking | |
| EXP | 4125360 | 3059520 | |||
| # Leves to L98 (HQ) | 5 | 6.75 | |||
| Ingredients | 2 | Gomphotherium Leather | 2 | Gomphotherium Leather | |
| Ingredients | 2 | Rroneek Serge | 1 | Rroneek Serge | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Pink Beryl | 1 | Br’aax Leather | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Br’aax Leather | 1 | Grade 1 Gemsap of Strength | |
| LTW L97 Collectable Info | ||
| Item: | Rarefied Gomphotherium Brais | |
| EXP (Max): | 3583647 | |
| Ingredients | 2 | Gomphotherium Leather |
| Ingredients | 1 | Rroneek Serge |
| Ingredients | 1 | Cobalt Tungsten Ingot |
Gomphotherium Doublet of Gathering (Giving Gatherers Their Gear) is the “better levequest”, it needs only 5.00 Leves (HQ submission) to reach the next tier, LTW L98. As Compared to Gomphotherium Boots of Striking (Freezing Toes) which needs 6.75 Leves (HQ submission). 8250720 XP vs. 6119040 XP (HQ submission).
Finally, a six component levequest! The doublet gives 8m+ on an HQ submission. The boots are your typical four component leve.
The LTW L97 Collectable is Rarefied Gomphotherium Brais, you need 11.52 max collectability submissions to reach the next tier, L98. Each one gives 3583647 EXP at max collectability.
Basic collectable, nothing special to say here. Do these if saving leves.
LTW 96-98, what to do this tier?
The answer is obvious. Spam the Doublet levequest. 8m EXP is no joke. I wouldn’t bother with the boots. Doublet too pricey? You’d need to look at lower tiers for a budget option. The leather only leves are a decent option.
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Warning: There’s a tiny bit of a roadbump ahead.
Leatherworker 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 Leatherworker 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.
LTW L98 Levequests & Collectable Note
| LTW Level 98 Levequest Item Comparison | |||||
| Levequest | Just Generally Freezing | – | Worqor Zormor or Bust | ||
| Item | 1 | Gargantuaskin Trousers of Striking | 1 | Gargantuaskin Shoes of Healing | |
| EXP | 5149700 | 3459540 | |||
| # Leves to L100 (HQ) | 4.54 | 6.76 | |||
| Ingredients | 2 | Gargantua Leather | 2 | Gargantua Leather | |
| Ingredients | 2 | Thunderyards Silk | 1 | Thunderyards Silk | |
| Ingredients | 1 | White Gold Ingot | 1 | White Gold Ingot | |
| Ingredients | 1 | Gomphotherium Leather | 1 | Grade 1 Gemsap of Mind | |
| Ingredients | 2 | Grade 1 Gemsap of Strength | |||
| LTW L99 Collectable Info | ||
| Item: | Rarefied Gargantuaskin Trousers | |
| EXP (Max): | 4067919 | |
| Ingredients | 2 | Gargantua Leather |
| Ingredients | 1 | Thunderyards Silk |
| Ingredients | 1 | Ra’Kaznar Ingot |
Gargantuaskin Trousers of Striking (Just Generally Freezing) is the “better levequest”, it needs only 4.54 Leves (HQ submission) to reach the next tier, LTW L100. As Compared to Gargantuaskin Shoes of Healing (Worqor Zormor or Bust) which needs 6.76 Leves (HQ submission). 10299400 XP vs. 6919080 XP (HQ submission).
The trousers are a very rare 8 component levequest – it’s the most powerful levequest in all of Dawntrail (tied with one of the WVR 98 ones).
The LTW L99 Collectable is Rarefied Gargantuaskin Trousers, you need 11.50 max collectability submissions to reach the next tier, L100. Each one gives 4067919 EXP at max collectability.
Basic collectable, nothing special to say here. Do these if saving leves.
LTW 98-100, what to do this tier?
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Summary, Outro, Related Info
Well well well, another tier in the (saw)dust! Hopefully my Leatherworker 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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Just wondering if you will update the DoH class quest item reference for level 63 and above? Maybe compile it in one section like you did for level 1 – 50?
Class Quest items in Stormblood onwards aren’t “true items” anymore.
You might want to amend in some way the LTW HW quest item. The actual recipe name is the “Chivalric Longcoat of Aiming”. The autofill name at Gamer Escape *is* “Chivalric Battlecoat of Aiming” (and your link redirects to the Gamer Escape main page, looks like xovdb.com is gone but redirecting there). But, again, anyone just looking for the recipe in their LTW Master 3 book will find “longcoat”, not “battlecoat”.
Note that you cannot just cut and paste the macros–whatever publishing software is being used replaces single and double quotes with ones that are “prettier”, but which don’t work
They should be “fixed”? Care to chime in?
The ‘Swallowskin Shoes of Healing’ lvl78 triple leve give 7,019,030 exp per hand in. As everyone else says too; these guides are the best. I love DoH and DoL but I’m honestly not sure if I’d still play FFXIV if it wasn’t for your help breaking through the grind.
As a new player. All these acronyms in these guides make them useless to me. Just tell me what to kill and where to farm the materials.
Which acronyms are these?
I tried using this but I couldn’t follow it. I have no idea where to even start looking at the LTW 1 LEVE with something called The Bannock? I couldn’t find a Bannock anywhere on the gridania map. Where are we supposed to go to find the leve quests? The quest giver in the leatherworking place has a red mark over its head.
First off I would like to say terrific blog! I had a quick question in which I’d
like to ask if you do not mind. I was curious to find out how you center yourself and clear
your head prior to writing. I’ve had trouble clearing my mind in getting my
thoughts out. I do take pleasure in writing however it just seems like the first 10 to
15 minutes tend to be lost just trying to figure out how to begin. Any ideas
or tips? Cheers!
Oh man, I really don’t know… It takes practice though I’ve been doing it for years haha – but I always want to improve. My methods back then differ greatly from now. My only suggestion is to BEGIN somewhere, and remember to improve upon your tactics every so often! PM me on Tonberry – Mahiko San, if you wanna talk about it!
You deserve a kudos for this guide, most are boring as hell to read, and tedious to remember, this is written in a way that gamers will find both amusing and informative, good job *insert a thumbs up emoji here, cus why the hell not*
Just a small correction, for the level 64 leve quests Tiger Leather and Tigerskin boots are swapped. Tigerskin boots are actually for the single turn in Shoe on the other foot, and Tiger Leather is used for the Triple Turn in Tiger in the Sack.
Thanks for the heads up!
Even better.
For the ltw from lvl 56 you can turn in Dhalmel leather as collectable… imo, it’s the cheapest way to lvl up from 56 to 60. (Also happens with other jobs, like the WVR with Ramie cloth)
You get a bunch of dhalmel hides from reatiner and the dark chestnut logs gathered from forelands… then it’s just 2 or 3 hours of crafting with macros. (I used the 2.0 bis and the blue scrips chest)
This is value. Is it 100% chance? This didn’t appear in the list back then, although a lot of the “ingots” appear these days.
this is a basic shopping list for the recipes 1-15, feel free to use it to update your page
[1:46](Mizuki Hakufu) animal skin 1
[1:46](Mizuki Hakufu) leather 32
[1:46](Mizuki Hakufu) animal sinew 12
[1:46](Mizuki Hakufu) undyed hempen cloth 14
[1:46](Mizuki Hakufu) maple lumber 1
[1:46](Mizuki Hakufu) beast sinew 10
[1:46](Mizuki Hakufu) copper ingot 2
[1:46](Mizuki Hakufu) ash lumber 2
[1:46](Mizuki Hakufu) iron ingot 2
[1:46](Mizuki Hakufu) iron rivets 1
[1:46](Mizuki Hakufu) bronze ingot 12
[1:46](Mizuki Hakufu) hempen yarn 5
[1:46](Mizuki Hakufu) bronze rivets 6
[1:46](Mizuki Hakufu) rubber 8
[1:46](Mizuki Hakufu) animal glue 1
[1:46](Mizuki Hakufu) bone chip 2
[1:46](Mizuki Hakufu) animal hide 1
[1:46](Mizuki Hakufu) hard leather 33
Thank you mizuki, this is one of the things I’ve been struggling to update given the amount of updates I have to do. I’ll integrate this once I test and format the guides to the “new standard”! Thank you!
ALL COMMENTS BELOW ARE PRE-HEAVENSWARD!!!!
For the 25-30 there is the leve “Campaign in the Membrane” with Toadskin Jacket being handed in
The courier and local leves at 35 are mixed up; the courier leve requests boarskin ringband while the local leve “Soft Shoe Shuffle” requires the peisteskin crakows
You absolutely need to update this and fix this, it’s been over a year since Katherine pointed out the Hard Leather Cesti bit and you haven’t done anything about it.
I might have just forgotten about it. I will update it today!
I don’t really understand the automatic hostility towards precursor leves. I can understand how they -can- be expensive, but out of hand? The level 25 leve for Padded Leather Duckbills is made completely out of vendor items. In a set of leves full of Aldgoat leather, expensive items from other tradeskills, and generally simply not things that can be obtained from a vendor, the Padded Leather Duckbills are far and away the cheapest option there, even if consuming more shards than the other ones.
Now that would completely depend on server prices and may fluctuate greatly. Like mentioned in all guides please use discretion. This block of text isn’t the LAW, but truly a GUIDE. As such, your input is appreciated and may provide insight for others in the future.
The recommendations are the “likely” cheapest given many factors :)
This one and a lot of guides here are just bad and need to reworked. So many instances where it rejects a leve because an item may be expensive/difficult to craft while at the same time suggesting to do the actual expensive (and tedious with minimal reward) repeatable leves. About the only thing they’re good for is a reference for which are the courier leves because that’s gonna be the best and fastest exp, but even then the information is inaccurate in places, like the 35-40 courier which actually asks for Boarskin Ringbands. A comment mentioned it but I didn’t look down to read it and I had already wasted time and leves making crakows before realizing the error.
COURIER will ALWAYS yield the highest exp.. what’s the sacrifice? Time. At level 35+, courier can take a looooooooong while due to travelling.
Level 45-50… you can buy the raptorskin atisians belt in st. Coinach find for less than 4k.
Still costly but not a bad thing to do in a bind!
Boarskin Ringbands is actually a courier leve from Gridania to Coerthas.
Just a heads up about the level 20 leves: the Hard Leather Cesti is made using ALDGOAT Leather, NOT Hard Leather as the name might imply. Aldgoat Leather has to be crafted and cannot be obtained from NPCs AFAIK. So this might affect which leve is best for this leveling stretch.
Otherwise, this guide is very useful. Thanks so much for posting it!