Am I missing something? New gear?

Hello all,

I have recently returned to FFXIV, I left just before the Leviathan patch hit.

I've been gathering to level some crafts and have just come across a hidden node as a miner.
I've gathered from most of these nodes before, but it appears new ones have been added.

The node I found (miner) was in Eastern Thanalan, the slot was 6 or 7, I've never gathered this item before, whatever it is.
My chance to "discover" this item was 0%
I'm in full HQ AF gear and have the pickaxe of the luminary. Am I missing something? Has new gear been added or do I simply need to meld the crap out of my current stuff?

I have;

Gathering: 323
Perception: 317

The buff on the node +5% gather rate, I think it was, if I had over 400 odd gathering, which is insane.

Please can you give me some advice on how to increase my stats even further?

Thank you.

They added 2 Star Gathering Nodes, and yes you need 408 Gathering to pick it up.

In 2.2 they added New Gathering/Crafting tools, and again new tools in 2.3

And you will need to stat cap your Gathering Gear from Melding.

Thanks for the reply.

Do you know where I can find the new tools? Or where the quest is to begin unlocking them?

Thanks again

You don't actually need to stat-cap your gear. You just need to make sure your Gathering is at 370 to gather Umbral Rock/Fragrent Logs. Once you have the new tool, you should just meet the gathering requirement. Umbral rock node is in Camp Tranquil, slot 7 at 6AM, once you get your gathering to 370.

This Reddit Post should help you.

http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...s_added_at_22/

And collect the new quests in Rev's Toll. You will run into the Vendor for the new tools, his stand is to the left of the repair vendor.

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Originally Posted by Valmar

This Reddit Post should help you.

http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...s_added_at_22/

And collect the new quests in Rev's Toll. You will run into the Vendor for the new tools, his stand is to the left of the repair vendor.

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Thank you very much, I'll try to get 370 gathering to start and work from there.