New player guide
Timeless XI adds a lot on top of the classic game. This page covers the systems you'll meet in your first week, how they fit together, and the commands that open them.
Part 1
Gathering, digging and crafting all level much faster here, and they feed a crafting guild that pays you in grubstakes, the server's own currency.
Logging, mining, harvesting and excavation each have their own level, 1 to 100. Higher levels mean fewer broken tools, more finds and more rare finds. Every zone has a rich spot that moves each Vana'diel day: points near it give double experience and better finds.
!gather shows your levels and whether you're hot or cold.
Digging experience is six times faster, with 250 finds a day. Watch for treasure maps, a daily rich vein and three daily digging requests. A chocobo you raised yourself digs far better than a rental, and raising is four times faster than retail: buy an egg from Dabih Jajalioh in Lower Jeuno.
!dig gives vein hints · !chocobo checks on your bird
Rested synths. Every hour away from crafting banks 2 (up to 50), each worth +15% skill-up chance.
Flash of Insight. A 2% chance of a big skill-up or a high-quality boost.
Lessons. A break on a synth that could skill up teaches you something, raising your next skill-up chance.
Mastery. Making the same recipe 25, 50 and 100 times raises its high-quality rate.
Craft orders. Three a day in your skill-up range, handed in to the guild crafters in Lower Jeuno for gil, standing and rested synths. !craft orders
The craftbook. /craft shows recipes in your range, what you can make now, auction house prices and your crafting status.
Four AI crafters run the guild from the Chamber of Commerce in Lower Jeuno.
!guild shows it all.
The guild always has a crew out in a beastman land for 2 hours. Help it by donating gear, food or gil at a quartermaster beside Home Point #1 in San d'Oria, Bastok or Windurst, or by defeating beastmen in that land. Helping earns grubstakes, and a successful trip pays dividends.
!expedition shows the current trip.
Vault rare finds at the quartermasters.
Supply crates of crafting materials at the guild hall.
The Grubstake Shop (!shop): extra kept-companion slots, a job-cooldown reset, rested synths, guild crafting gear, chocobo treats, a gathering boost, a Champion lure, a server-wide feast, or cashing out for gil.
Part 2
About 1 ordinary monster in 200 turns out to be a Champion: tougher, with special traits, and worth bonus experience, gil, crafting materials and trophies. It's decided the first time someone fights it, and only for monsters worth experience to you.
| Rank | How often | HP | Traits | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Most of them | ×2 | 1 (sometimes 2 from level 50) | Normal |
| Elite | 15%, level 20+ | ×3 | 2 | ×2; the whole zone is told |
| Legendary | 3%, level 40+ | ×4 | 3 | ×5, often rare furniture; the linkshell is told |
A Champion's name shows its traits, such as "Vampiric Goblin Smithy". !champions look describes your target's, and your companions call out a tip when one appears.
Every Champion gives everyone in the alliance trophies for each of its traits. Spend them with !trophies buy <n> on clusters, materials, Hunter's Marks, Mog Tokens, lures, rare furniture, or a themed reward for each trait.
Your Bestiary counts kills by trait and by monster family. At 10, 25 and 50 kills of a trait you deal more damage to Champions with it. !champions shows your record; /craft champions shows it all in a window.
More Champions: a Champion lure makes them six times as common for 30 minutes. Dark furniture in your Mog House helps too.
!bounty, or "Bounties" at a quartermaster.
Daily, 3 each Japanese day: a Champion, a notorious monster, a number of one monster family, and beastmen in the expedition's land. Each pays grubstakes, guild standing and a Hunter's Mark, plus a bonus Mark for all three.
Weekly, 2 each week: bigger hunts such as several Champions, a two-trait Champion, or the expedition's raider, for more of everything.
Hunter's Marks (!bounty shop) buy Champion lures, grubstakes, or a clue that makes the next notorious monster drop a lost guild recipe.
Part 3
Furniture you place in your Mog House powers bonuses you carry everywhere, and gardening has its own levels and rare crops.
Each piece adds points to its element, and pieces crafters can make count double. At 12, 30 and 60 points an element reaches tiers 1, 2 and 3.
| Element | What it improves | Tier 1 / 2 / 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Fire | Rested synths banked per hour | +1 / +2 / +3 |
| Ice | Companion errands finish sooner | 10% / 20% / 30% |
| Wind | Digging experience | +10% / +20% / +30% |
| Earth | Gathering experience | +10% / +20% / +30% |
| Lightning | Flash of Insight chance | +1 / +2 / +3 points |
| Water | High-quality synth rate | +5 / +10 / +15 |
| Light | Extra bond with companions | 25% / 50% / 75% chance |
| Dark | Champion chance | +20% / +40% / +60% |
Get every element to tier 1 and your home becomes Harmonious: each element counts one tier higher. Eight furniture sets add a perk when all their pieces are placed, such as an extra Hunter's Mark per bounty or longer Champion lures.
!hearth shows your points · !hearth sets your sets · /craft mog the best craftable pieces for each element
Your moogle asks for two small chores a day, such as gathering, digging, a few synths, a harvest, a bounty, or handing it some common materials. Each pays 3 Mog Tokens, plus 2 for doing both.
!chores lists them (!chores swap <n> once a day). !moogle in your Mog House spends tokens on rare furniture, seeds, flowerpots, chocobo treats and rested synths.
Plant seeds in flowerpots as usual; the pot's element and your furniture now affect what grows.
!garden crosses is your journal.!garden pots shows what's growing, when it wants a crystal, when to examine it, and about when it's ready. A line at login tells you if anything needs attention.Part 4
Every job has its own quest line with a weapon you can't get anywhere else. Most need level 60+ with that job as your main job. The rewards are Rare/Ex (one per character), and each quest tests what the job is good at, so expect a duel or a fight with a rule attached.
| Job | Quest | Where it starts | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warrior | The Test of Arms | Dulmagh, Bastok Markets | Unbroken (great axe) |
| Monk | The Way of the Fist | Hojin, the old master | Iron Lotus (hand-to-hand) |
| White Mage | The Healer's Pilgrimage | Sister Odeline, Northern San d’Oria Cathedral | Pilgrim's Mercy (club) |
| Black Mage | The Forbidden Tome | Sukuku-Ruku, Windurst Walls | Unwritten Flame (staff) |
| Red Mage | The Crimson Duelist | Dame Ysabeau, Upper Jeuno | Crimson Duelist (sword) |
| Thief | The Calling Card | Kagetsu, Tenshodo in Lower Jeuno | Calling Card (dagger) |
| Paladin | Oath of the Two-Handed Blade (50+) | Galardeaux, Chateau d'Oraguille | Oathsworn Blade (great sword) |
| Dark Knight | Nightfall (50+) | Morgrimm, Bastok Mines | Abyssal Vigil (great sword) |
| Dark Knight | The Reaper's Due (50+) | Hesketh, Port Bastok | Reaper's Due (scythe) |
| Beastmaster | The Tamer's Oath | Varrik, Upper Jeuno stables | Pridewarden (axe) |
| Bard | The Rival's Song | Maestro Corvin, Lower Jeuno | Corvin's Flute; then Final Encore (dagger) from The Last Performance |
| Ranger | The Great Hunt (a hunt, not a quest) | Silverstripe, Wajaom Woodlands | Great Hunt (bow), likelier the better you hunt her |
| Samurai | The Way of the Blade | Tsukikage, Norg | Mushin-maru (great katana) |
| Ninja | The Hidden Village | Kasumi, Norg | Yamikaze and Kirigakure (katanas) |
| Dragoon | The Last Dragoon | Ambroix, Northern San d'Oria | Last Dragoon (polearm) |
| Summoner | The Ruby Covenant | Mayuyu-Rayuyu, Windurst Walls | Ruby Covenant (staff) |
| Blue Mage | The Azure Oath | Fadhil, Aht Urhgan Whitegate | Azure Oath (sword) |
| Corsair | Luzaf's Wager | Rahim, Nashmau docks | Luzaf's Wager (gun) and Luzaf's Loaded Dice |
| Puppetmaster | The Masterwork | Lahid, Aht Urhgan Whitegate | Stringmaster (claws) |
Many quests have a follow-up side quest from the same person that upgrades your two-hour ability, such as Unbroken Mighty Strikes or Mastered Hundred Fists. Talk to the quest giver again after you finish.
The Bestiary (any job, 30+): Quillon, Upper Jeuno
Jack of All Trades (Red Mage): Brakk, Lower Jeuno
Busking (Bard): Odette
House Calls (White Mage): Doctor Mizzi-Pazzi, Windurst Waters
Item windows only show the new names and stats when you play through the Timeless XI Launcher.
Part 5
Slash commands open add-on windows; ! commands are typed in chat and answered by the server. Most ! commands print their own help when typed with nothing after them.
Part 6
Make an account and install the launcher, and you can be in Vana'diel in a few minutes.