Leathercraft Tutorial Fast 1-5! (FFXI bots)
January 2nd, 2008Welcome to my first tutorial on leathercraft…i know theres a previous one but all it has is recipes…i decided to add a little walkthrough for it 
My FFXI info, my name is Butterz in game on the server Kujata, if ya wanna pt sometime or use some strats on this site gimme a msg.
Recommended Extra Skills for other types of leather:
Leathercraft isnt all about just leather, some leather requires other crafts, but some leather is all leather.
Goldsmithing (a lot)
Smithing (a lot)
Bonecraft (a lot)
Clothcraft (a lot)
Alchemy (some)
Levels 1-2
Right now ALL you should be making is Sheep Leather, this is made by 1 of these 3 recipes:
Wind Crystal + Goblin Mask x1
Dark Crystal + Windurt Tea Leaves x1 + Distilled Water x 1 + Sheepskin x1
Dark Crystal + Windurst Tea Leaves x1 + Distilled Water x 1 + Willow Log x 1
Sheep leather is VERY profitable if you farm the ingredients, windurtian tea leaves and distilled water are very cheap, you can buy a stack for maybe 300 each depending on the server, im on Kujata.
Sheepskin is found….well on sheep, dark crystals are found on Forest Funguar in West Ronfaure, and winds are found on winged creatures.
Its always best to have advanced synthesis on for this.
Note: You should keep your sheep leather for making other items in higher levels!
Levels 1-2 (OVERVIEW)
Dark Crystals: Farmed, Free
Sheepskin: Farmed, Free
Windurstian Tea Leaves: 300-500 for 12
Distilled Water: Rambrioys Grocery 200-300 for 12
Stack of sheep leather on AH: 7,500-8,000
Levels 3-4
Levels 3-4 you make some pretty good stuff, but not exactly a money saver if you sold your sheep leather…but my main focus for CASH would be Sheep wool, the recipe for sheep wool is:
Wind Crystal + Sheepskin x2
If youd rather start to make some equipment that will go for 1,200-1,500 each, here some recipes that will work well.
Vagabond's Boots = Earth Crystal + Bronze Scales x1 + Grass Cloth x1 + Sheep Leather x2
Vagabond's Gloves = Earth Crystal + Sheep Leather x2 + Cotton Cloth x1
(note what i did at level 4 was make Rabbit mantles, the recipe is: Earth Crystal + Grass Thread x1 + Rabbit Hide x5, after a lot of tries i got rabbit mantle +1 that sold for 4000-4500 on my server).
Levels 3-4 (OVERVIEW)
Sheepskin: Farmed, Free
Wind Crystal: Farmed, Free
Stack of Sheep Wool on AH, 7000-7800
Bronze Scales: 300-500 or Farmed
Grass Cloth: Made or bought (possibly farmed)
Sheep leather: previously made or bought (800 each)
Vagabond's Boots/Gloves 1,200-1,500 Each at AH
Level 5
At this level you can make any of the leather gear, making something more then once can increase your chances of a +1, a full moon also increases the chance of a +1. if you need a link to the leather gear visit this site: http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/dyn/guilds/Leathercraft.html
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