Sometimes, you just want a good 'ol grind

[Gemina]

I haven't upgraded my crafter/gathering tools and gear to i620 yet. While I could just buy it all outright for <10mil without breaking my bank, and upgrade in less than 5 minutes. I could also make this money back in less time it takes to gather all the materials needed and craft it all up. I figure why when I can make a big 'ol grindfest out of it, and draw it over the course of the next couple of weeks?

I know these kind of things aren't for everyone, but if you're not doing much other than hammering away at roulettes and cherry picking other content like an occasional Unreal Trial, treasure dungeons, relic steps, Alliance raid, hunts, PvP etc. then I figure why not give yourself something that will really eat up some time? There's just something about a grind that gives you such a euphoric sense of accomplishment when done that makes it worth it, so I decided to do it without spending any gil other than for things like teleportation costs. Even writing out everything I needed took me almost an hour xD.

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Items needed to craft all tools and gear:

Craftsman Alkahest x67
Rutilated Quartz x17
Ilmenite Ingot x85
Bayberry Cloth x28
Titanboa Leather x31
Zoisite x52
Paldao Lumber x41

This all breaks down to:
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Scrip items:
Gripgel x119 (59,500 white crafter scrips)
Immutable Solution x119 (14,875 purple crafter scrips)
Earthbreak Aethersand x138 (41,400 purple gatherer scrips)

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Tomestone items:

Hanish Varnish x82
Vanudinite x170
Thavnairian Almandine x34
Palebloom Kudzu Cloth x56
Titanboa Skin x 62

Total tomes of Astronomy = 8,080
*I actually already had all of this since I eventually ran out of things to spend these tomes on from the daily roulettes*

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Gatherable items:

Mornveil treebark x164
Paldao log x164
Ilmenite x425
Raw Zoisite x208
Raw Rutilated Quartz x85
Bayberry x140
Haritaki x155

All of this can be gathered in a day or two depending on how much time in game you want to spend towards it.
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The biggest time sink are the scrips, which requires countless hours of monotonous gathering and crafting. I didn't even include the gathering and crafting needed to make the food you require to meet the requirements. A grind wouldn't be a grind without these things though, now would it? You quickly figure out the most efficient methods to acquire the scrips. The hardest part is not giving into temptation on just buying, or partially buying some of the things you need.

Goal is to complete the grind, glamour and meld in two weeks while maintaining normal RL routine.

Since 6.35 is a mid-patch, I can wait for its content until the grind is done. 6.4 is still a ways off.

Oh, and thanks for reading

[Ilanya]

Now this is my kind of grind! This looks awesome. Good luck!

[Knot_D]

Meanwhile I've done gear up and pentameld all my DoH and DoL on 6.3 week 1...

[Gemina]

Now this is my kind of grind! This looks awesome. Good luck!

Thanks bud. I'm definitely looking forward to that sense of accomplishment from taking the long, uphill path and finishing!

Meanwhile I've done gear up and pentameld all my DoH and DoL on 6.3 week 1...

[Knot_D]

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What do you mean? Literally I've done it with same method as what you listed, farmed the Gripgel by myself with Rarefied Draught, do spearfishing at Upper La Noscea, gathered them unspoiled node mats, and crafted the gear. All done in a week (or 2 cuz farming tomestones).

[Gemina]

What do you mean? Literally I've done it with same method as what you listed, farmed the Gripgel by myself with Rarefied Draught, do spearfishing at Upper La Noscea, gathered them unspoiled node mats, and crafted the gear. All done in a week (or 2 cuz farming tomestones).

Keep reading your initial post over and over until it comes to you. Let me know when it happens.

[Knot_D]

Keep reading your initial post over and over until it comes to you. Let me know when it happens.

But I did the challenge- Alright then bestie, you do you

[TaleraRistain]

Good luck! I take longer than others too (just finished pentamelding my DoL set tonight) because I gather and craft everything myself as well. It's rather rewarding.

Are you going to grind for materia too or let that be something bought?

[Recon1o6]

how do you even make that much gil a week. At least here on adamantoise crafted tools/gear, exciting tonic, materia and deep dungeon mounts, all the usual reliable selling items are flooded constantly.

even housing items dont sell for much this and last patch and there's usually a market to corner there from sheer volume

[Saraide]

This is a nice blogpost. If you dont want to spend gil even on teleporting at you could clear out the blue carnival weeklies and buy free teleport tickets.