Beatin

Beatin

Title

Timbermaster

Gender

Male ♂

Race

Elezen (Wildwood)

Class

Carpenter

Zone

New Gridania (10.3, 12.3)

Organization

Gridania
Carpenters' Guild

Services

Quest NPC

Part of

Hatching-tide (2025)

Patch

2.0

“You must be the wood.” Few men, if any, have a greater passion for wood than Beatin. Master of the Carpenters’ Guild, he leads his fellow woodworkers by his motto, “Know the wood, be the wood, and love the wood.” While the Wildwood Elezen of thirty summers is a true master of the trade—from the roughest hewing to the finest carving—his occasional jests are reportedly less finely crafted. ^{[citation needed]}

— In-game description

Beatin is an Elezen in New Gridania. He is the guildmaster of the Carpenters' Guild and is one of the primary NPCs in the A Realm Reborn carpenter quests.

Quests Started

Quest	Level	Quest Giver	Questline
My First Saw	1	Beatin	Disciple of the Hand Quests ┗ Carpenter Quests
To Be the Wood	5	Beatin	Disciple of the Hand Quests ┗ Carpenter Quests
Supplies for the Sick	10	Beatin	Disciple of the Hand Quests ┗ Carpenter Quests
A Carpenter in Need	15	Beatin	Disciple of the Hand Quests ┗ Carpenter Quests
The Lance's Lesson	20	Beatin	Disciple of the Hand Quests ┗ Carpenter Quests
A Crisis of Confidence	25	Beatin	Disciple of the Hand Quests ┗ Carpenter Quests
Between Captain and Conjurer	30	Beatin	Disciple of the Hand Quests ┗ Carpenter Quests
Growing Apart	35	Beatin	Disciple of the Hand Quests ┗ Carpenter Quests
Memento Mori	40	Beatin	Disciple of the Hand Quests ┗ Carpenter Quests
Gone till the Sixth Astral Moon	45	Beatin	Disciple of the Hand Quests ┗ Carpenter Quests
Saving Captain Gairhard	50	Beatin	Disciple of the Hand Quests ┗ Carpenter Quests
Lance of a Lifetime	50	Beatin	Disciple of the Hand Quests ┗ Carpenter Quests
Uncharted Territory	60	Beatin	Disciple of the Hand Quests ┗ Carpenter Quests
The Game of Confidence	63	Beatin	Disciple of the Hand Quests ┗ Carpenter Quests

Quests Involved In

Quest	Level	Quest Giver	Questline
Way of the Carpenter	1	Corgg	Disciple of the Hand Quests ┗ Carpenter Quests
Festive Endeavors	14	Lewin	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Renewing the Covenant	14	Mother Miounne	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Saw That One Coming	14	Eral	Gridanian Sidequests
Beauty Is Only Scalp Deep	15	S'dhodjbi	Lominsan Sidequests ┗ La Noscean Sidequests
For Whom the Starlight Bell Tolls	15	Collys	Starlight Celebration (2015)
Uneggspected Encounters	15	Jihli Aliapoh	Hatching-tide (2018)
Not-so-silent Night	15	Amh Garanjy	Starlight Celebration (2018)
Bert's Big Idea	15	Lisette de Valentione	Valentione's Day (2020)
In Pursuit of Eggcellence	15	Jihli Aliapoh	Hatching-tide (2025)
Dashing through the Starlight	15	Amh Garanjy	Starlight Celebration (2026)
Sleigh Bells Ring	15	Laurenssen	Starlight Celebration (2026)
Of Siblings and Side-whiskers	50	Deputy Postmoogle	Side Story Quests ┗ Delivery Moogle Quests
Accept No Imitations	50	Geva	Disciple of the Hand Quests ┗ Leatherworker Quests
Light-headed	53	Blanstyr	Disciple of the Hand Quests ┗ Armorer Quests
The Son Also Rises	58	Barthovieu	Disciple of the Hand Quests ┗ Carpenter Quests
A Lesson in Listening	65	Cemi Jinjahl	Disciple of the Hand Quests ┗ Carpenter Quests
Live and Let Dine	68	Kotokaze	Disciple of the Hand Quests ┗ Carpenter Quests
Tea Party Rules	70	Cemi Jinjahl	Disciple of the Hand Quests ┗ Carpenter Quests
Small Business, Big Dreams	90	Mehdjina	Side Story Quests ┗ Tataru's Grand Endeavor Quests

Small Talk

Beatin

You have questions? Very well, ask.

What will you ask?

What do you do here?

Beatin

As timbermaster of the Oak Atrium, I am responsible for all that transpires within these halls.

Like all destined to take up the saw, I have been fascinated with the trees of the Twelveswood since I was a child.

That brought me here, where I dedicated myself to practice, learning from my betters and through trial and error besides. In time, my efforts were recognized, and I was chosen to lead.

Some see carpenters as common craftsmen─laborers who work one wood or another into whatever form the customer demands.

But a carpenter must be more discerning than that. To read the lines in the lumber, to know the character of the tree that birthed it─that is what it means to be a carpenter.

What is carpentry?

Beatin

I presume you are asking in a philosophical sense. Very well. Carpentry is, at its core, an expression of love─a love of wood, and of what it may become.

To address your question more directly, carpentry is the origin of the bow, the lance, and the shield─tools any self-respecting adventurer should know. All were the creations of master carpenters.

A master understands the myriad characteristics of every tree in the Twelveswood. He knows the ideal wood for any given task, and has perfected the techniques needed to utilize the unique strengths of that wood.

Of course, such knowledge and skill would count for little without a ready supply of quality lumber, and we have the Greatloam Growery to thank for that. Were it not for the botanists, there would be no Oak Atrium─just a rabble of carpenters pining for want of a straight stick.

But thanks to our friends at the Growery, we can freely choose our materials, and craft goods needed by the people of Gridania. To proudly serve─that is the soul of carpentry.

Additional Information

Beatin was also involved in Hatching-tide (2025).