FFXIV – Armorer Class Quest Guide

You may not use your Armorer class quests to level, but they are a must to get that coveted Kurdalegon at level 50. Just like with everything else in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, they take time and a bit of effort.

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The overall goal of this and the other tradecraft class quest guides is to give those of you leveling some idea of what to do ahead of time (and know what gear is to come), or for those of you (like me) who rush your tradecrafts and go back and do the class quests later.

There are three particular things to note here:

1. Every quest sans your level 1 has a monetary optional reward instead of gear. These amounts are not listed.
2. The required items for the quests between 1 and 15 can be purchased at either a guild supplier or tradecraft vendor. It’s up to you whether you want to craft or purchase the requested item.
3. The optional rewards are the same among every tradecraft. For example, the level 10 Carpenter quest offers the same rewards as the level 10 Culinarian quest and so on. This does not apply to level 50 quests.

Level 1 – My First Doming Hammer

Requires: 1 Bronze Ingot
Bronze Ingot components: 1 Ice Shard, 2 Copper Ore, 1 Tin Ore
Reward: 150 Ice Shard, 100 Earth Shard, 30 Copper Ore, Hempen Kurta

Level 5 – From Thigh to Neck

Requires: 3 Bronze Hoplon
Bronze Hoplon components: 1 Ice Shard, 1 Earth Shard, 2 Bronze Plate, 1 Maple Lumber
Reward: Amateur’s Pliers
Optional reward: Hempen Bandana, Hempen Chausses, Maple Pattens

Level 10 – The Base Fundamentals

Requires: 12 Bronze Plate
Bronze Plate components: 1 Ice Shard, 2 Bronze Ingot
Reward: 250 Ice Shard, 200 Earth Shard, Bronze Doming Hammer
Optional reward: Amateur’s Headgear, Amateur’s Kurta, Amateur’s Smithing Gloves

Level 15 – Once Own Worst Critic

Requires: 1 Decorated Bronze Barbut, 1 Bronze Buckler
Decorated Bronze Barbut components: 1 Ice Shard, 1 Earth Shard, 1 Bronze Barbut, 1 Copper Ingot, 1 Brass Ingot
Bronze Buckler components: 1 Ice Shard, 1 Earth Shard, 1 Bronze Ingot, 1 Bronze Plate, 1 Iron Rivets
Reward: Recruit’s Pliers
Optional reward: Hempen Doublet Vest of Crafting, Hard Leather Merchant’s Pouch, Ash Pattens

Level 20 – An Armorer’s Pride

Requires: 1 Iron Hoplon (melded with 1 materia)
Iron Hoplon components: 1 Ice Shard, 1 Earth Shard, 2 Iron Plate, 1 Elm Lumber
Reward: Iron Doming Hammer
Optional reward: Initiate’s Headgear, Initiate’s Gloves, Cotton Breeches of Crafting

Level 25 – Showing Your Steel

Requires: 1 Steel Ingot (HQ)
Steel Ingot components: 2 Ice Shard, 2 Iron Ore, 1 Bomb Ash
Reward: Initiate’s Pliers
Optional reward: Silver Magnifiers, Initiate’s Gown, Velveteen Halfgloves

Level 30 – May the Best Armorer Win

Requires: 1 Steel Chainmail (HQ)
Steel Chainmail components: 3 Ice Shard, 2 Earth Shard, 3 Steel Rings, 1 Undyed Velveteen
Reward: Wrapped Iron Raising Hammer
Optional reward: Velveteen Beret, Velveteen Gown, Velveteen Shortgloves

Level 35 – Pans of Steel

Requires: 1 Steel Frypan (HQ)
Steel Frypan components: 4 Ice Shard, 4 Earth Shard, 1 Steel Plate, 1 Oak Lumber
Reward: Steel Doming Hammer
Optional reward: Mythril Magnifiers, Apprentice’s Smock, Linen Halfgloves

Level 40 – Best of Three

Requires: 1 Mythril Cuirass (HQ)
Mythril Cuirass components: 5 Ice Shard, 4 Earth Shard, 1 Electrum Ingot, 2 Mythril Plate, 1 Mythril Rings
Reward: Apprentice’s Pliers
Optional reward: Linen Deerstalker, Linen Smock, Boarskin Smithy’s Gloves

Level 45 – For the Good of the Guild

Requires: 1 Mythril-plated Caligae (HQ), 1 Reinforced Mythril Elmo (HQ), 1 Mythril Sollerets (HQ)
Mythril-plated Caligae components: 5 Ice Shard, 5 Earth Shard, 1 Bronze Ingot, 1 Mythril Plate, 1 Mythril Rivets, 1 Peiste Leather, 1 Hippogyph Sinew
Reinforced Mythril Elmo components: 5 Ice Shard, 5 Earth Shard, 1 Mythril Elmo, 1 Mythril Rivets, 1 Peiste Leather
Mythril Sollerets components: 5 Ice Shard, 5 Earth Shard, 1 Mythril Plate, 2 Mythril Rings, 1 Aldgoat Leather, 1 Hippogryph Sinew
Reward: Cobalt Doming Hammer
Optional reward: Woolen Deerstalker, Woolen Smock, Raptorskin Smithy’s Gloves

Level 50 – Rivalry and Respect

Requires: 1 Cobalt Haubergeon (HQ, melded with 1 Heavens’ Eye III materia)
Cobalt Haubergeon components: 6 Ice Shard, 6 Earth Shard, 1 Mythril Plate, 3 Cobalt Rings, 1 Boar Leather, 1 Undyed Felt
Reward: Kurdalegon
Optional reward: Armorer’s Visor, Armorer’s Gloves, Armorer’s Workboots

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