Ishgard Restoration Guides and Rewards

The Ishgardian Restoration is both leveling and higher-end content for Crafting and Gathering classes. Gathering classes have access to a unique zone called The Diadem where materials can be obtained for Crafters to make collectables with. These collectables are then exchanged for a currency called Skybuilders' Scrips.

To first unlock the Ishgardian Restoration, you must complete the Level 60 main story quest called "Litany Of Peace." From there, Crafters need to be at least level 20 while Gathering classes can start at level 10.

You can gain access to the Firmament after the initial quest by either using the Aetheryte or by speaking to Thomelin at (x14.2, y12.5).

There originally used to be a ranking system where players would craft and gather while the Firmament was being built up and obtain exclusive rewards. However, the Firmament is now fully built on all servers and all efforts are instead just for general upkeep to the region instead. This takes place in the form of periodic Fetes that you can see a countdown for while inside of the Firmament.

Since the Restoration of the Firmament, the residents celebrate in what is known as the Skyrise Celebration or Fetes. It is hosted every two days and repeats ever two hours after the first celebration.

Much like its name, fetes are essentially crafting/gathering fates which reward exclusive furnishings, glamour, minions, a mount, and special tokens to trade in for rewards.

Kupo of Fortune is a minigame added to the Restoration, where the player is awarded stamps for handing in items, giving various rewards such as mounts, minions, and glamour.

By playing this game of chance, you can potentially win valuable items worth a good chunk of gil on the market board.

One of the activities you can complete within the Restoration is gathering inside the Diadem, which is a special instanced gathering zone, where you can earn Skybuilders' Scrips and materials to sell or craft with.

Starting from level 10, you can enter the Diadem as a gathering class and begin earning experience points to level up Gathering. This is a great method to level your classes without spending leves, without needing to focus on gearing, and also to support leveling your Crafting classes through the materials provided.

Starting from level 20, you can also craft inside Ishgard as a form of leveling content, which involves handing in collectables to exchange for Skybuilders' Scrips and experience points, allowing you to level in rapid succession.

For those unaware, collectables are like regular crafts, but instead of your quality becoming a chance to give HQ items, it instead turns into a rating which determines what rewards you will obtain, with each tier giving better rewards.

Expert crafts are significantly harder crafts that have no poor/excellent condition, but instead gain several new conditions that change different aspects of the craft. Making the most out of these is how you will succeed with expert crafting.

Expert crafting mostly just takes time and practice to learn how best to tackle them. Their main purpose in the Restoration was for the ranking season and, at this point, they have little use outside of specific achievements.

At this point, once you hit level 90, the expert crafts for the Restoration will be possible to simply macro or manually craft without RNG skills, making the grind for the achievements much easier. Trained Eye, however, will not work on these crafts.

There are a wide variety of crafts that you can attempt at level 80 and many items to also gather to farm Skybuilders' Scrips. These Scrips can be very useful for making great gil, to purchase materials for the relics, and to purchase minions, mounts, and other cosmetics for your character.

For further information on what items are worth crafting and what items are worth buying, check out the Skybuilders' Scrips farming guide linked down below.