PhoenixXI ยท Smithing 1 to 60

Heaph's Smithing Guide

Every Smithing recipe from 1 to 60 on PhoenixXI: what to level on, what sells, what to farm and where to buy every material.

Before you start

The guild

The Metalworks in Bastok. Amulya and Vicious Eye share the guild shop, open 8:00 to 23:00 Vana’diel time. Ghemp takes the rank tests. Northern San d’Oria has a second smithing guild.

Always take Advanced support

Wise Owl in the Metalworks (or Greubaque in San d’Oria): +3 skill for 8 minutes and less material lost on a break, 30 gil as Amateur and 30 more per rank. Hugues and Romero give the free +1 for 2 minutes.

Rank caps and tests

Skill stops at each cap until you trade the test item to the guildmaster. You can hand it in 2 levels before the cap.

Amateur to 10: XiphosRecruit to 20: AspisInitiate to 30: BilboNovice to 40: War PickApprentice to 50: Mythril PickJourneyman to 60: Darksteel Falchion

How skill-ups work here

Era rules: a flat 60% chance below skill 50 while the recipe is above your real skill. A break halves it, and a break more than 5 levels over you gives nothing. Support never lowers your skill-up chance.

Farm while you level

Phoenix is a new server and the auction house is thin, so plan on buying from NPCs and farming the rest. These drop from monsters at your level and go into the recipes listed. Rates assume Treasure Hunter 1; expect about half on the bigger ones without a Thief.

Gather any time

Recipes

Every era recipe from the Phoenix server data. Each 10-level bracket opens with what to level on, what sells, what to farm and which sub-crafts it asks for.