how much skill do you need to craft + items?

[grunion]

i want a HQ version of an item that requires lvl 57 goldsmithing. how much gs skill would someone need to make it?

also what are the different ways to boost your skill?

doing it on a full moon?
doing it on earth day (for an earth crystal recipe)?
getting the enhanced image support? (30 gil/skill level)?
any of these work? and any other means of getting the best possible outcome?

[eriatarka]

I think if your skill is 30 levels above the required lv its always gonna be +1

[Mithrael]

I think if your skill is 30 levels above the required lv its always gonna be +1

Not really :/

Technically, you can HQ something that still gives you skill (though it has only happened to me once).

From what I understand from talking to some other crafters, each craft is slightly different in how often you create a HQ synth. In tanning, i see something like this: 50+ levels above will give you about a 75-80% HQ rate. It doesn't ever seem to go above 80%. 30 levels above seems to be about 50% rate for me. 20 levels above or less the HQ rate isn't high enough to depend on it for income. I haven't sat down with a sheet of paper to calculate it out, but I'd say about 20% at 20 levels above, and maybe 5% at 10 levels above.

Of course, your support skill level also affects the chances of HQ, though I guess in goldsmithing you rarely use support crafts.

[Stokes]

just being 30 lvls higher doesnt mean allways +1... i never get steamed crab while making boiled crab (lvl 21 cooking, while im lvl 55 cooking)

[Rupert FFXI]

Sup Gruns? When I want to synth HQ items I always do so on either Lightsday no matter the crystal (except dark of course) and A full moon seems to aid my HQ's on Lightsday even further. Every Thursday night (on Lightsday) I synth things that are 15-30 levels below my current Alchemy skill level. The more levels that I have on a certain products skill level; the more HQ's I get.

[Nexus]

I think makn +1 items is random.



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[Rupert FFXI]

Originally posted by Nexus
I think makn +1 items is random.



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While HQ'n items is random the conditions I listed above greatly increase your chance of HQ synthing...