100% Guaranteed High Quality Tool Items: Absolutely NO RNG!

My Other Rotation:

100% RNG Free 40 Durability Rotation
No Food, NQ Materials, RNG Free Two Star Artisan Mass Production Rotation

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A friend of mine asked me to share the rotation I used to synth all 400 of my Artisan items. It was a modified version of my 2 Star rotation, which achieved the same guaranteed results pre-2.2.

"There are a lot of rotations out there, what makes this one different?" I hear you ask. Two reasons: one, it's simple. It's efficient. It doesn't have you watch dozens of steps or rely on Tricks of the Trade. Secondly, this rotation is guaranteed to reach 100% quality every synth and it relies on absolutely no random number generator nonsense; the success of every action in this rotation is 100% and it will always reach 100% quality and guaranteed completion. Rather than waffle on any further I'm just going to get into the...

Requirements:

- You will need HQ Materials *
- 352 Craftsmanship, 358 Control, 345 CP. This means fully melded gear **
- HQ Bouillabaisse (+43 CP) food active Read note below!
- Your master book, obviously

About CP Food: The rotation posted requires a HQ Bouillabaisse, however on Page 3 John Mccain points out that you can drop the Great Strides in Step 10 and still reach 100% quality 100% of the time. This means you can drop 32 CP from the rotation, drastically lowering the CP requirement. You'll just need +9 CP from Food if you remove this step! :)

- Cross Class skills:
--- CRP 50: Byregot's Blessing
--- WVR 50: Careful Synthesis II
--- BSM 50: Ingenuity II
--- CUL 37: Steady Hand II
--- GSM 50: Manipulation (15) and Innovation (50)
--- ALC 50: Comfort Zone

* It is not possible to get HQ Vitriol for the Alchemy synth but this rotation still reaches 100% with NQ Vitriol

** This rotation (with Normal condition on every touch) has roughly 400 more quality gained than required, so the control stat stated is higher than required. This was my stat with fully melded gear, which you'll need for 3 star synths anyway. Perhaps other people who might experiment with lower control could share their findings?

The Rotation:

Remember to check you have Bouillabaisse on: this rotation uses all 388 CP!

01 - Comfort Zone
02 - Inner Quiet
03 - Steady Hand II
04 - Basic Touch
05 - Basic Touch
06 - Basic Touch
07 - Basic Touch
08 - Basic Touch
09 - Manipulation
10 - Great Strides
11 - Steady Hand II
12 - Basic Touch
13 - Innovation
14 - Great Strides *
15 - Ingenuity II
16 - Byregot's Blessing
17 - Careful Synthesis II
18 - Careful Synthesis II
19 - Careful Synthesis II
20 - Careful Synthesis II

* If you get an 'Excellent' after applying Great Strides on Step 14, use Byregot's Blessing before Ingenuity II, otherwise your Byregot's Blessing will be on 'Poor' condition. Make sure to use Ingenuity II before the Careful Synthesis!

And there you have it. This will produce the high quality items required for the Artisan Tools every time, without fail, providing you keep an eye on the condition on the second Great Strides in Step 14. It's imperative you use Byregot's before that Ingenuity II if your condition is Excellent after using Great Strides. The rotation will not reach 100% quality if you use Byregot's on the Poor that would follow using Ingenuity II on the Excellent. Do make sure you apply Ingenuity II before finishing the synth with those four Careful Synthesis!

You can macro this rotation for a fairly high probability but not guaranteed automatic rotation that requires zero input. The only way this rotation will fail to high quality the item is when it gets a Poor on Byregot's; even then, you're looking at a roughly 70% chance of high quality depending on the conditions during the five touches at the start. I used this rotation in a macro and watched some TV for my final two tools without watching the condition on Step 14 and went 100/100 on HQs.

This Rotation in Macros:

So here are the three macros I used for those who are looking for a cut and paste:

Macro 1:

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/action "Comfort Zone" <me> <wait.2>
/action "Inner Quiet" <me> <wait.2>
/action "Steady Hand II" <me> <wait.2>
/action "Basic Touch" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Basic Touch" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Basic Touch" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Basic Touch" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Basic Touch" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Manipulation" <me> <wait.2>
/action "Great Strides" <me> <wait.2>
/action "Steady Hand II" <me> <wait.2>
/action "Basic Touch" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Innovation" <me> <wait.2>
/action "Great Strides" <me> <wait.2>
/echo CHECK CONDITION: If Excellent, hit Macro 3. If not, hit Macro 2!

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Macro 2:

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/action "Ingenuity II" <me> <wait.2>
/action "Byregot's Blessing" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Careful Synthesis II" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Careful Synthesis II" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Careful Synthesis II" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Careful Synthesis II" <me> <wait.3>
/echo Done!

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Macro 3:

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/action "Byregot's Blessing" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Ingenuity II" <me> <wait.2>
/action "Careful Synthesis II" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Careful Synthesis II" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Careful Synthesis II" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Careful Synthesis II" <me> <wait.3>
/echo Done!

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If you want to just synth without worrying about the condition on Byregot's, you just hit Macros 1 > 2 over and over. But if you're keeping an eye on the condition for guaranteed high qualities, hit Macro 2 or 3 last depending on the condition on Step 14's Great Strides.

Conclusion:

Enjoy your Artisan Tools!

Take away the /wait on your macros and replace them with <wait.3> after every <me>. This will essentially combine your first and second macros

Code:

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/action "Comfort Zone" <me> <wait.2>
/action "Inner Quiet" <me> <wait.2>
/action "Steady Hand II" <me> <wait.2>
/action "Basic Touch" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Basic Touch" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Basic Touch" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Basic Touch" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Basic Touch" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Manipulation" <me> <wait.2>
/action "Great Strides" <me> <wait.2>
/action "Steady Hand II" <me> <wait.2>
/action "Basic Touch" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Innovation" <me> <wait.2>
/action "Great Strides" <me>
/echo CHECK CONDITION: If Excellent, hit Macro 4. If not, hit Macro 3!

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^ uses all 15 spaces, plus looks much better

You can tell I was an XI player, huh? I'll edit the OP. Thanks!

That doesn't quite make sense because the <wait> syntax is also in XI. It's one of the things I was desperately wishing this game would add so imagine my surprise when it was finally added, lol.

Other then that, I'll try this out for when I'm getting my next Artisan

Ah, then all these years my macros were more elaborate than they needed to be. Until I quit I was only aware of /wait on its own line. Doh!

Really love this. Thanks! (Goes meld all crafters)

Short Edit : Can you show me what melds you have on all crafter?

They did say they have Max melds so I can only assume they follow something like this.

I forgot to mention that these synths were done with the Artisan's Spectacles. I got the Artisan's Spectacles using the same rotation, since the CP you have will be the same. You can use this rotation to get your Spectacles (I recommend Tomato Relish, it'll be cheapest) and then use it to get your tool(s) of choice.

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Originally Posted by AarinEphemera

Really love this. Thanks! (Goes meld all crafters)

Short Edit : Can you show me what melds you have on all crafter?

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Every slot is melded to caps except off hand:

Offhand: Control IV
Body: Craftsmanship IV Craftsmanship IV Control III Control II Craftsmanship II
Hands: Control IV Craftsmanship II Control I
Legs: Control IV CP III Craftsmanship I Control I
Feet: Control IV CP III Craftsmanship I Control I
Waist: Control III Control II Craftsmanship II CP III
Neck: Control III Craftsmanship I CP III CP II
Ears: CP III CP III Control III Craftsmanship I
Wrists: Control IV Craftsmanship II CP III CP II CP I
Rings: Control IV Craftsmanship II CP III

These may not be the most efficient combinations depending on your server's materia prices. I redid my accessories and melded all my sets in 2.2 with the highly inflated prices as my 2.1 set was 'sufficient' for my needs at the time.

As I said in the original post, I am pretty confident your Control does not need to be this high for the Tool synths themselves. The Byregot's Blessing has a lot of spare quality stacked on it. I melded ready to make 3 Star before doing the Tools (374 Control), however, so I wouldn't know what Control to state you need as a minimum. With a higher Control in advance you have a bigger margin for error; I've had Poor on the first Touch and even on the buffed Touch in Step 12 and still reached 100% quality due to this margin of error.

awesome just finished every single class and now theres a 100% rotation. lol. wasn't that difficult but it would've been nice to use something with basic touches instead of failing a few hastys every once in a while.

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Originally Posted by Kimura410

awesome just finished every single class and now theres a 100% rotation. lol. wasn't that difficult but it would've been nice to use something with basic touches instead of failing a few hastys every once in a while.

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Indeed. It is a shame I was so late in posting this, but hopefully it will help some people still to craft for their tools. :)

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Originally Posted by SeleneVenizelos

- You will need HQ Materials *

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I used all NQ mats for mine, and hit about 90% HQ rate overall. When you factor in the time to make 1-2 HQ 40 durability 1 star items, plus 1-2 HQ low level 40 durability items, you're spending about the same amount of time.

You're looking at 2½-3 hours per craft, which is right at the same average speed I was making NQ products plus the final products.

i found i was able to do this with only 352 Craftsmanship rating and put me at exactly 1 over the total needed for synthesis so you can lower your craftsmanship rating :)

^^ This ^^.

352 Craft works fine for HQ'ing iLvl 70 items. I have not tested on any iLvl 90s yet. NQ mats -> HQ product. The 7 IQ stack will allow BB to hit over 1600 quality at the end.

EDIT: iLvl 90 - don't see it being hard since you can craft all mats to HQ, so 445/80 @ 4980 should be easy when you can get a kick start with HQ mats giving over 2600.

jc

With all respect to everyone suggesting NQ mats, NQ mats would not provide a '100% HQ rotation' - Which is not the point of my rotation. It might be more economic to use NQ materials for some people but for those looking for the guaranteed product with zero chance of failure, that is who this rotation is for. :)

Really thankful for this guide! Able to get new tools so easy!

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Originally Posted by Gelesto

i found i was able to do this with only 352 Craftsmanship rating and put me at exactly 1 over the total needed for synthesis so you can lower your craftsmanship rating :)

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Many thanks! I've changed the OP. :)

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Originally Posted by AarinEphemera

Really thankful for this guide! Able to get new tools so easy!

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You're welcome!

a little question .... why do you use innovation before great strides ?
isn't great strides on good > innovation + great stride + ingenuity on normal ?

Some notes on ALC Spirits of Salt:

Using HQ Volc Salt with 354 control the HQ % range is from 91% - 100% using this rotation.

From 25 synths I made 24 HQ and 1 NQ

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Originally Posted by Geobryn

a little question .... why do you use innovation before great strides ?
isn't great strides on good > innovation + great stride + ingenuity on normal ?

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I don't know for sure.

The aim of my rotation was to provide a completely RNG free way of getting to 100% quality. There might be nuances here and there that could make it more efficient if you're watching your steps (there are several places you could use Tricks of the Trade, for example, without ruining the actual rotation) but such moments are irrelevant to the purpose of it. I wanted a macro I could spam that didn't require me to watch what I'm doing. A rotation has to assume every step will be Normal to provide that level of consistency.

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Originally Posted by Galliano

Some notes on ALC Spirits of Salt:

Using HQ Volc Salt with 354 control the HQ % range is from 91% - 100% using this rotation.

From 25 synths I made 24 HQ and 1 NQ

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Not too bad; with 358 that should be a little higher. I went 50/50 HQ on the Salts personally, I suppose because of the Vitriol there's some degree of luck involved, albeit a small amount.

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Originally Posted by SeleneVenizelos

Not too bad; with 358 that should be a little higher. I went 50/50 HQ on the Salts personally, I suppose because of the Vitriol there's some degree of luck involved, albeit a small amount.

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Yeah it wasn't a problem at all and the mats are so cheap anyway a NQ didn't even matter. Thought I'd post info though so people have an idea what to expect.

Hi

bit of Q tho: do i really need control at 358? My other DoH only has 354, with only off-tool left. Friends kinda suggesting either craftmanship or CP for offtools though, but I'm still undecided when I meld those.

Was fine when I make my i70 hat & 1st main tool for CUL using rotation from this thread:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-for-new-tools.
At that time, my CUL offhand only melded with t4 craftmanship.

To simplify: does extra 4 control really important?

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Originally Posted by BobbinT

bit of Q tho: do i really need control at 358? My other DoH only has 354

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For 2 star, I did it with 348. So no, you do not need 358, or even 354 to do the turn in items.

You do, however, want to get to 374, if you plan to do 3 star. Following the HQ AF crafting meld posted elsewhere, ATM I am only at 376 with another 6 left to have obtain a complete meld.

jc

You certainly do not need that Control for this to reach 100%. At the time of playing about with a rotation, I had my gears fully melded in preparation for 3 star syths; the requirement for which is 374 Control. The Control is not required to get the Tool but unless you're just getting the tool for 'completion' sake the 4 Control will be required for 3 stars anyway. :)

I'm just curious why basic touch over hasty touch?

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Originally Posted by Spyrit

I'm just curious why basic touch over hasty touch?

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SH2 Basic touch is 100%
SH2 Hasty Touch is 80% (but still feels like 50% because RNG's a bitch sometimes)

Yes it costs CP, but it's also a guaranteed success

wow thanks, it was really panful to watch those silver brocades go NQ on my weaver, looks like my other crafters will have an easier time.

You actually don't need step number 10 of the rotation for 100%. I used the same rotation without great strides for all of my master tools and brought me to 100% HQ every time, thats with HQ mats ofc. Brings total CP needed to 356, which lets you use stone soup instead of HQ Bouillabaisse which is fairly expensive on some servers.

Another question piece by piece vs careful synth II?

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Originally Posted by Spyrit

Another question piece by piece vs careful synth II?

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well, it does cost CP and need steady hands, but does not need the ingenuity and at early steps it gives more then careful but not to the point where you would need only 3 progress actions instead of 4

for 3 star furniture it is a must
and generally it is used in 3 star "gear" rotation twice at early steps during "hastying"

sorry, I just have recent opportunity to test OP's macro.

Sad to say that it wasn't working well on me since I'm still short just tiny portion of CP, even with HQ bouillabaise, would probably need max CP meld. I'm guessing the need of melding extra CP on off-tools, which I don't, already max meld CP on other gears.

The other thread however worked great on me since it uses slightly less CP requirement:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-for-new-tools.

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Originally Posted by BobbinT

I'm guessing the need of melding extra CP on off-tools, which I don't, already max meld CP on other gears.

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There is a break down of the melds I had on page one:

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Originally Posted by SeleneVenizelos

Offhand: Control IV
Body: Craftsmanship IV Craftsmanship IV Control III Control II Craftsmanship II
Hands: Control IV Craftsmanship II Control I
Legs: Control IV CP III Craftsmanship I Control I
Feet: Control IV CP III Craftsmanship I Control I
Waist: Control IV Control II Craftsmanship II CP III
Neck: Control III Craftsmanship I CP III CP II
Ears: CP III CP III Control III Craftsmanship I
Wrists: Control IV Craftsmanship II CP III CP II CP I
Rings: Control IV Craftsmanship II CP III

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There is no CP on my off hand, so you haven't fully melded CP in another slot. However, if you wish to guarantee 100% (the rotation you linked uses Hasty Touch) you could try JohnMccain's suggestion, which will drop the CP requirement by 32 if it works:

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Originally Posted by JohnMccain

You actually don't need step number 10 of the rotation for 100%. I used the same rotation without great strides for all of my master tools and brought me to 100% HQ every time

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So drop the Great Strides in step 10 and your CP requirement will be 32 less. I haven't personally tried myself to see if it works however I know there is a lot of room for error in this rotation, since the quality overlaps a lot at the end.

ok. here's my meld setup on my armorer when I try making darksteel ingots:

head - i70 cp3 craft4 control39

offhand - none
body - craft4 craft4 control3 control2 craft2
hand - control3 craft2 control2
legs - control3 cp3 control2 craft1
feet - control3 cp3 control2 craft1
waist - control3 cp3 control2 craft1
neck - control3 cp3 cp2 craft1
ears - control3 cp3 cp2 craft1 cp2
wrist - control4 cp4 craft2
ring - control3 cp3 craft2 control1

After careful inspection, I guess you were right that I do miss 1 small meld, which is on my militia wristlet missing 2 CP only. my bad. ^^;

btw, on unrelated note: are you sure you have correct setup on that belt melds? I am using raptorskin merchant's purse as the base, and I think it can't take tier 4 melds since it's below level 50. :?

I will try this again soon with another master book attempt.

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Originally Posted by BobbinT

btw, on unrelated note: are you sure you have correct setup on that belt melds? I am using raptorskin merchant's purse as the base, and I think it can't take tier 4 melds since it's below level 50. :?

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That's a good spot! You are right - That's a typo on my part. That is actually a Control 3 Materia. Fixed the OP too. Thanks!

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Originally Posted by BobbinT

are you sure you have correct setup on that belt melds? I am using raptorskin merchant's purse as the base, and I think it can't take tier 4 melds since it's below level 50. :?

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Best HQ AF Meld

345 CP w above meld format, 388 w/food.

jc

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Originally Posted by SeleneVenizelos

That's a good spot! You are right - That's a typo on my part. That is actually a Control 3 Materia. Fixed the OP too. Thanks!

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yw! ^^

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Originally Posted by AttacKat

Best HQ AF Meld

345 CP w above meld format, 388 w/food.

jc

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thx. I already know that post though, already has become basic majority for my DoH melds. Pentamelding that body's a b***h though. lol

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Originally Posted by BobbinT

Pentamelding that body's a b***h though. lol

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Body is only necessary for 391/374, so you are okay until then for your CP requirements.

jc

BTW, I'm happy to report that OP rotation are in fact all 100% quality, tested this when making my next i70 tools. Kinda surprise though that this does suck out every CP I have, leaving only 0, means no screw ups.

Macro no.3 wasn't really useful IMO since there's only 1 out of 50 craft that it did pop Ex, though I understand why the need of it. Kinda curious what happens if I landed BB on poor. lol

Anyhoo, Thx! ^^

I crafted 3 artisan tools using this. 100% success and no mistakes. Thanks!

Thanks for sharing this!

Nothing to add, just wanted to thanks a ton. The rotation I was given prior to using this one was a RNG nightmare that forced me to get culinarian to 50 for reclaim (Though I suppose I should have done that anyway at some point). This one, including the excellent macros prepared for us, has saved me some color in my hair.

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