Crafting past the _0's

[Tarage]

I'd post this in the crafting forum but I get the feeling the answer would be too stupidly obvious for most folks over there.

I'm at level 57 in Goldsmithing, and I'd like to get to level 58. However, gold is going to hell, and I'm hemorrhaging gil on gold rings. I want to do platinum, but it is 61, I seem to remember that you can't do recipes past level _0 without having passed the test for that block, which can only be taken after level _8. Is this true, or am I imagining things again...

And any suggestions as to recipes to get past this hump?

[Jodwahh]

You're fine to do a recipe @ 61 at your level just don't forget to unlock the next crafting levels when you ding 60.

[matt4684]

You can craft up to 15 levels beyond your current levels beyond your current skill level (i.e. at 57 you can attemp to synth a lvl 72 synth, but not a 73). As they said, just make sure that you take the guild test before level 60 if you intend to level gold to 60.1 or beyond

[Thistle]

I seem to remember that you can't do recipes past level _0 without having passed the test for that block, which can only be taken after level _8. Is this true, or am I imagining things again...

Close. You can't gain skill after _0 until you take the test, but you can attempt the synths, sure.

[Fogo]

You can craft up to 15 levels beyond your current levels beyond your current skill level (i.e. at 57 you can attemp to synth a lvl 72 synth, but not a 73). As they said, just make sure that you take the guild test before level 60 if you intend to level gold to 60.1 or beyond

Correct me if If i'm wrong but I'm pretty sure that at raw skill you can only attempt a synth up to 10 levels above your skill. Not sure where you're getting this 15 levels from.

[Arouz]

From crafting forum sticky: If your adjusted skill is 16 or more below the recipe cap, you will be unable to attempt synthesis.

[Sanoske]

From crafting forum sticky: If your adjusted skill is 16 or more below the recipe cap, you will be unable to attempt synthesis.

15.

[cdgreg]

Correct me if If i'm wrong but I'm pretty sure that at raw skill you can only attempt a synth up to 15 levels above your skill.

Corrected

[Fogo]

yeah so like I said raw skill, not adjusted skill. I'm talking no gear enhancement, no synthesis aid from the guild.

[Lexa]

....yes, it's still 15.

[Ashira]

...can do 15, whichever.. however, as I recall, only get possible skillups on breaks if the item is only 5 levels above your current skill.

[Fogo]

Well if that's the case, then pardon me while I track down and beat the crap out of all the guys that told me it was 10 when i was skilling up all these stupid subcrafts.

[Xanthu]

As far as I know there's almost no reason to try THAT far because, as Ashira said, you can only skill on breaks at 5 under cap, which is impossible to reach after 10, 8 if you have no items (which you probably don't). There are very few skill synths I know of that seem worth it to try and bridge that far a gap.

Of course, I try very hard to not hemorrhage money at all when crafting.

[Apelila]

There are very, VERY few items worth trying at a >10 level, and usually they involve stuff stupid easy to farm or really, really simple recipes.

[Arouz]

15.

16. It is possible to attempt a synth 15 lvls from cap but 16 or higher you wont be allowed.

[Kyreth]

10+ is nearly always guaranteed fail, though it's doable. I did have a few black chocobo fletchings actually succeed at 10 under cap (after adjusting for +2 from glasses/apron), but the fail rate is enormous. It's like 5 percent success rate, if that.

[Norellicus]

I never craft further than 5 levels ahead unless it's super cheap, skillups are much faster I find and I don't have to make nearly as much utter shit

[Amele]

the only time you should ever care about the 15 skill level limit is if you're

a) attempting to determine the exact sublevel (or level) of something to see what HQ tier you can get it to

or

b) are break synthing for skill up in another craft.

any other time it won't matter which is why alot of people don't remember it right (as you can see in this thread)

to the guy whose friends told him it was 10. what you can't do is get skill points beyond 10 without joining the guild to get the first rank up test. that may be what they meant or they may have mis-remembered it.

[Sanoske]

16. It is possible to attempt a synth 15 lvls from cap but 16 or higher you wont be allowed.

Must've misread what I quoted. I meant to say that 15 levels below cap is the max for attempting a synth.

[tymora]

Try mythril cuisses instead of gold rings. Have to npc them but less blood loss overall from breaks.