Noctis Leonhart's Guide to Botany  

Co-Author: State Alchemist

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Work-In-Progress Prologue Botany Beginning The Game As A Botanist The Botanist's Guild Finding The Botanist's Guild Important NPCs A Botanist's Tools Hatchets Scythes Botanist Actions & Abilities Botanist Actions Botanist Abilities Attributes & Gear Attribute's Effect on Botany Equipment's Effect on Botany Raising Your Rank: A Skill Up Guide Botany Quests Regional Fieldquests Skilling Up With Levequests Guild Quests Rank 20 Rank 30 Rank 36 Finding What You Need Logging Quick-Reference Guide Raw Wood More Coming Soon Harvesting Quick-Reference Guide Making Money With Botany F.A.Q. Questions from the Forums Credits Special Thanks

Work-In-Progress

Prologue

Welcome to Noctis Leonhart's Guide to Botany. Here you will find the answers to many of your questions about Botany, being a Botanist, and what to do as a Botanist. Specifically, I strive to make your learning and leveling in the field of Botany a bit easier, so that you can move on to enjoy the benefits of being a Master Botanist!

I'd like to begin by saying that this is just a guide. I have written this based on my own experiences and opinions. More importantly, you may find that some things work for you while others may not. If every aspect of the guide does not help you, I apologize, and implore to you to help improve the guide in a constructive and polite manner by posting relevant information or new discoveries on the Discussion page. Most importantly, remember to have fun!

Botany

''The botanist's profession encompasses the procurement of resources from all forms of plant life. This includes harvesting various vegetables and grains, tending to fruit-bearing trees, gathering wild grasses, cultivating fibrous plants for use in textiles, cutting lumber to supply the carpentry trade, and more. This wide range of raw materials draws the custom of various other guilds, notably the Carpenters, Weavers, Alchemists, and Culinarians. Botanists also attempt to educate others about the importance of achieving a symbiotic relationship with Eorzea's plants, rather than carelessly stripping them of their useful parts. This is perhaps best exemplified by the revolutionary irrigation methods devised by Gridania, which first made low-impact, high-yield crop propagation possible. The primary tool of the botanist is the hatchet.''

Beginning The Game As A Botanist

If you decide to begin the game as a Botanist, I recommend you begin in Gridania. This allows easy access to the Botanist's Guild right away, and Gridania's Botany Fieldquests offer good rewards/materials. To begin with you will have the following equipment, which will help you out in your starting endeavors into the world of Botany. (Hover over the name of the item for details.)

• Weathered Hatchet
• Weathered Sun Hat
• Weathered Jerkin (Brown)
• (Race-Specific Underwear Top)
• Weathered Field Belt
• Weathered Culottes (Grey)
• (Race-Specific Underwear Bottom)

The Botanist's Guild

"The Greatloam Growery was established when the landed Greatloam family made a generous endowment of their plots to the nation of Gridania in the name of Nophica, the Matron. The land is nearly all tilled and cultivated, and now sprouts forth a myriad of flowers, fruits, vegetables, and sturdy forest trees. The Botanists' Guild at the Greatloam Growery sees to the maintenance and upkeep of these lands, and even now continues to dole out small sections to the most promising tenders of their order."

"Come in, come in. And welcome to the Greatloam Growery―the very roots of this Gridania. Gathering is our trade, in all its splendor. From the lumber used to craft bucklers and bedposts, to the ingredients used to cook up Eorzea's breakfasts, lunches, and dinners. Without us botanists, the economy would be in quite a pinch." - Opyltyl

Finding The Botanist's Guild

The Botanist's Guild can be located in Gridania, north of the Gridania Aetheryte Plaza/Lotus Gardens(Market Wards), and west of The Whistling Miller. See right. →

Important NPCs

"You may exchange your Botanists' Guild marks for goods here. As you nurture the growth of the realm, so shall you reap its fruits." - Kipopo

Name	Description	Rank	Price
Nophica's Ward	Ability		6000 Guild Marks
Byregot's Ward	Ability		6000 Guild Marks
Triangulate III	Action		6000 Guild Marks
Seedkin Eluder	Action		8000 Guild Marks
Brunt Force	Ability		8000 Guild Marks
Ageless Words	Ability		8000 Guild Marks
Triangulate IV	Action	30	8000 Guild Marks
Green Mind	Ability	1	10000 Guild Marks
Triangulate V	Action		10000 Guild Marks
Master of Timber	Ability		12000 Guild Marks

Name	Description	Rank	Price
Weathered Hatchet	Botanist's Primary Tool	1	1272 Gil
Bronze Scythe	Botanist's Secondary Tool	10	25200 Gil
Weathered Sun Hat	Hat	1	1932 Gil
Rye	Grain		842 Gil
Sunset Wheat	Grain		1080 Gil
Straw	Fiber		560 Gil
Moko Grass	Fiber		1164 Gil
Faerie Apple	Fruit		1276 Gil
Arrowwood Branch	Raw Wood		633 Gil
Willow Branch	Raw Wood		998 Gil
Maple Branch	Raw Wood		1440 Gil
Elm Branch	Raw Wood		2553 Gil
Cedar Branch	Raw Wood		2880 Gil
Ash Branch	Raw Wood		3225 Gil
Walnut Branch	Raw Wood		3974 Gil
Oak Branch	Raw Wood		11366 Gil

A Botanist's Tools

Hatchets

"A botanist's primary tools are all you need to practice our craft. Grasp them in your hand, and allow them to be the bond between you and the land." - Kipopo

Name	Rank	Obtained
Weathered Hatchet	1	Purchased
Bronze Hatchet	7	Crafted
Plumed Bronze Hatchet	12	Crafted
Oiled Bronze Hatchet	17	Crafted
Brass Hatchet	22	Crafted
Iron Hatchet	32	Crafted
Steel Hatchet	37	Crafted
Plumed Iron Hatchet	42	Crafted

Scythes

"Making use of a secondary tool will allow you to harvest lush vegetation. There is no end to the specimens Eorzea has to offer!" - Kipopo

Name	Rank	Obtained
Bronze Scythe	10	Purchased, Crafted
Iron Scythe	27	Crafted
Steel Scythe	47	Crafted

Botanist Actions & Abilities

"You must find wood to fell wood. We have methods of searching for mature trees. At present, Botanist Guild doctrine recognizes ten grades of these specimens, represented by a simple numerical scale. The techniques we use for finding them vary depending on which you are looking for." - Kipopo

Botanist Actions

Rank	Name	Description	Recast	Obtained
1	Stone Throw	Throw a rock at an enemy. (Projectile: 100%)	None	Automatically
1	Wrist Flick	Throw with great velocity, causing your next attack to stun the target. (Used in combination with Stone Throw. Proc rate is not 100%.)	30s	Automatically
1	Arbor Call	Survey the landscape to locate grade 1 mature trees. Grade 1 areas only.	15s	Automatically
3	Triangulate	Lists the number and compass direction of grade 1 mature trees in the area. Gives Quick when 200+ yalms away. Grade 1 areas only.	30s	Automatically
8	Arbor Call II	Survey the landscape to locate grade 2 mature trees. Grade 2 areas only.	15s	Automatically
10	Triangulate II	Lists the number and compass direction of grade 1-2 mature trees in the area. Gives Quick when 200+ yalms away. Grade 1-2 areas only.	30s	Automatically
18	Arbor Call III	Survey the landscape to locate grade 3 mature trees. Grade 3 areas only.	15s	Automatically
20	Triangulate III	Lists the number and compass direction of grade 1-3 mature trees in the area. Gives Quick when 200+ yalms away. Grade 1-3 areas only.	30s	Purchased
28	Arbor Call IV	Survey the landscape to locate grade 4 mature trees. Grade 4 areas only.	15s	Automatically
30	Triangulate IV	Lists the number and compass direction of grade 1-4 mature trees in the area. Gives Quick when 200+ yalms away. Grade 1-4 areas only.	30s	Purchased
30	Seedkin Eluder	Temporarily avoid enemy encounters. Effective only against seedkin.	Unknown	Purchased
38	Arbor Call V	Survey the landscape to locate grade 5 mature trees. Grade 5 areas only.	15s	Automatically
40	Triangulate V	Lists the number and compass direction of grade 1-5 mature trees in the area. Gives Quick when 200+ yalms away. Grade 1-5 areas only.	30s	Purchased
48	Arbor Call VI	Survey the landscape to locate grade 6 mature trees. Grade 6 areas only.	15s	Automatically
50	Triangulate VI	Lists the number and compass direction of grade 1-6 mature trees in the area. Gives Quick when 200+ yalms away. Grade 1-6 areas only.	30s	Automatically

Botanist Abilities

Rank	Name	Description	Obtained
1[1]	Nophica's Ward	Temporarily increases your chance to obtain earth crystals.	Purchased
1[2]	Byregot's Ward	Temporarily increases your chance to obtain lightning crystals.	Purchased
1[3]	Brunt Force	Temporarily increases your strength.	Purchased
1[4]	Ageless Words	Temporarily increases your intelligence.	Purchased
1	Green Mind	Slows the rate at which a gathering location's remainder decreases.	Purchased
5	Stroke of Luck	Increases your chance to locate rare items while gathering.	Automatically
10	Field Mastery	Increases your chance to hit items aimed for while gathering.	Automatically
25	Sweat of Brow	Increases the amount of skill points you receive while gathering.	Automatically
30	Truth of Forests	Increases the breadth of your aim while gathering.	Automatically
50[5]	Master of Timber	Increases your chance to obtain high-quality items while gathering.	Purchased

Attributes & Gear

Here is some helpful information regarding the effect attributes, elements, gear, and more while logging and harvesting.

Attribute's Effect on Botany

Two attributes will have an effect on your ability to successfully, and efficiently log and harvest. Your Primary Tool is effected by Strength. Intelligence governs your Secondary Tool. There is some debate on the actual effect STR and INT have on performance, however it is safe to suggest that increasing them will respectively increase your chance of success and or increase your yield.

Equipment's Effect on Botany

The equipment you use and wear also greatly effect your performance while logging or harvesting. There are four different stats available on equipment(tools and gear) that will influence your performance besides STR and INT.

• Scanning: It isn't currently know exactly what scanning is. However, we do know that Scanning increases Perception at a ratio of 1:1.
• Output: Increases the number of attempts allowed at a given logging or harvesting node.
• Gathering: Decreases the gathering remainder while logging. (May give a base increase in success while harvesting or increase yield. Further testing is required on this aspect.)
• Perception: Increases the chance for HQ yields. (+1/+2/+3)

Raising Your Rank: A Skill Up Guide

Before you grab your hatchet and scythe and rush out the city gates into the wild in search of various timbers and exotic herbs, you may want to go over the basics of logging and harvesting. Feel free to peruse the basics on Lodestone here: Play Guide: Logging & Harvesting

Note: A lot of times people ranking up Botany will tend to rank up Carpentry at the same time since they are already logging regularly and getting the materials needed for skilling up Carpentry.

The tip to speed gathering is utilizing a combination of two harvesting points and the nearest logging point available. Until you get to Rank 18/28/38 for Grade 3/4/5 respectively, it is harder to skill up on a higher Grade than you can currently search for trees using Arbor Call III/IV/V. If you want to skill up early, I recommend high Output gear to maximize the number of attempts you get at each harvest/logging point.

Rank	Grade	Recommended Skill Up Location	Coordinates
1-7	1	Levequests/Camp Bentbranch(The Black Shroud)/Camp Bearded Rock(La Noscea)/Camp Black Brush(Thanalan)
8-17	2	Levequests/Camp Emerald Moss(The Black Shroud)/Camp Skull Valley(La Noscea)/Camp Drybone(Thanalan)
18-27	3	Camp Bloodshore, La Noscea(See image below.)	(36,22)(36,23)
28-37	4	Camp Glory, Coerthas(See image below.)	(51,29)(51,30)
38-50	5	Camp Iron Lake, La Noscea(See image below.)	(20,7)(21,7)

Camp Bloodshore, La Noscea - Grade 3	Camp Glory, Coerthas - Grade 4	Camp Iron Lake, La Noscea - Grade 5

• Images provided by www.disciplesoftheland.com

Botany Quests

There are many different quests available to a Botanist, across the realm of Eorzea. You can find Regional Fieldquests available in Gridania, Limsa Lominsa, and Ul'dah, and occasionally a Guild Quest which, so far, always begins in Gridania.

Regional Fieldquests

NOTE: I will be adding the name of each Regional Fieldquest, rewards, etc... as soon as I have the time to sit down and go through each quest, and record all the information. I am still debating on the format (whether to use a table, or bulleting).

Skilling Up With Levequests

Regional Fieldquests offer an alternate route to obtaining SP. Depending on the Fieldquest's Rank (1,10,20,etc...) you can obtain a great amount of skill points if the Grade from which you are logging is of sufficient difficulty.

A few things to keep in mind when using Regional Fieldquests to try and help skill up:

• Always try the hardest available Fieldquest. Remember more Output means more attempts at each location and thus a higher possible SP gains. If you notice that you are having a hard time succeeding, it may be wiser to switch to gear offering more Gathering.
• If you are only looking for skill ups, it is better to ignore any Regional Fieldquest that is more than 10 Ranks below you. The SP is lousy, and if you don't need the reward(most likely Guild Marks), you will probably want to do something else, that isn't a waste of time.

Guild Quests

As to not spoil the storyline, I will try to provide enough information for you to begin the quests below, and be prepared for them, but without revealing any details about the quest itself.

Rank 20

NAME: Name Goes Here
STARTING NPC: NPC Name, Botanist's Guild
REQUIREMENTS:
REWARD: 20000 Gil; 2000 Botanist Guild Marks

Rank 30

NAME: Name Goes Here
STARTING NPC: NPC Name, Botanist's Guild
REQUIREMENTS:
REWARD: 30000 Gil; 3000 Botanist Guild Marks

Rank 36

NAME: Name Goes Here
STARTING NPC: NPC Name, Botanist's Guild
REQUIREMENTS:
REWARD: 36000 Gil; 3600 Botanist Guild Marks

Finding What You Need

Locating the best spot to gather what you are looking for can be a daunting task. For this reason, using the vast resources available at www.disciplesoftheland.com is highly recommened. Here is a quick link to their Resource Finder.

Logging Quick-Reference Guide

Raw Wood

Name	Optimal Rank	Grade(s)	Sweet Spot
Ash Branch			-1
Ash Log			-2
Bamboo Stick			+2
Cedar Branch			+4
Cedar Log			+3
Chestnut Branch			-3
Chestnut Log			-4
Elm Branch			-1
Elm Log			0
Lauan Log			+4
Mahogany Branch			+2
Mahogany Log			+3
Maple Branch			-1
Maple Log			-2
Oak Branch			-1
Oak Log			-1
Pine Branch			+3
Pine Log			+2
Rattan Lumber			+4
Walnut Branch			-2
Walnut Log			-3
Willow Branch			0
Willow Log			-1
Yew Branch			+2
Yew Log			+3

More Coming Soon

Harvesting Quick-Reference Guide

Coming Soon

Making Money With Botany

Coming Soon.

F.A.Q.

Coming Soon.

Questions from the Forums

Coming Soon.

Credits

This is a list of the major and minor contributors to my guide. Without them this would still be a blank page. And of course to my viewers, who continue to show their support and keep me motivated to strive to make this the best guide to Botany online.

Special Thanks

• FFXIV.ZAM.COM
• State Alchemist: For allowing me to use the basic wording and format of her Alchemy and Carpentry Guides, and designing the layout of the ZAM version of this guide.
• www.disciplesoftheland.com

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