Crafting DoH Endgame Melding BIS Patch 7.1 for FFXIV Dawntrail

Once you hit level 100, you can start crafting and melding your endgame gear to craft items from the newest Master Books. It is important to know Crafting stats and melds are entirely dependent on the craft itself as well as your budget, time, and crafting goals.

There can be many viable stat points at endgame, which all work. However, some might be more expensive, instead offering benefits such as faster rotations and less of a reliance on HQ mats/food/potions. The most important part is to strike a balance between cost and your goals. For example, if you do not craft often, there is no need to spend a fortune on an expensive meld set if you will not make the money back.

What is best for your crafting classes depends entirely on your goals and there is no point spending 10 million gil on a set for you to not use it often.

Furthermore, what is best also depends on the craft. What's best for collectables may not be best for the current endgame which also might not be optimal for old endgame crafts and none of which might be best for expert crafting.

The meld/stat priority for Crafting(DoH) is as follows:

• Craftmanship to requirements
• CP
• Control
• Craftmanship

More specifically you only need craftmanship to set breakpoints. Craftmanship works in stat tiers meaning extra points may not necessarily be of any use. The value of control has also slowly dropped more recently due to a reliance on HQ materials. CP continues to be king.

The best way to farm crafting materia by far is via farming orange and purple scrips. Orange scrips are used to obtain grade XII materia, and purple scrips are used for grades IV-XI.

Crafters can also Spiritbond instead for materia. This is normally less efficient though. Early on in an expansion you can get the best of both worlds by spiritbonding as you Scrip Farm.

The current BiS gear for Dawntrail is using the i720 Everseeker's on your left side and tools and the i690 Black Star set for your accessories. There are several meldsets we recommend for this gear.

There are no foods/potions linked directly with these sets because different rotations can require different buffs and list their stat requirements before buffs.

You can substitute any odd numbered materia with a higher grade version of itself to save you gil.

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Endgame Crafting Meldsets

Below are our 3 main meldsets for 7.1, the High Tier set which is the best set we provide and the Mid Tier set which is a more cost efficient set which still enables you to craft savage raid gear.

Additionally, we also have a budget set for players looking for the absolute minimum needed to craft all the items currently in the game.

High Tier Meld Set Mid Tier Meld Set Budget Meld Set

6.1.

High Tier Meld Set

This is our main set that will provide the most value for your gear allowing you to use less HQ materials and more efficient rotations.

Additionally, the set has been designed so that players who want to avoid the costs of melding all 16 tools can just meld CP into the main slots to save a bit of gil without too many downsides where in the worst case you will just need 1 more HQ material.

The accessories also last until patch 7.3. This makes them incredibly valuable while melding. If in a years time, you do not want to build another expensive set, these accessories can be used in cheaper sets meaning the accessories can last until 8.0.

Currently, Etro has not been updated for 7.1. Here is a Teamcraft Link and image for the moment until Etro is updated.

6.2.

Mid Tier Meld Set

This is our Mid Tier set for the current i720 and i690 gear. To ensure this set can remain competitive, CMS and CP hit the same breakpoints as the high tier set. This means that efficient rotations will be available, more HQ materials will instead be required which is common nowadays for more cost efficient sets.

This set avoids tool overmelds to save on materia as well as reducing overmelds entirely on the left side. The accessories are pentamelded due to their value and the fact they can last til patch 7.3 if not longer.

With so many spare slots available, feel free to either fill them with low grade materia for spiritbonding or to fit in extra control if you want to reduce the amount of HQ materials you need in future patches.

Currently, Etro has not been updated for 7.1. Here is a Teamcraft Link and image for the moment until Etro is updated.

6.3.

Budget Meld Set

For players looking for a cheap budget set, i would advise you simply use the i690 set listed below with minimal melds which currently works on all content in the game. With the release of patch 7.2 players can then upgrade their tools and left side with the scrip set released then which can save you a lot of time, thousands of scrips and millions of gil. If you are a player wanting to be ready for patch 7.2's raid crafts, then i would recommend going for the Mid Tier set instead.