Miner, Botanist, and Fisher Gathering Leveling Guide in FFXIV Patch 7.1

With the main leveling method for 10-60 being The Diadem, you do not need any stats above 50 Gathering which is easy enough using items from your first few class quests before you can unlock the Diadem at Lv10. More Perception can be beneficial to increase your Gatherer's Boon % chance which grants increased XP. However, this is entirely optional.

While not advised, if you instead plan to level via leves or repeatedly gathering items, you simply need to be above the following gathering requirements shown below to have a reasonable chance to gather. These are gathering requirements for the class quest items at that level and would therefore be good enough for general leveling purposes.

At Level 50, it starts to become important to have a decent set of gear. The only problem is that there is no easy to obtain lv50 set and instead you need to grab pieces as you level beyond 50. Here is an ariyala Link (because Etro doesn't support below Lv70) to a gearset you can use.

This does not need to be HQ if you have no crafters, NQ is perfectly fine and can be purchased from a vendor.

At Level 60, good gear starts to become important now that Diadem leveling stops being the main method. I would advise getting to Level 63 though to get the general set listed below:

Lv60-63 General Set

Alternatively, Using your Lv50 gearset, you can gain Scrips using Custom Delivery, Ocean Fishing and the Collectable exchange to gain enough Scrips to purchase Lv60 gear. The big downside to this is that you need a set for each gathering class, you may therefore choose to instead use The Diadem to level to 63 and grab a vendor set again.

• Mining
• Botany
• Fishing

At level 70 you will want to purchase the Landking's set from the scrip exchange in Rhalgrs Reach listed below. This is the final endgame set at level 70 and is more than enough to reach level 80 without having to change gear again.

If you have not farmed scrips for this set, doing your custom delivery for the week would also provide enough Scrips for this gear.

From this point, Scrips are incredibly important to allow you to easily gain gear at each level cap.

Just like at level 70, the best leveling gear to purchase is going to be the level 80 Scrip gear. This is the Landsaint set including an additional CP bonus from having all the accessories.

This set is very easy to purchase using Scrips you earned from your Facet quests, Custom Deliveries or simply from leveling a class using Collectables.

Much like previous level caps. The best gear to level with will simply be scrip gear. The biggest difference however is that this gear now has a few meld slots. Melds are not needed to level and this gear will be fine without melding.

Congratulations! Once you hit level 100 you can start to look into endgame Gathering. My first advice would be to start looking into gearing your classes.

You can use the level 90 gear you currently have to gather materials used in endgame Lv100 gear, from there meld everything according to our melding guide.

Just simply go out into the open world and gather. Make sure you finish your class quests to give yourself some starting gear. Level 10 is the requirement to unlock The Diadem inside of the Ishgardian Restoration which will be the main leveling method from here for.

Even starting from Level 1, Fishers are able to unlock Ocean Fishing. That being said, use the first 10 levels to fish outside of the guild and get used to your skills and bait while you complete class quests and gain some gear.

Miner and Botanist should begin leveling inside of The Diadem to go all the way to 60. No new gear is needed at any point and the items you gather do not even change. The experience given by the lv10 items scales until you hit lv60. This also allows you to gather a bunch of materials to use while leveling your Crafting classes.

To make the most of this, use Mountaineer's Gift I and II to increase your Gatherer's Boon % which when triggered, grants you additional experience points. You can use Cordials to allow you to use this more regularly and even Company-issue Survival Manual II alongside a Squadron Survival Manual to further increase your XP gains.

Fishers do not really use The Diadem to level and instead you can essentially Ocean Fish to level 100 if you wanted. The fishing boat is only available every 2 hours so between boats it is advised to level other classes. Fishers gain more XP when gathering LARGE fish, that being fish above a certain size that the game marks as LARGE. This means you want to use Patience and Patience II alongside Cordial, Company-issue Survival Manual II and Squadron Survival Manual

If you still want to fish outside of Ocean Fishing windows. Your best bet is to use a Versatile Lure and fish in the highest level zone you can find. The strategy is still the same as Ocean Fishing however. Fish used in Leves at this level range are often incredibly cheap and you can literally buy your way to 60 if you have no other use for these leves. Here is a Leve guide which also contains Fish information up to level 70.

This is generally the point where you want to stop farming inside of The Diadem for experience points. Your best method from this point tends to be Collectables. This is because you gain Scrips which are used to purchase gear, materia and Folklore Books which are all important with gear especially being needed.

Collectables are also by far the fastest source of experience points, they are just not always available. During downtime, you can gather from nodes to make gil, head back to The Diadem or simply run other content.

You do not want to gather the untimed collectable as it does not provide much exp. This is Rarefied Gyr Abanian Mineral Water for Miner and Rarefied Bloodhemp for Botanist. Here is a link to Teamcraft's collectable list which provides information on when the node is up and the rewards provided.

Fishers can simply continue with Ocean Fishing, Collectable farming or using this Leve sheet to level to 70. You can also spend Scrips on Commercial Survival Manual instead of the manual used previously.

On top of the normal leveling methods outlined below. Level 70 introduces Facet quests. These are located in the Crystarium and are similar to Class Quests. For gathering, there are two Facets: one for Mining/Botany and one for Fisher.

Just like the last leveling range, you want to primarily focus on Collectables so that you can obtain Scrips which are used to purchase gear, materia and Folklore Books which are all important.

When there is no node available, you do not want to be spending your time in The Diadem at this point. Either gather items from your log or complete Leves if they are not going to be used on other classes.

You do not want to gather the untimed collectable as it does not provide much exp. This is Rarefied Bluespirit Ore for Miner and Rarefied Bright Flax for Botanist. Here is a link to Teamcraft's collectable list which provides information on when the node is up and the rewards provided.

Fishers can simply continue with Ocean Fishing, Collectable farming or using this Leve sheet to level to 80. You can also spend Scrips on Revised Survival Manual instead of the manual used previously.

Just like the last level range, there are Studium quests available for Mining, Botany and Fishing classes to gain experience points on top of the main methods. This can be located in the Studium inside of Old Sharlayan.

Again, you want to primarily focus on Collectables so that you can obtain Scrips which are used to purchase gear, materia and Folklore Books.

When there is no node available you should gather high level items from your log or complete Leves if they are not going to be used on other classes.

You do not want to gather the untimed collectable as it does not provide much exp. This is Rarefied High Durium Ore for Miner and Rarefied Thavnairian Perilla Leaf for Botanist. Here is a link to Teamcraft's collectable list which provides information on when the node is up and the rewards provided.

Fishers can again continue with Ocean Fishing, Collectable farming or using this Leve sheet to level to 90. There is no new manual from this point on, just Revised Survival Manual.

Dawntrail instead has Wachumeqimeqi Deliveries which function just like Facet and Studium Deliveries. If you are leveling through the expansion still I would advise that you specifically use your deliveries on Botanist. This is because the first Collectable for Botany is difficult to get to without flight.

Just like the last few expansions you want to focus on Collectables so that you can obtain Scrips. It is even more important to do so in Dawntrail because Folklore Books are more expensive on the current expansion, relevant to endgame, and you also need a bunch of materia for endgame meldsets.

You do not want to gather the untimed collectable as it does not provide much exp. This is Rarefied Raw Ihuykanite for Miner and Rarefied Kozama'uka Chamomile for Botanist. Here is a link to Teamcraft's collectable list which provides information on when the node is up and the rewards provided.

Fishers can again continue with Ocean Fishing, Collectable farming or using this Leve sheet to level to 90. There is no new manual, just Revised Survival Manual.