Crafting questions please help

I only want to level 1 Crafting class to begin with, my goal is to make gil on the AH.

1) Which single crafting job would you recommend?

2) Do you know of any up to date guides to level it as fast and efficiently as possible?

3) Can you even manage with just 1 crafting class or am I stuck having to level them all to even reach 60 with 1?

I have a level 50 miner but I think for the most part I will buy mats off the AH depending on how much they cost, I have 1.6 million currently

Thanks in advance

Levelling them all to at least 50 is going to be recommended if you want to make big gil. Cross class skills are important.
If you have a miner, then if you wish to focus on one class, goldsmtih, armour, or blacksmith may be ideal.

To answer your questions as best I can

1) Either CUL or ALC. These two make consumables which is great if you are looking just for quick and easy sales on the marked board.

2) I use FFXIVGuild for leveling guides and this guide for everything post 50

3) Honestly, even with specialist you will want to level every class to at least 15 for the basic cross class skills. This is pretty easy to achieve and not too time consuming. The best cross-class skills are the lvl50 ones though and you will need these for high level crafting.

Buying mats is fine I guess, it's just not as cost effective. But both ALC and CUL need a lot of random things so be prepared to have a full retainer :)

1) No one single crafter is going to net you large profits since without cross skills, you won't be able to make the real expensive stuff.

2)http://ffxivcrafting.com/levequests

3) See above.

Trust me, you want all classes leveled as much as you can manage for those cross skills. With Cul's Steady Hand 2, LTW for Waste not, and weaver for Careful Synth 2. I had to talk a few of my FC into leveling and now they can't believe how they ever managed without.

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Trust me, you want all classes leveled as much as you can manage for those cross skills. With Cul's Steady Hand 2, LTW for Waste not, and weaver for Careful Synth 2. I had to talk a few of my FC into leveling and now they can't believe how they ever managed without.

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CRP Byregots Blessing. ALC Comfort Zone. Those two are more important than Waste Not IMO but

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Originally Posted by Ashelia_Ferron

1) No one single crafter is going to net you large profits since without cross skills, you won't be able to make the real expensive stuff.

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Consumables are always in demand so ALC and CUL are good choices. Depending on your server one may be more favorable than the other.

2) I don't know any guide since I didn't follow any myself, sorry. Start with getting everything to 15 (you can buy the mats from npcs, just craft every single item in your log once). Do your GC turn-ins every day, turning in HQ items only. I also did a mix of Ixal quests and courier leves to get everything to 50. I had friends craft me leve items at first but as I got more classes up (and consequently had more crossclass skills available to me) I began crafting the items myself. 50 to 60 I did a mix of leves and collectables. Don't forget there are challenge logs as well for crafting. To minimize spending you can try to gather materials yourself but that also requires leveling up all your gatherer classes.

3) It's technically possible to get a single crafting class to 60 without touching the other ones... by leveling solely from leves and GC turn-ins, buying the items required from other players.

You really can't get very far in the market with only a single crafting class leveled, sorry OP.

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Trust me, you want all classes leveled as much as you can manage for those cross skills. With Cul's Steady Hand 2, LTW for Waste not, and weaver for Careful Synth 2. I had to talk a few of my FC into leveling and now they can't believe how they ever managed without.

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I remember how much of a pain leveling my first few classes were.

The more you level the easier it gets

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I remember how much of a pain leveling my first few classes were.

The more you level the easier it gets

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I just got all my crafters to 50. Now I'm breathing deep and preparing for the doubtless painful journey to 60. For the glory of glamour and furniture!

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I just got all my crafters to 50. Now I'm breathing deep and preparing for the doubtless painful journey to 60. For the glory of glamour and furniture!

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Yes! Now if only I had a house...

Right now most of mine are in the 55-59 range. It is somewhat painful, but those starred GC turn ins are a godsend.

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I just got all my crafters to 50. Now I'm breathing deep and preparing for the doubtless painful journey to 60. For the glory of glamour and furniture!

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50-60 is easy because of collectibles, if you're willing to invest either time or gil into materials.

The same advice applies now, as it did back in 2.0. You're really going to want to (at least) level all crafts to 15 to get their initial cross-class skills. You might be surprised as well by any potential change of heart about what you wanted to get to 50 or 60 first when doing this. The lv50 skills are where a significant amount of game changing events happen though, so they are rather important the further into crafting you'd like to go.

You can absolutely start with one craft to 60, but you're going to struggle a lot trying to make any of the 1-3 star goods without other crafting skills. I daresay it'd be nearly impossible to have even a decent chance at HQ'ing any 3 star recipes without them.

If your goal is simply to profit off of the craft, regardless of how slow of an approach it may be, you're likely better off with GSM or BSM/ARM. A lot of the crafting material goods from those, at least on my server, tends to sell very well even as NQ. The only question then comes whether or not it's worth just selling the gathered mats or selling the crafted version. You're usually going to make a little more with the crafted outcome (not always though), but it usually sells slower than the gathered raw goods.

In the end, without having access to the other craft skills, you usually won't be able to reliably make much of a profit. There are some gems, here and there, that you can just craft an NQ for a nice profit from the base cost (like housing goods), but they usually come with some risk.

You really need all classes to 50 for cross class skils, though leveling can be somewhat painless if you take ixal and gc turnins into account. Its somewhat slow but easy way to level. Only level the classes you really intend to use to 60 since there are no usefull skills past 50 in my opinion. (yes i know precise touch is somewhat essential but its common for all crafts)

Best for making gil is cul combined with a leveled botanist since it doesnt rely on any other crafter for ingredients. Alc requires both miner and botanist leveled to make a profit.

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Originally Posted by Ashelia_Ferron

CRP Byregots Blessing. ALC Comfort Zone. Those two are more important than Waste Not IMO but

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Well they are all good but I am also not gonna bother listing every single skill, was more of a general idea.