CatseyeXI Crafting Guide

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Welcome to the CatsEyeXI crafting guide!



This guide will review some basics and provide an optimal skill up path for each craft.

General Information

CatsEyeXI uses the following rates, adjusted from retail.

Main Craft Level Cap: 110
Sub Craft Level Cap: 70
Crafting Skillup Rate: 1.5x CatsEyeXI AcceleratedCrystal Warrior
Crafting Skillup Multiplier: 3.0x CatsEyeXI Accelerated
Fishing Skillup Rate: 3.0x CatsEyeXI AcceleratedCrystal WarriorWings-Era Warrior
Fishing Skillup Multiplier: 1.0x CatsEyeXI AcceleratedCrystal WarriorWings-Era Warrior
Owing to their self-found nature, Crystal Warriors may skill all crafts up to 110.Crystal Warrior

There are no crafting myths active here. Your cardinal direction, day of the week, or weather active will have ZERO impact on the final results.

You can skill up 11 levels over the item's natural cap.

The /lastsynth command works and can be used such as in the following example macro.
full

Taking your craft to 110 level skill is possible, but you will have challenges as this is a level 75 capped server, and many of the materials post skill cap 100 are not available. Take advantage of skill ups over natural recipe caps.

Crafting Bonus Items

In addition to guild point purchased items, the following items are also available.

Item Obtained From Notes
Artificer's Ring icon.png
Artificer's Ring
Purchased with 1000 Venture Points at Populox in Upper Jeuno.
Chocobo Shirt icon.png
Chocobo Shirt
Adventurer Coupon trade-in
Craftkeeper's Ring icon.png
Craftkeeper's Ring
Purchased with 1000 Venture Points at Populox in Upper Jeuno.
Craftmaster's Ring icon.png
Craftmaster's Ring
Purchased with 2000 Venture Points at Populox in Upper Jeuno.
Kupo Shield icon.png
Kupo Shield
Leveling a craft to 100, purchasing the "Way of the <craft>" Guild Point Key Item, and trading the requested item to Nudara in Bastok Markets (I-8), will grant the player with a Kupo Shield.
Midras's Helm +1 icon.png
Midras's Helm +1
Purchased with 3000 Venture Points at Populox in Upper Jeuno.
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Bonze Cape
Potential reward when trading Silver Shark to Marceo Synthesis skill gain rate +10%
Shaper's Shawl icon.png
Shaper's Shawl
Potential reward when trading Matsya to Marceo Synthesis skill gain rate +25%

Crafting Torques

These can be found in treasure caskets inside dungeons or purchased from from Nolan in Norg at (I-7) for 15,000 Domain Invasion Beads.

Crafting Torques
Crafting & Hobbies Beads Treasure Casket
Alchemst. Torque icon.png Alchemist's Torque 15,000 Ve'Lugannon Palace
Carver's Torque icon.png Carver's Torque 15,000 The Boyahda Tree
Tanner's Torque icon.png Tanner's Torque 15,000 Quicksand Caves
Smithy's Torque icon.png Smithy's Torque 15,000 Ifrit's Cauldron
Goldsm. Torque icon.png Goldsmith's Torque 15,000 Den of Rancor
Bone. Torque icon.png Boneworker's Torque 15,000 Temple of Uggalepih
Weaver's Torque icon.png Weaver's Torque 15,000 The Shrine of Ru'Avitau
Culinarian's Torque icon.png Culinarian's Torque 15,000 Gustav Tunnel
Fisher's Torque icon.png Fisher's Torque (Lv. 75) 15,000 Outer Horutoto Ruins
Field Torque icon.png Field Torque (Lv. 75) 15,000 Gusgen Mines
Field Rope icon.png Field Rope (Lv. 75) 15,000 Dangruf Wadi

Crafting Stalls

Mega moglification is available after placing a crafting stall in your moghouse. This will give you + 5 skill to your craft. Trade your items to a synergy furnace to receive your crafting stall. This is a custom synergy recipe for CatsEyeXI, and can be found on the Synergy page. |}

Crafting & Fishing Food

Crafting & Fishing Food
Food Effect Notes
Cherry Macaron icon.png Cherry Macaron Increases rate of synthesis success by 3% Increases synthesis skill gain rate by 3% Crafted: Cooking 35 (Requires Patissier)

Information Needed <Add Info RE Curio Vendor

Coffee Macaron icon.png Coffee Macaron Increases rate of synthesis success by 5% Increases synthesis skill gain rate by 5% Crafted: Cooking 55 (Requires Patissier)

Information Needed <Add Info RE Curio Vendor

Kitron Macaron icon.png Kitron Macaron Increases rate of synthesis success by 7% Increases synthesis skill gain rate by 7% Crafted: Cooking 75 (Requires Patissier)
Fisherman's Feast icon.png Fisherman's Feast Increases rate of Fishing skill gain by +5% Crafted: Cooking 102

Farming Rare Items

Many synthesis recipes require you to farm the items directly from the monsters. Our website has a very powerful item lookup tool. Use this to find the best camps and targets to gather rare materials.

Visit our website at CatsEyeXI.com

Log in, click database tools in the top-right, then items.

Suggested Recipes

Click below to view suggested items to skill up on for your craft. Crafting kits are sold by guild vendors. They increase exponentially in cost as you level up. It is thus not recommended for a player to use kits to skill up.

Please keep in mind that these are community-fed suggestions, and alternatives may be found on the respective craft's page, linked here on each table's title.

Feel free to contribute any alternatives you would recommend.

Woodworking
Natural Cap Recipe Notes
5 Maple Lumber
8 Ash Lumber
13 Willow Lumber
19 Walnut Lumber
22 Yew Lumber
25 Elm Lumber
28 Chestnut Lumber
32 Chestnut Wand Can also Desynth these for twice the skill-up chances.
35 Oak Lumber
36 Fairweather Fetish Can skillup on these instead of Oak Logs.
41 Oak Cudgel Only uses 1x Lumber. Can also desynth to double the skillup chances and 100% return on materials.
45 Rosewood Lumber
51 Mahogany Lumber
55 Oak Pole
61 Ebony Lumber
68 Mahogany Pole
71 Ebony Harp
77 Clothespole
81 Cabinet
87 Mithran Fishing Rod
88 Half Partition
94 Eight-Sided Pole
97 Kapor Lumber
100 Vejovis Wand
104 Jacaranda Lumber Jacaranda Logs come from Logging in East Ronfaure (S) and Jugner Forest (S).
Goldsmithing
Natural Cap Recipe Notes
3 Copper Ingot
7 Copper Hairpin 8-10 test item
9 Brass Ingot
15 Brass Ring
20 Silver Ingot
27 Silver Hairpin 28-30 test item
32 Silver Ring
40 Mythril Ingot
47 Mythril Ring 48-50 test item
51 Sardonyx, etc. with Flame Geode, etc. You may as well use these from leveling jobs
53 Gold Ingot
58 Gold Hairpin
60 Gold Arrowheads
63 Platinum Ingot
67 Hydro Patas
70 Platinum Ring
75 Jadeite Ring
81 Zircon, etc. with Shivite, etc. Another easy craft from leveling or meriting.
85 Platinum Bangles
89 Orichalcum Ingot Orichalcum Ore can be obtained by Chocobo Digging in Bhaflau Thickets and Rolanberry Fields, or from Mining in Garlaige Citadel (S), Halvung, and Ifrit's Cauldron
92 Muscle Belt
95 Ruby Ring
97 Koenig Shield CatsEyeXI Accelerated Buy General's Shield with Sparks. Smithing 58 subcraft.
104 Silver Cassandra CatsEyeXI Accelerated Buy Darksteel Hexagun with Sparks. Leathercraft 39 subcraft.
Clothcraft
Natural Cap Recipe Notes
3 Grass Thread Skill up on this recipe until level 6
4 Grass Cloth Skill up on this recipe until level 7
8 Cape
11 Cotton Thread Skill up on this recipe until level 16
12 Cotton Cloth Skill up on this recipe until level 17
18 Cotton Cape
22 Linen Cloth
27 Linen Robe
31 Soil Hachimaki
35 Wool Thread
37 Wool Cloth
43 Hemp Gorget
45 Velvet Cloth
51 Silk Thread
53 Silk Cloth
55 Karakul Thread
57 Karakul Cloth
62 Green Ribbon
67 Apkallu Fletchings
72 Black Chocobo Fletchings
77 Colibri Fletchings
78 Rainbow Thread
80 Rainbow Cloth
82 Puk Fletchings
84 Rainbow Headband
88 Wamoura Silk
90 Wamoura Cloth
94 Rainbow Cape
98 Wyrdweave Farm the Wyrdstrand from King Crawler in Crawler's Nest
100 Swith Cape
103 Spolia Chapeau
Cooking
Cap Tests Level Rank Item(s) Required
8-10 Recruit Salmon Sub Sandwich
18-20 Initiate Pea Soup
28-30 Novice Vegetable Gruel
38-40 Apprentice Meat Mithkabob
48-50 Journeyman Apple Pie
58-60 Craftsman Yagudo Drink
68-70 Artisan Raisin Bread
78-80 Adept Whitefish Stew
88-90 Veteran Seafood Stew
98-100 Expert Sprightly Soup (Synthed with HQ Crystal)

Way of the Culinarian (Key Item)

Natural Cap Recipe Ingredients Notes
3 Carrot Broth
4 Hard-boiled Egg
10 Orange Juice
14 Tortilla
20 Selbina Butter
20 Apple Juice Purchasable via Cooking Merchants Kopopo and Chomo Jinjahl or Sandy Conquest 1st/2nd place Aveline, Apple Juice NPC's at roughly 10g and crystal cost loss at high fame, craft and dump at npc.
22 Baked Popoto
29 Insect Ball
34 Iron Bread
40 Ulbuconut Milk
42 Pie Dough
48 Apple Pie Also used for the Rank Test
50 Grape Juice Advised to make some of these whilst skilling up as they are used in an upcoming synth at 56 & 86.
51 Orange au Lait
56 Mulsum
60 Yagudo Drink Also used for the Rank Test. Purchasable from !chef
61 Stone Cheese Cheaper alternative than Yagudo Drinks. Can also vendor back to break even.
62 Apple au Lait
68 Colored Egg
72 Pear au Lait
79 Chocomilk
81 Pamama au Lait
86 Marron Glace
90 Fried Pototo Can be ridden to 101 while earning gil vendoring the results, albeit slowly.
97 Dawn Mulsum
105 Dragon Fruit au Lait