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FFXIV – Complete Armorer Leves Guide

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Published: Oct 3, 2013 05:13 pm

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Tradecraft leves are the most efficient way of leveling a crafting class in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, and if you’re looking to put a good deal of time into leveling an Armorer they are a feature you need to get accustomed to.

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There are three types of tradecraft leves, all of which are covered here.

The XP numbers have been updated and the new leves for 2.1 have been added! A new layout appears!

The list here is fairly straightforward, but there are some things that need to be explained:

  1. The base experience gain is listed. You will receive double the base experience for HQ turn-ins. Normal quality turn-in rewards are marked as NQ and high quality turn-in rewards are marked with HQ.
  2. Triple turn-in/charity leves have the triple turn-in rewards in parenthesis with an asterisk next to them.
  3. ‘Constancy’, ‘Charity’, and ‘Ingenuity’ mark the type of leves these are.
    1. ‘Constancy’ means both the levemete and turn-in NPC are in the same area. These are marked with (C).
    2. ‘Charity’ means the leve can be turned in three times (also known as a repeatable leve). These are marked with (T).
    3. ‘Ingenuity’ means the levemete and the turn-in NPC are in separate areas. These are marked with (I).

Level 1

Skillet Labor (C) (Limsa Lominsa, NQ: 860 XP, HQ: 1720 XP)
   Requires: 1 Bronze Skillet
   Recipe: 1 Ice Shard
                  1 Earth Shard
                  1 Bronze Plate
                  1 Maple Lumber

Ain’t Got No Ingots (C) (Limsa Lominsa, NQ: 480 XP, HQ: 960 XP)
   Requires: 3 Bronze Ingot
   Recipe: 1 Ice Shard
                  2 Copper Ore
                  1 Tin Ore

Eyes Bigger Than the Plate (I) (Limsa Lominsa, NQ: 1092 XP, HQ: 2184 XP)
   Requires: 3 Bronze Plate
   Recipe: 1 Ice Shard
                  2 Bronze Ingot

The Alloyed Truth (C) (Red Rooster Stead, NQ: 728 XP, HQ: 1456 XP)
   Requires: 1 Bronze Rivets
   Recipe: 1 Ice Shard
                  1 Bronze Ingot

Distill It Yourself (I) (Red Rooster Stead, NQ: 1092 XP, HQ: 2184 XP)
   Requires: 1 Bronze Alembic
   Recipe: 1 Ice Shard
                  1 Earth Shard
                  1 Bronze Plate
                  1 Bronze Rivets

Don’t Hit Me One More Time (C) (Red Rooster Stead, NQ: 1770 XP, HQ: 3540 XP)
   Requires: 1 Bronze Hoplon
   Recipe: 1 Ice Shard
                  1 Earth Shard
                  2 Bronze Plate
                  1 Maple Lumber

Level 5

Bronzed and Burnt (I) (Limsa Lominsa, NQ: 3430 XP, HQ: 6860 XP)
   Requires: 1 Bronze Sallet
   Recipe: 1 Ice Shard
                  1 Earth Shard
                  1 Bronze Ingot
                  1 Bronze Plate
                  1 Bronze Rivets

You’ve Got Mail (C) (Limsa Lominsa, NQ: 2106 XP, HQ: 4212 XP)
   Requires: 1 Bronze Haubergeon
   Recipe: 1 Ice Shard
                  1 Earth Shard
                  3 Bronze Rings
                  1 Undyed Hempen Cloth

Headbanger’s Thrall (C) (Limsa Lominsa, NQ: 4044 XP, HQ: 8088 XP)
   Requires: 1 Bronze Barbut
   Recipe: 1 Ice Shard
                  1 Earth Shard
                  1 Copper Ingot
                  1 Bronze Plate
                  1 Bronze Rivets

Strait Ain’t the Gate (C) (Red Rooster Stead, NQ: 4044 XP, HQ: 8088 XP)
   Requires: 1 Bronze Scutum
   Recipe: 1 Ice Shard
                  1 Earth Shard
                  2 Bronze Plate
                  3 Bronze Rivets

Get into Their Heads (I) (Red Rooster Stead, NQ: 3430 XP, HQ: 6860 XP)
   Requires: 1 Bronze Chain Coif
   Recipe: 1 Ice Shard
                  1 Earth Shard
                  1 Bronze Plate
                  1 Bronze Rings
                  1 Leather

Rodents of Unusual Size (C) (Red Rooster Stead, NQ: 2274 HQ: 4548 XP)
   Requires: 1 Bronze Sollerets
   Recipe: 1 Ice Shard
                  1 Earth Shard
                  1 Bronze Plate
                  1 Bronze Rings
                  1 Leather

Level 10

All Ovo That (C) (Limsa Lominsa, NQ: 7744 XP HQ: 15488 XP)
   Requires: 1 Iron Skillet
   Recipe: 1 Ice Shard
                  1 Earth Shard
                  1 Iron Plate
                  1 Ash Lumber

Waist Not, Want Not (C) (Limsa Lominsa, NQ: 4460 XP, HQ: 8920 XP)
   Requires: 1 Bronze Plate Belt
   Recipe: 1 Ice Shard
                  1 Earth Shard
                  2 Bronze Plate
                  1 Hard Leather

Cook Intentions (C) (Swiftperch, NQ: 4460 XP, HQ: 8920 XP)
   Requires: 1 Amateur’s Skillet
   Recipe: 1 Ice Shard
                  1 Earth Shard
                  1 Bronze Plate
                  1 Ash Lumber

Stadium Envy (I) (Swiftperch, NQ: 7794 XP, HQ: 15588 XP)
   Requires: 1 Bronze Gauntlets
   Recipe: 1 Ice Shard
                  1 Earth Shard
                  2 Bronze Plate
                  1 Iron Rivets

Still the Best (C) (Swiftperch, NQ: 7744 XP, HQ: 15488 XP)
   Requires: 1 Brass Alembic
   Recipe: 1 Ice Shard
                  1 Earth Shard
                  1 Amateur’s Alembic
                  1 Brass Ingot
                  1 Bronze Rivets

Greavous Losses (I) (Limsa Lominsa, NQ: 7698 XP, HQ: 15396 XP)
   Requires: 1 Bronze Sabatons
   Recipe: 1 Ice Shard
                  1 Earth Shard
                  2 Bronze Plate
                  1 Bronze Rings
                  1 Hard Leather

Level 15

Kiss the Pan (Good-bye) (I) (Limsa Lominsa, NQ: 13146 XP, HQ: 26292 XP)
   Requires: 1 Initiate’s Skillet
   Recipe: 1 Ice Shard
                  1 Earth Shard
                  1 Iron Plate
                  1 Elm Lumber

Cover Girl (C) (Limsa Lominsa, NQ: 8114 XP, HQ: 16228 XP)
   Requires: 1 Decorated Bronze Barbut
   Recipe: 1 Ice Shard
                  1 Earth Shard
                  1 Bronze Barbut
                  1 Copper Ingot
                  1 Brass Ingot

Fashion Weak (C) (Limsa Lominsa, NQ: 12218 XP, HQ: 24436 XP)
   Requires: 1 Iron Cuirass
   Recipe: 1 Ice Shard
                  1 Earth Shard
                  2 Iron Plate
                  1 Iron Rings

Still Crazy After All These Years (I) (Aleport, NQ: 13146 XP, HQ: 26292 XP)
   Requires: 1 Initiate’s Alembic
   Recipe: 1 Ice Shard
                  1 Earth Shard
                  1 Iron Plate
                  1 Bronze Rivets

A Well-rounded Crew (I) (Aleport, NQ: 8454 XP, HQ: 16908 XP)
   Requires: 1 Iron Hoplon
   Recipe: 1 Ice Shard
                  1 Earth Shard
                  2 Iron Plate
                  1 Elm Lumber

A Firm Hand (C) (Aleport, NQ: 12218 XP, HQ: 24436 XP)
   Requires: 1 Iron Gauntlets
   Recipe: 1 Ice Shard
                  1 Earth Shard
                  2 Iron Plate
                  1 Iron Rings

Level 20

Get Me the Hard Stuff (T) (Limsa Lominsa, NQ: 7331 (21993*) XP, HQ: 14662 XP (43986*) XP)
   Requires: 3 Ironclad Bronze Buckler
   Recipe: 1 Ice Shard
                  1 Earth Shard
                  1 Bronze Buckler
                  1 Bronze Ingot
                  1 Iron Rivets

246 Kinds of Cheese (I) (Limsa Lominsa, NQ: 20578 XP, HQ: 41156 XP)
   Requires: 1 Iron Frypan
   Recipe: 2 Ice Shard
                  1 Earth Shard
                  1 Iron Plate
                  1 Yew Lumber

Night Squawker (C) (Limsa Lominsa, NQ: 12746 XP, HQ: 25492 XP)
   Requires: 1 Iron Lantern Shield
   Recipe: 2 Ice Shard
                  1 Earth Shard
                  2 Iron Plate
                  1 Tallow Candle

No Hand-Me-Downs (C) (Quarrymill, NQ: 12746 XP, HQ: 25492 XP)
   Requires: 1 Iron Vambraces
   Recipe: 2 Ice Shard
                  1 Earth Shard
                  1 Iron Plate
                  2 Aldgoat Leather

I Was a Teenage Wailer (C) (Quarrymill, NQ: 13718 XP, HQ: 27436 XP)
   Requires: 1 Iron Alembic
   Recipe: 2 Ice Shard
                  1 Earth Shard
                  1 Iron Plate
                  1 Iron Rivets

Not Enough Headroom (T) (Quarrymill, NQ: 7331 (21993*) XP, HQ: 14662 XP (43986*) XP)
   Requires: 3 Iron Celata
   Recipe: 1 Ice Shard
                  1 Earth Shard
                  2 Iron Plate
                  1 Iron Rings

Level 25

A Leg to Stand On (I) (Limsa Lominsa, NQ: 27786 XP, HQ: 55572 XP)
   Requires: 1 Heavy Iron Flanchard
   Recipe: 2 Ice Shard
                  2 Earth Shard
                  3 Iron Ingot
                  2 Iron Rings
                  1 Aldgoat Leather

Tisket Tasset (T) (Limsa Lominsa, NQ: 13240 (39720*) XP, HQ: 26480 (79440*) XP)
   Requires: 3 Steel Tassets
   Recipe: 3 Ice Shard
                  2 Earth Shard
                  2 Steel Plate
                  1 Aldgoat Leather

Ingot We Trust (C) (Limsa Lominsa, NQ: 19770 XP, HQ: 39540 XP)
   Requires: 1 Steel Ingot
   Recipe: 2 Ice Shard
                  2 Iron Ore
                  1 Bomb Ash

Get Shirty (T) (Quarrymill, NQ: 13240 (39720*) XP, HQ: 26480 (79440*) XP)
   Requires: 3 Steel Chainmail
   Recipe: 3 Ice Shard
                  2 Earth Shard
                  3 Steel Rings
                  1 Undyed Velveteen

Hot for Teacher (C) (Quarrymill, NQ: 18524 XP, HQ: 37046 XP)
   Requires: 1 Heavy Iron Armor
   Recipe: 2 Ice Shard
                  2 Earth Shard
                  1 Brass Ingot
                  4 Iron Plate

Need for Mead (C) (Quarrymill, NQ: 19770 XP, HQ: 39540 XP)
   Requires: 1 Conical Alembic
   Recipe: 2 Ice Shard
                  2 Earth Shard
                  1 Iron Alembic
                  1 Brass Ingot
                  1 Iron Rivets

Level 30

Auroch Star (C) (Limsa Lominsa, NQ: 30282 XP, HQ: 60564 XP)
   Requires: 1 Bull Hoplon
   Recipes: 3 Ice Shard
                  3 Earth Shard
                  2 Steel Ingot
                  1 Steel Plate
                  1 Walnut Lumber

Romper Stomper (T) (Limsa Lominsa, NQ: 17670 (53010*) XP, HQ: 35340 (106020*) XP)
   Requires: 3 Steel-plated Jackboots
   Recipe: 3 Ice Shard
                  3 Earth Shard
                  1 Steel Plate
                  1 Aldgoat Leather
                  1 Diremite Sinew

Eyes on a Hard Body (I) (Limsa Lominsa, NQ: 47824 XP, HQ: 95648 XP)
   Requires: 1 Decorated Buckler
   Recipe: 4 Ice Shard
                  3 Earth Shard
                  1 Ironclad Bronze Buckler
                  1 Silver Ingot
                  1 Iron Rivets

Kitty Get Your Helm (C) (Costa del Sol, NQ: 30282 XP, HQ: 60564 XP)
   Requires: 1 Steel Elmo
   Recipe: 3 Ice Shard
                  3 Earth Shard
                  2 Steel Plate
                  1 Steel Rivets
                  1 Toad Leather

Skillet Scandal (C) (Costa del Sol, NQ: 31882 XP, HQ: 63764 XP)
   Requires: 1 White Skillet
   Recipe: 4 Ice Shard
                  3 Earth Shard
                  1 Steel Plate
                  1 Walnut Lumber

They’ve Got Legs (T) (Costa del Sol, NQ: 17670 (53010*) XP, HQ: 35340 (106020*) XP)
   Requires: 3 Steel Sabatons
   Recipe: 3 Ice Shard
                  3 Earth Shard
                  1 Brass Ingot
                  2 Steel Plate
                  1 Steel Rings
                  1 Toad Leather

Level 35

Very Slow Array (I) (Limsa Lominsa, NQ: 64792 XP, HQ: 129584 XP)
   Requires: 1 Mythril Plate
   Recipe: 4 Ice Shard
                  2 Mythril Ingot

Get Me the Usual (T) (Limsa Lominsa, NQ: 23940 (71820*) XP, HQ: 47880 (143640*) XP)
   Requires: 3 Heavy Steel Flanchard
   Recipe: 4 Ice Shard
                  3 Earth Shard
                  3 Steel Ingot
                  2 Steel Rings
                  1 Boar Leather

Hollow Hallmarks (C) (Limsa Lominsa, NQ: 43194 XP, HQ: 86388 XP)
   Requires: 1 Mythril Ingot
   Recipe: 4 Ice Shard
                  3 Mythril Ore

I’ve Got You Under My Skin (T) (Observatorium, NQ: 23940 (71820*) XP, HQ: 47880 (143640*) XP)
   Requires: 3 Steel-plated Caligae
   Recipe: 4 Ice Shard
                  3 Earth Shard
                  1 Steel Plate
                  1 Steel Rivets
                  1 Boar Leather
                  1 Animal Sinew

War is a Pain in the Back (C) (Obsesrvatorium, NQ: 43194 XP, HQ: 86388 XP)
   Requires: 1 Mythril Plate Belt
   Recipe: 4 Ice Shard
                  4 Earth Shard
                  2 Mythril Plate
                  1 Peiste Leather

Skillet to the Stars (C) (Observatorium, NQ: 41034 XP, HQ: 82068 XP)
   Requires: 1 Steel Frypan
   Recipe: 4 Ice Shard
                  4 Earth Shard
                  1 Steel Plate
                  1 Oak Lumber

Level 40

Everybody Cut Footloose (C) (Limsa Lominsa, NQ: 54214 XP, HQ: 108428 XP)
   Requires: 1 Mythril-plated Jackboots
   Recipe: 5 Ice Shard
                  4 Earth Shard
                  1 Mythril Ingot
                  1 Mythril Plate
                  1 Boar Leather
                  1 Hippogryph Sinew

Distill and Know that I’m Right (T) (Limsa Lominsa, NQ: 32049 (96147*) XP, HQ: 64098 (192294*) XP)
   Requires: 3 Mythril Alembic
   Recipe: 5 Ice Shard
                  4 Earth Shard
                  1 Steel Ingot
                  1 Mythril Plate
                  1 Mythril Rivets
                  1 Eye of Earth

Liquid Persuasion (I) (Limsa Lominsa, NQ: 83662 XP, HQ: 83662 XP)
   Requires: 1 Mythril Chain Coif
   Recipe: 5 Ice Shard
                  5 Earth Shard
                  1 Mythril Plate
                  2 Mythril Rings
                  1 Aldgoat Leather

Employee Retention (T) (Whitebrim, NQ: 32049 (96147*) XP, HQ: 64098 (192294*) XP)
   Requires: 3 Mythril Elmo
   Recipe: 5 Ice Shard
                  4 Earth Shard
                  2 Mythril Plate
                  1 Mythril Rivets
                  1 Boar Leather

Metal Fatigue (C) (Whitebrim, NQ: 55774 XP, HQ: 111548 XP)
   Requires: 1 Mythril Vambraces
   Recipe: 5 Ice Shard
                  4 Earth Shard
                  1 Mythril Plate
                  1 Boar Leather
                  1 Peiste Leather

Family Secrets (C) (Whitebrim, NQ: 54214 XP, HQ: 108428 XP)
   Requires: 1 Mythril Barbut
   Recipe: 5 Ice Shard
                  4 Earth Shard
                  1 Mythril Ingot
                  1 Steel Plate
                  1 Mythril Plate
                  1 Mythril Rivets

Level 45

Some Dragoons Have All the Luck (T) (Limsa Lominsa, NQ: 39087 (117261*) XP, HQ: 78174 (234522*) XP)
   Requires: 3 High Mythril Armor
   Recipe: 5 Ice Shard
                  5 Earth Shard
                  1 Electrum Ingot
                  4 Mythril Plate

Cobalt Aforethought (C) (Limsa Lominsa, NQ: 56534 XP, HQ: 113068 XP)
   Requires: 1 Cobalt Plate
   Recipe: 5 Ice Shard
                  2 Cobalt Ingot

Feasting the Night Away (I) (Limsa Lominsa, NQ: 106560 XP, HQ: 213120 XP)
   Requires: 1 Hells’ Kitchen
   Recipe: 6 Ice Shard
                  5 Earth Shard
                  1 Cobalt Plate
                  1 Rosewood Lumber

Booty Call (C) (St. Coinach’s Find, NQ: 67146 XP, HQ: 134292 XP)
   Requires: 1 Cobalt-plated Jackboots
   Recipe: 6 Ice Shard
                  5 Earth Shard
                  1 Cobalt Ingot
                  1 Cobalt Plate
                  1 Raptor Leather
                  1 Raptor Sinew

Parasitic Win (C) (St. Coinach’s Find, NQ: 71040 XP, HQ: 142080 XP)
   Requires: 1 Cobalt-plated Caligae
   Recipe: 6 Ice Shard
                  5 Earth Shard
                  1 Brass Ingot
                  1 Cobalt Plate
                  1 Cobalt Rivets
                  1 Raptor Leather
                  1 Raptor Sinew

Dealing with the Tough Stuff (T) (St. Coinach’s Find, NQ: 33465 (100395*), HQ: 66930 (200790*)XP)
   Requires: 3 Cobalt Ingot
   Recipe: 5 Ice Shard
                  1 Iron Ore
                  2 Cobalt Ore

(Check out all of FFXIV guides in Ashley’s Guide List for more guide things that may or may not be great!)

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