Thread: 6.3 Expert Recipes and Craftsmanship threshold tests

First, let's make this clear. The 6.3 Expert Recipes are only for making the Small Water Otter Fountain, and so far the fountain has been proven to be a poor seller. I was lucky to have sold 2, but now I can't even get a 3rd one to sell.

That said, for science sake, I decided to do more testing on these 6.3 Expert Recipes, and to find out what the best stats and melds are for them.

Below are the test results (after food & med):


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Below are my stats (without food or med):


Below are my melds on left and right gear:


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Melds on mainhand/offhand (Specialst):


Melds on mainhand/offhand (Non-specialst):


These are the food & med I use:

...as I am using a CP+Control food, my Craftsmanship is the same before and after food.

Clearly, 4122 Craftsmanship appears to be a good level. However this is NOT a must, because:
(1) It depends on whether you're using MusMem or Reflect opener,
(2) The new 6.3 Expert Recipes are NOT as hard as the 6.2 ones. They added back Pliant, which made it significantly easier. So even without that high craftsmanship, you can still do it. It's probably going to be 1 extra naked Rapid Syn you need (which you can just aim at a Centered condition).

Generally-speaking, these 6.3 Expert Recipes are much easier than the 6.2 ones. I can achieve about 80% success rate instead of the 50-60% for the 6.2 ones a few months ago).

The Pure Aqueous Glioaether is the limiting reagent for the fountain. If you'd like to make a fountain for yourself, and would like to farm your own glioaether to conserve gil, feel free to visit my recent thread on the DoL forum:
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...r-in-Patch-6.3