Desynthesis Endgame Guide

[kog985]

My CUL stuck at lv 76.66, how can I progress further?

[BartyParty]

My CUL stuck at lv 76.66, how can I progress further?

If you have Fisher at either 3 star 50 or are around 53~55, you can fish for Takitaro in Urth's Gift with Streamers or mooch for Megalodons at The Ship Graveyard with Rat Tails. Use these to get your Cul Desynth up to 90~95ish, then pick up a couple stacks of Icepicks (takes about 5 hours of fishing for 3 stacks) at the Unfrozen Pond in Coerthas Western Highlands. Eat your Tinker's Bacon HQ and brace your anus, because you have 10 minutes to desynth as many fish as you can. After you desynth about 10~15 successfully, it gets easier, and you'll be up to 140 in no time.

If you don't have Fisher at 3*/53~55, throw money at the MB for Takitaro/other 2 star fish until 90, then Tinker's Bacon HQ stacks of Icepicks. That's the only "cost effective" (not really cost effective at all, depending on your server economy) way I can think of.

[kog985]

If you have Fisher at either 3 star 50 or are around 53~55, you can fish for Takitaro in Urth's Gift with Streamers or mooch for Megalodons at The Ship Graveyard with Rat Tails. Use these to get your Cul Desynth up to 90~95ish, then pick up a couple stacks of Icepicks (takes about 5 hours of fishing for 3 stacks) at the Unfrozen Pond in Coerthas Western Highlands. Eat your Tinker's Bacon HQ and brace your anus, because you have 10 minutes to desynth as many fish as you can. After you desynth about 10~15 successfully, it gets easier, and you'll be up to 140 in no time.

If you don't have Fisher at 3*/53~55, throw money at the MB for Takitaro/other 2 star fish until 90, then Tinker's Bacon HQ stacks of Icepicks. That's the only "cost effective" (not really cost effective at all, depending on your server economy) way I can think of.

Funny that Takitaro only gave me 0.01 point per desyn. XD

Thanks for your tips, I will try to dig up with this.

[Arcticharm]

Funny that Takitaro only gave me 0.01 point per desyn. XD

Thanks for your tips, I will try to dig up with this.

Hmm maybe they readjusted the takitaro? I can't prove or disprove this since I'm well beyond the 70's but if what you're saying is true that would suggest that they did something to the desynth levels for it.

[Nyalia]

Takitaro is still listed as an r70 fish, are you sure that's what gave you 0.01 at 76 dSkill? It should give ~0.30. An r55 fish would give you ~0.01, like Giant Catfish or Mahi Mahi. In addition to Takitaro, try Megalodons from the MB - they're also r70 and also obtained often from minion-seeking FSH ventures. There's also Aetherlouse and Worm of Nym - I don't know how much they're up for on your server, but they're easily obtainable by minion-seeking FSH ventures, and only useful for Zodiac, which most people either have or don't care about at this point.


As for which third desynth to get, well, I'd hold off right now and leave yourself flexible for when the next patch comes out with desynth content. HW doesn't have any desynth-specific content - desynth was super useful at launch for obtaining materials, but the materials markets are getting saturated by actual gatherers and prices are plummeting on my server. It's no longer profitable on Faerie to desynth just for the mats, though it's not much more expensive than making them, so it's still good for getting mats while leveling desynth. Just, instead of making a profit while you level, you break almost-even. Soon, it'll be at a loss to level, but the guide's recommendations should still work just fine. Just don't expect to make money where I say you might.

When the next patch comes out with desynth-related content, it may be locked to one or two classes like Mastercraft Demimateria was locked to GSM at first, then later BSM/ARM/GSM and FC3s are basically locked to LTW right now. So, SE may suddenly make it so everyone needs a specific other class, like, say, CRP or something, and if you have your third slot free, you can blitz it. Leveling two should take enough resources for now anyway.

[Velisra]

Awesome, thanks for the info and suggestions, Nyalia!

[kog985]

Hmm maybe they readjusted the takitaro? I can't prove or disprove this since I'm well beyond the 70's but if what you're saying is true that would suggest that they did something to the desynth levels for it.

Takitaro is still listed as an r70 fish, are you sure that's what gave you 0.01 at 76 dSkill? It should give ~0.30. An r55 fish would give you ~0.01, like Giant Catfish or Mahi Mahi. In addition to Takitaro, try Megalodons from the MB - they're also r70 and also obtained often from minion-seeking FSH ventures. There's also Aetherlouse and Worm of Nym - I don't know how much they're up for on your server, but they're easily obtainable by minion-seeking FSH ventures, and only useful for Zodiac, which most people either have or don't care about at this point.

Yeah, I'm sure about the 0.01 point. I was catching about 3 Takitaro in hope I can level up my desyn skill from 76.66 to at least 77. But when I desyn the first fish, the number appear on the log really freaked me out. D: I tried for the 2nd and the 3rd fish, they all brought the same result.

Maybe only green fishs are the only option, but to fish them is another thing.

[Teiren]

Possibly important update for Culinarian desynthesis, or not. I've never touched it.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post3235795

• An issue wherein the materials obtained and the chance to obtain the materials from desynthesis were not correct for the following items:
  Lungfish / Dragon's Soul / Stupendemys / Vampiric Tapestry / Storm Rider / Berserker Betta
• An issue wherein the chance to obtain materials from desynthesis were not correct for the following items:
  Sky Sweeper / Cobrafish / Loosetongue

[Arcticharm]

Possibly important update for Culinarian desynthesis, or not. I've never touched it.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post3235795

Well it's interesting but definitely not related to Kog985's problem about getting lower skill. The fish listed above are mostly (if not all) from the new areas.

[Almalexia]

Possibly important update for Culinarian desynthesis, or not. I've never touched it.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post3235795

Good to hear they weren't supposed to drop only sand and gold coins.

Bad to hear this after I desynthed my stockpile into sand and gold coins.

YOSHIDAAAAAAAAAAA!