How to prepare for FFXIV: Dawntrail

Closing Fantasy 14’s Dawntrail growth is on the horizon, with the early entry beginning on June 28 earlier than the total launch on July 2. When you’ve let your subscription lapse for some time, you most likely must catch up a bit earlier than you’ll be capable to bounce straight again in when Dawntrail launches.

Under we listing a number of the issues you are able to do to prepare for the launch of FFXIV: Dawntrail, whether or not it’s easy stuff like rising your merchandise degree or extra min-max duties like capping out all of your tomes and prepping gear forward of time.

Try the FFXIV: Dawntrail benchmark

There may be going to be a big scale graphics replace in Dawntrail, so for those who play on PC, it’s best to ensure your PC can deal with it by downloading the benchmark. The unique benchmark had a number of points with how characters have been displayed, however now it’s all mounted, so you may each check your PC and see your characters of their future glory.

End your principal situation quests

As apparent as this may increasingly appear, generally it’s simple to overlook an additional quest or two that you could have had laying round. Be certain to catch up totally. The MSQ information UI will say “To be continued…” for those who’re all caught up. When you see “???” or one thing like that, then meaning you continue to have a quest to do.

Gear as much as at the very least 630 ilvl in your principal job

Based mostly on the previous few expansions, the primary dungeon in Dawntrail ought to have a minimal ilvl requirement of 630, so that you’ll need to be sure to’re at that time. It’s possible that you’ll get gear from finishing quests earlier than this, however we do suggest choosing up Augmented Credendum armor, which is ilvl 660. This can carry you thru a bulk of the growth and you may get it now.

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You’ll be able to alternate Allagan Tomestones of Comedy for this gear, and increase it utilizing Divine Twine and Divine Shine. The Divine Twine and Shine are obtainable by way of buying and selling in cash from the Myths of the Realm raids or Sacks of Nuts from doing hunts.

Nevertheless, as soon as Dawntrail launches, it’s possible that Augmented Credendum gear will be capable to be bought in entire in alternate for Allagan Tomestones of Poetics — so for those who don’t have a whole set, don’t stress an excessive amount of about it now.

Put together degree 80 gear for Viper and Pictomancer

Use your Allagan Tomestones of Poetics to nab Augmented Cryptlurker gear from Aymark in Eulmore. This gear is simple to get (as you get Poetics from doing absolutely anything within the sport), and it’s the perfect degree 80 gear available on the market.

You could have already got this gear for those who’re leveling up different scouting and casting jobs, so ensure to test your stock and retainers.

When you wish to craft or collect: Get Scrip gear

The extent 90 Afflatus gear you get from exchanging Purple Scrips must be adequate to arrange your crafters and gatherers for lots of Dawntrail content material. Whereas endgame crafts and gatherables might require extra prep to create with this gear at first, this must be at the very least adequate to catch you as much as the place that you must be when the growth drops.

You’ll be able to seize this gear from any Scrip Alternate NPCs in hub cities.

Kind by means of your inventories, retainers, and saddle bag

Clear that stuff out! You can begin eliminating previous gear (except leveling gear for scouting and casting, as talked about above), raid meals, and another trash which will have constructed up in your stock. Put a few of these fish baits away, flip these further Triple Triad playing cards in on the Gold Saucer, and sadly tuck that stack of 78 Rubicante totems again in your saddlebag. You’ll be able to end farming that struggle later.

It’s also possible to unload a few of your further materia, although crafting and gathering materia will possible nonetheless be useful for overmelders in Dawntrail, so it’s best to maintain on to these.

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Maintain on to these dyes

With a second dye channel coming in Dawntrail, the value of sought-after dyes goes to go up. This consists of already in style colours like Pure White and Pure Black, nevertheless it’s a bit too early to foretell precisely what colours will pop off. That being stated, maintain on to any that you simply’ve gotten from dungeons or different means.

Cap your tomestones and scrips

When you’re accomplished shopping for gear, contemplate capping out your tomes and scrips. Each Causality and Comedy Tomes will be capable to be traded into Poetics as soon as Dawntrail arrives, although at a lower than one-to-one price. Having capped Poetics (and additional past that) is beneficial for purchasing previous gear (just like the beforehand talked about Augmented Credendum gear). The identical factor goes for Scrips — it’s best to be capable to rating any further previous gear or supplies chances are you’ll want.

Pre-prep EXP to achieve after degree cap expands

When you actually need to go the additional mile, you may stockpile EXP to assert as soon as the extent cap expands by doing the next:

• Finishing high-level aspect quests and ready to show them in.
• Finishing a Wondrous Tails e-book and ready to show it in.
• Logging off in a sanctuary earlier than the replace to make sure that you have got gathered relaxation EXP.

When you’re simply beginning out within the large world of Closing Fantasy 14, we’ve tons of guides that can assist you. We have now a newbie’s information to get you began, together with guides detailing while you’ll get your mount and which Grand Firm it’s best to be a part of.

When you’re beginning however are feeling overwhelmed, we’ve guides to assist with choosing a job and a information that explains how lengthy it could take to catch as much as present content material in FFXIV.

We even have guides on aspect content material, like ocean fishing, relic weapons, and Island Sanctuary, for many who need to take a break from all of it.