Synergy Guide by Ohgami

Version 1: Created by Ohgami in 2017. Version 2: Updated by Spicyryan in 2021.

A Guide to Skilling Synergy

This is a feeble attempt to make a somewhat up to date guide for synergy. Why raise Synergy? Well there are some really convenient results from doing it, plus unlike traditional crafts where if you fail you can lose expensive materials, you don't lose them and can just try again.

This guide is designed for quick and easy skilling. For the basics of how to do Synergy please visit the Synergy Page.

You may Max Synergy at 80 without impacting other crafts. Unlike leveling ordinary crafts such as Smithing or Cooking you may preform recipies outside of your skill level. Players also do not needed to take a test every 10 level in order to move on either.

Training

Do keep in mind that while there is no rank test, you may receive training from the Engineer NPC next to a furnace every 5 levels. Once trained, there is no way to change or reassign levels, so choose wisely. I would recommend:

• 5/5 Fewell Feeding - Feeds the beast.
• 5/5 Safety Lever - Prevents explosions if used to keep impurities below 31%.
• 5/5 Repair Furnace - Important for soloing certain synths.
• 1/5 Pressure Handle - Staves off leaks.

If you have a Weaver's Smock then you can forget the repair training and max Pressure Handle.

Do not bother with any other category.

What fun stuff can I do with Synergy?

In the old days synergy was used for Tatter and Scrap Synergy to add augments to old gear to keep them relevant in the pre-iLevel gear days. Examples included adding +cure Potency to Genbu's shield for WHM and -pdt for Crimson Cuisses.
Nowadays you see people use it for combining the Old Elemental Staves into either the Iridal Staff or Chatoyant Staff, combining the Elemental Obis into Hachirin-no-Obi or combing the Elemental Gorgets into Fotia Gorget thus saving you 7 inventory slots for each.

Additionally, during Login Campaigns SE will have Vanity Items available and when Synergizing 2 of them makes a +1 version that will have hidden effects.

Example: Cumulus Masque x2= Cumulus Masque +1. The result will add the ability to Teleport to Reisenjima once every 20 hours.

Fewells

Your major cost with this guide is going to be Fewells. Ways to replenish your stock of Fewells is 3 ways:

• First, you may speak to a Synergy Engineer and have the fewell completely restocked for a less-than-nominal gil fee.
• Secondly, you may trade crystals of that element to a claimed Synergy Furnace to increase that element's fewell supply by one.
• Thirdly, you may craft elemental fewell items and trade them to a claimed Synergy Furnace to increase that element's fewell supply by fifty.

My recommendation is to level Alchemy to 30 and make the Fewell. Use the Alchemy Guide by CubsWoo. It shouldn't take long at all to hit 30 maybe less than an hour.

Gear

The Synergy Cuffs are rather useless as they grant a chance to prevent a specific elemental explosion for 15 seconds at the cost of 10 earth fewell. The Alchemist's Smock also has the same effect, but for all elements. So I will omit the Cuffs from the table below, as players should simply have Safety Lever ranked up. Using the Safety Lever to prevent impurities from exceeding 30% will cease any explosion from ever occurring.

If you are interested in the Cuffs then having the appropriate craft skill is not required to equip the cuffs or to gain access to the attached abilities.

• The abilities granted by Cuffs function as specialized Thwacks with extremely high success rates. (Much higher than 5/5 Thwacking.)
  • They don't appear to reduce furnace HP.
  • When successful, reduces impurity level to 5%.

Option Name	Description	Fewell Cost	Armor Required
Fishing: Lunar Smarts.	Temporarily increase the likelihood of an elemental surge. Effect varies depending on the moon phase.	5	Fisherman's Smock
Woodworking: Cyclical Smarts.	Deftly manipulate the furnace's internal elemental balance to temporarily mitigate the rate of wear.	10	Carpenter's Smock
Smithing: Combustive Smarts.	Temporarily improve fewell combustion rate.	10	Blacksmith's Smock
Goldsmithing: Engraver's Touch.	Evenly disperse the furnace's internal stress to delay a looming explosion.	10	Goldsmith's Smock
Clothcraft: Restorer's Touch.	Restore furnace durability by a significant amount.	10	Weaver's Smock
Leathercraft: Pressurization Smarts.	Temporarily suppress fluctuations in internal pressure.	10	Tanner's Smock
Bonecraft: Carbonization Smarts.	Temporarily increase the likelihood of an elemental surge.	10	Boneworker's Smock
Alchemy: Alchemical Smarts.	Temporarily suppress the force of explosions.	10	Alchemist's Smock
Cooking: Heating Smarts.	Gradually purge the furnace of impurities.	10	Culinarian's Smock

Leveling

The idea, as mentioned in the Synergy page, is to choose a recipe and to overfeed an Elemental Fewell associated with the recipe until it overloads. Then thwack the furnace to reduce the overload and continue feeding fewell. When you do have an explosion then just reselect the crucible and keep going.

In the past general thinking was to get a really high recipe and spam it til you reach the cap and this strategy is still fine. The problem with this is that using a recipe too far from your skill will cause faster explosions and you'll have less time with the crucible. To keep this from happening I decided to use smaller jumps so that you can maximize your time trying to get skill ups. Once you make 5 levels you can upgrade your abilities by 1 to a max of 5 for each of the 6 abilities. So take time every 5 levels to upgrade them.

So with that again from the old days the goal was to use Earth Fewell since you can cast Haste on you to prevent the slow effect associated with it.

Model Synergy Furnace

The Model Synergy Furnace is a newer bonus that helps immensely in leveling Synergy. Occasionally this furnishing may be obtained from Repeat Login Campaigns. Once you gain the bonus with it in your Mog House it makes a noticeable difference in skill-up rates.

About the leaves

In the old days the most common, and still today the best skill up items used were the Silver Leaf, Mythril Leaf, Gold Leaf, and Platinum Leaf. These were obtained from Mog HOUSE Gardening which we know is not done nowadays with the advent of the Mog Garden.
With that, thanks to Subadai and Byrthnoth flushing out the Garden Furrow page we now have a target "Seed" to plant and "fertilizer" to use so that we can obtain those.

So, if the leaves for your level range are not on the Auction House then you may try to Garden Furrow it. The "seed" will have a possibility of having a leaf as a harvested item and the Fertilizer will add a possibly harvested leaf. A decent combo of seeds and fertilizer is provided below.

Plantable Items

Plantable Item Grow duration # of times can harvest # of items harvested Possible harvest items Burdock Root 9 hours 2 2 - 3 Bat Wing, Carnation, Fresh Marjoram, Fruit Seeds, Grain Seeds, Insect Wing, Malboro Vine, Piccolo, Tree Saplings, Vegetable Seeds, Woozyshroom, Dryad Root, Spider Web, San d'Orian Carrot, Herb Seeds, Moko Grass, Crystal Clusters, Faded Crystal, Elemental Fewell, Silver Leaf, Holly Log, La Theine Cabbage Four-Leaf Mandragora Bud 20 hours 1 4 - 6 Arborscent Seed, Cornette, Crystals, Four-Leaf Mandragora Bud, Lucky Carrot Broth, Mand. Sprout, Mythril Leaf, Saruta Cotton, Silver Leaf, Saruta Orange, Tree Cuttings, Herb Seeds, Tree Saplings Ginger Root 9 hours 2 2 - 3 Chamomile, Grain Seeds, Little Worm, Platinum Leaf, Vegetable Seeds, Bat Wing, Fresh Mugwort, Faded Crystal Mandragora Sprout 20 hours 1 4-5 Cornette, Saruta Cotton, Saruta Orange, Spicy Broth, Herb Seeds, Flower Seeds, Cactus Stems, Tree Cuttings, Two-Leaf Mandragora Bud, Four-Leaf Mandragora Bud, Silver Leaf, Mythril Leaf, Platinum Leaf, Chimera Blood, Crystals Misareaux Garlic 9 hours 3 2-3 Insect Wing, Herb Seeds, Silver Leaf Ogre Pumpkin 20 hours 1 1 - 3 Frost Turnip, Insect Wing, Moko Grass, Platinum Leaf, Twitherym Wing Shaman Garlic 9 hours 2 1 - 3 Bat Wing, Carnation, Crawler Egg, Crystal Clusters, Fresh Marjoram, Fruit Seeds, Grain Seeds, Insect Wing, King Truffle, La Theine Cabbage, Little Worm, Marguerite, Misareaux Garlic, Platinum Leaf, Poison Dust, Snapping Mole, Sulfur, Vegetable Seeds Sticky Rice 24 hours 1 1 - 2 Fresh Marjoram, Fruit Seeds, Herb Seeds, Marguerite, Moko Grass, Mythril Leaf, Platinum Leaf, Sticky Rice, Spider Web Tree Saplings 48 hours 1 4 - 7 Alexandrite, Angelstone, Carnation, Crawler Egg, Deathstone, Diamond, Elemental Ores, Fresh Marjoram, Fruit Seeds, Herb Seeds, Insect Wing, La Theine Cabbage, Little Worm, Marguerite, Moko Grass, Silver Leaf, Snapping Mole, Spider Web, Tree Saplings, Twitherym Wing, Vegetable Seeds Two-Leaf Mandragora Bud 20 hours 1 4 - 7 Arborscent Seed, Cornette, Crystals, Flower Seeds, Four-Leaf Mandragora Bud, Moko Grass, Saruta Cotton, Saruta Orange, Silver Leaf, Two-Leaf Mandragora Bud Wild Onion 9 hours 2 1 - 2 Bat Wing, Fresh Marjoram, Gold Leaf, Insect Wing, King Truffle, Moko Grass, Spider Web, Onion Dagger, Onion Staff, Eye Drops, Herb Seeds, Silver Leaf, Snapping Mole, Fruit Seeds, Mythril Leaf, Treant Bulb, Gold Leaf, Colored Rocks Fertilizers Fertilizer Effect Possible Additional Items Acidic Humus Yields 1-3 additional items plus 1-3 seeds of the same type as planted Crawler Egg, Grain Seeds, Herb Seeds, Insect Wing, Silver Leaf, Spider Web Humus Increases crop yield by 1; Yields 1-2 additional items Brass Flowerpot, Crawler Egg, Four-Leaf Mandragora Bud, Fresh Marjoram, Herb Seeds, King Truffle, Little Worm, Moko Grass, Platinum Leaf, Silver Leaf, Spider Web, Twitherym Wing, Two-Leaf Mandragora Bud, Vegetable Seeds, Woozyshroom Rich Humus Increases crop yield by 2; Yields 2 additional items Arborscent Seed, Bat Wing, Brass Flowerpot, Crawler Egg, Four-Leaf Mandragora Bud, Fruit Seeds, Gold Leaf, Grain Seeds, Little Worm, Marguerite, La Theine Cabbage, Mythril Leaf, Silver Leaf, Spider Web, Snapping Mole, Vegetable Seeds, Woozyshroom Whiteworm Clay Yields 1-3 additional items Adaman Ore, Crawler Egg, Little Worm, Moko Grass, Mythril Leaf, Silver Ore, Twitherym Wing, Zinc Ore Worm Mulch Increases crop yield by 1; Yields 2-3 additional items (one of which is always a Little Worm) Bat Wing, Crawler Egg, Fresh Marjoram, Fruit Seeds, Gold Leaf, Grain Seeds, King Truffle, Little Worm, Moko Grass, Silver Leaf, Spider Web, Vegetable Seeds, Woozyshroom Additional Items can include items that cannot normally be gained from a plantable item, and will show up no matter what is planted. Level Ranges Synergy Recipes Amateur Recruit Initiate Novice Apprentice Journeyman Craftsman Artisan Adept Veteran 1-20 Federation Earring (20) Synergy Information Yield Craft Requirements Rank Balance Materials NQ: Federation Earring   Primary Craft:      Synergy - Initiate Initiate 25 35 Federation Waystone Silver Earring There isn't a large variety before 20 so head to Windurst Woods (I-8) and grab a Waystone from Wije Tiren. For the Silver Earring you can make one assuming you have Goldsmithing @ 17+ or get one from Drogza in Port Windurst (H-7). This takes you to 29 so from there we head to the next one. Fisherman's Cuffs (20) Synergy Information Yield Craft Requirements Rank Balance Materials NQ: Fisherman's Cuffs   Primary Craft:      Fishing - Novice Initiate 83 34 Red Rock Purple Rock Karakul Cloth Ruszor Leather x2 IF you have fishing skilled to Novice (Level 30+) this is a good one to actually complete. Wearing these while Synergizing will enhances Thwack's effectiveness. Genbu Scrap (20) Synergy Information Yield Craft Requirements Rank Balance Materials NQ: Genbu Scrap x4 HQ1:Genbu Scrap x6 HQ2:Genbu Scrap x8 HQ3:Genbu Scrap x12   Primary Craft:      Synergy - Initiate Initiate 65 Seal of Genbu This is an easy one if you have one hanging around or don't mind grabbing the pops to get Genbu. Genbu drops 2 seals so bring a friend, and relive nostalgia. 20-30 Kazham Earring (30) Synergy Information Yield Craft Requirements Rank Balance Materials NQ: Kazham Earring   Primary Craft:      Synergy - Novice Novice 35 15 40 Kazham Waystone Silver Earring You may skip this and just go to the next earring if you like. Reuse that old Silver Earring from the Federation Earring, and head to Kazham (G-7) to grab a Waystone from Ghemi Sinterilo. 30-44 Empire Earring (40) Synergy Information Yield Craft Requirements Rank Balance Materials NQ: Empire Earring   Primary Craft:      Synergy - Apprentice Apprentice 35 35 35 Empire Waystone Silver Earring Reuse that old Silver Earring and, head to Aht Urhgan Whitegate (H-11) and grab a Waystone from Khaf Jhifanm. Silver Nugget (40) Synergy Information Yield Craft Requirements Rank Balance Materials NQ: Silver Nugget HQ1:Silver Nugget x?? HQ2:Silver Nugget x?? HQ3:Silver Nugget x??   Primary Craft:      Synergy - Apprentice Apprentice 45 27 35 Silver Leaf x4 Vitriol x2 Theoretically you could start here at level 0. However, I find constantly exploding to be a bit counterproductive. Here we start the theme of what you will use to use primarily to skill ups. Here we ride this to 45 and move on to that one. Crafting Smocks (44) Synergy Information Yield Craft Requirements Rank Balance Materials NQ: Alchemist's Smock   Primary Craft:      Alchemy - Craftsman Apprentice 40 40 25 25 Alchemist's Apron NQ: Blacksmith's Smock   Primary Craft:      Smithing - Craftsman Apprentice 71 37 32 Blacksmith's Apron NQ: Boneworker's Smock   Primary Craft:      Bonecraft - Craftsman Apprentice 58 68 Boneworker's Apron NQ: Carpenter's Smock   Primary Craft:      Woodworking - Craftsman Apprentice 63 63 Carpenter's Apron NQ: Culinarian's Smock   Primary Craft:      Cooking - Craftsman Apprentice 70 35 25 Culinarian's Apron NQ: Fisherman's Smock   Primary Craft:      Fishing - Craftsman Apprentice 83 34 Fisherman's Apron NQ: Goldsmith's Smock   Primary Craft:      Goldsmithing - Craftsman Apprentice 54 49 37 Goldsmith's Apron NQ: Tanner's Smock   Primary Craft:      Leathercraft - Craftsman Apprentice 50 37 50 Tanner's Apron Popular path for those who already have an Apron for a craft. 40-50 Mythril Nugget (50) Synergy Information Yield Craft Requirements Rank Balance Materials NQ: Mythril Nugget HQ1:Mythril Nugget x?? HQ2:Mythril Nugget x?? HQ3:Mythril Nugget x??   Primary Craft:      Synergy - Journeyman Journeyman 54 27 40 Mythril Leaf x4 Vitriol x2 Nashmau Earring (50) Synergy Information Yield Craft Requirements Rank Balance Materials NQ: Nashmau Earring   Primary Craft:      Synergy - Journeyman Journeyman 35 35 35 Nashmau Waystone Silver Earring Of the 3 elements pick Fire or Water. Pipiroon in Nashmau at (H-6) sells the waystone. 50-60 Gold Nugget (60) Synergy Information Yield Craft Requirements Rank Balance Materials NQ: Gold Nugget HQ1:Gold Nugget x?? HQ2:Gold Nugget x?? HQ3:Gold Nugget x??   Primary Craft:      Synergy - Initiate Craftsman 68 37 45 Gold Leaf x4 Vitriol x2 There's not much else that you can do. It is this Gold Nugget or one of the craft specific synergy. 60-70 Platinum Nugget (70) Synergy Information Yield Craft Requirements Rank Balance Materials NQ: Platinum Nugget HQ1:Platinum Nugget x?? HQ2:Platinum Nugget x?? HQ3:Platinum Nugget x??   Primary Craft:      Synergy - Artisian Artisian 76 37 50 Platinum Leaf x4 Vitriol x2 Once more with Feeling! This is the only item that caps to 70 which does not require other crafts. After this point you are almost stuck without having a high level craft elsewhere. 70-80 There are a few other crafting options such as an Artful Belt (Leather with Smithing sub) or rings such as the Titan Ring (Goldsmithing), or Pristine Sap (Woodworking), but I felt the following were more accessible or common. Most Recommended: Swirling Broth (86) Synergy Information Yield Craft Requirements Rank Balance Materials NQ: Swirling Broth x4 HQ1:Viscous Broth x2 HQ2:Viscous Broth x4 HQ3:Viscous Broth x8   Primary Craft:      Cooking - Veteran Adept 45 40 San d'Orian Carrot x3 Verboshroom Requires a player with cooking at level 95+ in the party. Synergy Only Alternative: Abdhaljs's Honor Augments (80-90) Example: Synergy Information Yield Craft Requirements Rank Balance Materials NQ: Kheper Wristbands HQ1:Kheper Wristbands HQ2:Kheper Wristbands HQ3:Kheper Wristbands   Primary Craft:      Synergy - Veteran Adept 67 17 Kheper Wristbands Abdhaljs's Honor x3 The bodies cap at 90 and the feet at 80 with 2 levels between hands, legs, and head. Unfortunately, no one would really want to be bothered to go collect the mats for this, let alone a level 99 uncursed item. Certainly you must have some craft or someone to stand in your party instead? These Abdhaljs's synths are the only thing available that require Synergy only. Least Recommended: Crafting Stalls (80) Synergy Information Yield Craft Requirements Rank Balance Materials NQ: Blacksmiths' Stall   Primary Craft:      Smithing - Veteran Adept 99 Iron Sheet x3 Rosewood Lumber x2 Silk Cloth Dark Adaman Ingot Blacksmiths' Emblem NQ: Goldsmiths' Stall   Primary Craft:      Goldsmithing - Veteran Adept 99 Iron Sheet x3 Rosewood Lumber x2 Phrygian Gold Ingot Silk Cloth Goldsmiths' Emblem NQ: Boneworkers' Stall   Primary Craft:      Bonecraft - Veteran Adept 99 Iron Sheet x3 Rosewood Lumber x2 Silk Cloth Marid Tusk Boneworkers' Emblem NQ: Weavers' Stall   Primary Craft:      Clothcraft - Veteran Adept 99 Darksteel Ingot Maple Lumber x3 Gold Ingot Red Grass Cloth Twill Damask Weavers' Emblem NQ: Culinarians' Stall   Primary Craft:      Cooking - Veteran Adept 99 Darksteel Ingot Maple Lumber x3 Gold Ingot Red Grass Cloth Culinarians' Emblem Wild Onion NQ: Tanners' Stall   Primary Craft:      Leathercraft - Veteran Adept 99 Darksteel Ingot Maple Lumber x3 Gold Ingot Manticore Leather Red Grass Cloth Tanners' Emblem NQ: Fishermen's Stall   Primary Craft:      Fishing - Veteran Adept 99 Beech Lumber Oak Lumber x4 Grass Cloth Fishermen's Emblem Fastwater Fishing Rod NQ: Carpenters' Stall   Primary Craft:      Woodworking - Veteran Adept 99 Beech Lumber Oak Lumber x4 Grass Cloth Bundling Twine Carpenters' Emblem NQ: Alchemists' Stall   Primary Craft:      Alchemy - Veteran Adept 99 Beech Lumber Oak Lumber x4 Grass Cloth Alchemists' Emblem Elixir These are for if you can not find a Chef, Goldsmith, Leathercrafter, or Woodworker, but you or someone you know has a 100+ craft without the stall made yet. Which is pretty odd of a circumstance unless it is your character reacquiring the guild item just for this synth.