what is the best retainer ilvl

[NorthernLadMSP]

Mine is i90 and I have spent easily over 250 ventures (maybe more).

I have received 4 pure white and 4 metallic silver. Never have received a single jet black, and that is the one I'm trying to get.

[Wobble]

My ACN is 100 and I get TONS of fish...

Edit: On another note I've gotten 12 gold, 8 silver, 8 Snow White and 16 jet black.

[NorthernLadMSP]

WOW, 16 jet black? See, now that frustrates me greatly, as I haven't received one single black. I get useless fish and housing items all the time.

[Ecks007]

Well I can say that before 2.4 i80+ would give me the messege that they had a chance to obtain rare items. I stopped getting that after 2.4 though, because my retainers were just barely over i80 at the time. Now I have one a little bit above i90 and I receive the messege.

I usually get dyes from quick ventures. I have yet to get any dyes, or anything unique from the 18 hour i90 ventures.

Quick Ventures is where I get my rare stuff, but it is a gamble, as they do like to bring back worthless sea critters fairly often as well.

Side note: Most of the dyes I gained were before 2.4. Since 2.4 I've only gotten dyes once.

Current amount: Gold 4 (sent via mail), Pure White 8, Jet Black 4, Silver 7 (used 1).

[NorthernLadMSP]

The one cool thing I did get (I think it was from the full length ventures, but can't remember) is the retainer Fantasia potion.

However, I'm getting fairly impatient to get a black dye after all this time.

[WinterSolstice]

If you just want dyes, i80 is fine.

I have my CONJ retainer at i80 and she's brought back around 30 dyes in total.
I have my BLM retainer at i107 and she's brought back 2 dyes. She sucks.

Your experience may vary

[myahele]

I think you need the message "your retainers gear is good enough to get rare items" or something like that.

Before 2.4 it was i80 that displayed that message. Now it's i90+ that displays it.

[Azper]

i80 is sufficient to bring back dyes. I've gotten 8 Pure White, 8 Jet Black, and 4 Metallic Silver. However, patch 2.4 appear to have upped the requirements for bringing back rare items to i90+ as others have stated. Although, mine did bring back a Carbuncle Lamp and some other nice 3-star housing items.

[NorthernLadMSP]

Maybe it's time I start farming ST for all of the caster 100 pieces. While I appreciate the white and silver I've received, I'm really tired of not being able to get a single black.

[Ecks007]

Maybe it's time I start farming ST for all of the caster 100 pieces. While I appreciate the white and silver I've received, I'm really tired of not being able to get a single black.

If you've gotten some dyes after 2.4 then there's really nothing you need to change. It's pretty random what they bring back, so even if you were to up your retainer to ilvl 130 it wouldn't increase you chances of getting black dyes over any other dyes.

For me I've gotten all of the dyes except gold dye from quick ventures. Not that I'm complaining, since I'm not a big fan of the gold dye.