Retainer Level XVI Ventures

[BelindaBrightwell]

How do you get 420 gathering on your DoL retainers so they can do level XVI ventures? I could put forager's gear on them, but that's pretty expensive especially considering that they bring back so much junk. (and yes, they all ready have max melded AF gear plus the forager's hat and tool) Is there another way that I'm just not seeing?

[Flipside101]

Check Ariyala if you need to meld more to attain that number; if not then yes, foragers are required.

[Lito00]

I went through this myself yesterday. It is pretty stupid (in my opinion)...

If you have a Botanist retainer with fully melded Botanist Gear, the Forager's mainhand, and Dodore jewelry/belt/etc; and everything is MAX melded for Gathering... You get exactly 419 Gathering.

419! Are you kidding me, SE? You are forcing me to put melded forager's gear (at least one piece) or a Supra on my RETAINER just to get the XVI Ventures? Nuts to that!

[chrillix]

It makes sense to me that you should have to gear your retainer properly to be able to complete the highest level ventures.

[Cherryblossoms]

Use rose gold accessories instead, non gathering types. Fisher does this since they dont use GP.

You can meld 5 gathering instead of 4. This will net you an extra 5 gathering.

http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/Fisher

[Lito00]

It makes sense to me that you should have to gear your retainer properly to be able to complete the highest level ventures.

Define "properly"? If we had to get our battle class retainers to ilvl 121+, would we then see people making a huge fuss over this? I am willing to bet 'yes', and simply put... that is essentially what this is (except for gathering classes). You have to get some of the absolute top gear and meld it out. Why can't SE just be consistent when dealing with battle class and gathering class requirements when dealing with retainers?

(I could ask why SE can't be consistent between gatherers and battlers as a whole... but that is an entirely different discussion)

[Lito00]

Use rose gold accessories instead, non gathering types. Fisher does this since they dont use GP.

You can meld 5 gathering instead of 4. This will net you an extra 5 gathering.

http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/Fisher

I completely forgot about this! I love you! Thank you for this.

[aldoxzx]

Also if you are a fisher and have ironworks rod you can give one to your retainer and then buy another at the calamity salvager.

[Nyalia]

I'm having trouble getting my FSH retainer high enough (I don't have Ironworks or Lucis yet, and need my Supra to work towards them), but getting my BTN retainer up was easy without the supra main hand or the forager's offhand. I have the forager's hatchet on the retainer along with Botanist AF gear fully melded for gathering (with all guerdon Is), rose gold accessories +5 gathering in them, and the militia offhand max melded for gathering. That got me high enough for the new ventures. Still haven't gotten anything new from them yet though, same garbage as the XV and XIV ventures...

[Espritduo]

I got an Emperor Fish HQ from my Fisher XVI, which I never saw from the XV's. Still waiting to see anything new from the others.