How to Level Crafting and Gathering Classes

[HyleahMyia]

So I am shifting my focus to leveling my crafters and gatherers, and was wondering what the simplest most efficient way of doing this was. Right now all my crafters and gatherers are below lvl50 but some about to turn lvl50.

Do you guys have any suggestions/advice?

[Enla]

Do your GC turn in every day - and try to get HQ if at all possible. It's slow but it's a steady 1/4th-1/3rd of a level every day. I also /highly/ recommend leveling gathering first, doing it the other way around is very cost prohibitive and will make you want to scream as I learned the hard way. (To the point I've been dragging my feet about leveling crafting on this character after doing it on my old main.) Once you are at the level to do so, start doing collectibles, and between that and leves/beast tribes you'll eventually get to cap.

Grinding is pretty good for gathering classes at lower levels. I'd just pop on a movie, especially if you're leveling fishing, and go to town. Don't forget the manuals you can get from your GC either, or company actions to impart more exp, they'll make the experience a lot less painful.

[TwiibieTwuu]

Beast Tribe dailies and buy cheap HQ leve turn ins

[Bearded]

Level the gatherers first for sure as they will then be able to obtains some of the items you need for the crafters (unless you want to spend a fortune from the MB). Use Levequests for the gatherers, collections, deliveries etc and soon you will get to 80. I started character June 18th and went from 1 to 80 through the MSQ and have now got Miner to 80, Botanist to 73 and Fisherman to 65.

Only get gear you can share between the DoL roles and be prepared for Fisherman to sap away hours and hours or maybe even days of your life.

[Raldo]

Depends on your time-table, how much money you want to spend, and how self-sufficient you'd like to be.

I think if you asked the average person, they'd say do your daily GC turn-ins, do your weekly challenge log, and do levequests / beastmen quests at your leisure.

DoH
Cheap/Easy/Slow: Do your daily GC turn-ins, and do just enough crafting to complete your weekly challenge log stuff. You obviously won't be leveling fast that way though. Note: For the meld materia challenge, you will get the exp on the DoH job you have currently equipped, regardless of what you're melding. This also means that if you're on a DoW/M/L job, that exp is thrown in the trash.

Fast/Expensive: Buy a "leve kit" from someone. Sometimes people will sell you all the items you need for leve turn-ins to get yourself up to a certain level (or just see what leves are available to you and buy a bunch of the item(s) from the markets). Obviously that could get expensive though.

AFK: Get yourself a shitload of materials to craft something that stacks, and quick synth it. Generally this is a bad idea, but if money is no object, this gets the job done while you get to be afk doing something else.



A more complete list of options:

DoH:
- Leve kits. You can pay someone some amount of money to provide you with all the levequest turn-in items you'll need to hit a certain level. This could cost you a fair chunk of change, but it's certainly the fastest if you have enough leve credits.
- GC turn-ins. The daily GC turn-in items are often some of the easiest exp, but you don't get to choose the item, and you can only do one turn-in per class, per day.
- Beastmen quests. You can do the Ixal (pre-lv50), Moogle (lv50~60), and/or Namazu beastmen quests (lv60~70) a few times each day.
- Levequests. Obvious option. Some levequests allow you to turn in the target item(s) 3 times, allowing you for triple the exp for just a single leve credit, but that's really only important if you're running dry on leve credits (which if you're trying to level everything at once, is entirely possible).
- Collectables. Once you're in your mid-50s, you can turn in collectables to Rowena's House of Splendors. It's great exp, and you get scrips.
- Make one of everything (only counting stuff in the main menu and furniture). Each time you make something (in the aforementioned categories) that you haven't made before, you get bonus exp. Honestly, it's not great, but it's an option.
- Quick synth. Buy/gather something that is roughly your level that you can quick synth. Start the process, and go afk. You'll probably break stuff, but at least you were able to do something else while it was running.

If you have an adventurer squadron, you may want to send them on missions to get the scrolls to boost your DoH exp by 20% (15%?) and once you start getting scrips, you can also buy scrolls that will boost your exp by 50%/100%/150%. These will only affect the exp you get from actually crafting though (i.e. doesn't affect quest/levequest/turn-in/one-time exp).

DoL:
- Levequests. Better exp than just hitting trees/rocks/fish, but you don't get to keep any of the materials you harvest. Leves are probably better spent on DoH classes.
- Go out and hit trees/rocks/fish.
- Once you're in your mid-50s, you can start doing collectables. This often involves timed nodes though, so you may wind up teleporting a lot, and like levequests, you're not getting yourself any usable items. May require decent gear for your level.
- GC turn-ins and beastmen quests are also doable on DoL.
- DoL also has bonus exp each time you gather something you've never got before, but it's usually not much exp.

If you have an adventurer squadron, you may want to send them on missions to get the scrolls to boost your DoL exp by 20% (15%?) and once you start getting scrips, you can also buy scrolls that will boost your exp by 50%/100%/150%. These will only affect the exp you get from actually crafting though (i.e. doesn't affect quest/levequest/turn-in/one-time exp).

[KageTokage]

Levequests are by far the fastest way to level DoH classes, though make sure you're doing that ones that allow for three turn-ins per leve as they're generally more efficient (Though not always as sometimes the single turn-in leves are worth scarcely less EXP for much easier they are to complete).