Gear Progression Guide for DoH and DoL in FFXIV Dawntrail patch 7.2
This guide provides information on how to progress at level 100 in DoH and DoL classes so that you can grab the best gear at level 100 in Dawntrail.
Crafting and Gathering Endgame Gearing Guide
This guide is focused on helping players catch up on their crafting and gathering gear for endgame content of Final Fantasy XIV as a fresh new level 100 player so that they can get to the latest endgame gear.
When is New Crafting & Gathering Gear Added in Dawntrail?
It is useful to know when new gear is added and therefore when you would upgrade your current gear. The following is based on trends with the last few expansions:
- 7.1 - Crafted left side gear
- 7.2 - Scrip gear
- 7.3 - Crafted full set (Final set for Dawntrail)
- 7.4 - Scrip gear
- 7.5 - Nothing
Scrip gear generally acts as "Catch-up" gear or for budgeted sets and is added along raid while crafted gear is added before raid giving you time to stockpile materia and meld the gear before it is needed.
How to Catch Up to the Current DoH DoL Endgame Gear
Listed below is an overview of how exactly you can catch up to the current DoH DoL endgame from a fresh level 100 player:
- Use level 90 gear to farm Orange Scrips Gear.
- Use Orange Scrip Gear to craft i720 Crafted Gear.
- Meld i720 Gear.
Gear Progression for Crafting and Gathering Classes
Click the buttons below to see how best to catch up to the current endgame on crafting or gathering classes!
Crafting Gear Progression
To start off upgrading your gear we need to establish a baseline. You want at least Lv90 Scrip gear however anything higher works too! For example the gear from our leveling guide:
Crafting i690 Gear
To begin, you want to craft the i690 accessories and nothing else. This is because you need the accessories for the current endgame meldset so you may as well start with them as they also increase your stats for scrip farming.
As these crafts are Lv100, they all require 3 HQ materials using the recommended gearset. If you have higher stats you can use less HQ materials but make sure to check in trial synth first.
Stat Requirements:3782/X/543 + HQ 
Tsai tou Vounou and HQ 
Cunning Craftsman's Draught (642 CP After Buffs)
Because you cannot 0-100 the lv100 crafts, the control requirements depend on how many HQ materials you use. Use trial synth or a simulator to check how many you may need.
Once completed, equip your new accessories and you should have the following meldset:
Obtaining Orange Scrip Gear
Once you have the set above, we need to farm Orange Scrips for that gear! The Orange Scrip gear is only a left side + offhand but will be the starting foundations for our real endgame set.
Use the below rotation to easily farm Orange Scrips. The best Orange Scrip
craft to farm is 
Rarefied Tacos de Carne Asada due to having incredibly
easy HQ pre-crafts which you generally want.
The below macro requires all HQ materials:
Stat Requirements:3820/3174/500 + NQ Tsai tou Vounou (562 CP After Buffs) +2 HQ Materials
Click Here for a 0 HQ Material Rotation!
If you do not have any HQ materials you can use the following rotation:
Stat Requirements:3820/3498/526 + HQ 
Rroneek Steak (618 CP After Buffs)
What's Next?
Once you have your full set of Orange Scrip gear, you have 2 choices:
- Keep using the gear and meld it according to our budget set.
- Use this gear to craft the i720 Everseeker's Gear and meld according to our Mid Tier or High Tier meldset.
For either option, check our meld guide below!
Gathering Gear Progression
Gathering classes should have at least the following gear as a minimum to be able to start catching up to the current endgame. This is simply Lv90 scrip gear however stats higher than this is fine too.
From here, all we need to do is farm Orange Scrips! Your stats from Lv90 Scrip Gear is more than enough to do this. Use this teamcraft alarm list of Orange Scrip nodes.
Orange Scrip Farming Rotation
Use the following rotation to get the most out of your Orange Scrip Nodes:
What's Next?
Once you have your full set of Orange Scrip gear, you have 2 choices:
- Keep using the gear and meld it according to our budget set.
- Use this gear to gather materials for the i720 Everseeker's Gear and meld according to our Mid Tier or High Tier meldset.
For either option, check our meld guide below!
Changelog
- 25 Mar. 2024: Updated for 7.2.
- 18 Nov. 2024: 7.1 Updates.
- 25 Jul. 2024: Full Dawntrail update.
- 26 Jun. 2024: Tentative updates for Dawntrail.
- 13 Jul. 2023: Updated to 6.4.
- 13 Feb. 2023: Guide added.
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This guide has been written by I'nanghal Shikhu (Discord - Shikhu). He is a Crafting & Gathering theorycrafter, mentor for The Balance and also a guide maker for Teamcraft alongside Icy Veins. He also managed to obtain 10 top 12's on the leaderboard during the Ishgard Restoration rankings.
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