New to crafting? How should I level? A Guide in quick tips

[Squand]

1st, do 1-15 on your own, all the matts for the early levels are cheap & sold by npc vendors. The 1st class quests give you a massive shard influx. Do armorer last.

Next, level GSM to 50. Flawless Synthesis is helpful at early levels.

Unlock your challenge log, Limsa (Drowning Wench Quest.)

Do your GC provision quests everyday, and buy xp boost manuals with seals.

Do your ixali dailies. (Fallgourd Float)

Grinding: items you've never done before = xp bonus. Sell HQ leve quest turn in items.

The above = best bang per gil.

Then, Fuel your leveling with money. Find a crafter and see if they will mass produce HQ leve quest items. I normally do 1/2 board price. Shout for help & likely find people to do it cheaper/free.

If you have 99 leves to burn, as well as 400-1million gil. Take the crafter-in-a-box option that Mariene Vintrielle developed. It's well worth it. As a fresh 50 you'll make it back in a week or less.

[Squand]

Due to space restrictions, I couldn't fit a pre-amble. This is the advice I give to people who ask me for leveling kits. I don't really care what order people level 1-15 at, nor 15-50, but I find some new people want rigid advice. The above is what I say in those circumstances. I get asked to create leveling kits, almost everyday. I don't keep them pre-made, and only make them on a case by case basis. But I think it's cool that people make them. I'm surprised at the # of people who don't know about ixali dailies, the challenge log, and GC provision quests. Make sure your friends know about these gil/xp fountains.

If you have quick tips you think I should add, let me know.

[Gillionaire]

Due to space restrictions, I couldn't fit a pre-amble.

You can edit your post and it'll allow you to go over the character limit.
I would add the crafting simulator links and suggest people to run it through and get some figures.

Also, I've never heard of this "crafter in a box".. Can you explain a little bit about it?

[Aeyis]

You can edit your post and it'll allow you to go over the character limit.
I would add the crafting simulator links and suggest people to run it through and get some figures.

Also, I've never heard of this "crafter in a box".. Can you explain a little bit about it?

Based on the OPs wording I would assume it's a full set of items needed to do all levequests up to 50.
Not sure why it's called a ''box'' tho, I don't think anyone sells them as a set?
Not a bad idea if anyone has/made a a full list of all the courier quests for each class tho; would certainly save a lot of(having to look it up) time in making alts.

[Squand]

Are their forum rules, about going over the limit with edits? It seems like that's an accepted practice, but I want to be mindful of the TOS.

Basically, what Mariene does, is she mass gathers leve items. And she will sell you all the leve items you need to go from 1-50 for a set price. All at once. She broke it down, so you get exactly the XP you need before switching to the next leve. (There are some reddit posts about this as well.) It takes about 70 leves to go from 15-50.

It's a popular service on Balmung. And basically you power 1-50 in an hour or so, just doing Currier leves. Cul-in-a-box(TM) is her signature branding, but she'll do anything. If you're on Balmung, hit up Mariene Vintrielle. She'll treat you right.

I like that suggestion for adding links.

[Nym-Phox]

I agree with most of these, other than Flawless Synth. Maybe it's just me, but I felt Careful Synth II has helped me infinitely more in the long run. I started with WVR to CRP and getting those two made the other crafts incredibly simple to level so far (with only two left to go).

Other tip I'd give is to unlock ALL the beastman tribes at least to Neutral. Sometimes the vendor prices for ingots, lumber, etc is much cheaper from the vendors compared to the market board (For example, cloth for high level weaver is half the price of market values on my server. Which also provided a nice stream of income being "that guy just selling items bought from vendors").

[Aeyis]

Are their forum rules, about going over the limit with edits? It seems like that's an accepted practice, but I want to be mindful of the TOS.

Not at all, everyone does it. Not much choice, the word limit is simply to small. This shows especially when you quote someone (word count of the quote also counts towards the 1000)

Plus there is a limit to how many posts you can make per day. If you were to make new posts for every additional thing you would soon reach that limit and be unable to post more.

I agree with most of these, other than Flawless Synth. Maybe it's just me, but I felt Careful Synth II has helped me infinitely more in the long run. I started with WVR to CRP and getting those two made the other crafts incredibly simple to level so far (with only two left to go).

Other tip I'd give is to unlock ALL the beastman tribes at least to Neutral. Sometimes the vendor prices for ingots, lumber, etc is much cheaper from the vendors compared to the market board (For example, cloth for high level weaver is half the price of market values on my server. Which also provided a nice stream of income being "that guy just selling items bought from vendors").

Flawless synthesis is particularly useful at those low ranges of crafting, where trying to craft a higher level recipe you might only get 7-8 progress otherwise.

As far as the beast tribes go: the materials their vendors sell are unlocked per level of reputation. At neutral you will only have access to the most basic of tiers. (which can also be obtained from the guild vendors and the FC house vendor)

[Flinx]

Not at all, everyone does it. Not much choice, the word limit is simply to small. This shows especially when you quote someone (word count of the quote also counts towards the 1000)

Plus there is a limit to how many posts you can make per day. If you were to make new posts for every additional thing you would soon reach that limit and be unable to post more.


Flawless synthesis is particularly useful at those low ranges of crafting, where trying to craft a higher level recipe you might only get 7-8 progress otherwise.

As far as the beast tribes go: the materials their vendors sell are unlocked per level of reputation. At neutral you will only have access to the most basic of tiers. (which can also be obtained from the guild vendors and the FC house vendor)

Incorrect. At neutral reputation, you already have access to alot of mats which can't be bought from fc vendors (ex. Algoat horn from kobold)

[Gillionaire]

Incorrect. At neutral reputation, you already have access to alot of mats which can't be bought from fc vendors (ex. Algoat horn from kobold)

aldgoat horn, vitriol, blue landtrap leaves from Kobold..
Sylphs also add a nice boon to your WVR mats with linen and velveteen, etc.
Sahagin vendor sells Olive oil for 8gil a pop!

I know some people that make the money simply by selling those items on MB especially the olive oil.

[Nym-Phox]

Flawless synthesis is particularly useful at those low ranges of crafting, where trying to craft a higher level recipe you might only get 7-8 progress otherwise.

True, I guess the CP cost and the steady hand requirement always pushed me away from it. And maybe I've lost sight on how tough it was to push through those levels without the tools/gear.