Questions about Synergy

[Kaiichi]

Question: Do I personally need to raise Synergy to get a "Fisherman's Smock" crafted?

Story: So I recently got into fishing and really like it especially after the update on fishing. After learning of the Fisherman's Smock I decided I wanted it so I ended up researching a bit on Synergy... It's really confusing. I understand it, but it doesn't seem very fish friendly when it come to skilling, and honestly I don't really wanna skill up another craft, just to get something for fishing.

I found out that others can bring there craft to the table (or furnace), so Is it possible that some one else with 80 Synergy and my 80 Fishing can craft it? Or will I have to end up skilling something else just to skill up Synergy just to make an item for Fishing?

[Dragoy]

Teegrins, Kaiichi!


Welcome to fishing (and synergy)!

Firstly, why do you think you need level 80 synergy? Level 40 should be plenty enough.

Secondly, I do believe someone else can make it for you. I, for example, have made those earrings to warp to cities for others.

Thirdly, you don't need a particular craft to level up synergy. A (perhaps even popular) way to level it up requires one to obtain 100 ponzes of cinder from finishing a product (something like cooking at level 10 will help), then exchange that cinder to Mordant 75 (http://ffxi.gamerescape.com/wiki/Mordant_75).

From there, one can pick up something like a Cermet Kukri (http://ffxi.gamerescape.com/wiki/Cermet_Kukri) and, with the Mordant 75, fail the etching process repeatedly.


I hope this helps!

[Kensagaku]

To answer your questions in order:

1) No, YOU do not need to level your Synergy; essentially, Synergy skill determines how much the impurities go up based on the difference between the item's level and your Synergy skill. The higher the amount, the more explosions you get, which is bad. As long as the person feeding fewell has a high Synergy skill, you're okay. The only things you're needed for are submitting the items - since augmented/ex items cannot be traded, you need to be the one submitting the items so you get the item back - and possibly your fishing skill, as synergy often has sub-crafts required. For the fisherman's smock/fishing stall, that's obviously fishing skill.

So to answer the second question; yes, as long as between all party members you have the required skills for the items (40+ Synergy, 60+ fishing for the smock / 80+ Synergy / 90+ Fishing for the stall), you can craft it successfully. HOWEVER, you do not necessarily have to hit these synergy tiers; you could, theoretically, craft it from Level 0 Synergy, but prepare for more failures than you can count. Generally it helps to be within no less than 5 below the Synergy requirement unless you plan on purifying impurities every other action. The other skill, I believe, has to be within the crafting minimum (I think you can craft something up to 10 levels below the required amount?) so that'd require at least 50 fishing for the smock, 80 for the stall. This is a guestimate though, I've always had the sub-crafts for the ones I've done. =x

[Kaiichi]

Awesome, Thank you Dragoy & Kensagaku, You have put my mind at ease.