Desynthesis Endgame Guide

[Kiara]

I just leveled LTW from 50 to 80 skill off of just the Bridesmaid's Sandals. It cost me over a million, but gave me ~15 FC3s and ~20 hard hippogryph leather (some NQ, 4 HQ). That was pretty nice. My starting success chance was only 22.5%, but now I'm up to 70%. I bought at least two hundred of those things. Too bad I'm only getting 0.1 skill from each now - it was so nice to get .7 each at first. 0.1 is still good though. I wonder if I can get up to 90 before it becomes totally nonviable to level this way.

Hi Nyalia,

Thanks for the info. So would you recommend the Sandals as the ideal Desynth Level Up for LTW? And at what ranges make the most sense?

Thanks.

[Nyalia]

So would you recommend the Sandals as the ideal Desynth Level Up for LTW? And at what ranges make the most sense?

Depends very heavily on how much you dread the wrath of RNGesus. At first, when I had a ~1/4 chance of success, I succeeded maybe once out of every ten tries. When my chance went up, things were better, but I threw away several hundred thousand gil just to get started. If you can, I'd use Legionary Visors to get to at least ~60 first. If they're 500 or less on the MB, buy them, otherwise, farm them while spiritbonding in any of the Castrums. My favorite farming spot for that is the one NE of Wineport.

At 60 LTW skill, you should have a 30% chance to desynth the sandals. That's not bad, imo. Theoretically, you'll succeed about 1 of 3 tries, and gain about 2/3rds of a level from a success. So, the theoretical cost per level becomes about 6,000 * 3 *3/2 = 27,000. Getting from skill 60 to skill 70 should cost you about 350,000, which isn't so bad. By then though, you're only getting 1/3rd of a level per success, but your success rate is 1 in 2. So, cost per level is about 6,000 * 2 * 3/1 = 36,000. That's about 200,000 to get to skill 75. To get from 75 to 80, you're looking at about 1/5-1/10 skill per success, so that'll cost you about 6,000 * 2 * ~5-10 = 90,000 per level, or 450,000 to get to skill 80. Those are all rough estimates, obviously, but that puts the cost at about 1,000,000, which feels about right.

Oh, and my numbers in the above post are a bit off - I started at 55 (22.5% starting chance), not 50 (15% starting chance).

[Espritduo]

I just did the same thing as Neri yesterday myself. Works wonders! Went from 0-87 LTW desynth in just under 2 hours. I used whatever Legionary Visors I had on hand and could buy cheap on the MB, then used about 50 more Militia Duckbills to get me from 50 to 70. Spent another 800,000 gil on the Bridesmaid's Sandals but it got me to 87, 15 FCIII's, and a whole bunch of Hard Hippo Leathers and Spruce Lumber. If all that sells, I will make back over half what I spent.

[Molic]

Anyone try desynth the new OT artisan weapons? Wondering if you can get maybe 6 mastercrafts from it.

[ServerCollaps]

from reddit

[Lyrinn]

Not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet but if you're doing mass desynths, Bacon Broth is a new 4 star food that increases your desynth success rate.

[ish007xx]

from reddit

oh thats interesting but u loose 1 sealant cause it costs 6 to make an item

[Flower]

Is there an easier desynth item than the cashmere stuff for WVR from 80+?

[Moirethe]

• Ninja Betta's desynth into the Assassin Fry minion. I believe it is a quintiple mooch (Ala Mhigan Fighting Fish -> Assassin Betta -> Assassin Betta -> Assassin Betta -> Assassin Betta -> Ninja Betta. I have not yet caught one, so I don't know how many Assassin Betta -> Assassin Bettas you have to do. The most I managed so far was four in a row, with the fourth being NQ.

I've actually gone from Assassin Betta straight to Ninja Betta. If what the fishing website reports is correct, there's a specific timeframe and that might be why you might be mooching multiple Assassin Bettas from each other.

[Starrywisdom]

Any reason to synergize any together that we know of?
Currently the lowest used three?

I've got all my crafts maxed and looking to go ahead and max 3 desynths, guessing everyone and their mom's have done gsm and bsm? Looking to go into the niche markets; even if they are awful now(in the chance they may become better).