Guide to Spending Poetics

Updated version of how to spend Poetics for Dawntrail.

I just want Gil

• Using the
  
  Market Board (check Universalis):
  •   Unidentifiable Ore →   Grade 3 Thanalan Topsoil
  •   Unidentifiable Shell →   Grade 3 Shroud Topsoil
  • Using Company Seals (see below)
    • Buy Shields and turn in for seals.
  • Obsolete crafting mats (ex   Eikon Mythrite,   Gobcraft Resin, and   Scarlet Urushi)
• Using Vendor NPCs
  • Buy   Goblinol or   Goblacquer and vendor for  64 Gil each. 2000 / 10 * 64 =  12,800 Gil per cap.

I want Company Seals

• Buy the highest item level shield you can (ex   Augmented Cryptlurker's Kite Shield) directly from the endgame vendor (not Sundry Splendors) for  170 Poetics. Turn in to your Grand Company.
• Rings may be bought in bulk as they are not Unique, however this is ( 1 - ( 170 / 280 ) ) * 100 = 39.28% less Company Seals per Poetic.
  • For Gil, spend Company Seals on materials commonly used in Free Company Airships and Submersibles. This includes   Glass Fiber,   Raziqsap,   Scheelite,   Emery,   Petrified Log,   Raziqsand,   Peacock Ore,   Aqueous Whetstone,   Potash,   Hardened Sap, and   Coke
  • Alternatively, you can get lucky with   Materiel Container 3.0 and   Materiel Container 4.0 but treat these like the lootboxes they are. It is not reliable cash.

I want to level   Desynthesis

• Buy the cheapest appropriate IL gear for the crafter you want to level
  • Carpenter - Spears/Bows
  • Blacksmith - Swords
  • Armorer - Shields
  • Goldsmith - Accessories/Star Globes/Rapiers
  • Leatherworker - Armor (double-check repair class)
  • Weaver - Armor (double-check repair class)
  • Alchemist - Books
  • Culinarian - You can't, use Fish instead

Always double-check the crafter class needed to repair the item first. This is the same class that desynthesizes the item. Chug   Tinker's Calm and scarf down   Bacon Broth before desynth bingeing.

I want Relic Weapon materials

Numbers are items per job and totals are for all jobs. This is not the costs of the items.
The purpose of these numbers is so that you know when to stop buying one item and begin buying the next one.

• A Realm Reborn: Zodiac Weapons (10 relics)
  •   Superior Enchanted Ink - 3 per for 30 total
  •   Radz-at-Han Quenching Oil - 1 per for 10 total, but they are "Unique" so you can only have 1 per container.
  •   Thavnairian Mist - 3 per for 30 total
  •   Mysterious Maps - 5   Alexandrite per map, 75 per weapon, 15 maps per class
    • The   Mysterious Maps are "Unique" but   Alexandrite is not. Complete each map as they are purchased.
  • Book phase requires 9 per for 90 total, but these cannot be stockpiled.
  •   Sacred Spring Water - 4 per for 40 total
• Heavensward: Anima Weapons (13 relics)
  •   Unidentifiable Bone - 10 per for 130 total
  •   Unidentifiable Shell - 10 per for 130 total
  •   Unidentifiable Ore - 10 per for 130 total
  •   Unidentifiable Seeds - 10 per for 130 total
  •   Aether Oil - 5 per for 65 total
  •   Umbrite - 60 per for 780 total
    • Optional (other sources available): 150   Superior Enchanted Ink & 150   Thavnairian Mist to trade for 60   Crystal Sand. This is a single relic's worth.
  •   Singing Cluster - 50 per for 650 total
  •   Pneumite - 15 per for 195 total (Can't be bought until first weapon is on this step)
  •   Archaic Enchanted Ink - 1 per for 13 total (Can't be bought until first weapon is on this step)
• Stormblood: Eurekan Weapons (15 relics)
  • No Poetics used, all progress in Eureka.
• Shadowbringers: Resistance Weapons (17 relics)
  •   Thavnairian Scalepowder - 4 per for 64 total (first relic is free)
  •   Aetherial Sealant - 4 per (Used to reroll stats, not needed to make relic)
• Endwalker: Manderville Weapons (19 relics)
  •   Manderium Meteorite - 3 per for 57 total
  •   Complementary Chondrite - 3 per for 57 total
  •   Amplifying Achondrite - 3 per for 57 total
  •   Cosmic Crystallite - 3 per for 57 total
  • Uniquely, Manderville Weapons only require Poetics for all stages and no other form of currency or item grinds.

I want gear

• A Realm Reborn gear can be bought immediately in Mor Dhona; no unlock requirements.
  • ARR Sundry Splendors in Ul'dah, Gridania, and Limsa Lominsa requires MSQ "The Ultimate Weapon"
• Heavensward gear can be bought in Idyllshire as soon as that location is accessible in the HW MSQ.
  • HW Sundry Splendors in Foundation requires "Heavensward"
• Stormblood gear can only be bought either in Rhalgr's Reach or at Sundry Splendors in Kugane after "Stormblood"
• Shadowbringers gear can only be bought either in Eulmore or at Sundry Splendors in The Crystarium after "Shadowbringers"
• Endwalker gear can only be bought either in Radz-at-han or at Sundry Splendors in Old Sharlayan after "Endwalker"

Other items are available: Allagan Tomestone of Poetics#Others