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So,Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrailis approaching fast and with it will come two new Jobs: Viper and Pictomancer. A melee DPS and a magical ranged DPS, these additions will likely make any DPS queues quite a pain for the next few months.
Upon unlocking these Jobs, they will be Level 80. This is quite high, but not high enough to partake in any of the new content that comes with Dawntrail, which will begin at Level 90. Obviously, this means you’ll want to get through those ten levels as quickly as possible - it will require some significant grinding, but there are ways to speed this up, of course.
Pre-Dawntrail Preparations
For optimum levelling, there are a few steps you’re able to take to speed up the process as soon as you unlock your job of choice.
How To Level To 90 Quickly
Once Dawntrail launches and you’ve picked up your shiny new job, you may begin the lengthy process oflevelling up to 90so you can start taking on the Dawntrail story with new toys!
The first goal is toreach Level 81- this will allow you to access thefirst levelling dungeon of Endwalker. To do this very quickly, you can hand in two Wondrous Tails journals if you have them prepared correctly.
You may want tosave your Wondrous Tails journals for the final level-upand instead reach 81 through alternative means.
Since journals will fill up your experience bar by 50 percent no matter what your level is, using them for89 to 90instead of 80 to 81 might save you a significant amount of time.
Remember to equip your shinyAugmented Cryptlurker armour(and pick up a Cryptlurker weapon as soon as you can) and start grinding your way through the levels. If you have the Azeyma’s Earrings, definitely make sure they’re equipped.
We recommend starting the process bycompleting your Shadowbringers hunts, then your Endwalker hunts(those that you’re able to handle at your current level, at least). In addition to hunts,complete your daily supply of Arkasodara and Pixie Beast Tribe quests.
While you are doing this, queue up for somehigh-experience duty roulettes.
Check yourmap completions! Revealing new parts of a map will give you one percent of your experience bar, while completing an area’s map will give youten percent.
Though it’s risky to do so while underlevelled, you can also get these small chunks of experience in Dawntrail regions.
You’ll also get a small chunk of experience for Sightseeing areas.
Roulettes that will be worth the time spend queuing include:
Avoid Trials, Normal Raids, and the Level 50/60/70/80/90 dungeons as they don’t offer as much experience in comparison to the time they take.
Use this low-pressure time time to learn the basics of your new job!
If you decided to queue up29 side quests to hand in before Dawntrail, this is the time to hand them in. The higher your level when you hand them in, the more experience you’ll gain for doing so.
Once you’re out of ‘daily’ sources of experience, such as Beast Tribe allowances and roulettes, it’s time to start thedungeon grind. You have two viable options for this:
The key to success here is toavoid trying to match up with random playersthrough the Duty Finder - the queues are going to be ridiculously long.
Don’t forget to buy astack of foodand make sure you have theWell Fedbonuson at all times. The experience bonus is only three percent, but every little helps during such a long grind!
The dungeons you need to run through will depend on your current level:
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The Aitiascope
Each level will take multiple runs of a dungeon, so this will be the most arduous part of the levelling process.
verify you know when daily timers reset so you can return to the daily sources of experience, such as hunts, Beast Tribes, and roulettes. This will break up the tedious dungeon grind and also speed up the levelling process.
Throughout this levelling process, start using Tomestones to purchaseLevel 90 gearfor your chosen Job so you have a headstart for Dawntrail.
