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Junction This article is a personal guide. Information expressed in this guide is one player's opinion and may be more opinion than fact. Strategies and information contained herein may not work for everyone.

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Clothcraft Guide 1.0
0-60+
By Ctownwoody of Asura
Disclaimer: This worked for me and is based on my research and efforts on Asura. Prices have increasingly normalized in the last 18 months, but I still suggest going to ffxiah.com to research your particular server.

Clothcrafting Tips

1. Raw Materials -> Thread -> Cloth is the basic pattern. Each Cloth represents 4 synths! The more advanced pattern adds Cloth + Thread -> Clothing but this varies in profitability.

2. Selbina is your friend; a few persistent campers aside, it's not as frequently camped as the Windurst Guild. The selection isn't as extensive, but they should carry most of what you would be buying anyway.

3. Fletchings are your friend; they use very cheap materials and have lots of synths per stack. They aren’t profitable, but offer the quickest path between profitable synths.

4. There are times when you will need to make your own thread and cloth as it is cheaper than the Guildshop or AH. They are other times when the Guildshop or AH is much cheaper (and easier), though. Keep your eye out for bargains and try to prepare for major projects by shopping around.

5. Cross-crafting is great here. Leathercraft, Bonecraft and Smithing all can team up with Clothcraft at times for very profitable items and/or Armor Sets, if not much for skill-ups.

6. Cotton Thread and Saruta Cotton are too valuable to synth into Cloth or Thread respectively. Sell them for a good profit in Jeuno, or use them in other recipes. Also, the addition of Ninja-Sneak has raised the price of Cotton Cloth, so beware.

Guide Itself

0-10

  • Grass Thread (3)-Lightning Crystal, Moko Grass x2—Make stacks up to cap because you will be using grass thread and cloth a lot until you reach the 20s. If you can buy for cheaper than you can make, do so. You can also make thread with Yagudo Necklaces and Wind Crystals (Cap of 1), but the necklaces are usually worth more than the thread.
  • Cape (8)-Earth Crystal, Grass Thread, Grass Cloth x2—NPC these back to the guildshop in large chunks, saving one for the cap test. This is usually best done in Selbina, as the guildshop there is only camped for cotton and silk threads, usually. Only make until 6 or 7; Hachimaki are cheaper to make, but save one as a TEST ITEM.

11-20

  • Hachimaki (11)-Wind Crystal, Grass Cloth x2--Make these until 11, NPC them to guildshop. This gap sucks because nothing in the gap from grass cloth to linen thread makes any money consistently.
  • Linen Thread (19)-Lightning Crystal, Flax Flower x2--Only buy when they cost under 200 (187 is lowest). The airship vendors only sell them when your nation is in first place. This can be a huge jump (8 levels) so get Advanced Support. Believe it or not, this and Linen Cloth are just bridges to get your skill up to around 16 or 17, so around 6 stacks of thread (2 stacks of cloth) should do it.

TEST ITEM: Cotton Cape: Earth Crystal, Cotton Cloth x2, Cotton Thread: Get however is cheapest. You can usually get the materials from the Guild but the AH might have a cheaper one.

21-30

  • Moblinweave (23)-Earth Crystal, Moblin Thread x3--This is a quirky item because the thread is farmed from Moblins and the cloth is only used in a Gobbiebag quest. Still, profitable and decently selling. Make a stack or two and sell singly to reduce the number of Heko Obi required next.

31-40

  • Wool Thread (35)-Lightning Crystal, Sheep Wool x2—This has tanked seriously and dangerously. The wool sells from NPCs for as low as 675 each, but Wool Thread has dropped to 1k each, so it’s just better business to buy the thread from the AH and turn it into cloth.
  • Wool Cloth (37)-Earth Crystal, Wool Thread x3—Take this to 37 as profitable. As they are used in Gobbibag II, you can sell them singly for more gil than in stacks, but you will be making a lot of these. As of 4/4/08, the singles were profitable, stacks were not on Asura. Common-sense, at times, is no bar for power-crafters with no sense of profit/loss.

TEST ITEM: Feather Collar: Earth Crystal, Wool Cloth, Bird Feather x8: Most often made for the HQ version (neck piece with +2 Ranged Accuracy for 8-15 Rangers), but should be found cheaply on the AH; the feathers are better used for fletchings.

41-50

  • Mohbwa Thread (41)-Lightning Crystal, Mohbwa Grass x2—Another quirky item because the thread is profitable and sells modestly, but the cloth doesn’t even come close. I’m listing it because it is pretty profitable and sells around 2 thread daily on Asura.

TEST ITEM: Wool Bracers: Earth Crystal, Wool Cloth x2, Wool Thread, Saruta Cotton x2: Not a pleasant item to make and not readily available on AHs. Suffer through it...

51-60

  • Insect Fletchings (52)-Wind Crystal, Insect Wing x2—Insect Wings are infinitely cheaper than feathers and they sell profitably in Sandy. Just watch out for hitting the wall at 50…skill-ups slow down considerably. You can power-craft these and try to sell a stack or two in Jeuno or Sandy.
  • Silk Cloth (53)-Earth Crystal, Silk Thread x3—This, along with Velvet Cloth should form a major source of income from now until 60. Take this to cap regardless of other projects or plans; it’s that profitable, especially at the near-universal rate of 1k per thread and 10-12k per stack.
  • Imperial Silk Cloth (59)-Earth Crystal, Silk Thread, Gold Thread, Wamoura Silk--In the last few expansions and patches, clothcraft items have replaced Coffers and Coffer Keys for some jobs' AF pieces, making those synths profitable. This is one of them. As such, it doesn't sell in stacks but is quite profitable, usually, especially if you make your own Gold Thread. Good for a level, which is important so close to 60.
  • Green Ribbon (62)-Wind Crystal, Silk Cloth—These NPC for just over 2k each, and are sold on AH for 4-5k. Make your own at around 3k each. Now that you can make silk cloth fairly easily, I suggest making 1 stack of cloth to sell for each stack of cloth used to synth. This will either take a long time that way or simply destroy your gil.


Good luck! --Ctownwoody 11:00 am, 19 January 2008 (PDT)

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