Thaumaturge leveling: confused...

[LuSnow]

Hello All

The queen of the questions is back already!

Situation: I would like to try playing black mage. I created an alt who is arcanist and when I reached the level unlocking Thaumaturge, I took the class.

Problem: My thaumaturge is level 7 only and the next job quest requires level 20.

My question: There is no quests package specific for that? I can only hunt for all available side quests everywhere?

Thank you

Issue closed. It must have been a bug. I regret I didn't take a screenshot. I was doing side quests and when I reached level 10, I got a notification that my next job quest is now available. So, the required level was 10, not 20, although I can swear that it was written level 20 when I checked - several times to be sure - at the NPC.

Anyhow. The problem was non existing. Glad me. See you soon again

[Frizze]

There are thaumaturge quests at 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 - same as any other starting class. I wonder if the display is showing you the next arcanist quest, rather then the next thaumaturge one? Once you accept the job, all the quests start in the back of the guild with Cocobuki and his brothers.

[LuSnow]

Thanks for info. Re the bug I had, really, I don't know, but that could be an explanation yes. I really regret that I didn't take a screenshot.

[LuSnow]

I must admit, it's a massive bother for me to level up my thaumaturge between level 10 and 15.
Reasons:
- I have no side quests available for my level, because I did them as arcanist before.
- The only side quests left to do, are locked behind reaching level 15.
- The Hall of Novice is locked behind level 15 as well.
- I have tried to just kill foes around, but it's a massive grinding and my thaumaturge is so weak that it takes ages to kill a simple level 12 foe.

My question: What can I do to do to level up from 10 to 15? Is it intended to be such a grinding (at least for me it is)? Or do I fail to understand something maybe?

Any idea(s) and hint(s) will be very welcome.

[Jeeqbit]

Leveling from 1 to 30 is pretty quick for me:
- Kill enemies until level 8.

From there, switch between:
- Doing the hunt log for Thaumaturge. Press H to view it. It has a fresh set of entries every 10 levels.
- Doing your class quests every 5 levels at the Thaumaturge guild.
- Starting from level 10, you can do the 2 new guildhests every 5 levels. There is a first-time EXP bonus for each class. You can queue for this while doing the other tasks.
- Daily guildhest roulette. From level 15, daily leveling roulette.
- If you have got through all of this, you can farm FATEs, but you likely won't need to.

Make sure you unlocked the Challenge Log, because that increases the EXP you get from these activities at the start of the week.

[LuSnow]

Thank you Jeeqbit! I knew about the hunting log, but I had underestimated the amount of XPs it brings and didn't care going for it. It was an error, because thanks to your hint, I went for it and it has been sufficient to bring me to level 15.
Aside of that, yes, I have challenges unlocked. I took care of that earlier on. I have never tried guildhests, not even with my main toon. I must go for that sometime. Otherwise, I dislike Fates so much that as far as possible, I stay away from them... LOL

Now with level 15, the hall of novice is unlocked as well as many side quests I couldn't touch up to now. So my next progression should be by far easier, funny and less tedious.

[Shistar]

+1 to your hunting log, also your Grand Company's log if you already have access to it! You will need to do it regardless if you'd like to rank up in the company, so might as well make use of the XP!

[LuSnow]

Since I last posted, I progressed to level 29. Am at the half of it and that's long to complete to 30... Honestly, it's tedious. That's why I make this follow up post, in case it can help others to avoid the hassle I have to go through currently.

I did 2 major errors for my first alt:
1. I pushed my base class (arcanist) too far. It resulted in a huge gap between my thaumaturge, born level 1, and the msq status already at level 29.
2. I did almost all side quests as I was on base class. It was idiotic because later, I had nothing left for my thaumaturge level 1 to level up to 29 (job quests are very far from sufficient).

So, all in all, I'm not sure what would be the ideal level at which we should change class, but personally, for the next alt, I will swap to 2nd class as soon as it's unlocked and avoid doing side quest as long as on base class. That way, the level gap will be minimized and I will have a scope of quests to do to cover it comfortably (I hate fates... LOL).

[Mireille_Bouquet]

Don't forget Leves, they are a great EXP boost.
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...0/blog/3067075
https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Guildleve

Also, keep your character buffed with a food, that gives you +3% EXP on every EXP granting kill.
If you are a member of a Free Company, have or ask to have the FC EXP buff enabled (last 24 hours).
When you log out for the day, make sure you park in a city state, the FC estate, or a "Sanctuary" area, as you gain "Rested +EXP buff" while logged out in those areas, which greatly increases EXP per kill until it's used up.
If you are doing any kinda of "courier type quest", as in go from point A to point B to do whatever for the quest, instead of just doing that/going there as quickly as possible, mow down any EXP granting mobs that are in route, so you get a bit of extra EXP while doing the quest objectives.

[Shistar]

Personally, as soon as I get to lvl15 I do my daily leveling roulette. Even if you don't like playing with others, it's not a very long instance, it's easy low level stuff and you get tons of EXP. Always have any sort of food, anything you can eat will give you the previously mentioned +3 EXP buff, which you can buy from nearly any merchant NPC or those at the crafter guilds also sell food. If you have a squadron, you can invest in getting them to bring you +15% EXP buffs you can stack with your food (these do not stack with FC buffs). Once a day is enough, if you see your role is in need for a roulette, you can get the Adventurer in Need buff as many times as you can be bothered to run the roulette while it is there (don't stress if the AiD role changes while you're in queue, it locks the bonus in once you begin queueing, you can check if you were given the bonus at the end of a duty in your chatbox)