Starters Guide/Bastok

Bastok
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Alchemy
This guild makes more than just gold. This is the worlds source of potions, ethers, and bullets. An Alchemist can turn a regular old sword into a Flaming sword, regular arrow heads into ice arrow heads.

Recommended Beginners Crafts
Here are a couple crafts you can do from the items that drop in Gustaberg and Zeruhn Mines.


 * Beeswax: Level 5 craft
 * Made from using a Fire Crystal and 3 Beehive Chips
 * The Chips can be obtained while you Level on Bees in North Gustaberg or South Gustaberg
 * Tsurara: Level 10 craft
 * Made from using an Ice Crystal, 1 Rock Salt, and 2 Distilled Waters
 * The Salt drops from the Crabs in North Gustaberg or South Gustaberg and the water can be purchase from Griselda in the Tavern in Bastok Mines at H-5

Goldsmithing
This guild works not only with gold but with brass, silver, mythril, and the highly prized orichalcum. Goldsmithers take these precious metals and turn them into armor, weapons, or highly prized jewelry.

Recommended Beginners Crafts
Here are a couple crafts you can do from the items that drop in Gustaberg and Zeruhn Mines.
 * Copper Ingot Level 3
 * Made from a Fire Crystal and 4 Copper Ores
 * The Ore can be obtained from worms in any of the 3 beginner zones
 * You can also obtain ore while mining in Zeruhn Mines. Mining is simple: Buy a Pickaxe from Boytz in Bastok Mines at H-7. Go to the mines when you see a Mining Point use the Pickaxe on the point
 * Copper Hairpin Level 7
 * Made from a Fire Crystal and 1 Copper Ingot
 * Ingots are obtained from the recipie above
 * Brass Ingot Level 9
 * Made from a Fire Crystal, 1 Zinc Ore, and 3 Copper Ores
 * Zin Ore also is obtained from worms and Mining in Zeruhn Mines.

Smithing
Similar to Goldsmithing these crafters also work at the kilns, but they use materials like bronze, Tin, Iron, Steel, and Darksteel. The a large portion of the armor and weapons you can find across Vana'diel.

Recommended Beginners Crafts
Here are a couple crafts you can do from the items that drop in Gustaberg and Zeruhn Mines.