So the easiest way to level...

[Kalam]

Guess I'm trying to figure out the best way to level quickly, without making a ton of mistakes.

[Corkafish]

Guess I'm trying to figure out the best way to level quickly, without making a ton of mistakes.

It's pretty simple. Make/gather/buy the HQ base mats, then use those HQ mats to make the HQ goods more easily. What you don't want to do is just spam the easiest single turn-in, which is what I did for about 20 levels of Armorer and burned through way too many leve cards.

[Hachiko]

Guess I'm trying to figure out the best way to level quickly, without making a ton of mistakes.

It's kind of stupid, but the fastest way to level is this:

Find a triple turnin leve.
Find a crafter ~lvl 50.
Buy a bunch of raw mats.
Give them to the crafter + gil + shards.
Have them craft them in to HQ turnin stuff.
Turn in all the required things for the repeatable levequest.
Repeat.

Ironically, this is the fastest way to level yet you do absolutely no crafting. I don't understand how SE thought this was a good idea but hey, whatever works.

Up to 20 or so you can just fill out your crafting log and HQ the highest-level item that you can do reliably. Some guides recommend leveling up all professions to 15 before you focus on one, but I felt that only LTW (Waste Not), ALC (Tricks of the Trade), and CUL (Hasty Touch) were truly essential. These are abilities that you will use in every synthesis once you have access to them. GSM's Manipulation is also good but I've done fine without it.

After 20, tradecraft leves are the undisputed way to go.

I dunno, IMO rumination and Rapid Synthesis are also between pretty good to godly.

[Corkafish]

It's kind of stupid, but the fastest way to level is this:

Find a triple turnin leve.
Find a crafter ~lvl 50.
Buy a bunch of raw mats.
Give them to the crafter + gil + shards.
Have them craft them in to HQ turnin stuff.
Turn in all the required things for the repeatable levequest.
Repeat.

Ironically, this is the fastest way to level yet you do absolutely no crafting. I don't understand how SE thought this was a good idea but hey, whatever works.



I dunno, IMO rumination and Rapid Synthesis are also between pretty good to godly.

Rumination is helpful after you get Standard Synthesis, so that you can squeeze out all the possible quality gains and use all your CP until you have 5 Dura left. Then Rumination, Steady Hands, Standard Synth and you're done. I'm leveling ARM myself, so I'm very familiar with how useful and infuriating Rapid Synthesis is. It's very efficient, but the 50% success rate will make you rage.