In Final Fantasy XIV, you are able to level up lots of professions that will give you extra in-game cash and lots of possibilities. One of the most interesting ones is the Botanist and Miner. In this guide, we will be giving you a Complete Guide for the best abilities that you can choose for them. Let’s get started.
Complete Guide to Botanist/Miner Abilities – Final Fantasy XIV
Finding Mining Deposits Skills
Something that is very important as a Botanist and Miner is the ability to be able to locate farming locations. There are certain skills that you need to be picking in order for this to be easier. Here are some of them:
- Prospect – This is actually activated automatically and you don’t need it on your Hotbar. It will survey mineral deposits around the world.
- Lay of the Land – this one is extremely useful when flying from node to note as you will be able to locate the nearest Minecraft deposits whiting range. You need to have Propest active to do it though.
- Sneak – this is basically the ability to be able to mining deposits without having to worry about enemies in the world
- Truth of Mountains – this will further uncover legendary mineral deposits. This is a pretty late-game skill but is one of the most useful ones.
- Luck of the Mountaineer – this basically reveals hidden mineral deposits and items that could be gained through Mining.
Yield Increase for Mining
- Sharp Vision III – you will get double the chance of obtaining items that you would have missed originally. Lots of people skip out on this one but is basically saving you a lot of time when mining.
- Clear Vision – this is just situation useful because it only affects your next mining attempt. But when going for legendary or rare mining deposits its very handy to have
- Bountiful Yield II – this is basically playing with the RNG gods. When you’re mining you need luck to be able to get better loot. This increases that chance so it is very useful and highly recommended.
- Solid Reason – you know how sometimes you just need that one extra attempt when gathering? Well, this is the skill for you. It will give you an extra gathering attempt which might result in extra legendary loot.
Shard / Crystal / Cluster Skills
- The Twelve’s Bounty – it will increase all the shard, crystal, and cluster yields by 3. It is very useful and is best picked up early.
- The Giving Land – this is basically an RNG skill. It will increase all the yields you get but by a random amount. So it might bring nothing to the table, but at the same time, it will bring a whole lot. It’s a gambling skill if you’re willing to use it.
Collectible Skills
- Scour
- Collector’s Focus
- Meticulous Prospector
- Scrutiny
- Brazen Prospector
That’s everything you need to know about the most important Botanist and Miner skills and abilities for Final Fantasy XIV. A big thank you and huge credit goes to Jolsn FFXIV from YouTube. Check him out here for more details.
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