User:Spops/Sandbox

This guide is intended to show a new player or an experienced player a path to level your cooking skill from 0-100. I will attempt to focus on synths where you can obtain the ingredients by Farming or Fishing, and the use of Standard Merchants or Regional Merchants. There are very few occasions where an ingredient tends to be cheaper on the Auction House. The goal is to make each synth as cheap as possible. The downside is that it may require a little running around on your part to achieve that goal.

Good luck, and happy crafting!

Level 0-5


Pebble Soup
 * Yield: Pebble Soup
 * HQ1: Wisdom Soup
 * Fire Crystal
 * 1 x Distilled Water
 * 3 x Flint Stone

Flint Stones can be obtained from farming Worms. Alternatively you can purchase them from the Auction House for around 1k/stack


 * Recommendation: Sell to an NPC

Level 5-11


Sliced Sardine
 * Yield: Sliced Sardine x 2
 * Wind Crystal
 * 1 x Bastore Sardine

Grab yourself a Halcyon Fishing Rod and a Sabiki Rig to fish up the Bastore Sardine's. Even if your fishing skill is level 0 you should have very little trouble catching them, as they cap at level 10. Head to any port to start fishing them.


 * Recommendation: Sell to an NPC

Level 11-16


Roast Mushroom
 * Yield: Roast Mushroom x 1
 * HQ1: Witch Kabob x 1
 * Fire Crystal
 * 2 x Sleepshroom or Danceshroom or Woozyshroom
 * 1 x Rock Salt

This recipe can be rather expensive if you purchase the mushrooms off of the Auction House. You can however make a decent profit off of them if you go out and farm them. My personal favorite spot was in La Theine Plateau. Go down the ramp at H-7 and into the gorge, there you can target the Poison Funguar’s. They will only drop Sleepshroom’s at this location.


 * Recommendation: Sell on the Auction House

Level 16-20


Selbina Butter
 * Yield: Selbina Butter x 4
 * HQ 1: Selbina Butter x 6
 * HQ 2: Selbina Butter x 9
 * HQ 3: Selbina Butter x 12
 * Ice Crystal
 * 1 x Selbina Milk
 * 1 x Rock Salt

Selbina Milk can be purchased for 55-64 gil from the Regional Merchant that owns the Zulkheim Region. You can also pick it up from the Guild Merchant but pay attention to the price they are charging. It can vary from 45 - 295 gil.


 * Recommendation: Hold onto this, you will be using it for Baked Popoto's next, and Pie Dough in a few levels.

Level 20-22


Baked Popoto
 * Yield: 1 x Baked Popoto
 * ''HQ: 1 x Pipin' Hot Popoto
 * Fire Crystal
 * 1 x Popoto
 * 1 x Selbina Butter

Purchase the Popoto's from the Regional Merchant that owns the Sarutabaruta Region. 99.99% of the time this will be Baehu-Faehu located in Windurst Waters at (G-5). Use the Selbina Butter that you saved.


 * Recommendation: Sell to an NPC

Level 22-29


Insect Ball
 * Yield: Insect Ball x 12
 * Earth Crystal
 * 1 x Millioncorn
 * 1 x Little Worm
 * 1 x Distilled Water

All of the ingredients can be purchased from Regional Merchants or Standard Merchants. This will be your cheapest 7 levels.


 * Recommendation: Sell on the Auction House, and/or put up a Bazaar in Port Windurst next to the Fishing guild.

Level 29-34


Black Bread
 * Yield: Black Bread x 4
 * HQ 1: Pumpernickel x 4
 * Fire Crystal
 * 1 x Distilled Water
 * 1 x Rock Salt
 * 1 x Rye Flour

Buy all of the ingredients from Merchants. The Rye Flour can be purchased through the Guild Merchant at the time you are synthing. Rye Flour does not stack, so make sure you have some free inventory room.


 * Recommendation: Sell to an NPC

Level 34-39


Pet Food Delta Biscuit
 * Yield: Pet Food Delta Biscuit x6
 * HQ1: Pet Food Delta Biscuit x8
 * HQ2: Pet Food Delta Biscuit x10
 * HQ3: Pet Food Delta Biscuit x12
 * Earth Crystal
 * 1 x Bird Egg
 * 1 x Land Crab Meat
 * 1 x Rye Flour
 * 1 x Distilled Water

This can be a fairly profitable synth depending on the market of your server. Land Crab Meat is usually the most expensive ingredient. I recommend that you head out to do some farming to save yourself some money.


 * Recommendation: Sell to an NPC or Sell on the Auction House depending on your server.