Aetherial Reduction

2026-07-20T21:26:17Z

Lunaska: Made changes to the crystals and shards obtained from aetherial reduction of Dawntrail items: Levin Quartz (previously Wind, changed to Lightning) and Goldbranch (previously Fire, changed to Wind)

{{see also|Collectables|Ephemeral Nodes|Prime Collectables}}
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| name = Aetherial Reduction
| icon = aetherial reduction icon1.png
| description = Break down an item to its aetherial components.
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| level = 56
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| release = heavensward
}} Aetherial Reduction allows the player to break down specific [[Collectables]] {{collectable}} into [[Crystal]]s, [[Crystal|Cluster]]s and rare [[materials]] called Aethersand or Glioaethers. The higher the collectability, the higher chance for it to yield an aether. The specific kind of aether produced is fixed for a given [[Aetherial Reduction#Aethersand Items|collectable]]. As of [[Patch 5.4]], hitting the max collectability of 1000 ''guarantees some amount of aether'', with a potential for a bonus quantity. There are types of aether exclusive to [[Miner]], [[Botanist]], and [[Fisher]], the first examples being {{item icon|Landborne Aethersand|x}} [[Landborne Aethersand|Landborne]], {{item icon|Leafborne Aethersand|x}} [[Leafborne Aethersand|Leafborne]], and {{item icon|Seaborne Aethersand|x}} [[Seaborne Aethersand|Seaborne]]. Aethersand alongside Glioaethers are only used in [[Endgame Gear Guide|endgame crafts]] from the [[Master Recipe Tomes]].

The aforementioned Glioaethers are reduced from [[Prime Collectables]]. These are used in recipes from [[File:Island Sanctuary icon.png|link=Island Sanctuary|20px]] [[Island Sanctuary]].

Furthermore, two exclusive materials are used only for the purpose of the third stage augmentation in Endwalker's Relics, [[Splendorous Tools|Splendorous Tools]]. These are {{item icon|Customized Miner's Component|x}} [[Customized Miner's Component|Customized Miner's Component]] and {{item icon|Customized Botanist's Component|x}} [[Customized Botanist's Component|Customized Botanist's Component]].

Beginning with [[Stormblood]] items, the different kinds of Aethersand can also be purchased from the [[Scrip Exchange]] with Gatherers' [[Scrips|Scrip]]. Materials that come from Prime Collectables are not available to be purchased. This also includes the only non prime Glioaether {{item icon|Pure Aqueous Glioaether|x}}[[Pure Aqueous Glioaether|Pure Aqueous]].

==Unlock==
Complete the level 56 [[quest]] {{i|No Longer a Collectable}} by speaking to [[Lydirlona]] in [[Mor Dhona]] {{coords|22.3, 6.8}}. Player must be a level 56 or higher [[Disciple of Land]].

==Reduction Items==
{| {{STDT|sortable gathering-role align-left}}
! Class !! Gather Level !! Item !! Result !! Elemental Aspect !! Prime?
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| colspan="6" align=center | '''Heavensward'''
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| {{Botanist || }} Botanist || 56 || {{item icon|Granular Clay}} || {{item icon|Duskborne Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Earth Crystal}} {{item icon|Earth Cluster}} ||
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| {{Miner || }} Miner || 56 || {{item icon|Lightning Moraine}} || {{item icon|Duskborne Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Lightning Crystal}} {{item icon|Lightning Cluster}} ||
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| {{Botanist || }} Botanist || 56 || {{item icon|Pot Marjoram}} || {{item icon|Duskborne Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Wind Crystal}} {{item icon|Wind Cluster}} ||
|-
| {{Miner || }} Miner || 56 || {{item icon|Fire Moraine}} || {{item icon|Duskborne Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Fire Crystal}} {{item icon|Fire Cluster}} ||
|-
| {{Botanist || }} Botanist || 58 || {{item icon|Peat Moss}} || {{item icon|Dawnborne Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Earth Crystal}} {{item icon|Earth Cluster}} ||
|-
| {{Miner || }} Miner || 58 || {{item icon|Bright Lightning Rock}} || {{item icon|Dawnborne Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Lightning Crystal}} {{item icon|Lightning Cluster}} ||
|-
| {{Botanist || }} Botanist || 58 || {{item icon|Water Mint}} || {{item icon|Dawnborne Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Wind Crystal}} {{item icon|Wind Cluster}} ||
|-
| {{Miner || }} Miner || 58 || {{item icon|Bright Fire Rock}} || {{item icon|Dawnborne Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Fire Crystal}} {{item icon|Fire Cluster}} ||
|-
| {{Botanist || }} Botanist || 60 || {{item icon|Humic Soil}} || {{item icon|Leafborne Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Earth Crystal}} {{item icon|Earth Cluster}} ||
|-
| {{Miner || }} Miner || 60 || {{item icon|Radiant Lightning Moraine}} || {{item icon|Landborne Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Lightning Crystal}} {{item icon|Lightning Cluster}} ||
|-
| {{Botanist || }} Botanist || 60 || {{item icon|Wild Sage}} || {{item icon|Leafborne Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Wind Crystal}} {{item icon|Wind Cluster}} ||
|-
| {{Miner || }} Miner || 60 || {{item icon|Radiant Fire Moraine}} || {{item icon|Landborne Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Fire Crystal}} {{item icon|Fire Cluster}} ||
|-
| {{Botanist || }} Botanist || 60★ || {{item icon|Lover's Laurel}} || {{item icon|Light-kissed Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Ice Crystal}} {{item icon|Ice Cluster}} ||
|-
| {{Miner || }} Miner || 60★ || {{item icon|Radiant Astral Moraine}} || {{item icon|Light-kissed Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Water Crystal}} {{item icon|Water Cluster}} ||
|-
| colspan="6" align=center | '''Stormblood'''
|-
| {{Miner || }} Miner || 66 || {{item icon|Dacite}} || {{item icon|Everbright Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Water Crystal}} {{item icon|Water Cluster}} ||
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| {{Botanist || }} Botanist || 66 || {{item icon|Doman Yellow}} || {{item icon|Dusklight Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Earth Crystal}} {{item icon|Earth Cluster}} ||
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| {{Miner || }} Miner || 66 || {{item icon|Schorl}} || {{item icon|Dawnlight Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Lightning Crystal}} {{item icon|Lightning Cluster}} ||
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| {{Botanist || }} Botanist || 66 || {{item icon|Countess Tea Leaves}} || {{item icon|Dawnlight Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Wind Crystal}} {{item icon|Wind Cluster}} ||
|-
| {{Botanist || }} Botanist || 70★ || {{item icon|Torreya Branch}} || {{item icon|Everborn Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Ice Crystal}} {{item icon|Ice Cluster}} ||
|-
| {{Miner || }} Miner || 70★ || {{item icon|Rhodolite}} || {{item icon|Dusklight Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Fire Crystal}} {{item icon|Fire Cluster}} ||
|-
| {{Botanist || }} Botanist || 70★★ || {{item icon|Yanxian Verbena}} || {{item icon|Duskglow Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Lightning Crystal}} {{item icon|Lightning Cluster}} ||
|-
| {{Miner || }} Miner || 70★★ || {{item icon|Yanxian Soil}} || {{item icon|Duskglow Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Wind Crystal}} {{item icon|Wind Cluster}} ||
|-
| colspan="6" align=center | '''Shadowbringers'''
|-
| {{Fisher || }} Fisher || 75 || {{item icon|Voeburt Bichir}} || {{item icon|Chiaroglow Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Ice Crystal}} {{item icon|Ice Cluster}} ||
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| {{Fisher || }} Fisher || 75 || {{item icon|Poecilia}} || {{item icon|Scuroglow Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Water Crystal}} {{item icon|Water Cluster}} ||
|-
| {{Miner || }} Miner || 76 || {{item icon|Gale Rock}} || {{item icon|Chiaroglow Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Water Crystal}} {{item icon|Water Cluster}} ||
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| {{Botanist || }} Botanist || 76 || {{item icon|White Clay}} || {{item icon|Chiaroglow Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Earth Crystal}} {{item icon|Earth Cluster}} ||
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| {{Miner || }} Miner || 76 || {{item icon|Solarite}} || {{item icon|Scuroglow Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Lightning Crystal}} {{item icon|Lightning Cluster}} ||
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| {{Botanist || }} Botanist || 76 || {{item icon|Sweet Marjoram}} || {{item icon|Scuroglow Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Wind Crystal}} {{item icon|Wind Cluster}} ||
|-
| {{Botanist || }} Botanist || 80 || {{item icon|Bog Sage}} || {{item icon|Agewood Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Ice Crystal}} {{item icon|Ice Cluster}} ||
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| {{Miner || }} Miner || 80 || {{item icon|Shade Quartz}} || {{item icon|Agedeep Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Fire Crystal}} {{item icon|Fire Cluster}} ||
|-
| {{Fisher || }} Fisher || 80★★ || {{item icon|Fuchsia Bloom}} || {{item icon|Levinstrike Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Ice Crystal}} {{item icon|Ice Cluster}} ||
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| {{Miner || }} Miner || 80★★ || {{item icon|Thunder Rock}} || {{item icon|Levinstrike Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Earth Crystal}} {{item icon|Earth Cluster}} ||
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| {{Botanist || }} Botanist || 80★★ || {{item icon|Levin Mint}} || {{item icon|Levinstrike Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Lightning Crystal}} {{item icon|Lightning Cluster}} ||
|-
| colspan="6" align=center | '''Endwalker'''
|-
| {{Miner || }} Miner || 86 || {{item icon|Lunar Quartz}} || {{item icon|Moonlight Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Earth Crystal}} {{item icon|Earth Cluster}} ||
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| {{Botanist || }} Botanist || 86 || {{item icon|Ewer Clay}} || {{item icon|Moonlight Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Wind Crystal}} {{item icon|Wind Cluster}} ||
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| {{Fisher || }} Fisher || 90 || {{item icon|Gilled Topknot}} || {{item icon|Moonlight Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Ice Crystal}} {{item icon|Ice Cluster}} ||
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| {{Fisher || }} Fisher || 90 || {{item icon|Verdigris Guppy}} || {{item icon|Earthbreak Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Ice Crystal}} {{item icon|Ice Cluster}} ||
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| {{Fisher || }} Fisher || 90 || {{item icon|Othardian Lumpsucker}} || {{item icon|Endtide Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Water Crystal}} {{item icon|Water Cluster}} ||
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| {{Miner || }} Miner || 90 || {{item icon|Ghostly Umbral Rock}} || {{item icon|Endstone Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Lightning Crystal}} {{item icon|Lightning Cluster}} ||
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| {{Botanist || }} Botanist || 90 || {{item icon|Palm Chippings}} || {{item icon|Endwood Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Fire Crystal}} {{item icon|Fire Cluster}} ||
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| {{Fisher || }} Fisher || 90★★ || {{item icon|Phyllinos}} || {{item icon|Pure Aqueous Glioaether}} || {{item icon|Ice Crystal}} {{item icon|Ice Cluster}} ||
|-
| {{Miner || }} Miner || 90★★ || {{item icon|Prime Siderite}}→{{item icon|Sublime Siderite}} || {{item icon|Igneous Glioaether}} || {{item icon|Earth Crystal}} {{item icon|Earth Cluster}} || Prime
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| {{Miner || }} Miner || 90★★ || {{item icon|Earthen Quartz}} || {{item icon|Earthbreak Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Earth Crystal}} {{item icon|Earth Cluster}} ||
|-
| {{Botanist || }} Botanist || 90★★ || {{item icon|Prime Crystalbloom}}→{{item icon|Sublime Crystalbloom}} || {{item icon|Verdurous Glioaether}} || {{item icon|Wind Crystal}} {{item icon|Wind Cluster}} || Prime
|-
| {{Botanist || }} Botanist || 90★★ || {{item icon|Sophora Roots}} || {{item icon|Earthbreak Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Fire Crystal}} {{item icon|Fire Cluster}} ||
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| {{Fisher || }} Fisher || 90★★ || {{item icon|Mayashell}} || {{item icon|Aqueous Glioaether}} || {{item icon|Ice Crystal}} {{item icon|Ice Cluster}} || Prime
|-
| {{Botanist || }} Botanist || 90★★★ || {{item icon|Prime Sphongos}}→{{item icon|Sublime Sphongos}} || {{item icon|Pure Verdurous Glioaether}} || {{item icon|Water Crystal}} {{item icon|Water Cluster}} || Prime
|-
| {{Botanist || }} Botanist || 90★★★ || {{item icon|Connoisseur's Miracle Apple}} || {{item icon|Customized Botanist's Component}} || {{item icon|Water Crystal}} {{item icon|Water Cluster}} ||
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| {{Miner || }} Miner || 90★★★ || {{item icon|Prime Achondrite}}→{{item icon|Sublime Achondrite}} || {{item icon|Pure Igneous Glioaether}} || {{item icon|Lightning Crystal}} {{item icon|Lightning Cluster}} || Prime
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| {{Miner || }} Miner || 90★★★ || {{item icon|Connoisseur's Soiled Femur}} || {{item icon|Customized Miner's Component}} || {{item icon|Lightning Crystal}} {{item icon|Lightning Cluster}} ||
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| {{Miner || }} Miner || 90★★★ || {{item icon|Prime Chloroschist}}→{{item icon|Sublime Chloroschist}} || {{item icon|Concentrated Verdurous Glioaether}} || {{item icon|Water Crystal}} {{item icon|Water Cluster}} || Prime
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| {{Botanist || }} Botanist || 90★★★ || {{item icon|Prime Haritaki}}→{{item icon|Sublime Haritaki}} || {{item icon|Concentrated Igneous Glioaether}} || {{item icon|Fire Crystal}} {{item icon|Fire Cluster}} || Prime
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| {{Fisher || }} Fisher || 90★★★ || {{item icon|The Fury's Aegis}} || {{item icon|Concentrated Aqueous Glioaether}} || {{item icon|Ice Crystal}} {{item icon|Ice Cluster}} || Prime
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| {{Miner || }} Miner || 90★★★★ || {{item icon|Prime Fossilized Dragon's Scale}}→{{item icon|Sublime Fossilized Dragon's Scale}} || {{item icon|Potent Verdurous Glioaether}} || {{item icon|Wind Crystal}} {{item icon|Wind Cluster}} || Prime
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| {{Botanist || }} Botanist || 90★★★★ || {{item icon|Prime Kukuru Beans}}→{{item icon|Sublime Kukuru Beans}} || {{item icon|Potent Igneous Glioaether}} || {{item icon|Wind Crystal}} {{item icon|Wind Cluster}} || Prime
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| {{Fisher || }} Fisher || 90★★★★ || {{item icon|Stargilt Lobster}} || {{item icon|Potent Aqueous Glioaether}} || {{item icon|Ice Crystal}} {{item icon|Ice Cluster}} || Prime
|-
| colspan="6" align=center | '''Dawntrail'''
|-
| {{Miner || }} Miner || 96 || {{item icon|Electrocoal}} || {{item icon|Sungilt Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Earth Crystal}} {{item icon|Earth Cluster}} ||
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| {{Botanist || }} Botanist || 96 || {{item icon|Goldbranch}} || {{item icon|Sungilt Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Wind Crystal}} {{item icon|Wind Cluster}}||
|-
| {{Fisher || }} Fisher || 100 || {{item icon|Longnose Gar}} || {{item icon|Mythbrine Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Ice Crystal}} {{item icon|Ice Cluster}} ||
|-
| {{Fisher || }} Fisher || 100 || {{item icon|Sunlit Prism}} || {{item icon|Sungilt Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Water Crystal}} {{item icon|Water Cluster}} ||
|-
| {{Miner || }} Miner || 100 || {{item icon|Brightwind Ore}} || {{item icon|Mythloam Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Lightning Crystal}} {{item icon|Lightning Cluster}} ||
|-
| {{Botanist || }} Botanist || 100 || {{item icon|Volcanic Grass}} || {{item icon|Mythroot Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Fire Crystal}} {{item icon|Fire Cluster}} ||
|-
| {{Fisher || }} Fisher || 100★★ || {{item icon|Purple Palate}} || {{item icon|Levinchrome Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Ice Crystal}} {{item icon|Ice Cluster}} ||
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| {{Miner || }} Miner || 100★★ || {{item icon|Levin Quartz}} || {{item icon|Levinchrome Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Lightning Crystal}} {{item icon|Lightning Cluster}}||
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| {{Botanist || }} Botanist || 100★★ || {{item icon|Calamus Root}} || {{item icon|Levinchrome Aethersand}} || {{item icon|Fire Crystal}} {{item icon|Fire Cluster}} ||
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|}

==History==
*{{patch|6.2|Prime Collectables added.}}
*{{patch|3.0}}

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