600GP (Collectible Gathering Question)

So I've recently figured out how to gather collectibles (yay!), which can be turned in for a very nice chunk of EXP, which is very nice for leveling (as I'm still just 56 on my highest gatherer). But I've noticed that almost every single guide out there suggests having a minimum of 600 GP before trying it (in part because you'll need to burn 300GP just to reach it).

I just spent ~300K to upgrade my (severely) outdated accessories, and it got me up from high 400s up to 580 GP. But I'm still short more than a few GP to get to that cap and it seems like gathering materia in general will break what little is left of my poor little piggy bank.

So what then is the best way to get to 600GP? Do I need to break what's left of poor little Piggy for the materia? I've done the math, and upgrading what few non-HQ accessories I have to HQ would only get me about 5 extra GP.

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Originally Posted by Jpec07

So I've recently figured out how to gather collectibles (yay!), which can be turned in for a very nice chunk of EXP, which is very nice for leveling (as I'm still just 56 on my highest gatherer). But I've noticed that almost every single guide out there suggests having a minimum of 600 GP before trying it (in part because you'll need to burn 300GP just to reach it).

I just spent ~300K to upgrade my (severely) outdated accessories, and it got me up from high 400s up to 580 GP. But I'm still short more than a few GP to get to that cap and it seems like gathering materia in general will break what little is left of my poor little piggy bank.

So what then is the best way to get to 600GP? Do I need to break what's left of poor little Piggy for the materia? I've done the math, and upgrading what few non-HQ accessories I have to HQ would only get me about 5 extra GP.

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FOOOD. Antelope Stew from the Tap Keeper in Gold Saucer will give you +21 GP. :D Its dirt cheap + EXP boost. Don't worry about gearing too much just try to keep your gathering high enough to be 95%+ and your perception high enough to be near or at 115 on an unbuffed Methodical Appraisal. :3

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Originally Posted by Rawrz

FOOOD. Antelope Stew from the Tap Keeper in Gold Saucer will give you +21 GP. :D Its dirt cheap + EXP boost. Don't worry about gearing too much just try to keep your gathering high enough to be 95%+ and your perception high enough to be at or above 115 on an unbuffed Methodical Appraisal. :3

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Awesome! Good to know! Thanks! :D

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Originally Posted by Jpec07

So I've recently figured out how to gather collectibles (yay!), which can be turned in for a very nice chunk of EXP, which is very nice for leveling (as I'm still just 56 on my highest gatherer). But I've noticed that almost every single guide out there suggests having a minimum of 600 GP before trying it (in part because you'll need to burn 300GP just to reach it).

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You don't need 300GP to reach it. Typically, you use one swing instead as long as your gathering is high enough. See this guide (there may be a typo in some of the gathering requirements) or this Reddit thread for rotations and Gathering/Perception requirements.

Food! That's what I did, at least. I made a bunch of 1 star ARR foods to get me past the threshold.

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Originally Posted by Jpec07

(in part because you'll need to burn 300GP just to reach it).

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This is wrong. All 'out of reach' items are always in the same place. They don't move around like the normal 'hidden' things. You just need to pick the one you're going for and hit at it to get it to appear. You don't want to waste GP on getting all those visible. The 600 is mostly due to DE, SM, and UC. The rotation I used when starting was DE + MAx2 and a SM + MA to finish. It takes 600GP (DE and SM being 200GP a piece.) You use one hit when you uncover the one you want, two more with the DE + MA's, and the SM at the end saves a hit so that you'll get 3 items on a normal attempt.

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Awesome! Good to know! Thanks! :D

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Stuffed Chysahl, if you can get your hands on some or have a friend make some for you, will put you over the 600GP mark as well as provide a boost to Perception which will help your collectability rating. provides +2% (max 11) Perception and +6% (max 30) GP, as well as the +3% EXP boost, for 30 minutes.

O.O

Well I feel sheepish now. XD I had no idea you could get around the "Out Of Reach" message! Game doesn't do a very good job at explaining it.

Y'all have been greatly helpful! Thanks! :D

Thanks for makin' this thread, I've had the same problem and have been wonderin' if I needed to go for broke (literally) for the materia to get 600 GP as well.

Throw some GP3/4s into your slots.

The real challenge is hitting 700. I think the only way to do that is 2star accessories and 150 leftside with maximum GP slotted into everything.

700 lets you do several things though; Like 3x / 2x gathers combined with hq / gather chance, or 2x gather with +1 gather chance.

650 is a safety break point bu t700 lets you get real greedy :o

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Originally Posted by Kabooa

650 is a safety break point bu t700 lets you get real greedy :o

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I really need to get the level 60 accessories and get to 650 GP. Last night I was all like: YAY! I'LL REAP 4 ADA ORE COLLECTABLES! SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET! And then 15 seconds like: HOW DO I MISS ON EVERY SINGLE FREAKIN' ONE OF THEM?! 97% AND I MISSED THEM ALL? IS THIS A JOKE?!

This happens to me so often. ;_;

629 GP. You can get the other 21 GP from a purchased food.

Or you can go lower and use a crafted (maybe even HQ) food. But when you only use it for one or two nodes, I find it more palatable to use a storebought food to reach that 650 GP.

It never really stops.

I have 638 GPs without food. 650 is dead easy on the cheapest NPC vendored GP food in the game.

I want 700. I will get it too.

Well,

I'm sorry to say, but... If your gear is "severely outdated", why didn't you change before melding ?
Also, following rotations blindly might not work. Your skills for collecting collectables items are based on perception. The more perception you have, the higher rarity you can achieve.

It works like this:

First you struggle to hit 600 GPs. Next you make the breakthrough to 650 (for colectables this is where you want to be.) Then you want to hit 700 for the folklore nodes.

And 700 GPs is why some avoid the iL 180 tools.

Currently I'm at 647 without food. /grin.

I got exactly 700 GP (with the cheap GS food) and the 180 main hand. I wouldn't recommend avoiding it since its stats are way too good.

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Originally Posted by cgbspender

I'm sorry to say, but... If your gear is "severely outdated", why didn't you change before melding ?
Also, following rotations blindly might not work. Your skills for collecting collectables items are based on perception. The more perception you have, the higher rarity you can achieve.

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...did you actually read my post, or just glance at it? The gear was upgraded before I posted this, and it still didn't get me close enough.

That said, I managed to get there! :D The food from the Gold Saucer has been a tremendous boon, and I managed to collect my way into the level 58 blue scrip set! :D

Now I'm just trying to figure out how to get to 565 Perception without going broke so I can do the last mining quest. I was (thankfully) able to meld my way closer, and now I just need to make sure I do everything in my power to make the stars align to get those three HQ Adamantite ores (yes I know I can just get them from the MB but I'm a stubborn old goat who wants to do it himself).

Only problem is that then I'll need to upgrade my painstakingly-pentamelded Titanium Sledgehammer. I may cry a little when that happens.

And thank you all for continuing to reply! Really great to get some insights into how to break into endgame gathering. It's surprisingly fun! :D

There is food that gives both percption. Check it out.

It will be expensive.

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Originally Posted by Jpec07

Now I'm just trying to figure out how to get to 565 Perception without going broke so I can do the last mining quest. I was (thankfully) able to meld my way closer, and now I just need to make sure I do everything in my power to make the stars align to get those three HQ Adamantite ores (yes I know I can just get them from the MB but I'm a stubborn old goat who wants to do it himself).

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For higher Gathering/Perception, you'll basically want to upgrade everything to HQ versions of level 59/60 gear. Your primary and off-hand especially, the difference between normal quality and HQ for those is like 20-30 in gathering and perception.

Depending on your server though, this might be hugely costly. I was fortunate enough to be in a FC where people would craft that stuff for me for free if I supplied all of the crafting materials.

Once I upgraded though, I ended up with 590+ in both gathering and perception without food, although I also had all four of my accessories melded with +20 gathering and perception total.