Alchemy Guide for Fishing : FFXI General Discussions

The purpose of this guide is to help fishermen who are interested in repairing composite fishing rods get the required amount of Alchemy. Where possible, I have made compromises regarding saving money/materials and material availability from vendors. Also where possible I have noted multiple viable skillpaths, based on available support skills.

Level 0-6: Tsurara
Ice crystal + Rock salt + 2xDistilled water
These can either be sold back to NPC for a slight loss, or AH'd to break even or even profit.

Level 6-10: Deodorizer
Wind crystal + Sage + Chamomile + Olive oil
These have no practical use on AH. Sell them to NPC for a slight loss.

Level 6-12: Poison Dust
Lightning crystal + 2xYellow globe
Save the dust for poison potions later

Level 12-16: Mercury
Lightning crystal + 4xCobalt Jellyfish
Save for making poison potions, or sell to AH if you skipped poison dust above and are jumping straight to Echo Drops.

Level 16-18: Poison Potion
Water crystal + Mercury + Poison dust
Make only if you opted to do both poison dust and mercury above. Sell to AH. Poison potions are in high demand for BCNM40 as well as Ballista.

Level 16-20: Echo Drops
Water crystal + Sage + Distilled Water + Honey
Sell to AH.

Level 20-24: Silent Oil
Water crystal + Slime Oil + 2xBeeswax
Sell to AH.

Level 24-28: Sairui-ran
Required Support Skill: Cooking level 7-11+
Earth crystal + Kazham peppers + Bomb ash + Bast parchment + Bird egg
Sell to AH.

Alternate path:
Level 24-27: Blinding Potion
Water crystal + Crying mustard + Poison Flour + Sleepshroom
Sell to NPC for moderate loss.

Level 27-31: Minnow
Fire crystal + Glass fiber + Copper ingot
Sell to NPC for moderate loss.

Level 31-34: Artificial Lens
Fire crystal + 2xGlass fiber
Save for prism powder or sell to AH. WARNING: This formula will eat up tons of inventory/storage space. Do not use unless you have lots of room to spare.

Level 31-40: Potion
Water crystal + Lizard tail + Sage + Distilled water
Sell to NPC for moderate loss.

Level 40-41: Prism Powder
Light crystal + Artificial lens + 2xGlass fiber
Sell to AH. Use this formula only if you opted to make artificial lenses as above.

Level 40-43: Vitriol
Skill cap 42 Water crystal + Dhalmel saliva (farm Bull Dhalmel in Buburimu Peninsula only)
OR
Skill cap 43 Water crystal + Treant Bultx2
Sell to NPC, or save for Acid Boltheads if you have enough Smithing.

Level 43-45: Acid Boltheads
Required support skill: Smithing level 9-14+
Wind crystal + Vitriol + Bronze ingot + Animal glue
Sell to AH. Warning: Sales can be very slow!

Level 43-45: Carbon Fiber
Lightning crystal + 4xBomb ash
Sell to AH.

Level 45-47: Frog Lure
Required support skill: Goldsmithing 7-11+
Fire crystal + Copper frog + Glass Fiber + Brass ingot
Sell to AH.

Level 45-51: Holy Water
Light crystal + Distilled water
Save for Holy Boltheads, or sell to AH.

Level 51-53: Holy Boltheads
Wind crystal + Bronze ingot + 2xHoly water
Sell to AH. Due to the price of light crystals, chances are you will still lose money, so try to avoid this if possible unless you have woodworking to make your own holy bolts!

Level 51-56: Sleeping potion
Water crystal + Poison flour + Sleepshroom + Chamomile

Highly recommended path. Sell to AH (useful for Genkai 5, HNM hunts, etc.), or save for sleep arrow/bolt heads.

Level 51-56: Cermet Chunk
Fire crystal + 4xMagic pot shards
Sell to AH, or keep for later use.

Level 51-60: Hi-potion
Water crystal + Malboro vine + 2xSage + Distilled water
Sell to AH for mild profit.

Level 56-62: Venom Dust
Lightning crystal + 2xOgre Eel
Save for Venom Potions.

Level 58-61: Porcelain Flowerpot
Fire crystal + Cermet chunk
Sell to AH.

NOTE: From this point on, you're probably going to lose money at every level.

Level 60-66: Battery
Water crystal + Copper ingot + Cermet chunk + Tin ingot + Rock salt + Distilled water + Lightning cluster
Sell to NPC for moderate loss, or rarely to the AH.

Level 60-64: Sleep Arrowheads
Wind crystal + Animal glue + Bone chip + Sleeping potion + Ram horn
Sell to AH or make your own sleep arrows using woodworking.

Level 64-67: Sleep Boltheads
Wind crystal + Animal glue + Bronze ingot + Sleeping potion
Sell to AH or make your own sleep bolts using woodworking.

Level 64-68: Venom Potion
Water crystal + Venom Dust + Mercury
If you made Venom Dust and saved it, use this path and follow all the way to Venom Boltheads (see below).

Level 64-69: Hi-Ether
Water crystal + 4xBat wing + 2xDried marjoram + Dryad root + Distilled water
Sell to AH.

Level 67-72: Paralysis Dust
Lightning crystal + Three Eyed Fish
Recommend fishing skill of 60+ so you can fish your own Three eyed fish for this in Qufim. Rarely sold at AH, and overpriced when they are.
Save for making Paralyze Potions.

Level 69-76: Venom Boltheads
Wind crystal + Venom potion + Animal glue + Bronze ingot
WARNING: This formula is almost guaranteed 100% loss. Venom arrowheads almost never sell at AH; neither do Venom arrows. This formula is worthwhile if you used Venom Dust and Venom Potions earlier and saved them.

Level 72-78: Paralyze potion
Water crystal + Paralysis dust + Mercury
Use this formula only if you chose to make paralysis dust above. Sells on AH very slowly, or to NPC for hefty loss. Could theoretically save for other higher-level formulas like Stun weaponry if you plan on taking Alchemy higher than 85.

Level 72-81: Bloody Boltheads
Required support skill: Smithing 7-11+
Wind crystal + Bronze ingot + Revival tree root + Beastman blood
Sell to AH or use woodworking to make bloody bolts.

Level 81-85: Composite Rod
Light crystal + Composite Rod
At 81+ you should be able to reasonably repair your composite rods. I strongly recommend switching to Moghancement: Light at this point, as composite rods are quite expensive to replace.

Recommended Moghancements:
I only recommend using moghancements at level 1 (faint energy) for this. Getting more than level 1 is time-consuming, expensive and not terribly effective for levelling for most elements. That being said, Moghancement: Water is extremely useful for most level ranges using this guide, and is one of the rare exceptions to this rule. If you have lots of mog house space available, you can purchase 34 Water Jugs in Rabao for less than 200 gil each, install them, and achieve level 3 Moghancement: Water.

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Reproduced from Titanictus