icon footer home cooking - a crafter's choice vysala's rules to cook for cooking guide introduction skill 00-08 skill 08-18 skill 18-29 skill 29-42 skill 42-54 skill 54-60 skill 60-68 skill 68-80 skill 80-90 skill 90-100 cooking skill tests cooking guild points valuable sub crafts for cooking gil saving tips cooking for gil vysala's profit print-out cooking and your mule: tips for success world and elemental effects fast travel: moving through vana'diel valuable quests, resources, and time savers chocobo raising valuable online resources
about vysala contact the chef

Buy Vysala Coffee ^.^

Vysala's Cooking Guide


Skill 60-68
The following cooking recipes will raise your crafting skill from level sixty to level sixty-eight (60.0 - 68.0). Be sure to take your test between level sixty-eight and level seventy. If you do not take your test, you will not be able to get past level seventy. The test synthesis item for level seventy is Raisin Bread.

Item Detail Item Guide

Skilling Levels: 60-61
Item Name: Stone Cheese
Item Level Cap: 61
Recipe: Dark Crystal, Selbina Milk, Rock Salt

Sub Craft: None
Key Item: None
NQ Yield: Stone Cheese x4
HQ1 Yield: Rock Cheese x4
HQ2 Yield: Rock Cheese x4
HQ3 Yield: Rock Cheese x4

I would suggest making these for a level and keeping them for your Rarab Meatballs that you will make in your 70's. These are extremely cheap to make compared to many of the other recipes in this level range. However if you do not want to make them or do not have the storage to keep them you could just skip onto Melon Pie at 60.

Item Detail Item Guide

Skilling Levels: 61-64
Item Name: Melon Pie
Item Level Cap: 64
Recipe: Fire Crystal, Thundermelon, Cinnamon, Bird Egg, Pie Dough, Maple Sugar

Sub Craft: None
Key Item: None
NQ Yield: Melon Pie x4
HQ1 Yield: Melon Pie +1 x4
HQ2 Yield: Melon Pie +1 x4
HQ3 Yield: Melon Pie +1 x4

Skilling Level Alternative Below

I always found that pie was a reliable source for fast sales while skilling up, so I preferred the pie recipes. While this recipe is not extremely cheap, you will find that your pies will sell to the AH for break even and possible profit. However since many high level crafters make this recipe, you might find the AH clogged with these and it may net you a loss all together. It is best to do the research ahead of time on this one. However most of the time these will sell, even if slowly, and will even sell pretty good off of a mule.

To minimize costs, be sure to buy your ingredients, as they all sell from venders except for the crystals and the pie dough (and you can make that super cheaply!).
Item Detail Item Guide

Alternative Skilling Recipe

Skilling Levels: 61-64
Item Name: Colored Egg
Item Level Cap: 64
Recipe: Fire Crystal, San d'Orian Carrot, Lizard Egg, La Theine Cabbage, Distilled Water

Sub Craft: None
Key Item: None
NQ Yield: Colored Egg x1
HQ1 Yield: Party Egg x1
HQ2 Yield: Party Egg x1
HQ3 Yield: Party Egg x1

Skilling Level Alternative Below

This recipe is more or less a complete loss unless you happened to be doing this around the Easter Event in which these eggs will be sellable if they are used in the event. Using the version with lizard eggs is expensive, but you will get far less breaks then using the recipe with bird eggs. These will sell at a loss back to an NPC, as very few people will buy them from the AH.

If you get synthesis support you could try this recipe with the much cheaper Bird Eggs (just swap in the bird eggs for the lizard eggs). The Bird Eggs version of this recipe caps at level 68.
Item Detail Item Guide

Alternative Skilling Recipe

Skilling Levels: 61-65
Item Name: Bison Steak
Item Level Cap: 65
Recipe: Fire Crystal, Bay Leaves, Black Pepper, Olive Oil, Rock Salt, Rarab Tail, Buffalo Meat

Sub Craft: None
Key Item: None
NQ Yield: Bison Steak x1
HQ1 Yield: Marbled Steak x1
HQ2 Yield: Marbled Steak x1
HQ3 Yield: Marbled Steak x1

These sell very well at the AH if you can get the meat cheaply or farm it yourself. Most likely you will at least break-even, however there is a strong potential for profit on this recipe, depending on your server. Be sure to get your ingredients from the venders - this is always a cost effective step that can mean the difference between profit and loss.

Item Detail Item Guide

Skilling Levels: 64-68
Item Name: Colored Egg
Item Level Cap: 68
Recipe: Fire Crystal, San d'Orian Carrot, Bird Egg, La Theine Cabbage, Distilled Water

Sub Craft: None
Key Item: None
NQ Yield: Colored Egg x1
HQ1 Yield: Party Egg x1
HQ2 Yield: Party Egg x1
HQ3 Yield: Party Egg x1

This recipe is a complete loss unless you can sell them for the Easter Event. No one will buy these from the AH, they are best sold back to an NPC for a loss. They skill up pretty slowly but are less of an investment then most of the other recipes around this level. You can keep them as cheap as possible by using Bird Eggs instead of Lizard Eggs, which are bought from Airship shops (of nations in the 2nd and 1st place in the conquest results).
Take Your Skill Test Between Levels 68 - 70: Raisin Bread

Previous | Introduction | Next