Armorer

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Armorers treat and work the malleable metals of Eorzea into all forms of armor. By binding together sheet, stud, and link, they are able to produce garb of plate and chain that has saved the lives of countless adventurers.
Though the armor trade once fell within the realm of blacksmithing, advancements in both metallurgical techniques and material refinement led to its necessary specialization, and it is now recognized as an official profession by all nations.

— FinalFantasyXIV.com Armorer

Armorers (ARM) are Disciples of the Hand that work with metals to create equipable armor for multiple classes. For example, they can make frypans for Culinarians, alembics for Alchemists, heavy shields for Paladins, and much more.

General Information

Guild

Any player with at least one level 10 Disciple of War or Magic is eligible to become an Armorer. The Armorers' Guild is located in Limsa Lominsa. Speak with the receptionist to start the first quest.

Tools

See also: List of Armorer Primary Tools

See also: List of Armorer Secondary Tools

Armorers utilize various hammers as their primary tools and pliers as their secondary tool. Both hammers and pliers are primarily crafted by Blacksmiths.

Quests

Armorer Class Quests

Main Article: Armorer Quests

Crystarium Deliveries: The Facet of Forging (Shadowbringers)

Main Article: Crystarium Deliveries#The Facet of Forging

Studium Deliveries: Faculty of Archaeology (Endwalker)

Main Article: Studium Deliveries#Faculty of Archaeology

Wachumeqimeqi Deliveries: XRral Soj Metalwares (Dawntrail)

Main Article: Wachumeqimeqi Deliveries#XRral Soj Metalwares

Levequests

Main Article: Armorer Levequests

Actions

Main Article: Armorer Actions

Regular actions

Action		Level	CP	Description
Basic Synthesis		1	0	Increases progress. Efficiency: 100% Success Rate: 100%
Basic Touch		5	18	Increases quality. Efficiency: 100% Success Rate: 100%
Master's Mend		7	88	Restores item durability by 30.
Hasty Touch		9	0	Increases quality and requires no CP. Efficiency: 100% Success Rate: 60% Additional Effect: Grants Expedience for 1 step
Rapid Synthesis		9	0	Increases progress. Efficiency: 500% Success Rate: 50%
Observe		13	7	Do nothing for one step.
Tricks of the Trade		13	0	Restores 20 CP. Can only be used when material status is "Good" or "Excellent".
Veneration		15	18	Increases efficiency of Synthesis actions by 50% for the next four steps.
Waste Not		15	56	Reduces loss of durability by 50% for the next four steps.
Standard Touch		18	32	Increases quality. Efficiency: 125% Success Rate: 100% Combo action: Basic Touch Combo bonus: CP cost reduced to 18
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. Efficiency: 100% plus 20% for each count of your Inner Quiet stack, up to a maximum of 300% Success Rate: 100% Requires at least one stack of Inner Quiet.
Precise Touch		53	18	Increases quality. Additional Effect: Increases Inner Quiet stack by one (up to 10) Efficiency: 150% Success Rate: 100% Available only when material condition is Good or Excellent.
Muscle Memory		54	6	Increases progress. Efficiency: 300% Success Rate: 100% Additional Effect: Efficiency of your next Synthesis action is increased by 100% Available only on the first step. Additional effect is active for five steps.
Careful Synthesis		62	7	Increases progress. Efficiency: 180% Success Rate: 100%
Manipulation	1	65	96	Restores 5 points of durability after each step for the next eight steps.
Prudent Touch		66	25	Increases quality at half the durability cost. Efficiency: 100% Success Rate: 100% Unavailable when Waste Not or Waste Not II are active.
Advanced Touch		68	46	Increases quality. Efficiency: 150% Success Rate: 100% Combo action: Standard Touch or Observe Combo bonus: CP cost reduced to 18
Reflect		69	6	Increases quality. Efficiency: 300% Success Rate: 100% Additional Effect: Increases Inner Quiet stack by one (up to 10) Availabe only on the first step.
Preparatory Touch		71	40	Increases quality at greater cost to durability. Additional Effect: Increases Inner Quiet stack by one (up to 10) Efficiency: 200% Success Rate: 100% Durability Cost: 20
Groundwork		72	18	Increases progress at greater cost to durability. Efficiency decreases by half when durability is below durability cost. Efficiency: 360% Success Rate: 100% Durability Cost: 20
Delicate Synthesis		76	32	Increases both progress and quality. Synthesis action efficiency: 150 Touch action efficiency: 100 Success Rate: 100%
Intensive Synthesis		78	6	Increases progress. Efficiency: 400% Success Rate: 100% 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. Cannot be used with expert crafting recipes.
Prudent Synthesis		88	18	Increases progress at half the durability cost. Efficiency: 180% Success Rate: 100% Unavailable when Waste Not or Waste Not II is active.
Trained Finesse		90	32	Increases quality at no cost to durability. Efficiency: 100% Success Rate: 100% Available only when Inner Quiet stack size is 10.
Refined Touch		92	24	Increases quality. Efficiency: 100% Success Rate: 100% Combo Action: Basic Touch Combo Bonus: Increases Inner Quiet stack by one (up to 10)
Daring Touch		96	0	Increases quality and requires no CP. Efficiency: 150% Success Rate: 60% Can only be executed while under the effect of Expedience ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Immaculate Mend		98	112	Restores all item durability.
Trained Perfection		100	0	Reduces durability loss of next action to 0. Can only be used once per synthesis.

Specialist actions

Action		Level	Description
Careful Observation	1	55	Do nothing for one step, preserving the status of any actions presently in effect. A crafter's delineation is used upon execution. Can only be used up to three times per synthesis. This action does not increase step count.
Heart and Soul	1	86	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. Can only be used once per synthesis. This action does not increase step count.
Quick Innovation	1	96	Grants Innovation for 1 turn. Cannot be executed while under the effect of Innovation. A crafter's delineation is used upon execution. Can only be used once per synthesis. This action does not increase step count.

Traits

Main Article: Armorer Traits

Trait	Acquired		Level	Effect
Inner Quiet	CUL ALC WVR LTW GSM ARM BSM CRP		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	CUL ALC WVR LTW GSM ARM BSM CRP		15	Allows you to execute trial synthesis.
Basic Synthesis Mastery	ARM		31	Efficiency is increased to 120%
Quality Assurance	CUL ALC WVR LTW GSM ARM BSM CRP	1	63	Slightly increases chances of material condition becoming good.
Rapid Synthesis Mastery	CUL ALC WVR LTW GSM ARM BSM CRP		63	Efficiency is increased to 500%
Careful Synthesis Mastery	CUL ALC WVR LTW GSM ARM BSM CRP		82	Efficiency is increased to 180%.
Groundwork Mastery	ARM		86	Efficiency is increased to 360%.
Delicate Synthesis Mastery	ARM		94	Efficiency is increased to 150%.
Expedience	CUL ALC WVR LTW GSM ARM BSM CRP		96	Grants Expedience for 1 step upon using Hasty Touch. Expedience Effect: Upgrades Hasty Touch to Daring Touch.

Recipes

Main Article: Armorer Recipes

Level 1 - 9	Level 10 - 19	Level 20 - 29	Level 30 - 39
Level 40 - 49	Level 50	Level 51 - 59	Level 60
Level 61 - 69	Level 70	Level 71 - 79	Level 80
Level 81 - 89	Level 90	Level 91 - 99	Level 100

Achievements

Main article: Armorer Achievements

This class is associated with the following achievements:

Name	Points	Task	Reward	Patch
The Riddle of Steel I	5	Achieve armorer level 10.	-	2.0
The Riddle of Steel II	5	Achieve armorer level 20.	-	2.0
The Riddle of Steel III	5	Achieve armorer level 30.	-	2.0
The Riddle of Steel IV	5	Achieve armorer level 40.	-	2.0
The Riddle of Steel V	5	Achieve armorer level 50.	-	2.0
The Riddle of Steel VI	5	Achieve armorer level 60.	-	3.0
The Riddle of Steel VII	5	Achieve armorer level 70.	-	4.0
The Riddle of Steel VIII	5	Achieve armorer level 80.	-	5.0
The Riddle of Steel IX	5	Achieve armorer level 90.	-	6.0
The Riddle of Steel X	5	Achieve armorer level 100.	-	7.0
Pounding Out the Dents: Amateur	5	Successfully synthesize 50 times for level 1-10 armorcraft recipes.	-	2.0
Pounding Out the Dents: Initiate	5	Successfully synthesize 300 times for level 11-20 armorcraft recipes.	-	2.0
Pounding Out the Dents: Apprentice	5	Successfully synthesize 750 times for level 21-30 armorcraft recipes.	-	2.0
Pounding Out the Dents: Journeyman	5	Successfully synthesize 1,500 times for level 31-40 armorcraft recipes.	-	2.0
Pounding Out the Dents: Artisan	10	Successfully synthesize 3,000 times for level 41-50 armorcraft recipes.	Of the Golden Hammer	2.0
An Armorer's Life for Me	30	Obtain the first five “Pounding Out the Dents” achievements.	Mallet of the Luminary	2.0
Pounding Out the Dents: Adept	10	Successfully synthesize 1,000 times for level 51-60 armorcraft recipes.	-	3.0
Pounding Out the Dents: Veteran	10	Successfully synthesize 1,000 times for level 61-70 armorcraft recipes.	-	4.0
Pounding Out the Dents: Master	10	Successfully synthesize 1,000 times for level 71-80 armorcraft recipes.	-	5.0
Pounding Out the Dents: Genius	10	Successfully synthesize 1,000 times for level 81-90 armorcraft recipes.	-	6.0
Pounding Out the Dents: Exemplar	10	Successfully synthesize 1,000 times for level 91-100 armorcraft recipes.	-	7.0
I Made That: Armorer I	5	Craft and record completion of 30 unique armorer recipes.	-	2.1
I Made That: Armorer II	5	Craft and record completion of 70 unique armorer recipes.	-	2.1
I Made That: Armorer III	10	Craft and record completion of 160 unique armorer recipes.	Master Armorer's Ring	2.1
I Made That: Armorer IV	10	Craft and record completion of 210 unique armorer recipes.	-	3.0
I Made That: Armorer V	10	Craft and record completion of 280 unique armorer recipes.	Blessed Hammerkeep's Beetle	3.5
I Made That: Armorer VI	10	Craft and record completion of 340 unique armorer recipes.	Blessed Hammerking's Beetle	4.5
An Eye for Detail: Armorer I	5	Craft 100 high-quality items as an armorer.	-	2.1
An Eye for Detail: Armorer II	5	Craft 500 high-quality items as an armorer.	-	2.1
An Eye for Detail: Armorer III	10	Craft 3,000 high-quality items as an armorer.	-	2.1
An Eye for Detail: Armorer IV	10	Craft 5,000 high-quality items as an armorer.	-	3.0
An Eye for Detail: Armorer V	10	Craft 10,000 high-quality items as an armorer.	Master Armorer	3.0
Skyward Hammer I	5	Earn 50,000 points toward your skyward score as an armorer.	-	5.21
Skyward Hammer II	5	Earn 150,000 points toward your skyward score as an armorer.	-	5.21
Skyward Hammer III	10	Earn 500,000 points toward your skyward score as an armorer.	Hammer of the Firmament	5.21
The Height of Armorcraft	10	As an armorer, craft and submit 100 expert recipe items for the second phase of the Ishgardian restoration.	The Nest's Own Armorer	5.21
Armorers of a Feather	10	As an armorer, craft and submit 100 expert recipe items for the third phase of the Ishgardian restoration.	Featherfall's Finest Armorer	5.31
An Ode to Armorcraft	10	As an armorer, craft and submit 100 expert recipe items for the fourth phase of the Ishgardian restoration.	The Risensung Armorer	5.41
Retooled: Resplendent Hammerfiend's Beetle	10	Obtain a resplendent hammerfiend's beetle.	-	5.5