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    Leatherworking / Carpenting Help

    I am trying to work up both leatherworking and carpenting up to 50 (to start, eventually you want to be able to have all DoL/H). To help with that, I took mining ( for now) and picking up botanist later.
    I asked around a bit on Phoenix but wasn't able to get a definite answer.
    So far I learned that it is best to level up your DoL with just base mats till lvl 30/40 (so aldgoat leathers for instance) That seems fine for me.
    What I do wonder though is what the best rotation for both carpenting and leatherworking is. I heard that Carpenter's rumination, Goldsmith's manipulation and Culinary's hasty touch are great. But using this + basic skills as leatherworking and carpenter. What would the best rotation be? And how do you quickly level up these other classes to 15?
    Thanks in advance for your help!
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    The fastest, albeit the most expensive way, is to do tradecraft leves.
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    I was going to save those besides, I don't want to waste leve's for offhand classes for now. Like I said, most leatherworkers I spoke leveled using only leather -> hard leather -> aldgoat etc. Is there something like that for cooking, or goldsmithing as well?
    (would also love an answer on the rotation question ^_^)
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    I would pick up botanist since that helps your carpenter by a lot. Botanist gets the logs which gives botanist xp,carpenter turns it into lumber which gives you xp an makes Gil. Leves are a way to gain xp an a good portion of it.
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    I did most of my crafter leveling in 1.x, but if you are looking for a quick grind pick items that stack, and require the fewest ingredients. I'm not entirely familiar with Culinarian, but taking a quick look at a level-filtered recipe database (http://xivdb.com/?search/!filters/Il...JPUkRFU0M6Ig==) it looks like "Sweet Cream" would be a good place to start, unless for some reason "Buffalo Milk" is unusually expensive.
    My experience as a Blacksmith and Armourer tells me that when you want to grind out those metal-using classes (and NOT use leves), your best bet is making ingots, and then make those ingots into sheets/rings/rivets/et cetera because you can get double the experience with only a single set of original materials. There is obviously a level gap, so after you make the ingots, hang on to them for a couple of levels.
    The skill-use rotation you'll just have to play by ear based on your stats and crafting gear.
    Also, sorry, but I just have to say this.... The word that you are looking for is "carpentry."
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    Hehe that should get me started. That will surely help me bring those 3 classes up to 15 in no time. I had almost no sleep, what was I thinking. Of course it's carpentry!
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    Best of luck in your endeavors
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    Leveled Carpentry to 15 in a couple of hours and got rudination. Nearly have Manipulation and hasty touch will come in the coming days as well. Looking at the skills I will get and what I have I came up with this rotation for now
    Inner quiet > Steady hands > Waste Not > Hasty touch X4 > Manipulation > Steady hands > Waste Not > ??? touch / ??? synthesis.
    The ??? are situational depending on the CP or quality you have? Perhaps a masters touch to finish it up.
    How does this look for leatherworking?
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