Crafting

http://www.titanictus.com/tools/guild.php
http://www.ffrecipe.com/guildPattern.php
http://ffxi.lokyst.net/timer/crafttimer.html

Welcome to Crafting!

	Craft		Craft
	Alchemy		Bonecraft
	Clothcraft		Cooking
	Fishing		Gardening
	Goldsmithing		Leathercraft
	Riding		Smithing
	Woodworking

Others (often referred to as H.E.L.M.)
Clamming
Excavation
Harvesting
Logging
Mining

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Crafting Directions

Using the "crafting compass" below, determine which direction is best for you! This has finally been cofirmed by Square-Enix—so to all you naysayers… neener neener neener!

High Success:

• You are less likely to fail a synth if you face the direction of the inner arrows.
• Therefore, if you're trying a synth that requires an Earth Crystal, face south.

Lower Success:

• You are more likely to fail a synth if you face the direction of the outer color ring.
• However, you also have a higher chance for high quality (H.Q.) and skill-ups.
• For example, if you'd like to improve your odds of HQ-ing a synth requiring an Earth Crystal, face south east.

High Success

Elemental Crystal	Direction to Face
Dark Crystal	North
Fire Crystal	North West
Water Crystal	West
Lightning Crystal	South West
Earth Crystal	South
Wind Crystal	South East
Ice Crystal	East
Light Crystal	North East

Lower Success & High Quality

Elemental Crystal	Direction to Face
Dark Crystal	North East
Fire Crystal	West
Water Crystal	South West
Lightning Crystal	South
Earth Crystal	South East
Wind Crystal	East
Ice Crystal	North West
Light Crystal	North

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Chart of Elemental Correlations

Eight elements control the universe. Water quenches fire, fire melts ice, and ice stands against winds… wind eats away at earth, earth absorbs lightning, and lightning boils water. Light and darkness are in direct opposition to each other.

Each status ailment is related to an element: disease to fire, bind to ice, silence to wind, paralysis to earth, stun to lightning, poison to water. Charm is related to light, while blindness, curse, and sleep are all related to darkness. Wearning equipment that has certain elemental affinities will help you avoid the corresponding status ailments.

Element	vs	Element
Water	greater than	Fire
Fire	greater than	Ice
Ice	greater than	Wind
Wind	greater than	Earth
Earth	greater than	Lightning
Lightning	greater than	Water
Light	equal to	Dark

Crystals and the Clock

Ok, so, each day has a crystal associated with it, and each crystal has an opposite. Below is a list of those relationships put in the order of days of the week. For example, if you log on and find that the current day is Firesday, reading this table, you'll know the next day is going to be Earthsday. The week starts on Firesday.

Day/Clock Color	This Crystal	Is Greater Than	This Crystal
Firesday (red)		Fire Crystal		Ice Crystal
Earthsday (yellow)		Earth Crystal		Lightning Crystal
Watersday (blue)		Water Crystal		Fire Crystal
Windsday (green)		Wind Crystal		Earth Crystal
Iceday (light blue)		Ice Crystal		Wind Crystal
Thundersday (purple)		Lightning Crystal		Water Crystal
Lightsday (white)		Light Crystal		Dark Crystal
Darksday (black)		Dark Crystal		Light Crystal

Crystal Clusters are also dropped by various Elemental monsters. When used, these clusters will yield 12 crystals of the corresponding variety.

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BLUE : Water
RED : Fire
LIGHT BLUE : Ice
GREEN : Wind
YELLOW : Earth
PURPLE : Lightning
GRAY : Light
BLACK : Dark