Final Fantasy 14: How To Level Culinarian 1-100 Guide

Multiple times throughout Final Fantasy 14's grand adventure, major characters will memorably inquire as to what's next on the Warrior of Light's agenda. In a fleeting moment of passing peace, the protagonist's loved ones are basically pressing the issue — you really need to take a break, get some fresh air, and enjoy life.

Why not take up cooking? Training to become a Culinarian can be as delightful for the Warrior and those around them as it can be for us real-world sorts. The road to 90 isn't easy, but once you've reached the top, your Free Company friends will line up for the best foodstuff and your coffers will fill to bursting from personal sales.

Updated December 9, 2024 by Ryan Thompson-Bamsey: We've updated this guide to bump it all the way up to Level 100!

Unlocking Culinarian And Leveling To 20

Getting Started

As is the case with most Disciple of the Hand classes, unlocking the Culinarian class is quite simple. All you need to do is visit the Culinarian's Guild in Limsa Lominsa. There is but a single requirement: you must have a Disciple of War or Disciple of Magic job at level ten or higher.

If you're starting off your journey in Limsa Lominsa, you might well bump into the guild before you can qualify for it. But truly, it does not take long to hit level ten in a combat role. A couple of hours of playing the game at a normal, friendly pace is all you'll need. If, on the other hand, you chose Ul'dah or Gridania, it's highly unlikely you'll even reach Limsa Lominsa before hitting job level ten, making the requirement seem downright nonexistent.

Leveling To 20

Starting out as a lowly level one Culinarian, it may feel like 20 is a distant dream. We promise it's not so bad. Follow our guidelines, and you'll get there in a handful of play sessions at most.

Quest Name	Quest Item	Level	Ingredients
My First Skillet	Maple Syrup	1	1x Maple Sap 1x Fire Shard
A Treat of Trout	Grilled Trout	5	1x Princess Trout 1x Table Salt 1x Fire Shard 1x Water Shard
Dodo It Yourself	2x Grilled Dodo	10	1x Dodo Tenderloin 1x Table Salt 1x Garlean Garlic 1x Fire Shard 1x Water Shard
On a Skewer Tip	Meat Miq'abob	15	1x Dodo Tenderloin 1x Paprika 1x Ruby Tomato 1x Table Salt 1x Fire Shard 1x Water Shard
Releasing a Burden	Dried Plums	20	1x Pixie Plums 2x Fire Shard 2x Water Shard

Above, you'll find a quick reference table for the first five quests you'll receive during your training with the Culinarian's Guild. Completing each Culinarian quest as soon as it becomes available is highly advised. You'll get great rewards to keep you going on your cooking journey with minimal gil-spending; what's not to love?

Easy Recipes

Beyond guild quests, you should take full advantage of the Culinarian's Guild's NPC supplier as well as your own wanderings through the realm. Grinding to 20 can be a cinch with a little investment in key ingredients that offer sweet returns. Each time you craft a recipe, you gain experience, after all!

Crafting Recipe	Ingredients
Table Salt	1x Rock Salt 1x Distilled Water 1x Fire Shard
Maple Syrup	1x Maple Sap 1x Fire Shard
Sweet Cream	1x Buffalo Milk 1x Fire Shard
Smooth Butter	2x Buffalo Milk 1x Fire Shard
Tomato Sauce	1x Ruby Tomato 1x Wild Onion 1x Garlean Garlic

Best Early-Game Gear

Consider decking yourself out accordingly for some prime boosts that'll ease your Culinarian workload. We focus on armor sets because merchants who sell these will also sell tools and accessories of similar quality.

Many other armor sets exist in between our recommendations. However, you'll be able to get by just fine upgrading at our suggested pace.

Gear	Optimal Level Range	Acquisition
Amateur Doublet Set	10-15	Purchasable from Iron Thunder in Limsa Lominsa (X: 8.1, Y: 13.6)
Cotton Kurta Set	18-26	Purchasable from Iron Thunder in Limsa Lominsa (X: 8.1, Y: 13.6)

Gear

Optimal Level Range

Acquisition

Amateur Doublet Set

10-15

Purchasable from Iron Thunder in Limsa Lominsa

• (X: 8.1, Y: 13.6)

Cotton Kurta Set

18-26

Purchasable from Iron Thunder in Limsa Lominsa

• (X: 8.1, Y: 13.6)

Take It or Leve It?

Like all jobs, Culinarians have access to a variety of leves — sidequests involving specific performances per the job description. In your case, more often than not this means cooking requested dishes and bringing them to patrons the realm over.

While leves do become available this early on, we don't suggest engaging in them unless you just want to get a feel for the system. The time expenditure isn't really worth the payoff just yet.

Leveling To 40

You'll have a new crop of quests to take on here:

Quest Name	Quest Item	Level	Ingredients
Winning Friends with Aldgoat	Aldgoat Steak	25	1x Aldgoat Chuck 1x Table Salt 1x Garlean Garlic 2x Fire Shard 2x Water Shard
The Chefsbane Cometh	Smoked Raptor	30	1x Raptor Shank 1x Olive Oil 1x Sun Lemon 1x Table Salt 1x Black Pepper 3x Fire Shard 3x Water Shard
Of Cooks and Books	Ratatouille	35	1x Wizard Eggplant 1x Ramhorn Zucchini 1x Ruby Tomato 1x Laurel 1x Lavender Oil 1x Garlean Garlic 4x Fire Shard 4x Water Shard
Diplomacy of the Skillet	Blood Currant Tart, Pastry Fish, Chamomile Tea	40	(Blood Currant Tart) 1x Pie Dough 1x Blood Currant 1x Smooth Butter 1x Maple Sugar 1x Natron 1x Gelatin 4x Fire Shard 3x Water Shard (Pastry Fish) 1x Pie Dough 1x Raisins 1x Desert Saffron 1x Table Salt 1x Almonds 1x Mirror Apple 5x Fire Shard 4x Water Shard (Chamomile Tea) 1x Chamomile 1x Honey 1x Mineral Water 2x Fire Shard 2x Water Shard

From 21 to 40, you'll want to start spending time with leves. There are no real rules involved in choosing which ones to do — you can pick and choose which ones sound the easiest. Many leves are repeatable, so feel free to dive in for hours if the mood takes you.

Leves are available in multiple leveling groups in Limsa Lominsa. Additionally, there are specialized ranges in several locations. You'll find level 20 leves at Quarrymill, level 25 leves at Quarrymill, level 30 leves at Costa del Sol, level 35 leves at the Observatorium (in Coerthas), and level 40 leves at Whitebrim (also in Coerthas).

Easy Recipes

Crafting Recipe	Ingredients
Chamomile Tea	1x Chamomile 1x Honey 1x Mineral Water 2x Fire Shard 2x Water Shard
Cornmeal	3x Millioncorn 3x Fire Shard
Acorn Cookies	1x Rye Flour 1x Table Salt 1x Iron Acorn 1x Mineral Water 4x Fire Shard 3x Water Shard

Best 21-40 Gear

Gear	Optimal Level Range	Acquisition
Cotton Kurta Set	18-26	Purchasable from Iron Thunder in Limsa Lominsa (X: 8.1, Y: 13.6)
Velveteen Coatee Set	26-38	Purchasable from Iron Thunder in Limsa Lominsa (X: 8.1, Y: 13.6)
Linen Coatee Set	38-43	Purchasable from Iron Thunder in Limsa Lominsa (X: 8.1, Y: 13.6)

Grand Company, Grand Cutlery

Once you've joined a Grand Company, which you'll need to do during the level 20 main story quest 'A Hero in the Making', you will have access to Supply and Provision Missions.

From this point forward, always assume that there's room in your daily grind to partake in Supply and Provision Missions. These are open to all non-combat classes. As a crafting class, Culinarians can provide Grand Companies with all the nourishment they could ever need, and not only are the rewards worth it; you'll also level very swiftly.

Grand Company deliveries are incredibly good ways to level up no matter what level you are - you should be doing these as and when you can. Turn in high quality dishes to get double the experience, too!

One Dish Feeds Another

Speaking of Supply and Provision Rewards, nab Company-issue Engineering Manuals with the Grand Company points you'll be earning. Have one active during your level 20 through 39 phase, and you'll increase the amount of experience gained per task by a whopping 150 percent. This effect is halved from 40 onward, though there's no sense throwing them away; you can still tack them on for a bit more bonus.

Leveling To 60

Quest Name	Quest Item	Level	Ingredients
A Taste of Home	Dzemael Gratin	45	1x Popoto 1x Garlean Garlic 1x Black Pepper 1x Nutmeg 1x Sweet Cream 1x Eft Tail 5x Fire Shard 5x Water Shard
Revenge of the Chefsbane	Eft Steak, Beef Stew, Trapper's Quiche, Crowned Pie	50	(Eft Steak) 1x Eft Tail 1x Black Pepper 1x Garlean Garlic 1x Sour Red 1x Cider Vinegar 1x Laurel 6x Fire Shard 6x Water Shard (Beef Stew) 1x Sunset Wheat Flour 1x Buffalo Sirloin 1x Black Pepper 1x Wild Onion 1x Sour Red 1x Mineral Water 6x Fire Shard 6x Water Shard (Trapper's Quiche) 1x Eft Tail 1x Apkallu Egg 1x Pie Dough 1x Cream Cheese 1x Nutmeg 1x Midland Basil 6x Fire Shard 6x Water Shard (Crowned Pie) 1x Pie Dough 1x Mirror Apple 1x Maple Sugar 1x Cinnamon 1x Almonds 1x Tiny Crown 6x Fire Shard 6x Water Shard
Wait on Me	N/A	50	N/A
A Spoonful Less Sugar	Ishgardian Tea, Sohm Al Tart	53	(Ishgardian Tea) 3x Coerthan Tea Leaves 2x Yak Milk 1x Maple Sugar 4x Fire Crystal 3x Water Crystal (Sohm Al Tart) 3x Dark Chestnut 1x Maple Sugar 1x Sweet Cream 2x Highland Flour 4x Fire Crystal 3x Water Crystal
Looking for Some Hot Stuff	Beet Soup, Kaiser Roll, Grilled Sweetfish	55	(Beet Soup) 2x Magma Beet 2x Loaghlan Chump 2x Pearl Sprouts 2x Mist Dill 1x Sour Cream 1x Abalathian Rock Salt 4x Fire Crystal 3x Water Crystal (Kaiser Roll) 2x Sesame Seeds 3x Highland Flour 1x Yak Milk 4x Fire Crystal 3x Water Crystal (Grilled Sweetfish) 1x Sweetfish 2x Volcanic Rock Salt 4x Fire Crystal 3x Water Crystal
Love Meat Tender	Cockatrice Meatballs	58	3x Cockatrice Thigh 2x Cyclops Onion 1x Flatbread 1x Tomato Sauce 1x Abalathian Table Salt 5x Fire Crystal 5x Water Crystal
The Spirit of Hospitality	Morel Salad, Deep-fried Okeanis, Marron Glace	60	(Morel Salad) 2x Morel 2x Emerald Beans 1x La Noscean Lettuce 1x Young Cieldalaes Spinach 1x Olive Oil 1x Sesame Seeds 6x Fire Crystal 5x Water Crystal (Deep-fried Okeanis) 3x Okeanis Tail 1x Highland Flour 1x Olive Oil 1x Dalamud Popoto 1x Abalathian Rock Salt 6x Fire Crystal 5x Water Crystal (Marron Glace) 3x Dark Chestnut 1x Birch Syrup 1x Cooking Sherry 5x Fire Crystal 5x Water Crystal
Flavors of the Far East	N/A	60	N/A

We don't label this the Gordon Ramsay phase lightly. Particularly from around 50 to 55, many players express frustration with the glacial pace they've abruptly bumped up against. To avoid that Sensation™ - Interactive Story, you'll want to power through with the following tips.

Go all-in with leves. You'll find most of these in Foundation, which makes sense since this is the point at which the main story shifts focus to Ishgard. Grinding here can net you a few levels in a couple of hours, but doing so in conjunction with Supply and Provision Missions will cut that by a third or more. Purchase Company-issue Engineering Manual Two for another 150 percent boost to level 50.

From 51 onward, there's still hope for further boosts! Evidently, however, Grand Companies cannot hope to compete with Rowena's vast commercial domain. Commercial Engineering Manuals will give you that beloved 150 percent hike until level 69, which is very nice, indeed.

Easily Craftable Recipes

Crafting Recipe	Ingredients
Mugwort Carp	1x Velodyna Carp 1x Table Salt 1x Mugwort 4x Fire Shard 4x Water Shard
Knight's Bread	1x Rye Flour 1x Mineral Water 1x Honey 1x Midland Basil 1x Chicken Egg 4x Fire Crystal 4x Water Crystal

Best 41-60 Gear

Gear	Optimal Level Range	Acquisition
Linen Coatee Set	38-43	Purchasable from Iron Thunder in Limsa Lominsa (X: 8.1, Y: 13.6)
Woolen Gown Set	43-50	Purchasable from Iron Thunder in Limsa Lominsa (X: 8.1, Y: 13.6)
Culinarian's Set	50-60	Exchange with Rowena's Representatives for White Scrips in Mor Dhona (X: 22.7, Y: 6.7)

Leveling To 80

Quest Name	Quest Item	Level	Ingredients
Rice to the Occasion	Doman Rice Balls	63	Rice Ball Ingredients 3x Fire Crystal 1x Water Crystal
A Broth from the Brine	Doman Udon Broth	65	(Broth Ingredients 2x Fire Crystal 1x Water Crystal
Teach a Man to Make Fish	Nigiri-sushi	68	1x Sushi Ingredients
The Way to a Father's Heart	Doman Sukiyaki	70	2x Fire Crystal 1x Water Crystal
The Crystalline Mean	N/A	70	1x Sukiyaki Ingredients 2x Fire Crystal 1x Water Crystal

From 60 to 70, you'll want to keep a small stack of those Commercial Engineering Manuals handy and move forward more or less the same exact way you have done so from the get-go. There's nothing especially exotic about the way Stormblood presents itself in this regard, and as a blessing, Kugane's gear seems to track quite a bit better with the tasks ahead of you than Ishgard's did. Not only that, but you won't be cooking up extravagant four-course meals any longer. Thank goodness.

The Crystalline Mean

And here's when things get interesting. In Shadowbringers, crafting job quests were condensed into five NPCs at the Crystarium, each of whom shares multiple classes within their questlines.

In other words, once you've hit level 70, the whole world will begin to feel a little smaller. Visit Bethric, the character who is in charge of not just Culinarians but Alchemists as well. The first quest from Bethric is entitled 'Friends of a Feather'.

Bethric's quests are shared between Culinarians and Alchemists, meaning you'll have to choose which class gets the juicy experience reward from them.

The Crystalline Mean storylines are honestly pretty fun, Bethric's included. Best of all, you'll level quite rapidly just by crafting the desired dishes. Since you can hand in several at a time, thus increasing Bethric's disposition toward you, you really don't need to bother much with leves. (That said, Culinarian leves are right nearby should you fancy the diversion.)

Easily Craftable Recipes

Crafting Recipe	Ingredients
Gyr Abanian Flour	5x Gyr Abanian Wheat 7x Fire Shard
Cottonseed Oil	2x Ruby Cotton Boll 7x Fire Shard

Best 61-80 Gear

At this point, you'll be receiving great gear from your quests at the tail end of each expansion's content. As a rule, the next step is always to grind for scrip-based gear in the expansion's main settlement(s). Here are some other options to get you through until you reach those benchmarks.

Galleykeep's Set 60-69 Grinmax Trade Gear Keep Augmentation Ala Mhigan Set 70-74 Craft with Weaver or purchase on marketboard (typically fairly cheap). Pixie Cotton Set 74-80 Purchase from Doddard at the Crystarium

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(X: 8.6, 11.4) Handsaint's Set 80-86 Exchange for Crafter's Scrips at the Crystarium, Eulmore, and Mor Dhona. This was, until recently, the game's ultimate crafting set.

Leveling To 90

Ah, the home stretch. You're so close to 90 that you can practically taste victory on your lips. Or is that all the gil you're about to make selling your services to the marketboard? Or the notoriety, perhaps, of being your Free Company's foremost provider of premium foodstuffs? Whatever your aspirations, they're about to come true.

As of this writing, Endwalker offers a single, concise path to 90: Studium Deliveries. These are Endwalker's version of Shadowbringers' crafting questlines, and they follow the same rules to a tee. You find the corresponding NPC and cook up a storm, helping them with their story shenanigans and gaining a great deal of respect (and more importantly, experience points) in the process.

Your target — er, tutor — is Debroye in Old Sharlayan. Note that you'll need to advance Endwalker's main scenario quests a few levels before you can gain access to her questline. Similar to Bethric, Debroye is also the woman of the hour for Alchemists as well, so if you're interested in leveling multiple Disciples of the Hand, you'll be spending quite some time with her.

Easily Craftable Recipes

Right now, the simplest and most straightforward crafting recipe also happens to sync with your first Studium Delivery request.

Gear	Optimal Level Range	Acquisition
Galleykeep's Set	60-69	Grinmax Trade Gear Keep Augmentation
Ala Mhigan Set	70-74	Craft with Weaver or purchase on marketboard (typically fairly cheap).
Pixie Cotton Set	74-80	Purchase from Doddard at the Crystarium (X: 8.6, 11.4)
Handsaint's Set	80-86	Exchange for Crafter's Scrips at the Crystarium, Eulmore, and Mor Dhona. This was, until recently, the game's ultimate crafting set.

Gear

Optimal Level Range

Acquisition

Crafting Recipe	Ingredients
Panaloaf Sweetener	4x Garden Beet SUGAR 1x Lime Basil 1x Light Gerbera 7x Fire Crystal 7x Water Crystal

Leveling To 100

At the time of writing, this is the home stretch! As you might imagine, leveling to 100 has the same rhythm and opportunities as the previous few stretches.

Importantly, you'll want to unlock the Wachumeqimeqi delivery quests once you've reached Tuliyollal in the Dawntrail expansion pack and start completing them for massive bursts of experience. Be warned, however, that these quests are again shared between Culinarians and Alchemists, meaning you'll have to choose which class gets the experience.

Apart from these deliveries, you'll want to keep turning in daily Grand Company deliveries and crafting collectables to get the biggest bumps in experience. Leves (accessible from Malihali in Tuliyollal (X:13.7, Y:12.6)) can also help, if you find any particularly easy to complete.

Rarefied Banana Ponzecake is particularly easy to craft thanks to its easily sourced ingredients. Once you hit level 93, this is a very easy source of experience (and scrips!).

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