Hoarding Guide.

This is what I've found to be used in enough recipes to warrant hoarding. Of course its just personal opinion, please do add, advice, critique, etcetera.

Short version:

Leathers
Sinews
Lumbers
Ingots
Cloth
Yarns




Long version:

Leather
-Coeurl, (Hard) Hippygryph, Raptor, Boar, Aldgoat, (Hard) Leather-
-Alumen, Black Alumen-

Sinews
-Hippogryph, Raptor, Diremite, Beast, Animal-

Lumber
-Spruce, Rosewood, Mahogany, Oak, Walnut, Yew, Elm, Ash, Maple-

Darksteel Nugget
Rose Gold Nugget

Ingots
-Darksteel, Cobalt, Steel, Iron, Bronze-
-Rose Gold, Electrum, Mythril, Silver, Brass, Copper-

Twinthread
-Crawler Cocoon-
Cloth
-Felt, Velveteen, Woolen, Linen-
-Fleece, Snurble Tuft, Natron, Effervescent Water, Dew Thread, Diremite Web-
Yarn
-Woolen, Linen, Cotton, Hemp-
-Fleece, Flax, Web, Cotton Boll, Moko Grass-

Rock Salt
Quicksilver
Table Salt
Mineral Water



If you got the space, the following items are decently usable too:
Distilled Water
Bloods
-Spoken, Scalekin, Beastkin-
Branches
-Spruce, Rosewood, Mahogany, Oak, Walnut, Yew, Elm, Ash, Maple-
Fangs
-Wolf, Bat-
Feathers
-Wildfowl, Chocobo, Dodo, Crow, Cock-
Glue
-Horn, Fish, Animal-

Nice list. It depends quite a bit on level, but if I may suggest a few more that I find I use quite regularly:

- Undyed woolen cloth
- Undyed linen (especially for items around the level 35 ~ 42 range)

- HQ gems

- Rose gold nuggets (moreso than rose gold ingots)

I was doubting Woolen Cloth and Linen Cloth cause there's already their Yarn versions, which means Cloth can be easily made. But since Cloth is likely in high demand, it makes more sense to keep stacks of them both.
Rose Gold Nuggets added separately.

I was doubting the gems too, but opted not to put them in. There are so many different gems, all used in only one or two recipes.. not something to be "hoarded", really.
That said, I store -all- my HQ items anyway, cause its hoardable just for the sake of being HQ!

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Originally Posted by Taelia

I was doubting Woolen Cloth and Linen Cloth cause there's already their Yarn versions, which means Cloth can be easily made. But since Cloth is likely in high demand, it makes more sense to keep stacks of them both.

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That's true. I do find that quite a few high level recipes still use woolen cloth, so I tend to keep a fair amount of it on hand, especially HQ cloth, instead of having to make it from yarn each time a recipe needs it. Linen is primarily useful in a certain band of levels, as is Velveteen... but both are eventually outgrown.

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I was doubting the gems too, but opted not to put them in. There are so many different gems, all used in only one or two recipes.. not something to be "hoarded", really.

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I keep HQ gems on hand together with HQ electrum ingots so I can quickly create another ring, earring, choker, etc. whenever I've finished spiritbonding an old one. But that's really only if you convert them into Materia... which is something I do more with accessories than with HQ melded weapons and armor.


I guess it depends on what you like to make and what your levels are, but personally...
- lumber, logs, and branches -- I just keep a little spruce and rosewood on hand but not much else.
- ingots -- I don't keep copper or bronze, but yes to all the others.
- fibers, yarns, and fabrics -- after a while you probably won't need moko grass, hemp, or even cotton. I rarely even use diremite webs or dew thread.