Final Fantasy XIV Island Sanctuary gives you the opportunity to build up your own home away from home, but this can’t be done in a day. In our Final Fantasy XIV Island Sanctuary Gathering Guide, we’ll go over how gathering materials works in this new content, and the items that you’ll be able to find.
This guide includes everything that has been added up to Patch 6.5.
For more Island Sactuary guides, check out our overview on the many animals you can tame. We also go over how workshops function, which are a useful source of Sanctuary Experience and currency.
Final Fantasy XIV Island Sanctuary Gathering Basics
Island Sanctuary Gathering is a somewhat different affair from the main game. You don’t have to level specific classes to gather items, or gear to increase your stats. Instead, you have access to the “Gather” option via the Islekeep’s Index, a menu that’s always available to you on the island. Selecting this will highlight gathering nodes with a sparkle effect, while also showing them on the minimap — a node will respawn after you gather from 10 other nodes on the island.
All items that are gathered during your time in the Island Sanctuary are unique, and cannot be taken off the island. To start with, you can only gather items by hand. This lets you get the most basic tier of items from each node. To gather more item types from nodes, you must craft Islekeep tools. These are unique to the Island Sanctuary, and are used automatically once crafted. Crafting more and better tools is the key to gathering every item available.
It’s also possible to craft Mammet-sized Builder’s Tools, though these aren’t used by your character. Instead, they’re given to NPC Mammets to increase the size of the Island Hideaway.
Final Fantasy XIV Island Sanctuary Gathering Tools
- Islekeep’s Stone Hatchet - Crafting recipe unlocked during “The Coziest of Cabins”. Requires 2 Island Branches, 2 Island Stones, 3 Island Palm Leaves.
- Islekeep’s Stone Hammer - Crafting recipe unlocked during “A Workshop of Wonders”. Requires 3 Island Stones, 2 Island Logs, 4 Island Vines.
- Islekeep’s Shovel - Crafting recipe unlocked at Sanctuary Rank 5. Requires 3 Island Logs, 3 Island Vines, 4 Island Copper Ore.
- Islekeep’s Copper Scythe - Crafting recipe unlocked at Sanctuary Rank 6. Requires 3 Island Logs, 3 Island Clay, 4 Island Copper Ore.
- Islekeep’s Bronze Gig - Crafting recipe unlocked at Sanctuary Rank 7. Requires 3 Island Logs, 3 Island Copper Ore, 3 Island Tinsand, 3 Island Hemp.
- Islekeep’s Bronze Beakaxe - Crafting recipe unlocked at Sanctuary Rank 8. Requires 3 Island Logs, 3 Island Copper Ore, 4 Island Tinsand, 3 Island Cotton Boll.
- Islekeep's Iron Hatchet - Crafting recipe unlocked at Sanctuary Rank 10 after talking to Felicitous Furball. Requires 3 Island Logs, 2 Island Iron Ore, 3 Island Quartz.
- Islekeep's Spelunking Tools - Crafting recipe unlocked at Sanctuary Rank 12. Requires 10 Island Palm Log, 10 Island Iron Ore, 10Island Quartz, 10Island Resin, 10 Island Wood Opal. Unlocks new gathering areas.
- Islekeep's Steel Hammer - Crafting recipe unlocked at Sanctuary Rank 13. Requires 3Island Log, 3 Island Iron Ore, 3 Island Wood Opal, 4 Island Coal.
- *New to Patch 6.5* Islekeep's Mythril Pickaxe - Crafting recipe unlocked at Sanctuary Rank 17. Requires 3 Island Iron Ore, 3 Island Resin, 4 Island Mythril Ore, 3 Island Hawk's Eye Sand.
- *New to Patch 6.5* Islekeep's Chisel - Crafting recipe unlocked at Sanctuary Rank 17. Requires 3 Island Coal, 3 Island Durium Sand, 4 Island Gold Ore, 3 Island Hawk's Eye Sand.
Final Fantasy XIV Island Sanctuary Gathering Item List
Island Palm Leaf Location
Island Vine Location
Islewort Location
Island Cabbage Seeds Location
Island Pumpkin Seeds Location
Island Sand Location
Island Branch Location
Island Sap Location
Island Stone Location
Island Clam Location
Island Laver Location
Island Coral Location
Island Apple Location
Island Log Location
Island Palm Log Location
Island Limestone Location
Island Copper Ore Location
Island Rock Salt Location
Island Clay Location
Island Tinsand Location
Island Popoto Set Location
Island Parsnip Seeds Location
Island Sugarcane Location
Island Cotton Boll Location
Island Hemp Location
Islefish Location
Island Squid Location
Island Jellyfish Location
Island Iron Ore Location
Island Leucogranite Location
Island Quartz Location
Multicolored IslebloomsLocation
Requires Flying, can be found on many of the isolated higher areas.
Island Resin Location
Island Coconut Location
Island Beehive Cap Location
Island Wood Opal Location
Island GlimshroomLocation
Requires access to cave by crafting Islekeep's Spelunking Tools at Rank 12.
Island Coal Location
Requires access to cave by crafting Islekeep's Spelunking Tools at Rank 12.
Island Effervescent Water Location
Requires access to cave by crafting Islekeep's Spelunking Tools at Rank 12.
Island Marble Location
Island Mythril Ore Location
Also found around X: 17, Y: 15.
Island Shale Location
Requires access to cave by crafting Islekeep's Spelunking Tools at Rank 12.
Island Spectrine Location
Requires access to cave by crafting Islekeep's Spelunking Tools at Rank 12.
Island Yellow Copper Ore Location
Requires access to cave by crafting Islekeep's Spelunking Tools at Rank 12, and the extra room opened after paying the mammet.
Island Durium Sand Location
Island Gold Ore Location
Requires access to cave by crafting Islekeep's Spelunking Tools at Rank 12, and the extra room opened after paying the mammet.
Island Hawk's Eye Sand Location
Requires access to cave by crafting Islekeep's Spelunking Tools at Rank 12, and the extra room opened after paying the mammet.
Island Crystal Formation Location
Requires access to cave by crafting Islekeep's Spelunking Tools at Rank 12, and the extra room opened after paying the mammet.
That's everything for our Final Fantasy XIV Island Sanctuary Gathering Guide! Make sure to check out more of our guides below.
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