Gear

Catch-up gearing

The current climb, low item level to high. Finish the MSQ for your free artifact set, then work up from there. You don't need to touch any previous expansion's gear. Newer content out-gears it almost immediately.

Level 100 Artifact gear (i690) · i690

Story

A free full set at level 100 from the MSQ. It's your baseline the moment you finish the story.

Uncapped tome gear (i750, augment i760) · i760

Combat

The uncapped tome, no weekly limit. Mathematics buys Historia gear at i750 (augment to i760), a big jump over your artifact set. Catching up mid-cycle? Farm this first, then move to the capped tome for the current tier.

Echoes of Vana'diel (Windurst: The Third Walk) · i760

Combat

The finale of the XI-crossover alliance raid. Weekly gear, and it wraps the series.

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AAC Heavyweight Tier (Normal) · i770

Combat

The current normal-raid tier: matchmade i770 gear and the Arcadion finale story. The last-floor weapon token is still weekly.

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Crafted gear (i770) · i770

Crafting & Gathering

The gil shortcut to current. A full crafted set skips the patch-by-patch dungeon grind and carries you to the live tier. Fast, not cheap: sets run hundreds of thousands to millions of gil.

Clyteum (dungeon) · i770

Combat

One of the current Expert roulette dungeons. Live-patch gear and capped tomes.

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Extreme trial: The Unmaking · i770

Combat

The current Extreme. Mount and weapon glam, and on-content for once.

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Mnemonics tome gear (i780) · i780

Combat

The current capped-tome tier. This is the tome gear to chase right now.

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AAC Heavyweight Tier (Savage) · i790

Combat

The current Savage tier (i790/795). This is where on-content raiders are right now.

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