Final Fantasy 14: Beginner's Guide To Gathering

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There are a thousand different things to do in Final Fantasy 14; something you may not have tried is gathering. Whether you're breaking up rocks, chopping down trees, or reeling in fish, gathering can be a fun and rewarding activity.

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Gathering is the perfect complement to crafting, as you can probably guess. Gathering your own materials to use in high-level crafts can save you tons of your hard-earned gil. If you want to start gathering, but you have no idea where to begin, let this guide be the answer. Let's take a look at the basics of gathering, tips for getting started, and a few ways to quickly level up.

Updated February 16, 2022: Gathering Jobs underwent a few new changes with Final Fantasy 14's most recent expansion, Endwalker. With the removal of gatherable HQ items, we've updated this guide for clarity and readability to better help you get started with your first gathering Job.

There are currently three gathering classes in the game; fisher, botanist, and miner. Botanists tend to trees and plants, miners break rocks and gather ore, and fishers reap the bounty of the sea. You can gather items all over the world, but you'll typically want to stick to areas that are around your level.

Because of the nature of fisher, and how different it is from miner and botanist, we're going to mainly focus on the latter two classes in this guide.

Gathering is a much easier realm to break into than crafting, and for that reason alone it can be an enticing entry point to the Disciple of Hand or Land classes. Or, maybe you want something to do while you're waiting for DPS queues. Either way, there are many benefits to having even just one gathering class leveled up.

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