Best way to get to Culinarian to 50 being cost efficient

[Jetto]

I am at level 20 and I have spent close to 80k gil to buy mats to level culinarian to only 20. was wondering if anyone can give me some tips thats cheaper

[EpicCid]

Learn what enemies drop as far as culinary mats and farm them. A lot of items from botany are used as well, so if you have botanist leveled, look up where to find the ingredients you need and get chopping. Unfortunately, it could take some time to get what you need. Decide if spending time or money is more important.

[RayneBoemir]

How did you spent that much Gil when things to level it to that level are npc bought items?

[Nathan061111]

Probably better ways out there but cornmeal and acorn cookies were decent for me. Cornmeal only has 1 ingredient and you can turn it in for leves think it got me like 15 levels.

[ksufoley]

Cheapest way is to buy leve items from the mb. The final items most times are cheaper than buying the actual ingredients and you get so much xp from turning them in, double if it's hq'd.

if the actual product is higher than the mats then buy the mats to make the leve items and turn them in, which would give you the chance to hq them beforehand and give you crafting xp.

don't forget to buy the GC xp boosts if you craft and try to stay in the city when logged out for that little extra rest xp as well

[ksufoley]

And yeah if you don't or can't gather your own mats try to find an npc that carries them because they'll be cheaper than finding them on the mb

[Amnesia]

Cheapest way is obviously to farm the mats yourself. Focus on those recipes that require few non-fish ingredients. For example grape juice, dried prunes, cornmeal and dyes.

[KamikazeMan]

Go to limsa and spam the one leve that gives you the most exp. Turn in HQ items.

[Knowlesie75]

use this as a guide

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...ive_web#gid=10

If your number of leve's available are an issue always do the transport item quest that gives much better exp, albeit takes a bit more time to travel once you hit lvl 35 (i thk). This also can lower overall cost as fewer items required to level up.

As mentioned
- USE HQ
- Farm where you can or send retainers for mats.
- Success at making your own also depends on number of other crafts you have leveled.
- Also if you find u have mats for other recipes you can make them the first time for the exp bonus.
- As you don't have other crafts leveled, it may also help you to find simple recipe and make say 99 on quick sythn if you don't have time to sit there (side benefit is SB of your gear)


Form my memory there were times i purchased some non hq low level items from MB as they were dirt cheap and i could afford to burn thru the leve's

[Knowlesie75]

Also use this tool to work out if with your current gear and skills you can HQ items.

http://ffxiv.lokyst.net/

Credit for both links i have posted to the people that made them.

Finally if you use the transport items you may find it easier to make the HQ items that are 5 levels below your current level.