Useful Dawntrail Preparations You Might Have Missed - FFXIV Guide

[@Jolsn]

About the Tomestones, I may be wrong in the video about the exchange of Comedy to the next lower tier, because I forgot that expansions usually add two new tomestones instead of one. I think part of the confusion was also to the changes on when the raid tier is released, meaning the cappable tomestone release is delayed. Either way, you'll get a good exchange rate into poetics at the very least, which will let you buy in-demand tomestone materials instead, meaning you should still try to cap these to make gil. Regarding materia there are many people in the comments confused about why there would be any need for materia VII. Yes, you can meld materia IX into any slot that VII would go into, and it would provide higher stats. However, materia VII might be enough to hit certain breakpoints that crafters and gatherers are looking for. In those cases, the person melding won't care if the materia is VII or IX, they will go for the cheaper one. Therefore there will be a demand for VII materia.

[@Valavaern]

Yeah, the Comedy tomes will just be exchangeable into Poetics.

[@TigerLoveHeart]

to make gils? better use them to farm all the relics XD

[@chrisironland7050]

Just cap them all for poetics to use them for any tomestone pieces at 90 you might be missing. Or upgrading them, depending if you did get the last tomestone sets upgraded (since either hunting or doing all 3 alliance raids for coins/whichever token it was this time around). Plus now is the time to farm up some glam pieces if you got specific look already planned (like my Viper will be Alexander Anderson from Hellsing Ultimate, cause reasons, already running as NIN version of said glam XD)

[@glain42]

If they do it like in the previous expansions (which is very likely) then Comedy can exchanged 1:2 into Poetics and Casuality 1:4 into Poetics.

[@DK-sw8uz]

I plan on capping all currencies possible. At worst, I get a little extra Gil, but patches are a rare chance to go (functionally) over cap on tomes when converting. My pentameld gear always had a few lower materia to hit right where I wanted, so your advice is spot-on!

[@zel2683]

Just dropping in to mention Aetheryte Tickets can also be purchased with Centurio Seals, specifically at the Clan Centurio vendor in the Forgotten Knight in Ishgard. (NOT the vendors in Stormblood areas, despite using the same currency.) This expands the number of hunt marks you can use to farm tickets quite a bit - up to StB, which many worlds still run hunt trains for :)

[@Yautja834]

I was going to leave this comment too! You can very easily make it so you never have to pay for an aetheryte again.

[@oktinaa]

wow i didn't even know this and i've been dropping a bag on teleporting to do hunt trains in the first place 😂

[@Dnies-hj4xk]

If you don't like hunt trains either by doing the weekly arr,hw,sb hunts and blue carnival 3 weekly stages gives you an easy 170 tickets (130 from alli seals 40 from cent) a week too.

[@tenjenk]

Blu's can farm them back to back

[@chernobyl169]

Fun fact about bicolor gemstones: All the material goods you can buy are just the monster drops for that zone, the same things you can get by using a combat retainer on a Hunting Venture.

[@anaisregout]

You serious ? I thought it was exclusive items, it always seemed that way for me and when I search online.

[@TheReikk]

Good video, I'd just like to add a few comments. Sidequests: I'd definitely include some beast tribe quests here, the level 80/90 ones provide a big chunk of xp. You can also save up to 16 levequests (2 per DoH job) which have a seperate counter to the standard quests. Tomestones: Will likely undergo a full reset and be largely useless to hoard for dawntrail purposes but still will give you lots of poetics for old relics if you don't need to spend them on any diadochos crafting mats, or hildebrand relics+ilvl 650 credendum gear to polish up your lv 90 sets. Khloe book: Important to note that Early Access comes out on a Friday 28th June, so you can actually can use 2 books in a row if you save the Khloe journal you pick up on June 18th if you have preordered the expansion. Trusts: As others have pointed out, this won't be needed in order to do solo duties in Dawntrail. Grand Company Seals: I don't think there is a good chance that new materials get added to this other than a new grade of dark matter for fully levelled crafters to self-repair. Nuts: Maybe will get replaced with a new hunt currency, maybe not. Crafting Materials for crafters: Early recipes Lv 91+92 for all DoH jobs will probably use some of Integral Lumber, Chondritic Ingot, Star Quartz, Ophiotauroskin Leather, AR-Caean Cloth. Eblan Alumen will also probably be used to synthesize the first 1 or 2 tiers of leather. The Alkahests have also used the same plant reagents for two expansions in a row, so it might be worth stockpiling Kudzu Roots, Light Gerbera, Sweet Alyssum, Tiger Lily, Fernleaf Lavender, and Lime Basil. Crafting collectible turn-ins: The current 71-80 collectables will probably give no experience on turn-in for any DoH character at level 90. Crafter/Gatherer Scrips: will have their tiers reset - obviously gatherers will want ethers+versatile lures ready, it may also be worthwhile grabbing some crafter delineations now if you don't have any. Adventurer Squadron: These will be useful, especially spiritbonding and experience manuals for both PvE jobs and crafter/gatherers. Co-ordinate with your Free Company leader about what level 3 buffs they are going to be running for the first few days because the FC buffs and these squadron buffs don't stack. Spiritbonding: In addition to the squadron buff, yes have superior spiritbond potions ready. If you don't need a job-specific buff you can also buy better crowned pies which are +spiritbond food from Talan in Mor Dhona. There is old +spiritbonding gear/accessory pieces from ARR but those pieces are so weak and you lose an actual slot you can spiritbond from, meaning that none of them are worth using to spiritbond with. I would recommend spiritbonding as the main gil maker for newbies, because it's entirely passive to whatever content you will be doing in Dawntrail. I'd also mention levelling up the Chocobo while doing FATEs. A bit pay-2-win but the SDS Fenrir cash shop mount uniquely has maximum land-speed unlocked as a default and will let you zoom around the new zones faster than everyone else until you have got all of an area's aether currents.

[@TheBradelz]

You don't need to level trusts to use them to level anymore. You can use "Duty Support" which is the same thing but puts the trusts at the correct level already (They just won't get exp but you still do).

[@chrisironland7050]

Trusts also has the "scenario mode" that will put them on correct lvl, incase you really want scions as your party (aka if you want certain ancients to join you in ktiseos, you can with that!) Only thing scenario limits is who you can choose for it, but since system was made with any main in mind, that will be zero consequence.

[@michaelbart7014]

No one talking about the fact that the dye markets are going to go through the roof because of 2 dye channels?

[@RealWildWitch]

Is it at release or later?

[@michaelbart7014]

@@RealWildWitch from what they said it seemed like they implied 2 dye channels would roll out on DT launch and they would be doing some updates to some gear sets as patches came.

[@guiltygamerxrd]

@@lagtastic7511 Yeah, after I watched the video I thought "Oh good he didn't mention dyes" lol

[@jchang1985]

Always-in-demand market that moves fast. Great idea

[@BriahnAznable]

My girlfriend has saved nearly 400 venture coffers for the last god knows how long. 😂 Basically since the dual channel announcement I have like 100~ and have been buying white/black any time they dip below 400k to more or less ensure I’ll be at least making my money back (although I remember them being closer to 1mil when Endwalker first came out so there’s great potential) I’m betting big on dye! Other thoughts were any sort of vacation glams/technoish glams/cowboy glams. Also accessory glasses might see some play but they are already so common I feel like most people who want to glam already have them. I play on Balmung though so anything RP/looks related usually goes for more there

[@FinalDragoon]

Another tip for passive gil making. Level your Desynthesis. A higher level Desynthesis increases what you get when you break down gear.

[@michaeltrees7106]

Too many people sleep on desynth

[@phya9324]

This has been my goal. All that loot no one can be bothered to pick up is leveling it up.

[@Firestar4041]

- Some side-quest do lock you in on the Job you started the quest with, so be mindful of those - MSQ trusts auto lvl to the required story dungeon, so as long as you have Viper/Picto up to the lvl you should still get exp from MSQ

[@bribi5173]

Yes exactly!! I took advantage of this to farm full sets of the Endwalker dungeon gear for glams, you seem to be guaranteed to get a piece of gear you don’t own for your currently equipped class every time you finish the dungeon in trust !

[@nerooblivion]

On khloes journals and on leveling you can hold the one from the 18th of june to hang onto one then grab another on the following week, during early access and can slam out a second journal, also the Tuesday before early access, get your dungeon, roulette and comms checklist on your weekly log 1 step away, then hit a leveling roulette and give a single comm and the dungeon/roulette log filled and gain nearly 2 levels in one shot between journals and a single dungeon. You'll sail through the story without snagging on levels

[@Tobichiii]

Gotta prepare my build in Elden Ring before Dawntrail :D

[@Jolsn]

You can finish preparing before the Elden Ring DLC, otherwise that will be one very busy week!

[@Tobichiii]

@@Jolsn might have to take vacation

[@donteddy1858]

@@Jolsn I started preparing a fresh ER file 2 weeks ago and i still need to clear the halig tree, farum azula and the DLC entry area Moghwyn palace. That is no small grind when you want to enter the DLC with all items, weapons and spells and also do all the questlines with not sacrificing melina and reversing the curse.

[@tristment2020]

I'm sruck between making a new character for it or going in blind at ng+ 10 on my main

[@thekawaiiginger7840]

You have one week then it’s straight to the FFXIV jail

[@lck0ut348]

For peeps who want to farm an insane amount of GC seals: solo unsync A4N is one of the highest seals/hr activities you can do. There is no cap on how many times you can run it in a day (unlike the infamous 100 dungeons cap), and there is no cap on how many of the tokens you can farm from it. bank the tokens, and make sure to have a cheap way back and forth between idyllshire and your GC when dawntrail comes to quickly cash in several hundred thousand, or maybe even millions of seals.

[@sc1encegm]

What is A4N?

[@lck0ut348]

@@sc1encegm 4th fight in the Alexander raid series

[@sc1encegm]

@@lck0ut348 The Burden of the Father?

[@damkina_ina]

Just stack up crafting mats for classical gear

[@arumea5418]

All I did for dawntrail is prep a set of augmented cryptlurker for viper with leftover tomestones for the weapon and I think that's all I'm gonna do.

[@ExceedProduction]

Ah yes, good idea. Then again, the starter gear will probably be okay enough, eh.

[@HawkinaBox]

Same. I just got mine done.

[@logariffic4433]

Pvp actually gives REALLY good xp. Might be worth a try for leveling viper and picto

[@Dyxid]

I keep trying to tell people this on Maduin, that they should give at least Frontlines a try for the roulette XP to help level before and during Dawntrail (as the "Road to 80" buff that all of Dynamis gets only works until, well, level 80 so that's a long way from 100 and Viper/Pictomancer won't benefit from it at all), but it's still hard to get even a game of Crystaline Conflict to pop at peak hours, and I end up data center hopping to Aether or Primal instead for PVP.

[@JordansoBASED]

true!

[@nefariouspersephone9447]

i second this but its more based off your team winning that gives the really good xp

[@maxoweenie]

@@nefariouspersephone9447nah, the first frontlines doesn’t matter when it comes to winning/losing.

[@tristment2020]

The frontline daily in the roulettes can give you between 30-45% of your current level. Then frontline alone is still just a ton of xp

[@FieldMarshall3]

People sleep on Squadrons but i have been sending them out with the Gil trait like 3 times a week for the past few years which has gotten me tens of millions of gil with pretty much zero effort or time spent. That's in addition to any buffs they bring back.

[@Sigel77]

I use them for a passive income of white scripts and it's pretty nice for the time it takes.

[@sneakytrip6594]

Damn. I definitely missed something. I mostly just send them out for meal duration tickets.

[@kaycex1]

wait u can get gil from them?

[@chrisironland7050]

@@kaycex1 I presume it's from the trait that gets you gil upon successful mission

[@Nihonguy]

​@@kaycex1you can get several things from them, its a bunch of rng but i do believe there are guides for it

[@TheIvoryDingo]

One thing to note with Wondrous Tails: You will not get Gold Certificates as an option for getting 3 lines if you don't have a job at max level. And while the chance of getting 3 lines is low (especially getting one during the Dawntrail launch window)... you may want to consider whether the EXP will be worth the very small chance of zero gold certificated from a 3 line.

[@TheRealPentigan]

Well I think the plan would be to place your stickers during the week before, so if you DO get a three-line you can hand it in before the Dawntrail weekly reset.

[@phya9324]

My tip, clear out your glamour dresser. Check if there is anything you don't like in there because we are about to get alot more stuff

[@bluekirara]

I have to do this, but i don't think im strong enough

[@FrankysABoysName]

First of all, shout out to Cunningham's Law and all the other commenters. I just want to add that in DT Purple Scrips will be come the new White Scrips. So anything you can craft now, if you turn it in during DT it will just give you Purple Scrips and reduced XP (1k). IMO you're better off not bothering with stocking up on collectables, just do your weekly custom deliveries and don't spend the scrips for a couple weeks leading up to DT. There will also be an exchange to turn old White scrips into Purple scips (not at a good rate). I would also suggest you make sure you have unlocked/completed all existing CDs so you can get the bonuses from all of them going into DT, if you haven't already (and the consumes/materia stuff he mentioned ofc).

[@SammaelGwyn]

I was hoping to switch to dps for this expansion (black mage or ninja)but I think I’ll stick to healing since the queues for dps will be excruciating.

[@TheIvoryDingo]

At the very least, you'll be able to do dungeons with Duty Support.

[@innenkosnarukami2450]

For the first couple days, most Vipers and Pictomancers will be clogging the ques for 80-90 and below. If you can reach 91, then you can just spam whichever DT dungeon is the highest level whenever you need EXP and probably stay ahead of the majority of Viper/Picto players.

[@Dnies-hj4xk]

Regarding materia alot of people miss/ignore is weekly custom deliveries. Now yes granted you won't super stockpile in only a short time however if you do them weekly the materia adds up quite handsomely over time for only a small amount of effort/work per week.

[@D0cSwiss]

An especially important thing about using Poetics to gear up Viper and Pictomancer is that I'm 99% sure they don't hand out accessories with the starter gear, which is probably something you'll want to have

[@VioletShinobi]

About the crystals, if you have gathering retainers they can get some for you every 40 mins with ventures. It may not seem like a ton. But it adds up quick over time when you need to be doing other things.

[@Yautja834]

People also forget you can store an additional 9999 crystals onto your retainers.

[@Anomalocaria]

9:50 - WHAT. good heavens, i've been sleeping on aetherite tickets because i didn't want to deal with a second prompt every single time i teleport to a nearby aetherite. i didn't know you could set automatic allowances. this belongs in a UI tips video if you ever do another.

[@nefariouspersephone9447]

im pretty sure he has already made this tip in one of his older vids

[@TheVivi13]

It's a fairly newer addition too, in the past couple major patches.

[@lincolnjohnson4428]

Just a note: Do NOT complete 30 quests and wait for turn in. You only want to do 29. Reason: Because you need to leave a quest for becoming a Viper/Pico. 29 quests + Class quests = 30. Just a heads up.

[@franmanpr]

Don’t forget to pick up the leaves for gathering, the exp doesn’t cap unlike crafters. So if you were to pick up 16 (which is the max you can hold) you can turn it in as you log in and bam your gatherer of your choise is 91, also giving you a potential head start to start leveling your retainer

[@ChazEevee]

This helped out lots! Appreciate the guide, totally forgot about a lot of things that now I can focus on (like bicolor gemstones and materia)

[@alloyswordsman]

You only have to level Trust characters if you want to use any of them across all the dungeons in the respective expansion (some characters are unavailable for certain dungeons because of story reasons, like any of the Scions in Ktisis Hyperboreia, but become available when you level them up so they can enter). There is an option to use a party of story Trust NPCs, which are essentially the same characters that you originally had a choice of picking should you have chosen to do the dungeons with Trust NPCs as you go through the MSQ.

[@darrensanderson1031]

Another super important piece of prep: Clean out your Glamour Dresser!! We're going to be getting a whole slew of cool new pieces, it's time to toss out all the shit you've been storing but never used so that you actually have some space :P

[@PriestEater]

i totally spaced about getting gear for viper and pictomancer. great video! i will be referring back to this in the coming months :)

[@anaisregout]

Your video was SO useful, and so different from every other ones out there, thank you !!

[@Lightning1989m]

I prepared myself for Dawntrail 6 month' ago, that means, I farmed tomes and Edenmorn Stuff for both 😃

[@FunTimesWithTath]

My favorite way to farm company seals is to solo run dungeons unsynced for the gear. running the dungeons that generally have a lot of chests yields great rewards.

[@astrofizzix4498]

huh. I never realized that the little dots turn white when an equipped item is 100% spirit bond. Thanks.

[@Maeve_Rose]

they turn red when they are at 0% durability too.

[@JordansoBASED]

same lol

[@senselesseldritch]

I’ve grown attached to my squadron. I’d never abandon them

[@tiny.tuyaxiv]

Honestly this just reminded me that I still need to get Cryptlurker for casters. I've already got the Scouting set and I'm capped on Shards and Crystals.

[@kimaclaret]

Wait, we can transmute materia? 😂

[@Jolsn]

Yes but don't go gamble your materia just yet. This is not financial advice

[@bloodyninja2411]

:throws you in trash:

[@niwaar]

There is an NPC for the tomestone gear for any old expac at the main AH zone aetheryte crystal, so going to Crystarium for 80 gear, and end when DT releases there will be a vendor in the aetheryte in Olf Dhstlsusn.

[@BloodKitten_]

about the trusts, you don't need to level them due to duty support, i don't think the single level diffrence matters unless you want an NPC combination that sometime use AoE i think graha might use holy and uri use gravity, and y'shtola use AoE randomly, but the bots generally start with low damage that slowly ramp up the longer they in combat.

[@AlgerRS]

Will levequests be a good for leveling up gatherers/crafters too?

[@Jolsn]

If you have all other leveling methods exhausted, leves will be a good thing to spam. So ideally, go into Dawntrail with some leve allowances too.

[@lisamueller7026]

Don't forget about your grand company crafting turn-ins those are another great way to get XP on your crafting and gatherers

[@meteorwalkergg]

Really good prep guide, thanks!

[@1Shayz1]

Materia transmuting made me over 10M in profit over the first month, half of which I made the first week I was regularly selling red materia for 50k+ and blue materia for 100k+ Double transmuting by buying up materia 10s right now isn't worth it though. Imo the better option is to buy up the new yellow and purple materia 11s once they start selling for less than 2k each and transmute those into reds and blues, hoping for as many materia 12s as possible Even if you don't want to bother with transmuting, you can still take advantage of the surge pricing by doing your leveling and alliance roulette for clusters. Trade those clusters for red materia 12 and that's an easy 50k-100k gil per day (you might still need at least one job at level 100 to gain access to the cluster vendor though)

[@GamerzBrofessional]

for the 30 side quests tip, make it 29. you need at least 1 slot open to accept the quest to unlock the new job.

[@poksonpere]

@Jolsn do you have advice about which sidequests would be the best to stack for exp before dawntrail ? And what is the best way to level up while waiting in queues? spamming fates?

[@Vikktor556]

Very good info, clear and concise. Appreciate it

[@GREYF0X]

I already put together my Viper glamour!

[@srco6865]

at the end for the crystals you show a graph of dots for the crystals price fluctuations :o may i ask where to find that? It looks really useful!

[@Jolsn]

That's this website www.ffxivmb.com/

[@srco6865]

@@Jolsn thanks alot!

[@nefariouspersephone9447]

squadron buffs do not stack with fc buffs but they will stack with food (and the normal crafters manual if crafting/gathering)

[@oOTheRoxOo]

I see the name "Horstlichter" and the first thing that comes to my mind is "eine Messer Spitze Butter :D"

[@datboi04]

Wait, the tomestones can be exchanged for new ones in DT? They usually all just converted in poetics I thought.

[@Jolsn]

You may be right, actually. Patches usually let you convert the tomestones, but expansions give two entirely new ones. I think I was also a bit confused because they now delay the raid tier by a week, so the release of cappable tomestones is also delayed. At the very least you'll get a better exchange rate into poetics for the cappable tomes, though. I added a pinned comment about this

[@naoaozora]

"They usually all just converted in poetics" Does this mean, if I had a fully stacked Causalities and Comedies, they would all be converted into Poetics? Or do you mean all Causality and Comedy gears will be able to be bought using Poetics? I'm a newbie :(

[@stephentombs1851]

​@@naoaozoraall Causality and Comedy tomestones can be exchanged for Poetics, and all current Causality and Comedy gear will be available for poetics

[@SunrisenStar]

it's so weird to me that Trusts > duty support, you'd think duty support would at least have more drops or only drop gear for the job you enter as, but once you unlock trusts, duty support is just there for the extra voicelines.

[@sc5the]

I did early access Endwalker and was able to get reaper from 70 to 80 in about 8 hours doing some of the stuff on this list, running dungeons b/c there was a GNB trying to get to 80 for the story

[@brittanykreider8550]

I call having to buy crystals "the bot tax" because I'm convinced no person actually goes out and gathers those to sell in bulk the way they are

[@therosfire7462]

Aetherial reduction can get you hundreds of crystals in a very short time. Even just the two stars gets you 300-900 in a few minutes.

[@MaydaTiger]

I always learn something new here

[@Blaze1337]

Crystals yes so many crystals. I have 2 characters and I'm currently in the process of maxing out the crystals on them in preparation mostly for whatever the Ishgard Resto of the xpac is gonna be but 200k of each type is still never enough.

[@BrambleBear]

You can level up to 90 with pictomancer or viper in Bozja without any gear upgrades, and without tanks or healers before the story quests.

[@Jolsn]

The EXP is decent in the very early 80s, but beyond that it will be excruciatingly slow in comparison to even trusts. Sure you won't need gear, but it's just some poetics you are saving.

[@TSChingChing]

​@@Jolsn Could you be more specific? I'd love to hear how you've determined this. It seems like bozja would be good up to 81 then, right?

[@Jolsn]

@@TSChingChing Bozja FATEs do not increase in EXP past level 80, meaning you are stuck with the same 360k EXP you get, while each level starting with 81 takes an additional few million. The 81 to 89 dungeons will give you between 1.7 to 2.7 million XP for a run, scaling up with level. Assuming you can complete a trust dungeon in a very generous 25 minutes, at level 81 you need to complete a FATE every 4 minutes to keep up with trusts, including the time flying there. This goes down to about 3 minutes later on. Considering you are stuck with a bunch of players new to their jobs, and that the average player will very likely not be making great use of their Lost Actions, if they even have them, I don't see the advantage of leveling in Zadnor. Outside of that, learning your new job inside dungeons seems like a much more enjoyable experience.

[@nefariouspersephone9447]

if you go to the second bozja area (zadnor) and join a fate train in the 3rd zone, thats where youll get fast exp for lvls

[@Playerk125]

I used to run hunt trains on light usely we run them either as a Fast or Slow train, The difference being extra wait at the area aerthritis so everyone can teleport, pleas respect the conductors choose of the speed and don't pre pull, those scoutings for the trains take quite some time, and it's really rude to ignore the work investet in to it

[@jchang1985]

If you have progress on your BLU, you can get a ton of allied seals in just 3 fights rqch week in the Masked Carnivale. Those 3 fights each week give me enough allied seals to buy over 100 aetheryte tickets.

[@Lotis343]

don't use trust use duty support instead they smarter

[@chrisironland7050]

Wait, really? I thought trusts would be better cause you have to lvl them up as well :o

[@Madrock7777]

Bozja will be much faster for leveling dps than trust or dungeons. At level 80 the skirmishes and critical engagements start giving more xp to scale with the higher level. I leveled many jobs to 90 with Bozja in a very short amount of time. Getting to 90 in a day won't be hard with a mid of the things you mentioned but also then going to Bozja. I would start with Bozja then near level 90 leave and turn in side quest, turn in the wondrous tails, do Trial, normal raid, frontline, leveling, msq. Leveling frontline, and msq should give about a level and a half on their combined. Wondrous tails another half a level, side quest turn ins was somewhere around a quarter to half a level. So all in all I'd leave Bozja around level 86-87. If you still don't have enough xp after turning and doing those roulettes just hop back in to Bozja. Also important to remember we have a new Deep Dungeon that can help with leveling too. Deep dungeons normally give about a dungeons worth of xp but take a little less time and you can queue with any other role. So you don't need to have a group of tanks or healers. It can be all dps. One more method will be Tribal quest from Endwalker, The Arkasodara tribe in Thavnair is for combat jobs it will give around 1/3-1/2 a level in only a few minutes of work. These quest are designed specifically to level level 80 and up jobs to 90 and are made to take a very short amount of time.

[@userbunny14]

Is there also not a chance that bi color gemstones will be kept just for ShB and EW, and we will get a new fate currency for DT?

[@Jolsn]

It's possible, but I think it's unlikely

[@chrisironland7050]

I'm 100% certain, they'll keep bi color gemstones. ShB being it's "own version of Eorzea" so to speak, they would have stayed in there and ONLY there if SE/Yoshi was getting rid of them. But since they were in EW too, there is no reason to suddenly drop them. Just have npc saying like "We are aware of your liking to certain gemstone variety, so we'll trade you for them" or similar and boom, bi color gemstones are staying

[@vgpowerlord]

Bear in mind that you can use Materia 9 anywhere you'd need Materia 7. 9 for crafters and gatherers is especially easy to acquire thanks to Island Sanctuary.

[@Jolsn]

In theory yes, if there was an infinite supply of materia 9. In practice, materia 7 will probably be enough to hit at least certain breakpoints that you are trying to hit with your melds, meaning the person melding won't care whether those few points come from materia 7 or 9. Therefore, there will be a demand for materia 7 even while materia 9 gives more stats.

[@extrathicc78]

Fastest way to level from 80 to 90 will be bozja, and tons of people will be there to do it

[@chrisironland7050]

I thought Bozja was efficient for 70 to 80 only, cause lvl cap?

[@extrathicc78]

@@chrisironland7050 No, bozja is the most effective way to get to 90. The XP gained from skirmishes and critical engagements still apply even to jobs above level 80. Around level 87 it evens out with dungeons if you have a premade party that can clear a dungeon in about 15 minutes / roulettes, so if you're burned out by then, thats a good time to hop out of bozja. Many people were able to get all combat jobs to 90 in the first couple weeks of Endwalker release by running bozja. If you run thru all the zones and 'tag' the skirmishes available by going in and doing enough to get a gold contribution, you'll get 350k XP per skirmish, with skirmishes resolving very quickly, you can amass millions of XP per hour.

[@TheVivi13]

@@chrisironland7050 Nope definitely the best way for 80-90. It was huge for Sage and Reaper.

[@djentleman1597]

The materia one is very important. I'm too lazy for island sanctuary so I've just been crafting collectibles.

[@oliverwinsome6059]

it is funny to see ppl always rush to the finish with each and every new expack.. isn't it true that the journey is half the fun? and why do you want to rush to the end? to get burned out and leave the game for a while to return later? my advice will be to enjoy the ride and do all at a normal pace which will not burn you down and stay ingame.. love y'all and have a nice trip Dawn the Trail ;) btw.. for ya all who thinks that gil is holy.. as a Omni crafter you can make all yourself no need to depent on others.. the gil system is worthless

[@Jolsn]

I think if you preach a relaxed playstyle, you should let people experience the game the way they want to. And if that includes prepping some currencies or having gear sets ready for an expansion launch, isn't that their own journey that you described? I've been around for many new launches, and the excitement of preparing and trying to make more of the worthless ingame currency is always one of the most fun parts of it. I'm not trying to min-max because I feel the need to, I'm doing it because it's fun. Aside from that, any and all prep done in the video doesn't stop you from enjoying Dawntrail at a slower pace either.

[@oliverwinsome6059]

@@Jolsn it is not about the prepping.. I see alot of people rushing towards end game content and then they find it borring.. but like you said.. play it the way you want..

[@Saieden]

Obviously the proper way level new jobs it to do the unlock quest and immediately queue into 75+ dungeons. /s

[@Firestone2467]

I have been trying to get into joining a hunt trail and I am finding it a little confusing on how to do this. Would it be possible for you to make a video on this topic?

[@jondon4933]

I recommend against collecting 30 side quests before the expansion. Leave at least one quest slot open to collect one of the new job quests.

[@felinewanderer89]

Gave me a few more things to work on before DT. Thanks! GLHF

[@wavypavy4059]

The time investemnt getting trusts from 71 to 81, to then level jobs with them to 90 is so huge. I'm just going to put up eureka orthos pfs when pvp isn't popping and let full dps groups come for levelling.

[@Jolsn]

Do Duty Support instead, doesn't need leveling. I only want to level the trusts to use them in the Dawntrail dungeons for shorter queues with the scions

[@Glenningway]

Aren't quests locked as the job you started them with? Like if you started with PLD you have to complete with PLD?

[@Jolsn]

Sidequests aren't locked, so you can turn them in on any job you want

[@robertboyle6001]

Since poetics are so easy to cap, if you want to bank gear for GC Expert Delivery turn ins it's worth it to buy up rings in Eulmore. Rings are not unique items so you can buy as many as you want. And when it comes to crystals, those MIN/BTN gathering ventures in the 26-30 range will get you 120 crystals every 40 minutes if your retainers are level 90 with decent gear. A little bit of discipline over the next few months will net you thousands of crystals.

[@LawHeartfillia]

will materia IX be useless for pentamelds come Dawntrail?

[@Jolsn]

Materia IX will likely be used as a budget option for pentamelding very early on, but should drop down in value afterwards significantly. If you're planning to get rid of Materia IX right now, hold onto it to sell or transmute in Dawntrail, but don't acquire new ones right now.

[@danzelthegreat]

I'm lost on the side quest thing. I thought the class u started the quest with has to complete the quest? Thanks for the Video!

[@RealWildWitch]

Nope. That is for specific quests like Beast Tribes. Just read the quest to confirm. It tells you if there are restrictions.

[@QwertyRulz2]

Tgye Trusts will match your level if you use the storyline characters as opposed to the swappable one.

[@antique2158]

Can you share your character creation attributes? I can't seem to get a Hyur to look this good. Thanks!

[@Jolsn]

Height 64, Muscle tone 31, Bust 100 (duh), Face 3, Skin 249-218-193, Jaw 3, Eye shape 3, Iris size small, Eye color 62-81-126, Eyebrows 2, Nose 1, Mouth 1, Lip color 139-55-46, First two facial features ticked. Hope this helps!

[@Draco-9158]

If you have blue mage at 80 you'll already have cryptlurker gear for picto. Viper is the only one you'd need to get more for

[@pagingdoctorsideburns]

The Priority Seal Allowance, from the Grand Company Squadron - that says it boosts seals from “Grand Company Actions”, does that really mean turn-ins or is that referring only to payouts from FATES, Leves, etc?

[@Jolsn]

The buff it applies is Seal Sweetener III, the phrasing for the buff is less vague. "Increases company seals earned by 15%." ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Seal_Sweetener_III

[@pagingdoctorsideburns]

@@Jolsn Thanks, this is kinda huge. Assuming I can flip seals for something with good monetary value of course. I only started playing last summer so for the entire time I have been playing, literally everything I could buy with seals or scrips has been essentially worthless on the market board, so my first expansion is going to really throw my evaluation for a loop. This video was very helpful, by the way, I have a list of things to check out when I log in today!

[@LycanFayn]

Is there much reason to use trust over duty support? It has the hassle of levelling them, and a quick google said that the XP gain is the same, though they can be 1 level higher in trust (ie they are level synced rather than matching the dungeon level exactly). Still, seems like a lot of extra work if you don't want the achievements!

[@Jolsn]

No, you can use Duty Support as far as I know. I wanna level them either way for the achievements though, and also probably running the Dawntrail dungeons the first time to cut down on queues.

[@TheWesleyRyan]

Best FFXIV videos around

[@Of_Neptune]

I literally started playing for the first time 5 days ago and this is my first MMO. I’m seriously worried about how much further behind I’m gonna be when this releases, I still haven’t managed to beat ARR.

[@crescent077]

Dont be stressful about new dlc. You only need to digest old contents slowly and try to get as much as possible enjoyment.

[@telezon7206]

Hello! You're not behind. There's not a race to the end in FFXIV like there is in other games. The journey takes quite a while to get to the end, and there is no need to rush it. These are all just normal parts of an expansion cycle, and SE implements tons of catch-up mechanics a few weeks and months after a big patch releases for people who make it in late. My advice would be not to worry about anything in this video. And just enjoy the game and story as you play it. And don't worry about the endgame raiding scene until you get there vecause that can all be done at that time. Tldr: FFXIV is very much about the journey. So don't be concerned that's there's soon to be more in front of you. That's a good thing! It's very much not like other MMOs. Enjoy!

[@abrahamibanez4364]

I spent all my post endwalker taking a break. Turns out I didn’t even unlock heavensward to endwalker raids and trials. I recently just unlocked eureka 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️ I guess I have a lot of grinding to do while working on my finals assignments and studying . . . . I should be fine I’m mid 90% on all my classes lol. J/K I’ll catch up on the next expansion.

[@billdecou242]

Question about the shards, how much do you get from ventures if your retainer is geared? Not at the point to find out myself yet.

[@Jolsn]

I highly recommend you send your retainers out to gather anything but crystals and shards, because they don't bring back enough for it to be worthwhile. Think of it like this, if you send them out to gather some in-demand material instead that you can sell for a combined 15k for each venture run, you can then buy the same amount of crystals you would have gotten and then some. You're not losing money sending them for crystals, but there's an opportunity cost

[@billdecou242]

@@Jolsn OK, I just started a month ago and only just finished ARR. So mine are still leveling.

[@Jolsn]

@@billdecou242 Try the retainer venture feature on teamcraft, it's gonna tell you whats worth gathering depending on your servers marketboard and your retainer's level ffxivteamcraft.com/retainer-ventures

[@billdecou242]

@@Jolsn OK thank you. I'm on a preferred and they do not have the road to 80 buff so I've out leveled them quite a bit so just leveling them with quick explanations atm.

[@TheYambino]

Maybe a bit too sweaty, but you can max out a 2nd Grand Company on company seals, and swap to that company for an extra 90k seals.

[@cyrinius1979]

I wonder if they’re adding another tomestones vendor in the current newest city with the already upgraded 660 gear like in previous expansions

[@JDxxxxxx]

Should I save all my tomes?

[@RiveyDestroy2]

Me as a tank main: Your queue time is in my hands, now bow and beg for me.

[@Liedral]

You might think about taking viper and pictomancer to bozja for leveling.

[@druidimos]

Where can I see price history like the graph for crystals ?

[@Inferlis]

I precrafted 3 full retainer with white scrips and 3 full retainer with pruple ones to make sure i wont miss anything. xD

[@erumaayuuki]

Don't have to worry about lv80 pictomancer gear if you geared your BLU correctly

[@Storm_Shadow777]

To new players: you can speed race by doing things in video, or just slowly enjoy the new expansion one step of a time. You will not need BIS gear for story, You wont get left behind coz theres time gate for pretty much everything. Dont rush just because "Other people finish story in 24h". Play at your own pace, this is NOT a race.

[@Jolsn]

If others and I want to make gil by selling things we prepared beforehand, that's every bit as valid as going in completely unprepared. Making gil and understanding the games systems is part of the fun to me. If anything, by having all that stuff out of the way, I now feel that I can take things at a slower pace when the expansion actually comes out, because I have lots of farming already done. Aside from that, nothing about this is speedrunning, it's basically just capping out some resources that you can get through regular gameplay and a few things you can farm for an evening before launch.

[@pitta3114]

why use trusts when you can use duty support? they give the same exp and you can do duty support immediately without any hassle of leveling them up!

[@Jolsn]

In hindsight that's true! I did kinda want to level my trusts either way though, because I might do the dungeons the first time with them in Dawntrail. I've used both systems very rarely. In my few tests it also felt like the Trust NPCs were considerably smarter than the Duty Support ones. I'll experiment with it more going towards Dawntrail though

[@pitta3114]

@@Jolsn Awesome, ty!

[@enlongjones2394]

Do you get more XP by playing with custom Trusts? Because you can just play the dungeons with the more-restrictive duty support teams.

[@StormierNik]

Why would I bother with Trusts when Duty Support is right there? They're functionally the same and there's no XP difference between them. The only difference is that Trusts allow you to pick characters that aren't usually in that dungeon, but thats it. They don't even have item level gains over Duty Support or anything like that. Duty Support is functionally superior because you don't have an arbitrary leveling system. You're going to spend more time leveling the trust than you are going to be leveling your job in Duty Support

[@GremDisaster]

As someone sitting on 500+ Squadron Battle, Crafting, Gathering, Spiritbonding, Rationing, GC Seals, and Gold Saucer manuals… EACH.. I’m incredibly salty Squadrons are pretty much dead content. 😢

[@clumsyturtle8544]

How i've been preparing for dawntrail: Making beach wear glamour for my WoLs vacation.

[@KazumiKiguma]

"You already have the level 90 sets out of the way" Me, who has them at 90 but hasnt touched them in forever cause my main is something else :')

[@utialtec]

fucking..... first tip.... i have everything at lvl max, i leveled everything, and i still forget about preparing those gears, like i always forget about preparing the tomestones before a new crafted gear set hits the game 10 YEARS i'm playing this game, TEN, since the beta of ARR..... and i do dungeons daily just for fun, and to level up the desynth of my professions....

[@bobbyross7700]

Do i need to finish endwalker for C'intana to open her shop?

[@Jolsn]

I think you probably do, because otherwise you don't have access to the other tomestones anyways, so no need to exchange them

[@Zanador]

@@Jolsn You can start getting Comedies and Causalities as soon as you have any job at level 90, regardless of MSQ progress. I haven't finished EW yet but I'm nearly capped on both just from Hunt Trains and Wondrous Tails.

[@Siropdecapsuni-]

where i can find the npc for the level thumbstone

[@Jolsn]

The level 80 tomestone gear is bought from Aymark in Eulmore (X:10.2 Y:11.8) and the level 90 gear from Cihanti in Radz-at-Han (X:10.8 Y:10.4)

[@momokahitsugaya]

You are wrong with the tomestones, it is correct on new patches, not new expansions, both turn in poetics, they do not hand out lv 100 (new tomestones) like that. and its 660 gear will be poetics, not 650