New Rare Nodes

Anyone know how much Gathering is needed to access the new rare nodes? With new hat and tool, I can't get over 0% on the new node in Western La Noscea. My stats are 401/409 Gth/Per without food.

370 on the one star nodes (idr how much perception). You'll need 30HQ items to get the head, and 60HQ for the weapon... then you'll be able to gather the two star nodes. 370 is attainable without food, which means you can use CP food to get to 630 and have enough to get 2 HQs each time with some luck (300cp toil of the..., 50cp 5% gathering (brings me to 95%), successful mining attempt +5 CP, successful mining attempt +5 CP, successful mining attempt +5 CP, successful mining attempt +5 CP, 300cp extra attempt, 100% HQ after 4 attempts TWICE if you succeed on all attempts).

I have the head and tool already so know what stats are needed for those nodes (370 Gather is the key). I'm not, however, able to open the harder 2 star nodes with Gathering of 401.

For the HQ node, I had Gathering 371, Perception 382 and managed about 28% HQ using Toil, Field Mastery, Leaf Turn and Blunt Force (and the equivalent for miner). HQ percent after the buff was 15%.

I found this reddit site useful;
http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...s_added_at_22/


•Second tier includes the new 2 star items, requires 408 Gathering, 389 Perception, and AFAIK is only required for the new crafting recipes.

I tried again using food. With HQ Trapper's Quiche my Gathering is 418, which was enough to open the node. So, somewhere above 401 and below 418.

I had fully melded my off hand for perception. Sigh. Cleared that off and put on +8 gathering. I'll over meld some perception back onto the tool when prices come down a bit or I SB some materia. Now at 409/392

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Originally Posted by fixitman

When you access each of the new nodes, it states the minimum Gathering required below the node's health bar :)

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Doh! Anyway, my new stats seem to work.

When you access each of the new nodes, it states the minimum Gathering required below the node's health bar :)