FFXIV – Complete Culinarian Ingredient Guide List

Hello, my fellow Culinarians! Here we have a complete list of ingredients needed for Culinarian recipes, as well as where and how to get them (and their prices, if applicable).

This guide is outdated as of the 2.1 patch! I will be fixing it all up once I can. Please check my FFXIV guide list for updates. Sorry for the inconvenience!

I’ve tried out every tradecraft in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn and cooking is by far my favorite. While you may not make as much money off each sale, the demand for your dishes will never die down as other players progress their characters. Plus, nice pictures of food.

The downside to being a “never useless” crafter is that being an efficient Culinarian means you need to spend a lot of time (and sometimes money) getting the wide array of base ingredients to make sought after dishes.

An efficient Culinarian is going to level both botany and fishing to provide themselves with cooking ingredients. You need a lot of everything to make big sums of money — so get that fishing pole and scythe on hand!

Before we get started

There are a few things to keep in mind as you look at the lists below:

• Ingredients are sorted by their functional type (not seen in-game, but personal opinion) and are further sorted in alphabetical order.
• Listings that simply say “vendors” can be found at a variety of NPCs, often tradecraft suppliers in each city. These NPCs are not individually noted.
• A listing noted with (*) gives a link to monster drop information found on either Gamer Escape or XIVDB, depending on the exact information needed.
• Some NPC names are specifically noted. Their locations are as follows:
• Jossy – Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks (The Bismarck)
• Z’ranmaia – Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks (The Seventh Sage)
• Littlejohn – Old Gridania (The Whistling Miller)
• Holasfhis – Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks (The Hyaline)
• Smydhaemr – Limsa Lominsa Uppder Decks (Naldiq & Vymelli’s)

Whew! All right, all done. Thank you for your time, and I hope this list comes in handy!

(With 2.1 just about here/here depending on you read this, you need to know that the information contained in these guides is going to be slightly out of date for up to 36 hours, depending on how quickly I can obtain and update the information in each guide. Please note the powerleveling guides will be INEFFECTIVE until XP numbers have been updated and I have recalculated everything. Enjoy 2.1 and sorry for the inconvenience!)

Fruits and vegetables

• Alligator Pear – Botany (level 30)
• Alpine Parnsip – Botany (level 15), vendor (Jossy, 19 gil)
• Black Truffle – Botany (level 51), vendor (Z’ranmaia, 356 gil)
• Blood Currants – Botany (level 36)
• Buffalo Beans – Botany (level 12), vendor (Jossy, 11 gil)
• Button Mushroom – Botany (level 22)
• Chanterelle – Botany (level 11), vendors (10 gil)
• Cieldalaes Spinach – Botany (level 14), vendor (Jossy, 19 gil)
• Cinderfoot Olive  – Botany (level 13), vendor (Jossy, 16 gil)
• Coerthas Carrot – Botany (level 13), vendor (Jossy, 12 gil)
• Dzemael Tomato – Botany (level 51)
• Faerie Apple – Botany (level 16)
• Gil Bun – Botany (level 19)
• Honey Lemon – Botany (level 51)
• Jade Peas – Botany (level 26)
• Kukuru Bean – Botany (level 9), vendor (Jossy, 12 gil)
• La Noscean Lettuce – Botany (level 13), vendor (Jossy, 19 gil)
• La Noscean Orange – Botany (level 7), vendor (Jossy, 8 gil)
• Lalafellin Lentil – Botany (level 17)
• Lowland Grapes – Botany (level 11), vendors (4 gil)
• Maiden Artichoke – Botany (level 38)
• Midland Cabbage – Botany (level 28)
• Millioncorn – Botany (level 25)
• Mirror Apple – Botany (level 42)
• Noble Grapes – Botany (level 22)
• Nopales – Botany (level 18)
• Ogre Pumpkin – Botany (level 13), vendor (Jossy, 14 gil)
• Pixie Plums – Botay (level 21)
• Popoto – Botany (level 18)
• Prickly Pineapple – Botany (level 51)
• Raisins – Cooking (level 3), vendors (5 gil)
• Ramhorn Zucchini – Botany (level 39)
• Rolanberry – Botany (level 43)
• Ruby Tomato – Botany (level 15), vendor (Jossy, 16 gil)
• Salt Leek – Botany (level 34)
• Sun Lemon – Botany (level 17)
• White Truffle – Botany (level 33)
• Wild Onion – Botany (level 12), vendor (Jossy, 7 gil)
• Wizard Eggplant – Botany (level 27)

Herbs and spices

• Ala Mhigan Mustard – Botany (level 23)
• Black Pepper – Botany (level 14), vendor (Jossy, 13 gil)
• Cinnamon – Botany (level 4), vendors (4 gil)
• Chamomile – Botany (level 24)
• Cloves – Botany (level 10), vendors at New Gridania and Alchemists’ Guild (16 gil)
• Desert Saffron – Botany (level 35)
• Dragon Pepper – Botany (level 35)
• Galago Mint – Botany (level 16), vendor (Jossy, 10 gil)
• Garlean Garlic – Botany (level 11), vendor (Jossy, 5 gil)
• Highland Parsley – Botany (level 15)
• Laurel – Botany (level 34)
• Lavender – Botany (level 12)
• Maple Sugar – Cooking (level 2)
• Midland Basil – Botany (level 32)
• Mugwort – Botany (level 37)
• Nutmeg – Botany (level 39)
• Paprika – Botany (level 16), vendor (Jossy, 24 gil)
• Pearl Ginger – Botany (level 24)
• Sagolii Sage – Botany (level 41), vendor (Z’ranmaia, 168 gil)
• Table Salt – Cooking (level 1)
• Thyme – Botany (level 39)

Meat

• Aldgoat Chuck – Drops from several mobs (*)
• Allagan Snail – Botany (level 2), vendor (Holasfhis, 10 gil)
• Antelope Shank – Dropped by Antelope Doe (*)
• Buffalo Sirloin – Dropped by Large Buffalo (*)
• Chicken Breast – Vendors (58 gil)
• Coeurl Meat – Dropped by Jungle Coeurl (*) (If you know of other mobs who drop this meat, please let me know!)
• Dodo Tenderloin – Vendor (Jossy, 28 gil), dropped by Fat Dodo (*)
• Eft Tail – Dropped by two mobs (*)
• Lava Toad – Botany (level 49)
• Marmot Meat – Vendors (Jossy); dropped by Star Marmot (*)
• Megalocrab Leg – Dropped by several mobs (*)
• Mole Meat – Vendor (Jossy, 31 gil), dropped by several mobs (*)
• Mutton Loin – Vendor (Jossy, 22 gil), dropped by Lost Lamb (*)
• Orobon Liver – Dropped by several mobs (*)
• Raptor Shank – Dropped by several mobs (*)
• Tree Toad – Botany (level 11), vendor (Holasfhis, 10 gil)

Fish and other sea life

The fish with their levels marked with an asterisk are those I am not 100% sure of their actual level. That which is listed in those instances is an approximation close to the fish’s actual level.

• Ash Tuna – Fishing (level 32)
• Bianaq Bream – Fishing (level 27)
• Black Eel – Fishing (level 25)
• Black Sole – Fishing (level 28)
• Bluebell Salmon – Fishing (level 20)
• Brass Loach – Fishing (level 9), vendor (Holasfhis, 18 gil)
• Cloud Cutter – Fishing (level 45*)
• Crimson Crayfish – Fishing (level 8), vendor (Holasfhis, 16 gil)
• Dark Bass – Fishing (level 25)
• Dusk Goby – Fishing (level 6), vendor (Holasfhis, 12 gil)
• Finger Shrimp – Fishing (level 4), vendor (Holasfhis)
• Fullmoon Sardine – Fishing (level 34)
• Helmet Crab – Fishing (level 16)
• Indigo Herring – Fishing (level 31)
• Mahi Mahi – Fishing (level 50)
• Maiden Bass – Fishing (level 10), vendor (Holasfhis, 21 gil)
• Navigator’s Dagger – Fishing (level 18)
• Northern Pike – Fishing (level 40*)
• Pipira – Fishing (level 7), vendor (Holasfhis, 14 gil)
• Princess Trout – Fishing (level 5), vendor (Holasfhis, 10 gil)
• Raincaller – Fishing (level 40*)
• Razor Clam – Fishing (level 20)
• Rothlyt Oyster – Fishing (level 17)
• Salt Cod – Cooking (level 15), vendors (15 gil)
• Tiger Cod – Fishing (level 15), vendor (Holasfhis, 36 gil)
• Velodyna Carp – Fishing (level 37)
• Warmwater Trout – Fishing (level 23)

Dairy

• Aldgoat Milk – Vendors
• Blue Cheese – Vendor (Shopkeep in Camp Drybone, 19 gil)
• Buffalo Milk – Vendors (4 gil)
• Cottage Cheese – Cooking (level 17)
• Cream Cheese – Cooking (level 35)
• Night Milk – Dropped by Large Buffalo (*)
• Rolanberry Cheese – Cooking (level 43)
• Sweet Cream – Cooking (level 6)

Liquids

• Chicken Stock – Cooking (level 28)
• Cider Vinegar – Cooking (level 16)
• Clove Oil – Alchemy (level 14), vendor (Smydhaemr, 7 gil)
• Cooking Sherry – Vendor (Auriana, 125 Allagan Tomestones of Philosophy)
• Dark Vinegar – Cooking (level 31)
• Distilled Water – Alchemy (level 1), vendors (3 gil)
• Honey – Cooking (level 4), vendors (2 gil)
• Lavender Oil – Cooking (level 16)
• Maple Sap – Botany (level 2), vendors (3 gil)
• Maple Syrup – Cooking (level 1)
• Olive Oil – Cooking (level 11)
• Sour Red – Vendors (10 gil)
• Tomato Sauce – Cooking (level 12)

Nuts

• Almonds – Botany (level 40)
• Gridanian Chestnut – Botany (level 14)
• Gridanian Walnut – Botany (level 21)
• Iron Acorn – Botany (level 36)

Miscellaneous

• Aloe – Botany (level 32)
• Apkallu Egg – Dropped by Apkallu (*)
• Bat Wing – Vendor (Jossy, 21 gil), dropped by several mobs (*)
• Beehive Chip – Botany (level 5), vendors
• Beeswax – Alchemy (level 10), vendor (Jossy, 14 gil)
• Blue Landtrap Leaf – Dropped by two mobs (*)
• Chicken Egg – Vendors (5 gil)
• Cornmeal – Cooking (level 29)
• Dodo Egg – Dropped by Fat Dodo (*)
• Gelatin – Cooking (level 14)
• Flatbread – Cooking (level 5), vendors (6 gil)
• Knight’s Bread – Cooking (level 38)
• Kukuru Butter – Cooking (level 10)
• Kukuru Powder – Cooking (level 11)
• Natron – Alchemy (level 25)
• Pie Dough – Cooking (level 14)
• Puk Egg – Dropped by Pteroc (*)
• Ragstone – Mining (level 13), vendors (2 gil)
• Rock Salt – Mining (level 12), vendors (3 gil)
• Rye – Botany (level 11), vendor (Jossy, 4 gil)
• Rye Flour – Cooking (level 5), vendor (Littlejohn, 2 gil)
• Smooth Butter – Cooking (level 7) (Previously Salted Butter)
• Sticky Rice – Botany (level 25)
• Sunset Wheat – Botany (level 11), vendor (Jossy, 5 gil)
• Sunset Wheat Flour – Cooking (level 7), vendor (Littlejohn, 4 gil)
• Thanalan Tea Leaves – Botany (level 48)
• Tiny Crown – Vendor (Jossy, 150 gil)
• Volcanic Rock Salt – Mining (level 51)
• Walnut Bread – Cooking (level 18), vendor (Shopkeep in Camp Drybone, 26 gil)

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