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Category:Escutcheons
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Introduced in the February 2017 Version Update[1], Escutcheons are classified as "Ultimate Synthesis Equipment" by the developers. These were teased at first in the November 2016 Freshly Picked Vana'diel livestream[2].
When fully completed, each shield will have a unique design[3]. There are phases to fully complete a shield, and the first two phases are currently implemented in the game. Consisting of gathering various materials and synthesizing the shield from its component parts. |
Beginning the Quest
In order to begin creating your shield, you must first achieve the Expert rank in a craft. Speak to Mewk Chorosap in Port Jeuno at (G-8) after you have achieved Expert. She will explain the process to you briefly, and then give you a unique shield based on your Expert craft.
The next step is to trade the shield you received to your guild master. They will mention the recipe required to complete phase one and to synthesize your +1 skill shield. This will also unlock the Crafter Points system for you to begin accumulating points.
Crafter Points
In order to accumulate Crafter Points, you deliver "sets" to your respective Guild. The maximum number of points you may possess is 20,000. In order to synth a set, you must use special crystals known as Analysis Crystals. Analysis crystals can be purchased from traditional Guild Point vendors for 5,400 Guild Points per stack of 12.
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To see your specific craft's set recipes, please view them on the main craft's page at the following links:
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- Making kits with your crafting shield on will add percentage tally points to your shield if it is equipped, as with regular crafting recipes.
Each set you make is tagged with a 'quality' and they do not stack, even with the same quality. The quality determines how many Crafter Points you get for turning it in. You can only turn in one set at a time.
The points you receive are related to synthesis result quality and the set's listed level, but are random within a range. Furthermore, the higher the set level, the more points each one is worth on each tier.
Data from 2 characters reveals some rough tiers:
- NQ ranges from ~65-78% (e.g. 46-55 for a Smithing Set 71)
- HQ1 ranges from ~97-112%
- HQ2 ranges from ~116-130%
- HQ3 ranges around 144-155%
As data is limited these should only be taken as rough guidelines when planning, however a Blacksmith at Tier 2 on the 71 set required 191 successful trade-ins to reach 11,000 points.
Note that the required crystals have the same name as the HQ Signature Crystal. This will probably be changed in a future update, so take care as to realize this when you are playing.
- Also note the HQ Signature crystal has a white border like HQ+1 items, while the artisan crystals to make kits are blue-bordered like HQ+2 items, which helps to identify the difference when selecting between them.
Phase One
Improving your Craftsmanship
You will now need to improve your "Craftsmanship" skill listed on your shield to 100%. Every shield starts off with Synthesis success rate -30, and gradually it decreases the higher your Craftsmanship percentage increases. Every successful synthesis will increase your percentage by a fraction of a percent. It is suggested to use the Ionis bonus, Kitron Macaron, Orvail Ring, and Artificer's Ring when you are starting out and this percentage is still high.
It seems best to rotate between three different synths, as you will receive higher increases. 
High Quality synthesis will result in a slightly higher percentage increase than Normal Quality.
- It seems that even rotating between 3 synths, at a certain point there is diminishing returns.
- NQ results seem to range from 0.0 to 0.5 and HQ ranges from 0.5 to 1.0.
- After a large number of rotating geode synths, 0.0 NQs and 0.5 HQs were common.
- Note that HQ2 and HQ3 seem to have a higher 'lower bound' and are around 0.6 and 0.8 regardless of number of synths. Hitting the special bonus brings it above the minimum
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- Note that HQ2 and HQ3 seem to have a higher 'lower bound' and are around 0.6 and 0.8 regardless of number of synths. Hitting the special bonus brings it above the minimum
- After a large number of rotating geode synths, 0.0 NQs and 0.5 HQs were common.
- Overall, at a T3 HQ rate you will need roughly 200 successful synthesis results to reach your goal if cycling between 3+ recipes.
- NQ results seem to range from 0.0 to 0.5 and HQ ranges from 0.5 to 1.0.
You will also notice that there are certain objectives that appear on your shield as you craft. These give bonus percentage points, but are not required to be completed and sometimes are very demanding. The objectives change every few synthesis attempts. (It is possible for it to change on a break.)
Some of the possible objectives appearing may be:
- - Nothing -
- Perform a synthesis. (any level of that craft.)
- Use 2+ materials.
- Use 3+ materials.
- Use 4+ materials.
- Use 5+ materials.
- Use 6+ materials.
- Use 7+ materials.
- Craft on specific day, i.e. Firesday, Lightsday, etc...
- Craft at specific time frame, i.e. between 6:00 and 17:59 game time, etc...
- Craft using a specific element crystal, i.e. wind crystal, earth crystal, etc...
- Make specific rank/ranks recipe, i.e. Expert or higher, Recruit/Initiate, Veteran, Novice/Apprentice, Artisan/Adept, etc...
After you hit 100% Craftsmanship, trade the shield to your guild master.
- You will receive the first required ingredient: Craftsman's Crystal: <Craft>.
- Your craftsmanship skill will also decrease on your shield by one-third (33.33%) to 66.66%
- If you fail the attempt to make the +1 craft shield and lose the Craftsman: Crystal <Craft>, then you will need to relevel it back up to 100% to get another crystal from the Guild NPC.
- Your craftsmanship skill will also decrease on your shield by one-third (33.33%) to 66.66%
The next step to upgrade your shield is to earn Crafter Points., as you will require two "Mythril Screw: Craft" (3,000 Crafter Points each) and one "Camphor: Craft" (5,000 Crafter Points) to create your shield. These three items cost a total of 11,000 Crafter Points. There no known daily limit of obtainable Crafter Points. The only roadblock is obtaining Analysis Crystals with Guild Points.
Phase One Completion
Complete phase one by synthesizing your shield with the five required materials. It is unknown, but likely, you can fail. Be sure to use Ionis, Artificer's Ring, your craft-specific NQ ring and Kitron Macaron bonuses to help with success. You CAN skill up during the synth. Square Enix has officially confirmed that the shield cannot be lost during typical synthesis conditions. It CAN be lost by moving zones during the synth such as the Airship or Ferry departing. Note that you CAN SELL the ingredients to NPCs too, so be careful!
Here is the recipe to create the phase one Goldsmithing shield. The material requirements are linear across all crafts, except the items are named appropriately.
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 Main Craft: Goldsmithing - (Expert) |
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The list of completed phase one shields are shown below. These can be further upgraded to +2 skill in phase two.
To finish up Phase One, trade your completed Ecu to your Guild Master who will then instruct you to trade it back to Mewk Chorosap. To proceed to Phase Two you must zone or she will say she needs more time.
Phase Two
Starting Phase Two
Return to Mewk Chorosap and trade the Ecu to her to begin Phase 2. Much like Phase 1 you will raise your craftsmanship from 0-100%. UNLIKE Phase 1 you will have the +1 skill to start with and every 6% of craftsmanship you obtain the skill will decrease 1 skill level. After obtaining 100%, like before trade your Ecu to your guild leader and receive your Craftsman's Crystal.
NOTE: It is strongly recommended you look at the following requirements and ensure you have all ingredients ready to go and sufficient crafting points before proceeding to rank up your shield. Otherwise, you will end up with a shield that gives +1 skill but lowers success rate. Until you can finish the process, you'll be worse off than before. That said even at 100% and success rate -15 it is manageable with kitron macaron, ionis, and success-rate crafting rings for the cheaper synths.
To obtain the crafting specific Titanium Frame, you need to complete 4 Records of Eminence Objectives:
- To unlock these objectives, trade the Esu to your guild master at any time and they will be able to be set.
- The Objectives are to synthesize the item the required number of times.
- Completing the first three objectives rewards 5,000 Guild Points each, for a total of 15,000 GP.
- † The guild master will only accept the NQ Item.
- ‡ The guild master will only accept the HQ Item.
After obtaining the Crystal and Frame you will need to purchase a Gold Screw and Camphor. Much like Phase 1, this requires ample Crafters Points.
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Gold Screw: Alchemy |
8,000 Crafter Points |
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Camphor: Alchemy |
5,000 Crafter Points |
Phase Two Completion
Here is the recipe to create the phase two Goldsmithing shield. The material requirements are linear across all crafts, except the items are named appropriately.
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Main Craft: Goldsmithing - (Expert) |
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The list of completed shields are shown below. More upgrades are set to be released in the future. It is unknown how high or what kind of stats will be on the finished shields.
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Alchemy | 
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Brewer's Scutum |
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Bonecraft | 
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Ossifier's Scutum |
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Clothcraft | 
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Plaiter's Scutum |
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Cooking | 
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Chef's Scutum |
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Goldsmithing | 
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Toreutic Scutum |
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Leathercraft | 
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Beveler's Scutum |
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Smithing | 
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Smythe's Scutum |
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Woodworking | 
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Joiner's Scutum |
To finish up Phase Two, trade your completed Scutum to your Guild Master who will then instruct you to trade it back to Mewk Chorosap.
Phase Three
Starting Phase Three
To begin Phase Three speak to Mewk Chorosap in Port-Jeuno with your completed phase 2 Scutum equipped, she will ask to borrow the shield, unequip your Scutum and trade it to her. Here she will describe the process and the materials needed for the final synthesis to complete phase 3 and direct you to your guild master.
Visit your guild master who will explain the process of earning craftsman points for this phase, like phase 1 & 2 you will have to bring the craftsmanship points to 100% on the shield via many synths. New to this phase are delivery orders requested by varius NPCs around Vana'deil, some may be a simple turn in X amount of items to this NPC while others require you to craft the items within range of the npc (a dialog will be displayed in your chat log when you are in range) for the traded items to count towards completion
For example Bonecraft
Delivery #1 was 500 Carap. Powder to Pawkrix in Lower Jeuno, the Guild Master explains that it does not matter where you get these items from meaning you do not have to craft them in front of Pawkrix
Delivery #2 was 20 Dragon Mail to Crooked Arrow in Ru'lude Gardens, the Guild Master explains that the customer would like to see your craft at work so these Must be crafted in range of Crooked Arrow for them to count, also note that Dragon Mail +1 does not count towards your total.
Delivery #3 was 30 Darksteel Shield to Silver Owl in Port Bastok Tenshodo, these too need to be crafted in range of Silver Owl, he would not except shields purchased with sparks.
Will post more as I Progress
Phase Three Completion
The list of completed shields are shown below. More upgrades are set to be released in the future. It is unknown how high or what kind of stats will be on the finished shields.
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Alchemy | 
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Brewer's Shield |
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Bonecraft | 
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Ossifier's Shield |
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Clothcraft | 
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Plaiter's Shield |
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Cooking | 
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Chef's Shield |
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Goldsmithing | 
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Toreutic Shield |
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Leathercraft | 
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Beveler's Shield |
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Smithing | 
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Smythe's Shield |
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Woodworking | 
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Joiner's Shield |
To finish up Phase Three, trade your completed Shield to your Guild Master who will then instruct you to trade it back to Mewk Chorosap.
This is currently as far as you can upgrade it, with hints of further synths to come.
Pages in category "Escutcheons"
The following 65 pages are in this category, out of 65 total.
