Guide to Island Sanctuaries Gathering in FFXIV
Gathering is a key part of your Island Sanctuary providing materials to use in your workshop and to craft a range of buildings and upgrades. This guide includes information about what rank unlocks what tool and what materials that tool can gather as well as the best farming locations.
Gathering On Your Island Sanctuary
Your island hosts a whole range of items both from mining, botany and spearfishing. None of these require the actual Disciple of Land class, but instead use any class and crafted tools to provide upgrades and obtain more materials.
Every time you hit a node you gain 10 experience and one item, with an upgraded tool you can one additional second or even third item but no increased yield or xp.
Using the gathering log in game you can find a handy list of farming locations for each item making it easy to know where to go once you first gather an item.
What Tools Unlock What Materials
Each Tool has a rank requirement to unlock inside of the crafting log and allows you to gain more items.
Rank | Equipment | Unlocks |
---|---|---|
1 | Stone Hatchet | Palm Leaf, Vine, Islewort, Pumpkin/Cabbage Seeds, Sand, Branch, Sap, Stone, Clam, Laver, Coral, Apple, Log, Palm Log |
3 | Stone Hammer | Limestone, Copper, Rock Salt |
5 | Shovel | Clay, Tinsand, Popoto/Parsnip Seeds |
6 | Copper Scythe | Sugarcane, Cotton, Hemp |
7 | Bronze Gig | Islefish, Squid, Jellyfish |
8 | Bronze Beakaxe | Iron Ore, Leucogranite, Quartz |
9 | Iron Hatchet | Reson, Coconut, Beehive Chip, Wood Opal |
10 | Multicolored Isleblooms, flight required to access area | |
12 | Glimshroom | |
12 | Stone Hammer | Coal, Effervescent Water |
13 | Steel Hammer | Shale, Spectrine, Marble, Mythril Ore |
16 | Hawk's Eye Sand | |
16 | Bronze Beakaxe | Yellow Copper Ore |
17 | Mythril Pickaxe | Durium Sand, Gold Ore |
17 | Chisel | Crystal Formation |
Gathering Node Locations
Each item that you can gather is also spread around the map in a range of areas. Most items also has areas more densely filled with a specific item making it possible to farm large amounts of what you want.
Just like open world gathering you can respawn nodes but unlike the open world you need to gather 11 nodes for the first node to spawn making loops much longer.
Item | Location | Source | Tool | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|
Palm Leaf | 19, 24 | Palm Tree | None | 1 |
Vine | 21, 25 | Sugarcane | None | 1 |
Islewort | 13, 12 | Any plant | None | 1 |
Cabbage Seeds | 17, 20 | Cabbage | None | 1 |
Pumpkin Seeds | 18, 26 | Pumpkin | None | 1 |
Sand | 22, 26 | Any sand/dirt | None | 1 |
Branch | 22, 26 | Tualong Tree | None | 1 |
Sap | 20, 24 | Mahogany Tree | None | 1 |
Stone | 17, 23 | Any rock | None | 1 |
Clam | 17, 10 , Underwater | Large Shell | None | 1 |
Laver | 32, 25 , Underwater | Seaweed Tangle | None | 1 |
Coral | 32, 25 , Underwater | Coral Formation | None | 1 |
Apple | 21, 25 | Apple Tree | Stone Hatchet | 1 |
Log | 22, 26 | Tualong Tree | Stone Hatchet | 1 |
Palm Log | 19, 24 | Palm Tree | Stone Hatchet | 1 |
Limestone | 17, 23 | Smooth White Rock | Stone Hammer | 3 |
Copper Ore | 30, 28 | Bluish Rock | Stone Hammer | 3 |
Rock Salt | 32, 21 | Crystal-banded Rock | Stone Hammer | 3 |
Clay | 22, 26 | Mound of Dirt | Shovel | 5 |
Tinsand | 18, 19 | Submerged Sand | Shovel | 5 |
Popoto Set | 13, 12 | Popoto | Shovel | 5 |
Parsnip Seeds | 13, 15 | Parsnip | Shovel | 5 |
Sugarcane | 18, 17 | Sugarcane | Copper Scythe | 6 |
Cotton Boll | 28, 29 | Cotton Plant | Copper Scythe | 6 |
Hemp | 18, 19 | Agave Plant | Copper Scythe | 6 |
Islefish | 17, 10 , Underwater | Large Shell | Bronze Gig | 7 |
Squid | 32, 25 , Underwater | Seaweed Tangle | Bronze Gig | 7 |
Jellyfish | 32, 25 , Underwater | Coral Formation | Bronze Gig | 7 |
Iron Ore | 28, 20 | Rough Black Rock | Bronze Beakaxe | 8 |
Leucogranite | 18, 19 | Speckled Rock | Bronze Beakaxe | 8 |
Quartz | 25, 16 | Quartz Formation | Bronze Beakaxe | 8 |
Isleblooms | 21, 19 | Multicolored Isleblooms | None | 10 |
Resin | 22, 26 | Tualong Tree | Iron Hatchet | 9 |
Coconut | 19, 24 | Palm Tree | Iron Hatchet | 9 |
Beehive Chip | 21, 25 | Apple Tree | Iron Hatchet | 9 |
Wood Opal | 20, 24 | Mahogany Tree | Iron Hatchet | 9 |
Glimshroom | 27, 16 , Underground | Glowing Fungus | Noner | 12 |
Coal | 26, 19 , Underground | Composite Rock | Stone Hamme | 12 |
Effervescent Water | 24, 19 , Underground | Stalactite | Steel Hammer | 12 |
Marble | 18, 24 | Smooth White Rock limestone | Steel Hammer | 13 |
Mythril Ore | 30, 28 | Bluish Rock copper | Steel Hammer | 13 |
Shale | 26, 19 , Underground | Composite Rock | Stone Hammer | 13 |
Spectrine | 24, 19 , Underground | Stalactite | Steel Hammer | 13 |
Yellow Copper Ore | 23, 22, Underground | Yellowish Rock | Bronze Beakaxe | 16 |
Hawk's Eye Sand | 23, 22, Underground | Crystal Formation | None | 16 |
Durium Sand | 28, 19 | Rough Black Rock | Mythril Pickaxe | 17 |
Gold Ore | 23, 22, Underground | Yellowish Rock | Mythril Pickaxe | 17 |
Crystal Formation | 23, 22, Underground | Crystal Formation | Chisel | 17 |
Where Is The Best Area To Farm For The Sustainable Sourcing Achievement?
There is an achievement to gather 30k items inside of the island sanctuary. You need only 10k items to reach rank 10 but with rank 10 you gain flight and access to a few secret areas.
True Summit is the peak of the mountain at 25,16. It houses exactly enough quartz and other minerals to consistently farm in the same spot making it much faster to get the achievement. This is also by far the best xp route netting around 11-12k island xp an hour.
Changelog
- 04 Oct. 2023: Updated for 6.5.
- 29 May 2023: Updated for 6.4.
- 13 Jan. 2023: Updated for 6.3.
- 26 Aug. 2022: Guide added.
This guide has been written by I'nanghal Shikhu (Discord - Shikhu). He is a Crafting & Gathering theorycrafter, mentor for The Balance and also a guide maker for Teamcraft alongside Icy Veins. He also managed to obtain 10 top 12's on the leaderboard during the Ishgard Restoration rankings.
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