[Taskmage]

Are you sure? I only got light crystals while I was learning Bludgeon.

Golems drop them too.

[Sabaron]

Originally Posted by Nakti

One thing I noticed with desynths is they seem to work opposite from regular synths. Where Lightsday is usually a safe day to do a synth (except for maybe Dark Crystals), I got more breaks when de-synthing.

I've noticed the same thing, but I have no hard evidence or statistics to back it up. I've found Lightning->Mask Desynthesis works best on Earthsday and Darksday, although this may be a result of the increased rate of HQ on these days (as evidenced by Eruntalon's earlier work not involving equipment).

[Kitalrez]

Originally Posted by Taskmage

Are you sure? I only got light crystals while I was learning Bludgeon.
Golems drop them too.

Yup, Mysterytour lists the crystal drops as follows for Cardians:

Batons (BLMs): Earth
Coins (RDMs): Light
Cups (WHMs): Water
Swords (PLDs): Fire

[DieselBoy09]

Originally Posted by Treth

also, it is said that skill ups, hqs and synth completions have a tie into what direction u r facing when u synth (idk if its been technically proven, but it doesnt hurt) try checking out this website http://www.iluvitar.com/sections/ffx...t/compass.html

For cooking, I find that facing West increases your change of a successful synth.