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There are instances when the energy flowing through Vana'diel becomes concentrated and changes into a crystalline form. Combined with an image made by the user, the energy of these crystals can be focused onto other ingredients, resulting in new products. This process is known as crystal synthesis. [1]

Crystal synthesis was introduced by Kam'lanaut when he came to Jeuno in the year 855. This method lead to a revolution in the creation of products, craftsmen could create items, weapons, and armors in moments compared to hours or even days to create those same items by hand. This lead to the rise of Jeuno as an economic and political power.

Contents 1 Basics 1.1 Skilling up 1.2 Breaking Up is Easy to Do 1.3 High-Quality Synthesis 1.4 Miscellaneous Crafting Rules 2 Crystals and High-Quality Crystals 3 Equipment 3.1 Latent Effect Gear 3.2 Crafting Torques 3.3 Guild Point Gear 3.4 Rings 4 Furnishings 4.1 Moghancements 4.2 Moglification 4.3 Mega Moglification 5 Related Links

Basics

In order to craft an item a player must have the proper ingredients, the proper crystal, and must be within 15 skill of the required skill cap for the item. There is a much higher chance of failure when one's craft skill is much lower than the required skill cap, but you will have the ability to try to craft the item when you are 15 levels below it. To craft an item, you first click on the crystal in your inventory, this will open the crafting interface. From there, you can add the individual ingredients needed to synthesize the item.

Skilling up

While you are crafting there is a chance that you will get a skill up as long as your unenhanced skill is less than the synth's level cap. Equipment and Synthesis support do not matter for any skill up rates in any way. The skill up system changes before and after level 50 natural skill. For synths involving multiple crafts, skill ups for the main and sub synths are independent and you can receive both (or neither) on the same synth.

• Under 50 skill, you have approximately between 66% to 75% chance to skill up on a successful synth.
• At or above 50 skill, you have approximately between a 25% chance to skill up on a successful synth.

Broken synths can give skillups if you are (without enhancements) 5 or fewer skill levels of the synth's skill cap. If you are more than 5 levels away, you cannot skill up off a broken synth. There are only two known ways to increase your skill up rates:

• Use the appropriate Crafting Food, Macarons.
• Use Shaper's Shawl, which can be obtained through Inside the Belly.

You will hit a skill cap every 10 levels of skill for each craft. In order to break that skill cap, you must pass a Rank-up test by providing a requested item to the Guild Master. You can undertake the Rank-up test two levels earlier than the cap (Levels 8, 18, 28, 38, etc). You can take all crafts to level 70 skill this way, but currently you only have 40 points that you can use for crafts in excess of level 70. These points do not have to be spent on one craft, but exceeding your 40 point limit will lower your highest skill level by an equivalent amount. You can revoke your skills over 70 and ranks over Artisan for all over crafts by speaking to Guild Master of the craft that you wish to remain over 70. Example: You could have one 110 craft, 2 level 90 crafts, 4 level 80 crafts, or many other point distributions. If you have a level 110 craft and you unlock and skill up another craft 0.1, your 110 craft will drop to 109.9 because you have exceeded your maximum limit.

Breaking Up is Easy to Do

Synthesis can (and will) fail, sometimes destroying ingredients in the process. Your break rate is primarily determined by your craft skills and the number of crafts involved in the synthesis, but it can be affected by other factors too (as seen below.) Material loss rates appear to be independent of break rate, but they are affected by many of the same factors. Critical materials are always (barring an enhancement that reduces material losses) lost following synthesis failure on some synths. These are typically the "signature" ingredient of each synth, which is also often the most expensive one to obtain.

• Certain Moghancements and Moglifications gained by Mog House furnishings can help to lessen the amount of breakage
  • Moglifications additionally reduce material loss.
• The Super-Kupower "Artisan's Advantage" can also help lower the material loss rate.
  • In order to gain the benefit of Artisan's Advantage, that Super Kupower must be active and you must have advanced synthesis image support.
• Some kinds of Crafting Food can lower the break rate and reduce material losses.
• There is a ring for each guild that provides a nominal decrease in break rate in exchange for eliminating any chance of High-quality products.

If your total skill (natural skill and gear, moghancements, and/or image support) is at or above the skill cap for an item, the chance of breaking any synth is approximately 5%. If your total skill is under the skill cap, it is believed that the break rate is an additional 10% per level under the cap. If the synthesis has sub-crafts, your break rate is determined by adding the break rates for each craft.

Example: If your synth has 2 sub-crafts and you're above the cap for all of them, you would expect a 15% break rate (= 5% main +5% sub 1 +5% sub 2).

High-Quality Synthesis

If your synthesis does not break, there is a chance it will yield a High Quality result. Depending on the particular synthesis you are doing this will either improve the stats on the item you were making (Hexed Haubert -1), give you more of it (Bronze Bullet), or not have any real benefit (Velvet Cloth). The chance of HQing primarily depends on the difference between your craft skill levels and the skill cap for your synth. If you are performing a synth with sub-crafts, your HQ rate will be whichever one is the lowest. There is to date absolutely no solid evidence to support a correlation between HQ rates and day, moon phase, direction, or any of the other voodoos various crafters have come up with over the years.

• If your total skill is 10 or less over the item's skill cap (T0), the chance of a HQ synth is approximately 1~3%. (~1/64)
• If your total skill is between 11 and 30 over the item's skill cap (T1), the chance of a HQ synth is approximately 5~7%. (~1/16)
• If your total skill is between 31 and 50 over the item's skill cap (T2), the chance of a HQ synth is approximately 25%. (1/4)
• If your total skill is more than 50 over the item's skill cap (T3), the chance of a HQ synth is approximately 50%. (1/2)
• HQs with a total skill below the cap (T-1) have not been confirmed.

Example: If you are making Scorpion Harness (69 Bone/33 Leather) with level 100 Bone and 60 Leather, you will be Tier 1 on it. 100-69=31, so T2. However, 60-33=27, so T1. The lowest is T1, so the synth is T1.

There is one known way to affect your HQ rate, and that is through Crafting Food.

Miscellaneous Crafting Rules

• The maximum number of ingredients for any single synth will never be greater than eight.
• You must be within 15 levels of a synth's skill cap to attempt it.
• If you attempt synthesis while engaged, you will lose your crystal but no ingredients.
• If you attempt a synthesis while zoning (from a boat) or are acted on by another player (via spells or job abilities), the synth will break and there is a chance you will lose your ingredients.

Crystals and High-Quality Crystals

Players have the ability to sign their name onto an item that they craft. Not every item can be signed- the item must be unstackable and have the "Inscribable" property in its flags.

High-Quality crystals are purchased from Guild Union Representative for 200 (or 500 in the case of Aurora and Twilight) Guild Points.

Element	Crystal	HQ Crystal Name	GP Cost
		Inferno Crystal	200
		Glacier Crystal	200
		Cyclone Crystal	200
		Terra Crystal	200
		Plasma Crystal	200
		Torrent Crystal	200
		Aurora Crystal	500
		Twilight Crystal	500

Additionally, Inferno, Cyclone, and Terra Crystals can be purchased for 3,000 gil from the Celebratory Chests in Metalworks (J-8), Chateau d'Oraguille (H-9), and Heavens Tower (Clerical Chamber).

Equipment

Latent Effect Gear

With the Wings of the Goddess expansion, several quests were added in that rewarded the players with "trainee" gear. This gear had a latent effect active under a craft skill of 40 that increased your crafting skill by 1 point. This gear can be stored with a Porter Moogle with Storage Slip 11.

Equipment Name	Related Craft	Quest
Trainee Gloves	Bonecraft	Atelloune's Lament
Trainee Knife	Cooking	The Dawn of Delectability
Trainee Hammer	Smithing	Hammering Hearts
Trainee's Needle	Leathercraft	Say It with a Handbag
Trainee Axe	Woodworking	Forest for the Trees
Trainee Burin	Goldsmithing	A Jeweler's Lament
Trainee Scissors	Clothcraft	The Young and the Threadless
Trainee Sword	Alchemy	Fully Mental Alchemist
Trainee's Spectacles	Fishing	Son and Father

Crafting Torques

With the addition of Grounds of Valor, Crafting Torques were introduced to the game. These torques are found in treasure caskets in certain Grounds of Valor zones add two skill. At this time, not every craft has a torque. Reference the Crafting Torque Farming Guide by Funkworkz for more details on obtaining these torques.

Craft	Torque	Zone
Fishing	Fisher's Torque	Outer Horutoto Ruins
Alchemy	Alchemist's Torque	Ve'Lugannon Palace
Smithing	Smithy's Torque	Ifrit's Cauldron
Bonecraft	Boneworker's Torque	Temple of Uggalepih
Leathercraft	Tanner's Torque	Quicksand Caves
Cooking
Clothcraft
Goldsmithing
Woodworking

Guild Point Gear

With the arrival of the Guild Points system in April 2004, Crafters were introduced to Craft skill enhancing items. Although many speculated on whether or not the items effect success/fail rate, it became accepted by the community that the items merely add an 'actual' skill number thus raising your Crafting level.

Equipment Name	Related Craft	Guild Point Cost
Caduceus	Alchemy	70,000
Alchemist's Apron	Alchemy	100,000
Alchemist's Belt	Alchemy	10,000
Protective Spectacles	Bonecraft	70,000
Boneworker's Apron	Bonecraft	100,000
Boneworker's Belt	Bonecraft	10,000
Magnifying Spectacles	Clothcraft	70,000
Weaver's Apron	Clothcraft	100,000
Weaver's Belt	Clothcraft	10,000
Chef's Hat	Cooking	70,000
Culinarian's Apron	Cooking	100,000
Culinarian's Belt	Cooking	10,000
Shaded Spectacles	Goldsmithing	70,000
Goldsmith's Apron	Goldsmithing	100,000
Goldsmith's Belt	Goldsmithing	10,000
Tanner's Gloves	Leathercraft	70,000
Tanner's Apron	Leathercraft	100,000
Tanner's Belt	Leathercraft	10,000
Smithy's Mitts	Smithing	70,000
Blacksmith's Apron	Smithing	100,000
Blacksmith's Belt	Smithing	10,000
Carpenter's Gloves	Woodworking	70,000
Carpenter's Apron	Woodworking	100,000
Carpenter's Belt	Woodworking	10,000

The only other known Craft enhancement equipment is the Hocho, a Katana that drops from the NM Sozu Sarberry in The Temple of Uggalepih. The Hocho can also be bought from the Auction House under Weapons > Katana. Only a Ninja level 57 and above can wield the Hocho. It gives a +3 enhancement to Cooking, the only Craft in FFXI to reach 100+13 maximum levels.

Aprons can be upgraded through Synergy into Smocks. Smocks give the same skill to the craft, but has the added benefit of reducing the amount of damage that a players take from Synergy explosions. They are also an excellent route for skilling up Synergy skill.

Rings

Added in the June 2008 patch, the following rings can be purchased with Guild Points that remove the chance of inadvertent High Quality results that were dreaded when crafting ingredients for further recipes:

Furniture Name	Related Craft	Guild Point Cost
Alchemist's Ring	Alchemy	80,000
Bonecrafter's Ring	Bonecraft	80,000
Tailor's Ring	Clothcraft	80,000
Chef's Ring	Cooking	80,000
Goldsmith's Ring	Goldsmithing	80,000
Tanner's Ring	Leathercraft	80,000
Smith's Ring	Smithing	80,000
Carpenter's Ring	Woodworking	80,000

Furnishings

You may also use Guild Points to purchase Furnishings to help with crafting. These guild items when placed in your Mog House will give you a special type of Moghancement key item if the proper element (the element of the GP furnishing) is dominant. Be careful, certain furnishings such as beds and national flags have equal or superior elemental strengths that will either cancel out or take preference over some Guild Point items.

Moghancements

These furnishings enhances your crafting skill by 1 level when you receive the proper Moghacement key item. The following is a list of Furnishings purchasable with Guild Points:

Furniture Name	Key Item	Guild Point Cost
Emeralda	Moghancement: Alchemy	150,000
Drogaroga's Fang	Moghancement: Bonecraft	150,000
Gilt Tapestry	Moghancement: Clothcraft	150,000
Cordon Bleu Set	Moghancement: Cooking	150,000
Fool's Gold	Moghancement: Goldsmithing	150,000
Golden Fleece	Moghancement: Leathercraft	150,000
Mastersmith Anvil	Moghancement: Smithing	150,000
Drawing Desk	Moghancement: Woodworking	150,000
Alembic	Moghancement: Alchemy	50,000
Bonecraft Tools	Moghancement: Bonecraft	50,000
Spinning Wheel	Moghancement: Clothcraft	50,000
Brass Crock	Moghancement: Cooking	50,000
Gemscope	Moghancement: Goldsmithing	50,000
Hide Stretcher	Moghancement: Leathercraft	50,000
Stone Hearth	Moghancement: Smithing	50,000
Carpenter's Kit	Moghancement: Woodworking	50,000

Note: The 150,000 and 50,000 GP items operate seem to operate in a virtually identical manner. Both will give Moghancement for the craft [2] and will give Moglification when paired with a signbord.[3] They may also be traded, bazaared, sent to someone else's Delivery Box, or sold on the Auction House.

Moglification

When the following items are placed in a Mog House with an above furnishing of the same Guild and the proper elements are dominant, the player will achieve the further bonus of Moglification for the craft, which supposedly reduces the chance of losing materials when for failed syntheses:

Furniture Name	Related Craft	Guild Point Cost
Alchemist's Sign	Moglification: Alchemy	200,000
Boneworker's Sign	Moglification: Bonecraft	200,000
Weaver's Sign	Moglification: Clothcraft	200,000
Culinarian's Sign	Moglification: Cooking	200,000
Goldsmith's Sign	Moglification: Goldsmithing	200,000
Tanner's Sign	Moglification: Leathercraft	200,000
Blacksmith's Sign	Moglification: Smithing	200,000
Carpenter's Sign	Moglification: Woodworking	200,000

Mega Moglification

Players can use Synergy to create Stalls to display in their Mog Houses that will give the added bonus of a Mega Moglification key item. In order to create a stall, you must first obtain the proper emblem for Guild Points. Mega Moglification boosts your skill by 5 points.[4].

Emblem Name	Furniture Name	Related Craft	Guild Point Cost
Alchemists' Emblem	Alchemists' Stall	Mega Moglification: Alchemy	15,000
Boneworkers' Emblem	Boneworkers' Stall	Mega Moglification: Bonecraft	15,000
Weavers' Emblem	Weavers' Stall	Mega Moglification: Clothcraft	15,000
Culinarians' Emblem	Culinarians' Stall	Mega Moglification: Cooking	15,000
Goldsmiths' Emblem	Goldsmiths' Stall	Mega Moglification: Goldsmith.	15,000
Tanners' Emblem	Tanners' Stall	Mega Moglification: Leathrcrft.	15,000
Blacksmiths' Emblem	Blacksmiths' Stall	Mega Moglification: Smithing	15,000
Carpenters' Emblem	Carpenters' Stall	Mega Moglification: Woodwork.	15,000

Related Links

The following websites provide some tool or other that are beneficial to Crafters of all levels.

• Guild Pattern: On FFXIAH.com, this page shows the pattern for the Guild Point item for the day, as well as the number of items that you need to turn in to receive full credit.
• Timer and Clock: This website offers a widely used Vanadiel timer, guild schedules, airship schedules and moon phases. Very useful if you like planning your Crafting around certain Vanadiel Time.
• BG Forum's Basics of crafting sticky: Much of the basic information here was shamelessly lifted from there!

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