Though we're called goldsmiths, we actually work with various kinds of precious metals and gemstones, all of which are abundant in Thanalan. Smelting, casting, cutting, polishing--we use all these techniques to craft beautiful baubles that delight the eyes. Mind you, these things we make aren't simply for show--a great many possess magical properties. And of course, we craft scepters and staves that thaumaturges use to channel their magicks. When you think about all the variety goldsmithing has to offer, it's really quite exciting!
The Goldsmith is a Disciple of the Hand in Final Fantasy XIV.
Overview
Goldsmiths work precious metals and stones into a multitude of accessories that appeal to the Eorzean aesthetic. Their wide-ranging finery, painstakingly fashioned from delicate metals and gemstones, can be see adorning the ears, fingers, and necks of the distinguished everywhere.
Ul'dahn goldsmiths always have a ready supply of raw materials, owing to the vast mineral resources of Thanalan. Due to the high value of these resources, however, most artisans also make it their business to stay abreast of market trends.Lodestone
Goldsmiths specialize in making jewelry, including most kinds of accessories, the scepters and staves used by Thaumaturges, and some kinds of fishing lures.
They can also refine precious metals into ingots usable by various Disciples of the Hand, as well as refine jewels from raw stone. Being stonecutters at their core, Goldsmiths can also do masonry work, such as stone walls for housing.
Gameplay
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Goldsmiths use hammers as their primary tool and grinding wheels as their secondary. Their armor is primarily made up of "Crafting" gear that they share with other disciples of the hand. Crafting gear provides bonuses to the craftsmanship, control, and CP attributes. Craftsmanship and control respectively improve their progress and quality gains when crafting. CP is the resource they use in place of MP for their abilities.
| Lists of goldsmith equipment | |
|---|---|
Abilities
Class Actions
| Action | Level | CP Cost |
|---|---|---|
Basic Synthesis
|
1 | — |
Increases progress.
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Basic Touch
|
5 | 18 |
Increases quality.
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Master's Mend
|
7 | 88 |
| Restores item durability by 30. | ||
Hasty Touch
|
9 | — |
Increases quality and requires no CP.
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Rapid Synthesis
|
9 | — |
Increases progress.
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Inner Quiet
|
11 | 18 |
| Grants a bonus to control with every increase in quality. Bonus stacks up to 11 times. | ||
Observe
|
13 | 7 |
| Do nothing for one step. | ||
Tricks of the Trade
|
13 | — |
| Restores 20 CP. Available only when material condition is Good or Excellent. | ||
Waste Not
|
15 | 56 |
| Reduces loss of durability by 50% for the next four steps. | ||
Veneration
|
15 | 18 |
| Increases the efficiency of Synthesis actions by 50% for the next four steps. | ||
Standard Touch
|
18 | 32 |
Increases quality.
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Great Strides
|
21 | 32 |
| Increases the efficiency of next Touch action by 100%. Effect active for three steps. | ||
Innovation
|
26 | 18 |
| Increases efficiency of Touch actions by 50% for the next four steps. | ||
Final Appraisal
|
42 | 1 |
| The next action that would complete item synthesis will instead leave one progress point remaining. Effect active for five steps. | ||
Waste Not II
|
47 | 98 |
| Reduces loss of durability by 50% for the next eight steps. | ||
Byregot's Blessing
|
50 | 24 |
Increases quality. Inner Quiet effect ends upon use.
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Precise Touch
|
53 | 18 |
Increases quality.
Available only when material condition is Good or Excellent. | ||
Muscle Memory
|
54 | 6 |
Increases progress.
Available only on the first step. | ||
Careful Synthesis
|
62 | 7 |
Increases progress.
| ||
Manipulation
|
65 
|
97 |
| Restores 5 points of durability after each step for the next eight steps. | ||
Prudent Touch
|
66 | 25 |
Increases quality at half the durability cost.
Unavailable when Waste Not or Waste Not II is active. | ||
Focused Synthesis
|
67 | 5 |
Increases progress.
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Focused Touch
|
68 | 18 |
Increases quality.
| ||
Reflect
|
69 | 24 |
Increases quality.
Available only on the first step. | ||
Preparatory Touch
|
71 | 40 |
Increases quality at greater cost to durability.
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Groundwork
|
72 | 18 |
Increases progress at greater cost to durability. Efficiency decreases by half when durability is below durability cost.
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Delicate Synthesis
|
76 | 32 |
Increases both progress and quality.
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Intensive Synthesis
|
78 | 6 |
Increases progress.
Available only when material condition is Good or Excellent. | ||
Trained Eye
|
80 | 250 |
| Increases quality by 100%.
Available only on the first step. Recipe level must be at least 10 levels below yours. | ||
Advanced Touch
|
84 | 46 |
Increases quality.
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Prudent Synthesis
|
88 | 18 |
Increases progress at half the durability cost.
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Trained Finesse
|
90 | 32 |
Increases quality at no cost to durability.
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Specialist Actions
Specialist actions are only available when 
Soul of the Goldsmith is equipped.
| Action | Level | CP Cost |
|---|---|---|
Careful Observation
|
55 | — |
| Specialist Action
Do nothing for one step, preserving the status of any actions presently in effect. A crafter's delineation is used upon execution. | ||
Heart and Soul
|
86 | — |
| Specialist Action
Allows the execution of Precise Touch, Intensive Synthesis, or Tricks of the Trade regardless of material condition. Effect ends if the aforementioned actions are executed when material condition is not "Good" or "Excellent". A crafter's delineation is used upon execution. | ||
Traits
| Action | Level | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Inner Quiet
|
11 | Gain a stack of Inner Quiet with every increase in quality, up to a maximum of 10. Grants a 10% bonus to the efficiency of Touch actions for each stack. |
Practice Makes Perfect
|
15 | Allows you to execute trial synthesis. |
Basic Synthesis Mastery
|
31 | Efficiency is increased to 120%. |
Quality Assurance
|
63
|
Slightly increases chances of material condition becoming Good. |
Rapid Synthesis Mastery
|
63 | Efficiency is increased to 500%. |
Careful Synthesis Mastery
|
82 | Efficiency is increased to 180%. |
Groundwork Mastery
|
86 | Efficiency is increased to 360%. |
Removed actions
The following abilities have been removed. Removed abilities will still appear on the hotbar, their icon greyed out icon with a red strikethrough. They will have no effect and must be removed by the player. The given statistics represent their last form before their removal.
| Action | Level | CP Cost |
|---|---|---|
Steady Hand
|
9 | — |
| Improves action success rate by 20% for the next five steps.
Removed in patch 5.1. | ||
| Inner Quiet
|
11 | 18 |
| Grants a bonus to control with every increase in quality. Bonus stacks up to 11 times. Replaced by Inner Quiet Trait in patch 6.0. | ||
Manipulation
|
15 | 88 |
| Restores 10 points of durability after each step for the next three steps. Each step overwrites all other durability-restoring actions.
Replaced by Manipulation II in patch 5.1. | ||
Ingenuity
|
15 | 22 |
| For the next five steps, effectiveness of Touch and Synthesis actions is increased.
Removed in patch 5.2. | ||
Master's Mend II
|
25 | 160 |
| Restores item durability by 60.
Removed in patch 5.1. | ||
Standard Synthesis
|
31 | 15 |
Increases progress.
Removed in patch 5.1. | ||
Steady Hand II
|
37 | 25 |
| Improves action success rate by 30% for the next five steps.
Removed in patch 5.1. | ||
Flawless Synthesis
|
37 | 15 |
Increases progress by 40.
Removed in patch 5.1. | ||
Name of the Elements
|
37 | 30 |
| For the next three steps, Brand of the Elements efficiency is increased by up to 200%. Increase determined by current progress. Can only be used once per synthesis. Removed in patch 6.0. | ||
Brand of the Elements
|
37 | 6 |
Increases progress.
Removed in patch 6.0. | ||
| Advanced Touch
|
43 | 48 |
Increases quality.
Removed in patch 5.1. | ||
Innovation
|
50 | 18 |
| Increases control by 50% for the next three steps. The bonus to control can be stacked with Inner Quiet, but cannot exceed 3,000. Replaced with new version in patch 5.1. | ||
Collectable Synthesis
|
50 | — |
| Use existing recipes to create collectables without increasing step count.
Removed in patch 5.3. | ||
Byregot's Brow
|
51 | 18 |
Increases quality. Inner Quiet effect ends upon use.
Removed in patch 5.0. | ||
Maker's Mark
|
54 | 20 |
| Reduces Flawless Synthesis CP cost and durability loss to 0 for up to 25 steps. Effect duration determined by recipe difficulty.
Available only on the first step. Removed in patch 5.1. | ||
Satisfaction
|
55 | — |
| Specialist Action
Uses one Whistle to restore 15 CP.
Available only when the Whistle stack size is a multiple of three. Removed in patch 5.1. | ||
Whistle While You Work
|
55 | 36 |
| Specialist Action
Grants a Whistle stack of 11. One Whistle used for each step that material condition is Good or Excellent. Increases the effectiveness of certain crafting actions when the stack size is a multiple of three. Finishing Touches is used when stack size reaches 0 and effect wears off.
Removed in patch 5.1. | ||
Innovative Touch
|
56 | 8 |
| Specialist Action
Increases quality.
Removed in patch 5.1. | ||
Nymeia's Wheel
|
57 | 18 |
| Specialist Action
Restores item durability. Amount determined by current Whistle stack. Whistle effect ends upon use.
Removed in patch 5.1. | ||
Byregot's Miracle
|
58 | 16 |
| Specialist Action
Increases quality. Inner Quiet stack is halved upon use.
Removed in patch 5.1. | ||
Trained Hand
|
59 | 32 |
| Specialist Action
Significantly increases both progress and quality.
Available only when Inner Quiet and Whistle stack sizes are identical. Removed in patch 5.1. | ||
Heart of the Goldsmith
|
60 | 45 |
| Specialist Action
For the next seven steps, increases chances of material condition becoming Good. Removed in patch 5.1. | ||
Hasty Touch II
|
61 | 5 |
Increases quality.
Removed in patch 5.1. | ||
Rapid Synthesis II
|
63 | 12 |
Increases progress.
Removed in patch 5.1. | ||
Patient Touch
|
64 | 6 |
Increases quality.
Removed in patch 6.0. | ||
Initial Preparations
|
69 | 50 |
| May reduce CP consumption while status is active. When a specialist, canceling the status grants the use of a single Specialty action. Available only on the first step. Removed in patch 5.1. | ||
Specialty: Reinforce
|
69 | — |
| Specialist Action
Restores item durability by 25. Can only be used when Initial Preparations is active. Removed in patch 5.1. | ||
Specialty: Refurbish
|
69 | — |
| Specialist Action
Restores 65 CP. Can only be used when Initial Preparations is active. Removed in patch 5.1. | ||
Specialty: Reflect
|
69 | — |
| Specialist Action
Increases Inner Quiet stack by three (up to 11). Can only be used when Initial Preparations is active. Removed in patch 5.1. | ||
Rapid Synthesis III
|
72 | 24 |
Increases progress at greater cost to durability. Efficiency decreases significantly when durability is below 20.
Removed in patch 5.1. | ||
Reuse
|
74 | 60 |
Grants Reusing. Chance to become available upon reaching maximum item quality.
Removed in patch 5.2. | ||
Trained Instinct
|
80 | 250 |
| Increases quality by between 30 and 100%.
Available only on the first step. Recipe level must be at least 10 levels below yours. Removed in patch 5.1. | ||
Other appearances
Final Fantasy Trading Card Game
The Goldsmith appears with a Fire-elemental card.
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