NPCs that sell these ores are called Material Supplier or Apartment Merchant. ..
- The first location is in the city of
- The second location is in the state of
- The third location is in the country of
- The fourth location is in the continent of
- The fifth location is in the world ..
Material Supplier Locations
The Goblet, Ul’dah Residential District (X:10.9, Y:8.9) The Lavender Beds, Gridania Residential District (X:11.9, Y:8.3) Shirogane, Kugane Residential District (X:10.2, Y:10.5)
Apartment Merchant Locations
Topmast Apartment Lobby (X:6.1, Y:6.0) Sultana’s Breath Apartment Lobby (X:6.1, Y:6.0) Lily Hills Apartment Lobby (X:6.1, Y:6.0) Kobai Goten Apartment Lobby (X:6.1, Y:6.0)
To gain access to these areas, you must complete a relatively quick quest for each district.
To enter the residential areas, players must complete the following quests: -The Blood of Dreeg (Dwarven District) -The Eye of Magnus (Nordic District) -The Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary (Southeast District) -The Imperial City Prison (West District) ..
Where the heart is, there are many places to find it. In Central Shroud, you can find The Lavender Beds. In Western Thanalan, you can find The Goblet. In Lower La Noscea, you can find Mist. And in Kugane, you can find I Dream of Shirogane. ..
The last quest in the Stormblood saga requires you to progress through the MSQs for the Kugane branch of the game in order to access it.
Harvesting Voidrakes
Players can obtain Voidrakes through the FFXIV Gardening system, which was introduced in patch 2.2. ..
The game allows players to plant, tend to, and harvest crops. ..
To get started with gardening, you must have a house or apartment, some seeds, and something to plant them in like flowerpots.
If you own a home, you can purchase garden patches from Housing Merchants in the residential areas. ..
Since we’re looking to harvest voidrakes, we need to find some voidrake seeds. These seeds can be bought from the Grand Company Quartermasters for 500 seals each.
To get started gardening, simply locate your garden patch on the map and click on it. ..
You should then be given the choice to plant seeds by selecting the ones you want to use.
Click the pot or garden bed again and you will be able to tend to your plants.
You need to do this at least once a day to make sure your crops grow.
I tested this out and it worked immediately. I checked back in less than 24 hours later and they were already ready to harvest!
You can exchange one voidrake for three darksteel ores. ..
Mining For A Miner Convenience
Mining darksteel ore can be done in a number of ways. One way is to gather it as a miner.
Mining darksteel ore is a requirement for completing the level 50 class quest, “Canyon of Regret”.
To get your hands on this resource as a miner, you’ll need to be at least level 46, and look for a specific unspoiled mining nod.
Nodes that are unspoiled show up only while you have the “Truth of Mountains” skill active. ..
The node that yields darksteel ore can be found in the Coerthas Central Highlands (X:27, Y:19) between 1AM and 4AM in Eorzean time.
This translates to about a 10-minute window every 70 minutes in real time.
Dabbling in Desynthesis
The Desynthesis feature lets you break down certain items into different components, which can be used to obtain more darksteel ore.
The items you’ll want to synthesize for this ore come from Crag weapons dropped from coffers after completing the instance “The Navel (Hard).”
This fight can be completed solo by a character of at least level 70 who is a Disciple of War or Disciple of Magic.
The weapons that can produce darksteel ore after being desynthesized are: a furnace, anvil, and smelter. ..
The Cleavers of Crags are a powerful and unique group of swordsmen who use the crags as their primary weapon. They are known for their deadly guillotine style of swordfighting, and their star Globe of Crags is a powerful weapon that can easily destroy any enemy. The Guillotine of Crags is a powerful and unique sword that can easily decapitate enemies, and the Star Globe of Crags is a powerful weapon that can easily project energy balls that deal damage to any target.
To be able to break down these weapons, you need to have your alchemist level at least 30, and complete the quest “Gone to Pieces” in Ul’dah – Steps of Thal (X:14, Y:10). ..
The coffer is filled with random items, and the items obtained from desynthesis are also random.
This method of getting darksteel ore is heavily reliant on chance and not very consistent.
Ventures and Voyages
Another option to consider is to send your retainers out on ventures. You can set a retainer’s class to miner, and once they hit level 50, they can be sent out to gather darksteel ores. ..
These ventures can last for an hour or less, but can go down to 40 minutes if you have a retainer that is at a higher level.
The amount of items they bring back will depend on their gathering stat, so make sure they’re at least geared decently.
Some level 50 Highland Exploration ventures have a chance of producing darksteel ore, but these are not guaranteed and take 18 hours to complete. These ventures are mostly used to level up your retainers, so I wouldn’t suggest using them as a means to farm items. ..
A Free Company has obtained an airship or submersible, and can send them out on voyages.
The darksteel ore found on voyages to the Stone Temple and The Rimilala Shelf is a valuable resource that can be used to create powerful weapons and armor.
The length of these voyages and the number of items obtained depend on the vessel’s stats. ..
Your Free Company will decide which voyages to take and how items will be distributed. ..
Crafting With Darksteel Ore
After you find darksteel ore, you can finally start using it for crafting.
The furnace can be used to create darksteel and adamantite nuggets, both of which are used in armorer and blacksmith recipes. ..
The recipes for adamantite armor range from lamps to armor. Some of the more common recipes include lamps, which are used to light up areas, and armors, which are used to protect against damage. There are also a few unique recipes that can only be made with adamantite armor.
I can’t say that any of the sources for darksteel ore are as simple as going out and repeatedly killing a specific mob or gathering from certain nodes.
This being the case, another use for the ores I would consider is to simply put them up for sale on the market board.
You should check the economy on your server first, though. If you find that there’s a healthy market for this on your home world, then congrats – another source of gil!
