Crafting Leveling Guide for FFXIV (2024)

Level 21Level 50Level 63Level 70Level 80Level 90Level 100

Linked below is the first set of gear you willneed to create for a full set. You might already have some pieces from yourclass quests.

• Level 19-21 crafting tool.
• Initiate's Headgear
• Cotton Doublet Vest of Crafting
• Initiate's Gloves
• Cotton Breeches of Crafting
• Initiate's Thighboots
• Level 19-21 crafting offhand.
• Fang Earrings
• Brass Choker
• Brass Wristlets of Crafting
• Brass Ring of Crafting x 2

No rotation is required because you only need this gearin NQ. The minimum stats you need for the lv21 rotation is 115 Craftmanship 114 Control, 250 CP. This would be referred to as 115/114/250.

Class quests will be required down the line no matter what due to Manipulation being locked behind class quests, so it is best to complete the classquests while they provide benefits.

The gear we recommend below uses the tool from yourlevel 50 class quests and a left side of gear purchased from your Grand Company.If you have been doing daily GC hand-ins or have done several dungeon runsunsynched, you should have no issues affording this gear. The right side nowneeds to be HQ but will be very easy to craft if you start with the left side.

• Level 50 class quest tool for example: Urcaguary for Goldsmith
• Artisan's Spectacles
• Artisan's Gown
• Artisan's Fingerstalls
• Artisan's Chausses
• Artisan's Pattens
• Level 47 crafting offhand for example: HQ Basilisk Grinding Wheel for Goldsmith
• HQ Red Coral Earrings
• HQ Electrum Choker
• HQ Electrum Wristlets of Crafting
• HQ Electrum Ring of Crafting x 2

An alternate solution would be to power level up to 53, and craft/purchase vendor gear from Ishgard instead.

At Level 63, you can use the set below to have goodenough stats to be able to craft level 60+ items. The gear only needs to be NQ,making it very easy to craft in low stats. The left side can even be purchasedfrom vendors!

To make up for the lack of CP (CP is by far a crafters best stat), theset uses the Augmented Scrip accessories from level 60, which you can purchasewith scrips over in Foundation (x10.5, y11.8).

To obtain these scrips we recommend using some ofof your custom delivery allowancesfor the week but simply farming scrips from rowenas scrip exchange is a good option also.

• Level 61 tool for example: Koppranickel Ornamental Hammer on GSM
• Ruby Cotton Cap
• Ruby Cotton Coatee
• Gyuki Leather Gloves of Crafting
• Ruby Cotton Bottoms
• Gyuki Leather Shoes
• Level 63 crafting offhand for example: Stiperstone Grinding Wheel on GSM
• Augmented Handmaster's Earrings
• Augmented Handmaster's Necklace
• Augmented Handmaster's Armillae
• Augmented Handmaster's Ring x 2

At level 70 you will want to purchase the scripset from the scrip exchange in Rhalgrs Reach listed below.

This is the final endgame set at level 70 and ismore than enough to reach level 80 without having to change gear again.

If you have not farmed scrips for this set,doing your custom delivery for the week would also provide enoughScrips for this gear.

From this point, Scrips are incredibly important to allow you to easilygain gear at each level cap.

Just like at level 70, the best leveling gear topurchase is going to be the level 80 Scrip gear. This is the Handsaintset including an additional CP bonus from having all the accessories.

This set is very easy to purchase using Scrips youearned from your facet quests, Custom Deliveries or simply from leveling aclass using Collectables.

Much like previous level caps. The best gear to level with will simply bescrip gear. The biggest difference however is that this gear now has afew meld slots. While the crafts can be done without any melds, it can become difficult and an additional40 CP significantly speeds up the leveling process. Other materia can beused if you have CP materia in your inventory, just aim for 544CP onthe meldset.

Congratulations! Once you hit level 100 you can startto look into endgame crafting. My first advice would be to start looking intogearing your classes.

You can use the level 90 gear you currently have to create endgame gear, from there meld everything according to our melding guide.

Level 1 - 21Level 21 - 50Level 50 - 63Level 63 - 70Level 70 - 80Level 80 - 90Level 90 - 100

All you need to do for the first 21 levels is tocraft items in your crafting log. You gain bonus experience for the first timecompletion of a craft. Finishing most of these items will get you quite closeto the goal of level 21. Make sure to complete your class quests as you go togive you some starting crystals to keep you crafting.

The materials required at this level range areeasy to purchase from the vendors in each guild or from a materialsupplier in your house/FC estate. Not all items can be purchased by a vendor, itis okay to skip any you can not easily grab! Additional materials can often be purchased from vendorsin housing estates if needed.

At level 10 you can unlock Quick Synthesis meaningyou can quickly spam a lot of stackable items such as ingots for easy experienceor if you need to be away from the game for a moment. At level 21 you unlockthe skill Great Strides making the next crafts much easier and is theentire reason we go to level 21.

From here, the easiest method is to level using theIshgardian Restoration. Always make sure to do your Grand Company dailies andixal beast tribes as well for easy experience.

The Ishgardian Restoration is unlocked by finishingthe quest Towards The Firmamentwhich requires completion of the level 60 main story. If you are not thisfar in the story instead check out the leve sheet listed insteadto level.

The Ishgardian Restoration requires you to craftitems as Collectables to exchange for EXP and Skybuilders' Scrips, which is acurrency used to buy various glamour and cosmetic rewards. These items can evenbe sold and can make you money while you level!

Collectables are simply normal crafts, butinstead of your quality bar being an HQ percent, they become a rating thatdetermines what rewards you gain when you hand the item in. The items usedin these crafts can either be gathered from a zone in the restoration calledThe Diadem or purchased off the Market Board. Many of the low-level itemscan be fairly cheap. That being said, it is often useful to levelgathering classes via the Diadem anyway, so you should level Gathering andCrafting at the same time.

We recommend you use this macro all the way to level50 using the level 20 craft. This is because the level 40 craft is created tolast until level 60 and scales really badly until you reach level 50.

This section of the guide lasts until level 63due to gearing being incredibly messy and awkward at level 60. Thereare no simple or easy options.

We still recommend the Ishgardian Restoration tolevel at this point however more leveling methods have unlocked. The corefocus of the Collectable system, Rowenas House of Splendors, can beunlocked. This will be useful to gear at level 70 more so than at themoment but still used a little at lv63.

Custom deliveries are also a new Collectable-based experience sourcein the form of weekly quests not unlike beast tribes. You can do theseevery week to gain Scrips on top of normal Collectable farmingfrom The House of Splendors

Use the Level 40 craft from the Ishgardian Restoration!There are no level 50 items inside the restoration and instead the level40 item lasts until level 60.

Now that you have geared up you can beginlevelling again. If you have not been keeping up with class questscomplete them now. The skill Manipulationis unlocked at level 65. This is an incredibly important skill.

From this point onwards, you should farm Collectables along the wayat this point to help afford gear at level 70. Leveling one class throughcollectables is more than enough to afford the gear but you can level multipleif the materials are cheap. You can even use the scrips to sell materiaand make gil while you level.

The most important thing to spend your scrips on isthe Handking set for level 70 gear.

Aside from that continue with the IshgardianRestoration as your main leveling source.

Due to this there is a macro for collectables anda separate macro for the Ishgard crafts. General macros at this tier canbe a little tight too meaning CP potions are required.

You can use this rotation for the collectables. It requires Blood Bouillabaisse and Cunning Craftsman's Tea or better.You may need an additional Basic Synthesis to end the craftif you are crafting some items under their level.

This is the macro for the level 60 IshgardianRestoration craft. These crafts need a lot more quality than collectablecrafts. It requires Blood Bouillabaisse and Cunning Craftsman's Syrup or better. Note this rotation needs syrupbut the other only needed tea.

From here we recommend the same as leveling to 70.Using a mix of the Ishgardian Restoration and Collectables. You will want tolevel at least 1 class from Collectables for Scrips for gearing but it is perfectly viable to levelall classes this way if you would like which will make it easy to affordmasterbooks, gear, materia and items to sell and make gil from while you level.

level 70 also has the option of facet quests unlockedin the Crystarium. They are shared between groups of classes:

• Facet of Forging: Blacksmith, Armorer, Goldsmith
• Facet of Crafting: Carpenter, Leatherworker, Weaver
• Facet of Nourishing: Alchemist, Culinarian

I would advise using these quests for Armorer,Leatherworker and Culinarian. Leatherworker is the most important to focus thesequests on as materials are more expensive.

The most important thing to spend your scrips on isthe Handsaint set for level 80 gear.

Listed below is a general macro you can use to levelall the way to 80 using any Collectables.

This rotation requires Tempura Platter orbetter stat wise. This can be purchased via a vendor.

Listed below is a macro for the restoration reachingtier 3 to give you the most rewards per craft and therefore more experienceand skybuilders scrips.

This rotation requires Tempura Platter orbetter stat wise to hit tier 3. Tempura Platter can be purchased fromvendors making it a great option.

Ishgard stops being a viable leveling method at thislevel range meaning collectables and Leves are your primary sources ofexperience points. Leves are fast and Collectables are slower butinstead provide further benefits from Scrips generallymaking them more efficient. I would therefore recommend Collectables.

On top of that there is an equivalent of theprevious expansions Facet quests called Studium Deliveries. These are locatedin Old Sharlayan inside The Studium.

• Faculty of Archaeology: Blacksmith, Armorer, Goldsmith
• Faculty of Astronomy: Carpenter, Leatherworker, Weaver
• Faculty of Medicine: Alchemist, Culinarian

These are exactly the same as the previous expansion.I would advise spending these quests on Armorer, Leatherwoeker and Culinarianto make things easier.

This macro works while leveling up to andincluding the level 88 collectables and also works as a general rotationfor many other crafts along the way(always use trial synthesis before using arotation). It requires Tempura Platter again.

Another big benefit of this rotation is thatit only requires 1 button (at the cost of no sound effect) which is a handybenefit to have while crafting hundreds of collectables.

As with level 80-90 your main sources of experience pointswill be from Leves and Collectables. Collectables should be your go to atthis level range. This is because leveling 8 crafters via Collectablesallows you to gain all the materia XI needed for a lv100 endgame meldset.This saves a lot of time compared to doing Leves and then havingto Scrip farm Purple Scrips later on.

Additionally, there are the Wachumeqimeqi Deliveries which can begreat sources of experience. I recommend using them Leatherworker,Alchemist and Armorer. The Wachumeqimeqi Deliveries split the classesin the following ways:

• XRral Soj Metalwares - Blacksmith / Armorer / Goldsmith
• Epistles by Pameka - Carpenter / Leatherworker / Weaver
• Xeerol Ja Juicecraft - Alchemist / Culinarian

Listed below are some different macros depending on if you are aplayer leveling for the first time, or a player coming in withour High Tier melds from the previous expansion.

This macro requires HQ Tsai tou Vounou and needs 3958/3996/594 beforefood. The benefit of this is that you only need 1 macro for the entire leveling process whilethe scrip gear requires multiple macros.

Unlike other levels, 90-100 requires more than 1 rotation. There isno easy way to really avoid this.

Because this macro lasts for a wide level range, it will finish early on lower levelsbecause less progress is needed. You can either remove the final progress skills, or justallow the macro to continue.