Gathering Melding and Best in Slot Gear Meldsets For FFXIV Dawntrail Patch 7.21

This is our main "Best in Slot" set at the moment which with the whole set lasting until 7.3.

The best food for collectables is Nasi Goreng due to giving GP allowing you to perform the 1000GP collectable rotation for collectable nodes. On the other hand, the best food currently for legendary nodes is Stuffed Peppers due to it hitting the 960GP node bonus as well as the 40% boon bonus. Sideritis Cookie is an amazing alternative with the only difference currently being 1% on Gatherer's Boon.

This meldset has no changes in since 7.1! This is because you cannot hit all 3 node bonuses at the same time so while the 5548 Gathering breakpoint looks tempting, it is not currently worth aiming for.

Benefits Include:

• Able to easily hit most Node Bonuses on current Legendary nodes barring 1.
• Planned around calculated breakpoints for patch 7.2 and 7.3's legendary nodes where possible to calculate. For example it ensures you cap collectable skills for patch 7.3's aethersand.
• Enough GP to allow you to perform the 1000GP collectable rotation with Nasi and additional GP gained when hitting the node.
• Planned with big fish in mind with plenty of gathering to ensure minimums are hit.

Downsides:

• More expensive than the Mid Tier set for very little benefit at the moment.
• Unable to hit Bountiful Yield 2 +3 breakpoint (5593 Gathering) on glv700 nodes instead opting for more perception.
• Unable to hit the +3 node bonus (5548 Gathering) on current endgame nodes.

This is the Mid Tier gathering set for the Endgame gear offering lower stats and therefore less yield but having much easier melding. This is planned around having X overmelds (aside from a GP meld), cheaper overmelds in general and less overmelds to save even more gil while still hitting breakpoints.

This meldset has 3 optional added (no adjustments) since 7.1! This adds an extra 44 Perception allowing you to hit the boon node bonus but aside from that is entirely optional. The materia is added to the coat, gloves and legs!

The best food for this set currently is Stuffed Peppers so that you hit the 5254 Perception breakpoint to gain 40% Boon Bonus rate as well as on collectables you can perform 900GP rotation.

Benefits Include:

• Significantly cheaper than the high tier set, using a lot more lower grade materia and less materia in general.
• Futureproofed around minimum perception calculations for future updates.
• Like the high tier set, this set is planned around breakpoints in patch 7.2 and 7.3. The main differences are that this set will be unable to hit any GP node bonuses or most other node bonuses either.
• Room to add GP materia if you want the 1000GP collectable rotation.
• Planned with big fish in mind with plenty of gathering to ensure minimums are hit.

Downsides:

• Hits less node bonuses in 7.2 meaning slightly less yield.
• Low GP to make the set cheaper which impacts yield.

A budget set currently would be simply melding gear until you reach 4740 Perception to be able to gather everything in the game.

These meldsets uses Scrip gear however if you have Everseeker's it can be used instead. This is the same base stats with lower meld caps. That being said, don't spend your gil on Everseeker's.

This first set aims to hit the 4750 Gathering and Perception breakpoints that should be made possible with the release of Cosmic Exploration.

This second set simply gets you to minimum perception without factoring in other breakpoints.