User talk:Dumo/Sets

Purpose of this Guide

To have fun making something I like and do more with a job I enjoy. This will be more of a play style guide. I want to cover early gearing and progression, jobs a BST should be performing in content and ideas for further playing in the job. I won't be going into every aspect of the job but what I will cover should be plenty to not only get a player started on BST but get through content at a high level. From there, it's up to the player to expand their knowledge and abilities. The "Killer Intinct" guide on AH has a lot of information and testing on all aspects of the job. I would suggest reading through the forum posts to really deep dive into the job.

Why BST?

BST is a versatile job that unfortunately isn’t used to the full extent of the job by the community. It can be very inventory intensive to get everything out of the job. Carrying multiple jugs for pets, pet food, multiple foods depending on what you are doing and the gear for both master and pet, your inventory and wardrobes can fill pretty quickly. This is a problem for someone like myself that wants to experiment with the full array of options but it doesn’t have to be so rough if you just need the job to perform some common tasks that are typically asked of a BST in the current endgame.
The most common tasks asked of a BST today are to control mob tp in some fights, particularly Mboze, and to spit on Odyssey NMs for a 10% hp down during rp farms. This certainly isn’t all the job has to offer but the reality is, that’s the most common times you get to break the job out.

Roles and Functions

Collapse Roles & Functions
Communicator	You are going to need to communicate with your group while on BST. Simple things make a big difference. This isn't abnormal when comparing to other jobs but some of what you are going to do is important to know. Often we will do an AoE debuff that wakes up the mobs. You need to communicate that things are going to wake up so the crowd control player can sleep them again. When sucking tp, you are typically the measure of how well the tp is being controlled and the amount of tp you drain being too high is a signal to slow down for a cycle to get back under control.
Debuffer	You have some very powerful debuffs. AoE 33% attack/defence down is no joke. MDB-25 is big. Knowing what you need for each situation is important. Most of this is AoE or conal which means you will often have to explain this to the group.
Crowd Control	You have different ways to control situations. A wide cone stun can lock down areas when things go wrong.
Damage Dealer	BST is quite capable of dealing damage. It isn't a heavy dps like WAR but it is capable of getting a lot done. Often this will not be the main focus but is nearly always the secondary job. There are times where you stop doing damage to focus on something more important but otherwise, you add damage because otherwise you are standing around doing nothing and that's not fun nor is it helping the group in a way you can help.
Cheese!	This will be covered more but in Odyssey, you will be doing RP farms to upgrade your augments. You have access to a 10% hp down which is all you need. This takes a lot of pressure off the group trying to figure out compositions when you can go in on BST, do the 10% and everyone else can be on throwaway jobs. Sometimes a group can afford a bring a tank and hold the mob, sometimes they can bring someone with reraise but often, you are going to die doing this task. The best news here? You need to do more ep to get the lost ep back and that means more time on BST!
Random Other Things	You have a LOT of pets that can do a LOT of different things. In low man groups, you can fill random roles for small things. I've done everything from skillchain opener to statue nuker to main healer for cp parties.

Abilities and Traits

ExpandJob Traits
Name	Notes
Wide Scan V (250 Ym)	Displays monsters on the map.. It can be helpful to find things like NMs on certain maps. Everyone has access to the first 2 tiers so really it's just being able to see further. It can save some running around but nothing too crazy.
Vermine Killer II (10%) Bird Killer II (10%) Amorph Killer II (10%) Lizard Killer II (10%) Aquan Killer II (10%) Plantoid Killer II (10%) Beast Killer II (10%)	This will require some images later but FFXI has a monster affinity chart based on predation. Lizards eat Vermine for instance. Actually, there are 3 of these charts but we only care about 2 of them. This used to matter a LOT more when we soloed with charmed pets but is still something to consider at all times on BST. As a BST, you always have these effects active but your pets get the effects at 5% as well. The main thing you will notice is an intimidation rate against the monster type you or your pet has a killer effect against. Again, you have many active at 10% at all times. A Lizard will have 5% against any Vermine they fight. However, That Lizard will also be intimidated 5% of the time fighting against Beasts. You will also get that percentage in damage dealt to enemies of the appropreate family type and a percentage of SDT as well. There is a 50% cap. There will be more on this to come. As there is too many pieces of gear to list, I will only be linking a couple. Enhances "Killer" effects +2% "Killer" effects +2% "Killer" effects +5 "Weakens "Aquan Killer" effect Enhances "Amorph Killer" effect +3%|-3%
Resist Slow V (30%)	Increases resistance against slow. Also resists Addle. Interestingly, BST is the only job to get the 5th tier of this trait. There is a lot of gear with this trait but I will list 1 with a Killer Effect as well. 'Enhances "Killer" effects Increases resistance to all status ailments: Killer Effects +2%,Resist All Status Ailments +5%
Resist Amnesia V (30%)	Increases resistance against amnesia. This is important because pet commands are essentially turned off when you are under the effects of amnesia. Interestingly, BST and PUP are the only jobs to get the 5th tier of this trait. There is a lot of gear with this trait but I will list 1 with Resistance to all status ailments. Increases resistance to all status ailments +5%
Tandem Strike V (50)	Grants a boost to both Accuracy and Magic Accuracy for the player and the player's pet. An extra 50 Accuracy is a big bonus and makes BST one of the more accurate jobs in the game.
Tandem Blow III (15)	Reduces amount of TP gained by enemies when striking them if you and your pet are attacking the same target. Applies Subtle Blow II to both the player and the player's pet. This does effect Ready Moves. See the Subtle Blow page for more details including how the cap works on this trait.
Damage Limit+ II (+51/256 (~0.2))	Grants a bonus to maximum physical damage. NOTE: this does not directly increase your actual physical damage but instead raises your pDIF cap.
Stout Servant III (+9%)	Pet Damage Taken reduction. The cap for Pet DT is 87.5% "Stout Servant" +8
Fencer III (+400 TP,+7% Crit. Rate)	Increases Critical Hit Rate when wielding with the main hand only. Grants a TP Bonus to weapon skills. A shield is not required to trigger this trait. Fencer TP Bonus (+50 TP) 150 JP Gift Fencer TP Bonus (+50 TP) 500 JP Gift Fencer TP Bonus (+60 TP) 1125 JP Gift Fencer TP Bonus (+70 TP) 2000 JP Gift Total Fencer Bonus (+630 TP,+7% Crit. Rate) In a very disappointing move, SE hasn't given us anything to better this ability since before 99.

ExpandJob Ability
Name	Notes
Familiar	Enhances your pet's powers and lengthens the duration of charm. Increases Pet Max HP by 10%. :Enhances Familiar by increasing charm duration to 40 minutes and gives pet haste +10. Job Points Familiar Effect: Increases Pet Base Stats by 3. 60 total.
Charm	Allows you to control your target. If the target cannot be charmed, a short bind effect is applied instead. This ability is mostly unused in today’s game. The bind can come in handy in a pinch if you have to kite something. Job Points Charm Success Rate: Increases the success rate of Charm by 1%. Total 20%
Gauge	Gives an estimation of your odds of successfully Charming a monster. Mostly unused in today’s game.
Reward	Restores your pet's HP. Pet Food is required. Can only be used while equipping Pet Food in the ammo slot. grant a 3-minute Regen effect to the pet. The regen potency is based on the Pet Food used. :Reward III. "Reward" recast delay-21. "Reward" +41. Merit Points Reward Recast: Recast is reduced by 3 seconds per merit level. Total 15 seconds Job Points Reward Effect: Increase amount of HP recovered by 1%. Total 20%
Call Beast	Calls a beast by using the contents of a jug. Requires a jug equipped in the ammo slot. It is consumed on use. "Call Beast"+2 :Enhances "Beast Affinity" effect. Merit Points Call Beast Recast: Reduces recast by 10 seconds per merit level. Total 50 seconds.
Bestial Loyalty	Call Beast but it doesn't consume the jug! "Call Beast"+2 Enhances "Beast Affinity" effect.
Tame	Makes target docile and more susceptible to charm. This used to be used often to handle a mischarm. A successful Tame would cause the mob to lose aggro. Since we don't use charm much these days, this too has fallen out of use. Increases Tame success rate. Merit Points Tame Recast: Each merit level reduces recast by 20 seconds. Total 100 seconds.
Feral Howl	Terrorizes the target. :Increases terror duration by +1 second per merit level. Merit Points Feral Howl: Increases the ability's accuracy by 5 per merit level past the first. Total 20.
Killer Instinct	Grants your pet's Killer Effect to party members within area of effect. :Increases Killer Instinct duration by 4 seconds per merit level. Augments Killer Effects: Damage dealt and damage reduction are improved by 1/2 of your total Killer Effect %. Merit Points Killer Instinct: Each merit level past the first increases duration by 10 seconds. Total 40 seconds.
Unleash	Increases the accuracy of Charm and reduces the recast times of Sic and Ready. Upon using, Ready charges are restored. Pet TP is set to 3000. For the duration of the ability, Charm accuracy is boosted (to a maximum of ~95% success rate) Sic, Ready, and Call Beast have no recast timers Usage of Sic/Ready does not consume TP

ExpandPet Commands
Name	Notes
Fight	Commands your pet to attack the target.
Heel	Commands the pet to cease attacking and return to you. Shares a timer with Stay and Leave. Will work if you have told your pet to Stay.
Stay	Commands the Pet to stay in one place. Similar to the /heal command for player characters, it will allow the pet to heal. Shares a timer with Heel and Leave. Will work if you have told your pet to Stay.
Sic	Commands the pet to make a special attack. The attack will be random. If the pet does not have 1000 or more TP when Sic is used, it will use a special attack when it does get 1000 TP. If the pet is part of the Worms or Hecteyes family, they will cast a spell if under 1000 TP. Pet: TP Bonus+700 Pet: TP Bonus+1000 Ready recast -5 seconds. Merit Points Sic/Ready Recast: Each merit reduces Charge time by 2 seconds. Total 10 seconds.
Ready	Commands the pet to use a special attack. This version is used when you have a Jug Pet. You are able to select the move. TP moves from pets cost a varying number of charges. You have 3 total charges to use. Charges refill once every 30 seconds without any Sic merits. The lowest reduction to your charge time is 10 seconds per charge. Pet: TP Bonus+700 Pet: TP Bonus+1000 Ready recast -5 seconds. Merit Points' Sic/Ready Recast: Each merit reduces Charge time by 2 seconds. Total 10 seconds. Job Points Ready Effect: Increase pet's special attack (moves used with Ready) damage dealt by 1%. Total 20%.
Leave	Causes your jug pet to despawn. Causes charmed pets to be dismissed. Shares a recast timer with Heel and Stay.
Snarl	Transfers 99% of the master's current enmity to the jug pet. Can work on multiple monsters at once. Must be within 11.5 yalms distance from jug pet in order to use ability.
Spur	Grants Pet: Store TP +20 for its duration. Grants an additional Pet: Store TP+21 to Spur Job Points Spur Effect: Increase pet's physical attack by 3. Total 60 Pet: Attack.
Run Wild	Grants a +25% bonus to Pet: Attack, Accuracy, Magic Attack Bonus, Evasion, and Defense bonus and adds a Regen Effect, but the pet disappears after 5 minutes. Your pet is required to be engaged before ability will activate Job Points Run Wild Duration: Increases duration by 2 seconds. Total 40 seconds.

Merit and Job Points Progression

ExpandMerit Point Recommendations
Group 1
	Description	Notes
Killer Effects	Increase intimidation rate on all killer effects by 1 percent.	There is only 1 must have in category 1. This can be an excellent option if you are doing content where you are going to have killer effect intimidate procs. Currently only Odyssey NMs are content where this would truly matter. For the most part, this comes down to how much the other options matter for what you are doing. If you aren’t concerned about the Call Beast recast or Reward recast timers, put your points here. The other options may just be better for you. When I am unsure, I will personally leave my merits on either Killer Effects or Reward recast with Reward being preferred often. Player Choice 0~5/5
Reward Recast	Shorten recast time by 3 seconds.	If you're concerned with pet survival, drop merits in here. Cutting off 15 seconds of a 1:30 timer is pretty solid. Add in the Ankusa Trousers +3 reducing by another 21 seconds and one of the HQ Bonnets taking off another 15-16 seconds… you are 51-52 second shorter. Keep in mind that either Relic or AF body will be helping remove status ailments in case you are dealing with and this may be the better choice often. Again, this is coming down to a choice between Reward recast, Call Beast recast and Killer Effects. Player Choice 0~5/5
Call Beast Recast	Reduces recast by 10 seconds per merit level.	One of the three you are picking between. When choosing between Call Beast recast and Reward recast, it comes down more to a question of what kind of damage your pet is taking. Are they taking a little AoE that can just be cured off via Reward? Is it possible they get 1 shot and you need a new pet? The other question to ask, are you going to be changing pets often? Player Choice 0~5/5
Sic/Ready Recast	Each merit reduces Charge time by 2 seconds.	Basically, there is no reason to have something other than 5/5 in Ready recast. It is so important for so many things we do to have the lowest delay between Ready moves as possible. 5/5
Tame Recast	Each merit level reduces recast by 20 seconds.	100 seconds off a 10 min timer for an ability we don't use anymore? Not a great choice. 0/5
Group 2
Feral Howl	Increases the ability's accuracy by 5 per merit level past the first.	It has it's uses though not used as much as it once was. Inflicting Terror is never bad. Other options do overshadow it for current content however. Player Choice 0~5/5
Killer Instinct	Each merit level past the first increases duration by 10 seconds.	One of the strongest options you have for yourself and your party. Unfortunatly this requires your pet to have the correct monster correlation. This means that it is useless in some content. It is however great for some of your Odyssey adventures. For Odyssey: 5/5 For CP: 5/5 For Other Content: Player Choice 0~5/5
Beast Affinity	Increases pet's level by 2 per merit level.	This plus any ilvl Ankusa Gloves makes a lot more pets viable options. This will be needed quite often for pretty much anything you are doing. There could be times where you want to shift some merits to optimize a fight based on which pet(s) you are using but generally, you will keep this maxed. 5/5
Beast Healer	Increases the Regen effect of Reward by 1 HP/tick per merit level.	This could be an option for optimizing a fight. It's not a huge gain but it is something. You will be using your Ankusa Gaiters +3 for your reward set anyways so it doesn't even change any gear and you are actually getting double the returns for your merits. Usually: 0/5

ExpandJob Point Progression
Priority		Notes
1	Ready Effect Increases pet special ability damage. Increase damage by 1 percent. A total of 20 percent.	Especially as a new player, this will be a top priority to you. One of the big benefits to doing BST early is being able to cleave your merits. This will get you there quicker.
2	Familiar Effect Increases the deployed pet's attributes while under the effects of Familiar. Increases attributes by 3.	It's a lot of stats for your pet. This will help in many aspects of what you do. Just be sure to keep your pet alive.
3	Reward Effect Increases amount of pet's HP recovered when using Reward. Increase amount of HP recovered by 1 percent.	I can't tell you to dump everything into Familiar, then tell you to keep that pet alive and then somehow NOT recommend an upgrade to the tools keeping that pet alive. 20% more HP from Reward is a big deal. You can end up with a very strong Reward set.
4	Pet Accuracy Bonus Increases the deployed pet's physical accuracy. Increases physical accuracy by 1. A total of 20 accuracy	Accuracy is important to everything we do in this game. You could do this before Familiar but all those stats are hard to turn down. Especially when the total effect will be greater than 20 accuracy.
Player Choice 5~8	Unleash Effect Increases damage dealt by pet special attacks while under the effects of Unleash. Increase special attack damage dealt by 2 percent. A total of 40 percent.	It can be quite powerful but not something we are doing often these days. The most potent use of Unleash is currently to drain TP and that isn't getting a boost here. Other things we do are Ooze debuffs but it's more of the effect we are after than the damage.
Player Choice 5~8	Pet Attack Speed Increases attack speed of a called pet. Increase pet attack speed by 1 percent.	Often we are looking for the effects of your pet moves over damage. Added TP generally helps more with damage and we will automatically get 1000 TP if we are under that amount when we use Ready.
Player Choice 5~8	Spur Effect Increases pet physical attack while under the effects of Spur. Increase physical attack by 3. A total of 60 Attack	Spur is your Pet: Store TP ability. Added attack, STP, Attack Speed all have a lot of synergy together. I don't think they will help you as much getting into content but they will certainly help if you are doing solo or low man content.
Player Choice 5~8	Run Wild Duration Increases the duration of Run Wild. Increases the Effect duration by 2 seconds. A total of 40 seconds	More synergy with the previous batch of Job Point options. Same as before, it helps but isn't used this way as often in content. Certainly not early on in your BST career. It can be very powerful and may be one of the options you look for when doing things solo. Sometimes just killing a mobs as fast as you can is the safest way you can deal with it.
Player Choice 9~10	Pet Enmity Increases the Enmity of a summoned pet. Increases enmity by 1. A total of 20.	Our pets just don't generate meaningful Enmity. You can AoE cure bomb and generate no Enmity. Your pets aren't hitting as hard as players are these days. The best you can do is generate as much as you can yourself and Snarl it onto your pet. The issue is the recast timer and the fact that all your enmity tools will come from your subjob. Plenty have tried to make pet tanking work and it just doesn't for us. This would have been massive back when we were charming pets and riding the Enmity line beside them. Well, if it effected charmed pets.
Player Choice 9~10	Charm Success Rate Increases the success rate of Charm. Increase success rate by 1%. A total of 20%.	Look, I miss Charm. I really do. Unfortunately that's just not how the job is played at 119. Most of the content doesn't have charmable pets and the ones that do, don't have a good way to make use of them. The Charm play was much slower and the game has outpaced that playstyle while not even giving us the tools to perform in this way.

ExpandJob Point Totals
Gift	Notes
Physical Defense Bonus	Increases physical defense by 70.
Physical Attack Bonus	Increases physical attack and ranged attack by 70.
Physical Evasion Bonus	Increases physical evasion by 36
Physical Accuracy Bonus	Increases physical accuracy and ranged accuracy by 36.
Magic Evasion Bonus	Increases magic Evasion by 36.
Magic Accuracy Bonus	Increases magic accuracy by 36.
Fencer Effect	Increases TP bonus of Fencer by 230.
Sic and Ready Recast Time	Reduces the recast time of Sic and Ready by 5 seconds.
Familiar Phys. Atk. and Def. Bonus	Increases familiar (Pet) physical attack, ranged attack, and defense by 106.
Familiar Phys. Acc. and Eva. Bonus	Increases familiar physical accuracy, ranged accuracy, and evasion by 70.
Pet Attribute Bonus	Increases pet attributes by 8.
Familiar TP Bonus	Increases familiar (Pet) TP bonus by 40.

Master Levels

We need to discuss Master Levels however brief this will be.
Every Master Level earned, the player receives the following for that job:

• +1 STR, DEX, VIT, AGI, INT, MND, and CHR per level
• +1 to the cap of Combat Skills and Magic Skills per level
• +7 Maximum HP per level
• +2 Maximum MP per level
• +1.5 Pet: Attack per level
• +1.5 Pet: Accuracy per level
• +1.5 Pet: Defense per level
• +1.5 Pet: Evasion per level
• +7 Maximum HP per level
  

Every 5 Master Levels will grant you an extra Sub Job Level.
Master Levels can play a large role in the abilities of a job. Pet jobs gain extra benefits and with the increasing of our pet levels through food, this all adds up to making a big difference. Especially when we want to land things on harder mobs. That's not to say that you need to race through your Master Levels. Just that they are good to have.

Common Pets

There will be more pets added as we go and an explanation of their uses. In the mean time, here are 2 pets that you will be asked to use and are the ones players think of when BST is mentioned.

Generous Arthur (Warrior) Jug: Dire Broth (Lv.99)
		Type	Amorph	Family	Slug	Special Traits
		Melee Type		TP/hit	75	MDB +40 En-Slow:(15% Slow) -50% -30% -50% +% /
Level Cap	119 (119)	Attack ±	-20%	Defense ±	+30%
Maximum Level Stats
HP 4,860 Accuracy 866 Attack 635 Evasion 698 Defense 1241
Ready Moves Purulent Ooze Deals Water elemental damage to enemies within a fan-shaped area. Additional effects: Bio (-10% Attack & 15 damage/tic) and -10% HP. Damage varies with TP. Duration 70 seconds. Charge Cost 2 Damage Type Skillchain Corrosive Ooze Deals Fire elemental damage to enemies within area of effect. Additional effect: -33% Attack & Defense. Damage varies with TP. Duration 60-90 seconds. Charge Cost 3 Damage Type Skillchain

Generous Arthur is basically your ticket in groups. A 33% Attack and Defense down effect is massive. This is AoE and will wake mobs up so remember to communicate when performing Corrosive Ooze. Mobs can be slept after the initial damage. This move does not have a Magic Accuracy check and just lands.
The other move available is Purulent Ooze. This insane thing is HP-10% and on mobs with massive HP pools, this is the hardest single hitting move in the game. The mobs HP drops by 10% and they don't get it back. This only works at the beginning of the fight as after the 10% is taken off, either by Ooze or by regular damage, this no longer reduces the mobs health and instead is nothing more than a way to screw with people watching the HP bar. The move is rather limited in most situations but can be huge when applicable. This will again be your ticket into Odyssey RP farms and sometimes Dynamis Divergence Wave 3 clears. You generally want to be using this with as much Magic Accuracy as you can.
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Fatso Fargann (Warrior) Jug: C. Plasma Broth (Lv.81)
		Type	Amorph	Family	Leech	Special Traits
		Melee Type		TP/hit		-50%SDT -25%SDT +%SDT
Level Cap	99 (114)	Attack ±		Defense ±
Maximum Level Stats
HP Accuracy Attack Evasion Defense
Ready Moves Suction Damage varies with TP. Additional effect: Stun. Charge Cost 1 Damage Type Skillchain Drainkiss Deals Darkness elemental damage and absorbs HP. Damage varies with TP. Charge Cost 1 Damage Type Skillchain Acid Mist Deals Water elemental damage to enemies within area of effect. Additional effect: -50% Attack. Damage varies with TP. Duration 3 minutes. Charge Cost 2 Damage Type Skillchain TP Drainkiss Steals enemy's TP. Amount absorbed varies with TP. Charge Cost 3 Damage Type Skillchain

Mr. Fargann holds a very particular place in todays endgame. Realistically, you are expected to use 1 move and that is TP Drainkiss. Often a go to when a mobs TP moves are just too dangerous to mess around with. Looking at you Mboze. There is NO Magic Accuracy check. This runs entirely off pet TP. At 3000 TP, TP Drainkiss will take 100% of the mobs TP. This is a good time to discuss some of how Ready works and explain the simple math that makes this work.
If your pet is below 1000 TP when you use Ready, your pet's TP will be set to 1000.
Fatso Fargann is a Warrior which means he gets the job trait Fencer. That is +500 TP.
We get a TP bonus of 40 from Job Points
BST Empy gloves add a TP bonus starting with Nukumi Manoplas (550) and going up by 50 until Nukumi Manoplas +3 (700) For a weapon, you have 2 options. Aymur (500 in precast and 500 in midcast) or Kumbhakarna with : TP Bonus +200. Note you can dual wield these if you aren't in Odyssey.
So we get...
1540 from Ready and Fencer and Job Points
550-700 from Empy Gloves
1000 From Aymur or 200-400 from Kumbhakarna
If we look specifically at Odyssey, we can use Nukumi Manoplas with Aymur to break 3000 TP or we can use the Nukumi Manoplas +3 with Kumbhakarna to reach 2440 TP. You may look at those numbers and assume you need an R15 Aymur to do your job! But you really don't. First, the 75 version grants the same TP bonus. Second, you can get the job done just fine on Mboze V20+ with just Nukumi Manoplas +2 and Kumbhakarna. That's right, not even the max from the gloves. It will however be a bit more sketchy. Especially on the V19 and lower when you are trying to do it in 1 KI and not using Mboze's pet for TP and reducing the TP feed. However, plenty of people have managed.
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New Players

In this section I will introduce Pets, Sets, Content to work towards and try to outline what you should be doing in content with other players. At this stage, I would expect a player to be working on Rhapsodies of Vanadiel and through most of the story content in the game. That doesn't mean you have to get to that point before you can start here. It just means I may suggest equipment that requires you to have access from these things. If you are not through Rhapsodies of Vanadiel, you are not ready to move on to the next phase. You should be able to get Totemic Armor Set and Ankusa Armor Set sets to the +1 versions which are iLVL 119 and the Nukumi Armor Set to the iLVL 109 version. If you can get help with Vagary or clearing the battlefields, you would be able to get to the 119 versions of this set as well. You will be mostly looking towards Ambuscade, Domain Invasion and early Geas Fete. This is a great time to seek out a Linkshell if you don't already have one. You will also want to work towards having Omen and Divergence access for later.

Pets Added

Warlike Patrick (Warrior) Jug: Livid Broth (Lv.99)
		Type	Lizard	Family	Hill Lizard	Special Traits
		Melee Type		TP/hit	80	+%SDT /
Level Cap	104 (119)	Attack ±	+30%	Defense ±	-20%
Maximum Level Stats
HP 5,508 Accuracy 879 Attack 1,028 Evasion 704 Defense 753
Ready Moves Tail Blow Additional effect: Stun. Damage varies with TP. Charge Cost 1 Damage Type Skillchain Impaction Fireball Deals Fire elemental damage to enemies within area of effect. Damage varies with TP. Charge Cost 1 Damage Type Skillchain Blockhead Damage varies with TP. Charge Cost 1 Damage Type Skillchain Reverberation Brain Crush Additional effect: Silence. Damage varies with TP. Charge Cost 1 Damage Type Skillchain Liquefaction Infrasonics -40 Evasion for 3 Min for enemies within a fan-shaped area. Area of effect varies with TP. Charge Cost 2 Damage Type Skillchain Secretion +25 Evasion for pet and Beastmaster. Duration of effect varies with TP. Charge Cost 1 Damage Type Skillchain

Warlike Patrick is an interesting pet that gives you a couple options. If your Ready recast delay is low enough, it can do a nice multi step skillchain and even burst it. Unfortunately does not count as bursts in Omen. It can however create Fusion for Dia bursts. Solo, you technically could sub WHM or RDM and set yourself up to get the burst amounts. The issue will be that early on, you are going to be struggling just to get off the first 2 floors. You will need more damage and less playing with side objectives.
The other place I sometimes use Pat is actually in cleaving harder zones. BST certainly is no BLU when it comes to cleaving but you can use Valaineral and Fireball effectively. I typically would go to Reisenjima, pull a group of mobs and create some distance. I engage with enough space to turn around and hit a mob before the animation lock. Val will AoE to grab hate and now you Fireball a few times to get the kill. Without Val, the first Fireball will have the mobs delete your pet.
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Bouncing Bertha (Warrior) Jug: Bubbly Broth (Lv.99)
		Type	Vermin	Family	Chapuli	Special Traits
		Melee Type		TP/hit	75	-%SDT
Level Cap	105 (119)	Attack ±	+10%	Defense ±	-
Maximum Level Stats
HP 5,858 Accuracy 879 Attack 950 Evasion 707 Defense 948
Ready Moves Sensilla Blades Deals physical damage to enemies within a fan-shaped area. Damage varies with TP. Charge Cost 1 Damage Type Skillchain Scission Tegmina Buffet Deals physical damage to enemies within range. Additional effects: Choke (-33 VIT & 15 damage/tic) for 60 sec. Damage varies with TP. Charge Cost 2 Damage Type Skillchain Distortion / Detonation

Bouncing Bertha is the HQ version of Scissorleg Xerin. You can always just use the NQ version but if you get the HQ and only use it with Bestial Loyalty, it can last forever and be a solid investment. This is your main cleave partner. The Puks and Dragons in Escha - Zi'Tah (#2) are the common place to cleave for merits. As a new player, you want to get your merits capped but without a solid way of cleaving, it's a long grind. Tbh, it's a long grind anyways. This will help you to cap the amount of merits you can hold, cap job merits and many other. You can also build merits quickly for spamming HTMB.
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Blackbeard Randy (Warrior) Jug: Meaty Broth (Lv.99)
		Type	Beast	Family	Tiger	Special Traits
		Melee Type		TP/hit	95	-%SDT
Level Cap	117 (119)	Attack ±	+60%	Defense ±	-10%
Maximum Level Stats
HP 4,860 Accuracy 889 Attack 1,266 Evasion 704 Defense 855
Ready Moves Roar Paralyzes all enemies within range. Duration of effect varies with TP. Charge Cost 2 Damage Type Skillchain Razor Fang Damage varies with TP. Charge Cost 1 Damage Type Skillchain Impaction Claw Cyclone Deals physical damage to enemies within a fan-shaped area. Damage varies with TP. Charge Cost 1 Damage Type Skillchain Scission Crossthrash Deals physical damage to all enemies in a fan-shaped area in front of pet. Additional Effect: Dispel. Damage varies with TP. Charge Cost 2 Damage Type Skillchain Distortion / Detonation Predatory Glare Stuns all enemies in a fan-shaped area in front of pet. Damage varies with TP. (Note: Deals no damage. Localization error.) Charge Cost 2 Damage Type Skillchain

Blackbeard Randy is another solid physical attacker that can be used early to help you through content. You may be able to cleave in Escha - Zi'Tah but will quickly find that same strategy doesn't work in Omen. Randy can use Razor Fang as a single target move that will deal solid damage without causing a lot of things to aggro and quickly kill your pet.
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Goals in this Stage

This is for new players more so than old players that are picking the job up. The main goal is to get yourself ready for group content. Ambu, Dyna, Omen. All are worthwhile all around but you will feel pretty useless early on. That’s no different than other jobs though. At least you can Corrosive Ooze to help everyone else do more damage.
So in trying to prepare for content, work on your merits. You want your BST merits done, your axe merits and start working on the number of merits you can hold. The sooner you cap your max merits (75), the easier it is to do the rest.
Pick up a few jugs and start filling out sets. You will want sets for TP and a weapon skill. Set for Call Beast and a pet: physical damage set in order to cleave. You will want as solid of an idle set as you can get for larger pulls and you want as much Damage Taken as you can for events such as Dynamis Divergence so you don’t hit the floor every time a Ninja appears.
Once you have those, you should be able to contribute to group content and at that point, you will want to start working on the other sets. Magical sets, Reward and building your Damage Taken options.

Content to work on

Missions! Get them done. You want to open up your options in the game and this is how it’s done. You will want access to gain access to Omen, Dynamis - Divergence, Vagary and Sortie as soon as you can. You may not be able to get groups to go in yet but you want the access.
In getting access to those, you will get access to Alluvion Skirmish which has a pair of set for BST which are versatile due to the augment system. More on those later.
Domain Invasion is going to be a staple to your day for a while. There are some solid accessories to pull out of there but also easy access for the Geas Fete gear, specifically the Valorous Armor Set which can be augmented for tp sets or pet based sets.
Ambuscade is the beginning of the rest of your life in ffxi. You need the gear sets early on and you will probably always be looking for more JSE Capes. After all that, it’s still some of the most profitable content you can run. Start solo on Volume 2 Very Easy since you will be solo and build up to higher difficulties. Try to get groups together to be able to tackle harder difficulties.

From Alluvion Skirmish, you will be trying to get pieces of the Taeon Attire Set and Acro Armor Set. If you get anything from the Telchine Attire Set, save it, mule it, whatever. You will need them if you start a mage job later.

These sets can be augmented with 3 different augments. You get one augment each from Snow, Leaf and Dusk stones. All have “slit” “dim” “tip” “orb” versions. Which decides where in the chart you are pulling the augment possibilities.

Typically your Acro Armor Set would be getting Call Beast ability delay which reduces your recast. They can also be augmented with pet stats but that can also be put on Taeon.

Your Taeon Attire Set usually gets the pet stats. However, the Taeon Boots come with Dual Wield+4 and can be augmented for a total of +9 which can be a huge help getting sets together for your DW tiers.

Kumbhakarna is an axe that can be a pain to get compared to the sets. You may want to ask for help or look into the other options to obtain. It can be augmented with Pet: TP Bonus+200 and some Pet:Magic Atk. Bonus which makes for a wonderful axe for pet magic ready moves as well as buffing moves and TP Drainkiss. You will probably want a pair of them at some point.

You can make full pet sets out of Valorous and Alluvion sets but for the most part, I’ve assembled sets that use less of it.

How to perform in a group

Gunna be a bit blunt here but your damage is probably terrible right now. Luckily you have a bunch of options for support. The problem there is you are basically stuck to 1 at a time and it’s not quite as strong as something like a Bard capping haste.

Generous Arthur is basically your golden ticket. Corrosive Ooze is an AoE Attack-33%, Defence-33% which is wild. You will want to communicate when you are tossing this out since it will wake sleeping mobs. The best part of this is that Corrosive Ooze has NO ACCURACY CHECK. It just lands! We have brought brand new players on BST into Wave 3 to land Ooze as we are fighting. Your first run may not be the clear like that but you can still contribute more doing Ooze than pretending your doing any damage yet.

If your group doesn’t want to do Ooze for some crazy reason (probably concerned about mobs being awake), you still have options like Suspicious Alice and using Numbing Noise for a wide conal stun or Geist Wall for an AoE dispel.

Sets

Some of the easier equipment you have access to will be the Meghanada Armor Set and Tali'ah Armor Set. Getting to iLVL 119 is a big first step and this gear is a big jump in stats from where you were. Ambuscade gives you access to powerful weapons with early stand outs being Kaja Sword and Kaja Axe. You will also be able to start building Ambuscade Capes which cover a lot of situations for you.

Idle

We are simply trying to get defensive stats here. Damage Taken, Physical Damage Taken and even Magic Damage Taken where we can. Actual Defense, Evasion and Magic Evasion will all need to be considerations. At this point, you are probably just trying to become tanky enough to farm merits and do some base content. You will certainly want Damage Taken to try to survive if a group brings you into a Divergence run. In this tier, spending will be kept minimal.

Beginner Idle Post-Rhapsodies of Vana'diel     PDT-56% MDT-19% Matamata Shield +1 Meghanada Visor +1 Meg. Cuirie +1 Meg. Gloves +1 Meg. Chausses +1 Meg. Jam. +1 Loricate Torque Odnowa Earring Eabani Earring Gelatinous Ring Defending Ring Plat. Mog. Belt Artio's Mantle Eva/Meva, DT, Pet: Macc/MAB Expand Notes: All forms of Damage Taken cap at 50% and we are over which means there is some wiggle room. If you can't hit 50%, don't stress too much. More options are going to open up soon enough. Twilight Torque is an alternative to Loricate Torque. Matamata Shield +1 isn't an option when you want to run 2 axes for their stats but if for cleaving and running fully off your pets, you don't need to save your TP. Defending Ring can suck to get at times. It is a big help but don't stress about it. This stage doesn't last very long and as options improve, so do your options to get around Defending Ring until you get the drop. Don't blow your gil trying to force it. Tuisto Earring Can be another defensive alternative. Odnowa Earring is trying to offset the negative effects of Gelatinous Ring. If you manage to get the HQ of either or both, it would be a big benefit. Sometimes you just need help for the fights and sometimes, that help only stays until you get the NQ. My LS typically will stay until the HQ is obtained. We will pool drops until that happens. Another option may be Etiolation Earring if you are lucky enough to get help through Vagary. Plat. Mog. Belt may be out of reach for now but Flume Belt is not cheap. You might get lucky trying to farm it from Walk of Echoes which is the ONLY reason I list it here. Please don't throw gil at this in such an early phase. If you can't get those yet, grab whatever has the highest Defense and/or Evasion. The augments on your Artio's Mantle were chosen to make the most out of a single cape. It might be hard the get enough points to do a bunch early on so may as well cover as much as you can. You want more DT because you are trying to reach 21 MDT so you are capped with Shell V. You want the evasion while tanking a cleave pull. You want your pet stats to be pushed to be able to do more damage. For the remaining 2 slots, you could do Pet: Macc and for the last slot, maybe do Fastcast since nothing else is really going to help you so that will work for now. The other option would be Pet: Regen. The purpose of this beingf on the magic side is because there is another easy to get option for the physical side. Mid Range Option 1 Regain     PDT-54% MDT-21% Pet: PDT-19% Pet: MDT-19% Staunch Tathlum Gleti's Mask Gleti's Cuirass Gleti's Gauntlets Gleti's Breeches Gleti's Boots Warder's Charm +1 Odnowa Earring +1 DT-3% Enmerkar Earring Moonbeam Ring Defending Ring Isa Belt Artio's Mantle Pet: DT Expand Notes: This is a defensive Regain set. Great for merit cleaving /dnc. You can pull all of Escha - Zi'Tah #2, cleave and Waltz off the damage you have taken. By the time you have taken enough to need a Waltz, you should have the TP. If you wanted to lean more into Regain, Valorous Mask has +1 over the Gleti's Mask. Mid Range Option 2 Pet: DT     PDT-50% MDT-35% Pet: PDT-34% Pet: MDT-31% Nuk. Cabasset +2 Tot. Jackcoat +2 Gleti's Gauntlets Nukumi Quijotes +2 Malignance Boots Warder's Charm +1 Handler's Earring +1 Enmerkar Earring Gelatinous Ring Defending Ring Isa Belt Artio's Mantle Pet: DT Expand Notes: This is about hitting that 50% PDT and 21% MDT to cap with Shell V up then protecting our pets. Izizoeksi is a great option for Pet:DT if you are allowing swaps. I didn't include a shield since you would generally be using Dual Wield anyways. If you aren't, there are a couple shield options to consider. Adapa Shield, Regis, Sacro Bulwark and Tatami Shield all are useful. Using a shield with DT would shift around your options. Try to leave the body/hands/legs alone as they are carrying the bulk of your pet dt.

Advanced Option 1 Weapons Not Swapping     PDT-52% MDT-37% Pet: PDT-28% Pet: MDT-24% Staunch Tathlum +1 Nuk. Cabasset +3 Tot. Jackcoat +3 Gleti's Gauntlets Nukumi Quijotes +3 Gleti's Boots Warder's Charm +1 Handler's Earring +1 Enmerkar Earring Warden's Ring Defending Ring Carrier's Sash Artio's Mantle Pet: DT Expand Notes: It's a sturdy idle set with a bunch of Resistances and defensive pet stats. The Gleti's Boots are there for added pet stats which allows the pet to take more hits. You could still use Isa Belt for the Pet:DT. Remember that you can still use part's of the Nyame Armor Set if you are expecting to take some big hits. If you are pulling an Odyssey Boss, you can Stay your pet where you intend to fight, pull in full Nyame to eat the nuke/hits and drag it to your pet which was safe the entire time. Once being tanked, I would swap back to something that protects you and your pet however. Advanced Option 2 Weapons Swapping     PDT-60% MDT-53% Pet: PDT-61% Pet: MDT-57% Pangu Izizoeksi Staunch Tathlum +1 Nyame Helm Tot. Jackcoat +3 Gleti's Gauntlets Nukumi Quijotes +3 Gleti's Boots Warder's Charm +1 Handler's Earring +1 Enmerkar Earring Fortified Ring Shadow Ring Isa Belt Artio's Mantle Pet: DT Expand Notes: BST get Stout Servant III which is an additional Pet: DT-9% bringing us to Pet: PDT-70 and Pet: MDT-66. The set greatly over caps the Master PDT but also gives us a bunch of Resistances, lowers Enemy Critical Hit Rate, strong Magic Evasion and the Shadow Ring and Warder's Charm +1 work separately and therefor stack. If you are in a situation where you are using a shield, you would have the same options as before. Tatami Shield is great if you can get Killer Effects procs that intimidate the mob but that will be rare. Regis if you are expecting to be taking magic damage. Use the shield with the highest DEF if you will be taking physical damage. We are well above the cap so adding DT from a shield isn't going to help anything.

Pet Based Sets

There are a few really good options early on for BST to get started. Looking at a few pieces from the Despair Armor Set, Emicho Armor Set, Valorous Armor Set and Taeon Attire Set. Taeon and Valerous can be frustrating or just a lot of days to get so you do want to mix and match. From the Emicho set, the entire thing is strong but you may have to choose what you get and what you find from elsewhere. The Despair legs and feet would be very serviceable for a while. Taeon and Valorous can be made into whichever you wanted and many of the Valorous can eventually be augmented with strong enough stats to take over most of your pet based sets.

Call Beast/Bestial Loyalty

This set is the precast for Call Beast and Bestial Loyalty. There are 3 things working in this set, the gloves, the recast reduction and the main hand weapon.
The gloves do give "Call Beast"+2 but this only matters for jug pets below level 99. Its the augment to Beast Affinity you want on these. With full merits it allows us to raise a jug pets level by 15 levels when we call our pet. This makes a lot more jugs viable to us.
The recast reduction is to have the ability back as soon as we can. You could use your Merit Points in this category but often it isn't the best option.
The main hand axe is very important when calling your pets. You can NOT call a pet above the level of your main hand weapon. This means calling a pet with a level 99 axe, with full Beast Affinity merits and the gloves, will still only call a level 99 pet. It doesn't matter which particular weapon you use. It just has to be iLVL 119.

Call Beast/Bestial Loyalty New Player     Call Beast Delay-24 Beast Affinity +15 Mirke Wardecors Call Beast Delay-15 Ankusa Gloves Adaman Sollerets Call Beast Delay-9 Expand Notes: You want Beast Affinity Merits 5/5. You could add or even replace everything but the gloves with the Acro Armor Set but at this point in time, save you gil for other things. You may need those pieces for other sets for now but can repurpose them here after. The augment on the gloves is what you care about. You should keep upgrading these gloves for defensive reasons but it's a precast and you won't be getting anymore out of the ability so it's up to you. In the end, the only part that really matters in this set is the gloves. 24 seconds shaved off a 5 min delay isn't game breaking. Don't stress about it. Call Beast/Bestial Loyalty Advanced     Call Beast Delay-35 Beast Affinity +15 Acro Helm Call Beast Delay-5 Mirke Wardecors Call Beast Delay-15 Ankusa Gloves +3 Acro Breeches Call Beast Delay-5 Armada Sollerets Call Beast Delay-10 Expand Notes: Keep the Beast Affinity Merits 5/5. The gloves are to make as many pets viable as we can. The rest is reducing the timer on Call Beast. Alternatives: Acro Surcoat :Call Beast Delay-5 Acro Leggings :Call Beast Delay-5

Reward

From the Pet Food page,

The Reward formula is:
Total = floor(Base×Potency)

Reward Potency caps at 50% similar to cures.

The Base is another formula:
Base = floor( (MND-Start MND)×Rate÷256 ) + Const

Each pet food effect multiple parts of the equation but Pet Food Theta Biscuit will always be the strongest option. This means we can use the numbers from this pet food to determine how much HP our pet will get back.

• • Currently trying to figure out which line of the chart to use for Pet Food Theta**

Reward New Player     Reward+79 MND+146 Reward Recast-27sec Kaja Axe Matamata Shield +1 Pet Food Theta Bison Warbonnet Tot. Jackcoat +1 Meghanada Gloves Ankusa Trousers +1 Ankusa Gaiters +1 Aife's Medal Lifestorm Earring Handler's Earring +1 Vertigo Ring Metamorph Ring Isa Belt Artio's Mantle MND+30 Expand Notes: You want Reward Potency at 50%, reduced the recast as much as possible, have the Tot. Jackcoat +1 on then stack as much MND as you can. If you can't pick between 2 items, go with the better defences. I wouldn't go too far out of your way for the MND. The items I put in the set are there for ease to obtain and the fact that Metamorph Ring is something that will get used a lot. Especially after you upgrade to the +1 and put RP on it. Bison Warbonnet and Khimaira Bonnet are the same reduction in recast at 10 seconds. Check your server for price and availability. They are generally pretty cheap. The Handler's Earring +1 and Isa Belt are there for Pet: DT. If you can get MND in those slots, that's an option. If you want master DT in those slots, that works well too. The cape really doesn't matter since you cap Reward with the body and legs. You can however get MND+30 which is great. Otherwise, use Pastoralist's Mantle which comes with MND+10 on the base cape. Reward Experienced Player     Reward+97 MND+216~231 Reward Recast-37sec DT-29% Pet: DT-10% Farsha (Level 119 III) R:15 MND+15 Sacro Bulwark Pet Food Theta Stout Bonnet Tot. Jackcoat +3 Malignance Gloves Ankusa Trousers +3 Ankusa Gaiters +3 Loricate Torque +1 R:15 Lifestorm Earring Odnowa Earring +1 R:15 Defending Ring Metamor. Ring +1 R:15 Engraved Belt Artio's Mantle MND+30, DT-5% Expand Notes: Again, Reward caps at +50. So why are we over capping by so much? The body removes Silence, Weight, Slow, Paralysis, Poison, and Blind. The feet add a Regen. The cape is the largest source of MND on our back while also giving us DT. There are plenty of ways to build the set. You can go 100% leaned into the MND, include master DT or pet DT. Unless you are using a Lua, I would suggest picking a more defensive option. Especially since you will be dropping below ilvl 119 and need to be practically riding your pet to be close enough to use the ability. If everything is single target, you could choose the more pet defensive route. Brave's Warbonnet is the other head option. Stout reduces the recast by 16 seconds while Brave's reduces by 15 seconds. Realistically, 1 second isn't going to break the game so I view them as interchangeable. Server/availability/price dependant on which you go with.

Ready

Ready and Sic force your pet to use one of their moves. Sic is rarely seen these days as it is only used when you have a Charmed pet. It forces a random move as soon as the pet reaches 1000 TP. If the pet can cast spells and is under 1000 TP, it will cast a random spell from its pool of options.
On the other hand, Ready is used with jug pets and you choose the move used. It operated with 3 charges that share a combined timer. Each charge will take 30 seconds to recharge for a total of 1 min 30 sec if you have used all 3 charges. This can be reduced and will be discussed in a moment.
When Ready is used, if your pet does not have 1000 TP, it will be bumped up to 1000 TP so it can use the move it was instructed to use. There is equipment to modify how much TP the move begins with similar to TP offhand weapons. Fencer will also effect any WAR pet at their level. Just remember that the trait's highest level is V at WAR lvl 97. The rest comes from gear which your pets will not have. This trait will grant your pet a bonus 500 TP and 10% Crit. Rate. The moves can include physical damage, magical damage, debuffs and buffs for the pet and master.
At some point, you will have to decide if you want to be the BST that does the damage or just a BST that gets the effects. I wouldn't call a BST going strictly for effects a lesser BST but they are often leaving some damage off the table. However, that damage will not break the game but the number of needed sets may break your wardrobes!
It is perfectly viable to focus entirely on Pet: Accuracy and Pet: Magic Accuracy sets. Just remember the TP Bonus and Ready Recast sets cannot be ignored. If you are going to be an Odyssey only BST, you don't actually need The Pet Physical sets. However, know you make me sad and your choices probably have lead to a large number of puppy deaths so SHAME ON YOU!

Ready Recast

This is the precast set for Ready. Meaning you want this on as you initiate the command to your pet then switch out before the move actually happens. Ready Recast is 30 seconds per charge or 90 seconds total. It is important to reduce as low as possible and the lowest delay you can get it 10 seconds a charge or 30 seconds total. Some of our expected functions are not possible without this recast reduction. Mainly, the need to be able to TP Drainkiss every 30 seconds. For this reason, you want to merit Call Beast Reduction to 5/5 for a 10 second reduction. Then you have 10 seconds more to make up. You can get another 5 seconds from hitting the Job Gift at 100 Job Points.

Ready Precast Ready Precast     Ready Recast 5~20 Charmer's Merlin Gleti's Breeches Expand Notes: These are the only options to discuss. If you don't have Gleti's access yet, get Charmer's Merlin. If you don't have 100 job points, get both. Once you get 100 Job Points and the Gleti's Breeches, drop the axe.

Ready Physical

These are the physical moves your pet will use. Things like Tegmina Buffet from Bouncing Bertha. Often we focus on the damage output of these moves but we also need these to land. As a newer player you will likely push for a very solid physical attack set since that will be the bread and butter for cleaving merit points. However, you will eventually want to decide if you wish to continue holding the gear for sets like physical/magical damage or if you just want to focus on the acc sets. The most important thing is landing the ability. On the physical side, you want the skill chain properties. The damage shouldn’t be ignored but in reality, you can get by with opening the Skillchain. This significantly cuts the amount of gear in your wardrobes. Dropping essentially 2-3 sets needed. You are cutting into dps for this trade off and giving up things like cleaving. Personally, I want the inventory space but I have a need to push to see what all I can do with this job. I keep the damage gear on me.

Ready: Physical New Player     Pet Attack+ Arktoi Acc+50, Pet: Acc+50, Pet: Atk+30 Digirbalag Voluspa Tathlum Emicho Coronet C: Pet: Acc/Atk+15, DA+3 Taeon Tabard Pet: Atk+20, DA, STR/CHR Nukumi Manoplas Despair Cuisses Despair Greaves Empath Necklace Hija Earring Domes. Earring Varar Ring Varar Ring Hurch'lan Sash Pastoralist's Mantle Pet: Acc/Racc+5~20 Expand Notes: Thurandaut Ring if you chose that option. Hurch'lan Sash is from Delve and you will need help to get it. Even just tagging along with others during a Delve campaign would get you the points to buy it. The other option is Incarnation Sash from Vagary but that isn't as easy to get in on. Pastoralist's Mantle can drop from any Reive in Adolin areas. You can also trade 3 other Reive capes for it. Voluspa Tathlum is 1000 DI points so 10 days. I would put this behind things like the Cronin Abjurations (400 points) for your Emicho gear. Skullrender Path: C is another weapon option. Ready: Physical Intermediate     Pet Attack+ Agwu's Axe Arktoi Acc+50, Pet: Acc+50, Pet: Atk+30 Hesperiidae Emicho Coronet +1 C: Pet: Acc/Atk+20, DA+4 Taeon Tabard Pet: Atk+20, DA, STR/CHR Nukumi Manoplas +2 Tot. Trousers +3 Gleti's Boots Shulmanu Collar Sroda Earring Nukumi Earring C. Palug Ring Varar Ring +1 Incarnation Sash Artio's Mantle Pet: Acc/Atk+20, Acc+10 Expand Notes: Thurandaut Ring if you chose that option. Klouskap Sash if you can't get the Incarnation Sash. Klouskap Sash +1 if you can afford it. The Taeon Attire Set can get up to 25 Pet: Acc or Atk and Pet: DT-4% The Valorous Armor Set can be augmented with up to 30 Pet: Atk, Acc and Pet: STR+15. Relying on 3 rolls to come out strong is asking quite a bit. I don't have it in me to grind out those augments. If you are lacking any of the gear in the set, they are viable alternatives for the body and leg slots. Ready: Physical Advanced     Pet Attack+ Aymur Agwu's Axe Hesperiidae Emicho Coronet +1 C: Pet: Acc/Atk+20, DA+4 Valorous Mail Pet: Atk+30, STR+ Nukumi Manoplas +3 Emicho Hose +1 Path C: Pet: Acc/Atk+20, DA+4% Gleti's Boots Bst. Collar +2 Sroda Earring Nukumi Earring C. Palug Ring Varar Ring +1 Klouskap Sash +1 Artio's Mantle Pet: Acc/Atk+20, Acc+10 Expand Notes: Nyame Mail and Nyame Flanchard are huge but also unreasonable for most players to choose. Totemic Trousers +3 still hit harder but the Emicho Hose +1 hit hard and still have the Acc. Fickblix's Ring and Thurandaut Ring +1 if you chose them. Ready: Physical Accuracy Intermediate     Pet Accuracy+ Agwu's Axe Arktoi Acc+50, Pet: Acc+50, Pet: Atk+30 Hesperiidae Nuk. Cabasset +2 Nukumi Gausape +2 Nukumi Manoplas +2 Nukumi Quijotes +2 Gleti's Boots Shulmanu Collar Enmerkar Earring Nukumi Earring C. Palug Ring Varar Ring +1 Klouskap Sash +1 Artio's Mantle Pet: Acc/Atk+20, Acc+10 Expand Notes: Nyame Armor Set Path: D can beat out the Acc by R:15 but just about everyone will go Path: B. Nyame Armor Set, Gleti's Armor Set at R:0 and Nukumi Armor Set +2 are all close enough that it doesn't really matter. Fickblix's Ring and Thurandaut Ring +1 if you chose them. Ready: Physical Accuracy Advanced     Pet Accuracy+ Agwu's Axe Arktoi Acc+50, Pet: Acc+50, Pet: Atk+30 Hesperiidae Nuk. Cabasset +3 Nukumi Gausape +3 Nukumi Manoplas +3 Nukumi Quijotes +3 Gleti's Boots Bst. Collar +2 Enmerkar Earring Nukumi Earring C. Palug Ring Varar Ring +1 Klouskap Sash +1 Artio's Mantle Pet: Acc/Atk+20, Acc+10 Expand Notes: Fickblix's Ring and Thurandaut Ring +1 if you chose them.

Ready Multi Hit

Things such as Sweeping Gouge and Tickling Tendrils. Multi hit ready moves replicate ftp.

Ready: Physical Multi Hit New Player     Pet Multi Hit, Attack+ Arktoi Acc+50, Pet: Acc+50, Pet: Atk+30 Skullrender Path: C Pet: Acc/Atk=20 Voluspa Tathlum Emicho Coronet C: Pet: Acc/Atk+15, DA+3 Despair Mail Nukumi Manoplas Despair Cuisses Despair Greaves Empath Necklace Hija Earring Domes. Earring Varar Ring Varar Ring Hurch'lan Sash Pastoralist's Mantle Pet: Acc/Racc+5~20 Expand Notes: Fickblix's Ring and Thurandaut Ring +1 if you chose them. Ready: Physical Multi Hit Intermediate     Pet Multi Hit, Attack+ Arktoi Acc+50, Pet: Acc+50, Pet: Atk+30 Agwu's Axe Hesperiidae Emicho Coronet +1 C: Pet: Acc/Atk+20, DA+4 Valorous Mail Pet: Atk+30, DA+5% Nukumi Manoplas +2 Emicho Hose +1 Path C: Pet: Acc/Atk+20, DA+4% Gleti's Boots Bst. Collar +1 Sroda Earring Nukumi Earring C. Palug Ring Varar Ring +1 Klouskap Sash +1 Artio's Mantle Pet: Acc/Atk+20, Acc+10 Expand Notes: Fickblix's Ring and Thurandaut Ring +1 if you chose them. Ready: Physical Multi Hit Advanced     Pet Multi Hit, Attack+ Aymur Agwu's Axe Hesperiidae Emicho Coronet +1 C: Pet: Acc/Atk+20, DA+4 Valorous Mail Pet: Atk+30, DA+5% Nukumi Manoplas +3 Emicho Hose +1 Path C: Pet: Acc/Atk+20, DA+4% Gleti's Boots Bst. Collar +2 Sroda Earring Nukumi Earring C. Palug Ring Varar Ring +1 Klouskap Sash +1 Artio's Mantle Pet: Acc/Atk+20, Acc+10 Expand Notes: Fickblix's Ring and Thurandaut Ring +1 if you chose them.

Ready Magical

These sets are used to deal magic damage. Corrosive Ooze is an excellent candidate as there is no accuracy check. Otherwise, you are looking at things such as Fireball, Cursed Sphere and Pestilent Plume.

Ready: Magical New Player Magical Ready     Pet: MAB Kumbhakarna Pet: TP Bonus+200, MAB+20~25 Kumbhakarna Pet: TP Bonus+200, MAB+20~25 Voluspa Tathlum Taeon Chapeau Pet: MAB Emicho Haubert D: Pet: INT+15 Nukumi Manoplas Taeon Tights Pet: MAB Taeon Boots Pet: MAB Deino Collar Hija Earring Tali'ah Ring Incarnation Sash Artio's Mantle Eva/Meva, DT, Pet: Macc/MAB Expand Notes: You have a wide selection of easy to obtain pet magic gear. The problem is that it takes so long to get or luck. Valorous is 800 Domain Invasion points vs Emicho's 400, Taeon/Acro are random but at least easy to do the content. Luckily it's mostly interchangeable. If you can get your hands on an Incarnation Sash, that's amazing. If not, don't stress. Most of what we do at this phase is on the physical side anyways. Deacon Tabar can fill in for one of the axes until you have both made. It could take a while unless you get lucky. Deino Collar may be out of reach but keep your eyes open for an opportunity. Don't stress though. A much better option will become available soon enough. You may remember this Artio's Mantle from the idle set. Pulling double duty where we can. It was made magical because the Reive cape can handle the physical side. Fickblix's Ring if you have it. Ready: Magical Intermediate Magical Ready     Pet: MAB Kumbhakarna Pet: TP Bonus+200, MAB+20~25 Kumbhakarna Pet: TP Bonus+200, MAB+20~25 Voluspa Tathlum Taeon Chapeau Pet: MAB Taeon Tabard Pet: MAB Nukumi Manoplas +2 Taeon Tights Pet: MAB Taeon Boots Pet: MAB Adad Amulet Hija Earring Nukumi Earring Tali'ah Ring C. Palug Ring Incarnation Sash Artio's Mantle Eva/Meva, DT, Pet: Macc/MAB Expand Notes: Argocham. Mantle is another option on the back. The Valorous Armor Set can have up to 30 MAB and 15 INT which makes it the strongest option. However, it’s a pain to get the augments to line up. I personally am fine with anything 20+ and it’s much easier to get the augments on Taeon or Acro. You can even do Acro with the Call Beast recast reduction and pet DT with your pet MAB. It would then cover multiple sets with the same piece. It’s kind of up to you. Do you want max stats possible and willing to deal with the augment rolls until you get them? Are you ok with lower damage, more utility and easier to get augs? Fickblix's Ring if you have it. Ready: Magical Advanced Magical Ready     Pet: MAB Kumbhakarna Pet: TP Bonus+200, MAB+20~25 Kumbhakarna Pet: TP Bonus+200, MAB+20~25 Hesperiidae R:21+ Valorous Mask Pet: MAB/INT Udug Jacket Nukumi Manoplas +3 Valorous Hose Pet: MAB/INT Valorous Greaves Pet: MAB/INT Adad Amulet Hija Earring Nukumi Earring Tali'ah Ring C. Palug Ring Incarnation Sash Artio's Mantle Eva/Meva, DT, Pet: Macc/MAB Expand Notes: Argocham. Mantle is another option on the back. Fickblix's Ring if you have it.

Ready Magic Accuracy

When you just need something magical to land. These days Purulent Ooze is the big one. Otherwise can be used to land on difficult mobs.

Ready: Magic Acc New Player     Pet: Macc Voluspa Tathlum Tali'ah Turban +1 Tali'ah Manteel +1 Tali'ah Gages +1 Tali'ah Sera. +1 Tali'ah Crackows +1 Deino Collar Tali'ah Ring Incarnation Sash Artio's Mantle Eva/Meva, DT, Pet: Macc/MAB Expand Notes: We get lucky with so much Pet: Macc so early on the Tali'ah Armor Set but the accessories are a bit lacking. Our axe options are more likely Kumbhakarna with Pet: Macc Augments but don't waste your time. The TP Bonus/MAB axes will last right up to the end of your progression and are important for other tasks. Meanwhile, you aren't that far from options that blow them out of the water for this situation. Any swaps you can make to add Pet: Macc are still solid. Again, don't stress about the Incarnation Sash. I'm not overly worried about magical sets just yet. It's just rounding you out at this point. Remember, TP Drainkiss and Corrosive Ooze do not have a Macc checks. Those are our tickets in group content atm and the physical side is working on building our merits and knocking that out. Ready: Magic Acc Intermediate     Pet: Macc Agwu's Axe Voluspa Tathlum Gleti's Mask Gleti's Cuirass Gleti's Gauntlets Gleti's Breeches Gleti's Boots Adad Amulet Enmerkar Earring Nukumi Earring Tali'ah Ring C. Palug Ring Incarnation Sash Artio's Mantle Eva/Meva, DT, Pet: Macc/MAB Expand Notes: Beastmaster Collar +1 if no Adad. Fickblix's Ring if you have it. Kyrene's Earring is another great option but the dmg+10% is rough. If you have the Nukumi Earring, keep that in. You can use Hesperiidae even at R:0. It is less pet: macc but eventually gets base stats to negate the deficit. Any of the Nukumi Armor Set +2 or higher will swap in over Gleti's EXCEPT for the feet. The pet:lvl +1 is a massive boost to macc. The only thing that replaces it is Nyame Sollerets Pathe: D and you aren't likely to use them. You would need significant augments to make them beat the Gleti's Boots so don't R15 and think you are good. That's beyond this progression but it proves the point, don't mess with the feet slot! Ready: Magic Acc Advanced     Pet: Macc Pangu Path: C Agwu's Axe Hesperiidae R:30 Nuk. Cabasset +3 Nukumi Gausape +3 Nukumi Manoplas +3 Nukumi Quijotes +3 Gleti's Boots Bst. Collar +2 Enmerkar Earring Nukumi Earring Tali'ah Ring C. Palug Ring Incarnation Sash Artio's Mantle Eva/Meva, DT, Pet: Macc/MAB Expand Notes: If you are single wielding, use Agwu's Axe and drop Pangu from the set. There are no shields that help your pet so just use something defensive. Both axes have the same pet: macc but Agwu’s has extra base stats. For this reason, you do not need Pangu in any form. It’s something you get because you want it. Many BST get by just fine without and you will too. The only reason it’s in the main hand is for the defensive augments. Again, Agwu’s is the better pet: macc option. Nyame Armor Set Path D is better in all slots but I doubt all but a very few ever do that path.

Ready Buff

These sets are for pet buffs. The higher the TP used, the longer the buff. This is also what you would be using for your TP Drainkiss set.

Ready: TP Bonus New Player     SW=750 Pet:TP Bonus DW=950 Pet:TP Bonus Kumbhakarna Pet: TP Bonus+200, MAB+20~25 Kumbhakarna Pet: TP Bonus+200, MAB+20~25 Nukumi Manoplas Expand Notes: The axes may be a pain to get early on. The gloves are something you should have and continue to upgrade. They will be used for a lot of your pet sets. Ready: TP Bonus High End     SW=1700 Pet:TP Bonus DW=1900 Pet:TP Bonus Aymur Kumbhakarna Pet: TP Bonus+200, MAB+20~25 Nukumi Manoplas +3 Expand Notes: Aymur will function the same way at lvl 75 as it does at R15 for this use case. It adds 500 TP precast and 500 TP midcast. The math involving Tp Drainkiss can be found above while discussing Mr. Fargann. Often you won't be swapping axes when you are buffing yourself and most mobs are Warriors anyways so Aymur and Nukumi Manoplas +3 put you over 3k TP anyways. The set can be used just as if, bringing the gear in over what is already on you, or you can do something like bring in defensive gear for yours/pet/both.

Master Sets

TP

Early on, your TP body, hands, legs are fairly set in stone. You do really want your Tali'ah Manteel +1 for the triple attack. The Meg. Chausses +1 for the triple attack. The Emicho Gauntlets for the STP and Dual Wield. Obviously the upgraded versions are better.

Of the big pieces, this leave the head and feet open. We have the option of filling those slots with the augmented gear. There are some other options but I want to explain these now so I don’t have to in the sets each time.

For the head we have the options of the:

• Taeon Chapeau
  • Comes with dex+23, Acc+10, haste+8
  • acc+20-25, dex+10, triple stack +2 or double attack +5
• Acro Helm
  • Comes with dex+18, haste+7, STP+3
  • acc+20-25, dex+10, double attack +3 or STP+6
• Valorous Mask
  • Comes with dex+24, acc+13, haste+7
  • acc+1-40, dex+1-10(Fern:15), double attack +1-4(Fern:5), STP +1-7(Fern:8)
    • Augments are fully random and harder to choose compared to the Alluvion Skirmish sets.

For the feet options we have:

• Taeon Boots
  • Comes with dex +22, acc+7, haste +4, dual wield +4
  • acc+20-25, dex+10, triple stack +2 or double attack +5
    • can be an excellent way to add needed DW as you can augment with Dual Wield+5 for a total of 9.
• Acro Leggings
  • Comes with dex+15, acc+7, haste+3, double attack +2
  • acc+20-25, dex+10, double attack +3 or STP+6
• Valorous Greaves
  • Comes with dex+20, acc+12, haste +3, STP+5
  • acc+1-40, dex+1-10(Fern:15), double attack +1-4(Fern:5), STP +1-7(Fern:8)
    • Augments are fully random and harder to choose compared to the Alluvion Skirmish sets.

Any of these can work in the slots. It comes down to what is available to you at the time and if you are able to get the stones to augment them. For this reason, I’m going to try to avoid them in the beginner sets. Just note that these are options.

Single Wield

TP Beginner TP SW     DA+16 TA+16 STP+20 PDT-5 Hasty Pinion +1 Skormoth Mask Tali'ah Manteel +1 Emicho Gauntlets Meg. Chausses +1 Valorous Greaves Asperity Necklace Cessance Earring Brutal Earring Epona's Ring Petrov Ring Sailfi Belt Relucent Cape Expand Notes: Skormoth Mask isn't something you will be getting solo but players often farm Urmahlullu trying for pulse weapons. The mask will drop often enough and most players are fine with bringing someone along and letting them take the mask. Make sure to bring Arthur because they will appreciate the Def Down.</r>Rajas Ring works just fine while working towards the other rings. Agema Cape and Atheling Mantle are good alternatives. You will probably be focused on other capes with your Artio's Mantle options. Weapon Skill Intermediate TP SW     DA+26 TA+25 STP+38 PDT-21 MDT-5 Coiste Bodhar Skormoth Mask Tali'ah Manteel +2 Malignance Gloves Meg. Chausses +2 Nukumi Ocreae +2 Anu Torque Sherida Earring Brutal Earring Epona's Ring Gere Ring Sailfi Belt +1 R:15 Artio's Mantle Dex, STP, Acc/Atk, PDT Expand Notes: If no Malignance Gloves, use your Dual Wield Emicho Gauntlets +1 again here. Not a lot of good options. Shulmanu Collar is another solid option. It adds Acc if you need it and a but of Double Attack. Multi Hit Weapon Skill Advanced TP SW     DA+36-37 TA+12-14 STP+41-42 PDT-35 MDT-11 Pet:DT-8 Coiste Bodhar Malignance Chapeau Gleti's Cuirass R:25+ DA+9-10 Gleti's Gauntlets R:25+ STP+7-8 Gleti's Breeches R:25+ TA+3-5 Nukumi Ocreae +3 Anu Torque Sherida Earring Brutal Earring Epona's Ring Gere Ring Sailfi Belt +1 R:15 Artio's Mantle Dex, STP, Acc/Atk, DT Expand Notes: Not as much dt as many other jobs are running in TP sets these days but it is quite solid for general use and will generate TP fast enough. You could always use Malignance Gloves as STP+12 is big. You give up pet DT and some defences but gain 4-5 STP and echange PDT-7 for DT-5. Bringing in Defending Ring allows you to cap MDT with Shell V but you should be surviving Mijin Gakure anyways with the massive MDB on Gleti's and Nukimi. I didn't include the on Coiste Bodhar because it's still, imo, the correct choice at R:0. By this stage however, you should be looking at it pushing R:30. It's not only an easy fight but also super easy to add to an rp farm. It's also something most jobs will be running so it's not like you will get push back on trying to add it to the run.

Let's talk DT sets! You always want an option to bring in DT when things get scary. Buff being inconsistent in dyna? That NIN prob gunna go boom? You want to survive and having a way to bring in a defensive set will save you often. Then we have fights in Sheol Gaol where so many NMs are super dangerous or call adds that can mop the floor with you.

We want to have PDT-50 and MDT-21 with Shell V to cap. You can do sets that gear more towards 1 type of damage or another. You can bring in Warder's Charm and Shadow Ring to eat some magic damage. There are a bunch of options and sometimes you build a set specific to a fight you are doing. Keep options open and remember that it doesn't matter how much STP your set has or how much Multihit if you are face down in the dirt. It is perfectly valid to do 5/5 Nyame and just outlast the fight if that's what it takes to get the win.

Some of our top options for bringing in DT

• Defending Ring
  • DT-10
• Gelatinous Ring +1
  • PDT-7, MDT+1, R:15 Vit+15, HP+100
• Loricate Torque +1
  • DT-6
  • is very easy to do. Anyone who does Sheol C will have Wings they will probably give away.
• Odnowa Earring +1 R:15
  • MDT-2 DT-3
  • This is a great hybrid TP piece ones R:15. It has DT, Def and Acc
• Nyame Armor Set
  • The set is amazingly defensive and the typical Path B starts getting some Double Attack at 16.
• Malignance Attire Set
  • Amazing hybrid set. Just note that all STP and no Multihit doesn't feel great.
• Gleti's Armor Set
  • Very defensive set but only PDT. Makes up for it with large MDB. Body gets DA+5 by R:15. Rest needs more rp to do more than just be defensive.
• Nukumi Cabasset +2/3
  • DT-10/11. No real TP stats.
• Nukumi Manoplas +2/3
  • DT-10/11. No real TP stats.
• Nukumi Quijotes +2/3
  • DT-12/13. “Stout Servant”+6/8. No real TP stats.
• Moonbeam Ring/Moonlight Ring
  • DT-4/5. The added STP and Acc makes these excellent in hybrid tp sets.
• Flume Belt/+1
  • Both are PDT-4
• Platinum Moogle Belt
  • DT-3, HP+10%, Meva+15

Other defensive options

• Warder's Charm +1
  • Many resistances. Occasionally absorbs magic damage taken.
• Shadow Ring
  • Occasionally annuls magic damage taken.
    • These 2 are often combined to eat magic damage.
• Carrier's Sash
  • +15 resistances to all elements.
• Engraved Belt
  • +20 resistances to all elements, Acc/Atk+10
• Nukumi Gausape +2/Nukumi Gausape +3
  • With Killer Instinct up and the correct monster correlation, you get Intimidate procs and Special DT-5%

Hybrid TP Beginner Hybrid SW     DA+13 TA+8 STP+9 PDT-31 MDT=20 Staunch Tathlum Meghanada Visor +1 Valorous Mail Meg. Gloves +1 Meg. Chausses +1 Valorous Greaves Loricate Torque Odnowa Earring Brutal Earring Epona's Ring Defending Ring Sailfi Belt Relucent Cape Expand Notes: Ya, it looks rough. You don't have many options when you are new and atm, you are heavily relying on Defending Ring which is all luck based and may not actually be an option early on. You have a lot of things to spend gil on that have known cost:return. Defending Ring could be done quick and cheap or take months and millions. Unfortunately you don't have a lot of great options. Elite Royal Collar is an excellent stand in if you have the VR progression. You will however want the Loricate Torque +1 and R:15. If you can get help with the Torque, you can usually get it to +1 which gets our MDT to -21 which is cap with Shell V. Perfect for attempting to survive Dyna. Platinum Moogle Belt again if you have the VR progression. Less PDT but you will probably want it if you can't get Defending Ring. Hybrid TP Intermediate Hybrid SW     DA+16 TA+15 STP+58 PDT-49 MDT=35 Coiste Bodhar Malignance Chapeau Malignance Tabard Malignance Gloves Meg. Chausses +2 Malignance Boots Loricate Torque +1 R:15 Sherida Earring Odnowa Earring +1 R:15 DT-3 Epona's Ring Gere Ring Sailfi Belt +1 R:15 Artio's Mantle Dex, STP, Acc/Atk, PDT Expand Notes: If you happen to have Gleti's Cuirass R:15+ you are free to bring that in over Malignance Tabard and still be above the MDT needs. The Malignance Attire Set isn't the most fun to farm but it has some excellent value. If you happen the get the Malignance Tights but are missing other pieces, you can use them over the Meghanada Chausses +2 and almost always be able to change away from Sailfi Belt +1 since you are no longer tied to the Haste on the belt. Hybrid TP Advanced Hybrid SW     DA+28 TA+11 STP+42 PDT-45 MDT=21 Coiste Bodhar Malignance Chapeau Gleti's Cuirass R:20+ DA+7~10 Gleti's Gauntlets R:21+ STP+7~8 Gleti's Breeches R:25+ TA+3~5 Malignance Boots Loricate Torque +1 R:15 Sherida Earring Brutal Earring Epona's Ring Gere Ring Sailfi Belt +1 R:15 Artio's Mantle Dex, STP, Acc/Atk, DT Expand Notes: You can always use Moonlight Ring to hit the PDT cap.

Dual Wield

You get access to Dual Wield via the Dancer and Ninja subjobs. The Attack Speed page will describe this better than I can. The main takeaway is that lowering your attack delay is fantastic but overloading DW will hurt your tp gain. If you follow the chart and try to be within 1-2, you will be fine. Ideally you hit the number exactly but sometimes, it's just not gunna happen with the gear available.

Again, we want to remember that defence matters and we would want DT gear in the sets where we can or at least an option to bring some in when things get dangerous.

To make your own DW sets, you can just figure out how much you need and use the available options to make it work. Don't go too crazy at first trying to make all the tiers because the options available early on make it difficult. Early on, just try to have enough DW for capped magic haste. The moving target on /DNC can make it difficult but it's something you can work towards. As you get more established and options open up, you can do capped magic haste, Haste II, Haste and no Haste tiers. /DNC would want those with/without Haste Samba.

• Emicho Gauntlets - Path:D DW+5 - great for new players but will want to upgrade eventually
• Emicho Gauntlets +1 - Path:D DW+6 - - Go to for 6
• Suppanomimi - DW+5 - - Go to for 5
• Eabani Earring - DW+4 - - Go to for 4
• Patentia Sash - DW+5
• Shetal Stone - DW+6
• Reiki Yotai - DW+7 - usually out of reach of newer players - Go to for 7
• Nusku's Sash - DW+5
• Gerdr Belt +1 - DW+4 - ridiculously expensive
• Gerdr Belt - DW+3 - ridiculously expensive
• Valorous Armor Set - DW+5 can be put on any piece
• Taeon Attire Set - DW+5 can be put on any piece
• Taeon Boots - DW+4 DW+5 for a total of DW+9 - Go to for 9
• Artio's Mantle - DW+10 - Go to for 10

You can exchange any piece for equal value in the sets as you wish. Some will create better sets than others but availability to the player has to be taken into account.

New Player DW /NIN 11 DW needed   Hasty Pinion +1 Skormoth Mask Tali'ah Manteel +1 Emicho Gauntlets Path:D acc+20, DW+5 Meg. Chausses +1 Valorous Greaves Asperity Necklace Cessance Earring Brutal Earring Epona's Ring Petrov Ring Shetal Stone Relucent Cape Expand Notes: Felistris Mask, Xaddi Headgear Path: A and Iuitl Headgear +1 are easier alternatives to obtain. Valorous Greaves even without augments are about the best thing you will get atm. Even using them augmented for your pet would work for now. Rajas Ring can tide you overuntil the other rings are obtained. Sanctity Necklace can work. The neck slot isn't great until Intermediate. Agema Cape and Atheling Mantle are good alternatives. You will probably be focused on other capes with your Artio's Mantle options. You can also do Emicho Gauntlets and Suppanomimi for DW+10 and be just fine. Again, you can fill in the visible slots with gear from Alluvion Skirmish or the Valorous set. New Player DW /DNC with Haste Samba 9 DW needed   Hasty Pinion +1 Skormoth Mask Tali'ah Manteel +1 Emicho Gauntlets Path:D acc+20, DW+5 Meg. Chausses +1 Valorous Greaves Asperity Necklace Eabani Earring Brutal Earring Epona's Ring Petrov Ring Sailfi Belt Relucent Cape Expand Notes: You can use the same replacements for the non DW pieces as the /NIN set. Another way to hit 9 DW is Taeon Boots DW+5 which does the 9 on its own. Add acc/dex on there and change to Cessance Earring. You would also need to either find new gloves or have a different path on your Emicho Gauntlets. There aren't many good options for TP hands at the stage. You could also use Taeon Boots with no augments instead of Eabani Earring or simply change the DW augment to Triple Attack+2%. For the sake of saving augments needed atm, you could also just use ones augmented for pet stats. New Player DW /DNC no Haste Samba 21 DW needed   Hasty Pinion +1 Skormoth Mask Tali'ah Manteel +1 Emicho Gauntlets Path:D acc+20, DW+5 Meg. Chausses +1 Valorous Greaves Asperity Necklace Suppanomimi Brutal Earring Epona's Ring Petrov Ring Shetal Stone Artio's Mantle Acc/Atk, DW, DT Expand Notes: You can use the same replacements for the non DW pieces as the /NIN set. I was avoiding Artio's Mantle because you will want the pet ones first and there aren't alternatives for the WS cape. However, 21 is hard for you to hit early on.

Weapon Skills

Different weapon skills need different abilities to make them shine. Generally speaking, single hit WS will want Weapon Skill Damage (WSD) while multihit WS will want things like double/triple attack. All physical WS will want more Attack to push you to positive returns of the PDIF function of the damage formula. Magical Weapon Skills are single hit so would want things like WSD and Magic Atk. Bonus. Some WS have fTP values that scale well with having more fTP. These mean having extra TP allows it to hit much harder. The poster boy for this is Savage Blade which typically gets fired off at 2k TP. You can get the Moonshade Earring and select the version with TP Bonus +250. You get access to Fernagu which can be made to have TP Bonus +1000 which means that your Savage Blades can be used at 1k tp while using the fTP scaling from 2k.

Single Hit Weapon Skill New Single Hit   Fernagu Voluspa Tathlum Meghanada Visor +1 Meg. Cuirie +1 Meg. Gloves +1 Meg. Chausses +1 Meg. Jam. +1 Caro Necklace Moonshade Earring TP Bonus 250 Ishvara Earring Rajas Ring Petrov Ring Grunfeld Rope Artio's Mantle Att/Acc, STR, WSD Expand Notes: We are going for attack overall but adding weapon skill damage or base stats where we can. For all of the visible gear except the hands, you can use pieces from the Taeon Attire Set or Acro Armor Set with augments in weapon skill damage, attack and accuracy. The issue is that at this stage, its a big investment to make that happen. It's an option but you may be better off just forging on ahead and reaching a higher tier of gearing. Lugra Earring can sub in for Ishvara for now or is over Moonshade if the ws doesn't scale with TP. Republican Platinum Medal will be a better option if you are far enough in VR. Oshasha's Treatise is a great ammo if you have the progression to get it. Karieyh Ring if you went with that option. Fernagu is an amazing choice when it matters and when you can afford the loss of accuracy. You would be using it for something like Savage Blade, Mistral Axe and Calamity but not so much for something like Decimation. It is accessible and works well with most of your strongest WS options. The outlier is Decimation Multi Hit Weapon Skill New Multi Hit   Tramontane Axe Paeapua Blistering Sallet Meg. Cuirie +1 Meg. Gloves +1 Meg. Chausses +1 Meg. Jam. +1 Caro Necklace Lugra Earring Brutal Earring Rajas Ring Epona's Ring Grunfeld Rope Artio's Mantle Att/Acc, STR, WSD Expand Notes: We still want to focus on attack but when we can increase the number of hits, we will. You could easily take the previous set, change the earring options and be fine. We will separate everything out later. For now, you just want to squeeze out a little more. If you are buffed, the multihit options with no attack on them become an option. Back to the Taeon Attire Set or Acro Armor Set with either Attack/Accuracy, Double/Triple attack, STR as the augments. Same issue as before. Things will be getting replaced so it's probably not worth it. If you have extra pieces though, might as well do something with them. In the end, the Acro stuff can become your Call Beast set or you can save inventory and send them to a mule. Things like Paeapua are just holding the space until you get real options which are coming very soon. Don't stress about them. If you happen to get the drop, great, otherwise, I wouldn't even chase it. Use your time in Delve on more important things. That's if you even find yourself in Delve in this phase. The reason we are taking Moonshade out of the set is that your only really good multihit option atm is Decimation which doesn't scale witth TP. The only other multihit to discuss is Rampage which is also a crit WS. The assumption for this set is that you will be rocking Kaja Axe and using Decimation. Other offhand options include Nibiru Tabar: Path A for STR/Att. Digirbalag with some combination of STR/Double Attack/DMG. Skullrender: Path A for STR/Attack/DMG. These aren't exactly amazing options but that is why a lot of ppl run Kaja Sword and Savage Blade or when on axe, stick to WSs that are rewarded by TP Bonus.

Single Hit

Savage Blade, Mistral Axe and Calamity. Still needs to add reward ring options

Single Hit Weapon Skill Intermediate Single Hit   Fernagu Oshasha's Treatise Ankusa Helm +2 Nukumi Gausape +2 Meg. Gloves +2 Nukumi Quijotes +2 Nukumi Ocreae +2 Rep. Plat. Medal Moonshade Earring TP Bonus 250 Ishvara Earring Rufescent Ring Shukuyu Ring Sailfi Belt +1 R:15 Artio's Mantle Att/Acc, STR, WSD Expand Notes: Nukumi Earring +1, Bst. Collar +1 Totemic Gloves +3 will overtake the Meghanada Gloves +2 Ankusa Trousers +3 and Ankusa Gaiters +3 can be brought in once upgraded. Really I'm mostly looking at attack stats here. Single Hit Weapon Skill Advanced Single Hit   Ikenga's Axe R:30 Oshasha's Treatise Nyame Helm Nukumi Gausape +3 Nyame Gauntlets Nyame Flanchard Nyame Sollerets Rep. Plat. Medal Moonshade Earring TP Bonus 250 Ishvara Earring Beithir Ring Epaminondas's Ring Sailfi Belt +1 R:15 Artio's Mantle Att/Acc, STR, WSD Expand Notes: Ankusa Helm +3 will be the better option most of the way before Nyame R:30. Beithir Ring and Shukuyu Ring work well. Single Hit Weapon Skill Advanced PDL Single Hit   Ikenga's Axe R:30 Crepuscular Pebble Nyame Helm Nukumi Gausape +3 Nyame Gauntlets Nyame Flanchard Nukumi Ocreae +3 Bst. Collar +2 Moonshade Earring TP Bonus 250 Nukumi Earring +1 Sroda Ring Epaminondas's Ring Sailfi Belt +1 R:15 Artio's Mantle Att/Acc, STR, WSD Expand Notes: Ankusa Helm +3 will be the better option most of the way before Nyame R:30. If you still have room to add more PDL, your Gleti's Armor Set can start coming in.

Multi Hit

Decimation, Ruinator and Rampage.
Decimation and Ruinator can share a set.
Rampage is a little different because it can crit. This means things like crit damage are great additions. Unfortunatly, we haven't seeing any great crit damage pieces in a while so everything is a bit out dated. The main source would be augments on the Valorous Armor Set which has fallen behind the times. It can be augmented with Critical Damage+5% while also getting STR and Attack as other options. Good luck getting it to line up. Meanwhile, between Gleti's and Nukumi, it's hard to justify grinding for them.
The other thing to discuss is the offhand options. Both Agwu's Axe and Ikenga's Axe are fantastic options. Agwu's is better for things coming off the pet and better for the TP phase. Ikenga's has the crit rate which helps with more damage during the TP phase and is a clear winner with Rampage. As more RP goes on the axes, Agwu's gets Skill Chain Damage and Ikenga's gets TP Bonus. Decide what you need and select the correct offhand.
For the main hand, Dolichenus is the clear winner if the focus is Decimation or closing skill chain's. For Rampage, you are probably looking towards Doli or Aymur for the TP gain.

Multi Hit Weapon Skill Intermediate Multi Hit   Coiste Bodhar Gleti's Mask Gleti's Cuirass Gleti's Gauntlets Meg. Chausses +2 Nukumi Ocreae +2 Fotia Gorget Sroda Earring Sherida Earring Gere Ring Regal Ring Fotia Belt Artio's Mantle Att/Acc, STR, DA Expand Notes: Bst. Collar +1 is a great swap if you are buffed. Blistering Sallet +1 at R:15 can come in for [Rampage]] but it has no attack and the Gleti's Mask has crit rate+5%, PDL and attack. So Blistering would be the better choice for situations where you are buffed but not making use of the PDL. Single Hit Weapon Skill Advanced Multi Hit   Coiste Bodhar Gleti's Mask Gleti's Cuirass Gleti's Gauntlets Gleti's Breeches Nukumi Ocreae +3 Fotia Gorget Sroda Earring Sherida Earring Gere Ring Regal Ring Fotia Belt Artio's Mantle Att/Acc, STR, DA Expand Notes: Bst. Collar +2 is a great swap if you are buffed. For Rampage, Blistering Sallet +1 at R:15 can come in but it has no attack and the Gleti's Mask has crit rate+5%, PDL and attack. So Blistering would be the better choice for situations where you are buffed but not making use of the PDL. The legs are an interesting slot. The Meghanada Chausses +2 vs the Gleti's Breeches. Meg is 45 Attack and Triple Attack+5%. Gleti's beats the attack by R:6 but lacks the Triple Attack. At R:25 they have Triple Attack+3%, more attack and PDL and would be my pick. Before then, any multi hit proc would make the Meg better. Moonshade Earring with TP Bonus is also the better option for Rampage. Either Sroda or Sherida works for the other ear. Single Hit Weapon Skill Advanced PDL Single Hit   Coiste Bodhar Gleti's Mask Gleti's Cuirass Gleti's Gauntlets Gleti's Breeches Nukumi Ocreae +3 Bst. Collar +2 Sroda Earring Nukumi Earring +1 Gere Ring Sroda Ring Fotia Belt Artio's Mantle Att/Acc, STR, DA Expand Notes: Moonshade Earring with TP Bonus is also the better option for Rampage. Either Sroda or Sherida works for the other ear.

Magic Weapon Skills

Primal Rend and Cloudsplitter.
The sets are very similar. Primal Rend has modifiers of DEX 30% CHR 60% while Cloudsplitter is STR 40% MND 40%. This can come into play if you want to make a beginners set and can be used to find alternatives to mid tier sets. However, the sets are basically the exact same in the end. Nyame and MAB. The big difference being their elements. Cloudsplitter being which doesn't have anything to help it's specific element. Primal Rend is based and has the Weatherspoon Ring +1 but only if that was your choice at the end of Adolin.
Both can make use of Hachirin-no-Obi under the correct day/weather.
The other thing to discuss is the offhand options. Fernagu is a fantastic option as both WS scale well with TP. Then we are back to the previous options of Agwu's Axe and Ikenga's Axe. Again, Agwu's is better for things coming off the pet and better for the TP phase. Ikenga's crit rate helps with more damage during the TP phase and this matters if you are running Cloudsplitter with Farsha and can make use of the Empyrean Aftermath. The RP on Ikenga's will continue to improve the situation and make it a far better option over Fernagu when paired with Farsha. Before RP, it kind of depends on what you are trying to do. If you are trying to make full use of the aftermath, Ikenga's is the ticket. If you are just rocking Cloudsplitter, use Fernagu.

Magic Weapon Skill Intermediate Magic   Oshasha's Treatise Ankusa Helm +2 Nukumi Gausape +2 Totemic Gloves +2 Nyame Flanchard Nyame Sollerets Baetyl Pendant Moonshade Earring TP Bonus 250 Friomisi Earring Metamor. Ring +1 Acumen Ring Eschan Stone Artio's Mantle Magic Acc/Dmg, WSD, Base Stat Expand Notes: This is leaning on the WSD from your JSE then adding the Nyame for the MAB on it. The Base Stat on your Artio's Mantle selection will be CHR for Primal Rend and MND for Cloudsplitter. Depending on your mission rewards choices, Adoulin Ring/+1 and Medada's Ring will both be stronger than the listed options. Weatherspoon Ring/+1 as mentioned for Primal Rend can be brought in over both options. Skrymir Cord is a rather expensive option over Eschan Stone with Skrymir Cord +1 being a ridiculous price over that. Instead of spending on those, I would consider just saving for Orpheus's Sash. Even then, there are SOOO many better places to use your gil. Once again, Hachirin-no-Obi if the alignment of day/weather is favourable. Magic Weapon Skill Advanced Magic   Oshasha's Treatise Nyame Helm Nyame Mail Nyame Gauntlets Nyame Flanchard Nyame Sollerets Baetyl Pendant Moonshade Earring TP Bonus 250 Friomisi Earring Beithir Ring Epaminondas's Ring Orpheus's Sash Artio's Mantle Magic Acc/Dmg, WSD, Base Stat Expand Notes: Once your Nyame starts having enough RP that you are nearing the amount of WSD of your JSE, it's time to make the switch. The Base Stat on your Artio's Mantle selection will be CHR for Primal Rend and MND for Cloudsplitter. Depending on your mission rewards choices, Adoulin Ring/+1 and Medada's Ring will both be stronger than the listed options. Weatherspoon Ring/+1 as mentioned for Primal Rend can be brought in over both options. Orpheus's Sash is listed because it is the best you can use unless the alignment of day/weather is favourable. In which case, Hachirin-no-Obi remains the champ. O Sash is a capstone piece. Not only should everything else be done for the job but probably other jobs done as well. For the price, you can take a job from fresh 99 to damn strong. It could be another REMA. It could be many things. Don't chase it. Especially early.