FFXIV – Blacksmith Class Quest Guide

Blacksmith class quests might not be interesting, but they are a necessary hurdle throughout leveling due to the amazing Vulcan to be had after completing your level 50 quest.

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The overall goal of this and the other tradecraft class quest guides is to give those of you leveling some idea of what to do ahead of time (and know what gear is to come), or for those of you (like me) who rush your tradecrafts and go back and do the class quests later.

There are three particular things to note here:

1. Every quest sans your level 1 has a monetary optional reward instead of gear. These amounts are not listed.
2. The required items for the quests between 1 and 15 can be purchased at either a guild supplier or tradecraft vendor. It’s up to you whether you want to craft or purchase the requested item.
3. The optional rewards are the same among every tradecraft. For example, the level 10 Carpenter quest offers the same rewards as the level 10 Culinarian quest and so on. This does not apply to level 50 quests.

Level 1 – My First Cross-pein Hammer

Requires: 1 Bronze Ingot
Bronze Ingot components: 1 Fire Shard, 2 Copper Ore, 1 Tin Ore
Reward: 150 Fire Shard, 100 Earth Shard, 30 Copper Ore, Hempen Kurta

Level 5 – Hammer Time

Requires: 3 Bronze Cross-pein Hammer
Bronze Cross-pein Hammer components: 1 Fire Shard, 1 Earth Shard, 1 Bronze Ingot, 1 Undyed Hempen Cloth, 1 Maple Lumber
Reward: 200 Fire Shard, 150 Earth Shard, Amateur’s File
Optional reward: Hempen Bandana, Hempen Chausses, Maple Pattens

Level 10 – Riveting Ramblings

Requires: 12 Bronze Rivets
Bronze Rivets components: 1 Fire Shard, 1 Bronze Ingot
Reward: 250 Fire Shard, 200 Earth Shard, Bronze Cross-pein Hammer
Optional reward: Amateur’s Headgear, Amateur’s Kurta, Amateur’s Smithing Gloves

Level 15 – The Business of Blacksmithing

Requires: 1 Bronze Spatha, 1 Spiked Bronze Labrys
Bronze Spatha components: 1 Fire Shard, 1 Earth Shard, 1 Bronze Ingot, 1 Hard Leather, 1 Ram Horn
Spiked Bronze Labrys components: 1 Fire Shard, 1 Earth Shard, 3 Bronze Ingot, 1 Ash Lumber
Reward: Recruit’s File
Optional reward: Hempen Doublet Vest of Crafting, Hard Leather Merchant’s Pouch, Ash Pattens

Level 20 – By the Sweat of Your Brow

Requires: Iron Cross-pein Hammer (melded with 1 materia)
Iron Cross-pein Hammer components: 1 Fire Shard, 1 Earth Shard, 1 Iron Ingot, 1 Undyed Cotton Cloth, 1 Elm Lumber
Reward: Iron Cross-pein Hammer
Optional reward: Initiate’s Headgear, Initiate’s Gloves, Cotton Breeches of Crafting

Level 25 – True as Steel

Requires: 1 Steel Ingot (HQ)
Steel Ingot components: 2 Fire Shard, 2 Iron Ore, 1 Bomb Ash
Reward: Initiate’s File
Optional reward: Silver Magnifiers, Initiate’s Gown, Velveteen Halfgloves

Level 30 – As Iron Sharpens Iron

Requires: Plumed Iron Hatchet (HQ)
Plumed Iron Hatchet components: 3 Fire Shard, 2 Earth Shard, 1 Iron Ingot, 1 Chocobo Feather, 1 Walnut Lumber
Reward: Heavy Crowsbeak Hammer
Optional reward: Velveteen Beret, Velveteen Gown, Velveteen Shortgloves

Level 35 – Set Faezahr to Stun

Requires: 1 Steel Bhuj (HQ)
Steel Bhuj components: 4 Fire Shard, 3 Earth Shard, 1 Iron Ingot, 2 Steel Ingot, 1 Oak Lumber
Reward: Steel Crowsbeak Hammer
Optional reward: Mythril Magnifiers, Apprentice’s Smock, Linen Halfgloves

Level 40 – Forging Ahead

Requires: 1 Wrapped Crowsbeak Hammer (HQ)
Wrapped Crowsbeak Hammer components: 4 Fire Shard, 4 Earth Shard, 1 Steel Crowsbeak Hammer, 1 Steel Ingot, 1 Boar Leather
Reward: Amateur’s File
Optional reward: Linen Deerstalker, Linen Smock, Boarskin Smithy’s Gloves

Level 45 – Beaty and the Bardiche

Requires: 1 Cobalt Knuckles (HQ), 1 Buccaneer’s Bardiche (HQ), 1 Cobalt Samshir (HQ)
Cobalt Knuckles components: 5 Fire Shard, 5 Earth Shard, 2 Cobalt Ingot, 1 Boar Leather
Buccaneer’s Bardiche components: 5 Fire Shard, 5 Earth Shard, 2 Cobalt Ingot, 1 Rosewood Branch, 1 Horn Glue
Reward: Cobalt Cross-pein Hammer
Optional reward: Woolen Deerstalker, Woolen Smock, Raptorskin Smithy’s Gloves

Level 50 – Waiting in the Winglet

Requires: 1 Cobalt Winglet (HQ, melded with Savage Might Materia III)
Cobalt Winglet components: 6 Fire Shard, 6 Earth Shard, 2 Cobalt Ingot, 1 Mahogany Lumber, 1 Sunrise Tellin, 1 Horn Glue
Reward: Vulcan
Optional reward: Blacksmith’s Goggles, Blacksmith’s Gloves, Blacksmith’s Workboots

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