FFXIV – Culinarian Class Quest Guide

Culinarian class quests are a unique hurdle in their own right, but they aren’t one of the larger things you need to worry about in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. That said, they are essential to getting the level 50 frypan Chantico.

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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.

(Salted Butter has been renamed Smooth Butter in-game.)

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 Skillet

Requires: 1 Maple Syrup
Maple Syrup ingredients: 1 Fire Shard, 1 Maple Sap
Reward: 150 Fire Shard, 100 Water Shard, 30 Rock Salt, Hempen Kurta

Level 5 – A Treat of Trout

Requires: 1 Grilled Trout
Grilled Trout ingredients: 1 Fire Shard, 1 Water Shard, 1 Table Salt, 1 Princess Trout
Reward: 200 Fire Shard, 150 Water Shard, Amateur’s Culinary Knife
Optional reward: Hempen Bandana, Hempen Chausses, Maple Pattens

Level 10 – Dodo It Yourself

Requires: 2 Grilled Dodo
Grilled Dodo ingredients: 1 Fire Shard, 1 Water Shard, 1 Dodo Tenderloin, 1 Garlean Garlic, 1 Table Salt
Reward: 250 Fire Shard, 200 Water Shard, Bronze Skillet
Optional reward: Amateur’s Headgear, Amateur’s Kurta, Amateur’s Smithing Gloves

Level 15 – On a Skewer Tip

Requires: 1 Meat Miq’abob
Meat Miq’abob ingredients: 1 Fire Shard, 1 Water Shard, 1 Dodo Tenderloin, 1 Ruby Tomato, 1 Paprika, 1 Table Salt
Reward: Recruit’s Culinary Knife
Optional reward: Hempen Doublet Vest of Crafting, Hard Leather Merchant’s Pouch, Ash Pattens

Level 20 – Releasing a Burden

Requires: 1 Dried Prunes
Dried Prunes ingredients: 2 Fire Shard, 1 Water Shard, 1 Pixie Plums
Reward: Initiate’s Skillet
Optional reward: Initiate’s Headgear, Initiate’s Gloves, Cotton Breeches of Crafting

Level 25 – Winning Friends with Aldgoat

Requires: 1 Aldgoat Steak
Aldgoat Steak ingredients: 2 Fire Shard, 2 Water Shard, 1 Aldgoat Chuck, 1 Garlean Garlic, 1 Table Salt
Reward: Initiate’s Culinary Knife
Optional reward: Silver Magnifiers, Initiate’s Gown, Velveteen Halfgloves

Level 30 – The Chefsbane Cometh

Requires: 1 Smoked Raptor (HQ)
Smoked Raptor ingredients: 3 Fire Shard, 3 Water Shard, 1 Raptor Shank, 1 Sun Lemon, 1 Black Pepper, 1 Table Salt, 1 Olive Oil
Reward: Bomb Frypan
Optional reward: Velveteen Beret, Velveteen Gown, Velveteen Shortgloves

Level 35 – Of Cooks and Books

Requires: 1 Ratatouille (HQ)
Ratatouille ingredients: 4 Fire Shard, 4 Water Shard, 1 Ruby Tomato, 1 Wizard Eggplant, 1 Ramhorn Zucchini, 1 Garlean Garlic, 1 Laurel, 1 Lavender Oil
Reward: White Skillet
Optional reward: Mythril Magnifiers, Apprentice’s Smock, Linen Halfgloves

Level 40 – Diplomacy of the Skillet

Requires: 1 Blood Currant Tart (HQ), 1 Pastry Fish (HQ), 1 Chamomile Tea (HQ)
Blood Currant Tart ingredients: 4 Fire Shard, 3 Water Shard, 1 Blood Currants, 1 Maple Sugar, 1 Smooth Butter, 1 Pie Dough, 1 Gelatin, 1 Natron
Pastry Fish ingredients: 5 Fire Shard, 4 Water Shard, 1 Raisins, 1 Almonds, 1 Desert Saffron, 1 Table Salt, 1 Pie Dough, 1 Mirror Apple
Chamomile Tea ingredients: 2 Fire Shard, 2 Water Shard, 1 Mineral Water, 1 Honey, 1 Chamomile
Reward: Apprentice’s Culinary Knife
Optional reward: Linen Deerstalker, Linen Smock, Boarskin Smithy’s Gloves

Level 45 – A Taste of Home

Requires: 1 Dzemael Gratin
Dzemael Gratin ingredients: 5 Fire Shard, 5 Water Shard, 1 Eft Tail, 1 Popoto, 1 Garlean Garlic, 1 Black Pepper, 1 Nutmeg, 1 Sweet Cream
Reward: Cobalt Skillet
Optional reward: Woolen Deerstalker, Woolen Smock, Raptorskin Smithy’s Gloves

Level 50 – Revenge of the Chefsbane

Requires: 1 Eft Steak (HQ), 1 Beef Stew (HQ), 1 Trapper’s Quiche (HQ), 1 Crowned Pie (HQ)
Eft Steak ingredients: 6 Fire Shard, 6 Water Shard, 1 Eft Tail, 1 Garlean Garlic, 1 Black Pepper, 1 Laurel, 1 Cider Vinegar, 1 Sour Red
Beef Stew ingredients: 6 Fire Shard, 6 Water Shard, 1 Mineral Water, 1 Buffalo Sirloin, 1 Wild Onion, 1 Sunset Wheat Flour, 1 Black Pepper, 1 Sour Red
Trapper’s Quiche ingredients: 6 Fire Shard, 6 Water Shard, 1 Cream Cheese, 1 Eft Tail, 1 Apkallu Egg, 1 Midland Basil, 1 Nutmeg, 1 Pie Dough
Crowned Pie ingredients: 6 Fire Shard, 6 Water Shard, 1 Cinnamon, 1 Almonds, 1 Maple Sugar, 1 Pie Dough, 1 Tiny Crown, 1 Mirror Apple
Reward: Chantico
Optional reward: Culinarian’s Hat, Culinarian’s Mitts, Culinarian’s Gaiters

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