You can find the walkthroughs for Bastok’s, Vana’diel’s Federation is often considered the most beautiful of the three areas to start in. Every nation has a line of beginner tutorial quests. Bees are safest for early levels, as Mandragoras can use some dangerous techniques. You will not gain a skill up off of a failure 6 or more levels from the recipe cap. “/sh Sorry for shouting.”. - Your party’s current target. All of the damage-dealers consistently attack, and the healers keep everyone healed. If you do manage to HQ any of the Iron Ingots into Steel Ingots, save them for later use. Level up your first job that you will use as your main support job’s support job to 18, then get the ability to use a support job. Thief is a non-buff support damage dealer in FFXI. It's been my experience that a fundamentals and elementary facts offer a much sturdier foundation than the kind of guides that just tell you "go here!" Goblins are in all three areas, and they will aggro and link the same way Orcs and Yagudo do. Take your time with this synth, because you can easily lose money if you rush. Farm whatever you would like and keep your money steadily increasing. Unfortunately, mining isn't quite what it used to be. This is also how you are able to sign armor and weapons. Now, I may have forgotten to put a large portion of information in there. For example: /shout {Teleport-Dem} {Can I have it?} I have compiled a complete list of Synths that will get you to 100. It is still profitable, but it is not the same. I have not participated in figuring out the exact percentages, but I have noticed similar HQ rates. Most items don’t go below 1,000g per stack (or each if they can’t stack). For that to happen, they had to install some sort of translation device so everyone could talk to each other even if they didn’t know the first thing about the other party’s language. If you ever get enough money, buy a bed and put it in your Mog House. This gauge will go all the way up to 300%, but you usually won’t let it pass more than 100%. First and foremost, race should be the absolute. /magic - Used to cast magic. After you choose your starting job, you move on to naming your character. Learning how to level Smithing, and what to craft for skillups. Your goal is to reduce costs so you break even. It is possible to eventually acquire the rings of more than one nation. Beware the Quadav, for these large, turtle-like creatures become aggressive if you go near them, and may attack in groups. As for myself, I go by Stammer6. There are two ways to make Bronze Ingots, the way above (Recommended) or you can use Beastcoins x 4. Feel free to ask questions about Thief or the guide in the Forum Discussion. However, this does not mean it’s easy to do. There are several things you should know about it. If you want you can continue to make your own Iron Ingots, but on my server it is much simpler to buy them from the Guild or to buy them from the AH. Beware, GP is very grueling to get if you are rushing it. You might get to sell a stack or two on the AH. Since you can't get skillups off of breaks more than 5 levels from the synthesis cap, I suggest getting Advanced Synthesis Support until you reach level 6 or 7. There aren’t as many choices as other games, but the ones that are there, are generally nicer-looking. Those are your Tactical Points (or TP), which you gain every time you hit a monster or are hit by one yourself. First, here are a few facts. You'll be frustrated by the lack of skillups, the loss per synth, the lack of materials, and even the flood of items on the AH. Most of the time, the party just lets it go wherever because it’s too much effort for everyone who wants an item to lot the item. Since you can buy Copper Ore from the Airship NPCs, and Tin Ore from Guild Merchants it really is pointless to spend time farming or money buying Beastcoins. Targets your pet, should you have one. Fortune favors the bold, but it also favors those who have a damn clue. FFXIclopedia is a FANDOM Games Community. Don’t flood the market; let them sell slowly to keep the price steady. One second later, you will use Trick Attack. It will help reduce the amount of breaks you get, and will save you money overall. Usually when a monster is 25% or less HP, they will use their attacks whenever they get the chance to. The key to this is, you must not flood the market. I’m not sure what it’s like on your servers, but where I come from, Moat Carp make for great profit. Then, level your main’s support job (assuming it’s not one of the advanced jobs) to 37 with your previously levelled job as your sub at 18 since support jobs are always half of your main. This is where I specialize in. Then, get Summoner and level it to 75. I recommend one thing for everyone when they level up. And if you are a newcomer to this game, the Beginner guide may teach you a few things you didn't already know. You have to have Black Mage level 55, you can cast the spell. Monetary income is generally on par with leveling speed here, so beginners should find it fairly easy to get started. Iron Ingot stacks on Kujata are a break even/loss synthing from Iron Ore, so your goal is not to make money. Believe it or not, these are actually useful. This is a bridge synth to get you to Nodowa, it may seem like a bad skillup item. You can however, have Invisible up and recast Spectral Jig sucessfully. FFXIclopedia is a FANDOM Games Community. The unfortunate thing about Dancer is the 30 second recast time on all Jigs. I would encourage you to lower your costs of this synth by farming the beetle jaws, but I don't want to limit you to just that. Since this Smithing guide doesn't utilize break synthing, please refer to the item page of the recipe you are using to make sure you have the correct crafting levels for the desired recipe. (This includes the addition to smithing skill from items). If you can’t think of one, the game has a random name selection function. Darksteel Ingots are a great synth for any level Smither, because It's an easy way to profit 10-20k per stack. If the party is lucky, everyone attacking the monster will have enough TP to use a weapon skill, and if used in the proper order, initiate a skillchain, which can then be magic burst onto by a mage. Figure out what is cheaper, and do that. Each of which are going to put the White Mage on his toes in one way, shape, or form. 'Aggro' is commonly used in two ways, one proper, one improper but often used anyways. So if you can merchant these effectively, you can make decent profits selling these to friends. Every macro has its own page. Simple, yet very effective. You'll need synthesis support from 15 to 17 to keep your breaks to a minimum. Here is the general idea behind Crafting Tiers. Since the scales sell for 15k/stack on my server I would not waste your money that way. Darksteel Sheets sell close to the same price as Ingots, so you should be able to maintain your gil supply while leveling. If you don't have the Woodworking skill, and would like another option proceed to the next synth. If a White Mage, Red Mage, Scholar, or Paladin happens to pass you while you’re laying there lifeless, oftentimes, they will Raise you, giving you back 50% of your lost exp and letting you continue where you left off. If you know, or think you know everything about crafting I still hope you will read through this section. Just use up the few stacks you saved and buy/synth more as needed. These are your macros. Excellent! The amount lost decreases to 8% when you hit level 20, and the amount lost maximizes at 2400 later on. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. If your character's race matches the predominant race of your starting nation, you will receive a ring that may help you a little bit. It can consist of a few letters and numbers, but no spaces or symbols. Buy your Shinobi-gatana's from a Tenshodo Merchant, Norg will probably be the cheapest because of the low demand there. These names are specific to, and typical of, your race and gender. “/p I have to go to the bathroom.”, /t name - Tell chat. You'll just run around killing things outside of your nation. From my experience with leveling, I have compiled a complete list of Synths that will get you to 100. I spent a lot of time when I first started crafting in FFXI trying to figure out Crafting. So if you have any further questions about FFXI, please feel free to contact this article's editors. You will be making a couple stacks of sheets and hopefully selling them on the AH. Afterwards, head through, The industrious city of Bastok is a place of power and might. Buy the Leather Gloves and synth away. Ex: 12RNG, /s - Say chat, heard by anyone in the immediate vicinity.