Crafting DoH Endgame Melding BIS Patch 7.0 for FFXIV Dawntrail

This is our main set that will provide the most value for your gear allowing you to use less HQ materials but at a more expensive cost. The set has been designed so that players who want to avoid the costs of melding all 16 tools can just meld CP into the main slots.

The accessories also last an entire year until patch 7.3. This makes them incredibly valuable while melding. If in a years time, you do not want to build another expensive set, these accessories can be used in cheaper sets meaning the accessories can last until 8.0.

This is our Mid Tier set for the current i690 gear. To ensure this set can remain competitive, CMS and CP hit the same breakpoints as the high tier set. This means that efficient rotations will be available, more HQ materials will instead be required which is common nowadays for more cost efficient sets.

This set avoids tool overmelds to save on materia as well as reducing overmelds entirely on the left side. The accessories are pentamelded for the following reason.

Much like the High Tier set, the accessories on this set can last until 7.3 or beyond if you want a more budget focused set in future updates. While the earrings, bracelet and necklace have less control. The rings have been designed so that Craftmanship continues to be identical allowing for standardised rotations.

With so many spare slots available, feel free to either fill them with low grade materia for spiritbonding or to fit in extra control if you want to reduce the amount of HQ materials you need in future patches.

This is our Budget set for the current i690 gear. It is more than capable of crafting at endgame. It just requires more HQ materials and therefore each craft is slower. This set is also incredibly cheap using lower grade materia, many players may even have a stockpile of cowries from Island Sanctuary which can be used to get this materia for free.

This budget set may also need additional melds in 7.1 to craft the new set of gear. That being said, if you plan to continue with budget sets you just need to wait for 7.2 so you can have scrip gear. The current scrip gear can not function in a budget set due to it being 8 different sets and the stats being incredibly low with no meld slots. This makes the current scrip gear more cosmetic than anything else.