Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail Patch Notes - Crafting And Gathering

The early access period for Dawntrail began yesterday. I thought I would try to cover the patch notes like what I have done for the last few EVE Online expansions. I have to put in similar because I do have a real life job and CCP drops their patch notes on Fridays so I have the weekend to work on them. 

Two days until the official launch of Dawntrail

This twelfth post in the series will cover information labeled "Items" in the patch notes: Crafting and Gathering. The post will begin with changes that apply to both, then split into crafting and gathering specific changes.

Level Cap - The level cap for Disciples of the Hand (Crafters) and Land (Gatherers) has been increased to level 100.

Scrips

For those who stocked up on scrips for Dawntrail, I have bad news...

Orange crafters' and gatherers' scrip 

• Available to level 100 Disciples of the Hand/Land
• Exchangable at Splendors Exchanges and custom deliveries at level 100
• Can have a maximum of 4000 or each at any given time

White Crafters' Scrips and Gatherers' Scrips

• No longer obtainable from completion of quests and levequests. All activities which yielded white crafters' or gatherers' scrips will now yield purple crafters' and gatherers' scrips.
  
  
• Can no longer be used for item exchanges. Items currently obtained with white crafters’ and gatherers’ scrips will be obtainable with purple crafters’ and gatherers’ scrips respectively by speaking with the scrip exchange.
  
  
• White crafters' and gatherers' scrips can now be exchanged for purple crafters' and gatherers' scrips at the scrip exchange in Revenant's Toll (X:22.4 Y:6.7)

Yellow Crafters' Scrips and Gatherers' Scrips

• Yellow crafters' scrips and yellow gatherers' scrips have been removed.

Purple Crafters' Scrips and Gatherers' Scrips

• The number of purple crafters' and gatherers' scrips required in exchange for items has been adjusted.

Custom Deliveries and Collectables

• The amount and type of crafters' and gatherers' scrips received from custom deliveries have been adjusted.
  
  
• The experience points rewarded when delivering collectables will be standardized per item, the amount received no longer being reduced at lower levels.
  
  
• Experience points rewarded when using a class at level 90 or above to deliver collectables that are level 90 or below have been capped at 1,000.

Crafting Actions and Traits

The Crafting and Gathering Guide has been updated with the latest additions and changes.

The following crafting actions were removed.

• Focused Synthesis
• Focused Touch

The following modifications were made to the following 

• Reflect - Efficiency has been increased from 100% to 300%.
• Advanced Touch - Now acquired at level 68 (previously level 84).
• Both Standard Touch and Observe are now combo actions.

Special Recipes - The categories under Special Recipes in the Crafting Log have been adjusted.

• Restoration (1), Restoration (2), Restoration (3), Restoration (4) have been combined into Restoration

Gathering Actions and Traits

The Crafting and Gathering Guide has been updated with the latest additions and changes.

Gathering Quality of Life Changes

While not listed as such in the patch notes, the changes below I consider to be quality of life changes.

The following miner and botanist actions can no longer be used when a gathering point is at maximum integrity:

• Miner
• Solid Reason
• Wise to the World
  
  
• Botanist
• Ageless Words
• Wise to the World

The Gathering window will now display the integrity of a gathering point.

• Fishing UI
  
  
• The Bait & Tackle window will now also display swimbait, a new form of bait obtained using the level 91 fisher action Spareful Hand.
  
• The Fish Guide will now indicate whether a fish requires Precision Hookset or Powerful Hookset to catch.
  
  
• GP will no longer be reduced to 0 when players are incapacitated as a non-gathering class

Ocean Fishing Rewards

The Ocean Fishing rewards were updated for Dawntrail

• Level 1-49
• Experience points
  
  
• Level 50-99
• Experience points
• Purple Gatherers' Scrips
  
  
• Level 100
• Purple Gatherers' Scrips
• Orange Gatherers' Scrips (certain conditions must be met to obtain this reward)

Spirit Bonding

• Spiritbond gained when gathering will now be based on gear's equipping level rather than its item level.
• Spiritbond bonuses when gathering at unspoiled or legendary nodes has been adjusted.
  
  
• Players will now receive a bonus to spiritbonding when landing a big fish or legendary fish.