Desynthesis Endgame Guide

[Ryfee]

Hello everyone! Thanks for the helpful info

I have one question... Is there a good (and preferably less expensive) way to level WVR desynth skill? Mine's currently at 57, and I fear the 75+ road (ugh moogle interior wall+cashmere stuff). Any suggestion on how to lvl my WVR desynth? Thanks very much.

[Nyalia]

Hello everyone! Thanks for the helpful info

I have one question... Is there a good (and preferably less expensive) way to level WVR desynth skill? Mine's currently at 57, and I fear the 75+ road (ugh moogle interior wall+cashmere stuff). Any suggestion on how to lvl my WVR desynth? Thanks very much.

WVR (and LTW) are now trivial to level at that point. As people are discussing, you can desynth the new bridesmaid's/best man's items, which cost almost nothing from the Ul'dah vendor, are i70, and give crap tons of highly valuable materials.

[Nyalia]

I just leveled LTW from 55 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.

Sadly, I screwed up my desynth rotation and my GSM went from 100 to 99.96. Oh well! Time to desynth some Hero's jewelry!

[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.

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[ish007xx]

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

[Nyalia]

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Here's an interesting question: Can you get HQ sealant that way? And, is it worth it?

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.

Hmm. Bacon Broth appears to only raise desynth chance by 1% for NQ, 2% for HQ, and it's a four star craft that requires an item that costs 30 soldiery, and an item that costs 8 oaknots. Also, the starting quality is likely low because the two highest ilvl items (those two) are NQ only. However, you do get 3 broth per synth. An interesting idea, but too expensive to really use regularly, just like the ALC desynth reset books. Those books also cost 8 oaknots and either 30 sold or 270 sold (hard to tell - xivdb has issues with quantities), though they don't have to be HQed.