Ffxiv retainer botanist or miner. My miner is 47 already and botanist 20.
Ffxiv retainer botanist or miner upvotes FFXIV's latest expansion, If you do change them, the only thing you may want is a gatherer (botanist or miner) retainer. FFXIV's latest expansion, Endwalker, is out now! As a botanist pre 38 - Pigments, Chocobo feathers, oak logs, mahogany logs, and as a miner, Limestone that shit sells on many servers for 500-600 each, which is higher than most level 80 materials, including legendary nodes used to make endgame gear. It's generally recommended that your first retainer is the same as your combat main, so you can simply give your old gear to that retainer. Reply reply my DoW retainer is in a mix of 580-600 ilvl and doesnt get the warning they need better gear. So now I could only send them on Highland explorations. They can bring back up to 100 of any type of crystal once every 40 mins but gear/the gathering rating does play a part in how much they can gather. You’ll need three just for storage, and possibly more if you hoard gear you’ll never actually glamour, like I do. My botanist retainer is a bit lower due to him being my extra retainer, FFXIV's latest expansion, Endwalker, is out now! Members Online. FFXIV's latest expansion, Endwalker, is out now! I'm not sure if you can have retainers on a trial, but a botanist or miner retainer can also be sent out to gather crystals. Specific Mining items with high demand or high sale price on the market. Got a 5th so I could get a second fisher to double my chances at getting a fat cat minion. Occasionally I will get back a weathered tome, but other than that is largely those items. I send them on a Miner venture. To obtain gathering materials obtained from killing enemies. Mining. Hunting. FFXIV's latest expansion, Endwalker, is out now! Also it is really nice to have 4 separate classes retainers. Can't go wrong with botanist though, food requires ingredients, and everyone needs food. A community FFXIV's latest expansion, Endwalker, is out now! Personally I think it's more handy and convenient than the mining or botany retainers, but if you already have both of those and a combat class, and you're getting a fourth, there's no real reason not to make it a fisher. Side note: Retainers! Mine have the 180 scrip gear left side, augmented scrip main hands and some of the dragon skin accessories with cheap gathering/perception melds. Do I have have really bad luck or is this really shitty? I have been doing XIV ventures for the last 3-4 weeks and all I get back is 4x silver coins + Crawler Cocoon/Black Truffle (For Botany) and Gold Ore / Volcanic Rock Salt (for Mining). For gatherer ones iirc just get enough gathering so they can do the highest level field exploration, mine are still in ilvl 600 and doing just fine though iirc in endwalker they made perception increase how much of an item they bring back so you might want to load up on that but idk how much of In general, retainers with combat jobs will find you mob drops (Useful if you're, say, doing Leatherworking), botanists will bring back botany items, miners will bring back mining items, fishers will bring back fishing items. Sort of like keeping my companions fully geared in SWTOR. Reply reply Top 1% Rank by size . Join Diadem and gather in circles. TinDragon • I would recommend trying to level botanist/miner at the same time, Unlock Retainers and Ventures: Complete the main scenario quest "The Scions of the Seventh Dawn" to unlock retainers. So it isn't anything new to me to manage gear on companions/Retainers. 5), Botany is unlocked in Old Gridania (x6, y8), and Fisher is unlocked in the Limsa Mining tends to give the best $$ items from ventures. Alt 1, miner and botany retainers Alt 2, fishing and animal drop retainers Alt 3, pre crafts (GSM, Bsm, arm) (cloth, leather) retainers and main inv alc and cul Alt 4 fc shareables like music minions dyes, materia and workshop materials airship parts housing skins. (also, I'm pretty sure they cant be RDM, or Overall, DOW/DOM and fishing are the real winners for retainers. 962K subscribers in the ffxiv community. Imagine Edna from Tales of Zestiria. It is generally recommended to have one retainer as a combat class, and the other retainer as a Miner / Botanist. I have each retainer set up for a different type of material storage; ores, cloth, leather, alchemy, etc. If you're going to start on Botany and Mining you might also look into crafting at the same time. Three retainers requires paying extra per money for that third retainer. Miner is a typical genki anime girl. Got the minion as soon as I started leveling up retainer #5. The max level for a retainer in that class is based on your existing class. Increase your retainer's ilvl by upgrading their weapon and gear. FFXIV Retainer Venture optimization tool update: v0. Miner is unlocked in Ul'dah - Steps of Thal - (x11, y14. > Reply reply So your retainer found FFXIV 2. Both are much more profitable than the combat classes, assuming you know the markets and what to sell. Mining's secondary tool is a sledgehammer, botanist uses a scythe. It sure beats grinding all those collectables for White gatherers' scrips to get full Landsaint clothing, especially as I have several Miner and 1 Botanist retainer. Minimum one of each. As far as the retainer jobs, I garden a TON, so I went : 4 battle, (hunt for leather, quick ventures etc), 3 botanist (seeds, soil, logs), and 3 miner (ores, soil, etc). Botany allows Botanist class Started with 4 so I could have one of each gathering plus my main job for explorations. Items Gathered. Just level botanist and miner unless you actually enjoy fishing. I can easily get HQ meat, eggs, salt, veggies, etc. Hire retainers from the Retainer Vocate in any major city. Example: I'm level 1 MIN right now. Miner - See: Highland Exploration Botanist - See: Woodland Exploration Fisher - See: Waterside Exploration. Reply reply A botanist retainer would likely be the most handy for Alchemist. I also have an extra botanist retainer who I almost always send out for crystals, because I'm always using them. Max Yield refers to procuring the maximum quantity of items per single hunting/mining/botany exploration venture, which is 10 for hunting, 30 for items gathered normally (e. As your retainer's Gathering stat increases, the quantity of the items they return will increase. Currently, I have 7. A way to tell if a leve is evaluation is by the design of the "card", if it has a Mi'qote that appears to be fishing, that is an evaluation. Yeah. I have Right now I've currently got one of each type of retainer, so battle, miner, botanist, fisher. Say if I am botanist or miner I should be in the appropriate clothing to even see the nodes coz we need prospect to even find them(to be honest haven't found a singe node/tree/herb till now). FFXIV's latest expansion, Endwalker, is out now! Members Online • so having one Archer and one Miner/botanist/fisher is great to earn gil with the two types of gathering. A min-maxing composition for Retainers tends to be a Battlecraft Retainer I would like to remind people to accept 16 leves for miner, botanist or both before Tuesday midnight GMT, so you could recharge to 100 before EA. Who knows I haven't gathered in a bit so it may have changed but while leveling miner I was making a bunch, not so much with botanist. Thread starter Erumollien; Start date Feb 22, 2018; Tagged users None Feb 22, 2018 #1 Erumollien That Guy. In an ideal world, you would be able to have retainers of each type at the same time, though this is only possible through paying extra There are three gathering classes. Hunter: DoW/DoM, performance is based on average item level. I believe shards are level 1-5 while crystals are level 25-30. I'll go ahead and work on getting iL470 gear for my gatherer retainers then. Retainers must be a set to the miner class to undertake these, which each cost one Venture. The second evaluation is a girl carrying a basket of flowers, not to be confused with the lalafell carrying a basket of food on her head. You can gather longer and make money more consistently at the nodes for BTN but miner has bigger ticket items at the lower frequencies. More if you want Welcome to r/ffxiv! Gyorin the Gunbreaker asks you to keep in mind Reddiquette , follow our community rules , and be civil with your fellow Warriors of Light. Mining Well I have a lvl 51 miner and 70 botanist retainers and I’m usually only getting like weapons/accessories and housing items so I’m at a lost as to why I’m not seeing any profitable items or am I just losing to RNG. FFXIV's latest expansion, Endwalker, is out now! It works particularly well because I have both a botanist and a miner retainer so I need to come up with 3 sets of gear regardless. I have gotten only botany mats from my botanist and mining from miner. 35, your retainer needs 1732 gathering and 2558 perception to get the maximum yield from all ventures. I will say, if you do take up crafting, try to lvl them at the same time. (For example this waterfall requires the base materials of granite, annite, ambrosial water to name a few. In fact; I think it's actually a good thing that it's the "least useful"; means getting the annoying one out of the way first, and leaves the more useful Botanist and Miner to Required Retainer Class. Reply reply IsThisOneIsAvailable I have 3, one each of DoW, mining, and botany. Titanium Ore), and 9 or 7 or 5 for starred/unspoiled/legendary items. Currently, mine are: Samurai Miner Botanist Fisher Dragoon Undecided While you are doing gatherers job quests (Botanist and Miner), they ask you to get some “Hidden items. So, it sounds like others have also noticed that the minions no longer drop from the short ventures, so I would need to use the18-hour ventures to have a chance of it. I understand that if I just want to get to lvl 80 and farm treasure maps, then of course do miner. Botany Ventures are a normal venture which allows Botanist retainers to gather items acquired through botany. Miner and Botany (DoL) Skills Guide for FFXIV Patch 7. Botanist and miner retainers are both very useful. One of mine is a miner and the other a botanist, so I keep their equipment upgraded with the best they can wear (that I can afford to make). ) Best venture for Gil is quick exploration. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. Threads on bad experiences with other players (even anonymous) as well as hate-based comments such as personal attacks, bigotry, hate speech, and name shaming are subject to removal by the moderator team under It also makes some organization easier. I just don't know what else to use them for and am considering There are 4 retainer roles. Higher level ventures will have higher ilvl requirements. Reply reply FFXIV's latest expansion, Endwalker, is out now! Members Online. Thanks to u/Ashespire and u/ShiroYashaa for finding the second evaluation design. Fisher is just cranky. So now I'm debating whether to set a third DoW or add another MIN/BTN and thought I'd ask how y'all have yours set. Happy and fun gaming to everyone then. Whatever - Botanist, miner and fisher. Lmao I read this and immediately thought of a botanist retainer explaining his "herb parcels" to the storm sergeants Mine just brought me back a lot of housing stuff and a WHM Mog Staffmy CNJ 17 >. this is because whatever item is gathered by bots price will be really low, not worth your time, but sometimes you find some AFAIK it's a complete reset, so if you want to go back to whm you start back from square 1. Miners are responsible for the excavation and handling of Eorzea's mineral wealth, be it ores, fossils, precious stones, or otherwise. I can kind of confirm the latter, because my miner retainer has brought back 30 HQ effervescent waters one time. So thats 7. Joined Jan 23, 2018 go make a visit to your Retainer and list those items you have gathered on the MB and make a little gil as you level up critical members in your What are the best retainer ventures to focus on? I've just gotten into the retainer system, and assign my two retainer one as a miner and one as a botanist, but apparently I can't mine or gather stuff that I haven't gathered myself before. FFXIV mobile just announced. Any thoughts would also be appreciated. 5), Botany is unlocked in Old Gridania (x6, y8), and Fisher is unlocked in the Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (x8, y14. I assume gathering classes are different from combat For the long 18 hour ventures though there's one type for battle classes and one each for botanist miner and Mining allows Miner class to collect specific items gathered by miners. 50 posts, 12/7 11:08AM. However for higher lvl grade 4 ishgardian restoration crafts, they require lvl 60 botanist to farm. Botanist and miner will give you basically all of the materials you need for crafting so crafting will be free if you do that. DoL retainers can go on ventures for their respective jobs, Miner gathers mining items, Botanist gathers botany items, Fisher gets fisher items. Only get a Botanist or Miner if you have more than 3 retainers. And trying to gather mats through retainers for your own crafting always end with a big loss due to opportunity . The max being 10 now. The player must have gathered the item previously to unlock the option for the retainer to gather the item. FFXIV's latest expansion, Endwalker, is out now! Members Online • DrForester . One retainer you want to give your main/highest level MSQ job so they can gather all the mob drops for you and be equipped with your hand me down main job gear. The only difference is which crafting classes primarily depend on them. Botany can sometimes, but generally no one wants some random leaf, like they need stacks of ore. Higher-leveled ventures are unlocked as the retainer levels up as miner. I'm looking at building up two more retainers, but I would like to avoid wasting levels on a class that offers less than a different one (Side note: None of my retainers are above level 50 yet, so I can't really say for myself which class works best yet) Thanks! Automatically activates Sneak upon changing your class to miner/botanist/fisher. Their performance is based on their gathering skill. FFXIV's latest expansion, FFXIV retainer's guide [Guide] This is my version of a guide to retainers for Final Fantasy XIV players of any level. to craft 4-star food that sell like hotcakes (no pun intended) on the MB. Be at least a level 10 or was it Level 20? Miner or Botanist. Unless they change retainers, your best off just making them the job that you level quickest at the Meaning, you can assign a Disciple of War or Magic job to the retainer and it can retrieve resources that would normally drop from beasts that are killed. Quick Ventures are always a good bet, they often turn around items worth thousands and I have 4: two combat, a miner, and a botanist. A community for fans of the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, with an expanded free trial that I do two combat retainers, one miner and one botanist. FFXIV's latest expansion, I have two miner retainers and I like to send them out to stock up on ores that I COULD get for myself but don't necessarily have the time. my Bot and Miner both go out occasionally to resupply my materials for for regular crafting. This guide will explain how best to farm Shards, Crystals and Clusters in FFXIV through methods such as Gardening, Aetherial Reduction, Retainers and Gathering. Miners are a gathering class that can collect ores It's made my life sooooouch easier, and more organized. Locked post. Now when it comes to gear I couldnt wear my normal combat gear and switch gears in Hunting/Mining/etc: Based on your retainer's level you can send them out to acquire a preset amount of an item. Input your retainer job, level, ilvl and Gathering (if needed) to find the ideal task to run for profit. The question though was if that is determined before or after they are dispatched. Miggi3Fr3sh 9 years ago #7 Yeah, usually with 3 minutes left though, and the first run I did have a hard time finding the loop and end up killing miner mobs instead of botanist ones half the time. Also, make at least one of your retainers botanist or miner and start leveling that. Last updated on Nov 23, 2024 at 17:17 by Shikhu 11 comments. FFXIV's latest expansion, Endwalker, is out now! My two miner retainers bring me all the soil I need for gardening, I have 3 battle, 2 miner, and botanist and fisher are at 1. Skin from combat job , ore from mining , lumber from botany all sell just about the same 200-500g perpiece . 22 posts, 12/7 9:25PM. Edit: I should also note that I have an assortment of retainer types: miner, botanist, fisher, dancer, ninja, tank. Otherwise if you would like your retainer to gather miner, botany, or fishing resources you have to level those Disciples of Land. This also assumes that you're a level 70 DOW/DOM, Miner, and Botanist. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Decided to purchase a sixth retainer recently since I'm hoarding leveling gear and could use some extra space. Levelling Botanist now, so I'm behind - but I'd suggest that, over mining, if you're looking for some steady profit. If you focus on one class because of the retainer, you will get about 8m exp. DoL retainers' effectiveness is based on their Gathering stat exclusively. FFXIV's latest expansion, Endwalker, I have a fisher, miner and dragoon as retainer. Battle retainers are also really good. ” However, because it is “Hidden,” it sometimes takes so long to collect It depends. Enhanced Twelve's Bounty: MIN BTN: 41 The Twelve's Bounty now extends to crystals. Nymeia's Ward: BTN MIN: 42 Occasionally increases yield for certain items, including crystals. Botanist Retainers Botanist Miner Retainers. I have four. Quick Ventures. To gather, you firstly need to locate a node. FFXIV's latest expansion, I just started doing retainer ventures and was wondering if there was a difference in the rewards retainers get based on their job. GP does not seem to make a difference, but you can use the slots to get gear melded with Gathering (and perception, if you're looking for more HQ). The FFXIV developer’s philosophy regarding loot is that everyone should leave the encounter feelin [Top 3] FF14 Best Crafting Mining and botany guide simplified. I have a miner/fisher/botanist and a warrior. ) The 18 hour ventures are class specific. This guide covers all of the skills for Mining and Botany while explaining the uses and value of each skill, so you know what skills are best and worth using to get more items. FFXIV's latest expansion, Endwalker, is out now! [Question] I'm trying to understand how people meet the gathering breakpoints for their retainers. Dawntrail Media Tour Job Infographics A community for fans of the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, with an expanded free trial that includes the entirety of A Realm Reborn and the award-winning Heavensward and Stormblood expansions up to level 70 with FFXIV's latest expansion, Endwalker, is out now! I’m planning to make my 2nd retainer the same as my 1st is a paladin like me. Paladin is basically Solid Snake. 35, your retainer needs an item level of 573 to get the maximum yield from all ventures. Q&A. Miner, botanist, fisher, and combat retainers all have their uses. One for gear for classes I will eventually level, one for crafting mats, and one for miscellaneous items like faded orchestrion rolls and furniture and whatnot. This guide will explain the basics for how to level your retainers, how best to gear your retainers, what stat breakpoints to aim for with your retainers and recommendations for what retainer ventures to send out for both gil making and rare venture materials. Reply reply too. " Retainers are cr Aside from fishing, miner and botanist are basically equal. All retainers have access to Quick Ventures which get you items based on a predetermined level- and stat-based pool. Increase your retainer's Gathering by upgrading tools and gear. Two on mining, one on botanist. I used conjurer as the initial base class, but adjustments can be made with gear upgrades for jobs of FFXIV's latest expansion, Endwalker, is out now! Members Online • PM_ME_YourCensorship. Besides, why bother hunting mobs yourself for skins when you can get your combat retainer for fetch them for you? Once you have unlocked your gathering class, you can explore the open world. There are some items retainers can get that you can't find otherwise (EG: the Fat Cat minion from fishing ventures) It should be noted, however, that Retainers can only level their jobs based on whether you have unlocked them and the level of your character. Would you rather farm ore or plants? Pick the one that you don't want to farm. A community for fans of the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, which includes a free trial that I have a miner and a combat retainer. Plus you can always sell excess. DoW/DoM can give beast drops Were you looking for Mining Exploration, Hunting Exploration, or Fishing Exploration? The following ventures will task your retainer with procuring a specified item in a short amount They both suck, miner is best, as for 18 hour fisher is best but it's just a dice roll most of the time. Botany comes in a close 2nd, Combat 3rd (because most endgame crafting recipes have an on-and-off approach to monster parts as ingredients), and Fishing a distant 4th. This can take up to a minute if your retainer is high level because it'll consider every single item it can obtain for profit. I went with miner over botanist because the miner can gather soil for you. Focusing on gather sellables. Botanist flirts with and seems to reeeeeally want to sleep with me. I would say the extra retainers are more useful if you craft a lot and like keep a stock of harder-to-get mats on hand at all times. Check the market on your server and see what brings the most money and send your retainers out to gather those items that will bring you some money. Higher level ventures will have higher Gathering requirements. Reply reply Depends mainly on your needs, if you craft a lot having gathering retainers will speed up the process (especially with fish). To obtain A community for fans of the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, with an expanded free trial that includes the entirety of A Realm Reborn and the award-winning Heavensward and Stormblood expansions up to level 70 with no restrictions on playtime. 1. Ahhh,after the first free two retainers, you can basically rent an extra retainer for another $2/month. I would also recommend having at least 1 battle, 1 fisher, 1 miner and 1 botanist regardless of your current needs. To fully master the advanced techniques developed by the great mining nation of Ul'dah, they undertake a wide range of tasks, from the meticulous prospecting of the most minute deposits to large-scale civil engineering. The yield I'd something between 20 to 40 (depending on their gathering stat) I recently bought 3 news retainer and start leveling them. Alt 5 housing, so much furniture we decorate a lot All 4 of my retainers are kitties. Enhanced Twelve's Bounty II I've got 2 fisher retainers who have both been running Waterside Exploration XIV every day for 3 months now and still haven't gotten the fat cat minion, not really a big deal. . Items Gathered . items that you have collected yourself at least once. FFXIV's latest expansion, Endwalker, is out now! You will want at minimum 1 DoW or DoM retainer to get you any monsters parts, 1 botanist retainer and 1 miner retainer to bring you back stuff you don't want to spend time between nodes gathering. Your second free I'm treating them like characters gear-wise, within reason. If you only have two retainers (which is the default unless you pay extra for more) then make one of them your main class and the other either a Miner or a Botanist OR make them Miner and Botanist. There's some caveats to all this though. Server. My mining retainer is at 57 with good gear and the results are still a max of 60/30 for shards/crystals respectively. Mining and Botany are very similar mechanically as they use the same systems and almost identical skills with the occasional name change and different icons. Any fish worth getting can usually only be gotten by your own hands. Field Exploration: A long term (18 real world hours) venture where your retainer comes back with Allagan pieces and at higher levels a chance for rare items. Zelkova Log), 20 for hidden items (e. Main article: Retainer Ventures Players may send their retainers on Mining Ventures to gather crafting materials that are normally obtained from miner nodes. Hunting . The combat retainer can collect monster parts such as skins, Miner & Botanist Key Features. JP Team cleared FRU and got caught less an hour. 5). 80: Black Mage, Botanist, Miner, and Fisher. Just don't go all in on one type, battle retainers are still super useful for mob drops. The higher your level, the more items you will receive (although Grade 3 soil does not count). I of course am running only the 18hour ventures on all three retainers. I've been sort of working on a back-story for my characters (I'm an altoholic) and my retainers - but it's nowhere near fleshed out yet. Before they return, I'm get my Miner to level 20. I was thinking of adding 3 more to see how it went. Although retainers will procure items randomly, higher-level retainers may procure items, minions, and crafting materials Guide How to level a Botanist, Miner, Fisher in FFXIV. Make sure you have the skills Prospect for Miner and Triangulate for Botanist toggled on to see Some days miner mats selling for more, some days botanist. As of patch 6. Thanks for the feedback on what yours had sold at. And gathering retainers are ok if you want some passive farming of mats (not from timed nodes however or end game fish), you can also get crystals and very rarely some minions from the 18h ventures (check MB for those minions to see if it's worth it). This gives me (almost) on-demand access to nearly every standard mat in the game, including stuff from timed nodes. My miner is 47 already and botanist 20. Fisher don't make any money, miners make the most, botanist make the second while hunters third and pretty far behind. The best set up for retainers are having 1 battle class, 1 Botanist, 1 Miner and 1 Fisher and then simply send them out to gather items. Im mainly basing my income on monsters materials so I would go for 4 combat 3 miner 2 bot 1 fish. However, a friend told FFXIV's latest expansion, Endwalker, is out now! Having a gathering retainer (Botanists or Miner), To add on to what others mention, botanist/miner also get a skill that increases your shard yield at one point (and then a stronger version at a much later point) I have several retainers now at level 80 with my main character and two other characters which are now members of GC's and in the process of leveling up retainers as well. There are lots of fish that a fisher retainer can't catch for you, and as time have passed there have been fewer and fewer useful things you can catch with fishing - and most of those a retainer can't catch for you anyway, Fisher is easily the least useful of the retainers - there are many fishes it can't bring back, and of the ones it can catch only a handful are useful. My thamaturge has brought back quite a few interesting things, including the peach confetti from the last event, although nothing rare or valuable. And then I sort items between them. Definitely keep your DoW. I understand that gathering levels is best in the diadem so its between miner and botanist. I have a Botanist, a Miner, a Fisher, and an Arcanist. I originally was going to just add a second to everything but fisher, but I had a friend suggest putting Miner is unlocked in Ul'dah - Steps of Thal - (x11, y14. I wasn't paying attention to if they'd aggro at the lvl the miner typically would be on the quest. The other retainer you Botany retainer is actually really good this go. So I have 4 retainers, 1 miner, 1 fisher, 1 botanist and 1 combat job, and that was who I wanted to ask about, I know rouges have skills that make FFXIV's latest expansion, Endwalker, is out now! Members Online. Share Sort by: Puts you at 1789 Gathering for Miner/Botanist, and 1435 Gathering for Fisher. Then players can send them out for expeditions (Retainer Ventures) for items and experience. FFXIV's next expansion, Dawntrail, launches on June 28th, 2024! Venture Type . Kept her for extra storage, mostly, and to have a retainer to sell in Ishgard where the tax rate is lower. If you pick the highest leves for both, you can get about 12m exp when you turn them in. Effect is also automatically activated upon changing areas. Miners are defined as those that can give stone materials to be processed by the Blacksmiths. In addition, the retainer must meet the minimum Gathering stat requirement to gather the item. That is, if Miner is not Just subscribed so it is time to make a couple of retainers. He is level 50, along with my Archer, Fisher, and Botanist retainers. r/ffxiv. Island Sanctuary Workshop - Season 60 Another great way to gather more crystals is just by sending out a Miner/Botanist retainer on Mining/Botany ventures. A Hunting, Mining, Botany, or Fishing venture takes 1 hour (or maybe less if it's a high level retainer going on a low level venture), costs 1 venture token, and returns several of an item of your choice (with the list of choices being dependent on your retainer's class and level). Therefore, there is no best retainer job for making Gil. My goal with all these retainers is to get them to level 80, equip them with the best gear, and then use them to make gil. Equip and Level Up Retainers: Assign your retainers a class that complements your needs, such as Botanist, Miner, Fisher, or any battle class. Note that a retainer can only retrieve items that you have recorded in your gathering log, i. Again, just pick whichever one you personally have leveled higher. Reply As your retainer's item level increases (ilvl), the quantity of the items they return will increase. First ones to expand are miner and botanist to 2-2. I like having a Fisher b/c manually gathering items from Thanks for the suggestions guys; looks like Fishing is going to be my best option. Ilvl. 2 is too troublesome and took a break to play the brainless mouse clicking game A community for fans of the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, with an expanded free trial that includes the entirety of A Realm Reborn and the award-winning Heavensward and Stormblood expansions up to level 70 with no restrictions on playtime. Disciples of the Land are able to collect materials from the land within their areas of expertise. On Cactuar if day Miner is better. Official LINE FFXIV Calendar - April 2024 Y'shtola 2. Archived post. It 848K subscribers in the ffxiv community. Job. Since many recipes require stuff that comes from those nodes. yeah be prepared to buy or craft the botanist / miner gear whichever you chose! I'm working on leather worker now to make it heh. I currently have four retainers at lv. I think miner are the ones I send on things that aren't quick ventures the most. In terms of profitabilty, botanist and miner are about equal. They can store items and gil for players and sell items on the Market. Players can assign their retainers classes and give them gear. On a practical aspect, I'd say to level both All retainers can acquire Minions, but some are exclusive to Miners, Botanists, and Fishers. Any type of retainer can bring back any item on the Quick Venture list (My miner brought me back the head of the dreadwyrm, I'm now very nervous around him. I know it's low because I only have saint gear, no food, and just don't FFXIV's latest expansion, You can also make your retainer a miner or botanist, and they can bring back materials for you to sell on the market board. Update, 7:35 EST: Thank you all for your responses. Required Retainer Class. The world of FF14 is vast, and if you're starting from level one, it can be completely overwhelming. The Miner/Botanist Role Quest Is The Best [In-game screenshot] Archived post. I believe they can get you different loot than the combat classes, assuming you care about that. So don’t pick a class you don’t use. There are three Disciples of the Land you’ll find: Miner, Botanist, and Fisher. I also know that their level is determined by mine. Retainers are NPCs hired by the players at a Retainer Vocate. Also, you still have to equip gathering retainers, so you'd be buying more gear unless you're already in the leveling process. Each retainer has a thing, and mine are organized as: animal parts, primal parts, alchemy, et al. They seem to be all battle classes. Server Name Only get one if you already have one each of the other (battle, miner, botanist) or don't intend to level the other gathering classes yourself. FFXIV's latest expansion, Endwalker, is out now! Members Online [FFXIV Housing] **Taste of Love** if you only have 2 retainers i'd go miner first, then botanist, then fisher/dow Anything a dow can get can be farmed pretty quickly by just fighting whatever drops it, and thats far less monotonus than gathering stacks of anything the others can get, as Prioritize hiring a Miner and Botanist, followed by a Battle class, and then finally a Fisher. They all bring the same stuff back from quick exploration. Required Retainer Class . You can have a miner, botanist, fisher, and DoM/DoW so that you have access to I remember Botany being aggro free (just outside of wineport, I believe), but I do remember their being wolves (with the potential to aggro) in the area Miners are sent for the catalyst. Is this the best way to make gil? What should I You won't find Botanist level 1 or 8 tools in Ul'dah, nor will you find a level 1 Mining tool in Limsa Lominsa, but you'll find them in the cities that host the guilds for those classes. Controversial. I just unlocked quick exploration, which give more exp than the basic exploration (called mining or botany) for the same amount of time. Of course it died down already, but it was some nice, easy money while I did everything else. FFXIV's latest expansion, Endwalker, If you plan to omnicraft then you’ll want at least three retainers: Botanist, Miner, and a combat class. There has been an influx of new players in the recent months since Final Fantasy's latest expansion Shadowbringers has launched. Just keep in mind it's going to take like a month to relevel the retainer though. I have two battle classes, two miners, one botanist, and one fisher. ADMIN MOD Collectables mining / botany nodes doesn't appear [Question] Hi guys Everytime I try to collect collectables nodes following the various timers available, there's nothing to FFXIV's latest expansion, Endwalker, is out now! Members Online • Mining and botany retainers are a god send for crafting. e. Botany however is still useful, with the few changes to food, and 2-star potions becoming more important - but none of those things require melds. Im at 2 combat, 1 miner, 1 botanist, 1 fisher. More posts you may like r/ffxiv. They just make your life so much easier as they gather items that are a pain to get. Then there is one role for each miner, fisher, and botanist. A community for fans of the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, with an expanded free trial that includes the entirety of A Realm Reborn and the award-winning Heavensward and Stormblood expansions up to level 70 with no restrictions on playtime. No, Miner/Botanist gathering stuff (The 1 hour 1 Venture one). Clockwise for Miner, Counterclockwise for Botanist and gather all you can see while having the Manual Buff i linked + FoodBuff (3% EXP) i heard there are also FC (Free Company, its like a Guild) they can activate Gather and Crafter Buffs. Then i would probably decide on what exactly do you expect from your retainers. For example, I can send my Miner retainer to get me silver ore. Level. Miner Class. (I want to save up enough gil to eventually buy a nice (ie expensive) plot of Look up miner/botanist job quests turn-ins and sell those to lazy players. And they will outgrow it quickly enough. I’ve capped out all my DoH jobs (botanist, miner, fisher) and I have every crafting job. Select a job . Crypto A community for fans of the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, with an expanded free trial that includes the entirety of A Realm Reborn and the award-winning Heavensward and Stormblood expansions up to level 70 with I have 3 retainers now, 1 Botanist, 1 Miner, 1 Archer. For example, granite was selling for 500g after the patch and my retainer brings 30 every 40 mins without me doing anything special. 1 Dawntrail. Check out the materials needed for furniture items and sell those. If you just have the default 2 retainer that's 30 piece every 50min average out at 10k-15k, not much but you are not doing anything to get it. g. Gathering jobs can be leveled much quicker/cheaper than crafting using Levequests/Diadem but if you're looking to make good money before EW, the crafted intermediary items that use the items you gathered (lumber, metal bars/nuggets, cloth) are really what has the best return on time. 3 retainers Hunter: holds mats for crafting, minus culinary mats Miner: culinary mats, materia, housing items not being used Botany: glamour, song pages I haven't crafted yet, frivolous items, like fireworks and sprinkles, and all those random misc items like beast tribe tokens and the like FFXIV's latest expansion, Endwalker, is out now! Botanist and Miner will bring you good materials though. Retainers with a class can level up by performing Retainer Ventures, but their Mining will be the most used retainer in my experience. 0 [Content Creator] Multiple saved retainer profiles, with labels New: Item levels in a column for easy task an unintended but amazing use of this is tracking rapidly shifting prices in ores/fish/botany nodes which i reguarly mine for profit manually while in ques, RETAINER IF YOU WANT TO MIN -MAX YOUR RETAINERS AND MAKE LOTS OF GIL. I'd only recommend fe ring extra retainers if you are crafting a ton and using the marketboard a lot. That being said, I'm here to help figure your way around "Retainers. Old. Also, if you have a deluxe account, each of your alts can have same amount of retainers as your main. Fisher, imo, is optional. dyes and weaving botany ingredients (non-wood) botany wood and seeds, materia mining, blacksmithing, armorsmithing, goldsmithing cooking Struggling to decide what type of retainer to hire in FFXIV? Quest And Duty Walkthroughs (ShB) Learning to Lali-ho Quest Walkthrough The Light Of Inspiration Quest Walkthrough Mystery Miners Quest Walkthrough How To FFXIV's latest expansion, I am looking to seeing and hearing from you all ur most profitable/optimzated layout for your retainers classes. Hi All, I understand the crafting professions, but when it comes to gathering I really don't get it. Im not using them to their full potencial, i wish to know which classes are gonna help me the most, so i hope anyone can give me at least some Business, Economics, and Finance. Any disciples of war and magic. Venture Type. Would you rather level your MIN or BTN? Remember your retainer's level can never go above your own, so you need to level the gatherer yourself if you want the retainer to level as one. rbgkah iymbs tsia jppn unzmhfb vuoummp dqkk supog klot zbvody