Gathering amount

[Niurok]

For a normal 50 node how much Gathering is needed to hit 100%? For my miner has 317. Grade 3 Carbonized Matter is a 92% chance.

[Freyjan]

Seems to depend on the item, and the increase is definitely not linear.

At lvl50 mining nodes near Camp Bluefog for example, I have generally a 98-99% chance on those items with 413 base gathering.

[Donjo]

I think I heard once that all level 50 items(not the nodes; the item itself) cannot be brought to a 100% gather rate with the gathering stat alone. I think the max is 95%?

As for level 49 items or below, you probably need a fair amount to hit 100% because having "on-level" equipment at the level it's obtainable usually gives a gather rate of about 80%, and you cannot surpass things this time with higher level equipment but with materia instead.

[TomTom1968]

I have over 400 Gathering but still the Level 50 items like Carbonized Matter III for example allow only 95% success rate so I also assume that 95% is the cap. Just like 15% HQ (without bonus or skills) is.