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Cooking Guide by Littledarc
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Welcome
This guide is strictly on how to make a profit while cooking. All profits will be per synth (e.g. a synth yields 4 items worth 100g each. Total profit= 400g) and all synths will be of NQ results. I will assume that you will be farming and buying all ingredients from NPCs. I will also assume that your fame is maxed, which will give you the best NPC purchase prices. Most everything will be sold to Standard Merchants to lower or even eliminate server economies. While I appreciate the thought, please do not edit this guide.
DISCLAIMER: ALL PRICES ARE FROM FFXICLOPEDIA AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE VIA USERS OR UPDATES
Amateur (1-10)
Level 5
- Farm: Fire Crystal, Flint Stone
- NPC: Distilled Water
- Profit: 41g
Recruit (11-20)
Level 12
- Farm: Wind Crystal, Beehive Chip
- Profit: 120g
Level 15
- Farm: Water Crystal, Shell Bug
- NPC: Lugworm
- Profit: 360g
Level 17File:Roast mutton.jpg
- Farm: Fire Crystal, Giant Sheep Meat
- NPC: Dried Marjoram, Mhaura Garlic
- Profit: 69g
Level 18
- Farm: Fire Crystal, Wild Onion
- NPC: Blue Peas, Dried Marjoram, Distilled Water
- Profit: 156g
Initiate (21-30)
Level 22
- Farm: Wind Crystal, Pephredo Hive Chip
- Profit: 120g
Level 25
- Farm: Fire Crystal, Almond
- Profit: 94g
Level 26
- Farm: Ice Crystal, Giant Sheep Meat, Rock Salt
- NPC: Dried Marjoram
- Profit: 19g
Level 29
- Farm: Fire Crystal, Dhalmel Meat
- NPC: Black Pepper, Olive Oil
- Profit: 124g
Novice (31-40)
Level 35
- Farm: Earth Crystal, Hare Meat
- NPC: San d'Orian Flour, Distilled Water
- Profit: 56g
Level 38
- Farm: Fire Crystal, Cockatrice Meat (or Ziz Meat), Wild Onion
- NPC:Kazham Peppers, Mhaura Garlic
- Profit: 612g
Apprentice (41-50)
Level 43
- Farm: Water Crystal, Rock Salt
- NPC: Mithran Tomato
- Profit: -12g
SAVE FOR NEXT SYNTH
Level 48File:Tomato soup.jpg
- Farm: Fire Crystal, Wild Onion
- NPC: Bay Leaves, Distilled Water, Dried Marjoram
- Profit: 271g
Use saved juice for synth
Journeyman (51-60)
Level 51
- Farm: Water Crystal, Honey, Selbina Milk
- NPC: Saruta Orange
- Profit: 17g
Level 55
- Farm: Fire Crystal, Lizard Egg, Rock Salt
- NPC: Black Pepper, Distilled Water
- Profit: 61g
Substitute Bird Egg for Level 57 or move on to Pet Food Zeta Biscuit
Level 59File:PetFoodZeta.jpg
- Farm: Earth Crystal, Lizard Egg, Coeurl Meat
- NPC: Distilled Water, San d'Orian Flour
- Profit: 602g
Craftsman (61-70)
Level 61File:StoneCheese.JPG
- Farm: Dark Crystal, Rock Salt, Selbina Milk
- Profit: 276g
Level 63
- Farm: Water Crystal, Beast Blood, Fiend Blood, Bird Blood, Leech Saliva, Lizard Blood
- Profit: 1,440g
Level 65File:PumpkinSoup.JPG
- Farm: Fire Crystal, Rock Salt, Selbina Milk
- NPC: Distilled Water, Ogre Pumpkin, Sage
- Profit: 307g
Level 68
- Farm: Fire Crystal, Bird Egg
- NPC: La Theine Cabbage, San d'Orian Carrot, Distiled Water
- Profit: 47g
Level 70
- Farm: Fire Crystal, Selbina Milk
- NPC: Distilled Water, Maple Sugar, Sage, Windurstian Tea Leaves
- Profit: 2g
Artisan (71-80)
Level 73
- Farm: Water Crystal, Beast Blood, Beastman Blood, Bird Blood, Leech Saliva, Lizard Blood
- Profit: 1,440g
Level 78
- Farm: Fire Crystal, Elshimo Newt, Rock Salt
- NPC: Dried Marjoram, Bay Leaves
- Profit: 127g
- Substitute Phanauet Newt for Level 79
Level 80
- Farm: Fire Crystal, Ice Crystal, Shall Shell, Rock Salt, Selbina Milk
- NPC: Kazham Pineapple, Bay Leaves, Distilled Water
- Profit: 1,180g
- Use Ice Crystal, Selbina Milk, and Rock Salt to make Selbina Butter
Adept (81-90)
Level 81
- Farm: Fire Crystal, Ice Crystal, Rock Salt, Selbina Milk, Bird Egg, Uleguerand Milk
- NPC: Distilled Water, Maple Sugar, San d'Orian Flour, Vanilla
- Profit: 430g
- Use Ice Crystal, Selbina Milk, and Rock Salt to make Selbina Butter
Level 85File:Pumpkin pie.jpg
- Farm: Fire Crystal, Ice Crystal, Rock Salt, Selbina Milk, Bird Egg
- NPC: Cinnamon, Distilled Water, Maple Sugar, Ogre Pumpkin
- Profit: 148g
- Use Ice Crystal, Selbina Milk, and Rock Salt to make Selbina Butter/ Use Water Crystal, San d'Orian Flour, Selbina Butter, and Rock Salt to make Pie Dough
Level 86File:Mushroomstew.jpg
- Farm: Fire Crystal,Ice Crystal, Selbina Milk, Rock Salt, Danceshroom, Puffball
- NPC: Coral Fungus, Black Pepper, Popoto, Distilled Water
- Profit: 184g
- Use Ice Crystal, Selbina Milk, and Rock Salt to make Selbina Butter
Veteran (91-100)
Level 91
- Farm: Fire Crystal, Bird Egg, Buffalo Meat, Lynx Meat, Rock Salt, Wild Onion
- NPC: San d'Orian Flour, Blue Peas, Black Pepper
- Profit: 181g
Level 94
- Farm: Fire Crystal, Ice Crystal, Buffalo Meat, King Truffle, Lizard Egg, Rock Salt, Selbina Milk
- NPC: San d'Orian Carrot, Blue Peas, San d'Orian Flour
- Profit: 1,933g
- Use Ice Crystal, Selbina Milk, and Rock Salt to make Selbina Butter/ Use Water Crystal, San d'Orian Flour, Selbina Butter, and Rock Salt to make Pie Dough
Level 100File:Cursed Soup.jpg
- Farm: Water Crystal, Royal Jelly, Honey
- NPC: Distilled Water
- Auction House: Persikos, Kitron
- Profit before AH purchased items: 1,523g
Source entry: Cooking Guide by Littledarc. Cached on this server on 5 November 2026.